SS Charles L. Wheeler Jr.
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SS Charles L. Wheeler Jr. was a 2,205-ton cargo ship, ordered by the United States Shipping Board as the Point Judith and delivered in July 1918 by the Albina Engine and Machine Works of Portland, Oregon. Renamed Charles L. Wheeler Jr. in 1929, the ship was scrapped in 1948.{{cite book | last = Grover | first = David | title = U. S. Army Ships and Watercraft of World War II | publisher = Ignatius Press | location = San Francisco | year = 1987 | isbn = 0-87021-766-6 }}
Career
On 17 December 1933, Charles L. Wheeler Jr. ran aground on Sand Island in Oregon′s Columbia River.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=19 December 1933 |page=22 |issue=46631 |column=G }} She was refloated on 30 December 1933.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=2 January 1934 |page=18 |issue=46641 |column=F }}
In 1938, the world's largest single-lift lock was opened at the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River.{{cite book | last = Engeman | first = Richard | title = The Oregon Companion | publisher = Ignatius Press | location = San Francisco | year = 2009 | isbn = 0-88192-899-2 }} As part of the opening ceremonies of the lock, Captain Arthur Riggs, a veteran upper Columbia river pilot, took Charles L. Wheeler Jr. – which was operated by McCormick Steamship Company and loaded with sugar, building materials, beer, hardware, automobiles, and general freight – upstream from Portland, transited the Bonneville Locks and continued on to the historic upper river steamboat port of The Dalles, Oregon.Charles L. Wheeler Jr (freighter). . 2010-06-03. URL:http://www.cimorelli.com/cgi-bin/magellanscripts/ship_dates_volume.asp?ShipName=Charles+L.+Wheeler+Jr+%28freighter%29. Accessed: 2010-06-03. (Archived by WebCite at https://www.webcitation.org/5qCsAIsL1) She was the first ship to transit the lock at Bonneville Dam{{cite book , the ship was then loaded with lumber, wheat, flour, and other local products for the return voyage. Residents of The Dalles had hoped the trip would bring increased business to their port, but the trip was a one-time event, and the Columbia River is dominated by barge traffic.
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