Category:Olympic (ship, 1910, Seattle)

Sioux 

Steamship launched in 1910
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Instance of	steamboat ferry
Named after	Sioux
Owned by	Puget Sound Navigation Company (1910–1941) United States Army (1941–)
Manufacturer	Seattle Construction and Drydock Company
Country of registry	United States of America
Service entry	1911
Significant event	reconstruction (car ferry, Vigor Shipyards, 1923–1924)
Powered by	steam engine (4) Oil burner (2)
Gross tonnage	461
Beam	24.2 ft
Length	148.3 ft
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Ship edit

• Type: Passenger ferry
• Built by: Moran Co., Seattle
• Yard No: 58
• Keel laid:
• Launched: 1910
• Completed: 1910.12
• Length over all: 148.3 / 174.6 ft
• Beam: 24.2 / 38.6 ft
• GRT: 461 / 1317
• DWT:
• www.navsource.org
• evergreenfleet.com
• shipbuildinghistory.com

History edit

• 1910 Named Sioux; Flag: United States
  • Official number: 208278
  • Signal letters: LBSH
  • Port: Seattle
  • Owner: Puget Sound Navigation Co.
• 1924 Renamed Olympic; Flag: United States
  • Call sign: LBSH, from 1934 KMVZ
  • Lengthened and converted to ocean-going ferry at Todd Drydock
  • Port: Seattle
  • Owner: Puget Sound Navigation Co.
• 1941 Renamed USAT Col. Franklin S. Leisenring; Flag: United States
  • Owner: U.S. Army
  • Assigned to Panama Canal Zone; transported troops to Dutch Guiana
• Flag: Dutch Guiana
  • Renamed?
  • Operated out of Paramaribo on Suriname River
  • Reportedly still in service in late 1950s