Standifer Construction
Vancouver WA
Most recent update: August 25, 2021.
Prior to World War One, Guy M. Standifer and James F. Clarkson operated the Standifer-Clarkson Shipbuilding Company, which was just west of the Interstate 5 bridge in North Portland, where Diversified Marine is today. As the war approached, Standifer built two additional shipyards across the river in Vancouver. One of these new yards - just west of the Interstate 5 bridge, where the Port of Vancouver's Terminal One is today - was for wooden ships: the other - just west of the railroad bridge - was for steel ships. Both the Vancouver yards were closed in 1921: the Portland yard continued as a repair facility. There are some great old photographs here
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USSB # | O/N | Name | Customer | Type | GT | Delivered | Notes | |
Wooden Ships Built by Standifer-Clarkson in Portland | ||||||||
1 | 215139 | W. F. Burrows | Libby, McNeill | freighter | 1,560 | Apr 1917 | scrapped 1934 | |
2 | 216016 | James Timpson | Resolved Corp. | freighter | 2,016 | Sep 1917 | wrecked 1924 | |
3 | 216452 | Libby-Maine | Libby, McNeill | freighter | 1,811 | June 1918 | foundered 1941 | |
4 | 17 | 217141 | Belding | USSB | freighter | 2,573 | Dec 1918 | scrapped 1924 |
5 | 18 | 216940 | Kineo | USSB | freighter | 2,573 | Oct 1918 | scrapped 1922 |
6 | 19 | 217355 | Aimwell | USSB | freighter | 2,573 | July 1919 | scrapped 1924 |
217356 | Kangi | USSB | freighter | 2,573 | July 1919 | scrapped 1923 | ||
7 | 20 | 217357 | Okiya | USSB | freighter | 2,573 | July 1919 | scrapped 1923 |
8 | 21 | 217358 | Benzonia | USSB | freighter | 2,573 | June 1919 | scrapped 1924 |
9 | 22 | 217739 | Umatilla | USSB | freighter | 2,573 | Aug 1919 | scrapped 1922 |
10 | 23 | 218257 | Moosabee | USSB | freighter | 2,573 | Sep 1919 | scrapped 1923 |
Wooden Ships Built by Standifer in Vancouver | ||||||||
1121 | 217740 | Bushong | USSB | freighter | 2,848 | May 1919 | scrapped 1924 | |
1123 | 217741 | Buttonwood | USSB | freighter | 2,848 | May 1919 | burned 1923 | |
1122 | 218119 | Bushrod | USSB | freighter | 2,848 | June 1919 | scrapped 1924 | |
1124 | 218118 | Butte | USSB | freighter | 2,848 | Aug 1919 | scrapped 1925 | |
1125 | 218255 | Byfield | USSB | freighter | 2,848 | Sep 1919 | scrapped 1922 | |
1126 | 218256 | Mendora | USSB | freighter | 2,848 | Jan 1920 | wrecked 1923 | |
Steel Ships Built by Standifer in Vancouver | ||||||||
1 | 1063 | 217776 | Cokesit | USSB | freighter | 6,100 | May 1919 | later Adelfoi Chandris 1938, Saint Marin 1941, Catania 1942, bombed 1943 and scrapped 1949 |
2 | 1064 | 217953 | Coaxet | USSB | freighter | 6,100 | July 1919 | later Empire Kingfisher 1941, wrecked off Cape Sable 1942 |
3 | 1065 | 218222 | Waban | USSB | freighter | 6,100 | Oct 1919 | later Empire Sambar 1940, Empire Beaver 1941, Norhauk 1942, mined and lost 1943 |
4 | 1066 | 218711 | Wawalona | USSB | freighter | 6,100 | Oct 1919 | later Wisconsin 1928, Nidarland 1939, torpedoed and lost 1942 |
5 | 1067 | 218836 | Nishmaha | USSB | freighter | 6,100 | Oct 1919 | later Perla 1947, Mary 1950, scrapped 1954 |
6 | 1068 | 219005 | Olockson | USSB | freighter | 6,100 | Nov 1919 | burned 1920 and scrapped 1924 |
7 | 1069 | 219236 | Montague | USSB | freighter | 6,100 | Dec 1919 | later Golden Tide 1928, Puerto Rican 1937, torpedoed and lost 1943 |
8 | 1070 | 219477 | Weepuiset/Abercos | USSB | freighter | 6,100 | June 1920 | later Empire Ptarmigan 1941, Norelg 1942, New Asia 1948, Norelg 1950, Chung Hsing 1 1951, scrapped 1967 |
9 | 1071 | 219551 | Pawlet | USSB | freighter | 6,100 | Feb 1920 | later Golden Wall 1928, Willsolo 1934, Ohioan 1937, torpedoed and lost 1942 |
10 | 1072 | 219550 | Bearport | USSB | freighter | 6,100 | Feb 1920 | later Golden Mountain 1928, Olopana 1938, torpedoed and lost 1942 |
11 | 2826 | 219957 | Arcturus | USSB | freighter | 6,100 | Apr 1920 | later Ioannis Chandris 1938, Johann Schulte 1941, mined and lost 1944 |
12 | 2827 | 220013 | Aquarius | USSB | freighter | 6,100 | May 1920 | later Timiriazev 1945, scrapped 1960 |
13 | 2828 | 220166 | Argus | USSB | freighter | 6,100 | July 1920 | later Sidney M. Hauptmann 1923, Raphael Semmes 1940, torpedoed and lost 1942 |
14 | 2829 | 220352 | Antinous | USSB | freighter | 6,100 | July 1920 | torpedoed and lost 1942 |
15 | 2830 | 220434 | Apus | USSB | freighter | 6,100 | Aug 1920 | later Charles R. McCormick 1923, Primavera 1946, Gemma 1948, scrapped 1952 |
16 | 220946 | John Worthington | Standard Oil of NJ | tanker | 8,200 | Dec 1920 | torpedoed and scuttled 1943 | |
17 | 220951 | W. H. Libby | Standard Oil of NJ | tanker | 8,200 | Jan 1921 | scrapped 1950 | |
18 | 221031 | Livingston Roe | Standard Oil of NJ | tanker | 8,200 | Feb 1921 | scrapped 1949 | |
19 | 227520 | Calgarolite | Standard Oil of NJ | tanker | 8,200 | May 1921 | later Christy Payne 1928, scrapped 1946 | |
20 | 227802 | Albertolite | Standard Oil of NJ | tanker | 8,200 | May 1921 | later Chester O. Swain 1928, scrapped 1947 |