List of Puget Sound steamboats

This is a list of steamboats and related vessels which operated on Puget Sound and in western Washington state. This should not be considered a complete list. Information for some vessels may be lacking, or sources may be in conflict.

Table codes key
Vessel type codes are: Prop = propeller-driven; stern = sternwheel-driven; side = side-wheel driven; pddl or paddle = paddle-driven, sternwheel or sidewheel. Disposition codes used in this list are:
 * A = Abandoned.
 * B = Burned
 * C = Converted; C-B = Converted to barge; C-D = converted to diesel engine; C-F = Converted to ferry; C-G = Converted to gasoline engine; C-H = Converted to house; C-S = converted to sailing vessel.
 * F = Foundered at sea;
 * G = Grounded (total loss).
 * L = Laid up.
 * M = Museum as of 2011.
 * N = Name change
 * O = Operational as of date given.
 * R = renamed..
 * S = sank.
 * T = Transferred; T-AK = Transferred to Alaska; T-BC = Transferred to British Columbia; T-CA = Transferred to California; T-OR = Transferred to Oregon or to Columbia River; T-CB = Transferred to Coos Bay; T-GH = Transferred to Grays Harbor
 * W = Wrecked by collision or striking ground;
 * X = Explosion of boiler.
 * Gr = gross tons; Reg = registered tons.

Vessels should not be assumed to have served continuously on Puget Sound during the periods shown on this chart; transfer between service areas was common.

Government documents

 * 1868: U.S. Dept. of the Treasury, Bureau of Statistics, Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States (for year ending June 30, 1868)
 * 1879: U.S. Dept. of the Treasury, Bureau of Statistics, Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States (for year ending June 30, 1879)
 * 1884: U.S. Dept. of the Treasury, Bureau of Statistics, Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States (for year ending June 30, 1884)
 * 1894: U.S. Dept. of the Treasury, Bureau of Statistics, Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States (for year ending June 30, 1894)
 * 1901: U.S. Dept. of the Treasury, Bureau of Statistics, Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States (for year ending June 30, 1901)
 * 1909: U.S. Dept. of the Treasury, Bureau of Statistics, Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States (for year ending June 30, 1909)
 * 1918: Department of Commerce, Bureau of Navigation, Seagoing Vessels of the United States (1918).
 * 1922: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Navigation, Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States (1922)