Aerial view of steamship Feltre sinking in Columbia River with plume of fuel in surrounding waters
Back caption: "Feltre in Columbia River -1937 - Later known as Clevedon P.A.F." The steamship Feltre was an Italian liner that was rammed and sank in the Columbia River; it was later bought by Pacific American Fisheries for $50,000 and renamed Clevedon. It was 450 feet long, 55 feet wide. It could carry more than 400 cannery workers and more than 235,000 cases of canned salmon. It was leased to the U.S. military in 1941 and burned and sank in the Gulf of Alaska in 1942.
Object Details
Creators/Contributors
Biery, Galen - Collector open_in_new Biery, Galen's website (opens in new tab)
Collection
collections Biery (Galen) Papers and Photographs
Date Created
1937
Extent
- 1 black and white print
- 4 3/8" x 6 1/2"
Publisher
Digital objects made available by the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Libraries Archives & Special Collections, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.
Physical location
- WaBeCP
- Western Washington University
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Related to
Galen Biery papers and photographs
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Identifier
gb2492
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