Collection is open for research.
The West Coast Steamship Company was organized in 1946 and was also known as West Coast Trans-Oceanic Steamship Co. The company operated the freighters SS Portland Trader, Oregon Trader, and Columbia Trader. It also managed the Chamberlin Steamship Co. and operated coastal lumber carriers.
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West Coast Steamship Company records, Mss 1409, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Collection includes miscellaneous records of the West Coast Steamship Company, 1946-1963. The bulk of the materials are records of the ship SS Columbia Trader from the 1950s and 1960s.
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