Willamette Iron Works was a general foundry and machine business established in 1865 in Portland, Oregon, originally specializing in the manufacture of steamboat boilers and engines. In 1904, the comp
The yard in 1945
Newly constructed sternwheelers fitting out at Willamette Iron Works in 1898
The Seattle–Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation was an American shipbuilding company which built escort carriers, destroyers, cargo ships and auxiliaries for the United States Navy and merchant marine dur
Willamette Iron and Steel Works
…San Francisco; Southwestern Shipbuilding and the Long Beach Shipbuilding Company in Los Angeles; Skinner & Eddy, J. F. Duthie, and Ames in Seattle; and Todd Construction in Tacoma, as well as completely fitting out ships launched by Northwest Steel. Between the wars, the shipyard concentrated on building small commercial…
Launch of USS Johnston (DD-557), 1943
Tacoma yard in 1945
Seattle yard in 1945
The repair yard in 1945