The Alaska Strikes Blunts Reef (1921)

The July 1922 issue of the Pacific Marine Review used the Alaska as an example of how much all ships could benefit from having radio compass equipment: “For two hours prior to the grounding of the Alaska its radio operator had been trying to obtain radio bearings by transmitting to the radio compass station on shore, at Eureka, California, but had been unable to get in communication with that station. The failure to obtain radio bearings was due in part to the fact that a large number of ships were endeavoring to obtain radio bearings at the same time.” Ship Name: Alaska Year Built: 1889 Tonnage: 3709 Ship Type: Steel-Hulled Screw Propeller Steamship  Nationality: United States of America  Year Wrecked: 1921 Location Wrecked: Blunts Reef California Reason for Wreck: Struck Reef in Fog  Lives Lost: Estimated 42 Sources:  https://books.google.com/books?id=ZMLjs3Z7Fr8C&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=Alaska+shipwreck+1921+POrtland&source=gbs_navlinks_s https://books.google.com/books?id=9nw9AQAAMAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=Alaska+portland+to+seattle+shipwreck+1921&source=gbs_navlinks_s https://newspaperarchive.com/atlanta-constitution-aug-08-1921-p-2/ https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1921/08/08/issue.html https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1921/08/11/98717365.html?pageNumber=7 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1921/08/09/98716539.html?pageNumber=9 https://newspaperarchive.com/philadelphia-inquirer-aug-09-1921-p-2/ https://newspaperarchive.com/barre-daily-times-aug-15-1921-p-4/ https://newspaperarchive.com/salt-lake-city-deseret-news-aug-09-1921-p-1/ https://newspaperarchive.com/berkeley-daily-gazette-aug-09-1921-p-1/ https://newspaperarchive.com/portland-morning-oregonian-aug-08-1921-p-2/ https://newspaperarchive.com/the-midland-journal-aug-12-1921-p-2/ https://newspaperarchive.com/joplin-news-herald-aug-08-1921-p-1/ https://newspaperarchive.com/oakland-tribune-aug-09-1921-p-3/ https://newspaperarchive.com/great-falls-tribune-aug-09-1921-p-3/ https://newspaperarchive.com/heppner-gazette-times-aug-18-1921-p-1/ https://newspaperarchive.com/anaconda-standard-aug-08-1921-p-1/ https://newspaperarchive.com/portland-morning-oregonian-aug-10-1921-p-2/ https://newspaperarchive.com/portland-morning-oregonian-aug-11-1921-p-1/ https://newspaperarchive.com/south-bend-news-times-oct-16-1921-p-10/