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 |