Engineering:SS Aberdeen (1912)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Aberdeen |
| Owner: | American Pacific Whaling Company[1] |
| Port of registry: |
 Seattle |
| Builder: | Seattle Construction and Drydock Company[1] |
| Launched: | 17 May 1912[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 116 GRT[1] |
| Length: | 88 feet (26.8 m)[1] |
| Beam: | 19 feet (5.8 m)[1] |
| Depth: | 11 feet 5 inches (3.5 m)[1] |
| Propulsion: | 2 cyclic triple expansion engines[2] |
| Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)[2] |
Aberdeen was built by the Seattle Construction and Drydock Company in 1912 as a coastal whale catcher for the American Pacific Whaling Company operating out of Gray's Harbor from the Canada–United States border south to Cape Blanco in Oregon.[1][3] The catcher was 116 GRT and 88 feet (26.8 m) in length by 19 feet (5.8 m) beam with a depth of 11 feet 5 inches (3.5 m) and ten crew.[1][4] Aberdeen and a sister ship, Westport were launched in the spring of 1912 with Aberdeen operational by May 1912 and reportedly already having caught "two monster whales."[2] In 1917 Aberdeen was inspected and found suitable for naval service and prospectively assigned identification number ID-763. No record of actual acquisition by the United States Navy has been found.[5]
The vessel is shown active 1930 through 1945 with American Pacific Whaling Company.[1][6]
References
Bibliography
- "Lloyd's Register 1930–31". Lloyd's Register. https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/30/30b0017.pdf.
- "Lloyd's Register 1945–46". Lloyd's Register. https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/45/45b0008.pdf.
- Pacific American Steamship Association; Shipowners Association of the Pacific Coast (1912). "Continued Activity At Yards of Seattle Construction and Drydock Co.". Pacific Marine Review (San Francisco: J.S. Hines) 9 (May 1912). https://books.google.com/books?id=EAtQAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA4-PA13. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- United States Bureau of Customs (1912). Merchant Vessels of the United States. Washington: United States Government Printing Office. p. 111. https://books.google.com/books?id=MQtBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA111. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- Webb, Robert Lloyd (1988). On the Northwest: Commercial Whaling in the Pacific Northwest, 1790-1967. University of British Columbia Press. p. 190. ISBN 0774802928. https://archive.org/details/onnorthwestcomme0000webb. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
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