Ships and Shipping

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

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

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.

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

Memorabilia relating to Laurence J. Tynan's membership in Battleship Oregon Naval Post No. 1478 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (V.F.W.) of Portland, Oregon. This includes two membership cards, a letter from Louis J. Gulliver of the U.S. Frigate Constitution, and a small piece of the Battleship Oregon's "Homeward Bound" pennant. Tynan (1898-1965) was a naval veteran of World War I, and was captain of Battleship Oregon Naval Post No. 1478 in the early 1930s.

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.

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.

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.

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