1908 - Fifield
1908 - Fifield
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Owner: Arthur F. Eastabrook Type: Steam Schooner Tons: 643 Length: 172 Feet
Price Shipyard was the original builder of the Fifield for Arthur F. Eastabrook of San Francisco. A fire started at the Price yard and partially destroyed the vessel and the yard. Kruse & Banks Shipbuilding of North Bend, Oregon salvaged lumber from the Price yard and rebuilt the Fifield which they delivered to Eastabrook. The ship at completion was valued at $150,000. She had a 500 HP compound engine which could handle 750,000 board feet of lumber and passengers. The Fifield was wrecked February 29, 1916 at the Bandon bar on the Coquille River.
Captin of the Fifield: C. Bakeman
Fifield at Kruse & Banks Shipbuilding in 1908.
Crews work on Fifield at Kruse & Banks Shipbuilding in 1908.
Crews work on Fifield at Kruse & Banks Shipbuilding in 1908.
Fifield wrecked on the Bandon Bar February 29, 1916.
The Fifield built at Kruse and Banks Shipbuilding in North Bend, Oregon was hit by a southerly on February 21, 1916 while trying to cross the Coquille River bar at Bandon, Oregon. The Fifield tried to follow another ship, the Brooklyn, over the bar the next day but its propeller hit the rocks and a wave pushed it sideways. The vessel eventually landed on the jetty, where the 22 crewmen and 4 passengers got off the ship. Local residents salvaged the cargo of lumber as it drifted ashore.
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