''Sentinel'' was a small wooden propeller-driven steamship of the
Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet.
Career
''Sentinel'' was built in 1898 for the
Hunt Brothers, who ran a family steamboat business on Puget Sound. The Hunts ran the vessel to stops on
Bay Island in southern Puget Sound, and also on a run to
Seattle
Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest regio ...
with mail stops on
Vashon Island
Vashon is a census-designated place (CDP) in King County, Washington, United States. It covers an island alternately called Vashon Island or Vashon–Maury Island, the largest island in Puget Sound south of Admiralty Inlet. The population was 10,6 ...
. The vessel was sold to
Hansen Transportation Co. in 1903, rebuilt and widened so as to increase passenger capacity from 100 to 250. In 1921 Hansen Transportation sold the vessel to Ed Lorentz. In 1928, the vessel was scrapped and the engine installed in another steamboat, the
''Arcadia''. ''Sentinel'' is reported to have belonged to the
Kitsap County Transportation Company
The Kitsap County Transportation Company was an important steamboat and ferry company that operated on Puget Sound. The company was founded in 1898 as the Hansen Transportation Company.
Hansen Transportation
The Kitsap County Transportation Com ...
(KCTC) from 1905 to 1908, and to have been part of KCTC when it was formed.
[Kline and Bayless, ''Ferryboats - A Legend on Puget Sound'', at page 352.]
Notes
References
* Findlay, Jean Cammon and Paterson, Robin, ''Mosquito Fleet of Southern Puget Sound'', (2008) Arcadia Publishing
* Kline, Mary S., and Bayless, G.A., ''Ferryboats -- A Legend on Puget Sound'', Bayless Books, Seattle, WA 1983
Steamboats of Washington (state)
Propeller-driven steamboats of Washington (state)
Passenger ships of the United States
Kitsap County Transportation Company
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