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Ships and Shipping

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 172 Collections and/or Records:

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

The wreck of the steamer Gleaner

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2028
Abstract

Typescript term paper by Ina C. Cameron of Vancouver, Washington, 9 pages, 1959, regarding the wreck of the steamer Gleaner in January 1888 when the Columbia River froze.

Dates: 1959 May 26

Theodore Wygant papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2082
Abstract

Bond of Enrollment, Theodore Wygant, for the steamer Yakima, Portland, Oregon, June 13, 1865; and business licenses for Wygant to operate with the Lower Willamette Steamboat Company, Oregon City, Oregon, and the Upper Willamette Steamboat Company, Oregon City, Oregon, January 31, 1863.

Dates: 1863-1865