Camano (steamboat)
Camano raised following sinking in 1912.
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| History | |
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| Name: | Camano, later Tolo |
| Owner: | Island Transportation Co. |
| Route: | Puget Sound |
| Completed: | 1906, Coupeville, WA |
| Identification: | US registry #202970 |
| Fate: | Sank after collision November 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | inland steamboat |
| Tonnage: | as rebuilt (1910): 92 gross tons; 62 regist. tons |
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| Beam: | 16.9 ft (5.15 m) |
| Depth: | 5.1 ft (1.55 m) depth of hold |
| Installed power: | compound steam engine |
| Crew: | five (5) |
Camano was a steamboat built in 1906 at Coupeville, Washington which operated on Puget Sound from 1906 to 1917. Camano was later known as Tolo. As Tolo the vessel was sunk in 1917 as a result of a collision at sea. Four people died as a result.
Camano was built by Capt. H.B. Lovejoy, doing business as the Island Transportation Company to run on the Everett – Coupeville, Washington shipping route as a replacement for the sternwheeler Fairhaven. As built, Camano was 88 ft (26.82 m) long
In 1910, Camano was rebuilt, after which the vessel had the following dimensions: 108.9 ft (33.19 m), 16.9 ft (5.15 m) beam, and 5.1 ft (1.55 m) depth of hold. The vessel was kept on the Everett-Coupeville route however. In 1911, when the steamer Calista was built for Island Transportation Co., at Dockton, Washington, Camano towed the new steamer to Seattle for completion.
From 1906 to 1912 Camano ran on a route from Coupeville to Everett. H.B. Lovejoy's son, F.E. Lovejoy (1889–1940) served on board as a deckhand. He had also carved the nameboard for the ship.
Camano burned oil a fuel which was just coming into use among the Puget Sound steamboats when Camano was built. Originally the oil fuel for Camano was supplied on barrels brought to Coupeville by Fairhaven, a woodburner like most of the older vessels. In November 1906, an iron tank, measuring 8 ft (2.44 m) by 4 ft (1.22 m) by 4 ft (1.22 m) was installed on the Coupeville dock to refuel Camano. Refueling was later done at Clinton and Edmonds, Washington.
Every day except Sundays, Camano would depart Coupeville at 7:00 am southbound, stopping at Oak Harbor at 7:30 am, Camano at 8:15 am, Langley at 9:15 am, Clinton, Washington at 9:45 am, arriving in Everett at 10:15 am. Camano would depart Everett headed northbound at 3:00 pm. Stops were made depending on call at Brown's Point. San de Fuca, and Saratoga.
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