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Ships and Shipping

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 177 Collections and/or Records:

Tanker built by Swan Island war-workers shown in a South Seas port

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5364
Abstract

Color lithograph depicting the S. S. Swan Island in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

Dates: 1943

The Dalles, Portland & Astoria Navigation Company eecords

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 47
Abstract

Records of a company that operated steamboats on the Columbia River, carrying passengers and freight between Portland, Oregon, and The Dalles, Oregon.

Dates: 1890 May-1919 June

Tillamook Rock Light Station records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 144
Abstract

Records of the Tillamook Rock Light Station (also known as Tillamook Rock Lighthouse), including correspondence, historical information, record books, and a visitors register. Much of the correspondence relates to a severe storm the lighthouse suffered in October 1934. The Tillamook Rock Light Station, located on a rock about 1.2 miles west of Tillamook Head, Oregon, began operations in 1881 and was closed in 1957.

Dates: 1886-circa 1964

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