Robinson Marine Construction, Benton Harbor, MI
Robinson Marine Construction was started in 1925, by Glen Robinson, who had been treasurer of Dachel-Carter Shipbuilding: it closed in 1960. The yard was on the northeast corner of the industrial island in St. Joseph: see the site from the air on Google here. Please send additions and comments to info@navalmarinearchive.com.
Most recent update: 14 July 2021.
| Hull # | O.N. | Original Name | Original Owner | Type | GT | Ft. | Delivery | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 286371 | Cassandra | Fishing | 19 | 43 | 1925 | |||
| 265867 | Satis | Yacht | 12 | 36 | 1925 | |||
| 285612 | Our Lady | Yacht | 12 | 38 | 1927 | |||
| 229379 | Dam-Paw II | George P. Whitelaw II | Motor Yacht | 28 | 46 | 1929 | Later Miss Sis, Dam Paw | |
| 257086 | BY-4 | US Coast Guard | Freighter | 9 | 34 | 1930 | Later Flying Dutchman | |
| 248628 | Tango | Ocean Riders | Passenger | 14 | 44 | 1930 | ||
| 250044 | Tango II | Harold K. McShane | Passenger | 10 | 39 | 1930 | ||
| 271247 | Mansfield | US Army CoE | Launch | 31 | 52 | 1931 | Sold as Mansfield | |
| 230854 | Pinta | Francis H. French | Passenger | 11 | 37 | 1931 | ||
| 231157 | Joaneda | C. A. Pound | Motor Yacht | 21 | 49 | 1931 | ||
| 231199 | Silver Heels | Earl B. Gascoigne | Passenger | 10 | 36 | 1931 | ||
| 260560 | Tuscumbia | Loc-Wood Boats | Passenger | 12 | 45 | 1932 | ||
| 232727 | Devshir | Motor Yacht | 32 | 52 | 1933 | Later Pat-Sea | ||
| 234367 | Pilot II | E. W. Couchols | Passenger | 14 | 44 | 1935 | ||
| 234385 | Eocene II | Passenger | 22 | 44 | 1935 | Later J. Sidney Broussard | ||
| 234720 | Judith R | Barney Balaban | Motor Yacht | 24 | 54 | 1935 | ||
| 235549 | Mildred | Harry Goldberg | Motor Yacht | 33 | 52 | 1936 | ||
| 258276 | Can Do | R. R. Dwyer | Motor Yacht | 10 | 38 | 1935 | Later King Len | |
| 253264 | Mercury | Myrtle Agra | Passenger | 9 | 38 | 1935 | ||
| 235533 | Aphrodite | Motor Yacht | 42 | 56 | 1936 | Later Marnerleen | ||
| 237792 | Sea Queen | Gus Palmquist | Passenger | 10 | 39 | 1936 | ||
| 261132 | Java | Durant, Inc. | Passenger | 7 | 29 | 1937 | ||
| 237845 | Barat | Motor Yacht | 58 | 57 | 1938 | Later Paola, to USN 1942 as YP 531, to MARAD 1946, later Hedo | ||
| 276804 | Linda Jean III | Fishing | 8 | 30 | 1938 | |||
| 238083 | W. A. Randle | Freeport Sulphur | Ferry | 30 | 49 | 1939 | ||
| 238839 | Aloha | Edward Grieger | Passenger | 12 | 40 | 1939 | ||
| 251533 | Alice | Fishing | 13 | 50 | 1941 | |||
| 251775 | Ruth D | Fishing | 27 | 49 | 1941 | |||
| CG-38361 | US Coast Guard | Picket Boat | 14 | 38 | 1940 | To USN 1946 | ||
| CG-38362 | US Coast Guard | Picket Boat | 14 | 38 | 1940 | To Sea Explorers 1954 | ||
| CG-38363 | US Coast Guard | Picket Boat | 14 | 38 | 1940 | To USN 1946 | ||
| CG-38364 | US Coast Guard | Picket Boat | 14 | 38 | 1940 | Sold 1954 as ? | ||
| CG-38365 | US Coast Guard | Picket Boat | 14 | 38 | 1940 | To USN 1946 | ||
| 290928 | CG-38366 | US Coast Guard | Picket Boat | 14 | 38 | 1940 | Sold 1953 as Cleo B | |
| C 1 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 11 | 40 | Feb-41 | |||
| C 2 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 11 | 40 | Feb-41 | |||
| C 3 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 11 | 40 | Feb-41 | |||
| C 4 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 11 | 40 | Feb-41 | |||
| C 5 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 11 | 40 | Feb-41 | |||
| C 6 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 11 | 40 | Feb-41 | |||
| C 7 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 11 | 40 | Feb-41 | |||
| C 8 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 11 | 40 | Feb-41 | |||
| C 9 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 11 | 40 | Feb-41 | |||
| C 10 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 11 | 40 | Feb-41 | |||
| 254275 | C 21 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 11 | 40 | Sep-41 | Sold as Shrike | |
| 259374 | C 22 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 11 | 40 | Sep-41 | Sold as Janice Lynn | |
| C 23 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 11 | 40 | Sep-41 | |||
| 255764 | C 24 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 11 | 40 | Sep-41 | Sold as Northern Jaeger | |
| C 25 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 11 | 40 | Sep-41 | |||
| C 26 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 11 | 40 | Sep-41 | |||
| C 27 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 11 | 40 | Sep-41 | |||
| C 28 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 11 | 40 | Sep-41 | |||
| C 29 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 11 | 40 | Sep-41 | |||
| C 30 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 11 | 40 | Sep-41 | |||
| C 31 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 11 | 40 | Nov-41 | |||
| C 32 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 11 | 40 | Nov-41 | |||
| C 33 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 11 | 40 | Nov-41 | |||
| C 34 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 11 | 40 | Nov-41 | |||
| 260234 | C 35 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 11 | 40 | Nov-41 | Sold as Boots | |
| C 36 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 11 | 40 | Nov-41 | |||
| C 37 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 11 | 40 | Nov-41 | |||
| C 38 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 11 | 40 | Nov-41 | |||
| 261163 | C 39 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 11 | 40 | Nov-41 | Sold as My Gal, later Helen B | |
| 272022 | C 40 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 11 | 40 | Nov-41 | Sold as Quest | |
| J 146 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 17 | 50 | Jun-41 | |||
| J 147 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 17 | 50 | Jun-41 | |||
| J 148 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 17 | 50 | Jun-41 | |||
| J 149 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 17 | 50 | Jun-41 | |||
| J 150 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 17 | 50 | Jun-41 | |||
| J 151 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 17 | 50 | Jun-41 | |||
| 251826 | J 152 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 17 | 50 | Jun-41 | Sold as Glo | |
| J 153 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 17 | 50 | Jun-41 | |||
| J 270 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 17 | 50 | Jun-42 | |||
| J 271 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 17 | 50 | Jun-42 | |||
| J 272 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 17 | 50 | Jun-42 | |||
| 250812 | J 273 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 17 | 50 | Jun-42 | Sold as Pilot | |
| J 274 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 17 | 50 | Jun-42 | |||
| J 275 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 17 | 50 | Jun-42 | |||
| 253800 | J 276 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 17 | 50 | Jun-42 | Sold as Southern Cross | |
| J 277 | US Army | Psgr. Boat | 17 | 50 | Jun-42 | |||
| 254359 | C-68966 | US Navy | AVR | 136 | 110 | 1942 | Later Vivi | |
| 264843 | SC 540 | US Navy | Sub Chaser | 136 | 110 | 22-Apr-42 | To USCG 1945 as Air Curlew (WAVR 417), sold as Barbara Jo, now Savitar | |
| 257569 | SC 541 | US Navy | Sub Chaser | 136 | 110 | 6-May-42 | To USCG 1945 as Air Drake (WAVR 418), sold as Drake | |
| SC 646 | US Navy | Sub Chaser | 136 | 110 | 1-Jul-42 | To the USSR 1945 | ||
| SC 647 | US Navy | Sub Chaser | 136 | 110 | 3-Aug-42 | To the USSR 1945 as BO 308 | ||
| SC 751 | US Navy | Sub Chaser | 136 | 110 | 14-Jan-43 | Grounded off W. Australia and lost 22-Jun-43 | ||
| SC 752 | US Navy | Sub Chaser | 136 | 110 | 13-Feb-43 | To the USSR 1945 as BO 325 | ||
| 254065 | SC 753 | US Navy | Sub Chaser | 136 | 110 | 14-Apr-43 | To USCG 1945 as Air Linnet (WAVR 435), sold as Halcyon II | |
| SC 754 | US Navy | Sub Chaser | 136 | 110 | 17-May-43 | To the USSR 1945 as BO 324 | ||
| 256355 | SC 755 | US Navy | Sub Chaser | 136 | 110 | 16-May-43 | Sold 1948 as Yaqui Queen | |
| SC 756 | US Navy | Sub Chaser | 136 | 110 | 8-Jul-43 | To the USSR 1945 as BO 335 | ||
| SC 757 | US Navy | Sub Chaser | 136 | 110 | 12-Aug-43 | Later PGM 2 1943, sold 1947 | ||
| 255475 | SC 758 | US Navy | Sub Chaser | 136 | 110 | 14-Sep-43 | To USCG 1945 as Air Loon (WAVR 436), sold as Loon | |
| 256193 | SC 759 | US Navy | Sub Chaser | 136 | 110 | 8-Oct-43 | Sold 1948 as Tualatin | |
| 258997 | J ??? | US Army | Passenger | 14 | 40 | 1943 | Later Clara R II, Aralee | |
| 254084 | J ??? | US Army | Passenger | 11 | 40 | 1943 | Later Blue Water | |
| 260070 | J ??? | US Army | Passenger | 15 | 40 | 1943 | Later Sea King | |
| 270424 | J ??? | US Army | Passenger | 11 | 40 | 1943 | Later Salem | |
| 251824 | J 867 | US Army | Passenger | 18 | 40 | 1943 | Later Bucaneer | |
| 256847 | J 86? | US Army | Passenger | 12 | 40 | 1943 | Later Miramar | |
| J 868 | US Army | Passenger | 40 | 1943 | ||||
| 256528 | J 869 | US Army | Passenger | 18 | 40 | 1943 | Later Marie Anna | |
| 258893 | J 870 | US Army | Passenger | 12 | 40 | 1943 | Later Miss Lou | |
| 284561 | J 3550 | US Army | Passenger | 17 | 40 | 1943 | Later Honeybucket | |
| MTL 924 | US Army | Tug | 47 | 1944 | ||||
| MTL 925 | US Army | Tug | 47 | 1944 | ||||
| MTL 926 | US Army | Tug | 47 | 1944 | ||||
| MTL 927 | US Army | Tug | 47 | 1944 | ||||
| MTL 928 | US Army | Tug | 47 | 1944 | ||||
| MTL 929 | US Army | Tug | 47 | 1944 | ||||
| MTL 930 | US Army | Tug | 47 | 1944 | ||||
| MTL 931 | US Army | Tug | 47 | 1944 | ||||
| MTL 932 | US Army | Tug | 47 | 1944 | ||||
| MTL 933 | US Army | Tug | 47 | 1944 | ||||
| MTL 934 | US Army | Tug | 47 | 1944 | ||||
| MTL 935 | US Army | Tug | 47 | 1944 | ||||
| MTL 936 | US Army | Tug | 47 | 1944 | ||||
| MTL 937 | US Army | Tug | 47 | 1944 | ||||
| MTL 938 | US Army | Tug | 47 | 1944 | ||||
| MTL 939 | US Army | Tug | 47 | 1944 | ||||
| 255538 | MTL 940 | US Army | Tug | 47 | 1944 | Later Cliger | ||
| 250478 | MTL 941 | US Army | Tug | 47 | 1944 | Later Traveler | ||
| MTL 942 | US Army | Tug | 47 | 1944 | ||||
| MTL 943 | US Army | Tug | 47 | 1944 | ||||
| MTL 944 | US Army | Tug | 47 | 1944 | ||||
| MTL 945 | US Army | Tug | 47 | 1944 | To USN 1943 as YTL 672, destroyed 1947 | |||
| MTL 946 | US Army | Tug | 47 | 1944 | To USN 1943 as YTL 673, sold 1946 | |||
| MTL 947 | US Army | Tug | 47 | 1944 | To USN 1943 as YTL 674, destroyed 1947 | |||
| MTL 948 | US Army | Tug | 47 | 1944 | To USN 1943 as YTL 675, destroyed 1947 | |||
| P 739 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 85 | 1945 | ||||
| 259354 | P 740 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 113 | 85 | 1945 | Sold as Quest | |
| P 741 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 85 | 1945 | ||||
| P 742 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 85 | 1945 | ||||
| P 743 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 85 | 1945 | ||||
| P 744 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 85 | 1945 | ||||
| 254463 | P 745 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 125 | 85 | 1945 | Sold as Super Wolf | |
| 251542 | Sea Queen II | Offshore Marine | Supply Boat | 104 | 80 | 1944 | ||
| 247927 | Romaco | Robinson Marine | Tug | 15 | 42 | 1945 | ||
| 251827 | Irven E. Hanson | Freeport Sulphur | Ferry | 26 | 50 | 1946 | ||
| 252326 | Harvey E. Blackshear | Freeport Sulphur | Ferry | 26 | 50 | 1947 | ||
| 253234 | A. L. Groteguth | Freeport Sulphur | Ferry | 26 | 50 | 1947 | ||
| 253824 | Barty J. Tyson | Freeport Sulphur | Ferry | 20 | 50 | 1947 | ||
| 253825 | Herbert O. Hoefle | Freeport Sulphur | Ferry | 20 | 50 | 1947 | ||
| 285173 | Four Wynds | Leona Hudson | Motor Yacht | 13 | 31 | 1948 | ||
| 271720 | Shirase | Dept. of Interior | Passenger | 14 | 33 | 1949 | Later Shirasi | |
| 268153 | Sea Hawk | Harry Priebe | Motor Yacht | 21 | 42 | 1954 | ||
| 281520 | Loralpa | Allen P. Evans | Motor Yacht | 11 | 34 | 1959 ? | ||
| 281845 | Our Alibi | Motor Yacht | 21 | 42 | 1960 | Later Spree III |