Ocean Wave was a steamboat that was operated from 1891 to 1897 on the Columbia River, from 1897 to 1899 on Puget Sound and from 1899 to 1911 as a ferry on San Francisco Bay. Ocean Wave is perhaps best
Ocean Wave on the Willamette River at Portland, Oregon, sometime between 1891 and 1897.
Ocean Wave, in a drawing published in 1894, clearly based on the leading photograph in this article.
Advertisement published August 18, 1895, showing Ocean Wave as part of the White Collar Line.
Ocean Wave prior to 1900, apparently out of service.
The Bailey Gatzert was a sternwheel steamboat that ran on the Columbia River and Puget Sound, in Washington state, US, from the 1890s to the 1920s. This vessel was considered one of the finest of its
Ocean Wave (sidewheeler)
…referred to as the White Collar Line. At that time the CR & PSN had on the Columbia River two fast and well-known sternwheelers Telephone and the Bailey Gatzert. One of the IR&N company directors, Jacob Kamm, did not agree with this decision, and he placed a maritime lien (called a “libel”) on Ocean Wave for…
Bailey Gatzert approaching Cascade Locks, circa 1910
Bailey Gatzert on the shipways at the John J. Holland yard, in Ballard, Washington, probably just prior to launch on Saturday, November 22, 1890.
Bailey Gatzert at Seattle circa 1891, with the Olympic Mountains visible in the distance
Advertisement for the steamers of the Columbia River and Puget Sound Navigation Company, with Bailey Gatzert and Telephone running on the Columbia River.