Supple-Bollin Shipbuilding ~ Shipbuilding History

Supple-Bollin Shipbuilding

Portland OR

Most recent update: August 25, 2021.

Jos. Supple, was a contractor in Portland, with an engineering works where he also built small cargo ships. The yard was at the foot of S.E. Belmont Street, which is where the ramps on and off the SE Morrison Bridge are now.

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	USSB #	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	Built	Notes
Built by Jos. Supple
			Modoc		freighter	240	1890	to USN 1898 as Enterprise (YT-16), to MARAD 1947
		111728	Reliance		freighter	153	1900
		116997	Sue H. Elmore		freighter	232	1900
		203160	Kitsap		freighter	195	1906
		203855	Chittyna		freighter	187	1907
		203949	J. N. Teal		freighter	513	1907
		204937	Mascot		freighter	299	1908
		206094	Hyak		freighter	195	1909
		207230	Gamecock		freighter	464	1910
		208705	Bayocean		freighter	150	1911
		210453	Grahamona		freighter	443	1912	later Northwestern
		214056	Kitsap II		freighter	400	1916	later City of Bellingham, Quilcene, to USN 1941 as YHB-5, sold 1947
Built by Supple-Bollin Shipbuilding
		216058	Mount Hood	Gaston, Williams & Wigmore	freighter	2,909	1918	burned and sank in Montevideo 1919
		216217	Mount Shasta	Gaston, Williams & Wigmore	freighter	2,904	1918	later Mount Baker 1919, barge 1938, to USA 1942 as FS-132, sank 1944 Prince Rupert BC
	226	216748	Calala	USSB	freighter	2,799	1918	scrapped 1924
	227	216833	Dalana	USSB	freighter	2,799	1918	sold 1921, barge Marie C. Beazley
	228	216918	Airlie	USSB	freighter	2,799	1918	sold 1922 and hulked in Germany
	229	217131	Harney	USSB	freighter	2,799	1918	later Thala, sold 1922 and hulked in Germany
	230	216922	Wallawa	USSB	freighter	2,799	1918	sold 1922 and hulked in Germany
	231	217135	Ashburn	USSB	freighter	2,799	1918	scrapped 1924
	232	217403	Awensdaw	USSB	freighter	2,799	1919	sold 1921 as Cubwood, burned 1922
	233	217404	Birchleaf	USSB	freighter	2,799	1919	sold 1922 and hulked in Germany
	2194	218525	Dertona	USSB	freighter	2,799	1919	scrapped 1924
	2195	218723	Deva	USSB	freighter	2,799	1919	scrapped 1924
	2196	218724	Diana	USSB	freighter	2,799	1919	sold 1921 as Cawood, Charwood, Kir Chehir, Kir Zade, Hissar, Hisar, wrecked in the Bosphorus 1937
Built by Supple & Martin
		223498	Lewiston		freighter	581	1923
		227124	Multnomah		freighter	314	1927	to USN as Manuwai (YFB-16), struck 1954