Martinolich Shipbuilding

Martinolich Shipbuilding, Dockton WA, San Francisco CA and Tacoma WA

Martinolich Shipbuilding was started by John A. Martinolich in Dockton and closed in 1930. His four sons restarted it in Tacoma in 1935, later expanding to San Francisco (actually Oakland) and, briefly, to San Diego. The Tacoma yard was at 1112 Alexander Avenue, on the East side of the Blair Waterway, where Orion Marine is today: it was closed in 1974. The San Francisco yard was the old Hanlon Shipbuilding yard at the foot of 5th Avenue, in Oakland: it was sold to Crowley in 1953. The San Diego yard was at the foot of 28th Street, right in the middle of present-day NASSCO: it was sold to Lynch Shipbuilding in 1942 and was sold on to NASSCO in 1957. See the site of the Tacoma yard from the air on Google here. Note that there were two earlier Martinolich shipyards, both started by Croatian immigrants of that name. One was started by Venanzio Martinolich, who was John A.'s uncle, in Port Guichon BC, in about 1892: it is not clear when it closed. The other was started by Matteo Martinolich in Gulfport MS, in the 1890s and appears to have closed in 1922. Comments or queries, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 3 January 2021.

Hull #	O.N.	Original Name	Original Owner	Ship Type	GT	Ft.	Delivery	Disposition
Pre-War Construction in Dockton WA
	201956	Vashon		Ferry	132	94	1905	Burnt 1911 in Anacortes
	204094	Nightingale		Fishing Vessel	18	37	1907	Active
	204209	Tyee	Charles Steele	Tug	14	44	1907	Active
	205434	Leota	Robert F. Wallin	Cargo Vessel	14	45	1908
	205638	Rainier	Martin E. Skaret	Fishing Vessel	15	36	1908
	206174	Trygve	Trading Union Co	Fishing Vessel	15	38	1909
	206402	New Rustler	Topsy Dugaqua	Fishing Vessel	24	40	1909
	206973	Flying Cloud	Walter E. Johns	Fishing Vessel	20	37	1909
	207146	Three Brothers	Fred Friday	Cargo Vessel	18	40	1910
	207644	Aeroplane	Superior Packing	Fishing Vessel	19	41	1910
	207675	Verona	B. Rindall	Passenger Vessel	142	113	1910
	208380	Hydah	Jay F. Carroll	Cargo Vessel	47	58	1912
	208596	Nisqually		Passenger Vessel	255	127	1911
	209640	Kukak	George Hurlhurt	Fishing Vessel	31		1911
	209684	St. Nicholas	Hood Bay Salmon	Fishing Vessel	40	56	1912
	211556	Clatawa	Wm. P. Thornton	Passenger Vessel	71	86	1913	To USN 1944 as YFB 50, destroyed by fire 1958
	166805	A No. 1	George N. McMillan	Freight Barge	16	41	1914
	212039	Washington	Alaska Seaboard	Dredge	273	125	1914
	212891	Chomly	P. E. Harris & Co.	Cargo Vessel	53	66	1915
	213251	St. John	Pasco Dorotich	Fishing Vessel	30	50	1915	Later Western Sea, inactive 2007
	213319	Elmer	Hjalmar Lauritzen	Fishing Vessel	30	50	1915
	213392	Monitor	Spiro Janovich	Fishing Vessel	32	50	1915	Active
	215186	Murla	Oxenbourg Bros.	Fishing Vessel	34	51	1917
	215288	Veribus	Jay Tasovic	Fishing Vessel	35	51	1917	Now Memories
	214847	Five Cs		Cargo Vessel	33	50	1917	Now Phoenix III
	220265	Broadway	C. A. Linscott	Cargo Vessel	42	55	1920
	221333	Vashona	Vashon Navigation	Passenger Vessel	99	110	1922	Later Sightseer
	221976	Dolly C	Cary Davis Tug & Barge	Tug	56	66	1922
	222819	Lake Constance	Olympic Navigation	Passenger Vessel	56		1922
	223051	Rosario	Puget Sound Navigation	Passenger Vessel	290	147	1923
	223931	Westward	Campbell Church Sr.	Passenger Vessel	112		1924	Active, listed in NRHP
	225566	Theresa S	Michael Sarunich	Fishing Vessel	46	58	1926
	225567	Virginia E	Pacific American Fish	Fishing Vessel	70	69	1926
	226381	Westland	John S. Ross	Fishing Vessel	46	59	1927	Later Michael Jay, now Lummi Boy
	226464	Antarctic	Paul Martinis	Fishing Vessel	46	59	1927
	226465	Iceland	Peter Bozanich	Fishing Vessel	46	59	1927
	226552	Queen City	Ernest F. Lampella	Fishing Vessel	11	37	1927
	226677	Dorothy L	Fred Pratsch	Fishing Vessel	16	38	1927
	226735	Lemes II	Michael Crisenola	Cargo Vessel	55	61	1927
	226989	Maryland	Henry C. Moller	Yacht	7	35	1927
	227569	Christine	Superior Packing	Fishing Vessel	53	62	1928
	228686	Janet G	P. H. Green	Fishing Vessel	33	50	1929	Now Anarose
War-Time Construction in Tacoma WA
	235306	Spartan	Anton Sumic	Fishing Vessel	210	85	1936	To USN 1940 as Pipit (AMc 1), returned to owner 1944, later Steven L
	238281	Dux	Angelo Malorana	Fishing Vessel	124	75	1936	To USN 1942 as YP 299, returned 1946, later Mary Carol, NLD
	235391	California Rose	Erasimo Alello	Fishing Vessel	106	75	1936	To USN 1942 as YP 317, returned 1946
	235406	A. C. Martinolich	A. C. Martinolich	Fishing Vessel	107	75	1936
	234159	Pacific Fisher	Coastwise Fisheries	Fishing Vessel	113	75	1937	To USN 1941 as YP 86, to MARAD 1946
	237382	El Capitan	Frank Spadare	Fishing Vessel	107	75	1937	To USN 1942 as YP 304, returned 1946, NLD
	237152	J. A. Martinolich	J. A. Martinolich	Fishing Vessel	103	75	1938	Later Vivian A, to USN 1942 as YP 294, to MARAD 1946
	238737	Juanita	Juanita Co. (Cal.)	Fishing Vessel	104	75	1939	To USN 1942 as YP 303, returned 1946
	238885	Exposition King	Exposition King (Cal.)	Fishing Vessel	95	75	1939	To USN 1941 as AMb 3 1941, YP 361 1942, sold 1946 as Frances Marie, sold 1962 to Peruvian owners
	239891	Santa Rosa	Santa Rosa (Cal.)	Fishing Vessel	106	75	1940	To USN 1941 as AMb 5 1941, YP 363 1942, sold 1946 as Santa Rosa
	239693	New Hope	Salvatore Ventimiglia	Fishing Vessel	107	75	1940	To USN 1941 as AMb 6 1941, YP 364 1942, sold 1946 as New Hope, later Nova
	239694	San Jose		Fishing Vessel	95		1940	To USN 1941 as AMb 8 1941, YP 366 1942, sold 1943
	238439	Ardito	Paolo Sollazzo	Fishing Vessel	101	75	1939	To USN 1941 as AMb 10 1941, YP 368 1942, sold 1943
	238772	Stella Maris	Anthony Martinolich	Fishing Vessel	97	71	1939	To USN 1941 as AMb 11 1941, YP 369 1942, sold 1946 as J. Ernandes
	238346	Dante Alighieri	John Yelusich	Fishing Vessel	95	71	1939	To USN 1941 as AMb 12 1941, YP 370 1942, sold 1946 as Rosanna, foundered 1953
	238838	San Giovanni	Benedetto Campagno	Fishing Vessel	106	75	1939	To USN 1941 as AMb 14 1941, YP 372 1942, sold 1943
	238969	El Cortez	Anthony Martinolich	Fishing Vessel	97	71	1939	To USN 1941 as AMb 15 1941, YP 373 1942, sold 1946 as Petrina F
	238881	Belvedere	Anthony Martinolich	Fishing Vessel	95	71	1939	To USN 1941 as AMb 16 1941, YP 374 1942, sold 1946 as Lucky Boy
	239861	Twin Brothers	Salvatore Malorana	Fishing Vessel	106	75	1940	Now Mitkof
	248212	J. A. Martinolich	J. A. Martinolich	Fishing Vessel	195	85	1940	To USN 1942 as Hornbill (AMc 13), in collision and sank 1942
250	256534	Unnamed	A. C. Martinolich	Fishing Vessel	307	98	1941	To USN 1942 as Rhea (AMc 58), sold 1946 as Elena
251	256152	Speaker	A. C. Martinolich	Fishing Vessel	307	98	1941	To USN 1942 as Ruff (AMc 59), sold 1946 as American Belle
253	na	St. Ann	A. C. Martinolich	Fishing Vessel		134	1941	To USN 1941 as YP 517, sold 1946 as Sun Venus
	na	Sea Wolf	A. C. Martinolich	Fishing Vessel		103	1942	To USN 1942 as YP 411, sold 1946
War-Time Construction in San Francisco CA
		T 5	U.S. Army	Boat, psgr.-cargo		65	Sep-42
		T 6	U.S. Army	Boat, psgr.-cargo		65	Sep-42	Later Blue Spirit (ON 271689)
		T 7	U.S. Army	Boat, psgr.-cargo		65	Sep-42
		T 49	U.S. Army	Boat, psgr.-cargo		65	Oct-42	Later Makua (ON 293457)
		T 50	U.S. Army	Boat, psgr.-cargo		65	Oct-42
		BSP 1046	U.S. Army	Barge, self-prop.		150	Apr-43
		BSP 1047	U.S. Army	Barge, self-prop.		150	May-43
		BSP 1048	U.S. Army	Barge, self-prop.		150	Jun-43
		BSP 1049	U.S. Army	Barge, self-prop.		150	Jul-43
		BSP 1050	U.S. Army	Barge, self-prop.		150	Aug-43
		BSP 1051	U.S. Army	Barge, self-prop.		150	Sep-43
		BSP 1052	U.S. Army	Barge, self-prop.		150	Oct-43
		BSP 1053	U.S. Army	Barge, self-prop.		150	Nov-43
		BSP 1054	U.S. Army	Barge, self-prop.		150	Dec-43
		BSP 1055	U.S. Army	Barge, self-prop.		150	Dec-43
		FS 46	U.S. Army	Coastal Freighter	270	114	May-43
		FS 47	U.S. Army	Coastal Freighter	270	114	Aug-43	Now a bed-and-breakfast in B.C.
		FS 238	U.S. Army	Coastal Freighter	540	148	Mar-44	To USN 1950 as AKL 33
		FS 239	U.S. Army	Coastal Freighter	540	148	May-44
		FS 240	U.S. Army	Coastal Freighter	540	148	Jul-44
		FS 241	U.S. Army	Coastal Freighter	540	148	Sep-44	Sold as Nordic Maid
		FS 242	U.S. Army	Coastal Freighter	540	148	Nov-44	Sold as Pomare
	244142	Fleetwood	Oceanic LLC	Fishing Vessel	119	78	1943
	246336	Melissa Chris	Gary Mulligan	Fishing Vessel	114	78	1944	Now Cape Ommaney
	246667	Gallant	Alaska Fisheries	Fishing Vessel	111	74	1944
	271507	Balaena	Trident Seafoods	Fishing Vessel	192	99	1944
	278273	Blue Meridian	Global Fisheries	Fishing Vessel	638	139	1944
	250906	Alert	Harold Sommer	Tug	8	32	1946
	258260	Miss Rose Ann	Marie J. Ferrante	Fishing Vessel	18	39	1949
Post-War Construction in Tacoma WA
	288390	Ashley C	Robert K. Johnson	Fishing Vessel	41	46	1962	Now Parrakeet
	290792	Madre Dolorosa	Don B. Vinson	Fishing Vessel	52	49	1963	Active
	294321	Vaya Con Dios	Roderick C. Harvie	Fishing Vessel	55	50	1964	NLD
	298317	Jenny Foss	Foss Maritime	Tug	87	65	1965	Later Seaco, now St. Michael
	298837	Josie Foss	Foss Maritime	Tug	73	60	1965	Now Roland Brusco, Sr.
	501167	Sea Queen	Pacific Tow Boat	Tug	88	65	1965	Later Mathilda Foss, Peril Strait, now Sarah C
	502779	Peggy Jo	O. E. Dyson	Fishing Vessel	197	90	1966	Active
	503426	Melia Foss	Foss Maritime	Tug	87	65	1966	Later Chatham Strait, Island Wind, now Cy
	504407	Myrtle Foss	Foss Maritime	Tug	87	65	1966	Later Nissavery, now Avery O
	505580	Lucky Island	Robert Freeman	Fishing Vessel	55	50	1966	Active
375	507788	Pacific Master	Pacific Tow Boat	Tug	119	73	1967	Later Kainani, Catherine Foss, now Lynx
378	510706	San Pedro	Wilmington Tptn.	Tug	164	86	1967	Later Pacific Combi, now Combi
	511698	Alaskan Peninsula	Alaskan Adventures	Tour Boat	184	85	1967	Now North Pacific Gold
	513288	Heritage	Jay L. Erickson	Tour Boat	18	36	1968	Active
	513840	Claudia Foss	Foss Maritime	Tug	97	73	1968	Later Thor, Claudia Foss, Claudia, now Triumph
	516344	Martha Foss	Foss Maritime	Tug	93	74	1968	Now Katha C
	517272	Aleutian Rover	Hjelle Enterprises	Fishing Vessel	292	119	1968	Later Royal Pelagic, now Maria Cleofas
	518581	Betsy L	Brix Maritime	Tug	107	73	1969	Active
	520072	Pacific Voyager	Liland Enterprises	Fishing Vessel	183	75	1969	NLD
	521927	Royal Pacific	Forde Enterprises	Fishing Vessel	194	75	1969	Active
	522596	Viking King	Northern Reefer	Fishing Vessel	179	70	1969	NLD
387	523790	Royal Princess	Royal Princess Cruises	Tour Boat	94	147	1969	NLD
388	523393	Vestfjord	Olympic Sports Inc.	Fishing Vessel	195	75	1969	Sank south of Kodiak 1989
392		Aries	Pan-Alaska Fisheries	Fishing Vessel	197		1971	Active
394	526140	Western Meteor	Western Tptn.	Tug	272	104	1970	Now Liberty
397	535675	American Star	Hjelle Enterprises	Fishing Vessel	192	94	1971	Wrecked on Otter Island
398	532599	Kootznahoo	Boyer Towing	Deck Barge	312	132	1971	Active
399	536322	Anela	Blue Heron Crane	Fishing Vessel	150	87	1972	Active
402	538431	Rainier	Rainier Investments	Fishing Vessel	198	94	1972	Now Debbie Sue
403	546226	Gryphon	Gryphon Enterprises	Yacht	187	88	1973	Active
404	542651	Nordic Fury	Fury Group	Fishing Vessel	198	95	1972	Active
	548750	Paragon II	Erling Jackobsen	Fishing Vessel	196	94	1973	Now Paragon
	548685	Scorpio	FY Fisheries	Fishing Vessel	196	109	1973	Now Seadawn
	550839	Betty N	G. Nabeshima	Fishing Vessel	161	79	1973	Now Pacific Paradise
	553830	Tarantino III		Fishing Vessel	101	65	1973	Now Coast Pride
	559849	Firecracker		Fishing Vessel	197	94	1974	Now school ship Alaska Sea
412	558637	Shaman	Dal-Car Maritime	Fishing Vessel	198	94	1974	Later Alaskan Leader, now Wild Alaskan
413	556578	Aquarian		Fishing Vessel	197	103	1974	Now Nordic Provider
414	560532	Commodore		Fishing Vessel	268	115	1974	Now Anita J
415	561934	Pacific Fury	Fury Group	Fishing Vessel	196	95	1974	Active

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