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1391:Willapa Bay
1366:Puget Sound
1228:Henry Owens
789:Delta Queen
768:Chrysopolis
460:Puget Sound
422:. Also at
420:Mission Bay
387:Empire City
379:Tulare Lake
363:Fort Miller
114:New Orleans
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1441:California
988:Washington
954:San Rafael
948:Sacramento
886:Ocean Wave
810:El Primero
782:Delta King
747:Black Hawk
486:References
444:Washington
410:and later
375:Kern River
245:Marysville
241:Yuba River
231:. On the
225:Norristown
206:Sacramento
194:Montevideo
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124:SS Senator
88:Yuba River
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1247:Shipyards
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872:Jack Hays
831:Georgiana
803:El Dorado
448:Yuba City
326:Georgiana
313:Georgiana
308:Cape Horn
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249:Red Bluff
237:Yuba City
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44:built by
1211:Builders
1050:Piedmont
1009:Yosemite
981:Wallamet
866:Issaquah
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962:Senator
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754:Capital
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424:Benicia
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859:Ilwaco
838:Goliah
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725:Aquilo
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