Albina Engine & Machine Works was a

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along the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States. It was located in the Albina area of Portland along N. River Street and N. Loring Street. Albina Engine & Machine Works was founded in 1904. The shipyard produced a number of freighters during World War I, but operated mainly as a repair yard during the 1920s and 1930s. The Albina yard expanded its workforce and production during Portland's World War II shipbuilding boom. It specialized in producing

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, vessels designed to combat German U-boats. Albina Engine & Machine Works also built

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boats and cargo ships. Business declined in the post-war years, and Albina Engine & Machine Works was sold to the Dillingham Corporation around 1971.

Submarine chaser

21 of 343 s built during World War II for the US Navy: * ''PC-569'' delivered 8 May 42 * ''PC-570'' 18 April 42 * ''PC-570'' 18 April 42 * ''PC-571'' 22 May 42 * ''PC-572'' 17 June 42 * ''PC-578'' 13 July 42 * ''PC-579'' 24 August 42 * ''PC-580'' 26 September 42 * ''PC-581'' 9 October 42 * ''PC-582'' 22 October 42 * ''PC-1077'' 9 December 42 * ''PC-1078'' 5 February 43 * ''PC-1079'' 7 March 43 * ''PC-1080'' 29 March 43 * ''PC-1081'' 16 April 43 * ''PC-1082'' 8 May 43 * 8 January 43 collision and sank off San Diego 11-Sep-45 * ''PC-816'' 9 June 43 * 13 July 43 * ''PC-818'' 3 August 43 * ''PC-819'' 2 August 43 * ''PC-820'' 30 September 43

''PCE-842''-class patrol craft

20 of 68 PCE-842-class patrol craft submarine chaser built for World War II US Navy, 184 feet long with 794 DWT: * ''PCE-867'' delivered 20 June 43 * ''PCE-868'' 31 August 43 * ''PCE-869'' 19 September 43 * ''PCE-870'' 5 October 43 * ''PCE-871'' 29 October 43 * ''PCE-872'' 29 November 43 became BRP ''Cebu'' * ''PCE-873'' 15 December 43 * ''PCE-874'' 31 December 43 * ''PCE-875'' 19 January 44 * ''PCE-876'' 10 June 44, became USS ''Lodestone'' * ''PCE-877'' 14 February 44 became USS ''Havre'' * ''PCE-878'' 13 March 44 * ''PCE-879'' 10 July 44 * ''PCE-880'' 29 April 44 * ''PCE-881'' 31 July 44 * ''PCE-882'' 23 February 45 * ''PCE-883'' 13 November 44 * ''PCE-884'' 30 March 45 * ''PCE-885'' 30 April 45 * ''PCE-886'' 31 May 45

Landing Craft

*LCI (L) Landing Craft were not given names. Albina built LCI(L) 1013 to LCI(L) 1033 in 1944. There were Landing Craft Infantry Large. LCI(L) had a displacement 216 tons light, 234 tons landing; and 389 tons loaded. LCI(L) had a length of 158' 5 1/2", beam of 23' 3", light draft of 3'1". To speed of 16 kts and 4 kts continuous. They had four to five Oerlikon 20 mm cannons, each gun was mounted inside of a round gun tub with a shield. LCI(L)-1022 became the USS ''Rail'' (AMCU-37). *LCC (1) Albina built 27, LCC 25470 to LCC 25496 in 1943 and 1944. Landing Craft, Control Mark 1: displacement full, 30 tons, length56 feet - 17.1 m, beam 4 m, draft 1.2 m, top speed 13.5 kts, 450 HP, 2 diesel engines, armament two 90 mm gun. Landing Craft, Control were used by

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leading the

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on 6 June 1944. They had new radar system and help guide the landing craft on each landing. *LCC(2) Albina built 15, LCC(2) 39044 to LCC(2) 39058, in 1944. Landing Craft, Control, Mark 2, 56 feet long, 30 tons LDT. *LCS(L) Albina built The Landing Craft Support (Large), or "LCS(L) Mark 3. Built from LCS(L) 61 to LCS(L) 78 and LCS(L) 48 to LCS(L) 60. Built on a standard LCI hull and was add more gunfire support and crew accommodation. They had a single

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and/or two twin 40 mm cannon and numerous 20 mm cannon. Many were used in

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invasions in late 1944 and into 1945.

Concrete Barge

These were a type of

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a class of Type B ships. Steel shortages led the US military to order the construction of small fleets of ocean-going concrete barge and ships. Displacement: , full load: 1360 tons. Length:, beam: , draft: , crew of 3 men. YOGN were a class Non-self-propelled Gasoline Barge: *''YOGN-114'' *''YOGN-115'' used to support cooling efforts at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power *''YOGN-116'' *''YOGN-117'' *''YOGN-118'' *''YOGN-119'' renamed YON 367, sunk as target 1973 *''YOGN-120'' renamed Ex-BG 1165, sunk as target 1978 *''YOGN-121'' *''YOGN-122'' Ex-BG 8452, scrapped 1986 *''YOGN-123'' Ex-BG 6380, YON 252 *''YOGN-124'' Ex-BG 6383, struck 2006 *''YOGN-125'' Ex-YWN 154, now YON *Built by Manitowoc SB in Manitowoc WI, 174 feet long, 440 tons. *''YOGN-196'' renamed Ex-YO 196, sunk as target 2000 *YO 174 *YO 175 *YO 176 *YO 177 *YOG 61 *YOG 62 *YOG 63 *YOG 64 *YOG 65

C1-MT-BU1

The C1-MT-BU1 was a subtype of a Cargo

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, modified from the C1 design for use as lumber transports, 5,032 DWT, launched in late 1945 and early 1946. * 4 of 4 C1-MT-BU1 **''Oregon Fir'' wrecked and scrapped in 1967. **''California Redwood'' **''Washington Cedar'' **''Arizona Pine''

Coastal Freighter - FS

Albina built 20 Coastal Freighter, type FS in 1944 and 1945. Most were transferred to the Dutch Government. There they were used in

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, now Indonesia for inter-island shipping. The Dutch Government sold them to Koninklijke Paketvaart-Maatschappij in 1948. These were 555 DWT and 176 feet long.

Light vessel

Albina built three Lightvessel for the

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. Each was: length of 133 feet 3 inches (40.6 m), 33 feet (10.1 m) beam and draft of 11 feet 9 inches (3.6 m) These were specially built as a self-propelled ship that would remain on station for nine months of a year. Outfitted with housekeeping and the light . * LV 100 ''Blunts Reef'' Completed on 10 February 1930, transferred to the US Navy in 1971, taken to Vietnam. * LV 113 ''Swiftsure Banks'' Completed on 15 June 1930, donated in 1969 to Sea Scouts, back, then back to USCG, sold for scrap. Sank at shipyard in Willamette River, Portland Or., raised and used for floating restaurant from 1983 to 1987. Sold in 1988 and sank in while being towed to Alaska. *

Lightship No. 114 Lightship No. 114, later U.S. Coast Guard WAL 536, that served as lightship Fire Island (NY), Examination Vessel (WW II), Diamond Shoal (NC), 1st District relief vessel, Pollock Rip (MA) and Portland (ME). After decommissioning in 1971, in 1975 th ...

''Fire Island'' (WAL-536) Completed 1930. Lightship No. 114 was an active lightship from 1930 to 1971. Her last port was at Portland, Maine. In 1975 she was purchased by the city of

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. She was not drydocked for normal maintain, her hull rusted. She sank at her station on May 31, 2006, and scrapped.

World War I

For World War I in 1918 and 1919, Albina built 17 cargo ships. These were their first ships, Hulls #1 to 17. These were requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board (USSB). Some of the cargo ships built for World War I: * ''Point Loma''/''Margit'' Hull # 1, renamed SS ''Dorothy Phillips'' *''Point Arena''/''Erling'' Hull #2 * ''Point Bonita'' Hull #3 wrecked in 1953 *''Point Lobos''/''Skjold'' Hull #4 burnt in 1967 *''Point Judith'' became ''Charles L. Wheeler Jr.'' Hull #5 *''Point Adams''/''Gorm'' Hull #6 foundered in 1953 *''Cadaretta'' Hull #7 * ''Caddopeak'' Hull #8 renamed USS ''Besboro'' *''Callabasas'' Hull #9 torpedoed and lost in 1942 as ''Watsonville'' *''Jacox'' Hull #10 wrecked in 1943 *''Glendola'' Hull #11 torpedoed and lost in 1940 *''Glendoyle'' Hull #12 foundered in 1948 * ''Glorieta'' Hull #13 torpedoed and lost in 1942 *''Glymont'' Hull #14 sunk by gunfire in 1942 *''Glyndon'' Hull #15 Foundered in 1924 * ''Meriden'' Hull #16 scuttled in 1946, renamed USS ''Majaba'' *''Doylestown'' Hull #17 foundered in 1968

Shipbuilding on the Columbia and Willamette Rivers

* Willamette River ** Portland *** East bank **** Albina Engine & Machine Works ****

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**** Oregon Shipbuilding Company *** West Bank **** Willamette Iron and Steel Works ****

Northwest Steel Northwest Steel was a small shipyard in Portland, Oregon. Little is known of its background or owners, but during World War I the yard built cargo ships for the United States Shipping Board (USSB). Some 37 of the 46 ships ship built at Northwest S ...

**** Columbia River Shipbuilding * Columbia River ** Vancouver *** East Bank (Washington) **** Kaiser Vancouver shipyard ****

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#2 (wood) ****

#3 (steel) *** West Bank (Oregon) ****

#1 (wood) ** Astoria *** McEachern Shipbuilding Company *** Wilson Shipbuilding *** George F. Rodgers & Company * TBD ** Foundation Company, Portland ** Peninsula Shipbuilding, Portland ** Supple-Ballin, Portland ** Grant Smith-Porter, Portland ** Sommarstrom Shipbuilding, Portland ** Coast Shipbuilding Company, Portland ** Columbia Engineering Works, Portland See also: List of Emergency Fleet Corporation shipyards

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