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Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland OR

Most recent update: July 17, 2010.


Albina Engine & Machine Works, Inc., was founded  in 1904 as a repair yard, by William Cornfoot, a Scotsman.   It survived the lean inter-war years and flourished in WWII but weakened in the post-war years.  It was sold to Dillingham Corp. in about 1971 and became Dillingham Ship Repair.  When Dillingham liquidated itself in 1986, it became Cascade General but concentrated its activities at the Swan Island shipyard, closing the original yard.  It was located on N. River Street, in the Albina section of Portland, upstream of the Fremont Bridge.  You can see the site from the air on Google here.

Hull # Original Name Original Owner Type Tons Delivery Disposition
1 Point Loma U.S.S.B. Cargo Ship 3,300 Mar-18 Later Dorothy Philips 1937, Karen Olson 1946, Rio Tigre 1957, scrapped 1961
2 Point Arena U.S.S.B. Cargo Ship 3,300 Mar-18 Later Tillamook 1927, Lawrence Philips 1935, Helen 1946, Lee Che 1948, Canis 1950, scrapped 1958
3 Point Bonita U.S.S.B. Cargo Ship 3,300 Jun-18 Later San Pedro 1923, Oliver Olson 1937, Camanga (AG 42) 1942, Oliver Olson 1946, wrecked 1953
4 Point Lobos U.S.S.B. Cargo Ship 3,300 Jun-18 Later Ernest H. Meyer 1929, Morlen 1940, Frideborg 1947, Nicolaos A. Mastrandreos 1954, burnt 1967
5 Point Judith U.S.S.B. Cargo Ship 3,300 Jul-18 Later Charles L. Wheeler Jr. 1929, scrapped 1948
6 Point Adams U.S.S.B. Cargo Ship 3,300 Aug-18 Later Astoria 1923, Serapide 1952, foundered 1953
7 Cadaretta U.S.S.B. Cargo Ship 3,700 Nov-18 Later Stureborg 1946, Indora 1958, Southwind 1959, scrapped 1963
8 Caddopeak U.S.S.B. Cargo Ship 3,700 Dec-18 Later Lurline Burns 1937, Besboro (AG 66) 1943, Lurline Burns 1946, Shapur 1947, scrapped 1960
9 Callabasas U.S.S.B. Cargo Ship 3,700 Dec-18 Later Watsonville 1929, torpedoed and lost 1942
10 Jacox U.S.S.B. Cargo Ship 3,700 Jan-19 Later Portland 1937, wrecked 1943
11 Glendola U.S.S.B. Cargo Ship 3,700 Mar-19 Later Sveigen 1930, Janna 1936, torpedoed and lost 1940
12 Glendoyle U.S.S.B. Cargo Ship 3,700 Mar-19 Later Eureka 1929, Valente 1947, foundered 1948
13 Glorieta U.S.S.B. Cargo Ship 3,700 May-19 Later Munisla 1920, Neptuna 1937, Managua 1941, torpedoed and lost 1942
14 Glymont U.S.S.B. Cargo Ship 3,700 May-19 Later Arcata 1937, sunk by gunfire 1942
15 Glyndon U.S.S.B. Cargo Ship 3,700 Jun-19 Foundered 1924
16 Meriden U.S.S.B. Cargo Ship 3,700 Jul-19 Later El Capitan 1923, Majaba 1942, torpedoed and hulked 1942, scuttled 1946
17 Doylestown U.S.S.B. Cargo Ship 3,700 Aug-19 Later Iniskin 1936, North Pacific 1937, Robert 1947, Vinai Navi 1956, Hongkong Star 1961, foundered 1968
18   U.S.S.B. Cargo Ship 3,700 Cancelled
19 Essex Fells U.S.S.B. Cargo Ship 3,700 Cancelled
19 Long Bell Dredge 1 Ellicott Machine Dredge 1923
20 Long Bell Dredge 2 Ellicott Machine Dredge 1923
21 W. T. Co. 10 Western Tptn. River Barge 295 1926
22 W. T. Co. 11 Western Tptn. River Barge 295 1926
23 W. T. Co. 12 Western Tptn. River Barge 295 1926
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27 Wilavis Smith Tptn. Co. Tug 40 1929
28 Blunts Reef (LV 100) US Coast Guard Lightship 630 10-Feb-30 To US Navy 1971
29 Swiftsure Banks (LV 113) US Coast Guard Lightship 630 15-Jun-30 Donated 1969
30 Fire Island (LV 114) US Coast Guard Lightship 630 1930 Decommissioned 1971
31 Westdahl US C & GS Survey Vessel 90 Nov-29 Later Arcturus
32 W. T. Co. 15 Western Tptn. River Barge 552 Feb-30
33 R. W. Confer Western Tptn. Tug 37 1930
34 L. P. Hosford Harkins Tptn. Freighter 295 Jun-31
35 Deanna Marie Fishboat 14 1934 Later Patsy
36 Patricia Western Tptn. Tug 148 1937
37 W. T. Co. 27 Western Tptn. River Barge 393 Mar-38
38 Bantam Tug 9 Dec-37
39 Billy K. Western Tptn. Tug 1938
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41 Invader Tidewater Tptn. Tug 141 Oct-39
42 Utility No. 1 Albina E. & M. Tug 1939
43 Charles T. Tug 1940
44 Quanita Hawley Pulp & Paper Tug Oct-40
45 Port of Astoria C Port of Astoria Tank Barge 164 Jan-41
46 Rascal Wilbur J. Smith Tug 9 1941 Later Bull Pup
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48 Volcano Wilbur J. Smith Tug 1941
49 Ajax Wilbur J. Smith Tug 29 1941
50 Jupiter Wilbur J. Smith Tug 19 1941
51 Petoskey (PC 569) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 284 8-May-42 Sold 1960
52 No name (PC 570) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 284 18-Apr-42 To Thailand as Longlom
53 Anoka (PC 571) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 284 22-May-42 Sold 1960
54 Tooele (PC 572) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 284 17-Jun-42 To Venezuela 1960 for parts
55 No name (PC 578) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 284 13-Jul-42 Sold 1948
56 Wapakoneta (PC 579) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 284 24-Aug-42 Sold 1960
57 Malvern (PC 580) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 284 26-Sep-42 To Indonesia 1960 as Hiu
58 Manville (PC 581) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 284 9-Oct-42 To Indonesia 1960 as Torani
59 Lenoir (PC 582) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 284 22-Oct-42 To Venezuela 1960 as Alcatraz
60 Relax Yacht 1942
61 Edenton (PC 1077) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 284 9-Dec-42  
62 No name (PC 1078) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 284 5-Feb-43 To Taiwan 1948 as PC 109
63 Luddington (PC 1079) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 284 7-Mar-43 Scrapped 1961
64 No name (PC 1080) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 284 29-Mar-43
65 Cadiz (PC 1081) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 284 16-Apr-43
66 No name (PC 1082) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 284 8-May-43 Scrapped 1946
67 No name (PCE 867) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 795 20-Jun-43 To Taiwan 1948 as Yung Tai (PCE 62)
68 No name (PCE 868) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 795 31-Aug-43 To Mexico 1948 as Virgilio Uribe (C 11)
69 No name (PCE 869) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 795 19-Sep-43 To Taiwan 1946 as Yung Hsin (PCE 42)
70 No name (PCE 870) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 795 5-Oct-43 Later Dania, to Korea 1961 as Pyok Pa (PCE 57)
71 No name (PCE 871) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 795 29-Oct-43 To Mexico 1947 as Blas Godinez (C 02)
72 No name (PCE 872) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 795 29-Nov-43 To Cuba 1947 as Caribe (H 201)
73 No name (PCE 873) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 795 15-Dec-43 To Korea 1956 as Han San (PCE 53)
74 No name (PCE 874) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 795 31-Dec-43 Later Pascagoula, to Ecuador 1960 as Manabi (E 02)
75 No name (PCE 875) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 795 19-Jan-44 To Mexico 1947 as Tomas Marin
76 No name (PCE 876) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 795 10-Jun-44 Later lodestone (YDG 8/ADG 8), scrapped 1976
77 No name (PCE 877) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 795 14-Feb-44 Later Havre, struck 1970
78 No name (PCE 878) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 795 13-Mar-44 Later Buttress (ACM 4), sold 1947 as Pacific Reefer
79 No name (PCE 879) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 795 10-Jul-44 Later Magnet (YDG 9/ADG 9), sunk as target 1976
80 No name (PCE 880) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 795 29-Apr-44 Later Ely, to Maine 1970 as Aqualab II, sold 1975
81 No name (PCE 881) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 795 31-Jul-44 To the Philippines 1948 as Cebu (PS 28)
82 No name (PCE 882) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 795 23-Feb-45 Later Asheboro, to Korea 1974
83 No name (PCE 883) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 795 13-Nov-44 Later Deperm (YDG 10/ADG 10), sunk as target 1982
84 No name (PCE 884) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 795 30-Mar-45 To the Philippines 1948 as Negros Occidental (PS 29)
85 No name (PCE 885) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 795 30-Apr-45 To the Philippines 1948 as Leyte (PS 30)
86 No name (PCE 886) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 795 31-May-45 Later Banning, struck 1970
87 No name (PCE 887) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 795 Cancelled
88 No name (PCE 888) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 795 Cancelled
89 No name (PCE 889) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 795 Cancelled
90 No name (PCE 890) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 795 Cancelled
91 No name (YO 73) U.S. Navy Yard Oiler 600 May-43 Later Urania
92 No name (YO 119) U.S. Navy Yard Oiler 600 May-43 Later Western Shell
93 No name (YO 120-) U.S. Navy Yard Oiler 600 Jun-43 Scrapped 1974
94 No name (YO 121) U.S. Navy Yard Oiler 600 Jul-43 Scrapped 1974
95 No name (YO 122) U.S. Navy Yard Oiler 600 Oct-43
96 No name (YO 105) U.S. Navy Yard Oiler 600 Jan-44 Scrapped 1974
97 No name (YO 123) U.S. Navy Yard Oiler 600 Feb-44 Scrapped 1974
98 No name (YOG 37) U.S. Navy Gasoline Tanker 600 Feb-44 Scrapped 1975
99 No name (PC 815) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 284 8-Jan-43 Lost in collision with USS Laffey 1945
100 No name (PC 816) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 284 9-Jun-43  
101 Welch (PC 817) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 284 13-Jul-43 Scrapped 1959
102 No name (PC 818) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 284 3-Aug-43  
103 No name (PC 819) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 284 2-Aug-43 To Mexico 1952
104 No name (PC 820) U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 284 30-Sep-43  
105 No name (YO 124) U.S. Navy Yard Oiler 600 Apr-44 Later Dulcinea
106 No name (YO 106) U.S. Navy Yard Oiler 600 May-44 Scrapped 1984
107 No name (YO 125) U.S. Navy Yard Oiler 600 Jun-44 Scrapped 1974
108 No name (YW 95) U.S. Navy Water Tanker 600 Jun-44 To Italy 1948 as Flegetonte, scrapped 1974
109 No name (LCC 25470) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1943
110 No name (LCC 25471) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1943
111 No name (LCC 25472) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1943
112 No name (LCC 25473) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1943
113 No name (LCC 25474) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1943
114 No name (LCC 25475) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1943
115 No name (LCC 25476) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1943
116 No name (LCC 25477) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1943
117 No name (LCC 25478) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1943
118 No name (LCC 25479) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1943
119 No name (LCC 25480) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1943
120 No name (LCC 25481) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1943
121 No name (LCC 25482) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1943
122 No name (LCC 25483) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1943
123 No name (LCC 25484) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1943
124 No name (LCC 25485) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1943
125 No name (LCC 25486) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1943 Later Charlotte Ann
126 No name (LCC 25487) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1944
127 No name (LCC 25488) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1944
128 No name (LCC 25489) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1944
129 No name (LCC 25490) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1944
130 No name (LCC 25491) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1944
131 No name (LCC 25492) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1944
132 No name (LCC 25493) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1944
133 No name (LCC 25494) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1944
134 No name (LCC 25495) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1944
135 No name (LCC 25496) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1944
136 No name (YO 174) U.S. Navy Yard Oiler 600 Nov-44 Sunk as target 1998
137 No name (YO 175) U.S. Navy Yard Oiler 600 Dec-44
138 No name (YO 176) U.S. Navy Yard Oiler 600 Jan-45 Scrapped 1975
139 No name (YO 177) U.S. Navy Yard Oiler 600 Jan-45 Scrapped 1975
140 No name (YOG 59) U.S. Navy Gasoline Tanker 600 Mar-45 Scrapped 1975
141 No name (YOG 60) U.S. Navy Gasoline Tanker 600 Mar-45
142 No name (YOG 61) U.S. Navy Gasoline Tanker 600 Apr-45 To the Philippines 1975
143 No name (YOG 62) U.S. Navy Gasoline Tanker 600 May-45 Later YO 263, scrapped 1974
144 No name (YOG 63) U.S. Navy Gasoline Tanker 600 May-45 Scrapped 1974
145 No name (YOG 64) U.S. Navy Gasoline Tanker 600 May-45 Later Frances Reinauer
146 No name (YOG 65) U.S. Navy Gasoline Tanker 600 May-45 Scrapped 1976
147 No name (YOG 66) U.S. Navy Gasoline Tanker 600 Jun-45 To China 1946 as Mei Foo, later Stanvac Mei Shan
148 No name (LCC 39044) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1944
149 No name (LCC 39045) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1944
150 No name (LCC 39046) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1944
151 No name (LCC 39047) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1944
152 No name (LCC 39048) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1944
153 No name (LCC 39049) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1944
154 No name (LCC 39050) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1944
155 No name (LCC 39051) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1944
156 No name (LCC 39052) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1944
157 No name (LCC 39053) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1944
158 No name (LCC 39054) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1944
159 No name (LCC 39055) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1944
160 No name (LCC 39056) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1944
161 No name (LCC 39057) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1944
162 No name (LCC 39058) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 1944
163 No name (LCI(L) 1013) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 246 21-Mar-44 To USMC 1946
164 No name (LCI(L) 1014) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 246 25-Mar-44 To USMC 1946
165 No name (LCI(L) 1015) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 246 28-Mar-44 To USMC 1946
166 No name (LCI(L) 1016) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 246 5-Apr-44 To USMC 1946
167 No name (LCI(L) 1017) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 246 12-Apr-44 To Taiwan 1958 as Lein Chang (AGSC 466)
168 No name (LCI(L) 1018) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 246 18-Apr-44 To Argentina 1948 as BDI No. 13 (Q 52)
169 No name (LCI(L) 1019) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 246 25-Apr-44 To USMC 1946, later Easy
170 No name (LCI(L) 1020) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 246 4-May-44 Sold 1946
171 No name (LCI(L) 1021) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 246 11-May-44 Sold 1951
172 No name (LCI(L) 1022) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 246 18-May-44 Later Rail (MHC 37), sold 1960
173 No name (LCI(L) 1023) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 246 25-May-44 Sold 1946
174 No name (LCI(L) 1024) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 246 5-Jun-44 To USMC 1946
175 No name (LCI(L) 1025) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 246 12-Jun-44 To State Dept. 1951
176 No name (LCI(L) 1026) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 246 19-Jun-44 To USMC 1946
177 No name (LCI(L) 1027) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 246 26-Jun-44 To Chile 1947
178 No name (LCI(L) 1028) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 246 4-Jul-44 To USMC 1946
179 No name (LCI(L) 1029) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 246 11-Jul-44 To USMC 1946
180 No name (LCI(L) 1030) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 246 18-Jul-44 To USMC 1946
181 No name (LCI(L) 1031) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 246 25-Jul-44 To USMC 1946
182 No name (LCI(L) 1032) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 246 4-Aug-44 To US Air Force 1951
183 No name (LCI(L) 1033) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 246 11-Aug-44 To USMC 1946
184-201 No names (LCI(L) 1034-1051) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 246 Cancelled: hull numbers reassigned
184 No name (LCS(L) 61) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 246 29-Nov-44 Scrapped 1951 
185 No name (LCS(L) 62) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 246 4-Dec-44 To Italy 1953 as Mastino (L 9853), scrapped 1983
186 No name (LCS(L) 63) U.S. Navy Landing Craft 246 11-Dec-44 To Italy 1953 as Molosso (L 9854), scrapped 1983
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