| Alexander | - Steam sealer Alexander. Lewis and Dryden's Marine History of the Pacific Northwest., p. 443. |
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| Alexander | (Brig) - Peter Corney. Voyages in the Northern Pacific...1813-1818., Peter. Voyages in the Northern Pacific. Honolulu, Thrum, 1896., p. 76. |
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| Alexander | (Steamer) - Capt. Alex McLean made an experiment in 1893 with the steamer Alexander, but the cost of operating her was so great that the result was unprofitable. E. W. Wright, A Brief History of the British Columbia Sealing Industry, Lewis & Dryden's Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. New York: Antiquarian Press, Ltd., 1961., p.442. |
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| Alexander | (Tug) - British Tug Alexander. Lewis and Dryden's Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. p. 244. |
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| Alexander | (Tug) - The big tug Alexander, constructed on the Skeena in 1876, was this year sold to T. P. H. Whitelaw of San Francisco, who converted her into a whaler. E. W. Wright, Finest Steamers in the Northwest Appear on Puget Sound Waters, Lewis & Dryden's Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. New York: Antiquarian Press, Ltd., 1961 [This book was written in 1895 and events referred to in this chapter generally took place in 1889., p.377. |
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| Alexander Bar | (Liberty Ship (Russian)) - A strange accident befell the Russian Liberty ship Alexander Baranoff off the Aleutians in November. In this case the forward section broke off, drifted in a half circle and rammed the after part, inflicting considerable damage. Both halves of this vessel, built by the Permanente Shipyards at San Francisco, remained afloat and were later towed to Vancouver, B. C., where they were welded back together and the reunited ship, one of the few in maritime history which had collided with itself, was reassigned to the American Mail Line for operation. Gordon Newell, Maritime Events of 1943-1944, H. W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest.Seattle: Superior Publishing Company, 1966. p. 519. |
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| Alexander Dun | (Steamer) - The old steamer Alex Duncan, a 300-ton wooden vessel rifted with twin-screws, was reduced to a coal barge, after having served the Pacific Coast Steamship Co. and other owners on local coastal routes since 1875. Gordon Newell, Maritime events of 1902, H.W. McCurdy, Marine History of the Pacific Northwest., p. 79. |
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| Alexander Dun | (Steamer) - The steamer Alexander Duncan, from Hueneme for San Francisco, was wrecked at Fort Point, September 9, 1885. E. W. Wright, Marine Business of 1886, Lewis and Dryden's Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, p. 333. |
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| Alexander Gri | (Sternwheeler) - 1905 Sternwheeler, built at Wenatchee in 1903 by George Cotterell, owned by Columbia & Okanogan Steamboat Co. Wrecked at Entiat Rapids in 1905. Don Marshall, Ship disasters, Columbia River, tributaries Idaho, Montana, Oregon Shipwrecks.1984, p.203-208 |
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| Alexander Mac | (Lighthouse tender) - Burrard Dry Dock Co. at North Vancouver completed the Alexander Mackenzie, a 150-foot steel sea-going lighthouse tender for the Canadian government. Powered by two 500-horsepower Vivian diesels, the tender had a service speed of 13.5 knots. Electric hoisting gear to 1 0 -ton capacity was included in her deck equipment. The hull was fitted with stabilizers welded along each side below the waterlip-e, a feature which has proved most useful in checking heavy rolling during her arduous B. C. coastal service. The Mackenzie was stationed at Prince Rupert. Gordon Newell, Maritime Events of 1950- 51, H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. Seattle: Superior Publishing Company, 1966, p. 572. |
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| Dorothy Alexander (steel Steamer) | Four decks, two masts, 5453 tons. 391.1 x 46.2 x 19.7 feet. 130 crek, 537 passengers. 16.3 knots. Built in 1907 at Camden, New Jersey as the President. Brought to the West Coast and operated by the Pacific Coast Steamship Company prior to 1916. Between 1916 and 1922 she sailed under the Admiral flag between Seattle and California. Renamed the Dorothy Alexander for the daughter of H.F. Alexander on July 12, 1922. Between 1922 and 1936 she continued to serve the Puget Sound to California route. 1925 and 1926 she wasoperated on the East Coast by the Clyde Mallory Line. During the summers of 1926 to 1932 she was the larged vessel to operate in Alaskan waters. Purchased by the Alaska Steamship Company in 1937 and renamed the Columbia. sold to Portuguese interests in 1946 and scrapped in 1952. Gilbert Brown. Ships that sail no more. |
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| Edmund B.alexander | See AMERIKA (2). |
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| Emma Alexander (steamer) | Steel steamer; 4 decks, 2 masts; 7,793 tons; 423.8 x 54.9 x 17.7 feet; 153 crew; 442 passengers; 14.3 knots. Built in 1913 at Camden, New jersey, by the New York Shipbuilding Company as the Congress. Operated by the Pacific Coast Steamship Company between Seattle and California until she caught fire off Coos Bay, Oregon, September 14, 1916. Sold to the China Mail Steamship Company which renamed her the Nanking and operated to the orient. Purchased by the Admiral Line, November 17, 1923. Renamed Emma Alexander and placed in service on the Seattle to California route in February 1924. Operated on that route until 1936. Sold to British by 1942. Sunk at sea 1946. Giles T. Brown, Principal Vessels in the Pacific Coastwise Trade, Ships that sail no more , Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1966 p. 243-257. |
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| Emma Alexander (steel Steamer) | Four deck vessel, two masts, 7793 tons, 423.8 x 54.9 x 17.7 feet; 153 crew, 442 passenger, 14.3 knots. Built in 1913 at Camden, New Jersey by the New York Shipbuilding company as the Congress. Operated on the Pacific Coast until she caught fire off Coos Bay on September 14, 1916. Sold to the China Mail Steamship Company which renamed her the Nanking and operated to the Orient. Purchased by the Admiral Line November 17, 1923 and renamed the Emma Alexander. Ran on the Seattle to California route 1924 to 1936. Sold to British interests in 1942 and sunk at sea in 1946. Gilbert Brown. Ships that sail no more. Maritime memories, fire aboard the Congress near Coos Bay, September 14, 1918, The Marine Digest. August 29, 1987, p. 5. |
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| H. F. Alexander (liner) | The H. F. Alexander, speed queen of the Pacific, lost her way in a dense fog on the Strait of Juan de Fuca while in bound with about 500 passengers from California on July 24. She struck the rocky shoals off Point WHson at the entrance to Admiralty Inlet, causing hull damage of about a quarter of a million dollars. Capt. Charles G. Hansen, John C. Freeman, senior second officer, Ottar Drotning, junior second officer, Samuel Hall, quartermaster, all on the bridge, and two able seamen on lookout testified that they did not hear the Point Wilson fog horn, although the lighthouse keepers insisted it was sounding. Apparently the radio beacon at Point Wilson was not picked up by the liner either. The officers of the Admiral Line flagship were cleared of blame at the subsequent investigation. The 535-type liner President Grant of the Dollar Line, diverted from San Fran- cisco to replace the damaged President Madison, carried coastwise passengers to Seattle in August to aid in handling the heavy traffic disrupted by |
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| H. F. Alexander (liner) | The year 1922 was not marked by major marine disasters to well-known Northwest vessels, although the Admiral Line's flagship H. F. Alexander narrowly escaped such an accident. On a northbound voyage August 7 she struck Cake Rock off the Washington coast at about 12:50 a.m., crumpling her bows back almost to the foremast. No lives were lost, although a number of passengers were shaken up, and her collision bulkheads held, preventing her sinking. The Admiral Schley, on the Portland run, responded to wireless messages from the flagship and successfully took off 317 passengers and about 135 of the crew, landing them at Seattle. Manned by a skeleton crew and with tugs standing by, the H. F. Alexander then proceeded to Seattle under her own steam, repairs being rushed to completion at a cost of almost a quarter of a million dollars. She was back on the run in two weeks. Gordon Newell, Maritime Events of 1922, H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest., p. 329. |
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| H. F. Alexander (liner) | A historic event in sea communications occurred in May with the official tests of the radio telephone equipment installed aboard the steamships H. F. Alexander and Dorothy ALxander. Greetings, Capt. Bartlett of the H. F. Alexander, this is Capt. Harris of the Dorothy Alexander off Cape Blanco. How's the weather at Cape Flattery? Such was the first voice radio conversation ever held between ships at sea on the North Pacific. The H. F. was then 300 miles south of Seattle; the Dorothy 280 miles north of San Francisco. This event took place shortly before the placing in operation of similar equipment aboard the U. S. liner Leviathan on the Atlantic. Gordon Newell, Maritime Events of 1923, H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest p. 338. |
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| H. F. Alexander (steamer) | Steel steamer, three decks, two masts, 8357 tons 500.1 x 63.1 x 20.6 feet. 225 crew, 585 passengers 23 knots. Built in 1914 in Philadelphia as the Great Northern. Operated between Portland and San Franciso by the Great Norther Pacific Steamship Company from 1915 until 1917. U.S. Government purchased the vessel for War service during which she made ten round trips between New York and Brest establishing a world record of fourteen days, four and a half hours for a round trip. After War service she became the Columbia and was commissioned as the flagship of the Atlantic Fleet of the United States Navy. She was purchased by the Admiral Line Mar 4, 1922 and brough to the Pacific Coast. She served as a troop transport during World War II under the name General George S. Simonds and was sold for scrap in 1948. Gilbert Brown. Ships that sail no more. Edgar I Stewart, Washington, Northwest Frontier., II, p. 283. Inducted into the national maritime hall of famy May 18, under name Great Northern, Marine Digest. May 4, |
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| H.f. Alexander (liner) | The H. F. Alexander was removed from ]ayup at San Francisco in March, having passed to the Canadian Pacific for British Admiralty war service. After Pearl Harbor she was returned to the United States government, serving throughout the remainder of the war as the transport George S. Simonds. Gordon Newell, Maritime Events of 1941, H.W. McCurdy, Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, p. 491. |
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| Kate Alexander (plunger) | A. Horace Tucker and his bride went to Sequim from Port Townsend on their honeymoon aboard the Kate Alexander. Lucile McDonald, Where the Washingtonians lived, p. 81. |
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| King Alexander | See BREMEN (2). |
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| Ruth Alexander | The passenger steamship Ruth Alexander was taken over for offshore operation by the American President Lines, which had succeeded the Dollar interests in the San Francisco - Oriental and round - the - world service. Gordon Newell, Maritime events of 1939, H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, p. 474. |
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| Ruth Alexander (liner) | The former Admiral line coastwise liner Ruth Alexander, recently taken over by the American President Lines of San Francisco, was one of the early casualties of the war with Japan, being sunk by Japanese air attack off the Netherlands East Indies early in December, one crew member being killed and several injured. Survivors were rescued by a Dutch flying boat. Gordon Newell, Maritime Events of 1941, H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. Seattle :Superior, 1966.. |
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| Ruth Alexander (liner) | Despite the loss [of the Governor by collison] the Admiral Line proceeded with plans to institute a Portland service, the Admiral Enans making the first voyage between San Francisco and Portland in May, regular calls being scheduled at Astoria, Los Angeles and San Diego. Other Admiral Line vessels augmented this service. Late in the year the situation was somewhat alleviated when the Robert Dollar Co. purchased the steamship Callao from the Shipping Board and turned her over to the Admiral Line on long-term charter as the Ruth Alexander, the first of the line's Alexander ships. This handsome liner was built at Hamburg in 1912 as the Sierra Cordoba 3 for the South American trade. Of 8,135 tons, she had dimensions of 439.1 x 56 x 26.2 and was fitted with reciprocating engines of 5,000 horsepower. She arrived on the Pacific Coast early in 1922, taking her place with the President on the through route between Puget Sound and southem California. She proved one of the most popular and successful vessels ever placed |
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| Ruth Alexander (steamer) | Steel steamer; 3 decks, 2 masts; 8,135 tons; 439.1 x 56 x 26.2 feet; 150 crew; 409 passengers; 14.1 knots. Built in 1913 at Hamburg, Germany, for the South American trade as Sierra Cordoba. During World War 1, interned by Peru and renamed Callao. Given to the United States under the reparation plan. Purchased by the Robert Dollar Company in December 1921. Chartered by the Admiral Line from 1922 until 1933 and operated on the Seattle to Califomia route. In 1929, made one trip around the world in place of the President Adams of the Dollar Line. Sunk by a Japanese bomber in waters around Dutch East Indies, December 31, 1941, while flying the American flag. Previously she had been sold to British interests. Giles T. Brown, Principal Vessels in the Pacific Coastwise Trade, Ships that sail no more , Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1966 p. 243-257 |
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| Ruth Alexander (steamer) | Steel vessel, three decks two masts, 8135 tons. 439.1 x 56 x 26.2 feet. 150 crew; 409 passenger; 14.1 knots. Built in 1913 in Hamburg, Germany for the South American trade as the Sierra Cordoba. Interned in Peru in World War I and named Callao. Robert Dollar bought the vessel through the U.S. Government as part of the reparation plan. Chartered to the Admiral Line from 1922 to 1933. Sunk by Japanese airplanes in the Duth East Indies December 31, 1941 after being sold to British interests. Gilbert Brown. Ships that sail no more. The Ruth Alexander, a different steamship, The Sea Chest. September 1984. p. 27-35. (il). |
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| S. T. Alexander (schooner) | This four masted schooner of 779 tons and 800 M capacity was built at Fairhaven by Bendixsen in 1899. She was owned by Charles Nelson, San Francisco. On July 18, 1914 she left Mukilteo for the Friendly Islands and was wrecked at Toku, Tonga, September 28, 1914. John Lyman, Pacific Coast Built Sailers, 1850-1905, The Marine Digest. August 16, 1941, p. 2. |
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| S. T. Alexander (schooner) | This four masted schooner of 779 tons and 800 M capacity was built at Fairhaven by Bendixsen in 1899. She was owned by Charles Nelson, San Francisco. On July 18, 1914 she left Mukilteo for the Friendly Islands and was wrecked at Toku, Tonga, September 28, 1914. John Lyman, Pacific Coast Built Sailers, 1850-1905, The Marine Digest. August 16, 1941, p. 2. |
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