| Olive (tug) | The tug Olive was also added to the Victoria fleet in 1889. She was a good-sized propeller and has recently been in the towing service in charge of Capt. Donald Patterson and Chief Engineer John H. Gray. E. W. Wright, Marine business of 1889, Lewis and Dryden's Marine History of the Pacific Northwest., p. 365. |
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| Olivebank (bark) | A series of southeasterly gales which swept Port Townsend Bay in March caused considerable inconvenience and some damage to the fleet of a dozen big sailing vessels anchored there, the 2,600-ton steel four-masted bark Olivebank, Capt. Carse, dragging her anchors across the bay and grounding near Point Hudson March 20. The Olivebank, a British vessel loaded with 2,500,000 feet of lumber from Bellingham for Iquique, was not damaged seriously and was refloated the following morning. On March 23 the British ship Dudhope, Capt. Demier, repeated the performance of Olivebank, but was also refloated without serious damage. Gordon Newell, Maritime Events of 1907, H. W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest.. p. 134. |
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| Oliver Evans (steamer) | Later known as the Constitution. Louis C. Hunter. Steamboats on the Western Rivers., p. 7,14, 283. |
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| Oliver J. Olson (schooner) | The four -masted schooner Oliver J. Olson of 1900 was dismasted while en route from Grays Harbor for Guaymas and stranded in October 1911 at Cape Falso, Mexico. Gordon Newell, Maritime Events of 1911, H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest., p. 196. |
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| Oliver J. Olson (steam Schooner) | The Oliver J. Olson, a vessel identical to the new Alaska Steamship Co. Cordova, three-masted with engines and house amidships, made her maiden voyage in the lumber trade in May, loading at Tacoma. She had arrived on the Coast from the builder's yards at Camden, N.J. the previous month. Gordon Newell, Maritime Events of 1913, H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest., p.222. |
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| Oliver J.olson (schooner) | The 0liver J. Olson, four-masted schooner of 667 tons and 900 M capacity, was built by John Lindstrom at Aberdeen, Wash., in 1900 for Olson & Mahony, San Francisco. She was dismasted and blown ashore at Cape Falso. Mexico, in October, 1911, bound from Grays Harbor to Guaymas. John Lyman, Pacific Coast Built Sailers, 1850-1905, The Marine Digest. July 19, 1941, p. 2 |
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| Oliver J.olson (schooner) | The 0liver J. Olson, four-masted schooner of 667 tons and 900 M capacity, was built by John Lindstrom at Aberdeen, Wash., in 1900 for Olson & Mahony, San Francisco. She was dismasted and blown ashore at Cape Falso. Mexico, in October, 1911, bound from Grays Harbor to Guaymas. John Lyman, Pacific Coast Built Sailers, 1850- 1905, The Marine Digest. July 19, 1941, p. 2 |
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| Oliver Moses | See LIEBIG. |
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| Oliver Olson (steam Schooner) | The year 1953 passed with no major marine tragedy. The largest vessel to be lost in Northwest waters was the steel steam schooner Oliver Olson, which was caught in a strong cross current whue crossing the Coquille River bar on November 2, bound for Bandon. The 307-foot vessel in charge of Capt. Carl Hubner, struck the jetty, jamming her rudder and propeller and causing damage below the waterline which flooded two holds and the engine room. The Coast Guard cutter Bonham and tug Port of Bandon stood by awaiting favorable condition to pull the steamer from the rocks, while a breeches buoy was rigged between ship and j etty as an emergency means of escape for the 29 -man crew, which remained aboard for three days after the stranding. Unfavorable weather reports then prompted the removal of all but the master and chief engineer, who remained aboard a short time longer and then were taken off by breeches buoy in the face of the rising storm. The abandoned vessel was sold to a California salvage firm, which removed |
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| Oliver Olson (steamer) | November 30, 1953 Steam freighter. This 300 footer was built as the Point Bonita in 1918 by Albina Engine and Machine Works. Insured for $250,000, the vessel and her crew of 29, under Captain Carl Hubner, ran aground at the tip of the south jettn@ at Coquille. She was partially salvaged before the hull was filled with rocks and became an integral part of the jetty. Her sister ship, the Cynthia Olson, had grounded near the same spot the previous year, but was salvaged. Don Marhsall, Ship Disasters, Blacklock Point to Tenmile Creek. Portland: Binford & Mort, 1984, p.42-46 |
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| Oliver Wolcott (revenue Cutter) | Lucile McDonald. Swan among the Indians.,p. 37, 163, 164, 170, 171. James McCurdy, By Juan De Fuca's Strait.,p. 60,138. |
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| Oliver Wolcott (revenue Cutter) | The old revenue cutter Oliver Wolcott was retired from governmental service early in 1897, passing to the Pacific Steam Wahling Company for feeder service between Sitka and western Alaska as the S. S. Wolcott. A wooden schooner- rigged steam propeller, the Wolcott was built in 1873 with framing of Oregon pine. Of about 200 tons gross, her dimensions were 155 x 22, her last commander in government service being Lieut. H. Emery. Gordon Newell, Maritime events of 1897, H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. Seattle:Superior, 1966., p. 25. |
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| Oliver Wolcott (revenue Cutter) | The United States revenue cutter Wyanda, well known in the Northwest for many years, was condemned and sold in San Francisco in November 1873 for $17,000, her place being filled by the Oliver Wolcott, built at the Bay City at an expense of $80,000. The Wolcott is one hundred and thirty-seven feet long, twenty-three feet beam, and ten feet hold, with a single engine thirty-four by thirty-four inches. She has been in service in the Northwest almost continuously since her completion, and in 1886 enjoyed the distinction of making the largest opium seizure ever reported, securing over three thousand pounds from the Idaho. She was for many years in charge of Captain Hooper, and M. G. Marsilliot was connected with her engineering department for a long time. E. W. Wright, Willamette River Locks Completed, Charter Rates of the Lumber Fleet, Lewis & Dryden's Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. New York: Antiquarian Press, Ltd., 1961., p.209. |
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