<p>C.A. Smith, who had completed a large sawmill at Marshfield, engaged Edward S. Hough of San Francisco to design a specialized steel lumber-carrying steamer for operation between Coos Bay, Washington, and California.  This vessel, the NANN SMITH of 2,009 tons, with a carrying capacity of 2,250,000 board feet, was completed in 1907 by the Newport News Shipbuilding &amp; Drydock Co. of Virginia and placed in operation in 1908 by the Inter-Ocean Transportation Co., a Smith subsidiary.  This was a particularly interesting development from the historical standpoint, for it marked the beginning of packaged lumber shipments.  Water shipment of packaged lumber is generally considered to be a post-World War II development and few are aware that it was pioneered well over half a century before.  (pg. 152)  Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).</p>
<ul><li>Subjects (LCSH): Nann Smith (Steamship); Steamships--Oregon--Coos Bay; Harbors--Oregon--Coos Bay</li></ul>
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