Wolff & Zwicker Iron Works

Portland OR

Wolff & Zwicker was an iron works that got into shipbuilding in 1893 and out again in 1903, when it burned to the ground. Their plant was at the foot of Hawthorne Boulevard, around the east end of the Hawthorne Bridge, and apparently occupied several city blocks. The table below is clearly incomplete.

O/N Name Customer Type GT LOA Built Notes
LV-67 Columbia River US Light House Service lightship 450 1897 sold 1930, wrecked 1941
LV-70 San Francisco US Light House Service lightship 450 1898 sold 1930, wrecked 1941
TB-12 Davis US Navy torpedo boat 154 148 10 May 1899 sold 1920
TB-13 Fox US Navy torpedo boat 154 148 8 Jul 1899 sold 1916
7 161140 Kvichak Alaska Packers Assn. trawler 1,063 200 1900 later James B. Houston 1942, Bisayas 1947, Regina 1954, scrapped 1956
TB-20 Goldsborough US Navy torpedo boat 255 198 9 Apr 1908 sold 1919

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