Port Arthur Shipbuilding

Port Arthur Shipbuilding, Thunder Bay ON

James Whalen and the American Ship Building Company established Western Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Company in 1909. It changed its name to Port Arthur Shipbuilding, (PASCO), in 1916, when it was acquired by Mr. Whalen. It was sold to Canadian Shipbuilding & Engineering in 1987 but closed in 1993, reopening as a repair yard under the name of Lakehead Marine & Industrial. It closed again in 2013 but was bought by Heddle Marine in 2016 and reopened. See the site from the air on Google here. Comments or queries, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 4 January 2024.

Hull #	O.N.	Original Name	Original Owner	Vessel Type	GT	Del'y.	Disposition
1	126673	Scow F.W. 45	Great Lakes Dredging	Dump Scow	726	27-Jun-11	Later MIL 241
2	126674	Scow F.W. 46	Western Drydock Co	Dump Scow	726	23-Jul-11	Later MIL 242, scrapped 1975
3	131052	Hamiltonian	Canada Interlake Line	Cargo Ship	2,347	9-Jul-12	Later Piave 1919, sunk by gunfire 1942
4	133885	Nasookin	Canadian Pacific Rlwy	Sternwheeler	1,869	1913	Assembled at Nelson BC, scrapped 1948
5	131056	Calgarian	Canadian Interlake Line	Cargo Ship	2,326	26-Apr-13	Later Marne 1919, Itaipu 1926, Araruna 1933, scrapped 1939
6	134014	Noronic	Northern Navigation Co	Passenger Vessel	6,905	30-May-14	Burnt in Toronto and scrapped 1949
7	116572	J. T. Horne	W. O. Matthews	Icebreaking Tug	428	22-Jul-13	Later Gorn 1915, Solombala 1920, wrecked 1943
8				Dredge			Cancelled
9	134013	Edward C. Whalen	Great Lakes Dredging Co.	Tug	113	26-Jul-13	Later John McLean
10	134276	Sicamous	Canadian Pacific Rlwy	Passenger Vessel	1,787	1913	Assembled at Okanogan Landing BC 1914, museum ship at Penticton BC 1949
11	134271	Naramata	Canadian Pacific Rlwy	Tug	150	1913	Museum ship at Penticton BC 1949
12	134015	W. Grant Morden	Canada S.S. Lines Ltd	Bulk Carrier	8,980	5-Jul-14	Later Donnacona 1926, scrapped 1969
13	138002	Rossport	F. Gerrow	Tug	19	1915
14	Export	Thorgerd	A. Salvesen	Cargo Ship	2,437	19-Nov-16	Scrapped 1932
15	Export	Blaamyra	D/S A/S Blaamyra	Cargo Ship	2,471	22-Nov-16	Later Torlak 1926, scrapped 1934
16	Export	Ugellstad/Rutenfjell	Olsen & Ugelstad	Cargo Ship	2,406	4-Aug-17	Scrapped 1930
17	142468	War Fish	The Shipping Controller	Cargo Ship	2,646	19-Sep-17	Later Roubaix 1920, Monique Vieljeux 1928, Malve 1930, wrecked 1931
18	142469	War Dance	The Shipping Controller	Cargo Ship	2,231	29-May-18	Later Warawala 1919, Shoka Maru 1927, Daigen Maru No.2 1928, torpedoed 1945
19	142469	War Isis	The Shipping Controller	Cargo Ship	2,231	21-May-18	Later Claudegallus 1920, Torni 1929, Trema 1950, Avon 1957, scrapped 1962
20	142663	War Osiris	The Shipping Controller	Cargo Ship	2,264	8-Aug-18	Later Colmar 1920, Listo 1929, mined off Spodsbjerg 1943
21	142692	War Hathor	The Shipping Controller	Cargo Ship	2,264	7-Sep-18	Later Warla 1919, Yuan Chan 1934, scuttled Kiangyin, Yangtse River 1937
22		TR-1	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	274	31-Oct-17	To New Zealand as Wakakura 1925, scrapped 1953
23		TR-2	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	274	11-Nov-17	To Mexico as Cobarribas 1920
24		TR-3	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	275	17-Nov-17	To Mexico as Guaymas 1920
25		TR-4	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	275	27-Nov-17	To Mexico as Cartagena 1926
26		TR-5	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	275	4-May-18	To Italy as Commandante Loretti 1919
27		TR-6	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	275	4-May-18	To Mexico as Mazatlan 1920
28	138848	Murray Stewart	Port Arthur Shipbuilding	Tug	240	28-Nov-18	Later David Richard, Georgian Queen, active
29	142674	War Karma	The Shipping Controller	Cargo Ship	2,271	4.-Dec-18	Later Raymond Poincare 1920, Seizan Maru 1929, torpedoed 1945
30	142758	War Horus	The Shipping Controller	Cargo Ship	2,266	15-Nov-18	Later Emma 1920, Giuseppe Soncino 1923, Toshu Maru 1926, scrapped 1961
31		TR-37	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	275	6-Aug-18	Later Their Merit 1925
32		TR-38	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	275	20-Aug-18	Later Alcatraz 1920
33		TR-39	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	275	1-Oct-18	Later Chandbali 1930, scrapped 1990
34		TR-40	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	275	6-Oct-18	Later Marie Yette 1921, in collision in the River Gironde and lost 1940
35		TR-41	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	275	5-May-19	Later Marie Simone 1920, sunk by gunfire 1944
36		TR-42	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	275	5-May-19	Later Marie Gilberte 1920
37		TR-43	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	275	12-May-19	Later Marie Anne 1920, captured 1940, designated M 4405, sunk by bombing 1944
38		TR-44	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	275	12-May-19	Later Florencia 1920
39	141376	Canadian Trader	Canadian Govt.	Cargo Ship	2,186	18-Jul-19	Later Emperor of Montreal 1925, Gilda Scuderi 1927, missing 1928
40	141377	Canadian Sailor	Canadian Govt.	Cargo Ship	2,186	7-Aug-19	Later Emperor of Havana 1925, Nichiei Maru 1927, foundered 1942
41	141486	Canadian Adventurer	Canadian Govt.	Cargo Ship	2,069	29-Oct-19	Later Emperor of Port McNicoll 1925, Nootka 1926, Iquitos 1950, Nootka 1957, scrapped 1960
42	141487	Canadian Sower	Canadian Govt.	Cargo Ship	2,186	18-Nov-19	Later Emperor of Fredericton 1925, Waka Maru 1927, foundered in ice 1945
43	141834	Canadian Runner	Canadian Govt.	Cargo Ship	3,091	4-Oct-20	Later Colborne 1929, Canadian Runner 1932, Kia Lee 1834, Kari Go 1941, bombed 1945
44	141835	Canadian Carrier	Canadian Govt.	Cargo Ship	3,101	15-Sep-20	Later Champlain 1929, Canadian Carrier 1932, Kwen Lee 1935, Konri Maru 1941, torpedoed 1945
45	150348	Canadian Harvester	Canadian Govt.	Cargo Ship	2,394	17-May-21	Later Dalwarnic 1926, Selcuk 1948, scrapped 1967
46	150234	Glenafton	Glen Transportation Co.	Cargo Ship	1,866	30-Apr-21	Later Salvus 1928, wrecked Ile Parisienne 1927 and cut down to barge, scrapped 1952
47	141679	Mathewston	Matthews Steamship Co.	Bulk Carrier	7,403	8-Oct-22	Later Ralph S. Misener 1954, Mathewston 1968, scrapped 1970
48	152844	L. R. Wilson	Abitibi Paper Company	Tug	27	5-Jun-26	Later F. M. Sting, register closed 2003
49	152590	Slave River	Hudsons Bay Company	Towboat	50	20-Jul-29	Scrapped 1935
50	172201	Scow No. 50	Abitibi Paper Co.	Scow	119	Aug-39	Now Sandra B No. 1, active
51	PV 47	Cobalt	Royal Canadian Navy	Corvette	940	25-Nov-40	Later Johanna W.Vinke 1953, scrapped 1961
52	PV 48	Kenogami	Royal Canadian Navy	Corvette	940	29-Jun-41	Scrapped 1950
53	PV 49	Algoma	Royal Canadian Navy	Corvette	940	11-Jul-41	Later Constitucion 1946, scrapped 1962
54	PV 50	Rosthern	Royal Canadian Navy	Corvette	940	17-Jun-41	Scrapped 1946
55	PV 51	Morden	Royal Canadian Navy	Corvette	940	6-Sep-41	Scrapped 1950
56	PV 52	Carleton/Kamsack	Royal Canadian Navy	Corvette	940	4-Oct-41	Later Carabobo 1945, wrecked east coast USA 1945
57	PV 53	Oakville	Royal Canadian Navy	Corvette	940	18-Nov-41	Later Patria 1946, scrapped 1962
58	PV 54	Weyburn	Royal Canadian Navy	Corvette	940	26-Nov-41	Mined 1943
59	CN 275	Fredericton/Port Arthur	Royal Canadian Navy	Corvette	940	26-May-42	Scrapped 1945
60	CN 176	Kenora	Royal Canadian Navy	Minesweeper	672	6-Aug-42	To Turkey as Bandirma 1957, scrapped 1972
61	CN 177	Fort William	Royal Canadian Navy	Minesweeper	672	25-Aug-42	To Turkey as Bodrum 1957, scrapped 1971
62	CN 178	Milltown	Royal Canadian Navy	Minesweeper	672	18-Sep-42	Scrapped 1959
63	CN 179	Kentville	Royal Canadian Navy	Minesweeper	672	10-Oct-42	To Turkey as Bartin 1957, scrapped 1972
64	CN 180	Mulgrave	Royal Canadian Navy	Minesweeper	672	4-Nov-42	Mined off Normandy 1944, beached and scrapped 1947
65	CN 181	Blairmore	Royal Canadian Navy	Minesweeper	672	17-Nov-42	To Turkey as Beykoz 1958, scrapped 1971
66	CN 361	The Soo	Royal Canadian Navy	Minesweeper	1,010	24-Jun-43	Later Sault Ste. Marie 1944, scrapped 1960
67	CN 362	Winnipeg	Royal Canadian Navy	Minesweeper	1,010	29-Jul-43	To Belgium as A. F. Dufour 1959, scrapped 1966
68	CN 363	St.Boniface	Royal Canadian Navy	Minesweeper	1,010	10-Sep-43	Later Bess Barry M. 1954, active
69	CN 364	Portage	Royal Canadian Navy	Minesweeper	1,010	22-Oct-43	Scrapped 1958
70	CN 365	Wallaceburg	Royal Canadian Navy	Minesweeper	1,010	18-Nov-43	To Belgium as Georges Lecointe 1958, sold 1969
71	CN 366	Border Cities	Royal Canadian Navy	Minesweeper	1,010	18-May-44	Scrapped 1949
72	CN 367	Middlesex	Royal Canadian Navy	Minesweeper	1,010	8-Aug-44	Wrecked on Half Island Point 1946
73	CN 368	Oshawa	Royal Canadian Navy	Minesweeper	1,010	6-Jul-44	Scrapped 1965
74	CN 369	Kapuskasing	Royal Canadian Navy	Minesweeper	1,010	17-Aug-44	Sunk as a target 1978
75	CN 370	Rockcliffe	Royal Canadian Navy	Minesweeper	1,010	30-Sep-44	Scrapped 1960
76	CN 550	Fergus/Fort Francis	Royal Canadian Navy	Minesweeper	1,010	28-Oct-44	Scrapped 1974
77	CN 551	Hespeler/Lysander	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	1,010	21-Nov-44	Completed at Hamilton, Cornflower 1950, Lysander 1951, scrapped 1957
78	CN 552	New Liskeard	Royal Canadian Navy	Minesweeper	1,010	21-Nov-44	Scrapped 1969
79	CN 553	Kincardine/Mariner	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	1,010	23-May-45	To Burma as Yan Myo Aung 1957, scrapped 1982
80	CN 554	Orangeville/Marmion	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	1,010	29-May-45	Scrapped 1959
81	CN 681	Orcadia	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	1,010	17-Aug-45	Scrapped 1958
82	CN 682	Ossory	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	1,010	29-Sep-45	Scrapped 1959
83	CN 683	Pluto	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	1,010	4-Oct-45	Scrapped 1973
84	CN 684	Polaris	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	1,010	29-Oct-45	Scrapped 1956
85	CN 685	Pyrrhus	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	1,010	2-Nov-45	Scrapped 1956
86	CN 686	Romola	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	1,010	3-May-45	Built at Collingwood as Hull # 129, scrapped 1957
87	CN 687	Rosamund	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	1,010	10-Jul-45	Built at Collingwood as Hull # 130, Bloemfontein 1947, sunk as a target 1967
88	CN 688	Styx	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	1,010	1945	To be built at Collingwood as Hull # 131, cancelled
89	none	Pump Barge #1	Steep Rock Iron Mines	Pump Barge	55	Oct-43
90	none	Pump Barge #2	Steep Rock Iron Mines	Pump Barge	55	Oct-43
91	none	Pump Barge #3	Steep Rock Iron Mines	Pump Barge	55	Oct-43
92	none	Pump Barge #4	Steep Rock Iron Mines	Pump Barge	55	Nov-43
93	none	Pump Barge #5	Steep Rock Iron Mines	Pump Barge	55	Nov-43
94	none	Pump Barge #6	Steep Rock Iron Mines	Pump Barge	55	Nov-43
95	none	Pump Barge #7	Steep Rock Iron Mines	Pump Barge	55	Nov-43
96	173700	Annis Lee	Brompton Pulp & Paper	Tug	55	11-Jun-45	Active
97		Ottawa Maybird/Tai Hang 3	Min of War Transport	Cargo Ship	338	1-Nov-46	Later I-Lan 1947, Solar 1967, scrapped 1970
98		Ottawa Maycove/Tai Hang 4	Min of War Transport	Cargo Ship	338	1-Nov-46	Later Heng-Chun 1947, believed sold 1961
99/97	172234	Ottawa Mayberry/Belleville	Min of War Transport	Cargo Ship	344	18-May-47	Later Capilano 1952, Haida Prince 1959, Island Prince III 1967, deleted 1992
none	177968	Pascol	Port Arthur Shipbuilding	Workboat	25	1-Oct-46	Active
100	Export	Port Arthur	French Govt	Hopper Barge	654	16-Jul-48	Last trace 1980
101	Export	Ontario	French Govt	Hopper Barge	645	1-Sep-48	Last listed 1985
102	Export	Erie	French Govt,	Hopper Barge	640	7-Oct-48	Last listed 1996
103	Export	Niagara	French Govt	Hopper Barge	655	17-Oct-48	Last listed 1991
104	Export	Huron	French Govt	Hopper Barge	655	20-May-49	Last listed 1992
105	Export	St.Laurent	French Govt	Hopper Barge	655	20-May-49	Not listed 1992
106	192679	Imperial Redwater	Pipe Line Tankers Ltd	Hopper Barge	12,582	15-May-49	Later bulk carrier R. Bruce Angus 1954, scrapped 1985
107	AMC 144	Chaleur	Royal Canadian Navy	Minesweeper	390	18-Jun-54	To France as La Dieppoise, retired 1985
108	AMC 149	Quinte	Royal Canadian Navy	Minesweeper	390	15-Oct-54	Retired 1964
109	194448	Sir James Dunn	Canada Steamship Lines	Bulk Carrier	12,434	3-May-52	Scrapped 1989
110	194454	Thunder Bay	Canada Steamship Lines	Bulk Carrier	12,435	23-Nov-52	Later Stadacona 1969, scrapped 1993
111	194458	E. B. Barber	Algoma Central R.R. Co.	Bulk Carrier	10,420	6-Jun-53	Scrapped 1985
112	194456	Loader No. 4	Hammermill Paper Co.	Scow	123	1952	Now Loader No. 4, active
113	179590	Paterson	N.M. Paterson & Sons	Bulk Carrier	8,618	3-Jun-54	Scrapped 1984
114	AMC 161	Thunder	Royal Canadian Navy	Minesweeper	390	3-Oct-57	Retired 1997
115	322235	Clarence B. Randall	Caland Ore Company	Dredge	1,088	15-Jul-54	Later Canadian , active
116	none	Joseph L. Block	Caland Ore Company	Dredge	1,088	1-Sep-54	Scrapped
117	322545	Booster No. 1	Caland Ore Company	Booster Barge	289	10-Jul-54	Scrapped
118	none	Booster No. 2	Caland Ore Company	Booster Barge	289	4-Nov-57	Scrapped
119	310138	Alexander Henry	Canadian Coast Guard	Icebreaker	1,674	30-Jul-57	198 x 43.6 x 18 feet. Two engines, screws, 3,550 HP. Preserved at the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes 1985; Lakehead Transportation Museum Society (2018).
120	none	Unnamed	Steep Rock Iron Mines	Booster Barge		15-Dec-55	Scrapped
121	none	Unnamed	Dept of Public Works	Scow		20-Oct-56
122/C1	176115	Nipigon Bay	Canada Steamship Lines	72' section	13,274	Aug-58	Conversion # 1, lengthening and conversion of tanker to bulk carrier
C2	194747	B. A. Peerless	British American Oil Co.	Conversion	10,900	Apr-59	Shortened and new bow for ocean service, later Gulf Canada, scrapped
123	188406	Keewanis	Thunder Bay Harbour	Derrick Scow	165	Aug-59	Active
none	311422	Scow No. 52	Abitibi Paper Co.	Piledriver	57	1959	Later Louis M II, active
C3	116669	Midland Prince	Canada Steamship Lines	Bulk Carrier	6,339	Apr-60	Alterations and additions
C4	134015	Donnacona	Canada Steamship Lines	Bulk Carrier	8,611	Apr-61	New tank top
C5	158164	Algocen	Algoma Central R.R. Co.	Bulk Carrier	6,893	Apr-62	New tank top
C6	152643	Gleneagles	Canada Steamship Lines	Bulk Carrier	8,582	Jun-63	Conversion to self-unloader
C7	190479	Hochelaga	Canada Steamship Lines	Bulk Carrier	12,616	Jun-64	Conversion to self-unloader
C8	304498	George M. Carl	Scott Misener Steamships	Bulk Carrier	10,417	Apr-67	New tank top
C9	190493	Coverdale	Canada Steamship Lines	Bulk Carrier	11,996	Apr-67	Converted to fuel oil
C10	194454	Thunder Bay	Canada Steamship Lines	Bulk Carrier	12,435	May-68	Conversion to self-unloader, renamed Stadacona
124	328551	L. A. Learmonth	Panarctic Oils Ltd	Tank Barge	945	13-Jul-68	Wrecked 1969
125	328552	Scotty Gall	Panarctic Oils Ltd	Tank Barge	925	22-Jul-68	Wrecked 1969
C11	313936	Whitefish Bay	Canada Steamship Lines	Bulk Carrier	18,370	Jun-69	Conversion to self-unloader, renamed Quetico
C12	322994	Saguenay	Canada Steamship Lines	Bulk Carrier	20,148	9-Aug-72	Conversion to self-unloader
126	331315	H.B.C. 1001	Hudsons Bay Company	Barge	1,151	26-Jun-72	Active
127	331319	H.B.C. 1002	Hudsons Bay Company	Barge	1,151	12-Jun-72	Active
C13	188398	English River	Canada Cement Corp	Package Freighter	6,639	Apr-74	Conversion to cement carrier
128	197730	Wolfe Islander III	Ministry of Transportation	Ferry	985	9-Dec-75	Active
C14		HMCS Porte Dauphine	Royal Canadian Navy	Training Vessel		May-76	General refit after return from Coast Guard service
C15	313963	Frankcliffe Hall	Hall Corp of Canada Ltd.	Bulk Carrier	20,646	1-Jul-80	Conversion to self-unloader
C16	176115	Nipigon Bay	Canada Steamship Lines	Bulk Carrier	14,824	May-81	Trunk deck added
none	383533	Atlantic Superior	Canada Steamship Lines	130' forebody		Jun-82	For Collingwood Hull # 222
none	802923	John B. Aird	Canada Steamship Lines	130' forebody		Jun-83	For Collingwood Hull # 224
none	804429	Beaver St. Lawrence	Beaver Dredging Co. Ltd.	Dredge	154	1984	Register closed 2008
C17	348357	Arctic	Fednav Ltd.	Bulk Carrier	19,420	Jul-85	Conversion to OBO Carrier
129	803289	The Richard George	McKenzie Forest Products	Ferry	284	17-Jun-93	Active

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