On June 1, 1927, the Delta King sternwheel steamboat made its first voyage from San Francisco to Sacramento. The Delta Queen, its sister ship, followed the next day. The 81-mile trip took 10 hours and the Delta King arrived in Sacramento on June 2nd at 7am. The Sacramento Bee dubbed the steamboat the “King of the Sacramento.” The 285-foot steamer continued its regular service between Sacramento and San Francisco until 1940 when it was used during the Second World War by the U.S. Navy, along with