Standifer Construction ~ Shipbuilding History

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