page_title: SS Point Bonita (1918)
section_title: Wreck
hierarchical_section_title: SS Point Bonita (1918) / Wreck
caption_attribution_description: English: Wreck of the Oliver Olson at Bandon, OR, South Jetty. Photo by Howard O. Wahlen spring 1954.
context_page_description: SS Point Bonita was constructed in 1918 and launched 27 March 1918 after a hull being built for foreign owners at Albina Engine and Machine Works was requisitioned during World War I by the United States Shipping Board. The ship saw service as the Navy transport USS Point Bonita, assigned Identification Number 3496, from 7 October 1918 to 7 April 1919, was returned to the USSB and saw civilian service with several commercial companies as San Pedro and Oliver Olson before again seeing service in World War II as USS Camanga. After return to commercial service as Oliver Olson the ship was wrecked at the entrance to Bandon harbor in Oregon.
context_section_description: After decommissioning, the ship was reacquired by the Oliver J. Olson Steamship Company. She returned to her former name, Oliver Olson, and was employed in the transportation of lumber. On 3 November 1953, she ran aground at the entrance to Bandon harbor in Oregon, becoming stuck on Coquille River's south jetty. The 29 members of crew were rescued, but the ship was declared a total loss and offered for sale to the scrap industry. The wreck was only partially salvaged, however, and what remained of the hull was eventually filled with rocks to form an extension of the jetty. The ship can still be seen today at low tide.
caption: Wreck of the Oliver Olson at Bandon, OR, South Jetty. Photo by Howard O. Wahlen spring 1954.
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