History | |
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Name | Sol Duc |
Owner | Puget Sound Navigation Co., U.S. Navy |
Route | Puget Sound, Strait of Juan de Fuca |
Builder | Seattle Const. & Drydock Co. |
Launched | May 28, 1912 |
Completed | June 1912 |
Out of service | 1947 |
Identification | US registry #210133 |
Fate | Scrapped |
Notes | Designated YHB-8 during WW2 naval service |
General characteristics | |
Type | coastal steamship |
Tonnage | 1075 gross tons |
Length | 189 ft (57.61 m) |
Beam | 31.5 ft (9.60 m) |
Depth | 22.6 ft (6.89 m) depth of hold |
Installed power | compound steam engine; cylinder bores 17 in (43.2 cm), 28 in (71.1 cm)and 47.5 in (120.7 cm); stroke 36 in (91.4 cm), 1,500 hp (1,100 kW) |
Sol Duc was a steamship which was operated on northern Puget Sound from 1912 to 1935, chiefly on a route connecting ports on the Olympic Peninsula with Seattle. During the Second World War (1941–1945) Sol Duc served as a barracks ship.