Ships and Shipping
Found in 174 Collections and/or Records:
Transport attack ship drawing
Blueline inboard oblique drawing of a transport attack ship design for the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation.
U.S. Customs House, Astoria, Or. records
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 U.S.S. Alazon Bay
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.
James O. Van Bergen papers
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.
Twin screw motor vessel Wakena plans
Three negative photocopy plans on 1 sheet of the motor vessel Wakena for the Clatskanie Transportation Co., by marine architect J. H. Johnston.
Wambsgans-Lumm family letters
West Coast Steamship Company records
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.
Western Transportation Co. sternwheel tugboat plans
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.
Niles T. Whittier diary aboard the brig Metropolis
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.
John H. Wolf papers
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.