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Lake Union Drydock

Seattle WA

Most recent update: June 16, 2018.

Lake Union Drydock and Machine Works, known as LUDD, was established in 1919 by Otis Cutting and J. L. McLean. An early investor was Harry Jones, son of Senator Wesley Jones, of Jones Act fame, and the Jones family is still involved in the company. It was primarily a repair yard, as it still is today, but along the way it has also built quite a number of boats, including a popular line of cruisers called Dreamboats in the 1920s. During WWII, it built a series of yard minesweepers under the name Associated Shipbuilders, which was a joint venture with Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co. and which built larger minesweepers in PSB&D's yard on Harbor Island. Visit the company here and see it from the air on Google here.

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O/N Name Customer Type GT LOA Delivered Notes
Built by Lake Union Drydock & Machine Works
CG-263 USCG patrol boat 37d 75 1924-25 to USN 1933 as YP-18, disposed-of 1945
259692 CG-264 USCG patrol boat 37d 75 1924-25 to Bureau of Prisons 1933 as Helen Bates, sold 1950 as Anna Kamp, Duchess III, Duchess, NLD 1995
252523 CG-265 USCG patrol boat 37d 75 1924-25 later CG-74341, sold 1946 as Twanoh
233139 CG-266 USCG patrol boat 37d 75 1924-25 sold 1934 as Messenger, to USN 1942 as YP-402, sold 1945 as Messenger
276913 CG-267 USCG patrol boat 37d 75 1924-25 to USN 1933 as YP-16, captured by the Japanese in Guam 1941
275292 CG-268 USCG patrol boat 37d 75 1924-25 to Bureau of Prisons 1933 as General Cummings, sold 1957 as Jen Wal, Red Arthur, NLD 1989
254122 CG-269 USCG patrol boat 37d 75 1924-25 to USN 1933 as YP-38, to MARAD 1945, sold and converted to yacht Grayling
250457 CG-270 USCG patrol boat 37d 75 1924-25 later CG-74342, sold 1946 as Crest, Irvinetta, Delcap, Jolyndoma, Kaydan, Sea Queen
250468 CG-271 USCG patrol boat 37d 75 1924-25 later CG-74343, sold 19** as Lucky, foundered 16-Jul-50 off Columbia River
CG-272 USCG patrol boat 37d 75 1924-25 to USN 1933 as YP-7, to Sea Scouts as SES Discovery, Meldora J III, NLD 2000
251987 CG-273 USCG patrol boat 37d 75 1924-25 to USN 1933 as YP-37, to USACE 1945 as Q 173, sold as Escape, Lucy Ann
CG-274 USCG patrol boat 37d 75 1924-25 to Nicaragua 1938 as CQ 182
CG-275 USCG patrol boat 37d 75 1924-25 to USN 1933 as YP-17, captured by the Japanese in Guam in 1941
251988 CG-276 USCG patrol boat 37d 75 1924-25 to USN 1933 as YP-39, to USACE 1945 as Q 172, sold as Grace, NLD 1952
CG-277 USCG patrol boat 37d 75 1924-25 sold 1933
223998 Gosling Samuel K. Rindge recreational 49 75 1924
233026 Reverie recreational 49 75 1925
226140 Winifred Adolph Schmidt recreational 23 47 1926
226748 Jolly Roger Harry B Jones recreational 21 40 1926 later Clara
226938 Clifford M Nelse Mortensen recreational 13 45 1927 later Joheto
227911 El Phileen II T. S. Toby recreational 18 41 1928
226330 Oseejo W. H. Wilcox recreational 16 40 1927
Pirate M. H. Adamson recreational 46 1926 R Class Sloop
227935 Orba W. Kelly Price recreational 15 42 1927
227071 Zella C R. D. Cain recreational 14 42 1927
227791 Marian II G. W. Wiley recreational 17 42 1928
227413 B. M. Co. No. 1 Baranof Mildcure Co fishing boat 196 77 1928 later worked as tanker
227414 B. M. Co. No. 2 Baranof Mildcure Co fishing boat 295 77 1928 later lengthened and worked as barge.
227646 Blue Peter John Graham recreational 118 96 1928 to USACE 194* as Canol (Q-134), sold 1948 as Blue Peter
227176 Principia L. A. Macomber recreational 115 96 1928 to USCG 1942 as 96001F, Kodiak Bear 1946, Principia 195*
227470 recreational 22 42 1928 later Turning Point, Vagabond
227527 Dorothy O. C. Spencer unspecified 15 42 1928
227662 Emmeline F. D. Seymour recreational 21 42 1928
Island Runner 42 1929
228442 Jeanette E Alaska Pacific Salmon passenger 26 50 1929 later Grayling, Ralion II, Carol M, Orca
228766 Seal II J. Harrington Sickel recreational 18 45 1929
228826 Widgeon Elliott Corbett recreational 27 43 1929 later Bergamo, Serena, Mary Ellen Davis
228879 Buccaneer Simpson Investment recreational 23 45 1929 later Madrigal
228523 Sylvia J E. Lloyd Nelson recreational 17 44 1929 later Boojum
228758 Ardito R. C. Locke recreational 19 45 1929 later Isabel
229015 Vagabond W. A. Rupp recreational 24 45 1929 later Turning Point
228921 Migrator Danforth Baker recreational 22 45 1929 gone by 1940
228895 Mammy Lloyd F. Bacon recreational 20 50 1929 later Lightning, Pat Pending, to USN 1941 as YP-119, sold 1945
230125 Edna F O. H. Lindblom recreational 22 45 1930 later Cherie III, to USN 1941 as YP-134, small boat 1942, to USACE 194* as Q 153
229655 Canim Natalie F Keaton recreational 132 96 1930 later Polaris, Canco, Canim
229928 Cassandra B Henry Boos recreational 22 45 1930 later Eleanor, Champ, Marvic
230024 Electra A. W. Leonard recreational 121 96 1930 to USCG 1942 as 96002, Electra 1945
230452 Luddco 39 Lake Union Drydock recreational 22 42 1930
230727 Runaway King W. Vidor recreational 25 50 1930 later Marcy B, Mildred C, Emerald Crest, Runaway, Tautira
CF0585AW recreational 16 45 1930 later Joy Sea
230954 Eff-N-Jay J. J. Wittwer recreational 18 45 1930 later Widgeon
230054 Sea Bee II Wm Duncan Fulton recreational 36 60 1930 later Kathleen 1931, to USCG 1942 as CGR 322, Kathleen 1944
230453 Luddco 41 Lake Union Drydock recreational 27 52 1930 later Migrator
231622 Circe Benjamin C Seaborn recreational 24 62 1932
231686 Catalyst U. of Washington research 91 75 1932 to USCG 1944 as 72002, sold 1945 as Catalyst, North Sea 196*, Catalyst 198*
232835 Sea-Boy Franco Italian Packing fishing boat 293 124 1933 foundered off Mexico 25-Dec-59
Ariadne (WPC-101) USCG subchaser 337 165 9 Oct 1934 sold 1969
554564 Atalanta (WPC-102) USCG subchaser 337 165 20 Sep 1934 sold 1954, scuttled as breakwater 1993 in Tacoma WA
298028 Cyane (WPC-105) USCG subchaser 337 165 25 Oct 1934 sold 1954 as Can Am, Ruby E 196*, reefed 1989 off Mission Bay CA
105 233755 Skagit Chief Skagit River Nav. Co. Sternwheel 502 165 1935 sank in Grays Harbor 1956
Santina 53 1937
237814 Stranger Fred E. Lewis yacht 297 134 1938 to USN 1941 as Jasper (PYc-13), sold 1948 as Stranger, Explorer, Executive, abandoned 1978 near Beaumont TX
W. T. Preston USACE snag boat 163 1941 Steel hull for earlier wooden vessel, a museum at Anacortes WA
Built by Associated Shipbuilders in the LUDD Shipyard
BYMS-9 US Navy minesweeper 320 136 1 Sep 1942 to Britain 1941 as BYMS-2009, to Italy 1947 as Anemone (DR 409/ M 5400), struck 1966
BYMS-10 US Navy minesweeper 320 136 31 Jul 1942 to Britain 1941 as BYMS-2010, returned to US 1946 and sold overseas
BYMS-11 US Navy minesweeper 320 136 21 Sep 1942 to Britain 1941 as BYMS-2011, returned to US 1947 and sold overseas, reported later as Young Joe, 1056, Belgian Navy training ship Eureka (QM 900), research ship Eupen, struck 1964
BYMS-12 US Navy minesweeper 320 136 6 Oct 1942 to Britain 1941 as BYMS-2012, to Italy 1947 as Biancospino (DR 410, M 5403), struck 1966
BYMS-13 US Navy minesweeper 320 136 30 Oct 1942 to Britain 1941 as BYMS-2013, to Egypt 1949 as Gaza, wrecked 1950
BYMS-14 US Navy minesweeper 320 136 24 Nov 1942 to Britain 1941 as BYME 2014, to Italy 1947 as Geranio (DR 412, M5407), struck 1966
YMS-287 US Navy minesweeper 320 136 15 Mar 1943 to the USSR 1945 as T-611
YMS-288 US Navy minesweeper 320 136 19 Mar 1943 to the USSR 1945 as T-600, sunk as target
YMS-289 US Navy minesweeper 320 136 14 Jun 1943 to Turkey 1947 as Kilimi, struck 1963
YMS-290 US Navy minesweeper 320 136 17 Jul 1943 reclassified 1947 as Nightingale (AMS-50/MSC(O) 50), struck 1959
524814 YMS-291 US Navy minesweeper 320 136 9 Aug 1943 reclassified 1947 as Reedbird (AMS-51/MSC(O) 51), struck 1959, Dragon Lady, Diane Maria, Etta M,gone by 1989
YMS-292 US Navy minesweeper 320 136 9 Oct 1943 struck 1946, survey vessel Crest, sold 1956
263931 YMS-293 US Nay minesweeper 320 136 12 Oct 1943 struck 1946, K J, NLD 1997
YMS-294 US Navy minesweeper 320 136 9 Nov 1943 reclassified 1947 as Redpoll (AMS-57/MSC(O) 57), sold 1959 as r/v Sir Horace Lamb, returned to USN 1976, scrapped or sunk
YMS-295 US Navy minesweeper 320 136 9 Nov 1943 to the USSR 1945 as T-599
YMS-296 US Navy minesweeper 320 136 31 Dec 1943 struck 1946
Built by Lake Union Dry Dock
AMS-/MSC-79 USN / Italian Navy minesweeper 390 144 4 Aug 1953 to Italy as Acacia (M-5502), scrapped 1974
AMS-/MSC-80 USN / Italian Navy minesweeper 390 144 15 Sep 1953 to Italy as Ciliegio (M-5506), scrapped 1980
AMS-/MSC-81 USN / Italian Navy minesweeper 390 144 23 Oct 1953 to Italy as Faggio (M-5507), struck 1992
AMS-/MSC-82 USN / Italian Navy minesweeper 390 144 29 Dec 1953 to Italy as Larice (M-5510), struck 1995
581710 Annika Marie Oceanic Research research 27 42 1977 hull built by Delta Marine
582182 U-Rascal Robert A Walker fishing boat 28 42 1977 hull built by Delta Marine
2130 1060638 Inspiration Lake Union Crew LLC passenger 99 124 1997
1070 1060642 Unity Lake Union Crew LLC passenger 93 64 1997
3050 1225055 Caratello Barbara A. Blankenship recreational 85 43 2010

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