This is a list of steamboats and related vessels which operated on the Columbia river and its tributaries and in the

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, 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

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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

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'', 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

Printed documents

* * * * * * * * * * Goodwin, Helen Durrie, "Shipbuilding in the Northwest", ''The Washington Historical Quarterly'', Vol. 11, No. 3 (Jul. 1920), pages 183-20

* * * * * * * * * Panter, William, "Early River Traffic on the Coquille", ''Glancing Back (Pioneer Lore)'', at 16-19, Vol. I, No. 1, Coos-Curry Pioneer and Historical Association (1971) * * * * *

Government documents

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