Martinac Shipbuilding

Martinac Shipbuilding, Tacoma WA

Joseph M. Martinac started the J. M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. in 1924 and built a tremendous record of production of commercial and governmental boats. Sadly, it closed in 2014 and the property has been sold for development. The yard was on the east side of the Thea Foss Waterway, at the foot of East 15th Street: see it from the air on Google here. Comments or queries, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 30 September 2020.

Hull #	O.N.	Original Name	Original Owner	Type	GT	Ft.	Delivery	Disposition
	225416	Corsair II	Robert S. Bryan	Yacht	19		1926	Active
	226736	Luxor	Michael Lawrence	Fishing Vessel	46	59	1927	Active
	226600	Merit	Pretty Woods Fisheries	Fishing Vessel	46	50	1927	Later Valerie J., now Aurie G
	227723	Angel Rae	Michael Jefferson	Fishing Vessel	52	61	1928	NLD
	228655	Hollywood	Ray Forsman	Fishing Vessel	35	50	1929	NLD
	228781	New Oregon	Andrew Blair	Fishing Vessel	24	50	1929	Active
		Farallon		Fishing Vessel	36	51	1931	To USN 1941 as YP 149, to NDRF 1946
50		Sea Star		Fishing Vessel	36	51	1931	To USN 1942 as YP 310, returned to owner 1946
	296340	Forester	US Forest Service	Fishing Vessel	36	51	1932	Now Seabear
		Vagabond		Fishing Vessel	115	79	1935	To USN 1940 as Bunting (AMc 7), in collision and sank 1942
		New Ambassador		Fishing Vessel	115	79	1935	To USN 1940 as Longspur (AMc 10) , to NDRF 1945
		New Bol		Fishing Vessel	115	79	1935	To USN 1940 as Grouse (AMc 12), to NDRF 1945
		Del Rio		Fishing Vessel	115	79	1935	To USN 1940 as Grosbeak (AMc 19), returned to owner 1945, sank 1952
	234009	Rio Janeiro	Christopher Pace	Fishing Vessel	35	51	1935	NLD
		Alleta B		Fishing Vessel	36	51	1936	To USN 1941 as YP 154, to NDRF 1945
	235378	Western Pioneer	062499 Ltd.	Fishing Vessel	138	85	1936	Active
	236664	Kaare	Matthew Ebert	Fishing Vessel	89	69	1937	Later Haeshin, NLD
	239946	Mary Kay		Fishing Vessel	117	78	1940
	AMc 147		US Navy	Minesweeper	71d	81	1940	Reclassified 1942 as YP 385, to NDRF 1945
	AMc 148		US Navy	Minesweeper	71d	81	1940	Reclassified 1942 as YP 386, to NDRF 1945
	YMS 125		US Navy	Minesweeper	278d	136	25-Jul-42	Struck 1946
	YMS 126		US Navy	Minesweeper	278d	136	11-Sep-42	Struck 1946
	YMS 127		US Navy	Minesweeper	278d	136	30-Oct-42	Wrecked in the Aleutians 1944
	YMS 128		US Navy	Minesweeper	278d	136	10-Dec-42	Struck 1946
	YMS 216		US Navy	Minesweeper	278d	136	26-Feb-43	To USSR 1945 as T-587, scrapped 1956
	YMS 217		US Navy	Minesweeper	278d	136	29-Apr-43	To Britain 1943 as BYMS 2217
	YMS 218		US Navy	Minesweeper	278d	136	23-Jun-43	Curlew (AMS 8) 1947, to South Korea 1948 as Kum Hwa (MSCO 519), struck 1977
	YMS 219		US Navy	Minesweeper	278d	136	20-Jul-43	Reclassified 1947 as Flicker (AMS 9), struck 1960
	YMS 220		US Navy	Minesweeper	278d	136	30-Aug-43	Struck 1946
	YMS 221		US Navy	Minesweeper	278d	136	16-Sep-43	To Britain 1943 as BYMS 2221, to Greece 1946 as Pigassos, struck 1968
	YMS 277		US Navy	Minesweeper	278d	136	18-Oct-43	To Britain 1943 as BYMS 2277, to Italy 1947 as Fiordaliso, struck 1966
	YMS 278		US Navy	Minesweeper	278d	136	12-Nov-43	To Britain 1943 as BYMS 2278, to Italy 1947 as Primula, struck 1966
	YT 261	Nawona	US Navy	Tug	260	66	Jun-44	Sold 1964
	YT 262	Oneyana	US Navy	Tug	260	66	23-Aug-44	Struck 1962
	YT 263	Neoga	US Navy	Tug	260	66	21-Oct-44	Struck 1965
	YT 264	Awatobi	US Navy	Tug	260	66	1-Feb-45	Struck 1960
	YMS 434		US Navy	Minesweeper	70d	136	15-Nov-44	Reclassified 1947 as Parrakeet (AMS 30)
	YMS 435		US Navy	Minesweeper	70d	136	5-Mar-45	To USSR 1945 as T-526, scuttled 1956
	YMS 436		US Navy	Minesweeper	70d	136	31-May-45	Sold 1947
	YMS 437		US Navy	Minesweeper	70d	136	25-Jul-45	Reclassified 1947 as Partridge (AMS 31), sunk in Wonson 1951
	YP 637		US Navy	Patrol Boat		128	1945	To NDRF 1947
	YP 638		US Navy	Patrol Boat		128	1945	To NDRF 1947
	298185	Sea Ranger	Alaska Experiences	Passenger	198	106	1944	Active
	249015	Sovereign	Martinac SB	Fishing Vessel	109		1945	To Croatia 1948 as Napredak, active
		Southland		Cargo Ship	215		1946	Active (Belize)
	251363	Lu Ann IV	Michael Horton	Yacht	87	72	1946	Now Miriam
	262552	Sundowner		Fishing Vessel	291		1951	Inactive
	MSO 435	Endurance	U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	780d	172	19-May-54	Scrapped 1973
	MSO 436	Energy	U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	780d	172	16-Jul-54	To Philippines 1972 as Davao del Norte (PM 91): scrapped 1977
	MSO 444	Firm	U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	780d	172	12-Oct-54	To Philippines 1972 as Davao del Sur (PM 92): scrapped 1977
	MSO 445	Force	U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	780d	172	4-Jan-55	Sunk 1973
	MSO 488	Conquest	U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	780d	172	20-Jul-55	To Taiwan 1995 as Yung Tzu (M 1307)
	MSO 489	Gallant	U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	780d	172	14-Sep-55	To Taiwan 1995 as Yung Der (M 1308)
	MSO 490	Leader	U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	780d	172	16-Nov-55	Scrapped 1994
	MSO 491	Persistent	U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	780d	172	3-Feb-56	To Spain 1971 as Guadalquivir (M 43)
	MSO 492	Pledge	U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	780d	172	20-Apr-56	To Taiwan 1995 as Yung Yang (M 1309)
	273990	Chilkat	State of Alaska	Ferry	197d	94	May-57	Sold 1989
	273943	Frances Snow	Faulkner Walsh	Cargo Ship	88	62	1957	Active
	961020	Glory B	Walter Hendershot	Fishing Vessel	77	72	1958	Active
	PCH 1	High Point	Boeing/U.S. Navy	Patrol Boat	110d	115	17-Aug-62	Struck 1980
	PGM 59	Kim Quy	Vietnamese Navy	Patrol Boat	122d	100	20-Mar-63	HQ 600, disposition unknown
	PGM 60	May Rut	Vietnamese Navy	Patrol Boat	122d	100	11-Mar-63	HQ 601, disposition unknown
	PGM 61	Nam Du	Vietnamese Navy	Patrol Boat	122d	100	9-Apr-63	HQ 602, disposition unknown
	PGM 62	Hao Lu	Vietnamese Navy	Patrol Boat	122d	100	1-May-63	HQ 603, disposition unknown
	PGM 63	To Yen	Vietnamese Navy	Patrol Boat	122d	100	21-May-63	HQ 604, disposition unknown
	296173	Major	Sargent Major	Fishing Vessel	53	49	1964	Active
143		Eastern Pacific	Caroline Fisheries	Fishing Vessel	443		1965	Active (Honduras)
144	503056	Connie Jean II	Ferrante Fishing	Fishing Vessel	496	137	1966	Later Crystal Sea, NLD
145	1193984	Alpha Helix	Nat. Science Fndn.	Research Vessel	289	117	Feb-66	Active
146	WPB 82345	Point Judith	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Boat	69d	83	26-Jul-66	To Venezuela 1992 as Alcatraz (PG-32); active
147	WPB 82346	Point Arena	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Boat	69d	83	26-Aug-66	In storage at Curtis Bay 1995
148	WPB 82347	Point Bonita	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Boat	69d	83	12-Sep-66	To Trinidad 2000
149	WPB 82348	Point Barrow	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Boat	69d	83	4-Oct-66	To Panama 1991 as Tres de Noviembre (P-204); active
150	WPB 82349	Point Spencer	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Boat	69d	83	20-Oct-66	To Dominican Rep. 2000
151	WPB 82350	Point Franklin	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Boat	69d	83	14-Nov-66	To Venezuela 1998 as Pelicano (PG-34); active
152	WPB 82351	Point Bennett	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Boat	69d	83	19-Dec-66	To Trinidad 1999
153	WPB 82352	Point Sal	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Boat	69d	83	5-Dec-66	To Colombia 2001
154	WPB 82353	Point Monroe	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Boat	69d	83	27-Dec-66	To NOAA 2001, sold as Point Monroe (1178923)
155	WPB 83254	Point Evans	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Boat	69d	83	10-Jan-67	To the Philippines 1999
156	WPB 83255	Point Hannon	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Boat	69d	83	23-Jan-67	To Panama 2001
157	WPB 82356	Point Francis	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Boat	69d	83	3-Feb-67	To Panama 1999 as 10 de Noviembre (P-207); active
158	WPB 82357	Point Huron	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Boat	69d	83	17-Feb-67	To Panama 1999 as 28 de Noviembre (P-206); active
159	WPB 82358	Point Stuart	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Boat	69d	83	17-Mar-67	To El Salvador 2001
160	WPB 82359	Point Steele	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Boat	69d	83	26-Apr-67	To Antigua 1998 as Hermitage (P-03), active
161	WPB 82350	Point Winslow	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Boat	69d	83	3-Mar-67	To Panama 2000, active
162	WPB 82361	Point Charles	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Boat	69d	83	15-May-67	To Texas A&M 1991
163	WPB 82362	Point Brown	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Boat	69d	83	30-Mar-67	To Kingsborough CC 1991
164	WPB 82363	Point Nowell	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Boat	69d	83	13-Jun-67	To Jamaica 1999 as Savanna Point; active
165	WPB 82364	Point Whitehorn	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Boat	69d	83	13-Jul-67	Scuttled 1997
166	WPB 82365	Point Turner	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Boat	69d	83	14-Apr-67	To St. Lucia 1998 as Alphonse Reynolds (P-05); active
167	WPB 82366	Point Lobos	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Boat	69d	83	29-May-67	To NOAA 2001
168	WPB 82367	Point Knoll	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Boat	69d	83	27-Jun-67	To Venezuela 1991 as Petrel (PG-31); active
169	WPB 82368	Point Warde	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Boat	69d	83	14-Aug-67	To Colombia 2000
170	WPB 82369	Point Heyer	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Boat	69d	83	3-Aug-67	To Trinidad 1999
171	WPB 82370	Point Richmond	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Boat	69d	83	25-Aug-67	To Ecuador 1997 as 24 de Mayo, active
172		Geminis	Tuvenca	Fishing Vessel	736		1967	Now Sofia Lynn (Panama)
173		Pacific Queen	North Queen Fishing	Fishing Vessel	864		1967
174		Cabrillo		Fishing Vessel	1,007		1968	Later Victoria A
175		Marietta		Fishing Vessel	605	164	1968	Now Don Mario (Ecuador)
176?	979782	Lady B		Fishing Vessel	57	83	1967	Active
177		Cape St. Vincent		Fishing Vessel	585		1969	Now Anais
178		Anne M		Fishing Vessel	606	164	1969	Now Yelisava (Vanuatu)
179		Marie Antoinette		Fishing Vessel	605	164	1969	Now Don Bartolo (Ecuador)
180		John F. Kennedy		Fishing Vessel	640		1970	Now Gloria A
181		Polaris		Fishing Vessel	837		1970
182	526717	Seneca	Crowley Marine	Tug	193	106	Jun-70	Now Island Viking
183	527409	Sioux	Crowley Marine	Tug	193	106	Jul-70	Now Island Venture
184	530915	Aquarius	Aquarius Fishing	Fishing Vessel	815	164	1971	Later Alpine Pink 1998, now Young Bok
185	532179	Trinidad		Fishing Vessel	787	164	1971	Later Claudia B 1977, now La Parrula
186	534220	Marco Polo		Fishing Vessel	784	164	1971	Now Scorpio I
187	536109	Bold Contender	Fiddler, Gonzalez	Fishing Vessel	875	175	1971	Active
188
189	539046	Raffaello	Jaczon Antilles	Fishing Vessel	863	174	1972	Active
190		Bettie M		Fishing Vessel	190		1972	Wrecked in the Columbia River 1976
191		Finisterre		Fishing Vessel	897	55	1972	Later World Kim 1984, now South Sea
192	545560	Royal Pacific		Fishing Vessel	1,072	182	1973	Now Koorale
	552319			Fishing Vessel	1,073	182	1973	Later Jeanette Diana
193		Mariner		Fishing Vessel	1,254		1973	Now Marinero
194		Saratoga	Saratoga Fisheries	Fishing Vessel	1,246		1973	Burnt and sank 1986
195	561518	Ocean Leader	Ocean Leader Fishing	Fishing Vessel	321	102	1974	Active
196		Dominator		Fishing Vessel	973		Jan-74	Now Falcon
197	557106	South Pacific		Fishing Vessel	1,165	200	May-74	Later Diana, NLD
198		Jeannine	Zolezzi Enterprises	Fishing Vessel	1,189	201	Sep-74	Active
199		Theresa Jeannine	Pesquera Brisas	Fishing Vessel	1,192	201	1974	Now Cap Isidoro Duarte
200	563378	Stacie Antoinette		Fishing Vessel	1,188	201	Apr-75	Now Agnes No. 1
201	566642	Bold Producer		Fishing Vessel	1,106	198	Jun-75	Now Sajo Columbia (South Korea)
202	569276	Bold Adventuress		Fishing Vessel	1,185	218	Oct-75	Later Alaska Juris, sank
203
204
205	570224	Sea Gem		Fishing Vessel	1,468	212	Dec-75	Active (Vanuatu)
206	572033	Cindy Ann		Fishing Vessel	1,156	201	Apr-76	Now Avencasa's Cayude (Venezuela)
207	576035	Point Fermin	Foss Maritime	Tug	90	98	Aug-76	Now Defiant
208	577702	Point Vicente	Foss Maritime	Tug	91	98	Nov-76	Active
209		Maracaibo		Fishing Vessel	1,159	201	Feb-77	Now Claire P
210		Cooapetun I		Fishing Vessel	1,424	212	Aug-77	Now Pacifico S
211	588687	Montana		Fishing Vessel	1,159	201	Dec-77	Now Enterprise
212		South Seas		Fishing Vessel	978	201	Apr-78	Now Juventus
213	642443	South Wind		Fishing Vessel	1,159	201	1978	Later Sea Hawk No. 3, sank 1991
214	599136	Frontier		Fishing Vessel	1,163	201	Nov-78	Now Odette Therese II
215	601741	Capt. M. J. Souza	Capt. M. J. Souza	Fishing Vessel	1,468	212	Jan-79	Active (New Zealand)
216	604592	Sea Encounter	DeSilva Sea Encounter	Fishing Vessel	1,049	241	Apr-79	Active
217	610466	Tifaimoana	Star-Kist	Fishing Vessel	1,434	212	Aug-79	Now Cape Finisterre
218		Laura Ann		Fishing Vessel	1,415	212	1979	Now Laura
219	617150	Odette Therese		Fishing Vessel	1,164	201	1980	Exploded and scrapped 1990
220	620755	Tradition	Tradition Mariner Inc.	Fishing Vessel	1,516	201	Apr-80	Now FV Cape Elizabeth
221	625397	Brenda Jolene		Fishing Vessel	1,106	201	Aug-80	Now Templario 1
222		Azteca 2	Azteca Pesca	Fishing Vessel	1,165	201	Sep-80	Active (Mexico)
223		Sajo Familia		Fishing Vessel	1,207	201	Dec-80	Active (South Korea)
224	632655	South Seas		Fishing Vessel	1,201	201	Mar-81	Now Western Kim (South Korea)
225	636307	Andrea C	Castagnola Fleet Mgmt.	Fishing Vessel	1,072	201	Apr-81	Now Andrea F
226	644053	Pamela Ann		Fishing Vessel	1,160	201	1981	Later Olympia (Cayman I.), exploded and burnt 1993
227		Sajo Accordia		Fishing Vessel	1,201	201	Nov-81	Active (South Korea)
228	645777	Legacy	Sea Quest Fishing	Fishing Vessel	1,167	201	Mar-82	Now F/V Cape May
229	904091	Malaya I		Fishing Vessel	1,167	201	1982	Now Lautaro (Panama)
230		Malaya II		Fishing Vessel	1,278		1983	Now Antonia F
231	663457	Northern Glacier	Glacier Fish	Fish Factory	1,866	176	Jan-84	Active
232	697524	Lois H	Boyer Towing	Tug	99	80	Nov-86	Active
233	939836	Atlantis	Bold Producer Fishing	Fishing Vessel	1,167	201	Sep-88	Now Cape Horn
234	953794	Capt. Vincent Gann	Bold Adventuress Fish	Fishing Vessel	1,387	226	Mar-90	Active
235	953796	Eleu	Moana Pa'akai, Inc.	Tug	165	74	Oct-89	Active
236	962922	Bold Adventuress	South Wind Fishing	Fishing Vessel	1,930	226	Aug-90	Now Cape Elizabeth III
237	976753	Chelsea K.	Ocean Dynasty Fishing	Fishing Vessel	1,023	135	Feb-91	Active
238	990262	Vancouver	Shaver Transportation	Tug	200	76	Aug-93	Active
239	1052828	Deschutes	Shaver Transportation	Tug	141	87	Jul-97	Active
240	1085937	Willamette	Shaver Transportation	Tug	325	87	Aug-99	Active
241	1084513	Mohawk	Mobil Shipping	Tug	656	119	20-Apr-00	Now Lincoln Sea
242	1109124	Robert C. Seamans	Sea Educ. Assn.	Sail Training	211		27-Jul-01	Active
243	1191006	Mikiona	Sause Bros.	Tug	179	123	1-Jan-07	Active
244	1202696	Cochise	Sause Bros.	Tug	179	123	3-Aug-07	Active
245
246	1206415	Signet America	Signet Maritime	Tug	295	91	10-Jun-08	Now America
247	1207246	Signet Stars & Stripes	Signet Maritime	Tug	295	91	10-Jun-08	Now Pacific Star
248	YT 802	Valiant	Pacific Tugboat	Tug	453	164	12-Jan-10	Active
249	YT 803	Reliant	Pacific Tugboat	Tug	453	164	12-May-10	Active
250	YT 804	Defiant	Pacific Tugboat	Tug	453	164	28-Sep-10	Active
251	YT 805	Seminole	Pacific Tugboat	Tug	453	164	11-Apr-11	Active
252	833674	Seaspan Resolution	Seaspan International	Tug	453	164	11-Jun-09	Active (Canada)
253	1223348	Justice	Reinauer Tptn	Tug	197	93	13-Nov-09	Active
254	YT 806	Puyallup	Pacific Tugboat	Tug	453	164	19-Mar-12	Active
255	YT 807	Menominee	Pacific Tugboat	Tug	453	164	18-May-12	Active
256	1246136	Northern Leader	Alaskan Leader Fish	Longliner	1,409	164	1-Jul-13	Active

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