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. |
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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
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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
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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
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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. |
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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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