SS Aberdeen (1912)

This article is about SS Aberdeen (1912). For other uses of SS Aberdeen, see SS Aberdeen (disambiguation). For other uses of Aberdeen, see Aberdeen (disambiguation).
History
Name: Aberdeen
Owner: American Pacific Whaling Company[1]
Port of registry: United States Seattle
Builder: Seattle Construction and Drydock Company[1]
Launched: 1912[1]
General characteristics
Tonnage: 116 GRT[1]
Length: 88 feet (26.8 m)[1]
Beam: 19 feet (5.8 m)[1]
Depth: 11 feet 5 inches (3.5 m)[1]
Propulsion: 2 cyclic triple expansion engines[2]
Speed: 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)[2]

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 Canadian 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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Lloyd's Register 1930–31.
  2. 1 2 3 Pacific Marine Review (May 1912).
  3. ↑ Webb 1988, p. 190.
  4. ↑ United States Bureau of Customs 1912, p. 111.
  5. ↑ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Aberdeen .
  6. ↑ Lloyd's Register 1945–46.

Bibliography

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