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To San Francisco & Portland Steamship Co.
The Bear and Beaver (4,507 grt, 380 ft. long) were built in 1910.
The Bear was wrecked in 1916, while her sister was taken over by the U.S. Navy in 1918
and converted to a submarine tender. She served until 1946 and was scrapped four years later.
The Rose City (336 ft. long) was built in 1889.
From a 1910s San Francisco & Portland Steamship Co. brochure (see below).
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The following text is from a booklet issued by the Union Pacific System in 1915 titled
"California and the Expositions":
"... the San Francisco & Portland Steamship Company (Union Pacific System) ... operates a fleet of three large, modern steel steamers,
with every appointment
for comfort, and wireless telegraph and submarine signal equipment for safety.
They are appropriately named the "Bear," for California; the "Beaver,"
in honor of Oregon, and the "Rose City," for the city of Portland.
Sailing out from the Golden Gate, past Mount Tamalpais, and the Farallones, and Drake's
Bay (where, in 1579,
was held the first Christian service on the shores of the Pacific), the Coast Range unfolds an ever-changing panorama.
The first stop
is at Astoria, at the mouth of the Columbia River, and there is not a more charming water trip on the continent
than the 100 mile voyage up the Columbia
between this point and Portland. On a clear day, at the junction of the Willamette and Columbia,
five snow-capped mountain peaks are clearly visible - St.
Helens, Jefferson, Adams, Rainier-Tacoma and Hood.
This company operates its fleet also as far south as Los Angeles (San Pedro)".
(From the Books about California History and Culture website.)
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