Description: SIGNED BY PURSER !! - IN OCTOBER 1927, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES REPORTED ON THE IMPENDING SALE OF WEST CAJOOT AND 18 OTHER SWAYNE & HOLT SHIPS TO A SAN FRANCISCO FINANCIER.[63] THE SHIP LATER BECAME A PART OF THE FLEET OF THE OCEANIC AND ORIENTAL NAVIGATION COMPANY, A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN OCEANIC-MATSON, A SUBSIDIARY OF MATSON NAVIGATION COMPANY, AND THE AMERICAN-HAWAIIAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY, ESTABLISHED TO TAKE OVER OPERATION OF TRANSPACIFIC ROUTES THAT HAD BEEN MANAGED FOR THE USSB BY SWAYNE & HOLT LINES.[64] ON APRIL 3, 1928 IT WAS REPORTED THAT 8 SHIPS ACQUIRED BY MATSON WERE RENAMED - ADMIRAL DEWEY, WEST CARMONA, WEST CAJOOT, WEST CALERA, WEST CONOB, WEST ELCAJON, WEST NIVARIA, AND WEST TOGUS BECOMING GOLDEN STATE, GOLDEN FLEECE, GOLDEN BEAR, GOLDEN HARVEST, GOLDEN EAGLE, GOLDEN KAURI, GOLDEN COAST, AND GOLDEN FORREST, RESPECTIVELY.[65] GOLDEN BEAR MADE HER FIRST VOYAGE UNDER A NEW FLAG FROM LOS ANGELES ON OCTOBER 1, 1928, ARRIVING IN AUCKLAND ON OCTOBER 27. AFTER STOPPING AT SEVERAL NEW ZEALAND PORTS, THE SHIP LEFT LYTTELTON ON NOVEMBER 17 FOR HONOLULU AND SAN FRANCISCO, ARRIVING THERE ON DECEMBER 21, 1928.[66][67] THE SHIP THEN PROCEEDED TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WHERE IT LOADED UP TIMBER AND DEPARTED VANCOUVER ON JANUARY 14, 1929. AFTER A STOP IN SEATTLE, SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES TO LOAD MORE CARGO, THE SHIP TOOK COURSE TO AUCKLAND WHERE SHE ARRIVED ON FEBRUARY 27, 1929. AFTER STOPS AT SEVERAL PORTS IN NEW ZEALAND, GOLDEN BEAR LEFT TIMARU FOR HONOLULU (ARRIVED APRIL 12) AND SAN FRANCISCO. FROM THERE, THE SHIP AGAIN PROCEEDED TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TO LOAD TIMBER, AND DEPARTED ON ANOTHER TRIP, THIS TIME TO AUSTRALIA. LEAVING TACOMA ON MAY 9, THE SHIP MADE STOPOVERS IN PORTLAND, SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES TO LOAD GENERAL CARGO AND CASE OIL BEFORE HEADING FOR MELBOURNE WHERE SHE ARRIVED ON JUNE 20.[68] AFTER STOPPING OFF AT SYDNEY (JULY 1) AND NEWCASTLE (JULY 4), GOLDEN BEAR PROCEEDED TO HONOLULU AND SAN FRANCISCO, REACHING IT ON AUGUST 15. THE VESSEL CONTINUED TRAVELLING BETWEEN PACIFIC COAST OF THE US, CARRYING MOSTLY TIMBER, OIL, AND GENERAL CARGO TO AUSTRALIA, AND OCCASIONALLY NEW ZEALAND THROUGH 1937. SHE DEPARTED FOR HER LAST TRIP FROM TACOMA ON FEBRUARY 20, 1937, STOPPED OFF TO LOAD MORE CARGO AT LOS ANGELES ON MARCH 10, 1937 BEFORE PROCEEDING TO AUCKLAND. ON MARCH 30, 1937 IT WAS REPORTED THAT OCEANIC & ORIENTAL NAVIGATION COMPANY (O&ON) WOULD BE HALTING THE SERVICE TO AUSTRALIA AS OF APRIL 1.[69] AT THE TIME THE MEASURE WAS CONSIDERED TEMPORARY DUE TO UNCERTAINTY OF THE RENEWAL OF MAIL RATES BY THE NEW MARITIME COMMISSION. AS THE NEW CONTRACT WAS NOT GRANTED TO O&ON, THE SERVICE WAS SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY DUE TO ECONOMIC HARDSHIP TO OPERATE THE ROUTE WITHOUT A SUBSTANTIAL SUBSIDY FROM THE GOVERNMENT.[70] AFTER REACHING AUCKLAND ON APRIL 12, GOLDEN BEAR PROCEEDED TO AUSTRALIA WHERE THE SHIP STOPPED AT SEVERAL PORTS BEFORE LOADING 406 TONS OF COAL AT NEWCASTLE AND SAILING FOR RABAUL ON MAY 14. GOLDEN BEAR WAS PRESENT IN RABAUL HARBOR DURING THE GREAT RABAUL ERUPTION ON MAY 30, 1937 AND ASSISTED IN EVACUATION OF APPROXIMATELY 750 TOWN INHABITANTS TO KOKOPO.[71][72] THE SHIP RETURNED TO RABAUL ON JUNE 12 BEFORE DEPARTING FOR SOLOMON ISLANDS, AND FROM THERE CONTINUED ON TO SAN FRANCISCO WHERE THE SHIP ARRIVED ON JULY 21. GOLDEN BEAR REMAINED BERTHED IN SAN FRANCISCO FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR. IN MID DECEMBER IT WAS REPORTED THAT O&ON WAS DISSOLVED WITH THE FLEET BEING DIVIDED BETWEEN THE LINE'S CO-OWNERS. MATSON ACQUIRED GOLDEN EAGLE, GOLDEN RIVER, GOLDEN BEAR AND GOLDEN STATE, WHILE THE REST OF THE SHIPS WERE ACQUIRED BY AMERICAN-HAWAIIAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY. --- SEE PHOTOS !!! NO RESERVE, SHIPPING AND HANDLING IS $2.00 IN USA, OR $4.00 FOREIGN. I COMBINE SHIPPING COSTS ON MULTIPLE ITEM TO SAVE YOU MONEY.
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