Cottoneva (schooner)

February 10, 1937 Steam schooner launched as Frank D. Stout in 1917 at St. Helens. 190'x 43'and 1113 tons; cargo of 150,000' lumber. Charles R. Ayers of the Stelltree Line purchased the vessel only one week prior to her demise. She was at Port Orford dock when a storm fast approached; she cast loose and attempted to beat to sea, but was driven back and grounded about 200' from Battle Rock. Port Orford Coast Guardsmen, under CPO Nils Nilson, rescued the crew. Capt. E. Stahlbaun commanded the Cottoneva. Don Marshall, Ship disasters, Oregon-California Border. Oregon Shipwrecks. Portland: Binfords and Mort, 1984, p. 26-28.

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