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

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