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What happened to American Marine Bank?
American Marine Bank in Bainbridge Island, WA failed, and Columbia State Bank of Tacoma, WA took it over on Jan 29, 2010. After 1 more change of hands, what was American Marine Bank is today part of Columbia Bank (Roseburg, OR).
The chain, step by step
From the day it opened to the bank at the end of the chain today. Each step is one entry in the FDIC's record.
- 1948American Marine Bank opens in Bainbridge Island, WA
- Jan 29, 2010FAILEDAmerican Marine Bank failed, and Columbia State Bank of Tacoma, WA took it over.FDIC certificate 16730 ends; its business continues under certificate 33826.
- Mar 1, 2023MERGEDColumbia State Bank of Tacoma, WA merged into Umpqua Bank of Roseburg, OR.FDIC certificate 33826 ends; its business continues under certificate 17266.
- TodayOPEN
Columbia BankMain office Roseburg, OR · FDIC certificate 17266 · 360 offices in 8 states on June 30, 2026Every Columbia Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.columbiabank.com/
If you still have something from American Marine Bank
A lien that was never released
American Marine Bank failed on Jan 29, 2010. For a failed bank placed in FDIC receivership, the FDIC may be able to issue the lien release, if the loan was paid off to the bank before it failed or to the FDIC afterward. The FDIC says that where a failed bank had an acquirer, its records in most cases went to that acquirer. Here the chain from the acquirer leads to Columbia Bank, which is worth asking too.
Requests go through the FDIC Information and Support Center with the recorded mortgage or title, and proof of payoff. The FDIC says to allow 30 business days once it has every document, and does not take requests by phone or email. Questions: FDIC Resolution Inquiries, 888-206-4662, 8am–4pm Central on weekdays.
An old account, passbook or CD
When a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, insured depositors become its customers right away (here, Columbia State Bank). Start with Columbia Bank, and ask them to search under the name American Marine Bank.
For failures since mid-1993 the law sets a clock: insured deposits not claimed within 18 months of the FDIC starting to pay depositors are offered to the state of the depositor's last known address on the bank's records. If the state takes them, the owner has 10 years to claim there before the money returns to the FDIC. Check FDIC unclaimed funds search and that state's unclaimed-property program.
A safe deposit box
The FDIC says that when a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, the branches usually reopen the next business day with box access. Today, ask Columbia Bank. A box abandoned for years may have been turned over to the state's unclaimed-property program.
Box contents are not covered by FDIC insurance.
Not sure this is your bank?
Many banks shared a name. Match the city and the years above against your paperwork, or search again with the town.
Credit unions were never FDIC-insured and are not in this record; the NCUA credit union lookup covers those. Banks that closed before about 1970 are not in the FDIC's list either.
One caution: banks also sell single branches. If the office you used was sold to a different bank along the way, the account went with the branch, not with this chain. The office list below shows which bank each office reports under now.
This page is drawn from FDIC records and federal guidance. It is not legal advice, and BankBranches is not a bank or a government office. More detail: lien releases · old passbooks and CDs · safe deposit boxes · unclaimed money.
Where the guidance comes from ▾
Its offices in the FDIC deposit reports
12 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 4 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 645 W Washington StSequim, WA | OpenSound Community Bank |
| 249 Winslow Way EastBainbridge Island, WA | OpenColumbia Bank |
| 9500 Oak Bay RdPort Ludlow, WA | OpenSound Community Bank |
| 10100 Silverdale Way NWSilverdale, WA | OpenColumbia Bank |
| 23961 Ne State Route 3Belfair, WA | No longer reported |
| 442 W. Sims WayPort Townsend, WA | No longer reported |
| 20148 10th Avenue NE, Suite BPoulsbo, WA | No longer reported |
| 208 High School Road NeBainbridge Island, WA | No longer reported |
| 26563 Lindvog Road NeKingston, WA | No longer reported |
| 249 Winslow WayBainbridge Island, WA | No longer reported |
| 602 E Front StreetPort Angeles, WA | No longer reported |
| 1000 Second Avenue Suite 110Seattle, WA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into American Marine Bank
1 bank merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Silverdale State BankSilverdale, WA | Oct 1, 2001 |
Source: FDIC BankFind institution and history records, read Nov 15, 2026. The FDIC's list covers banks that ended in about 1970 or later. Look up certificate 16730 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.