Category:Wapama (ship, 1915)

**Wapama**
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Instance of	schooner;
Location	California, Pacific States Region
Country of registry	United States of America;
Heritage designation	National Historic Landmark; National Register of Historic Places listed place;
	37° 54′ 21.1″ N, 122° 22′ 00″ W
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Source: Miramar Ship Index

Official Number: 213092
Original Price approximately $150,000

Type	Steam Schooner (add this type to the list)
Designer	James H. Price of the yard that carried out the construction.
Built by	St. Helens Ship Building Company, St Helens, Oregon United States A subsidiary of the Charles McCormick Lumber Company
Launch date	20 January 1915
Completion date	29 April 1915
Length overall	62.4 m (68.2 yd)
Beam	12.2 m (13.3 yd)
Draft	4.3 m (14.1 ft)
Gross tonnage	951
Net tonnage	584
Passengers	66
Main engine	Main Street Iron Works Steam triple expansion engine, 825 horsepower Water tube boilers built by Babcock and Wilcox, oil fired

History

1915 Named: WAPAMA for Charles R. McCormick Steamship Company Flag: United States
1915-02 Main Street Iron Works installed a main engine and associated machinery in San Francisco
1915 Sold to the Wapama Steamship Company for a total of $10.
1915-11-27 Frasier River, Grounding on silt B.C., No damage; refloated
1915-12-06 San Francisco (foot of Jones Street) Grounding on mud No damage; refloated
1917-05-17 Ranieer Collision with steamer DORIS No damage
1917-06 16 Near San Diego Grounding on mud No damage; towed off by Navy tug
1922-11 Sold to McCormick Steamship Company, any shareholders were bought out
1925-09 Sold to The Charles R. McCormick Lumber Company
1930-05-20 Sold to The Los Angeles-San Francisco Navigation Company of Claudine C. Gillespie, Albert E. Gillespie, and Charles Gillespie.
1932-12 San Francisco Masts snapped off while loading. Masts repaired or replaced
1937-04-20 Sold to Erik Krag, president of the Viking Steamship Company, a subsidiary of Inter-Ocean Steamship Corporation, a company run by Erik Krag and Harry Brown, for $12,500
1937-12-23 Sold to The Alaska Transportation Company for $27,000
1938-02-04 Renamed: TONGASS Refitted for cargo service to Alaska, designed for the owners by the W.C. Nickum and Sons naval architecture firm. The Lake Union Dry Dock and Construction Company carried out the work, which ended in May 1938. New admeasurement: from 951 to 999 gross tons and 584 to 524 net tons.
unknown Long Beach Collision with breakwater. Extensive damage; repaired
1947-05-10 5/10/1947 Seattle Strucker steamer REEF KNOT Increased leaking to hull
1947-06-06 Underwent a Coast Guard inspection in a Seattle drydock. The inspector noted that although the vessel's hull was in "fair" condition, the ship was to be taken out of service.
1948 Sold to salvage company Jack Mendelsohn and Son. Laid up in Lake Union in preparation for scrapping.
1950s Seattle Fire, Engine room Damage to structures in engine room.
1958-01-10 Sold to the California Division of Beaches and Parks for $16,000. The state moved the steam schooner to San Francisco for preservation as a historic vessel.
From 1959 to 1963 the vessel underwent restoration at the Oakland Dock and Warehouse Company under the direction of the San Francisco Maritime State Historic Park. Renamed: WAPAMA
1963-10-02 Opened to the public as a museum ship
1964-65 Drydocked for repairs at Bethlehem Steel Shipyard in San Francisco
1967 Drydocked for further repairs at Bethlehem Steel Shipyard in San Francisco
1970 Drydocked for further repairs at Merritt Shipyard in Oakland
1977 Sold to the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, as part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area
1979 Placed on a barge to ensure the steam schooner does not sink or suffer a broken back.

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