Birchfield Boiler

Birchfield Boiler, Tacoma WA

Birchfield Shipbuilding & Boiler Co., Inc., was located on the west side of the Blair Waterway, in the Port of Tacoma. The yard built some fishing vessels in the years immediately after the war but has been gone for a long time now. Comments or queries, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 2021-08-31.

Hull#	O.N.	Original Name	Original Owner	Type	LDT	Delivered	Disposition
	572495	WLI 65302	US Coast Guard	Tender	39g	1942	Later named Blueberry, sold 1976 as Blueberry, active
1		Port Angeles	US Maritime Commission	Yard Tug	325	3-Apr-42	To USN 1942 as Hiawatha (YT 265), sold 1990 as Hiawatha, then Point San Pablo, Delta Lindsey
2		Port Blakely	US Maritime Commission	Yard Tug	325	16-Mar-42	To USN 1942 as Pocahontas (YT 266), sold 1972 as Sea Lark, then Lark, Sea Lark
3		Port Discovery	US Maritime Commission	Yard Tug	325	23-Dec-42	To USN 1942 as Pogatacut (YT 267), sold 1970, scrapped
4		Port Ludlow	US Maritime Commission	Yard Tug	325	8-Mar-43	To USN 1942 as Red Cloud (YT 268), scrapped 1987
5		Port Madison	US Maritime Commission	Yard Tug	325	26-Apr-43	To USN 1942 as Sakarissa (YT 269), to MARAD 1974 as TD 64, now at Amphib. Forces Memorial Museum
6		Port Orchard	US Maritime Commission	Yard Tug	325	19-May-43	To USN 1942 as Santanta (YT 270), sold 1972 as Sea Fox, scrapped 1976
7	276959	FS 48	US Army	Freighter	168g	1943	Sold as Birchfield, then f/v Wm Fraser, now Viking
8		FS 49	US Army	Freighter	168g	1943
9	254816	FS 50	US Army	Freighter	168g	1943	Sold as Tolstoi, then Heron
10		FS 51	US Army	Freighter	168g	1943	To the Philippines as Governor Roosevelt
11		FS 52	US Army	Freighter	168g	1943
12		FS 53	US Army	Freighter	168g	1943
13		FS 54	US Army	Freighter	168g	1943	To the Philippines as Governor Stimson
14		FS 55	US Army	Freighter	168g	1943
15		FS 91	US Army	Freighter	168g	1943-44	To the Philippines as Princesa de Beliran
16		FS 92	US Army	Freighter	168g	1943-44
17		FS 93	US Army	Freighter	168g	1943-44
18		FS 94	US Army	Freighter	168g	1943-44
19		FS 95	US Army	Freighter	168g	1943-44	To the Philippines as Governor Murphy
20		FS 96	US Army	Freighter	168g	1943-44
		one of the above	US Army	Freighter	168g	1943	Sold 1947 as Tai Fung, barge 1950
21		ST 680	US Army	Small Tug	156g	1944-45	Sold 19xx as Naytellinas
22		ST 681	US Army	Small Tug	156g	1944-45
23		ST 682	US Army	Small Tug	156g	1944-45
24		ST 683	US Army	Small Tug	156g	1944-45	Sold 194x as Aspen, then Ocean Joy, Macduff 1950
25		ST 684	US Army	Small Tug	156g	1944-45
26		ST 685	US Army	Small Tug	156g	1944-45
	287111	YTL 593	US Navy	Yard Tug	53g	1945	Sold 1961 as Renown, active
		YTL 594	US Navy	Yard Tug	53g	23-Oct-45	Sold 1982 as YTL 594, later John N
		YTL 595	US Navy	Yard Tug	53g
	284109	YTL 596	US Navy	Yard Tug	53g		Sold as Thor
		YTL 597	US Navy	Yard Tug	53g
	251811	YTL 598	US Navy	Yard Tug	53g		Sold as McClure Bay
		YTL 599	US Navy	Yard Tug	53g
		Bluebell (WAGL 313)	US Coast Guard	Tender	178	24-Mar-45	Later WLI 313, active
	248779	Chicken of the Sea	Harold Morgan	Fishing	476g	1945	Later Southern Seas, sank 1968 in Panama
36		Lisboa		Tuna Boat		1946	Sank near the Galapagos 1947
37		Commander		Tuna Boat		1946	Sank near Islas Tres Marias
38		Seafarer	Al Davies	Tuna Boat		1947	Sank near Isla Cedros
	252293	Deep Sea	Deep Sea Trawlers Inc	Fishing	197g	1947	Burnt 2012
	255936	Jimmy M		Fishing	35g	1948	Later John Michael, now Lynnie S
		Zimovia	Wayne A. Davenport	Fishing	35g	1948	Active
			Alfred & Robert Erickson	Fishing		1948
	257472	Situk	Libby, McNeil and Libby	Fishing	35g	1949	Active
		Esther B		Fishing		1949
	Mexico	Carmelita II		Fishing		1950
	259560	Libby No. 9	Libby, McNeil and Libby	Fishing	28g	1950
	259682	Libby No. 10	Libby, McNeil and Libby	Fishing	28g	1950
	259683	Libby No. 11	Libby, McNeil and Libby	Fishing	28g	1950
	261726	Libby No. 12	Libby, McNeil and Libby	Fishing	27g	1951	Active
	261920	Libby No. 14	Libby, McNeil and Libby	Fishing	27g	1951
	262149	Jeanne Lynn		Fishing	115g	1951
		RPC C 13456-79	US Navy	Patrol Craft		1965-66	24 river patrol craft built for service in Viet Nam

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