''Oregon Pine'' was a six-masted

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completed in 1920, which was built as a result of the shipbuilding efforts associated with

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. She sailed in the West Coast lumber trade, bringing lumber from the

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and

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Construction

''Oregon Pine'' was completed in 1920, as part of a contract by the Emergency Fleet Commission "for 12 hulls of its own design, to be delivered without engines. There were no cancellations." Her name was to be ''Cotys'', with a sister ship of ''Cossa'', both six-masted schooners. Upon completion, the schooners were renamed ''Oregon Pine'' and ''Oregon Fir'', and later in their careers, ''Dorothy H. Sterling'' and ''Helen B. Sterling'', respectively. The schooners were chartered for offshore voyages from the Columbia River with lumber. The two ships were of identical specifications: 2,526 tons, 267 ft. long, with a capacity of 2,225,000 feet of lumber.

Voyages

The ''Oregon Pine'' made her last offshore voyage in 1924. She was laid up at

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, where Capt. Sterling purchased her in 1926, renaming her ''Dorothy H Sterling'' ''Oregon Pine'' and ''Oregon Fir'' were both operating "quite steadily" from the Columbia River in 1926 for the Shanghai Building Co.

Fate

In 1928, the ''Dorothy H Sterling'' carried lumber from Puget Sound to Port Adelaide, Australia. There she was "libelled for harbor dues and crew wages." The ship was broken up in Port Adelaide in 1930 and her remains were towed to the Garden Island

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near

on 6 June 1932 where they remain to the present time.'DOROTHY H. STERLING – Garden Island' brochure at http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/a5cbc72e-ea1f-475c-a7f4-9e2900d01511/dh_sterling.pdf, retrieved 08/07/2012. The wreck is officially located at .

Gallery

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, 1887 Image:StateLibQld 1 140215 Dorothy H. Stirling (ship).jpg, ''Dorothy H. Sterling'' Image:B4281.jpg, View across the Port River towards McLaren Wharf (circa 1924 to 1927) The six masted ship on the right is probably the American lumber schooner, the Dorothy H. Sterling (originally Oregon Pine).

Construction

Voyages

Fate

Gallery

References

See also