Dart (steamboat)
.jpg) Dart
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Dart |
| Operator | McDowell Trans. Co.; Anderson Tug; others. |
| Route | Puget Sound |
| Completed | 1911 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 74 |
| Length | 57 ft 4 in (17.5 m) |
| Beam | 17 ft 4 in (5.3 m) |
| Depth | 5 ft 2 in (1.6 m) depth of hold |
| Installed power | steam engine |
| Propulsion | propeller |
The steamboat Dart operated in the early 1900s as part of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet.
Career
[edit]Dart was built in 1911 by Matthew McDowell at Tacoma for his steamboat line's Seattle-Tacoma-East Pass run.[1] Dart a small vessel even by Mosquito Fleet standards.[2]
Dart ran on the Seattle-Tacoma-East Pass route until about 1918, when Captain McDowell sold her to the Wrangell concern of W.T. Hale and P.C. McCormick, who converted Dart to a motor vessel to run mail between Wrangell and Prince of Wales Island. Later, he sold Dart to Paul S. Charles of Ketchikan interests.[2]
In 1925 the Anderson Tug Company purchased Dart and returned her to Puget Sound to operate as a tug. In 1928 Dart burned on the Sound while awaiting scrapping. Her engines were salvaged and placed in the ferry City of Mukilteo. Her hull, still good apparently, was rebuilt as a diesel freighter and sent to work routes out of Juneau.[2][3]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- Faber, Jim, Steamer's Wake, Enetai Press, Seattle, WA 1985 ISBN 0-9615811-0-7.
- Newell, Gordon R., and Williamson, Joe, Pacific Steamboats, Superior Publishing, Seattle, WA 1958.
- Newell, Gordon R., ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, Superior Publishing, Seattle, WA 1966
External links
[edit]- University of Washington digital library image showing Dart approaching a landing on Puget Sound, circa 1915, a good view of this very small steamer[permanent dead link]
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