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Liberty Ships Named After Crown Point Chalet Guests

Note: Only deceased individuals were eligible to have a ship named for them - 2710 liberty ships were built between September 27, 1941 and September 2, 1945.

It is quite possible that all of the following ships named for Oregonians were constructed in the shipyards of Henry J. Kaiser*, who was at the Chalet Feb. 15, 1916.

You will also note that it was possible to trace the wartime activity of four of the ships listed below.

*Subject of detailed study click for details

Name of Ship
Distinction
Date at the Chalet
George L. Baker Mayor of Portland
Nov. 21, 1919
Simon Benson Pioneering Lumberman, Oregon benefactor.
Sept. 1, 1915
Addie Bagley Daniels Wife of Sect. of the Navy, Josephus Daniels.
Sept. 7, 1919
Harry A. Garfield * Son of James Garfield, 20th Pres.of the U.S.
Aug. 3, 1916
George W. Goethals * Chief Engineer of the Panama Canal/
Liberty ship participated in Normandy Invasion
Sept. 1, 1915
Samuel Lancaster Chief Engineer Columbia Gorge Scenic Highway/
Liberty ship participated in Murmansk Run to U.S.S.R.
July 15, 1915
Edwin Markham * American Poet, born in Oregon City, Oregon
May 12, 1921
Charles L. McNary United States Senator from Oregon
Sept. 9, 1923
Henry L. Pittock Publisher Portland Oregonian newspaper
July 17, 1915
Joseph Simon U.S. Senator/
Liberty ship participated in Leyte landing in the Phillipines
July 17, 1915
Nicholas J. Sinnott U.S. Senator from Oregon/
memorial to him at Crater Lake N.P.
July 17, 1915
Joseph N. Teal Wealthy, politically active Portlander/
Liberty ship participated in Salerno, Italy landings
Aug. 14, 1922