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Ships and Shipping

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 174 Collections and/or Records:

Transport attack ship drawing

 Collection
Identifier: Mss4073
Abstract

Blueline inboard oblique drawing of a transport attack ship design for the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation.

Dates: circa 1940-1945

U.S. Customs House, Astoria, Or. records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 878
Abstract

Collection includes microfilm of miscellaneous records of the U.S. Customs House at the Port of Astoria, Oregon, 1848-1868, with papers of employees and steamboats. Also included is a bound volume containing typescript copies of data and reports relating to steamboats, compiled from records of the collectors of customs in Astoria and Portland, including steamers registered with U.S. Customs, reports of supervising steamboat inspectors, and records of steamboat sales.

Dates: 1848-1939

Photographs of the launching of the U.S.S. Alazon Bay

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1059
Abstract

Photographs of the launching of the escort carrier CVE-55 USS Alazon Bay (later the USS Casablanca), at the Kaiser shipyards, Vancouver, Washington. Includes images of Eleanor Roosevelt at festivities and christening the ship, of Henry Kaiser, and of Josephine Hilda Schmid Coffin, governess to the Kaiser family.

Dates: 1943 April 5

James O. Van Bergen papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2026
Abstract

Collection consists of a manuscript bill of sale for the steamer Fashion from James O. Van Bergen to William N. Horton, 1853; oath of master, Van Bergen, for the steamer J. H. Couch of Portland, Oregon, 1865; and shipping agreements, 1853 and 1857.

Dates: 1853-1865

Twin screw motor vessel Wakena plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss4063
Abstract

Three negative photocopy plans on 1 sheet of the motor vessel Wakena for the Clatskanie Transportation Co., by marine architect J. H. Johnston.

Dates: 1917 July 11

Wambsgans-Lumm family letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2757
Abstract Louis Wambsgans emigrated from Bavaria in 1853 and settled with his wife and children in Dayton, Oregon, in 1893. Collection includes correspondence from Wambsgans family members to Magdalena (Lena) Wambsgans Lumm; correspondence from William Lumm to Lena Lumm regarding his work as a steamboat captain on the Columbia River; and correspondence from George Lindahl to Josephine Lumm regarding his activities at Stanford University. Also includes copies of six photographs of members of the Lumm...
Dates: circa 1895-1950

West Coast Steamship Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1409
Abstract

Collection includes miscellaneous records of the West Coast Steamship Company, 1946-1963, primarily those of the SS Columbia Trader. The West Coast Steamship Company was organized in 1946.

Dates: 1946-1963

Western Transportation Co. sternwheel tugboat plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss4068
Abstract

Collection consists of 16 blueprint lines, sections and plans on 3 sheets of a sternwheel tugboat for the Western Transportation Co., by architect W. D. McLaren.

Dates: April 1937

Niles T. Whittier diary aboard the brig Metropolis

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 934
Abstract

Disbound diary, probably kept by Niles T. Whittier, of a voyage to San Francisco, California, from Salem, Massachusetts, aboard the brig Metropolis. Diary lists owners, officers, and crew.

Dates: 1849-1850

John H. Wolf papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2081
Abstract

Oath of License, John H. Wolf, for the steamer Wilson G. Hunt, Portland, Oregon, December 29, 1865; and first class pilot's licenses for John H. Wolf, 1860-1867, from the District of Oregon allowing him to pilot steamboats on the Columbia and Willamette rivers from Portland to Astoria.

Dates: 1860-1867