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Though located some distance inland, Portland (122.717W 45.563N) was a major port because it was readily accessible to oceangoing vessels via the Columbia River. Kaiser's Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation produced tankers at Swan Island Shipyard (8 ways) and Liberty Ships at St. Johns (11 ways) for the Maritime Commission. Many of the shipbuilders had previously worked for Kaiser on the Bonneville Dam.
ALCOA operated an aluminum
smelting plant in Portland that was the largest in the western
United States.
At the time war broke out, the
city was garrisoned by 29 Engineer
Regiment. Pendleton Field,
a
major military airfield,
was
located nearby (122.595W
45.575N). 64
Transport
Wing had its headquarters here, and the field based 25 C-47s of 16 Transport
Squadron,
52 B-25s of 17 Medium
Bomber
Group, and 75 P-40s of
55
Interceptor
Group.
Climate Information:
Elevation 154'
Temperatures: Jan 44/34, Apr 61/43, Jul 77/56, Oct 62/47, record 107/-2
Rainfall: Jan 19/6.2, Apr 14/2.8, Jul 3/0.5, Oct 12/3.3 == 41.8" per annum
References
Lane
(1951)
Pearce
and
Smith (1990)
Wildenberg (1996)
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