AH-WR-0398

Abbie M. Deering

Schooner · United States · Lost Date not established · The Columbia River Bar & Oregon Coast

A four-masted lumber schooner lost along the Oregon coast, a workhorse of the Pacific timber trade.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents. See the documented evidence.

Interpretive Reconstruction, drawn to convey the vessel's era, type and general form. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

The Abbie M. Deering was a four-masted wooden schooner built for the West Coast lumber trade that carried Pacific Northwest timber to markets down the coast. She was lost along the Oregon coast, an area where bar crossings and sudden gales frequently overwhelmed sailing lumber carriers. Precise details of her builder, dimensions, and the circumstances of her loss are not firmly established in the sources reviewed. No casualty figures could be confirmed.

Vessel

Built: Not established
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Wood
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Sail
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: Not established
Cause: Grounding
Location: Oregon coast
Water: Pacific Ocean
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Lumber
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: Not established
Condition: Not established
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established

Position

Coordinates: Not established
Accuracy: Position withheld to protect the site
Nearest: Oregon coast
Region: The Columbia River Bar & Oregon Coast

Checked Alaska Shipwrecks database, Oregon Encyclopedia, Oregon SHPO/beachconnection.net wreck lists, and general web search; the only documented 'Abbie M. Deering' wreck found is an 1883-built schooner lost in 1903 at Akutan Pass, Alaska, which does not match this entry's Oregon coast loss location, so no position for an Oregon-coast wreck of this name could be confirmed.