Tyconda

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

Tyconda
History
Name	Tyconda
Route	Puget Sound, Stikine River
Completed	1898
Out of service	1915
Identification	U.S. registry #145889
Fate	Destroyed by fire 1915
General characteristics
Tonnage	186 gross, 117 registered
Length	104.3 ft (31.8 m)
Beam	21.9 ft (6.7 m)
Depth	8 ft (2.4 m)
Installed power	twin steam engines, horizontally mounted, 130 indicated horsepower
Propulsion	sternwheel

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 Anchorage, Alaska, area to be operated on the Susitna River. 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) 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