Sternwheeler Jean, Historic paddle steamer in Portland, United States

The Sternwheeler Jean is a 168-foot (51 m) steam tug built in 1938, with a stern-mounted paddle wheel rather than side wheels. Its engines and machinery were removed in 1962, and the paddle wheel was later taken off. The steel-hulled vessel is now moored near Rainier, Oregon.

Built in 1938, the vessel worked as a tugboat for Western Transportation Company for roughly 20 years. It was later relocated to Portland and is now protected as a National Register landmark.

The Jean is a sternwheeler, with a single paddle wheel at the stern rather than side wheels. Built for the Western Transportation Company, a former Crown Zellerbach subsidiary, it worked the Willamette River until 1957. Its 1989 listing on the National Register in Nez Perce County, Idaho, reflects its later role as a preserved vessel at Lewiston.

The steamer is moored in North Portland Harbor where it can be viewed from the waterfront. It is best seen in daylight when the construction details of the vessel are most visible.

Jean was a sternwheeler, with a single paddle wheel at the stern rather than wheels on both sides; that wheel was already gone by 2009. The 168-foot length counted the wheel, so the hull itself is shorter than the figure suggests.