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Port Arthur Shipbuilding

Thunder Bay ON

Most recent update: July 14, 2021.

James Whalen and the American Ship Building Company established Western Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Company in 1909. It changed its name to Port Arthur Shipbuilding, (PASCO), in 1916, when it was acquired by Mr. Whalen. It was sold to Canadian Shipbuilding & Engineering in 1987 but closed in 1993, reopening as a repair yard under the name of Lakehead Marine & Industrial. It closed again in 2013 but was bought by Heddle Marine in 2016 and reopened. See the site from the air on Google here.

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O/N Name Customer Type GT Delivered Notes
1 126673 Scow F.W. 45 Great Lakes Dredging dump scow 726 27 Jun 1911 later MIL 241
2 126674 Scow F.W. 46 Western Drydock Co dump scow 726 23 Jul 1911 later MIL 242, scrapped 1975
3 131052 Hamiltonian Canada Interlake Line freighter 2,347 9 Jul 1912 later Piave 1919, sunk by gunfire 1942
4 133885 Nasookin Canadian Pacific Rlwy sternwheeler 1,869 1913 assembled at Nelson BC, scrapped 1948
5 131056 Calgarian Canadian Interlake Line freighter 2,326 26 Apr 1913 later Marne 1919, Itaipu 1926, Araruna 1933, scrapped 1939
6 134014 Noronic Northern Navigation Co passenger 6,905 30 May 1914 burned in Toronto and scrapped 1949
7 116572 J. T. Horne W. O. Matthews icebreaking tugboat 428 22 Jul 1913 later Gorn 1915, Solombala 1920, wrecked 1943
9 134013 Edward C. Whalen Great Lakes Dredging Co. tugboat 113 26 Jul 1913 later John McLean
10 134276 Sicamous Canadian Pacific Rlwy passenger 1,787 1913 assembled at Okanogan Landing BC 1914, museum ship at Penticton BC 1949
11 134271 Naramata Canadian Pacific Rlwy tugboat 150 1913 museum ship at Penticton BC 1949
12 134015 W. Grant Morden Canada S.S. Lines Ltd bulk carrier 8,980 5 Jul 1914 later Donnacona 1926, scrapped 1969
13 138002 Rossport F. Gerrow tugboat 19 1915
14 Export Thorgerd A. Salvesen freighter 2,437 19 Nov 1916 scrapped 1932
15 Export Blaamyra D/S A/S Blaamyra freighter 2,471 22 Nov 1916 later Torlak 1926, scrapped 1934
16 Export Ugellstad/Rutenfjell Olsen & Ugelstad freighter 2,406 4 Aug 1917 scrapped 1930
17 142468 War Fish The Shipping Controller freighter 2,646 19 Sep 1917 later Roubaix 1920, Monique Vieljeux 1928, Malve 1930, wrecked 1931
18 142469 War Dance The Shipping Controller freighter 2,231 29 May 1918 later Warawala 1919, Shoka Maru 1927, Daigen Maru No.2 1928, torpedoed 1945
19 142469 War Isis The Shipping Controller freighter 2,231 21 May 1918 later Claudegallus 1920, Torni 1929, Trema 1950, Avon 1957, scrapped 1962
20 142663 War Osiris The Shipping Controller freighter 2,264 8 Aug 1918 later Colmar 1920, Listo 1929, mined off Spodsbjerg 1943
21 142692 War Hathor The Shipping Controller freighter 2,264 7 Sep 1918 later Warla 1919, Yuan Chan 1934, scuttled Kiangyin, Yangtse River 1937
22 TR-1 Royal Navy minesweeper 274 31 Oct 1917 to New Zealand as Wakakura 1925, scrapped 1953
23 TR-2 Royal Navy minesweeper 274 11 Nov 1917 to Mexico as Cobarribas 1920
24 TR-3 Royal Navy minesweeper 275 17 Nov 1917 to Mexico as Guaymas 1920
25 TR-4 Royal Navy minesweeper 275 27 Nov 1917 to Mexico as Cartagena 1926
26 TR-5 Royal Navy minesweeper 275 4 May 1918 to Italy as Commandante Loretti 1919
27 TR-6 Royal Navy minesweeper 275 4 May 1918 to Mexico as Mazatlan 1920
28 138848 Murray Stewart Port Arthur Shipbuilding tugboat 240 28 Nov 1918 later David Richard, Georgian Queen
29 142674 War Karma The Shipping Controller freighter 2,271 4.-Dec-18 later Raymond Poincare 1920, Seizan Maru 1929, torpedoed 1945
30 142758 War Horus The Shipping Controller freighter 2,266 15 Nov 1918 later Emma 1920, Giuseppe Soncino 1923, Toshu Maru 1926, scrapped 1961
31 TR-37 Royal Navy minesweeper 275 6 Aug 1918 later Their Merit 1925
32 TR-38 Royal Navy minesweeper 275 20 Aug 1918 later Alcatraz 1920
33 TR-39 Royal Navy minesweeper 275 1 Oct 1918 later Chandbali 1930, scrapped 1990
34 TR-40 Royal Navy minesweeper 275 6 Oct 1918 later Marie Yette 1921, in collision in the River Gironde and lost 1940
35 TR-41 Royal Navy minesweeper 275 5 May 1919 later Marie Simone 1920, sunk by gunfire 1944
36 TR-42 Royal Navy minesweeper 275 5 May 1919 later Marie Gilberte 1920
37 TR-43 Royal Navy minesweeper 275 12 May 1919 later Marie Anne 1920, captured 1940, designated M 4405, sunk by bombing 1944
38 TR-44 Royal Navy minesweeper 275 12 May 1919 later Florencia 1920
39 141376 Canadian Trader Canadian Govt. freighter 2,186 18 Jul 1919 later Emperor of Montreal 1925, Gilda Scuderi 1927, missing 1928
40 141377 Canadian Sailor Canadian Govt. freighter 2,186 7 Aug 1919 later Emperor of Havana 1925, Nichiei Maru 1927, foundered 1942
41 141486 Canadian Adventurer Canadian Govt. freighter 2,069 29 Oct 1919 later Emperor of Port McNicoll 1925, Nootka 1926, Iquitos 1950, Nootka 1957, scrapped 1960
42 141487 Canadian Sower Canadian Govt. freighter 2,186 18 Nov 1919 later Emperor of Fredericton 1925, Waka Maru 1927, foundered in ice 1945
43 141834 Canadian Runner Canadian Govt. freighter 3,091 4 Oct 1920 later Colborne 1929, Canadian Runner 1932, Kia Lee 1834, Kari Go 1941, bombed 1945
44 141835 Canadian carrier Canadian Govt. freighter 3,101 15 Sep 1920 later Champlain 1929, Canadian Carrier 1932, Kwen Lee 1935, Konri Maru 1941, torpedoed 1945
45 150348 Canadian Harvester Canadian Govt. freighter 2,394 17 May 1921 later Dalwarnic 1926, Selcuk 1948, scrapped 1967
46 150234 Glenafton Glen Transportation freighter 1,866 30 Apr 1921 later Salvus 1928, wrecked Ile Parisienne 1927 and cut down to barge, scrapped 1952
47 141679 Mathewston Matthews Steamship Co. bulk carrier 7,403 8 Oct 1922 later Ralph S. Misener 1954, Mathewston 1968, scrapped 1970
48 152844 L. R. Wilson Abitibi Paper Company tugboat 27 5 Jun 1926 later F. M. Sting, register closed 1903
49 152590 Slave River Hudsons Bay Company towboat 50 20 Jul 1929 scrapped 1935
50 172201 Scow No. 50 Abitibi Paper Co. scow 119 Aug 1939 later Sandra B No. 1
51 PV-47 Cobalt Royal Canadian Navy corvette 940 25 Nov 1940 later Johanna W.Vinke 1953, scrapped 1961
52 PV-48 Kenogami Royal Canadian Navy corvette 940 29 Jun 1941 scrapped 1950
53 PV-49 Algoma Royal Canadian Navy corvette 940 11 Jul 1941 later Constitucion 1946, scrapped 1962
54 PV-50 Rosthern Royal Canadian Navy corvette 940 17 Jun 1941 scrapped 1946
55 PV-51 Morden Royal Canadian Navy corvette 940 6 Sep 1941 scrapped 1950
56 PV-52 Carleton/Kamsack Royal Canadian Navy corvette 940 4 Oct 1941 later Carabobo 1945, wrecked east coast USA 1945
57 PV-53 Oakville Royal Canadian Navy corvette 940 18 Nov 1941 later Patria 1946, scrapped 1962
58 PV-54 Weyburn Royal Canadian Navy corvette 940 26 Nov 1941 mined 1943
59 CN 275 Fredericton/Port Arthur Royal Canadian Navy corvette 940 26 May 1942 scrapped 1945
60 CN 176 Kenora Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper 672 6 Aug 1942 to Turkey as Bandirma 1957, scrapped 1972
61 CN 177 Fort William Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper 672 25 Aug 1942 to Turkey as Bodrum 1957, scrapped 1971
62 CN 178 Milltown Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper 672 18 Sep 1942 scrapped 1959
63 CN 179 Kentville Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper 672 10 Oct 1942 to Turkey as Bartin 1957, scrapped 1972
64 CN 180 Mulgrave Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper 672 4 Nov 1942 mined off Normandy 1944, beached and scrapped 1947
65 CN 181 Blairmore Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper 672 17 Nov 1942 to Turkey as Beykoz 1958, scrapped 1971
66 CN 361 The Soo Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper 1,010 24 Jun 1943 later Sault Ste. Marie 1944, scrapped 1960
67 CN 362 Winnipeg Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper 1,010 29 Jul 1943 to Belgium as A. F. Dufour 1959, scrapped 1966
68 CN 363 St.Boniface Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper 1,010 10 Sep 1943 later Bess Barry M. 1954
69 CN 364 Portage Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper 1,010 22 Oct 1943 scrapped 1958
70 CN 365 Wallaceburg Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper 1,010 18 Nov 1943 to Belgium as Georges Lecointe 1958, sold 1969
71 CN 366 Border Cities Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper 1,010 18 May 1944 scrapped 1949
72 CN 367 Middlesex Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper 1,010 8 Aug 1944 wrecked on Half Island Point 1946
73 CN 368 Oshawa Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper 1,010 6 Jul 1944 scrapped 1965
74 CN 369 Kapuskasing Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper 1,010 17 Aug 1944 sunk as a target 1978
75 CN 370 Rockcliffe Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper 1,010 30 Sep 1944 scrapped 1960
76 CN 550 Fergus/Fort Francis Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper 1,010 28 Oct 1944 scrapped 1974
77 CN 551 Hespeler/Lysander Royal Navy minesweeper 1,010 21 Nov 1944 completed at Hamilton, Cornflower 1950, Lysander 1951, scrapped 1957
78 CN 552 New Liskeard Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper 1,010 21 Nov 1944 scrapped 1969
79 CN 553 Kincardine/Mariner Royal Navy minesweeper 1,010 23 May 1945 to Burma as Yan Myo Aung 1957, scrapped 1982
80 CN 554 Orangeville/Marmion Royal Navy minesweeper 1,010 29 May 1945 scrapped 1959
81 CN 681 Orcadia Royal Navy minesweeper 1,010 17 Aug 1945 scrapped 1958
82 CN 682 Ossory Royal Navy minesweeper 1,010 29 Sep 1945 scrapped 1959
83 CN 683 Pluto Royal Navy minesweeper 1,010 4 Oct 1945 scrapped 1973
84 CN 684 Polaris Royal Navy minesweeper 1,010 29 Oct 1945 scrapped 1956
85 CN 685 Pyrrhus Royal Navy minesweeper 1,010 2 Nov 1945 scrapped 1956
86 CN 686 Romola Royal Navy minesweeper 1,010 3 May 1945 built at Collingwood as # 129, scrapped 1957
87 CN 687 Rosamund Royal Navy minesweeper 1,010 10 Jul 1945 built at Collingwood as # 130, Bloemfontein 1947, sunk as a target 1967
89 Pump Barge #1 Steep Rock Iron Mines Pump barge 55 Oct 1943
90 Pump Barge #2 Steep Rock Iron Mines Pump barge 55 Oct 1943
91 Pump Barge #3 Steep Rock Iron Mines Pump barge 55 Oct 1943
92 Pump Barge #4 Steep Rock Iron Mines Pump barge 55 Nov 1943
93 Pump Barge #5 Steep Rock Iron Mines Pump barge 55 Nov 1943
94 Pump Barge #6 Steep Rock Iron Mines Pump barge 55 Nov 1943
95 Pump Barge #7 Steep Rock Iron Mines Pump barge 55 Nov 1943
96 173700 Annis Lee Brompton Pulp & Paper tugboat 55 11 Jun 1945
97 Ottawa Maybird/Tai Hang 3 Min of War Transport freighter 338 1 Nov 1946 later I-Lan 1947, Solar 1967, scrapped 1970
98 Ottawa Maycove/Tai Hang 4 Min of War Transport freighter 338 1 Nov 1946 later Heng-Chun 1947, believed sold 1961
99/97 172234 Ottawa Mayberry/Belleville Min of War Transport freighter 344 18 May 1947 later Capilano 1952, Haida Prince 1959, Island Prince III 1967, deleted 1992
177968 Pascol Port Arthur Shipbuilding work boat 25 1 Oct 1946
100 Export Port Arthur French Govt hopper barge 654 16 Jul 1948 last trace 1980
101 Export Ontario French Govt hopper barge 645 1 Sep 1948 last listed 1985
102 Export Erie French Govt hopper barge 640 7 Oct 1948 last listed 1996
103 Export Niagara French Govt hopper barge 655 17 Oct 1948 last listed 1991
104 Export Huron French Govt hopper barge 655 20 May 1949 last listed 1992
105 Export St.Laurent French Govt hopper barge 655 20 May 1949 not listed 1992
106 192679 Imperial Redwater Pipe Line Tankers Ltd hopper barge 12,582 15 May 1949 later bulk carrier R. Bruce Angus 1954, scrapped 1985
107 AMc-144 Chaleur Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper 390 18 Jun 1954 to France as La Dieppoise, retired 1985
108 AMc-149 Quinte Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper 390 15 Oct 1954 retired 1964
109 194448 Sir James Dunn Canada Steamship Lines bulk carrier 12,434 3 May 1952 scrapped 1989
110 194454 Thunder Bay Canada Steamship Lines bulk carrier 12,435 23 Nov 1952 later Stadacona 1969, scrapped 1993
111 194458 E. B. Barber Algoma Central R.R. Co. bulk carrier 10,420 6 Jun 1953 scrapped 1985
112 194456 Loader No. 4 Hammermill Paper Co. scow 123 1952 later Loader No. 4
113 179590 Paterson N.M. Paterson & Sons bulk carrier 8,618 3 Jun 1954 scrapped 1984
114 AMc-161 Thunder Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper 390 3 Oct 1957 retired 1997
115 322235 Clarence B. Randall Caland Ore Company dredge 1,088 15 Jul 1954 later Canadian
116 Joseph L. Block Caland Ore Company dredge 1,088 1 Sep 1954 scrapped
117 322545 Booster No. 1 Caland Ore Company Booster barge 289 10 Jul 1954 scrapped
118 Booster No. 2 Caland Ore Company Booster barge 289 4 Nov 1957 scrapped
119 310138 Alexander Henry Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker 1,674 30 Jul 1957 preserved at the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes 1987
120 Steep Rock Iron Mines Booster barge 15 Dec 1955 scrapped
121 Dept of Public Works scow 20 Oct 1956
122/C1 176115 Nipigon Bay Canada Steamship Lines 72' section 13,274 Aug 1958 conversion # 1, lengthening and conversion of tanker to bulk carrier
freighter (C2) 194747 B. A. Peerless British American Oil Co. conversion 10,900 Apr 1959 Shortened and new bow for ocean service, Gulf Canada, scrapped
123 188406 Keewanis Thunder Bay Harbour derrick scow 165 Aug 1959
311422 Scow No. 52 Abitibi Paper Co. pile driver 57 1959 later Louis M II
freighter (C3) 116669 Midland Prince Canada Steamship Lines bulk carrier 6,339 Apr 1960 Alterations and additions
C4 134015 Donnacona Canada Steamship Lines bulk carrier 8,611 Apr 1961 New tank top
C5 158164 Algocen Algoma Central R.R. Co. bulk carrier 6,893 Apr 1962 New tank top
C6 152643 Gleneagles Canada Steamship Lines bulk carrier 8,582 June 1963 conversion to self-unloader
C7 190479 Hochelaga Canada Steamship Lines bulk carrier 12,616 June 1964 conversion to self-unloader
C8 304498 George M. Carl Scott Misener Steamships bulk carrier 10,417 Apr 1967 New tank top
C9 190493 Coverdale Canada Steamship Lines bulk carrier 11,996 Apr 1967 converted to fuel oil
C10 194454 Thunder Bay Canada Steamship Lines bulk carrier 12,435 May 1968 conversion to self-unloader, renamed Stadacona
124 328551 L. A. Learmonth Panarctic Oils Ltd tank barge 945 13 Jul 1968 wrecked 1969
125 328552 Scotty Gall Panarctic Oils Ltd tank barge 925 22 Jul 1968 wrecked 1969
C11 313936 Whitefish Bay Canada Steamship Lines bulk carrier 18,370 June 1969 conversion to self-unloader, renamed Quetico
C12 322994 Saguenay Canada Steamship Lines bulk carrier 20,148 9 Aug 1972 conversion to self-unloader
126 331315 H.B.C. 1001 Hudsons Bay Company barge 1,151 26 Jun 1972
127 331319 H.B.C. 1002 Hudsons Bay Company barge 1,151 12 Jun 1972
C13 188398 English River Canada Cement Corp freighter 6,639 Apr 1974 conversion to cement carrier
128 197730 Wolfe Islander III Ministry of Transportation ferry 985 9 Dec 1975
C14 HMCS Porte Dauphine Royal Canadian Navy training Vessel May 1976 General refit after return from Coast Guard service
C15 313963 Frankcliffe Hall Hall Corp of Canada Ltd. bulk carrier 20,646 1 Jul 1980 conversion to self-unloader
C16 176115 Nipigon Bay Canada Steamship Lines bulk carrier 14,824 May 1981 Trunk deck added
383533 Atlantic Superior Canada Steamship Lines 130' forebody June 1982 for Collingwood # 222
802923 John B. Aird Canada Steamship Lines 130' forebody June 1983 for Collingwood # 224
804429 Beaver St. Lawrence Beaver Dredging Co. Ltd. dredge 154 1984 register closed 2008
C17 348357 Arctic Fednav Ltd. bulk carrier 19,420 July 1985 conversion to OBO carrier
129 803289 The Richard George McKenzie Forest Products ferry 284 17 Jun 1993

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