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A guide to the Lassen (Steam schooner) pilot house logs, 1924-1932
HDC1361 (SAFR 21624)
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Title: Lassen (Steam schooner) pilot house logs
Date: 1924-1932
Identifier/Call Number: HDC1361 (SAFR 21624)
Creator:
E.K. Wood Company (Hoquiam, Washington)
Physical Description:
3 items.
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Abstract: Lassen (Steam schooner) pilot house logs (SAFR 21624, HDC 1361) date 1924, 1927 and 1932. The LASSEN hauled lumber between
its home port of Hoquiam, WA and various California ports, including San Francisco, Oakland and Ventura. These logs document
day-to-day life aboard a Pacific coastal lumber schooner during the later days of coastal lumber transport of the 1920s and
1930s. These copies are original to San Francisco Maritime, and likely represent the only remaining copies of LASSEN logs.
This collection is also significant because LASSEN was owned and operated by E.K. Woods Lumber Company, the same company that
operated the National Historic Landmark vessel C.A. THAYER as a lumber schooner earlier in the century. The collection is
available for use.
Physical Location: San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department
Language(s):
In English.
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[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item
Number], HDC1361 (SAFR 21624), Lassen (Steam schooner) pilot house logs, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
SAFR-00101
These items were donated by a private individual to the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park.
Historical or Biographical Note
LASSEN was built at Hoquiam in 1917 by Matthews for the E.K. Wood Lumber Company. LASSEN was wooden-hulled, 180' x 40' x 15',
717 gross tons, with a capacity of 700,000 board feet. The vessel was powered by a pair of 350 horse Skandia semi-diesels,
only the second lumber vessel built on the coast to be powered by oil engines. Initially intended for a regular run from Hoquiam
to the outside port of Port Hueneme in Southern California, the vessel was, by the mid 1920s, running to San Francisco, Oakland,
and Ventura. LASSEN continued under E.K. Wood ownership until laid up at San Francisco in 1932. The vessel was apparently
refitted as a fish processor, but it is unclear if it ever made any voyages in that business. LASSEN was apparently broken
up in Sausalito, circa 1938. Note that E.K Wood was the managing owner of the C.A. THAYER.
Lassen (Steam schooner) pilot house logs (SAFR 21624, HDC 1361) date 1924, 1927 and 1932. The LASSEN hauled lumber between
its home port of Hoquiam, WA and various California ports, including San Francisco, Oakland and Ventura. These logs document
day-to-day life aboard a Pacific coastal lumber schooner during the later days of coastal lumber transport of the 1920s and
1930s. These copies are original to San Francisco Maritime, and likely represent the only remaining copies of LASSEN logs.
This collection is also significant because LASSEN was owned and operated by E.K. Woods Lumber Company, the same company that
operated the National Historic Landmark vessel C.A. THAYER as a lumber schooner earlier in the century. The collection is
available for use.
Arranged into five folders, by date.
- 1. April-July, 1924 (with gaps)
- 2. August-November, 1924 (with gaps)
- 3. April-June, 1927 (with gaps)
- 4. June and July, 1932 (with gaps)
- 5. Miscellany
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Lumber trade--Pacific Coast (U.S.)
Lasbek (built 1894; ship)
Logbooks