Aberdeen was built by the Seattle Construction and Drydock Company in 1912 as a coastal whale catcher for the American Pacific Whaling Company operating out of Gray's Harbor from the Canada–United States border south to Cape Blanco in Oregon.[1][3] The catcher was 116 GRT and 88 feet (26.8 m) in length by 19 feet (5.8 m) beam with a depth of 11 feet 5 inches (3.5 m) and ten crew.[1][4] Aberdeen and a sister ship, Westport were launched in the spring of 1912 with Aberdeen operational by May 1912 and reportedly already having caught "two monster whales."[2] In 1917 Aberdeen was inspected and found suitable for naval service and prospectively assigned identification number ID-763. No record of actual acquisition by the United States Navy has been found.[5]
The vessel is shown active 1930 through 1945 with American Pacific Whaling Company.[1][6]
References
Bibliography
- "Lloyd's Register 1930–31" (PDF). Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 3 April 2015 – via Plimsoll Ship Data.
- "Lloyd's Register 1945–46" (PDF). Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 3 April 2015 – via Plimsoll Ship Data.
- Naval History And Heritage Command. "Aberdeen ". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History And Heritage Command. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- Pacific American Steamship Association; Shipowners Association of the Pacific Coast (1912). "Continued Activity At Yards of Seattle Construction and Drydock Co". Pacific Marine Review. 9 (May 1912). San Francisco: J.S. Hines. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - United States Bureau of Customs (1912). Merchant Vessels of the United States. Washington: United States Government Printing Office. p. 111. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- Webb, Robert Lloyd (1988). On the Northwest: Commercial Whaling in the Pacific Northwest, 1790-1967. University of British Columbia Press. p. 190. ISBN 0774802928. LCCN 89156393. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
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