Story
This patrol vessel was built in 1926 by Defoe Boat & Motor Works in Bay City, MI.
Historical Notes
George Schneider (Email to Nauticapedia 07/12/2021) stated "the corporate yacht for Willamette Western, named WILLAMETTE PACIFIC (270206).
He pointed out that she’s the only one he’s ever known to have the extended house, and I suggested WW added that to make her a yacht. Then he pointed out it was riveted. So it was something this vessel received before WWII. She’d been built for the Coast Guard as the WOLCOTT. This vessel had no number; until the Navy began meddling with things in WWII, Coast Guard vessels had either names or numbers, but not both.
In 1936 she’d been transferred to the Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, keeping her name, and that’s where this vessel got her added house. I’m not sure what this vessel did for them, or how this vessel got to the West Coast, but this vesselshowed up commercially for WW in Portland in 1955. "
Owners & Masters
In 1926-1936 she was owned by the United States Coast Guard.
In 1936-1950 she was owned by the United States War Department for the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
In 1954-1957 she was owned bythe Pacific Towboat and Salvage Co.
In 1957-1978 she was owned by Russell Family, Inc.
In 1978-1995 she was owned by Willamette Western, Inc., Portland OR USA.
In 1995 she was owned by Air-Sea International/Robert L. Jarvis.
In 1995-2001 she was owned by Lattitude Educational and Counseling Service, Inc.
In 2001 she was owned by Robert L. Jarvis Trustee RLJ Revocable Trust.
In 2001 she was owned by Diane S. House/Shawn Berrigan, Sacramento CA USA.
References
- George Schneider (Email to Nauticapedia 07/12/2021)
- classicsailboats.org ↗ (website viewed 10/01/2022)
- cgmix.uscg.mil ↗ (website viewed 10/01/2022)
- Merchant Vessels of the United States Vol. 2 (1979)
