Dachel-Carter Shipbuilding, Benton Harbor MI
Dachel-Carter was started in 1915 by Peter Dachel and A. B. Carter, two former employees of Truscott Boatbuilding. In the 1930s, it struggled to survive and built few boats, but was saved from closing by new investors and had a busy WWII, growing to over 600 employees. It folded after the war. The yard was at the west end of West Main Street, on the Benton Harbor Ship Canal: it later became a machining plant for Whirlpool Corporation, whose corporate headquarters are just across the street. See it from the air on Google here. If anyone can add to the table below, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.
Most recent update: 31 December 2015.
| Hull # | O.N. | Original Name | Original Owner | Type | GT | Ft. | Built | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Toledo | R. M. Ellery | Motor Boat | 60 | 1917 | To USN 1917 as SP-1711, returned 1918 | |||
| 215719 | Morning Star | Motor Yacht | 38 | 55 | 1917 | Later Silverheels, Strad II | ||
| 220404 | Lady Guyon | Motor Yacht | 27 | 60 | 1917 | Later C. P. D. | ||
| 216868 | B & J | Balow & Johnson | Fish Tug | 43 | 60 | 1918 | Later Frank Deitch, P. M. Wilson, dismantled 1952 | |
| 216974 | Yankee Boy | Tug | 30 | 47 | 1918 | Later Nassau | ||
| 220494 | Badger | U.S.S.B. | Harbor Tug | 176 | 100 | 1919 | Sold 1922 as Dalzellite, abandoned 1951 | |
| 220493 | Leopard | U.S.S.B. | Harbor Tug | 176 | 100 | 1919 | To USCG 1926, sold 1935 as Leopard, later Charles D. McAllister, scrapped 1953 | |
| U.S.S.B. | Harbor Tug | 176 | 100 | Cancelled | ||||
| U.S.S.B. | Harbor Tug | 176 | 100 | Cancelled | ||||
| U.S.S.B. | Harbor Tug | 176 | 100 | Cancelled | ||||
| 283170 | CG 140 | US Coast Guard | Patrol Boat | 37d | 75 | 1925 | To WSA 1946, sold as News-Poster II | |
| CG 141 | US Coast Guard | Patrol Boat | 37d | 75 | 1925 | |||
| 250878 | CG 142 | US Coast Guard | Patrol Boat | 37d | 75 | 1925 | To USN 1933 as YP 25, sold 1946 as Lady Ann, burnt 1947 | |
| CG 143 | US Coast Guard | Patrol Boat | 37d | 75 | 1925 | To WSA 1946 | ||
| CG 144 | US Coast Guard | Patrol Boat | 37d | 75 | 1925 | |||
| CG 145 | US Coast Guard | Patrol Boat | 37d | 75 | 1925 | To WSA 1946 | ||
| CG 146 | US Coast Guard | Patrol Boat | 37d | 75 | 1925 | To USN 1933 as YP 46, disposed of 1946 | ||
| CG 147 | US Coast Guard | Patrol Boat | 37d | 75 | 1925 | To WSA 1946 | ||
| CG 148 | US Coast Guard | Patrol Boat | 37d | 75 | 1925 | To WSA 1946 | ||
| 250877 | CG 149 | US Coast Guard | Patrol Boat | 37d | 75 | 1925 | To USN 1933 as YP 15, sold 1946 as Lady Pauline, scrapped 1964 | |
| Chicago YC | Sailboat | 1925-26 | Six Eagle-class boats | |||||
| Privateer | R. P. Benedict | Schooner | 44 | 1925 | Later Poseidon II, Marijon III, Tahoma, Sayonara | |||
| 272692 | Allana | Henry Shurfeldt | Schooner | 44 | 1926 | Later Admiral, Allana, Velma, Sea-Rip | ||
| Sauk | Hubert Smith | Schooner | 44 | 1927 | Later Spindrift | |||
| Aurora III | W. F. Jennison | Schooner | 44 | 1927 | Later Monsoon, Leading Lady, Our Lady | |||
| 227684 | Edward L | Edward Lutz | Fishing | 31 | 52 | 1927 | Later Iva T, Eila Marie, scrapped 1973 | |
| 236256 | Buddy L | Edward Lutz | Fishing | 16 | 35 | 1936 | ||
| Brunnhilde | Ernest Bath | Sloop | 32 | 1940 | Later Viking | |||
| BYMS 15 | US Navy | Minesweeper | 278d | 135 | 21-Jul-42 | To Britain 1942, returned 1946, sold 1947 | ||
| BYMS 16 | US Navy | Minesweeper | 278d | 135 | 9-Jun-42 | To Britain 1942, returned 1946, to Greece | ||
| SC 664 | US Navy | Sub Chaser | 136d | 110 | 25-Aug-42 | To FLC 1946 | ||
| SC 665 | US Navy | Sub Chaser | 136d | 110 | 10-Aug-42 | Sold 1950 | ||
| 250638 | P 98 | US Army | Boat, Rescue | 139 | 104 | Jan-43 | Sold as Poraco VII | |
| P 99 | US Army | Boat, Rescue | 104 | Jan-43 | ||||
| P 100 | US Army | Boat, Rescue | 104 | Jan-43 | ||||
| P 101 | US Army | Boat, Rescue | 104 | Jan-43 | ||||
| 257597 | YMS 163 | US Navy | Minesweeper | 278d | 135 | 8-Mar-43 | Sold 1946 as Michelle Eve, later Aleutian Reefer | |
| 286385 | YMS 164 | US Navy | Minesweeper | 278d | 135 | 27-Mar-43 | Later Bobolink (AMS 2) 1947, MHC 44 1955, sold 1960 as Gail Borden | |
| YMS 165 | US Navy | Minesweeper | 278d | 135 | 3-Apr-43 | Scuttled 1948 | ||
| 261742 | YMS 166 | US Navy | Minesweeper | 278d | 135 | 27-May-43 | Sold 1946 as Hope | |
| YMS 167 | US Navy | Minesweeper | 278d | 135 | 31-Jul-43 | To Britain 1943 as BYMS 2167, sold 1948 as Rospiggen, sank 1975 | ||
| YMS 168 | US Navy | Minesweeper | 278d | 135 | 29-Aug-43 | To Britain 1943 as BYMS 2168 | ||
| YMS 169 | US Navy | Minesweeper | 278d | 135 | 19-Jun-43 | To France 1944 as Amarante (D 301), discarded 1961 | ||
| YMS 170 | US Navy | Minesweeper | 278d | 135 | 10-Jul-43 | Later Bunting (AMS 3) 1947, MHC 45 1955, struck 1960 | ||
| 255630 | PCS 1417 | US Navy | Sub Chaser | 278d | 135 | 8-Jan-44 | Sold 1948 as Shark, NLD | |
| PCS 1418 | US Navy | Sub Chaser | 278d | 135 | 15-Jan-44 | Sunk by typhoon Louise 9-Oct-45 | ||
| 251850 | PCS 1419 | US Navy | Sub Chaser | 278d | 135 | 20-Mar-44 | Sunk by typhoon Louise 9-Oct-45, refloated, sold 1947 as Lake Creek, scrapped 1967 | |
| 260147 | PCS 1420 | US Navy | Sub Chaser | 278d | 135 | 14-Apr-44 | Sold 1950 as Lysander, later Catita V, Edgewood, Thoraya I | |
| ATR 54 | US Navy | Tug | 850d | 165 | 15-Nov-43 | Disposed of 1946 | ||
| ATR 55 | US Navy | Tug | 850d | 165 | 26-Apr-44 | Disposed of 1946 | ||
| ATR 56 | US Navy | Tug | 850d | 165 | 28-Jun-44 | Disposed of 1946 | ||
| ATR 57 | US Navy | Tug | 850d | 165 | 17-Aug-44 | Disposed of 1946 | ||
| ATR 58 | US Navy | Tug | 850d | 165 | 11-Aug-44 | Disposed of 1946 | ||
| ATR 59 | US Navy | Tug | 850d | 165 | 7-Dec-44 | Disposed of 1946 |