- Career
- References
{{Infobox Ship Image| Ship image=State of Washington (sternwheeler) 1895.JPG | Ship caption=State of Washington under way.
}}{{Infobox Ship Career | Hide header= | Ship name=State of Washington | Ship owner=La Conner Trading & Trans. Co.; Shaver Transportation Company | Ship operator= | Ship registry= | Ship route=Puget Sound, Hood Canal, Columbia River | Ship ordered= | Ship builder=John J. Holland | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down= | Ship launched= | Ship completed=1889, Tacoma, Washington | Ship christened= | Ship acquired= | Ship maiden voyage= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service=1921 | Ship identification= US registry 115272 | Ship fate=Destroyed by boiler explosion | Ship status= | Ship notes=
}}{{Infobox Ship Characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class= | Ship tonnage= 449 gross tons | Ship displacement= | 170.4|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} | 31.3|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} | Ship height= | Ship draught= | Ship draft= | 7|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} depth of hold | Ship decks= | Ship deck clearance= | Ship ramps= | Ship ice class= | Ship sail plan= | Ship power=steam engines, 504 indicated horse power | Ship propulsion=sternwheel | Ship speed= | Ship capacity= | Ship crew= | Ship notes=
}} | State of Washington was a sternwheel steamboat of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet, later transferred to the Columbia River. CareerState of Washington was built in 1889 by John J. Holland in Tacoma, Washington. From 1889 to 1902 the vessel was placed on the Seattle-Bellingham route. From 1902 to 1907, the vessel was operated as a standby boat on the Tacoma-Seattle run. Later, the vessel was assigned to the Hood Canal route. In 1913, the vessel was transferred to the Columbia River to be operated by the Shaver Transportation Company. In 1915 the vessel was converted to a towboat. In 1921, the vessel was destroyed by a boiler explosion. Six crewmen were injured and one man was killed. References- Affleck, Edwin L, ed. A Century of Paddlewheelers in the Pacific Northwest, the Yukon, and Alaska, Alexander Nicholls Press, Vancouver, BC (2000) {{ISBN|0-920034-08-X}}
- Findlay, Jean Cammon and Paterson, Robin, Mosquito Fleet of Southern Puget Sound, (2008) Arcadia Publishing {{ISBN|0-7385-5607-6}}
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