&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Schooner_Star_of_Oregon.png) Star of Oregon
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Laid down | 1840 |
| Launched | 1842, Willamette River, Oregon |
| Fate | Sold 1843 in California |
| Notes | Details[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | schooner |
| Displacement | tons |
| Length | 53 ft 8 in (16.36 m) |
| Beam | 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m) |
| Draught | 4 ft 6 in (1.37 m) |
| Propulsion | sail |
The Star of Oregon was a schooner sailing vessel of the mid-19th century used on the west coast of North America. It was the first American sailing ship built in what is now the U.S. state of Oregon.[2] Pioneer settlers built the ship from 1840 to 1842 in order to sail it to California and exchange it for livestock. During World War II a Liberty ship was named the SS Star of Oregon in honor of the 19th century sailing vessel.
- ^ Dobbs, Caroline C. (1932). Men of Champoeg: A Record of the Lives of the Pioneers Who Founded the Oregon Government. Metropolitan Press. 138.
- ^ Bancroft, Hubert Howe; Frances Fuller Victor (1886). History of Oregon. Vol. II. San Francisco: History Co. p. 27.