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''Rainbow'' was a sternwheel〔This vessel is erroneously described as a sidewheeler in one source. Newell, ed., ''McCurdy Marine History'', at page 344.〕 steamboat that was operated in the Coos Bay region of Oregon from 1912 to 1923. ''Rainbow'' is sometimes referred to as a "launch", meaning a small steamboat.〔See for example "Sunday Run", ''Coos Bay Times'', November 6, 1913, page 5, col. 4: "The launch Rainbow will leave here Sunday morning ..."〕 This vessel's name is sometimes seen as ''Rain-Bow''.〔 ==Design, construction, and launch== Shipbuilder Frank Lowe built ''Rainbow'' at Marshfield (Coos Bay), Oregon in 1912.〔〔Newell, Gordon R., ed., ''H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest'', Superior Publishing (1966), at pages 207 and 344.〕 The steamer was launched on March 26, 1912, at 7:00 a.m.〔 No formal launching ceremony was held, due to uncertainty of when during the day the launch would occur.〔''Coos Bay Times'', March 27, 1913, page 4, col. 2.〕 ''Rainbow'' had been built for Captain Charles E. Edwards (b.1853), of Allegany, Oregon.〔Full name and date of birth for Charles E. Edwards derived from ''Marshfield Sun'', January 1901, Special edition, digitalized at cooshistory.com. Residence at Allegany, Oregon.〕〔Another source gives the first owner as the Coos River Transportation Company. Newell, ed., ''McCurdy Marine History'', at page 344, but this appears to be incorrect, as Rogers and Smith, who were principles of the company, did not acquire ''Rainbow'' until about October, 1913. See "Rainbow Will Be Sold Soon", ''Coos Bay Times'', October 13, 1913.〕 At the time of the launch, ''Rainbow'' had no engines, and to install the engines and otherwise prepare the vessel for service, was estimated, at the time of launch, to take about three weeks.〔 Captain Edwards had been in charge of another vessel, the ''Alert'', which he had taken out of service to allow him time to complete the ''Rainbow.''〔 ''Rainbow'' however was not completed so quickly, it being reported on May 3, 1912 that the vessel was "rapidly nearing completion."〔''Coos Bay Times'', May 3, 1913, page 2, col. 3.〕 ''Rainbow'' was long,〔 with a beam of and depth of hold of .〔 There were accommodations for 100 passengers〔〔 The overall size of the steamer was 75 gross tons.〔 and 58 registered tons.〔U.S. Treasury Dept., Statistics Bureau, (''Annual List of Merchant Vessels'' (for year ending June 30, 1913)''. ), page 276.〕 Total required crew was shown as only two.〔 The steamer was reported to have been "built specially for the auto travel so that the part of the journey on water could be made as quickly as possible."〔 Freight was carried on the lower deck, which also included a men's cabin.〔 A women's cabin was on the upper deck, and, when the steamer was placed in service, Captain Edwards intended to establish a restaurant on board.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rainbow (sternwheeler)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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