Northwest History. Alaska. Science. United States.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1928
• Subjects: Alaska; Ships; Ship building; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th Century; Gulf of Alaska; North Pole; Pacific; Peary; Attu
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/101585

Starr Arrrives In Port, Towed Starr Arrives In Port, Towed-- JUNEAU, Alaska, DEc. 28.—(AP)— A brief radio message received by Customs Collector McBride said that the steamer Starr arrived today in Cordova in tow of the coast guard cutter Unalga. It added that the tug Roojevelt had been towed to Latouche by the "fishing schooner Attu. The Roosevelt and Starr were caught in a severe storm in the Gulf of 'Alaska Monday and for a time both vessels were feared lost. The Roosevelt was towing the Starr to Seattle, the Starr having been disabled when she struck a reef recently. The Roosevelt was formerly the steamer Roosevelt and was used by Commander Robert E. Peary when he discovered the North Pole.