A sample listing from the Oregon report.

Ship Name: A A McCully
-mm/dd/yyyy: 05/22/1886
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498 tons. 148ft x 30ft. Burned at Lower Cascades. Had been taken to the Cascades to be lines over to the Middle River. While awaiting high water, burned. Launched at Oregon City July 3rd 1877.
Ship Name: Abe Lincoln
-mm/dd/yyyy: ??/??/1870
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Foundered near a shipyard in Astoria. Vessel was visible at low water. Built in 1861.
Ship Name: Acme
-mm/dd/yyyy: 10/31/1924
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416 tons. Stranded on Coquille River Bar, OR. Built in 1901 at Alameda, CA, by John W Dickie.
Ship Name: Adel
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35ft long. Burned in Gardiner Bay, OR. Built in 1905 by W Holland. Operated as a passenger and freighter between Coos bay and Gardiner, OR.
Ship Name: Adele
-mm/dd/yyyy: 03/19/1949
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Stranded on Umpqua River
Ship Name: Admiral
-mm/dd/yyyy: 01/13/1912
Description: 4 Masted
Lat: N:046.12.00
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Last Known Location: Oregon
Vessel Type: Schooner
Nationality: American
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683 tons. Stranded at Peacock Spit, Columbia River Bar and pounded to pieces by wave action. C/O Joseph Bender. Bound Valparaiso to Grays Harbor. No lives lost. Built in 1899 at North Bend, OR, by Simpson and K V Kruse for the Pacific Shipping Co of San Francisco.
Ship Name: Admiral Benson
-mm/dd/yyyy: 02/15/1930
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Lat: N:046.15.58
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3,049 tons. 299.6ft x 45ft. 1 prop. Stranded at Peacock Spit, Columbia River. Lying near buoy No 6 and the wreck of LAUREL, lost 8 months earlier. C/O C C Graham. Carried a general cargo. 65 crew and 39 passengers all rescued. Salvaged by the Underwriters. Owned by the Pacific Steamship Co. Built in 1918 at Wilmington, DEL. Purchased by the Admiral Line in 1927. ex- TIPTON. ex- ESTHER WEES.
Ship Name: Admiral Nicholson
-mm/dd/yyyy: 05/16/1924
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678 tons. 141ft x 27.2ft. 1 mast. Stranded near the Umpqua River Bar, OR, while attempting to assist stranded LINDANA. Wrecked purchased by C K West Transportation Co, who scrapped the vessel. Built in 1908 at Seattle as NORTHLAND for the Northland Steamship Co. Sold to the Admiral Line in 1917 and re-named. ..................

NORTHLAND (Schooner) - The steel steam schooner Northland, the 608-ton vessel built at Seattle in 1908 for the single- ship Northland Steamship Co., and later merged with other independently operated Alaska and British Columbia steamers to form the Border Line Transportation Co., sank June 25 in the harbor at Kake, Alaska. The Northland was raised the following year, purchased by the Pacific Steamship Co. and returned to service as the Admiral Nicholson. Gordon Newell, "Maritime Events of 1916," H. S. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. Seattle: Superior, 1966, p. 269. .......................

NORTHLAND (Steamer) - Few cargo vessels in the marine history of Alaska suffered more strandings than the steamer NORTHLAND. She is seen here ashore on Pond Reef, ten miles from Ketchikan. She grounded September 7, 1912 but was refloated, damages amounting to only $1,500. She was finally lost on the Umpqua River bar in Oregon, May 16,1924, as the SS ADMIRAL NICHOLSON. .........................
Ship Name: Admiral Wainwright
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1,783 tons. 221.5ft x 40ft. 2 masted. Stranded at Coquille River Bar. Built in 1913 at Long Beach, CA, as GRACE DOLLAR. Purchased by the Admiral Line from the Robert Dollar Co in 1917. Sold by the Admiral Line in 1920.
Ship Name: Advent
-mm/dd/yyyy: 02/16/1913
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431 tons. 151.5ft x 35ft. Stranded at South Spit, Coos Bay Bar. Crew of 8 rescued. Bound Stanta Rosalia to Coos Bay in ballast. C/O M Eaton. Built in 1901 at North Bend, OR, for Simpson Lumber Co.
Ship Name: African Queen
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30ft long. After the 1951 movie with Humphry Bogart the vessel was purchased by Hal Bailey of San Francisco and used for passenger service on the Dechutes River, OR. The vessel was still operating up to 1984. She had been employed on passenger and mail service in the Congo. Entry for nostalgic info only.
Ship Name: Ajax
-mm/dd/yyyy: ??/??/1901
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Foundered off Oregan coast.
Ship Name: Alaska
-mm/dd/yyyy: 12/??/1869
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Stranded on Coquille River Bar. see entry for ALASKA lost 1885.
Ship Name: Alaska
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Wrecked at the Rogue River, OR. Built at Port Orford. Launched in 1869. Operated between Gold Beach and San Francisco.
Ship Name: Alaska Cedar
-mm/dd/yyyy: 12/02/1962
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2,444 tons. Stranded at North Jetty, Coos Bay
Ship Name: Alaskan
-mm/dd/yyyy: 05/12/1889
Description: Iron Hull- Sidewheel
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276ft x 40ft. C/O R E Howes. Foundered South of Coos Bay off Cape Blanco, 18 miles offshore. Lives lost 30 plus. Bound Portland, OR. to San Francisco. Built in 1883 at Chester, PENN. .....................

OLYMPION (Sidwheeler) - 1906 Sidewheel, iron steamer built at Wilmington, Delaware in 1883. Sister to ALASKAN. Don Marhsall, "Ship disasters Columbia River, tributaries Idaho, Montana. Oregon Shipwrecks. 1985, p. 208-211.
Ship Name: Albany
-mm/dd/yyyy: 01/06/1875
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328 tons. 126ft x 27ft. Stranded at mouth of Long Tom River near Wilamette. Built in 1868 at Canemah.
Ship Name: Alene
-mm/dd/yyyy: 08/22/1946
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38ft long. Stranded in fog about 5 miles South of the Columbia River entrance. C/O B A Tveter of Tacoma and mate Harry E Love waded ashore. Home port Seattle. Vessel driven onshore by breakers.
Ship Name: Alert
-mm/dd/yyyy: ??/??/1919
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Stranded on Coquille River
Ship Name: Alice H
-mm/dd/yyyy: 09/23/1950
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61 tons. Foundered near Port Orford
Ship Name: Alice Kimball
-mm/dd/yyyy: 10/12/1904
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107 tons. 2 masted. Stranded on Siuslaw River Bar, WA. Built in 1874 at Little River, Mendocino, CA. by Capt Thomas H Peterson for John S Kimball and B H Madison of San Francisco.
Ship Name: Allegheny Belle No 4
-mm/dd/yyyy: 05/21/1874
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143 tons. Stranded at Portland
Ship Name: Allegiance
-mm/dd/yyyy: 10/18/1879
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Stranded on Old Sand Island, Columbia Bar, OR. Later re-floated by tugs, BRENHAM, ASTORIA and COLUMBIA. Some lists show stranded May of 1879.
Ship Name: Alliance
-mm/dd/yyyy: 04/25/1889
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Sunk in collision with DANUBE at Post Office Bar, Willamette River. Misunderstanding of signals was blamed for the collision. The ALLIANCE was later raised and repaired.
Ship Name: Almira
-mm/dd/yyyy: 01/09/1852
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Stranded 1 mile above Umpqua City. C/O Gibbs. Cargo of government supplies and 36 soldiers for Port Roford. Stores and lives saved.
Ship Name: Alpha
-mm/dd/yyyy: 02/03/1907
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300 tons. Stranded 9 miles North of Umpqua River. Built in 1903 by Emil Heuchendorff of the Simpson North Bend Yard. ex- GOVERNOR TILDEN. ex-WALTER.
Ship Name: Alta
-mm/dd/yyyy: 01/??/1904
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Foundered. Bound Coos Bay to Rogue River, OR. Wreckage washed ashore at Gold Beach, OR. All hands lost.
Ship Name: Alvarado
-mm/dd/yyyy: 03/17/1945
Description: Steel Hull
Lat: N:043.31.03
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1,994 tons. Schooner rigged. Stranded 8 miles North of Coos Bay in a gale. Broke in two, stern 100yards offshore, foreward section on beach. Cargo of lumber. C/O Harold L Kildall. Owned by The Moore Mill and Lumber Co. Employed on the Coos Bay, San Francisco run. Built in 1914 by Craig Shipbuilding Co of Long Beach, CA.
Ship Name: America
-mm/dd/yyyy: ??/??/1946
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97 tons. 105ft x 18.5ft. Beached and burned near Swansons Lookout at mouth of Willamette River and burned. Built in 1913 by Herbert Holman of Portland for the America Transportation Co. Vessel had failed to pass government tests. Engines, boiler and other equipment had been removed prior to burning.
Ship Name: Americana
-mm/dd/yyyy: 02/28/1913
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900 tons. 204ft long. Foundered in a gale after clearing the Columbia River Bar, some lists show off Astoria and others that she made the South Pacific and was lost there. Lives lost 11 to 13. Cargo of lumber. Bound for Sydney, Australia from Astoria. Built in Grangemouth, Scotland for Hawaiian interests. Wreck has never been located.
Ship Name: Andrada
-mm/dd/yyyy: 12/11/1900
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2,551 tons. 304ft x 43ft. Foundered West of Columbia River in a storm. Bound Santa Rosalina to Portland, OR. see other entry..... ..."ANDRADA (Bark) - December 11, 1900 Four masted bark, 2,593 tons en route Santa Rosalia-Portland. Standing off the Columbia, she took Pilot Peter Cordiner aboard. She stood to sea under unfavorable weather conditions. The vessel was never seen again. Seven years later, Captain Kennealy of the British 4 master JORDAN HILL related he sighted the ship laying on her beam ends, flying signals of distress, but he had been unable to assist. Don Marshall, "Missing at Sea," Oregon Shipwrecks. Portland: Binford and Mort, 1984, p. 183-186. ANDRADA (Bark) - British bark, 1200 tons, vanished with all hands several miles west of the Columbia bar, December 11, 1900. She is believed to have foundered in a gale off the Washington Coast on December 15, but no trace of her has ever been found. James Gibbs, Pacific Graveyard. Portland: Binfords and Mort, 1950, p. 153-190. ANDRADA (Bark) - British vessel, vanished off the Columbia River Bar in December of 1900. (Gibbs, Pacific Graveyard. p. 155. ANDRADA (Bark) - Ship losses were numerous in 1900, although the majority were without major loss of life. One tragic exception was the 2,593 - ton British four - masted bark ANDRADA, Santa Rosalia for Portland, which hove to off the Columbia bar in ballast on December 1 1 and took aboard Pilot Peter Cordiner. Conditions being unsuitable for crossing in, and heavy weather threatening, she stood out to sea and was never seen again. It is assumed that she foundered at sea between the Columbia entrance and Vancouver Island. All hands were lost and no trace of her has ever been found. (In 1907, Capt. Kennealy of the British four -masted bark JORDAN HILL, at Astoria from Rotterdam, told of sighting the ANDRADA off the Columbia entrance shortly before her disappearance, on her beam ends and flying distress signals.) Gordon Newell, "Maritime events of 1900," H.W. McCurdy. Marine History of the Pacific Northwest., p. 62......" Info History of PNW.

Ship Name: Andrew Jackson
-mm/dd/yyyy: 05/02/1954
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71 tons. Foundered about 5 miles off coast North of Gold Beach. Some lists show SW of Gold Beach, OR....."Ship disasters, Oregon California Border, Chetco to Blacklock Point, Oregon Shipwrecks. p. 26-28. Don Marshall, "Ship disasters, Oregon-California Border. Oregon Shipwrecks. Portland: Binfords and Mort, 1984, p. 26-28..."
Ship Name: Anita
-mm/dd/yyyy: 01/??/1852
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Wrecked near Port Orford, OR...."U.S. Transport, Captain J. H. Belcher. Used for a recruiting ship, she arrived at the Columbia River March 15, 1848 to secure men for the Army in Mexico; unsuccessful, she returned south and became a total loss on the rocks at Port Orford. Don Marshall, "Ship disasters, Oregon California Border, Chetco to Blacklock Point, Oregon Shipwrecks. p. 26-28. ANITA(Transport) - The United States transport Anita Capt S. E. Woodworth, arrived in the Columbia River March 15, 1848, fifteen days from San Francisco. The object of her visit was to secure recruits for the army in Mexico ; failing in this she departed April 22d, reaching San Francisco five days later. E.W. Wright, Lewis and Drydens Marine History., p. 24...." History of the PNW. It would seem one of the above quotes infers she was lost in 1848 and the other that she returned to San Francisco. (I believe 1852 is the correct date of loss on a later trip. HB)

Ship Name: Ann
-mm/dd/yyyy: 04/??/1869
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83 tons. 78ft x 14ft. Wrecked on the Willamette River near Harrisburg. ....."They bought the steamer Ann, which had come over the Cascades a few years before under the name LEWISTON. Aaron Vickers was master, and she made her first trip up the Long Tom River, February 17th, going as far as Monroe. She ran there until April, when she sank between Harrisburg and Eulery's Landing with one thousand bushels of wheat for the Willamette Wool Company, and became a total loss. The ANN, or LEWISTON, was seventy-eight feet long, fourteen feet beam, with engines eight by forty-two inches, and is remembered by Willamette River navigators as the first steamer on the Long Tom River. E. W. Wright, "The Alaska Purchase, Advent of Many Fine Steamers on Puget Sound," Lewis & Dryden's Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. New York: Antiquarian Press, Ltd., 1961., p.178. - ANN. April 1869 Sternwheeler, 83 tons, 78'long, built at Umatilla, Oregon in 1868. Ex-LEWISTON, the first steamer on the Long Tom River. Wrecked between Harrisburg and Everly's Landing. Don Marshall, "Ship disasters, Columbia River, tributaries Idaho, Montana, Oregon Shipwrecks.1984, p.203-208...." History of the PNW.
Ship Name: Anna Hormme
-mm/dd/yyyy: 10/22/1886
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Wrecked at Point Blacklock
Ship Name: Annie Comings
-mm/dd/yyyy: 12/30/1907
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452 tons. Sunk in collision with French bark EUROPE on Willamette River. Later salvaged. ..."The Columbia River stern-wheel steamer ANNIE COMINGS, originally built in 1887 at East Portland as the WILLIAM M. HOAG of the Oregon Development Co., and last operated as a river towboat by the Western Transportation Co., was dismantled at Portland. Gordon Newell, "Maritime Events of 1941," H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. Seattle :Superior, 1966.. p. 489....ANNIE COMINGS - Stern-wheel steamboat construction was heavy on the Columbia and other Oregon rivers in 1903, including ANNIE COMINGS, 452 tons, 150 feet, a rebuilding of the old William M HOAG, which had been built at East Portland in 1887 for the Oregon Development Co., the steamboat line of the grandiously-launched, but short lived Oregon-Pacific Railroad, promoted by one T. Egenton Hogg to connect Yaquina Bay with one of the transcontinental roads east of the Rockies; as the ANNIE COMINGS she set about the prosaic tasks of towing ships for the Westem Transportation Company. Gordon Newell, "Maritime Events of 1903," H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest., p. 89.....ANNIE COMINGS, wooden stern-wheel steamer of 1909, used by the government for various station duties on the Columbia and Willamette Rivers, sold by Western Transportation Co. to Warren Nash for use as a showroom and shop at his Willamette River marina. Gordon Newell, "Maritime Events of 1947," H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. Seattle :Superior Publishing Company, 1966, p. 546.....ANNIE COMINGS (Sternwheeler) - December 30, 1907 Sternwheeler, 452 tons, ex-William M. Hoag, built in 1887, rebuilt at Portland in 1903. Owned by the Western Transportation Co. The 150 foot vessel was rammed by the French bark EUROPE; she sank in three minutes in the Columbia River at St. Johns. The crew, including a woman, climbed to the deck of the surviving vessel via her anchor chains. All were saved. Don Marshall, "Ship disasters, Columbia River, tributaries Idaho, Montana, Oregon Shipwrecks.1984, p.203-208.....ANNIE COMINGS of the Western Transportation Co. (a rebuild of the Oregon Development Company's WILLIAM H HOAG of 1887) ran into the French bark EUROPE which was anchored in the Columbia River off St. Johns on the night of December 30. The steamer sank in three minutes, the crew, including the woman cook, clambering up the anchor chains to the deck of the sailing vessel. Although completely wrecked, the steamer was raised, rebuilt, and put back in service until 1941, when her engines and boilers were removed. Gordon Newell, Maritime Events of 1907," H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest., p. 137......"

Ship Name: Annie Doyle
-mm/dd/yyyy: 03/11/1865
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Wrecked at Yaquina Bar, OR. ..."ANNIE DOYLE - March 11th 1865 Schooner. Wrecked on Yaquina bar. Don Marshall, "Ship disasters, Umpqua River to Salmon River. Oregon Shipwrecks. Portland: Binfords and Mort, 1984, p. 72-75...."
Ship Name: Antelope
-mm/dd/yyyy: 09/30/1907
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123 tons. Stranded Nehalem River Bar. ...."The ANTEOPE a two-masted schooner of 123 tons, was built in 1887 by Matthew Turner at Benicia for G. W. Hume, San Francisco, the salmon packer. She was afloat in 1900, but her ultimate fate has not been recorded. John Lyman, Pacific Coast Built Sailers, 1850-1905," The Marine Digest. February 15, 1941. p. 2. The Antelope was wrecked at the Nehalem River, Oregon, September 30, 1907. - Antelope, September 30, 1907 Schooner, 123 tons, two masts, built by M. Turner at Benicia in 1887. Vessel went ashore between Nehalem and Rockaway and was completely forgotten until 1940, at which time the wind blew the sand away to expose the ship's musty hull. Don Marshall, "Ship disasters from Cascade Head to Nehalem River, "Oregon Shipwrecks, 1985, p. 96-98. The schooner ANTELOPE went ashore at Nehalem September 30, 1907. Gordon Newell, "Maritime Events of 1907," H. W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest.. p . 135...."

Ship Name: Arago
-mm/dd/yyyy: 10/20/1896
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947 tons. Stranded on Coos Bay Bar. ...."Arago (Steamer) - October 20, 1896 Steamer, propeller, 947 tons, built by Union Iron Works of San Francisco in 1885 for the Coos Bay coal trade. 207'x 301 x 16' with a compound engine of 22 " x 44 1 x 34 1. Originally the EMILY, she wrecked at Coos Bay bar in 1891 with the loss of one life. This time, she hit again at the same spot; Joseph A. Younker of the U.S. Life Saving Service was on duty both times and participated in rescuing both crews. The ship struck a submerged portion of the jetty and sank; 13 of 37 died. Loran C, chain 9940; W:13539.52, X:27770.23, Y:43927.78. Don Marhsall, "Ship Disasters, Blacklock Point to Tenmile Creek. Portland: Binford & Mort, 1984, p.42-46. ARAGO (Steamer) - The steamship ARAGO, a handsome little propeller, was launched in March at the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, for the Coos Bay coal trade. She was two hundred and seven feet long, thirty feet beam, sixteen feet hold, with engines twenty-two and forty-four by thirty-four inches. E.W. Wright, "Marine business of 1885," Lewis and Drydens Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. [Written in 1895.].. p. 329"......
Ship Name: Architect
-mm/dd/yyyy: 03/28/1875
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279 tons. Stranded at Clatsop Spit. C/O Mertage. ...."ARCHITECT (Bark) - March 10, 1875 Listed as a bark and a schooner, also listed as lost on the 28th of March, not only on the Clatsop Spit, but in the Columbia River as well. She sailed apparently in ballast under Captain Mertage en route San Francisco to Cementville (Knappton) when she filled and settled. The crew climbed to the rigging of the 20 year old Rockland, Maine built vessel and stayed there all day until rescued. She was valued at $8,247; the wreck sold for $52. Don Marshall, "Ship disasters, Cape Falcon to Cape Disappointment," Oregon Shipwrecks. 1984, p. 127-34. .....ARCHITECT (Bark) - American bark, 279 tons, stranded on Clatsop Spit, March 28, 1875. She was in ballast from San Francisco enroute to Cementville on the Columbia. Following the ship PACTOLUS across the bar, the wind failed, causing her to go on the sands. After spending the night in the rigging in refuge from the surf, Captain Mertage and his crew were rescued by a lifeboat manned by Lieutenant Samuel Jones and the Allen Brothers of Astoria, who were towed to the scene of the wreck by the tug ASTORIA. An F. C Carr, of Astoria, purchased the wreck for $52, but salvaged little of value. The Architect was built at Rockland, Maine, in 1865, and was insured for $8,000 at the time of the wreck. James Gibbs, Pacific Graveyard. Portland: Binfords and Mort, 1950, p. 153-190. ....ARCHITECT (Bark) - The American bark Architect, Captain Mertage, in ballast from San Francisco for Cementville, on the Columbia, was wrecked on Clatsop Spit, March 28, 1875. She attempted to follow the British ship PACTOLUS, which was sailing in with a pilot on board, but the wind died out, and she drifted on the spit. The anchor was let go, but she struck so heavily that when the tide rose she filled. The crew took to the rigging and were rescued the next day by a lifeboat towed from the Cape by the tug ASTORIA and manned by Lieut. Sam Jones and the Allen brothers. The vessel became almost a total loss, and the wreck was sold to Mr. Carr for $52. The Architect, which was owned by the Cementville Mill Company, was built in Rockland, Me., in 1855, registered 279 tons, and was valued at $8,000. She had only recently been placed in this trade, having previously served for ten years between Humboldt and San Francisco. E. W. Wright, "Loss of the 'Pacific,' New Transportation Companies on the Willamette and Columbia," Lewis & Dryden's Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. New York: Antiquarian Press, Ltd., 1961., p.229-30.
Ship Name: Argo
-mm/dd/yyyy: 11/26/1909
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210 tons. C/O Snyder. Stranded on Tillamook Bay Bar. Carried a general cargo. Lives lost 4. Bound Portland OR. to Tillamook, OR. ...."ARGO (Steamer) - November 26, 1909 Steamer, 110', 210 tons. Don Marshall, "Ship disasters from Cascade Head to Nehalem River,"Oregon Shipwrecks, 1985, p. 96-98.....ARGO (Steamer) - The little wooden steamer ARGO of 1898, operated in freight and passenger service between Portland, Astoria and Tillamook by the Tillamook Steam Navigation Co., had been four days at sea after leaving Astoria as she stood off Tfllamook Bar on November 26. The bar was breaking so badly that Capt Levi Snyder had held her offshore awaiting safer conditions. The Argo carried 12 passengers: two women, two children and eight men, most of them violently seasick. At about 3:00 p.m. Capt Snyder decided to take her in, but in crossing she struck bottom so violently that her timbers were strained from stem to stern and a large section of her keel was torn off. The steam pipes broke and the disabled steamer lay broadside to the seas, in imminent danger of turning turtle. The Garibaldi Beach Lifesaving boat under Capt Farley was launched and on its way to the wreck within nine minutes of the stranding. As the lifeboat came alongside to take off the passengers it was flung against the Argo's hull with such violence that it was badly stove in, and the male passengers were refumed aboard the steamer, after which the boat attempted to land on the beach. As it ran in it was lifted completely from the water, flipping end for end in the air and throwing its occupants into the breakers. Persons on the beach formed a human chain to reach the survivors, but Mrs. L. A. Holdrege of Portland, six-year-old Nellie Hunter of Napa, California, and Surfman Henry Wickman were drowned, Capt Farley suffering a broken arm and internal injuries. Two boats were launched from the ARGO, one in charge of Capt Snyder and the other commanded by First Officer J A Johnson. One passenger and a fireman could not be found when the wreck was abandoned and it was assumed that they were swept overboard and drowned. The mate's boat was picked up by the gasoline schooner OSHKOSH, which had left Astoria about the same time as the ARGO and returned to sea from Tillamook Bay to search for survivors. The ten persons in this boat were returned to Astoria, but the captain's boat was not located and was feared lost. It was sighted the next day off the Columbia River, however, and all in it picked up safely by the steam schooner Coronado. The boat contained Chief Engineer J H Snyder, Purser W A Stimson, Assistant Engineer Thomas Russell, five other members of the crew, and two passengers. The Tillamook Steam Navigation Co. subsequently purchased the wooden tug GOLDEN GATE from the Northwestern Fisheries Co. and rerifted her as a passenger and freight steamer to replace the ARGO. Gordon Newell, Maritime Events of 1909, H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest., p. 166".......
Ship Name: Ariel
-mm/dd/yyyy: ??/??/1886
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Last Known Location: Oregon
Vessel Type: Schooner
Nationality: American
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43 tons. Stranded at Clatsop Spit. Also shown 99 tons. ..."Ariel (Schooner) - 1886. Wrecked on Clatsop Spit. Don Marshall, "Ship disasters, Cape Falcon to Cape Disappointment," Oregon Shipwrecks. 1984, p. 127-34.....ARIEL(Schooner) - American schooner, wrecked on Clatsop Spit in 1886. The crew is believed to have been saved. No record appears to have been kept as to which schooner ARIEL was lost at the river mouth. It was claimed by some of the old timers to have been the 99-ton schooner ARIEL built at Baltimore in 1853, and registered at San Francisco, and others say she was the 43-ton schooner-yacht ARIEL built at New York in 1873, later becoming a unit of the Pacific sealing fleet. James Gibbs, Pacific Graveyard, p.155. Portland: Binfords and Mort, 1950, p. 153-190"...
Ship Name: Arrow No 2
-mm/dd/yyyy: 01/21/1949
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15 tons. Exploded and burned off Astoria. ...."ARROW #2 - January 21, 1949 Tug. An explosion and fire in Astoria took the life of Captain John Pemberton. Don Marshall, "Ship Disasters, Columbia Bar inside Tongue Point," Oregon Shipwrecks. Portland: Binford and Mort, 163-166.....1949.Don Marshall, "Ship disasters, Columbia Bar inside Tongue Point," Oregon Shipwrecks. 1984. p. 163-65....ARROW NO 2 (Tug) - An explosion and fire which destroyed the 50-foot tug Arrow No. 2 at Astoria, January 21, fatally burned the skipper, John Pemberton, a colorful Astoria waterfront figure widely known as "Tiger John." Pemberton was rescued from flame -covered waters by firemen but died the following day. He was an employee of the Columbia River Bar Pilots, and the ARROW No. 2 was used to transport pilots to and from ships at the river entrance. Gordon Newell, "Maritime Events of 1923," H.M. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, p. 565....ARROW No 2, (Tug) - The motor tug, of fifteen tons was owned by the Arrow Tug and Barge Co., of Astoria, Oregon, exploded and burned off Astoria, January 21, 1949. One life was lost. James Gibbs, Pacific Graveyard. Portland: Binfords and Mort, 1950, p. 153-190"....
Ship Name: Asotin
-mm/dd/yyyy: ??/??/????
Description: Sternwheeler
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Vessel Type: Steamer
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Crushed by ice at Arlington, OR. Date not known. ..."ASOTIN (Steam Dredge) - A 200-ton steel steam dredge 140 feet in length, the Asotin was built at Celilo, Oregon for the U. S. Army Engineers, who also took delivery of two larger steam dredges, the MULTNOMAH and WAHKIAKUM, each of 1,135 tons, 269 feet in length with 1,000-horsepower machinery, built at Portland, and the Astoria-built steam tugs J. C. POST and H. M. ADAMS, 78 feet in length and fitted with compound engines of 160 horsepower. Gordon Newell, "Maritime Events of 1913," H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest., p224....ASOTIN (Sternwheeler) - 1915 Sternwheeler, built at Celilo for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and crushed in the ice at Arlington, Oregon. Don Marshall, "Ship disasters, Columbia River, tributaries Idaho, Montana, Oregon Shipwrecks.1984, p.203-208"...

Ship Name: Atalanta
-mm/dd/yyyy: 11/17/1898
Description: Iron Hull
Lat: N:044.21.05
Long: W:124.06.00
Last Known Location: Oregon
Vessel Type: Clipper
Nationality: British
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1,753 tons. 265.1ft x 39.7ft. Stranded. Lives lost 28.....................

"ATALANTA (Clipper) - November 17, 1898 Clipper, British, 1753 tons carrying 92,405 bushels of wheat valued at $65,000. It is said this ship was a good sailer and once covered 950 miles in three days. She was reported as having an unusual rig with a main skysail above her double topgallant yards, but I'll be darned if I can figure out that one. Built at Greenock, Scotland in 1886, she sailed 320 and 325 miles in two consecutive days on her trials. Captain McBride made a first-arrival bet with two other ships bound for the same African port. The other ships left two days ahead of McBride and, in order to gain time, he "coasted," a deadly game of hugging the shore. The ATALANTA struck a reef where the rocks extend some two miles offshore near Seal Rocks, five miles north of Alsea. The captain paid with his life for the error, as did 22 others; only three lived. The ship is also listed as 1.5 milesout from the mouth of Big Creek"..... Don Marshall, "Ship disasters, Umpqua River to Salmon River. Oregon Shipwrecks. Portland: Binfords and Mort, 1984, p. 72-75............

"ATALANTA (Clipper ship) - The British clipper ship ATALANTA, Tacoma for Dalgoa Bay, South Africa with grain, went ashore four miles south of Alsea Bay, Oregon on November 17, her master and 22 of her crew being drowned, while only three men survived. The ATALANTA, which had the unusual rig of a main skysail above double topgallant yards, was a notable sailer, having made 950 miles in three days running her easting down on one voyage, and while on a passage from Cardiff to Singapore in 1886 logged 320 and 325 miles in two consecutive days"........ Gordon Newell, "Maritime Events of 1898. H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest., p. 42.

Ship Name: Aui
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Long: W:124.05.00
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Foundered near Agate Beach, OR. Cause not known. Info from NOAA.
Ship Name: Aurelia
-mm/dd/yyyy: 08/??/1911
Description: Wooden Hull
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Vessel Type: Steamer
Nationality: American
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743 tons. 162ft long. 2 masts. Stranded at Buoy No 8, Sand Island, Columbia Bar, OR. Later refloated and repaired. Built in 1902 at Prosper, OR. by G Ross. She was eventually pulled free by the tugs WALLULA and ONEONTA, most of the crew having been removed by the Point Adams lifesaving crew. Purchased by the Admiral Line in 1916 from the Pacific Coast Steamship Co to assist in handling the augmented freight tonnage generated by the war in Europe. Sold to a Peruvian Co in 1919.
Ship Name: Aurora
-mm/dd/yyyy: 06/??/1849
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346 tons. Stranded at Tongue Point Channel, Columbia River Bar. C/O Kilbourn. Also shown off Grays Bar. ...."AURORA - American ship, 346 tons, stranded on the sands off Grays Bay inbound from San Francisco in June, 1849, in ballast. Aboard were twenty-six passengers all of whom were rescued by John Hobson on his flat barge from Astoria. The Aurora was skippered by Captain H. Kilbourn, formerly of the brig HENRY. A short while after the passengers were rescued a gale arose and destroyed the vessel. All hands were saved. This ship was in quest of lumber for the return trip when disaster occurred. Built at Baltimore in 1823-24, the Aurora was owned throughout most of her career by Robert Kermit and James Mowatt of Baltimore, and was classed as a packet ship..... James Gibbs, Pacific Graveyard. Portland: Binfords and Mort, 1950, p. 153-190....The American ship AURORA, in command of Captain Kilbourn, formerly of the brig HENRY, ran on the sands off Gray's Bay while en route from San Francisco for a lumber cargo. She had twenty or thirty passengers aboard and a small cargo, and, a heavy gale coming up, the ship proved a total loss..... John Hobson took the passengers to Oregon City in a flatboat. E.W. Wright, Lewis and Drydens Marine History., p. 27.