Urania

The steamboat Urania was a vessel that operated on Lake Washington and Puget Sound in the first part of the 20th century. Construction Urania was built at the Lake Washington Mill Company shipyard, south of Leschi Park on Lake Washington. She was launched on May 11, 1907, and christened by Miss Daisy Johnson, daughter of her builder. She was commissioned by Captain John Anderson, to expand his fleet of steamboats on Lake Washington, operating under the name of the Anderson Steamboat Company. She was long, with a beam of . She displaced 93 gross tons. Urania was similar to but slightly shorter than another Anderson vessel, Fortuna, built in 1906. Her oil-fired steam engine was built by Seattle Machine Works. It was reported to be capable of producing 550 horsepower. Fully loaded, with 350 passengers, Urania could maintain a speed of 16.6 knots. In 1913, Urania was reconstructed to allow four automobiles to be carried sideways across her foredeck. The reconstruction required removal of a portion of her upper deck.