The ''Dove'' was a 196 ton propeller-driven

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built in

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in 1889. Launched as ''Typhoon'', she operated in the late 1890s and early 1900s as part of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet and also for a time on

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. She was later converted into a tug.

Construction

''Dove'' was originally built in 1889 in

for ferry service under J.B. Montgomery, and launched under the name ''Typhoon''.

Operations

In 1891, J.B. Montgomery sold Typhoon to George Emerson at Grays Harbor, who in turn sold the vessel a short time later to C.O. Lorenz, who brought her to Puget Sound and placed her on the Tacoma-Henderson Bay route. In 1903, she was acquired by Matthew McDowell, who rebuilt the vessel and placed her on the Seattle-Tacoma-East Pass route under the name ''Dove''.

Later operations

In about 1916, McDowell sold Dove to Washington Tug & Barge Co. of Seattle, and Dove thereafter served as a tug.Newell, Gordon R., ed., ''H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest'', at 91, Superior Publishing, Seattle, WA 1966

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Construction

Operations

Later operations

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