Y/M/D | Description | Place |
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1937/09/22 | Captain H Anderson embarks from Seattle on the NORTHWESTERN's final voyage for the Northwestern Steamship Company. Northbound leg went without incident. | |
1937/10/03 | As the NORTHWESTERN departs Ketchikan, she collides with the Union Oil Dock, three gas fishing boats and the oil barge FALLS OF CLYDE. | Ketchikan, Alaska |
1937/10/03 | As the NORTHWESTERN departs Ketchikan, she collides with the Union Oil Dock, three gas fishing boats and the oil barge FALLS OF CLYDE. | SS NORTHWESTERN Shipwreck Site, Unalaska Island |
1937/10/03 | As the NORTHWESTERN departs Ketchikan, she collides with the Union Oil Dock, three gas fishing boats and the oil barge FALLS OF CLYDE. | FALLS OF CLYDE, Honolulu |
1940/08/21 | Purchased by a conglomerate of three contractors in 1939, the Northwestern is overhauled at the Lake Union Dry dock, Seattle to accommodate 280 naval personnel. | |
1940/09/30 | SS Northwestern begins her final voyage, sailing north to Dutch Harbor under her own power. Arriving in October, she became a floating barracks and power station. | Dutch Harbor Naval Operating Base and Fort Mears, US Army, Unalaska Island |
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