Histoire
This freighter was built in 1920 by Long Beach Ship Building Co., Long Beach CA.
Notes historiques
In 1920 this steel freighter was built for the Mexican coastal trade but was then considered to be too small to be profitable. In May 1921 this vessel was chartered from San Francisco by the Hudsons Bay Company, London UK to support the vessels Lady Kindersley & Mackenzie River. This vessel carried as crew of 15 and had accomodation for 15 passengers. This vessel sailed for Petropavlovsk on the Kamchatka Peninsula. This vessel carried to gasoline launches and two barges as deck cargo. On May 30, 1948 this freighter, while en route to Port William Alaska from Seattle with canning supplies, ran aground in string tidal currents on Maude Island near Ripple Rock in Seymour Narrows. The Fisheries Protection vessel Kitimat and the fishboat Koskeemo stood by for 18 hours awaiting favourable conditions to pull the vessel into deeper water. After removing some of her cargo this was effected the following day.
In 1970 this vessel was reported as having been broken up, even though she's carried into 1981 by the US Coast Guard's published record.
Propriétaires et capitaines
In 1920 she was owned by California and Mexico Steam Ship Line (Swayne & Hoyt).
In 1921-1922 she was chartered by the Hudson's Bay Co., London UK.
In 1923-1927 she was owned by Inter-Island Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., Honolulu TH.
In 1933-1937 she was owned by Harry W. Crosby, Seattle WA USA.
In 1937-1941 she was owned by the Chignik Packing Co., Seattle WA USA.
In 1941 she was owned by Western Shipping Co, Seattle, WA USA.
In 1942-1946 she was owned by the United States Navy.
In 1947-1948 she was owned by the Washington Fish & Oyster Co., Seattle WA USA.
In 1949-1967 she was owned by USA interests.
In 1965-1968 she was owned by Fleming J. Giles, Juneau Alaska USA.
In 1968-1981 she was owned by Western Trader Fisheries Inc., Juneau AK USA.
Capitaines
Captain Oliver L. Lee (1921);
Références
- Lloyd's Register Vol. 1 1926-1927
- The Province (Vancouver BC) Monday May 2, 1921 page 14-15
- The Daily Province (Vancouver BC) Thursday May 19, 1921 page 22
- The Province (Vancouver BC) Monday May 31, 1948 page 36
- Merchant Vessels of the United States (1935)
- Merchant Vessels of the United States (1965)
- www.navsource.org ↗ (website viewed 27/01/2023)
