Albina Engine & Machine Works

Albina Engine & Machine Works was a shipyard along the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States.[1][2] It was located in the Albina area of Portland along N. River Street and N. Loring Street.[1][3] Albina Engine & Machine Works was founded in 1904. The shipyard produced a number of freighters during World War I, but operated mainly as a repair yard during the 1920s and 1930s. The Albina yard expanded its workforce and production during Portland's World War II shipbuilding boom. It specialized in producing subchasers, vessels designed to combat German U-boats.[1][4] Business declined in the post-war years, and Albina Engine & Machine Works was sold to the Dillingham Corporation around 1971.[3]

USS PC-815, a subchaser built at Albina Engine & Machine Works in 1942

References
  1. Kramer, George (December 2006). "It Takes More Than Bullets: The WWII Homefront in Portland, Oregon" (PDF) (Report). Eugene, Oregon: Heritage Research Associates. Section 4.7. OCLC 892120709.
  2. "Shipbuilding: Albina's Al". TIME. September 27, 1943.
  3. "Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland OR". ShipbuildingHistory.com. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  4. "The Albina Engine & Machine Works office, c.1943". Oregon History Project. Oregon Historical Society. Retrieved July 1, 2019.

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