North Star (1) (supply Vessel)

North Star (1), 225-foot wooden motorship, the first of three Bureau of Indian Affairs supply vessels to bear the name, sold to Capt. Edward Colberg of Long Beach, California for service as a freighter in Mexican coastal waters. The sturdy little ship was one of two which carried the Byrd Antarctic expedition to Little America in 1939-41. Following service in the Alaska fisheries, she had lain idle at Ballard for several years. Gordon Newell, Maritime Events of 1968, H. W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest 1966 to 1975, p.46.

Citation: Tacoma Public Library