Swan Island Shipyard
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The Kaiser Company, Portland, commonly known as the Swan Island Shipyard, was a shipyard on Swan Island in Portland, Oregon, United States. It was constructed by the Kaiser Company in 1942 as part of
The shipyard in 1945
The first vessel produced at the shipyard, SS Schenectady, suffered a hull fracture after completing sea trials.
T2 tanker
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The T2 tanker, or T2, was a class of oil tanker constructed and produced in large numbers in the United States during World War II. Only the T3 tankers were larger "navy oilers" of the period. Some 53
The T2 tanker Hat Creek in August 1943
The fractured USS Ponaganset (AO-86), at the General Ship and Iron Works, Boston, MA., 9 December 1947
The T2 tanker "Pendleton" bow in 1952