''Tyconda'' was a sternwheel steamboat of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet, later transferred to the Stikine River.

Career

''Tyconda'' was built in 1898 for the Lorentz Brothers, a steamboat family active in Puget Sound maritime affairs. ''Tyconda'' was the only sternwheeler the Lorentz Brothers ever owned. The vessel had a shallow draft and could pull close to beaches for embarking and disembarking passengers and loading and unloading freight. In 1914, the vessel was sold to be transferred to the Stikine River in southeastern Alaska. After several runs up the Stikine, the vessel was assessed as being underpowered for that river. It was transferred to the

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, area to be operated on the

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. On October 8, 1915, the vessel was destroyed by fire at Anchorage.

References

* Affleck, Edwin L, ed. ''A Century of Paddlewheelers in the Pacific Northwest, the Yukon, and Alaska'', Alexander Nicholls Press, Vancouver, BC (2000) * Findlay, Jean Cammon and Paterson, Robin, ''Mosquito Fleet of Southern Puget Sound'', (2008) Arcadia Publishing 1898 ships Steamboats of Washington (state) Steamboats of the Stikine River Transportation in Alaska Passenger ships of the United States {{ship-stub