Columbia River Shipbuilding, Portland OR
Columbia River Shipbuilding was an emergency yard, organized in 1918 to build cargo ships for the U.S. Shipping Board: it closed at the end of the war, after building 32 ships. Its owners were A. F. Smith and J. Frank Watson, owners of the Smith and Watson Iron Works, and it was managed by Charles D. Bowles, who was also associated with J. F. Duthie Shipbuilding, in Seattle. The shipyard was next door to Northwest Steel's shipyard, on the west bank of the Willamette River, on SW Moody Avenue at the foot of SW Woods Street, which is where the Ross Island Bridge is now: see the site from the air on Google here. Comments or queries, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.
Most recent update: 2021-08-24.
| Hull# | USSB # | O.N. | Name | Owner | Type | GT | Delivery | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 215990 | War Sirdar/Westward Ho | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 5,643 | Mar-19 | Later Izan Maru 1938, wrecked and abandoned 1939 | |
| 2 | 216076 | Santiam/Westbrook | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 5,742 | Mar-18 | Later Wind Rush 1929, Kavkaz 1945, scrapped 1977 | |
| 3 | 216174 | War Agate/West Gate | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 5,799 | May-18 | In collision and lost 1918 | |
| 4 | 1644 | 216310 | War Diamond/West Indian | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 5,702 | May-18 | Scrapped 1938 |
| 5 | 216205 | War Bullet/West Grove | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 5,688 | Apr-18 | Scrapped 1930 | |
| 6 | 1645 | 216372 | War Arrow/Western City | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 5,828 | Jun-18 | Later Empire Turnstone 1942, torpedoed and lost 1942 |
| 7 | 1646 | 216704 | War Dagger/West Coast | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 5,688 | Jul-18 | Scrapped 1930 |
| 8 | 1647 | 216976 | Nivelle/Western Plains | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 5,688 | Oct-18 | Scrapped 1936 |
| 9 | 1648 | 216787 | War Spear/Western Pride | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 5,688 | Aug-18 | Scrapped 1931 |
| 10 | 1649 | 217182 | Poincare/Western Belle | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 5,688 | Nov-18 | Scrapped 1938 |
| 11 | 1081 | 217341 | West Cobalt | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 6,179 | Dec-18 | Later Empire Miniver 1940, torpedoed and lost 1940 |
| 12 | 1082 | 217436 | West Wauneke | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 5,765 | Jan-19 | Later Dorothy Cahill 1929, Pan-Atlantic 1938, De Soto 1938, Luga 1943, wrecked off Sakhalin 1948 |
| 13 | 1083 | 217533 | West Corum | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 5,795 | Feb-19 | Later William H. Point 1941, scrapped 1947 |
| 14 | 1084 | 217617 | West Imboden | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 6,179 | Mar-19 | Torpedoed and lost 1942 |
| 15 | 1085 | 217778 | West Munham | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 6,167 | Apr-19 | Later Konzan Maru 1938, torpedoed and lost 1945 |
| 16 | 1086 | 217961 | West Totant | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 6,167 | May-19 | Later Empire Moorhen 1941, sunk as breakwater at Normandy 1944 |
| 17 | 1087 | 218010 | West Quechee | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 5,711 | May-19 | Later Empire Panther 1940, mined and lost 1943 |
| 18 | 1088 | 218292 | West Nosska | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 5,563 | Jun-19 | Later Tazan Maru 1938, torpedoed and lost 1942 |
| 19 | 1693 | 217569 | West Harcuvar | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 5,696 | Feb-19 | Later Anzan Maru 1938, torpedoed and lost 1944 |
| 20 | 1694 | 217708 | West Hardaway | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 6,075 | Mar-19 | Torpedoed and lost 1942 |
| 21 | 1695 | 217935 | West Hargrave | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 6,280 | Apr-19 | Scrapped 1933 |
| 22 | 1696 | 218143 | West Harlan | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 6,267 | Jun-19 | Scrapped 1933 |
| 23 | 1697 | 218018 | West Harma/City of Eureka | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 6,280 | May-19 | Later Explorer 1928, Timber Rush 1933, wrecked off Acapulco 1940 |
| 24 | 1698 | 218391 | West Harquahala/Mount Evans | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 6,267 | Jul-19 | Scrapped 1946 |
| 25 | 1699 | 218532 | West Harshaw | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 6,267 | Jul-19 | Later Empire Oryx 1940, Empire Robin 1941, Ferdinand Bol 1942, in collision and lost 1942 |
| 26 | 1700 | 218673 | West Harts | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 6,167 | Aug-19 | Later Texas 1929, Kapitan Vislobokov 1945, Omsk 1952, scrapped 1959 |
| 27 | 1701 | 218750 | West Hartland | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 6,167 | Aug-19 | Later Michigan 1928, torpedoed and lost 1943 |
| 28 | 1702 | 218877 | West Hartley | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 5,757 | Sep-19 | Scrapped 1936 |
| 29 | 1703 | 218972 | West Hasson | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 5,757 | Oct-19 | Later Siletz 1919, Vtoraya Pyatiletka 1943, scrapped 1967 |
| 30 | 1704 | 219421 | West Hassayampa | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 5,757 | Jan-20 | Scrapped 1938 |
| 31 | 1705 | West Hastan | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 5,600 | Cancelled Apr-19, completed as Hull 33 | ||
| 32 | 1706 | West Haswell | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 5,600 | Cancelled Apr-19, completed as Hull 34 | ||
| 33 | 219269 | Corvus | Green Star Line | Cargo Ship | 5,748 | Nov-19 | Later Flomar 1930, Uzbekistan 1945, scrapped 1946 | |
| 34 | 219268 | Circinus | Green Star Line | Cargo Ship | 5,642 | Dec-19 | Later Vermar 1930, Kamanets-Podolsk 1942, Karaganda 1945, scrapped 1967 |