Portland(1875 tugboat)
History | |
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Name | Portland,Clayoquat,Phoenix |
Route | Columbia River,Puget Sound,coastalBritish Columbia |
Launched | April 9, 1875[1] |
General characteristics | |
Type | Steam tug, inland steamboat, cannery tender[2] |
Length | 75.7 ft (23.07 m)[2] |
Beam | 16 ft (4.88 m)[2] |
Depth | 6 ft (1.83 m)[2] |
Installed power | compound steam engine[2] |
Propulsion | propeller |
Portlandwas a steam tug built inPortland, Oregon,United States.This vessel was also known asClayoquatandPhoenix.
Career
[edit]Portlandwaslaunchedon April 9, 1875 inPortland, Oregon.The vessel was operated for 15 years on theColumbiaandWillamette Rivers,and then was transferred toPuget Sound.[1]From 1891 to 1895,Portlandoperated out ofEverett, Washington,piloted by Captain James Hastings.
Drift and recovery
[edit]In 1897,Portlandwas hauled out atBallard, Washington,for repairs. Somehow she broke free from the shipway and floated off unoccupied. Eventually,Portlanddrifted north into Canadian waters, where she was recovered as a derelict by the B.C. Salvage Company. She came under the control of R.P. Rithet and Company, a prominent British Columbia shipping concern that re-purposed her to a passenger steamer. She was renamedClayoquatand ran on passenger routes out ofPort Renfrew,on the west coast ofVancouver Island.Clayoquatlater passed to the H.Bell-Irving Company, and was used by them as acannery tenderunder the namePhoenix.