Ships and Shipping
Found in 177 Collections and/or Records:
Tanker built by Swan Island war-workers shown in a South Seas port
Color lithograph depicting the S. S. Swan Island in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
The Dalles, Portland & Astoria Navigation Company eecords
Records of a company that operated steamboats on the Columbia River, carrying passengers and freight between Portland, Oregon, and The Dalles, Oregon.
Tillamook Rock Light Station records
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.
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.