Camano was a steamboat built in 1906 at Coupeville, Washington, which operated on Puget Sound from 1906 to 1917.

Lovejoy, doing business as the Island Transportation Company to run on the Everett – Coupeville, Washington shipping route as a replacement for the sternwheeler Fairhaven.

Originally the oil fuel for Camano was supplied on barrels brought to Coupeville by Fairhaven, a woodburner like most of the older vessels.

Lunch was a cold meal, with coffee heated up on the head of the high-pressure steam cylinder.

Fairhaven had been blown onto the dock at Coupeville during a gale, and then on to the shore, suffering substantial damage.

In one instance, on August 16, 1912, the much larger steel-hulled steamship Sioux, coming in from Seattle, was approaching the Everett dock.

William Thorton of Sioux signaled the engine room for "half astern" to slow the vessel down.

Instead the engine room gave him "half ahead" which caused the steamer to ram into the dock.

[2] Another mistake was made and the Sioux went full ahead, smashing into Camano's stern, driving Camano forward into the 75 ft (22.86 m) gasoline launch Island Flyer which in turn struck the newly built motor launch Alverene.

[2] On March 1, 1914, in Elliott Bay, Camano collided with Modoc not far from the piers of the central Seattle waterfront.

George Benson, Tolo was en route from Seattle to Bainbridge Island in a heavy fog with eight crew and 53 passengers on board.