Vashon (1905 steamboat)

Vashon and other vessels at Tacoma circa 1912
History
NameVashon
OwnerVashon Navigation Company
RoutePuget Sound
Completed1905, Dockton
Out of service1930
FateDismantled.
General characteristics
Length94 ft (28.7 m)
Installed powersteam engine
Propulsionpropeller

Vashon was a wooden steamboat built in 1905 at Dockton, Washington on Vashon Island. The vessel was active on Puget Sound in the early decades of the 1900s. Vashon should not be confused with the sternwheeler Vashon which also ran on Puget Sound.