Other Pacific Coast Shipbuilders

Other pre-WWII Pacific Coast Shipbuilders

This table attempts to cover those other shipbuilders located on the Pacific Coast that were active in the years between the Civil War and World War One. If anyone has any data to add to this table, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 8 October 2016.

Shipbuilder	Location	Original Name	Original Owner	Type	GT	Built	Disposition
California
Barnes & Tibbetts	Alameda CA	Carolyn Frances	Western Whaling & Trading Co	Cargo Ship	569	1918	Aux schooner, later Charles Brower 1925, Choukotka 1928, deleted 1948
Birch, William H.	San Francisco CA	Nunivak	US Revenue Service		486	1899	Sold 1901
Boole & Braton	San Francisco CA	Ajax	Oregon Coal & Nav Co	Cargo Ship	836	1888	Wrecked Blunt's Reef, San Francisco 1890
Boole & Son	Oakland CA	Prentiss	J. D. Gray & Co	Cargo Ship	406	1901	Later Exito 1934, Prentiss 1936, reduced to a barge 1939
Boole & Son	Oakland CA	A. H. Payson		Cargo Ship	158	1902
Boole, G.	San Francisco CA	Lahaina	Hind, Rolph & Co.	Cargo Ship		1901
Boole, G.	San Francisco CA	Cosmopolis	Higgins & Collins	Cargo Ship	366	1887	Later Kauai 1895, wrecked Mahukona, near Honolulu 1913
Boole, G.	San Francisco CA	Rival	Blair, S.	Cargo Ship	426	1888	Abandoned c1920
Boole, G.	San Francisco CA	Del Norte	J. K. C. Hobbs	Cargo Ship	301	1888	Later Hawaii 1889, scrapped 1904
Boole, W.A.	Oakland CA	Sibyl Marston	Sibyl Marston Co	Cargo Ship	1,000	1906	Wrecked Surf 1909
Brusstar, W.S.	Oakland CA	Avarua		Cargo Ship	146	1916
Central Pacific RR	Oakland CA	Piedmont		Ferry	1,854	1883	Scrapped 1944
Collyer, W.	San Francisco CA	James M. Donohue	San Francisco & N Pacific Railway Co	Passenger	730	1875	Scrapped 1924
Collyer, W.	San Francisco CA	Newark	Southern Pacific RR Co	Ferry	1,237	1877	Later Sacramento 1923, sold 1955 as a fishing barge off Redondo Beach
Collyer, W.	San Francisco CA	Bay City	Southern Pacific RR Co	Ferry	1,283	1878	Scrapped 1929
Coronado IW	Coronado CA	Silver Gate	San Diego & Coronado Ferry Co	Ferry	528	1888	Scrapped 1920
Doe, C.P.	Wilmington CA	Eureka	C. P. Doe, San Francisco	Cargo Ship	484	1900	Wrecked near Point Reyes 1915
Fulton Eng. & Sbldg.	San Francisco CA	President	Alaska Packers' Assn	Cargo Ship	377	1895	Last seen in El Salvador 1907
Fulton Eng. & Sbldg.	San Francisco CA	Grace Dollar	Dollar, R.	Cargo Ship	429	1898	Later Hardy 1913, San Antonio 1919, scrapped 1936
Fulton Eng. & Sbldg.	San Francisco CA	Ruth	A. W. Beadle & Co	Cargo Ship	377	1898	Wrecked Fisherman's Bay 1903
Fulton Eng. & Sbldg.	San Francisco CA	Samoa	J. R. Hanify & Co	Cargo Ship	377	1898	Wrecked San Francisco harbor 1913
Fulton Eng. & Sbldg.	San Francisco CA	Newburg	Pollard & Dodge	Cargo Ship	450	1898	Wrecked Bodega 1918
Fulton Eng. & Sbldg.	San Francisco CA	Richmond		Tug	135	1900
Fulton Eng. & Sbldg.	San Francisco CA	Chilkat		Cargo Ship	172	1901
Fulton Eng. & Sbldg.	San Francisco CA	Sea Rover		Tug	199	1902
Fulton Eng. & Sbldg.	San Francisco CA	Arabs		Tug	155	1904
Fulton, C.E.	Los Angeles CA	Aliceil	Swift & Co	Cargo Ship	709	1916	Wrecked Point Loma 1916
Hall Brothers	San Francisco CA	Rush	US Revenue Service	Cutter	300	1885	Sold 1913
Hansen & Fraser	San Francisco CA	Caspar	Caspar Lumber Co	Cargo Ship	300	1888	Wrecked Punta Arenas 1897
Hanson & Fraser	San Francisco CA	Hermosa	Wilmington Tptn Co	Passenger	455	1889	Abandoned 1902
Hay & Wright	Alameda CA	Charles Nelson	C. Nelson	Cargo Ship	629	1898	Burnt 1913
Hay & Wright	Alameda CA	Hanalei	Inter-Island S.N.Co Ltd	Cargo Ship	666	1901	Wrecked Duxbury Reef, off Bolinas 1914
Hay & Wright	Alameda CA	Kona	Hind, Rolph & Co.	Cargo Ship		1901
Hay, A.	San Francisco CA	Noyo	Noyo Lumber Co	Cargo Ship	316	1887	Foundered off Point Reyes 1918
Hay, A.	San Francisco CA	Pasadena	Kerckhoff, Cuzner & Co	Cargo Ship	300	1887	Scrapped 1935
Hay, A.	San Francisco CA	W. L. Hardison	Mission Transfer Co	Cargo Ship	453	1888	Burnt 1989
Hay, A.	San Francisco CA	National City	C. A. Hooper & Co	Cargo Ship	491	1888	Deleted 1924
Hay, A.	San Francisco CA	Farrallon	Dolbeer & Carson	Cargo Ship	750	1888	Wrecked Illiamna Bay 1910
Hay, A.	San Francisco CA	Point Loma	C. A. Hooper & Co	Cargo Ship	310	1888	Wrecked Long Beach 1896
Hay, A.	San Francisco CA	Truckee	Truckee Lumber Co	Cargo Ship	417	1890	Wrecked Umpqua River 1897
Marshall, G. B.	Antioch CA	G. B. Marshall				1909
Muller, W.	Wilmington CA	Hermosa	Wilmington Tptn Co	Cargo Ship	483	1902	Burnt near Punta Arenas 1935
Muller, W.	San Pedro CA	Cabrillo	Wilmington Tptn Co	Cargo Ship	611	1904	Deleted 1959
Muller, W.	Wilmington CA	John N. Stewart		Tug	120	1926
North Shore RR	Tiburon CA	Ukiah	North Shore RR Co	Ferry	2,564	1890	Later Eureka 1921, preserved in San Francisco 1957
North, J.W.	San Francisco CA	Yosemite		Passenger	1,525	1862	Wrecked near Bremerton 1909
Petersen, A.	Raymond CA	Solano	SS Solano Co	Cargo Ship	943	1913	Later Oregon Coast 1943, burnt Salina Cruz 1946
Peterson, A.	Raymond CA	Mukilteo	Charles Nelson Co	Cargo Ship	1,103	1915	Scrapped 1937
Reed, A.	Fort Bragg CA	Sequoia	J. S. Kimball Co	Cargo Ship	411	1898	Wrecked near Humboldt Bar 1907
Renck & Stone	Oakland CA	Palawan	C. H. Kroll, San Francisco	Cargo Ship	818	1918	Aux schooner, burnt off Hango 1932
Robertson, J.	Benicia CA	La Merced	Standard Oil of California	Cargo Ship	1,696	1917	Aux schooner, scrapped 1965
Robertson, J.	Benicia CA	Oronite	Standard Oil of California	Cargo Ship	1,704	1918	Aux schooner, later Aneiurong 1925, scrapped 1932
San Francisco SB	Redwood City CA	Faith	San Francisco S.S. Co	Cargo Ship	3,427	1918	Deleted 1922
Southern Pacific	Oakland CA	Melrose	Southern Pacific RR Co	Ferry	2,662	1908	Wrecked off White Point, Los Angeles 1932
Southern Pacific	Oakland CA	Thoroughfare	Southern Pacific RR Co	Ferry	2,620	1912	Scrapped 1935
Southern Pacific	Oakland CA	Contra Costa	Southern Pacific RR Co	Ferry	5,373	1914	Scrapped 1934
Southern Pacific SY	Oakland CA	Alameda			2,302	1914
Turner, M.	San Francisco CA	Dora	Alaska Commercial Co	Cargo Ship	198	1880	Wrecked Alert Bay 1920
Turner, M.	Benicia CA	Karluk		Cargo Ship	321	1884	Crushed in ice off Herald Is 1914
Turner, M.	Benicia CA	Bertha	Karluk Packing Co	Cargo Ship	597	1888	Wrecked Uyak Bay 1915
Turner, M.	Benicia CA	Eclipse		Cargo Ship	211	1900
Turner, M.	Benicia CA	Gazelle		Cargo Ship	151	1901	Wrecked 1909
White, C.G.	San Francisco CA	Santa Maria		Cargo Ship	344	1884	Sold in Peru 1894
White, C.G.	San Francisco CA	Alcatraz		Cargo Ship	256	1887
White, C.G.	San Francisco CA	South Coast	West Coast S.S. Co	Cargo Ship	302	1887	Missing - sailed Coos Bay 1930
White, C.G.	San Francisco CA	Encinal	Southern Pacific RR Co	Ferry	2,014	1888	Scrapped 1930
White, C.G.	Alameda CA	Albion	J. S. Kimball Co	Cargo Ship	319	1892	Wrecked near Stewart's Point CA 1913
White, C.G.	Alameda CA	Rosalie	J. J. Ebert	Passenger	319	1893	Burnt Seattle 1918
Whitelaw, T.P.H.	Alameda CA	Whitelaw	T.P.H.Whitelaw	Cargo Ship	363	1895	Burnt Skagway 1898
Wilmington SB	San Pedro CA	Ghislaine	Soc Gen des Houilles & Agglomeres	Cargo Ship	1,517	1917	Later Whitney Olson 1922, Catherine II 1947, Fire Bird 1948, scrapped 1949
Wilmington SB	San Pedro CA	Lucinda Hanify	J. R. Hanify & Co	Cargo Ship	1,517	1917	Later Utique 1918, Thomas Crowley 1922, Jane Nettleton 1925, scuttled 1937
Unknown	Wilmington CA	Warrior		Cargo Ship	122	1901
Unknown	Wilmington CA	Santa Rosa Island		Cargo Ship	140	1903
Unknown	Wilmington CA	Vaquero		Cargo Ship	231	1913
Oregon
Columbia EW	Portland OR	Chiquimula	M. T. Snyder	Cargo Ship	687	1917	Aux schooner, abandoned 1941
Columbia EW	Portland OR	Tempate	Tempate Ship Corp	Cargo Ship	698	1917	Aux schooner, wrecked Hog Cay, Bahamas 1923
Columbia EW	Portland OR	Guanacaste	M. C. Keith	Cargo Ship	632	1917	Aux schooner, made into a barge 1924
Columbia EW	Portland OR	Diria	Diria Ship Corp	Cargo Ship	1,492	1917	Aux schooner, foundered Guantanamo Bay 1919
Columbia EW	Portland OR	Louise Bryn	Pacific Motor Schooner Corp	Cargo Ship	821	1918	Aux schooner, later Pinthia 1920, scrapped 1922
Columbia EW	Portland OR	Elvira Stolt	Cia Naviera	Cargo Ship	813	1918	Aux schooner, wrecked Pupug, Bohol Is 1924
Elmore Fish Canning	Astoria OR	R. P. Elmore	Elmore & Sanborn Fisheries	Passenger		1890	Tug 1901, burnt 1922 but rebuilt, Kiket 1967, Elmore 1982, live-aboard in BC
Heuckendorff	Prosper OR	Wellesley	Wellesley Co	Cargo Ship	709	1907	Burnt and scrapped 1942
Heuckendorff	Prosper OR	Bowdoin	Bowdoin Co	Cargo Ship	756	1907	Wrecked False Cape, Nicaragua 1917
Kiernan & Kern	Portland OR	Katia	Katia S.S. Corp	Cargo Ship	2,239	1918	Later Katiagallus 1920, Katia 1921, burnt Suez Roads 1924
Kruse	North Bend OR	Beda		Cargo Ship	370	1883	Foundered off Cape Perpetua 1886
Kruse, E.T.	Marshfield OR	Casco	Swayne & Hoyt	Cargo Ship	569	1906	Wrecked Piedras Blancas 1913
Muller, W.	Prosper OR	Coquille River	Sudden, R.	Cargo Ship	415	1896	Later Winchester 1925, foundered Oakland 1932
Oregon IW	Portland OR	Corwin	US Revenue Service	Cutter	227	1876	Sold 1900
Pacific SB	Marshfield OR	Marshfield	C. A. Hooper & Co	Cargo Ship	388	1901	Later Bertie M. Hanlon 1920, foundered Alameda 1939
Pacquet, J.	Portland OR	Arrow	Arrow Navigation	Passenger	318	1903	Deleted 1925
Price, J. H.	Bandon OR	Daisy	Daisy S.S. Co	Cargo Ship	679	1907	Later Thos. H. Elliott 1935, Redwood 1935, burnt off Eureka 1939
Price, J. H.	Bandon OR	Gleaner	Gardiner Mill Co	Tug	154	1908	Later ST 216, Erik Foss 1952
Price, J. H.	St Helens OR	Celilo	C. R. McCormick Co	Cargo Ship	943	1913	Scrapped 1945
Price, J. H.	St Helens OR	Henry J. Biddle		Cargo Ship	229	1913
Price, J. H.	Seattle WA	Donna Lane		Cargo Ship	2,185	1919	Scrapped 1947
Price, J. H.	Seattle WA	Muriel		Cargo Ship	2,220	1920	Later Z. R. 3 1926, scuttled as breakwater Oyster Bay BC 1942
Reed, H. R.	Coquille OR	Homer	C. H. Butler & Co	Cargo Ship	501	1891	Barge 1938, deleted 1944
Reed, H. R.	Coos Bay OR	Santa Ana	A. W. Beadle & Co	Cargo Ship	767	1900	Deleted 1935
Reed, H. R.	Bay City OR	Arctic	J. S. Kimball Co	Cargo Ship	392	1901	Wrecked Point Arena 1922
Reed, H. R.	Marshfield OR	Coos Bay		Cargo Ship	545	1884	Wrecked Ventura CA 1914
Simpson, A. M.	North Bend OR	Brunswick	C. A. Hooper & Co	Cargo Ship	436	1898	Burnt at Puntarenas 1947
Simpson, A. M.	North Bend OR	Mandalay	Simpson Lumber Co	Cargo Ship	438	1900	Wrecked Klamath River 1918
Smith Bros Watson	Portland OR	Tacoma		Ferry	1,362	1884	Later M.T. No. 6 1918, in collision and sank 1949
Sorensen, E.	Portland OR	Yaquina	Z. J. Hatch & D. S. Suthill	Cargo Ship	356	1881	Wrecked Hueneme Bar 1897
Steffen, J. F.	Portland OR	Sehome	Oregon Railway & Nav Co	Passenger	692	1889	Rammed and sunk in San Pablo Bay, Cal. 1918
Steffen, J. H.	Portland OR	Victorian	Union Pacific RR Co	Passenger	1,504	1891	Scrapped 1913
Timberman, Max	Marshfield OR	Hilda				1906
Watson Bros	Astoria OR	Wahkeena	C. R. McCormick & Co	Cargo Ship	1,030	1916	Wrecked Aberdeen WA 1928
Whelan, F.	Astoria OR	General Miles		Tug	137	1882	Later Willapa 1891, Bellingham 1903, scuttled by fire 1950
Willamette	Portland OR	H. B. Kennedy	H. B. Kennedy	Passenger	499	1909	Later Seattle 1927, barge 1946
Unknown	Astoria OR	General Miles		Passenger	331	1891	Later Gedney 1893, scrapped 1930
Washington
Andersen SB	Seattle WA	Rose (WAGL 242)	US Revenue Service	Tender	567	1916	Sold 1948
Blanchard & Wheeler	Tacoma WA	Alice Blanchard	Blanchard Transit Co	Cargo Ship	542	1890	Later Chico 1902, wrecked Shelter Cove, Cal., 1906
Elliott Bay	Seattle WA	Trolltind	Anglo-Norwegian Shipping	Cargo Ship	2,175	1918	Deleted 1926
Elliott Bay	Seattle WA	Kirketind		Cargo Ship	2,205	1919	Later Wm. Donovan 1920, scrapped 1941
Elliott Bay	Seattle WA	Semmeltind		Cargo Ship	2,170	1919	Later Friedland 1921, City of Nome 1924, burnt Aberdeen WA 1927
Hanson Shipyard	Seattle WA	Katahdin	Anacortes Packing	Tug		1899	Later Catherine Foss
Haskell & Crawford	Tacoma WA	Alice				1897
Heath, E. W.	Everett WA	Majestic	Thompson Steamboat Co	Ferry	657	1901	Later Whatcom 1904, City of Bremerton 1922, scrapped 1938
Heath, E. W.	Tacoma WA	Clallam	Puget Sound Nav Co	Passenger	672	1903	Foundered off Smith Is 1904
Heath, E. W.	Tacoma WA	Jefferson	Alaska S.S. Co	Cargo Ship	1,615	1904	Scrapped 1925
Heath, E. W.	Port Blakely WA	Great Bear	J. Burden & L. L. Lane	Schooner	367	1916	Foundered near Pinnacle Rock, Bering Sea 1916
Johnson & Blanchard	Seattle WA	Kuskokwim River	Westward Nav Co	Cargo Ship	643	1916	Latyer Portland 1917, Admiral Knight 1919, burnt Straits of Georgia 1919
King & Winge	Seattle WA	Utopia	Union Transit Co.	Passenger	423	1893	Burnt Richmond Beach, Wash. 1929
King & Winge	Seattle WA	Samson	Puget Sound Nav. Co.	Cargo Ship	328	1903	Deleted 1931
King & Winge	Seattle WA	Linda Kay		Cargo Ship	286	1903
King & Winge	Seattle WA	King & Winge		Schooner		1914
King & Winge	Seattle WA	Perdita		Cargo Ship	286	1903
Lake's Yard	Ballard WA	J. R. McDonald	Pennington Nav Co	Cargo Ship	280	1890	Later Cassiar 1901, J. R. McDonald 1923, burnt Sequim Bay, Wash., 1940
McWhinney, W. H.	Aberdeen WA	G. C. Lindauer	Wilson Bros & Co	Cargo Ship	453	1902	Wrecked Umpqua 1924
McWhinny Starret	Hoquiam WA	Tamalpais	E. K. Wood Lumber Co	Cargo Ship	574	1906	Wrecked Moss Landing 1931
Mitchell, J.	Seattle WA	Alice Gertrude	J. R. Thompson	Cargo Ship	413	1898	Wrecked Clallam Bay 1907
Mitchell, J. F. T.	Seattle WA	George E. Starr	L. M. Starr	Cargo Ship	472	1879	Deleted 1920
Mortensen, L.	Skamokawa WA	Michigan	W. L. Colville	Cargo Ship	567	1888	Wrecked Bonilla Point 1893
National SB	Seattle WA	Apex	L. Wakefield	Cargo Ship	762	1917	Later Okhotsk 1928, burnt Petropavlovsk 1930
National SB	Seattle WA	Brisk	Minehaha Motor Schooner Corp	Cargo Ship	2,152	1918	Aux schooner, burnt 1920
Pacific Steel Barge	Everett WA	City of Everett		Whaleback	2,504	1894	Lost in a storm in the Gulf of Mexico 1923
Patterson M'Donald	Seattle WA	Benowa	Govt. of Australia	Cargo Ship	3,093	1918	Scrapped 1923
Patterson M'Donald	Seattle WA	Babinda	Govt. of Australia	Cargo Ship	3,099	1918	Burnt Santa Cruz CA 1923
Patterson M'Donald	Seattle WA	Bundarra	Govt. of Australia	Cargo Ship	3,016	1918	Hulked Sydney 1924
Patterson M'Donald	Seattle WA	Bethanga	Govt. of Australia	Cargo Ship	3,014	1918	Scuttled by fire off Sydney 1930
Patterson M'Donald	Seattle WA	Birriwa	Govt. of Australia	Cargo Ship	2,989	1918	Hulked Sydney 1923
Patterson M'Donald	Seattle WA	Bellata	Govt. of Australia	Cargo Ship	2,959	1918	Hulked Sydney 1922
Patterson M'Donald	Seattle WA	Boobyalla	Govt. of Australia	Cargo Ship	3,100	1919	Burnt Victoria BC 1929
Patterson M'Donald	Seattle WA	Berringa	Govt. of Australia	Cargo Ship	3,007	1919	Scuttled off Sydney 1922
Patterson M'Donald	Seattle WA	Balcatta	Govt. of Australia	Cargo Ship	3,109	1919	Later Presidente Alessandri 1923, burnt Tocopilla 1923
Petersen, A.	Aberdeen WA	Oregon	Det Forenede D/S	Cargo Ship	989	1916	Deleted 1953
Peterson, N. C.	Everett WA	Nellie	Washington Tug & Barge	Tug	27	1901	Later Bee
Peterson, T. H.	Port Madison WA	Lakme	G. S. Hinsdale	Cargo Ship	529	1888	Abandoned Oakland Creek, Cal., 1922
Sloan & Hill	Seattle WA	San Juan		Cargo Ship	284	1904
Springer, Nicholas A.	Aberdeen WA	Florence B.				1907
Unknown	Port Townsend WA	Scout	US Revenue Service	Cutter	22	1896	Sold 1915
Unknown	Everett WA	City of Everett		Cargo Ship	212	1900	Later Intrepid
Unknown	Ballard WA	Charles Counselman		Tug	123	1900	Later Willapa 1891, Bellingham 1892, burnt Seattle 1950
Unknown	Seattle WA	Heather	U.S. Coast Guard	Tender	730	1903	To US Army 1940
Unknown	Lopez WA	Calcite	John McMillin	Yacht		1907	Later Nancy Foss 1939, Nancy Bear 1975
Unknown	Seattle WA			Tug		1912	Later Peggy Foss 1923
Washington Marine	Seattle WA	Washington	Washington Marine Co	Cargo Ship	520	1906	Wrecked Eureka 1932
Washington Sg Corp	Seattle WA	Tacoma	Skibs A/S Tacoma	Cargo Ship	1,608	1917	Aux schooner, later Helem B. Stirling 1921, foundered Three Kings Is 1922
West & Slade	Aberdeen WA	Aberdeen	Beadle Bros	Cargo Ship	499	1899	Wrecked outside Golden Gate 1916
White, C.H.	Everett WA	John S. Kimball	Kimball S.S. Co	Cargo Ship	1,588	1900	Later James Dollar 1903, Santa Clara 1905, wrecked Coos Bay 1915
White, G.I.	Everett WA	Johan Poulsen	SS Johan Poulsen Co	Cargo Ship	650	1906	Later Evelyn Berg 1934, Chatham 1938, burnt Ward's Cove, near Ketchikan, 1938
Other
Whidden, G.R.	New Whatcum	General Frisbie	Monticello S.S. Co	Passenger	544	1901	Later Commander 1930, houseboat on Lake Washington 1967

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