1936 — Jan 12, freighter SS Iowa grounds/sinks, Columbia Riv. bar, Peacock Spit, WA– 34

— 34 Gibbs. Pacific Graveyard…Where the Columbia River Meets the Pacific Ocean. 1993, 150
— 34 Grover. The Unforgiving Coast: Maritime Disasters of the Pacific Northwest. 2002, 177.
— 34 Marshall, Don. Oregon Shipwrecks. Portland, OR: Binford & Mort Pubs., 1984, p. 130.
— 34 McNair-Huff. “The Columbia River Bar 1841-1936,” Washington Disasters, 2006, 8-9.

Narrative Information

McNair-Huff: “….A 411-foot steamer named SS Iowa ventured into…[the] turbulent conditions [of the Columbia River mouth] with thirty-four crew members aboard on a stormy night on January 11, 1936….When the Onondaga arrived on the scene two hours later, there weren’t any signs of life, and only the masts protruded above the waves. All thirty-four crew members were gone, and only six bodies were recovered in the following days.” (McNair-Huff. “The Columbia River Bar 1841-1936,” Washington Disasters, 2006, 8-9.)

Sources

Gibbs, James A. Pacific Graveyard. A Narrative of Shipwrecks Where the Columbia River Meets the Pacific Ocean. Portland, OR: Binford & Mort Publishing, 1993

Grover, David H. The Unforgiving Coast: Maritime Disasters of the Pacific Northwest. Corvallis: Oregon State University, 2002.

Marshall, Don. Oregon Shipwrecks. Portland, OR: Binford & Mort Publishing, 1984.

McNair-Huff, Rob and Natalie. Washington Disasters: True Stories of Tragedy and Survival. Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot, 2006.