A guide to the Lassen (Steam schooner) pilot house logs, 1924-1932

Processed by: Historic Documents Department Staff (Bailey), February 2015 (OAC).
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2015

A Guide to the Lassen (Steam schooner) pilot house logs

HDC1361

San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, National Park Service
2015, National Park Service

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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Preferred Citation

[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

Acquisition Information

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.

Collection Scope and Content

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.

Collection Arrangement

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