A guide to the U.S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation photograph album,

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1 No online items A guide to the U.S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation photograph album, Processed by: L. Bianchi, August San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Building E, Fort Mason San Francisco, CA Phone: Fax: SAFR_Historic_Documents@nps.gov URL: P83-028a (SAFR 24841) 1

2 A Guide to the U.S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation photograph album P83-028a San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, National Park Service 2016, National Park Service Title: U.S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation photograph album Date: Identifier/Call Number: P83-028a (SAFR 24841) Creator: United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation Physical Description: 13 items. Repository: San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department Building E, Fort Mason San Francisco, CA Abstract: The U.S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation photograph album, , (SAFR 24841, P83-028a) is comprised of a photograph album titled "Wooden Shipyards, Eleventh District" containing photographs of hulls under construction for the U.S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation at Oregon shipyards. The collection has been processed to the Collection level with some Items listed and is open for use. Physical Location: San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department Language(s): In English. Access This collection is open for use unless otherwise noted. Publication and Use Rights Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the researcher's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections. Processing Note The descriptions in this collection guide were compiled using the best available sources of information. Such sources include the creator's annotations or descriptions, collection accession files, primary and secondary source material and subject matter experts. While every effort was made to provide accurate information, in the event that you find any errors in this guide please contact the reference staff in order for us to evaulate and make corrections to this guide. Please cite the title and collection number in any correspondence with our staff. Preferred Citation [Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item Number], P83-028a (SAFR 24841), U.S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation photograph album, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Acquisition Information SAFR GOGA Purchased from Urban Books, Berkeley, California, July 18, Previously cataloged in the Park's library collection (VM24 O7 V5). SAFR is a blanket accession that was transferred from the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) to the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park in September GGNRA had previously acquired the collection from the San Francisco Maritime Museum when it became a unit of the National Park Service in GOGA was transferred from the J. Porter Shaw Library to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) in February Historical or Biographical Note This collection does not include a historical or biographical note. Collection Scope and Content P83-028a (SAFR 24841) 2

3 The U.S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation photograph album, , (SAFR 24841, P83-028a) is comprised of a photograph album titled "Wooden Shipyards, Eleventh District" containing photographs of hulls under construction for the U.S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation at Oregon shipyards. The collection has been processed to the Collection level with some Items listed and is open for use. Contains 1 photograph album titled "Wooden Shipyards, Eleventh District" with 36 black-and-white photographic prints, 8 x 10 in., and 3 loose black-and-white photographic prints, 8 x 10 in., found inside the album of U.S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation merchant vessel hull construction at Oregon shipyards located in Portland, Columbia City, St. Helens, Astoria, and Tillamook, black-and-white copy negatives were made by staff and assigned item numbers according to a classification scheme developed by the San Francisco Maritime Museum. Album item list: Page 1. Coast Shipbuilding Company shipyard, Portland, Oregon, circa U.S.S.B. negative no Page 2. Hull numbers 59, 60, 61, and 62 under construction, bow view, at Coast Shipbuilding Company shipyard, Portland, Oregon, April 1, U.S.S.B. negative no. A698. Page 3. Outfitting dock at Pacific Marine Iron Works shipyard, Portland, Oregon, circa U.S.S.B. negative no Page 4. Pacific Marine Iron Works shipyard, Portland, Oregon, circa U.S.S.B. negative no Page 5. Supple-Ballin Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Portland, Oregon, circa Southern Pacific Oregon-Washington Railway & Navigation freight depot is in the foreground. U.S.S.B. negative no Page 6. Supple-Ballin Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Portland, Oregon, circa Broadside view of three hulls docked, one of which is dazzle painted. Additional hulls are under construction in the background. U.S.S.B. negative no Page 7. Hull numbers 226 and 227 docked at Supple-Ballin Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Portland, Oregon, April 2, U.S.S.B. negative no. A671. A negative made from this image was assigned Photograph Collection number F Page 8. Peninsula Shipbuilding Company shipyard, Portland, Oregon, circa U.S.S.B. negative no Page 9. Hull numbers 1096, 1097, and 1098 under construction at Peninsula Shipbuilding Company shipyard, Portland, Oregon, August 8, U.S.S.B. negative no Page 10. Grant Smith-Porter Ship Company shipyard, Portland, Oregon, July 9, U.S.S.B. negative no Page 11. Grant Smith-Porter Ship Company shipyard, Portland, Oregon, July 9, U.S.S.B. negative no Page 12. Hulls under construction at Grant Smith-Porter Ship Company shipyard, Portland, Oregon, April 2, U.S.S.B. negative no. A1071. Page 13. Hulls under construction at Grant Smith-Porter Ship Company shipyard, Portland, Oregon, circa U.S.S.B. negative no Page 14. Hulls under construction at Grant Smith-Porter-Guthrie Company shipyard, Portland, Oregon, November 1, U.S.S.B. negative no. A1074. A negative made from this image was assigned Photograph Collection number F Page 15. Hulls under construction at Grant Smith-Porter Ship Company shipyard, Portland, Oregon, April 2, U.S.S.B. negative no. A1073. Page 16. Hulls under construction at Grant Smith-Porter Ship Company shipyard, Portland, Oregon, circa U.S.S.B. negative no. C201. Page 17. Ships outfitting at Grant Smith-Porter Ship Company shipyard, Portland, Oregon, June 4, U.S.S.B. negative no. A367. A negative made from this image was assigned Photograph Collection number F Page 18. Ships outfitting at Grant Smith-Porter Ship Company shipyard, Portland, Oregon, April 2, U.S.S.B. negative no. A1069. A negative made from this image was assigned Photograph Collection number F Page 19. Hulls under construction at G.M. Standifer Construction Company shipyard, Portland, Oregon [marked as Vancouver, Washington on the print], circa U.S.S.B. negative no Page 20. Hulls (BENZONIA, MOOSABEE, KANGI, and others) under construction at G.M. Standifer Construction Company shipyard, Portland, Oregon [marked as Vancouver, Washington on the print], circa U.S.S.B. negative no P83-028a (SAFR 24841) 3

4 Page 21. Hulls (BELDING and three others) under construction at G.M. Standifer Construction Company shipyard, Portland, Oregon, circa U.S.S.B. negative no Page 22. Hulls of MONTEZUMA, UMATILLA, ARVONIA, and BELDING under construction, bow view, at G.M. Standifer Construction Company shipyard, Portland, Oregon, The vessels were launched on July 13, U.S.S.B. negative no. A865. Page 23. Hulls under construction at Sommarstrom Shipbuilding Company shipyard, Columbia City, Oregon, circa U.S.S.B. negative no Page 24. Hulls under construction at Sommarstrom Shipbuilding Company shipyard, Columbia City, Oregon, August 30, Guard tower is in view. U.S.S.B. negative no A negative made from this image was assigned Photograph Collection number F Page 25. Hulls under construction and outfitting at Sommarstrom Shipbuilding Company shipyard, Columbia City, Oregon, circa U.S.S.B. negative no Page 26. Hulls under construction at St. Helens Shipbuilding Company shipyard, St. Helens, Oregon, circa U.S.S.B. negative no Page 27. Hull numbers 2138, 482, and 2137 under construction at St. Helens Shipbuilding Company shipyard, St. Helens, Oregon, October 29, U.S.S.B. negative no Page 28. Hulls under construction at George F. Rodgers & Company shipyard, Astoria, Oregon, August 28, U.S.S.B. negative no Page 29. Hulls under construction at Wilson Brothers Shipbuilding Company shipyard, Astoria, Oregon, circa U.S.S.B. negative no Page 30. Hulls under construction at Wilson Brothers Shipbuilding Company shipyard, Astoria, Oregon, August 28, U.S.S.B. negative no Page 31. Hulls under construction at McEachren Shipbuilding Company shipyard, Astoria, Oregon, circa U.S.S.B. negative no Page 32. McEachren Shipbuilding Company shipyard, Astoria, Oregon, circa U.S.S.B. negative no Page 33. Hulls under construction at McEachren Shipbuilding Company shipyard, Astoria, Oregon, January 30, U.S.S.B. negative no A negative made from this image was assigned Photograph Collection number F Page 34. Hulls outfitting at Astoria Marine Iron Works, Astoria, Oregon, circa U.S.S.B. negative no Page 35. Hulls outfitting at Astoria Marine Iron Works, Astoria, Oregon, circa U.S.S.B. negative no Page 36. Hull under construction at Feeney & Bremer Company shipyard, Tillamook, Oregon, circa U.S.S.B. negative no Loose prints found inside the album: WABANAQUOT, AKANAQUINT, KUDAPASAN, and other U.S. Shipping Board incomplete hulls at the mooring grounds, Portland, Oregon, July 28, A negative made from this image was assigned Photograph Collection number F U.S. Shipping Board hulls at the mooring grounds in the Columbia slough near Portland, Oregon, July 28, A negative made from this image was assigned Photograph Collection number F U.S. Shipping Board hulls at the mooring grounds, Portland, Oregon, July 28, A negative made from this image was assigned Photograph Collection number F Collection Arrangement No arrangement due to the small size of the collection. Subjects and Indexing Terms Merchant ships Shipbuilding Shipyards United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation Oregon Photograph albums Black-and-white prints (photographs) Black-and-white negatives P83-028a (SAFR 24841) 4

5 Item No. F Wabanaquot, Akanaquint, Kudapasan, and other U.S. Shipping Board incomplete hulls at the mooring grounds, Portland, Oregon, 1919 July 28 View off their starboard bows. Copy negative was made from a photographic print found loose inside the U.S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation photograph album "Wooden Shipyards, Eleventh District" (P83-028a). Caption: For U.S. Shipping Board, E.F.C. Portland, Ore., July 28, Mooring Grounds. Item No. F U.S. Shipping Board hulls at the mooring grounds in the Columbia slough near Portland, Oregon, 1919 July 28 Hough hull ALLEBEN is on the far left, unfinished. All others pictured are Ferris hulls. "See master information file." Copy negative was made from a photographic print found loose inside the U.S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation photograph album "Wooden Shipyards, Eleventh District" (P83-028a). Caption: For U.S. Shipping Board, E.F.C. Portland, Ore., July 28, Mooring Grounds. Item No. F U.S. Shipping Board hulls at the mooring grounds, Portland, Oregon, 1919 July 28 Physical Description: 1 black-and-white negative, safety film, 5 x 6.5 in., n (5 x 6-1/2 in.) Hough hull second from right (ALLEBEN?). All others are Ferris hulls. Copy negative was made from a photographic print found loose inside the U.S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation photograph album "Wooden Shipyards, Eleventh District" (P83-028a). Caption: For U.S. Shipping Board, E.F.C. Portland, Ore., July 28, Mooring Grounds. P83-028a (SAFR 24841) 5

6 Collection Contents Item No. F Hulls under construction at McEachren Shipbuilding Company shipyard, Astoria, Oregon, 1919 January 30 Left to right: Ferris hulls CALPUNIA and CALYDON; Hough hulls ALLEBEN and ARETURUS; Ferris hull CABRIA; and Hough hulls FLAVEL and MAHANNA. 33 of the U.S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation photograph album "Wooden Caption: For U.S. Shipping Board, E.F.C. McEachern Ship Company Astoria, Ore. Astoria, Ore., Jan. 30, Yard. Item No. F Hough type hull numbers 226 and 227 docked at Supple Ballin Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Portland, Oregon, 1918 April 2 Copy negative was made from a photographic print on page 7 of the U.S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation photograph album "Wooden Shipyards, Eleventh District" (P83-028a). Caption: For U.S. Shipping Board, E.F.C. Supple Ballin Shipbld. Corp. Portland, Ore. April 2, Hull No view. Item No. F Hough type hulls outfitting at Grant Smith-Porter Ship Company shipyard, Portland, Oregon, 1918 April 2 Foreground, left to right: KASOTA, BLANDON, and BOILSTON. Background, left to right: WASCO and BILOXI. 18 of the U.S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation photograph album "Wooden Caption: For U.S. Shipping Board, E.F.C. Grant Smith-Porter Ship Co. Portland, Ore., April 2, Hull No. [blank] view. Item No. F Hough vessels outfitting at Grant Smith-Porter Ship Company shipyard, Portland, Oregon, 1918 June 4 View as seen from aloft the mast of one of the vessels. "See master information file." Copy negative was made from a photographic print on page 17 of the U.S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation photograph album "Wooden Shipyards, Eleventh District" (P83-028a). Caption: For U.S. Shipping Board, E.F.C. Grant Smith-Porter Ship Co. Portland, Ore., June 4, Panorama of ships outfitting. P83-028a (SAFR 24841) 6

7 Collection Contents Item No. F Hough hulls under construction at Grant Smith-Porter-Guthrie Company shipyard, Portland, Oregon, 1917 November 1 14 of the U.S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation photograph album "Wooden Caption: For U.S. Shipping Board, E.F.C. Grant Smith-Porter-Guthrie Co. Portland, Ore., Nov. 1, Item No. F Hulls under construction on the ways at Sommarstrom Shipbuilding Company shipyard, Columbia City, Oregon, 1918 August 30 Four Ferris hulls: DARDANIA, DATIS, DAULIS, and DELOS. 24 of the U.S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation photograph album "Wooden Caption: For U.S. Shipping Board, E.F.C. Sommarstrom Shipbuilding Co., Columbia City, Ore. Columbia City, Ore., Aug. 30, Guard Tower. P83-028a (SAFR 24841) 7