Grant Smith-Porter
Aberdeen Wa and Portland OR
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. The Portland yard was at the foot of North Saint Louis Avenue, in the St. Johns neighborhood.
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 |