Daring (steamboat)

The steamboat "Daring" operated in the early 1900s as part of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet and was later converted into a tug.

Construction

"Daring" was built at Tacoma in 1909 by the shipyard of Crawford and Reid for Matthew McDowell’s Seattle-Tacoma-East Pass route. "Daring" was 98' long and rated at 163 tons.

Later operations

From 1916 to 1918, "Daring" was operated as a tug by Chesley Tug Co. out of Seattle, and was then sold to Victoria, B.C.|Victoria interests where she was run under the name "Clinton". [Newell, Gordon R., ed., "H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest", at 159, Superior Publishing, Seattle, WA 1966]

ee also

Matthew McDowell

Notes

External links

Historic images from the on-line collection of the University of Washington

* [http://content.lib.washington.edu/cgi-bin/viewer.exe?CISOROOT=/desmo&CISOPTR=241&CISOMODE=thumb "Daring"]
* [http://content.lib.washington.edu/cgi-bin/viewer.exe?CISOROOT=/desmo&CISOPTR=242&CISOMODE=thumb another view of "Daring", showing classic lines of this small propeller steamer]