&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Robert_Young_in_ice_02.jpg) Steamer Robert Young trapped in ice in the Willamette River near Oregon City, January 1930.
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| History | |
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| Name | Robert Young ex Nespelem |
| Owner | Miller Navigation Co. (as Nespelem) (1917-1920); Western Transportation & Towing Co. (as Robert Young)(1920-1935) |
| Route | Willamette and Columbia rivers |
| Builder | Charles S. Miller |
| Launched | October 22, 1917 |
| Completed | December 1917 |
| Out of service | November 1935 |
| Identification | U.S. # 215759 |
| Fate | Wrecked, raised, converted to floating machine shop |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | riverine all-purpose |
| Tonnage | 349 gross tons; 292 registered tons |
| Length | 130.5 ft (39.8 m) over hull (exclusive of fantail); 150 ft (45.7 m) including fantail |
| Beam | 26.1 ft (8.0 m) over hull (exclusive of guards |
| Draft | About 2.5 ft (0.76 m) |
| Depth | 5.2 ft (1.58 m) |
| Installed power | twin steam engines, horizontally mounted, each with bore of 14 in (35.6 cm) and stroke of 72 ft (21.9 m), 185 indicated horsepower |
| Propulsion | stern-wheel |
| Speed | About 18 miles per hour under good conditions. |
| Crew | 14 |
Robert Young was a stern-wheel driven steamboat that operated on the Columbia and Willamette rivers from 1918 to 1935. This vessel was originally named Nespelem, and operated under that name until 1920. From 1920 to 1935, this vessel was owned by the Western Transportation Company or one of its subsidiaries, and was employed primarily in service to paper mills.