''Daring'' was a

steamboat A steamboat is a boat that is marine propulsion, propelled primarily by marine steam engine, steam power, typically driving propellers or Paddle steamer, paddlewheels. Steamboats sometimes use the ship prefix, prefix designation SS, S.S. or S/S ...

constructed in Tacoma,

Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered on ...

in 1909. The vessel was later renamed ''Clinton'' and used as a

tugboat A tugboat or tug is a marine vessel that manoeuvres other vessels by pushing or pulling them, with direct contact or a tow line. These boats typically tug ships in circumstances where they cannot or should not move under their own power, su ...

. ''Clinton'' was rammed and sunk in 1922 in

Burrard Inlet french: Baie Burrard , image = Burrard Inlet 201807.jpg , image_size = 250px , alt = , caption = Aerial view of Burrard Inlet , image_bathymetry = Burrard-Inlet-map-en.svg , alt_bathymetry ...

Construction

''Daring'' was built at Tacoma in 1909 by the shipyard of

Crawford and Reid The firm of Crawford and Reid was a ship building company that had a shipyard at Tacoma, Washington Tacoma ( ) is the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. A port city, it is situated along Washington's Puget Sound, southwes ...

for Matthew McDowell's Seattle-Tacoma-East Pass route. ''Daring'' was long and rated at .

Later operations

From 1916 to 1918, ''Daring'' was operated as a tug by Chesley Tug Co. out of Seattle, and was then sold to Pacific Great Eastern Railway,

Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Greater Victoria area has a population of 397,237. Th ...

and renamed ''Clinton''. On 15 January 1922 the tug ''Clinton'' was rammed and sunk by

Canadian Pacific Railway The Canadian Pacific Railway (french: Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique) , also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadi ...

ferry in

Notes

Steamboats of Washington (state) Propeller-driven steamboats of Washington (state) Ships built by Crawford and Reid 1909 ships {{ship-stub