WOLFF & ZWICKER IRON WORKS

Portland OR

Most recent update: January 4, 2022.

Wolff & Zwicker was an iron works that got into shipbuilding in 1893 and out again in 1903, when it burnt to the ground.  Their plant was at the foot of Hawthorne Boulevard, around the east end of the Hawthorne Bridge, and apparently occupied several city blocks.  The table below is clearly incomplete: if anyone can add to it, please send your input to timcolton@aol.com
Hull # O.N. Original Name Original Owner Type GT Feet Built

Disposition

  LV 67 Columbia River US Light House Service Light Vessel 450   1897 Sold 1930, wrecked 1941
  LV 70 San Francisco US Light House Service Light Vessel 450   1898 Sold 1930, wrecked 1941
  TB 12 Davis US Navy Torpedo Boat 154 148 10-May-99 Sold 1920
  TB 13 Fox US Navy Torpedo Boat 154 148 8-Jul-99 Sold 1916
7 161140 Kvichak Alaska Packers Assn. Fishing Vessel 1,063 200 1900 Later James B. Houston 1942, Bisayas 1947, Regina 1954, scrapped 1956
  TB 20 Goldsborough US Navy Torpedo Boat 255 198 9-Apr-08 Sold 1919