Grant Smith-Porter ~ Shipbuilding History

Grant Smith-Porter

Aberdeen Wa and Portland OR

Most recent update: August 25, 2021.

Grant Smith and Andrew Porter started the Grant Smith-Porter Ship Company in 1917 and by mid-1918 had 6000 employees in two yards - Andrew Petersen's shipyard in Aberdeen WA and a new yard in Portland OR. The Aberdeen yard was at 4th Avenue and B Street, where the Robert Gray Elementary School is today. See the site from the air on Google here. The Portland yard was at the foot of North Saint Louis Avenue, in the St. Johns neighborhood. See the site from the air on Google here.

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	USSB #	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	Tons	Delivered	Notes
Built in Aberdeen WA by Andrew Petersen
		214322	Oregon	Det Forenede D/S	freighter	989	1916	deleted 1953
		214504	Columbia River		freighter	1,200	1916
		214627	Idaho		freighter	1,047	1916
		214757	Phyllis		freighter	1,266	1917
		215999	Suzanne		freighter	1,431	1918
		216370	Fanestrand		freighter	2,557	1918
Built in Aberdeen WA by Grant Smith-Porter
	285	216750	Manada	USSB	freighter	2,594	1918	scrapped 1924
	286	216952	Bancroft	USSB	freighter	2,594	1918	scrapped 1924
	287	216944	Boxley	USSB	freighter	2,594	1918	scrapped 1924
	288	217188	Moraine	USSB	freighter	2,594	1918	scrapped 1924
	289	217175	Wihaha	USSB	freighter	2,594	1918	scrapped 1924
	290	217187	Itanca	USSB	freighter	2,594	1918	scrapped 1924
	291	217261	Aiken	USSB	freighter	2,594	1918	scrapped 1924
	292	217344	Anthera	USSB	freighter	2,594	1918	scrapped 1924
	2180	217467	Fort Snelling	USSB	freighter	2,594	1919	scrapped 1924
	2181	217579	Fort Seward	USSB	freighter	2,594	1919	later Salvatore Saritis, scrapped 1924
	2185		Abydos	USSB	freighter hull	2,594	1919	completed as Forest King, Alice Tebb, foundered 1940 off Jacksonville
	2186		Academia	USSB	freighter hull	2,594	1919	completed as a barge
	2270	217260	Medford	USSB	freighter hull	2,594	1919	scrapped 1924
	2271	217699	Alector	USSB	freighter hull	2,594	1919	scrapped 1924
Built in Portland OR
	250	216398	Wasco	USSB	freighter hull	3,021	1918	scrapped 1924
	251	216490	Biloxi	USSB	freighter hull	3,021	1918	scrapped 1924
	252	216550	Kasota	USSB	freighter hull	3,021	1918	scrapped 1924
	253	216564	Blandon	USSB	freighter hull	3,021	1918	scrapped 1924
	254	216602	Boilston	USSB	freighter hull	3,021	1918	scrapped 1924
	255	216632	Calusa	USSB	freighter hull	3,021	1918	scrapped 1924
	256	216703	Moritz	USSB	freighter hull	3,021	1918	sold 1921, scrapped 1930
	257	216729	Dumaru	USSB	freighter hull	3,021	1918	burned off Guam 1918
	258	216783	Wakan	USSB	freighter hull	3,021	1918	scrapped 1924
	259	216784	Caponka	USSB	freighter hull	3,021	1918	sold for scrap 1922 but abandoned, burned 1949
	260	216829	Kuwa	USSB	freighter hull	3,021	1918	scrapped 1924
	261	216830	Nankan	USSB	freighter hull	3,021	1918	later Holbrook
	1355	217096	Neeolah	USSB	freighter hull	2,594	1918	scrapped 1924
	1356	217034	Nashotah	USSB	freighter hull	2,594	1918	scrapped 1924
	1357	217100	Nupolela	USSB	freighter hull	2,594	1918	scrapped 1924
	1358	217259	Latoka	USSB	freighter hull	2,594	1918	scrapped 1924
	1359	217344	Kokomo	USSB	freighter hull	2,594	1918	scrapped 1924
	1360	217342	Kanakee	USSB	freighter hull	2,594	1918	scrapped 1924
	1361	217174	Tillamook	USSB	freighter hull	2,594	1918	scrapped 1924
	1362	217463	Fort Scott	USSB	freighter hull	2,594	1919	sold for scrap 1922 but abandoned, burned 1949
	2172	217464	Fort Stevens	USSB	freighter hull	2,594	1919	scrapped 1924
	2173	217466	Fort Smith	USSB	freighter hull	2,594	1919	scrapped 1924
	2174	217465	Fort Sill	USSB	freighter hull	2,594	1919	scrapped 1924
	2175	217577	Afrania	USSB	freighter hull	2,594	1919	scrapped 1924
	2176	217697	Ahala	USSB	freighter hull	2,594	1919	scrapped 1924
	2177	217578	Agarista	USSB	freighter hull	2,594	1919	scrapped 1924
	2178	217698	Alcis	USSB	freighter hull	2,594	1919	scrapped 1924
	2179	217700	Aculeo	USSB	freighter hull	2,594	1919	scrapped 1924