Winema (sternwheeler)
Winema on Odessa Creek, circa 1906. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Winema |
| Owner | Totten and Hansberry |
| Route | Upper Klamath Lake |
| Cost | $19,000 |
| Launched | January 31, 1905 |
| Out of service | about 1919 |
| Fate | Burnt 1925 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | inland shallow draft passenger/freighter |
| Tonnage | 125 gross tons |
| Length | 125 ft (38.1 m) or 110 ft (33.5 m) (reports vary) |
| Beam | 22 ft 6 in (6.9 m) or 19 ft (5.8 m) (reports vary) |
| Draft | Less than 2 ft (0.6 m) |
| Decks | three |
| Speed | 12 miles (19 km) per hour |
| Capacity | 200 passengers |
Winema was the largest steamboat ever to operate on Upper Klamath Lake in the U.S. state of Oregon. The steamer ran from 1905 to 1919, when it was hauled out of the water permanently. Winema was sunk by a sudden squall in August 1907. The vessel was raised, rebuilt and returned to service. The steamer remained out of the water for a number of years in the 1920, until it caught fire in 1925 or 1927 and was destroyed.