Dachel-Carter Shipbuilding
Benton Harbor MI
Most recent update: December 31, 2015.
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.
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| O/N | Name | Customer | Type | GT | LOA | Built | Notes | |
| 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 tugboat | 43 | 60 | 1918 | later Frank Deitch, P. M. Wilson, dismantled 1952 | |
| 216974 | Yankee Boy | tugboat | 30 | 47 | 1918 | later Nassau | ||
| 220494 | Badger | USSB | harbor tugboat | 176 | 100 | 1919 | sold 1922 as Dalzellite, abandoned 1951 | |
| 220493 | Leopard | USSB | harbor tugboat | 176 | 100 | 1919 | to USCG 1926, sold 1935 as Leopard, Charles D. McAllister, scrapped 1953 | |
| 283170 | CG-140 | USCG | patrol boat | 37d | 75 | 1925 | to WSA 1946, sold as News-Poster II | |
| CG-141 | USCG | patrol boat | 37d | 75 | 1925 | |||
| 250878 | CG-142 | USCG | patrol boat | 37d | 75 | 1925 | to USN 1933 as YP-25, sold 1946 as Lady Ann, burned 1947 | |
| CG-143 | USCG | patrol boat | 37d | 75 | 1925 | to WSA 1946 | ||
| CG-144 | USCG | patrol boat | 37d | 75 | 1925 | |||
| CG-145 | USCG | patrol boat | 37d | 75 | 1925 | to WSA 1946 | ||
| CG-146 | USCG | patrol boat | 37d | 75 | 1925 | to USN 1933 as YP-46, disposed-of 1946 | ||
| CG-147 | USCG | patrol boat | 37d | 75 | 1925 | to WSA 1946 | ||
| CG-148 | USCG | patrol boat | 37d | 75 | 1925 | to WSA 1946 | ||
| 250877 | CG-149 | USCG | 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 boat | 31 | 52 | 1927 | later Iva T, Eila Marie, scrapped 1973 | |
| 236256 | Buddy L | Edward Lutz | fishing boat | 16 | 35 | 1936 | ||
| Brunnhilde | Ernest Bath | sloop | 32 | 1940 | later Viking | |||
| BYMS-15 | US Navy | minesweeper | 278d | 135 | 21 Jul 1942 | to Britain 1942, returned 1946, sold 1947 | ||
| BYMS-16 | US Navy | minesweeper | 278d | 135 | 9 Jun 1942 | to Britain 1942, returned 1946, to Greece | ||
| SC-664 | US Navy | subchaser | 136d | 110 | 25 Aug 1942 | to FLC 1946 | ||
| SC-665 | US Navy | subchaser | 136d | 110 | 10 Aug 1942 | sold 1950 | ||
| 250638 | P-98 | US Army | boat, rescue | 139 | 104 | Jan 1943 | sold as Poraco VII | |
| P-99 | US Army | boat, rescue | 104 | Jan 1943 | ||||
| P-100 | US Army | boat, rescue | 104 | Jan 1943 | ||||
| P-101 | US Army | boat, rescue | 104 | Jan 1943 | ||||
| 257597 | YMS-163 | US Navy | minesweeper | 278d | 135 | 8 Mar 1943 | sold 1946 as Michelle Eve, Aleutian Reefer | |
| 286385 | YMS-164 | US Navy | minesweeper | 278d | 135 | 27 Mar 1943 | later Bobolink (AMS-2) 1947, MHC-44 1955, sold 1960 as Gail Borden | |
| YMS-165 | US Navy | minesweeper | 278d | 135 | 3 Apr 1943 | scuttled 1948 | ||
| 261742 | YMS-166 | US Navy | minesweeper | 278d | 135 | 27 May 1943 | sold 1946 as Hope | |
| YMS-167 | US Navy | minesweeper | 278d | 135 | 31 Jul 1943 | to Britain 1943 as BYMS-2167, sold 1948 as Rospiggen, sank 1975 | ||
| YMS-168 | US Navy | minesweeper | 278d | 135 | 29 Aug 1943 | to Britain 1943 as BYMS-2168 | ||
| YMS-169 | US Navy | minesweeper | 278d | 135 | 19 Jun 1943 | to France 1944 as Amarante (D-301), discarded 1961 | ||
| YMS-170 | US Navy | minesweeper | 278d | 135 | 10 Jul 1943 | later Bunting (AMS-3) 1947, MHC-45 1955, struck 1960 | ||
| 255630 | PCS-1417 | US Navy | subchaser | 278d | 135 | 8 Jan 1944 | sold 1948 as Shark, NLD | |
| PCS-1418 | US Navy | subchaser | 278d | 135 | 15 Jan 1944 | sunk by typhoon Louise 9-Oct-45 | ||
| 251850 | PCS-1419 | US Navy | subchaser | 278d | 135 | 20 Mar 1944 | sunk by typhoon Louise 9-Oct-45, refloated, sold 1947 as Lake Creek, scrapped 1967 | |
| 260147 | PCS-1420 | US Navy | subchaser | 278d | 135 | 14 Apr 1944 | sold 1950 as Lysander, Catita V, Edgewood, Thoraya I | |
| ATR-54 | US Navy | tugboat | 850d | 165 | 15 Nov 1943 | disposed-of 1946 | ||
| ATR-55 | US Navy | tugboat | 850d | 165 | 26 Apr 1944 | disposed-of 1946 | ||
| ATR-56 | US Navy | tugboat | 850d | 165 | 28 Jun 1944 | disposed-of 1946 | ||
| ATR-57 | US Navy | tugboat | 850d | 165 | 17 Aug 1944 | disposed-of 1946 | ||
| ATR-58 | US Navy | tugboat | 850d | 165 | 11 Aug 1944 | disposed-of 1946 | ||
| ATR-59 | US Navy | tugboat | 850d | 165 | 7 Dec 1944 | disposed-of 1946 |