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Caoba If you have images associated with this Vessel, please contact us at
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Registry #1 | 162610 (US) | Registry #2 | Registry #3 | ||
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IMO# | MMSI# | VRN# |
Name 1 | 1905 | Coaster (III) | Name 6 | ||
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Name 2 | 1918 | Caoba | Name 7 | ||
Name 3 | Name 8 | ||||
Name 4 | Name 9 | ||||
Name 5 | Name 10 |
Year Built | 1905 | Place | Aberdeen | Area | WA | Country | USA |
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Designer | (nk) | Measurement (imp) | ? x ? x ? |
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Builder | Lindstrom Shipbuilding, Aberdeen WA | Measurement (metric) | ?m x ?m x ?m |
Hull | Wood | Displacement | |
Gross Tonnage | 579 | Type 1 | Schooner |
Registered Tonnage | Type 2 | ||
Engine | steam engine | Engine Manufacture | (nk) |
Repower | Propulsion | Screw | |
Rebuilds | Call Sign | ||
Pendant # | Masters | Captain Alfred Sandvig. |
Owner(s) |
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In 1905 she was owned by C.H. Higgins. In 1925 she was owned by Sudden & Christensen, San Francisco CA USA. |
Fate | Registry closed | Date | 1925-02-05 |
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Significance of Name |
Anecdotes |
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The Caoba was rumored to have been working with the Canadian rum runner Pescawha. In February 1925 this vessel sank in heavy weather 20nm off Astoria, Oregon. Her wreck drifted ashore on the beach five miles north of Ocean Park WA USA. On February 5, 1925 this vessel was outbound from Willapa Harbor for San Francisco with a cargo of lumber. After losing her engine the crew abandoned ship in two boats. One boat was picked up by the John Cudahy and the other by the rumrunner Pesawha which, on landing the survivors in Astoria her crew was seized by the US Coast Guard Cutter Algonquin 6.6miles off the coast of Washington. this vessel was carrying 1075 cases of liquor. The crew jailed and the ship seized. Her master , Captain Robert Pamphlet, was jailed for smuggling alcohol. |
References |
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Miles, Fraser (1992); Merchant Vessels of the United States (1910); Gibbs, Jim (1986) Peril At Sea; Schiffer Publishing Ltd. Atglen PA USA; Don Marshall (1984) Oregon Shipwrecks; |
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