Photos Taken in Portland, Oregon | World War II Database


Museum ship Oregon (right side of photo) near the Broadway Bridge in Portland, Oregon, United States, 1929	USS New Orleans arriving in Portland, Oregon, United States passing under the St Johns Bridge on the Willamette River, 2 Aug 1934. She was escorting USS Houston which had President Franklin Roosevelt on board.

USS New Orleans passing through the open Burnside Drawbridge in Portland, Oregon, United States, 2 Aug 1934. New Orleans was escorting USS Houston (left) which brought President Franklin Roosevelt to Oregon.	Cruiser USS Portland steaming under the St. John’s Bridge over the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States, 1937.

Museum ship Oregon, Portland, Oregon, 1941-1942	Battleship Oregon in the Willamette River at Portland, Oregon, United States, 20 Apr 1941

Battleship Oregon in the Willamette River, Portland, Oregon, United States, 20 Apr 1941	Museum ship Oregon in Portland, Oregon, United States, 1941-1942

Armed guards and barbed wire fencing at the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, United States, 1942; the soldiers on guard were Private Ellis Crawford (walking), Corporal Frank Rausch (standing at gate), and Private Gust Papas (standing at gate)	Japanese internees arriving at the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, United States, 1942

President Franklin Roosevelt touring the Kaiser Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation, Portland, Oregon, United States, 23 Sep 1942. Photo 1 of 2.	President Franklin Roosevelt touring the Kaiser Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation, Portland, Oregon, United States, 23 Sep 1942. Photo 2 of 2.

Splattered with champaign, Anna Boettiger (daughter of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt) has just christened Liberty-ship SS Joseph N. Teal at Oregon Shipbuilding, Portland, Oregon, United States, 23 Sep 1942.	Kaiser Swan Island Shipyard, Portland, Washington, United States, date unknown

Merchant ships Dominican Victory, Yugoslavia Victory, Plymouth Victory, Niantic Victory, Rock Island Victory, Claremont Victory, and Rutland Victory at Kaiser Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation yard, Portland, Oregon, United States, early 1944	SS Davidson Victory under construction, Kaiser Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation yard, Portland, Oregon, United States, Mar 1945

N3N-3 aircraft of US Department of Agriculture Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine at rest, Portland, Oregon, United States, 23 Dec 1948	The former PT-658, a 78-foot Higgins boat, restored to factory fresh status by 'Save the PT Boat, Inc.' of Portland, Oregon, United States. 29 Jun 2014 photo.