List Of Steamboats On The Columbia River

This is a list of steamboats and related vessels which operated on the Columbia river and its tributaries and in the state of Oregon, including its coastal areas. This should not be considered a complete list. Information for some vessels may be lacking, or sources may be in conflict.

This list summarizes basic characteristics of steamboats placed in service on the Columbia River and its tributaries. The articles Steamboats of the Columbia River, Steamboats of the Arrow Lakes, British Columbia, Steamboats of Columbia River, Wenatchee Reach, Steamboats of the Cowlitz River, and Steamboats of the Willamette River expand on the topic

Table codes key

Disposition codes

Disposition codes used in this list are:
* A = Abandoned.
* B = Burned
* C = Converted; C-B = Converted to barge; C-D = converted to diesel engine; C-F = Converted to ferry; C-G = Converted to gasoline engine; C-H = Converted to house; C-S = converted to sailing vessel.
* D = Dismantled
* F = Foundered at sea;
* G = Grounded (total loss).
* L = Laid up.
* M = Museum as of 2017.
* N = Name change
* O = Operational as of date given.
* R = Rebuilt
* RN = Rebuilt and name changed.
* S = sank.
* T = Transferred; T-AK = Transferred to Alaska; T-BC = Transferred to British Columbia; T-CA = Transferred to California; T-WA = Transferred to Oregon or to Columbia River; T-GH = Transferred to Grays Harbor
* W = Wrecked by collision or striking ground;
* X = Explosion of boiler.

Vessel types

* Stern = sternwheeler
* Side = sidewheeler
* Prop = propeller-driven

Other abbreviations

* GT = Gross Tons; RT = Registered Tons.
* YB = Year Built
* Dspo = Disposition type
* Ldng = Landing
* Rpds = Rapids

Vessels should not be assumed to have served continuously in Oregon or on the Columbia river and its tributaries during the periods shown on this chart; transfer between service areas was common.

Gallery of vessel types

File:Oneonta (sidewheeler) cropped.jpg, ''Oneonta'', an early example of a sidewheeler on the Columbia river, in 1867.
File:Steamboat Virginia V at Olympia, July 4, 1996.jpg, '' Virginia V'', proper-driven steamship, July 4, 1996.
File:Moyie (sternwheeler) at Kaslo 2008.jpg, ''Moyie'', a steel-framed hull sternwheeler in 2008 at Kaslo, BC, preserved as a museum
File:TJ Potter (steamboat) 1901.jpg, ''T.J. Potter'', sidewheeler, circa 1901, on the Columbia or Willamette river.
File:Mascot sternwheeler.jpg, ''Mascot'', a typical wooden-hulled sternwheeler, "wooding up", circa 1900.
File:Sternwheeler Portland summer 1996.jpg, ''Portland'', steel-hulled sternwheeler, 1996.

List of vessels

Name changes and notes

Name changes

Notes

References

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See also

Museum vessels

* Moyie (sternwheeler), ''Moyie'' (sternwheeler) museum vessel in Kalso BC
* ''Naramata'' (steam tug) museum vessel in Penticton, BC
* ''Portland'' (sternwheeler) operational museum vessel in Portland, Oregon
* ''Sicamous'' (sternwheeler) museum vessel in Penticton, BC
* '' Virginia V'', last operational wooden-hulled steamship on west coast, in Seattle, WA
* ''W.T. Preston'' (sternwheel snagboat), museum vessel in Anacortes, WA
* Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Company
* Oregon Steam Navigation Company
* Shaver Transportation Company

Other

* List of rapids of the Columbia River
* Shipwrecks of the Inland Columbia River
* Tourist sternwheelers of Oregon (replica steamboats in the 21st century)

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