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Walter Butler Shipbuilders

Duluth MN

Most recent update: December12, 2021.

Not much is known about Alexander McDougall's second shipyard, the McDougall-Duluth Company. McDougall developed it to build ships for the USSB and after the war sold it to Julius Barnes, who renamed it Barnes-Duluth Shipbuilding. Barnes sold it to Walter Butler Shipbuilders in 1943 and it closed in 1945. The yard was located at the end of Spring Street, in the Riverside section of West Duluth: the site is now a marina but you can see in Google here that it used to be a shipyard.

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O/N Name Customer Type USSB or MC# GT LOA Delivered Notes
McDougall-Duluth Company
1 215115 R. L. Barnes R. L. Barnes S.S. Co. laker July 1917 later Hasu Maru 1942, Fortune 1945, M.T.S. No. 2 1946, scrapped 1949
2 215770 Maski/Lakemoor USSB laker 1320 1,610 251 Nov 1917 torpedoed and lost 1918
3 216150 War Centaur/Lake Traverse USSB laker 1321 1,610 251 Apr 1918 foundered 1955
4 216409 Lake Portage USSB laker 1322 1,610 251 June 1918 torpedoed and lost 1918
5 216587 Allette/Lake Markham USSB laker 1322 1,610 251 July 1918 later Chicago 1927, scrapped 1937
6 216718 Meurthe/Lake Pepin USSB laker 1324 1,610 251 Aug 1918 later Samoa 1923, scrapped 1947
7 216827 Lake Geneva USSB laker 1323 1,610 251 Aug 1918 later John J. O'Hagan 1925, Manomet (AG-37) 1941, Aries (AK-51) 1942, John J. O'Hagan 1946, Adelanto 1947, scrapped 1952
8 216892 Macon/Lake Helen USSB laker 1325 1,610 251 Sep 1918 later York 1926, Skogak 1929, Kama 1933, scrapped 1970
9 216990 Jean Duluth/Lake Indian USSB laker 1322 1,610 251 Sep 1918 later Rose Murphy 1925, scuttled 1927
10 217151 Zenith City/Lake Orange USSB laker 1326 1,610 251 Oct 1918 later John Gehm 1923, Menemshah (AG-39) 1941, WAG-274, John Gehm 1946, scrapped 1950
11 217299 Cedar Spring USSB freighter 1327 1,610 251 Nov 1918 later Harriet 1930, Dan 1932, Luciano 1936, Ulysse 1937, Rita Ievoli 1958, Atlantis 1959, Garigliano 1961, scrapped 1966
12 217471 Ceralvo USSB freighter 1328 1,610 251 Apr 1919 later Svarv 1930, Sirehei 1933, Ingul 1933, wrecked 1941
13 217802 Cerosco USSB freighter 1329 1,610 251 Apr 1919 later Stein 1930, Sirendal 1933, Kura 1933, scrapped by 1960
14 217803 Cerro Gordo USSB freighter 1330 1,610 251 May 1919 scrapped 1930
15 218075 Chamberino USSB freighter 1331 1,610 251 June 1919 later Marjory Weems 1929, Marjory 1931, wrecked 1952
16 217804 Chamblee USSB freighter 1332 1,610 251 May 1919 later Shoko Maru 1928. sunk by a mine 1945
17 218070 Chaperel USSB freighter 1333 1,610 251 June 1919 later Gunda 1928, torpedoed and lost 1942
18 218076 Chantier USSB freighter 1334 1,610 251 July 1919 later Roholm 1929, burned and sank 1933
19 217805 Chappell USSB freighter 1335 1,610 251 May 1919 later Isobel Weems 1926, Isobel 1931, Lanital 1937, Erice 1938, bombed and lost 1943
20 218040 Chautauqua USSB freighter 1336 1,610 251 June 1919 later Frances Weems 1925, Frances 1931, North Brook 1940, Pei Chuen 1946, wrecked 1948
21 218805 Lake Flagon USSB freighter 1853 1,610 251 Sep 1919 scrapped 1937
22 218831 Lake Flagstaff USSB freighter 1854 1,610 251 Oct 1919 later Stella Lykes 1926, Josephine 1941, Leslie 1941, torpedoed and lost 1942
23 218832 Lake Flambeau USSB freighter 1855 1,610 251 Oct 1919 later James River 1924, Frances Salman 1939, torpedoed and lost 1942
24 219069 Lake Flanders USSB freighter 1856 1,610 251 Oct 1919 later Neches 1925, in collision and sank 1930
25 219068 Lake Flatonia USSB freighter 1857 1,610 251 Oct 1919 later Texas Planter 1932, West Planter 1935, Vannes 1940, Cap de Fer 1950, Aristalex 1951, scrapped 1954
26 219188 Lake Flattery USSB freighter 1858 1,610 251 Nov 1919 later Buenaventura 1923, Caribsea 1940, torpedoed and lost 1942
27 219228 Lake Strymon USSB freighter 1859 1,610 251 Nov 1919 later City of Houston 1923, Hai Wan 1946, scrapped 1954
28 219248 La Crosse USSB freighter 1860 1,610 251 Apr 1920 later City of Fort Worth 1924, Hai Chi 1946, scrapped 1951
29 219247 Fargo USSB freighter 1861 1,610 251 Apr 1920 later Nantucket 1933, Norlago 1941, Hai Hsiang 1946, Chang Hua 1951, scrapped 1952
30 219249 Sioux Falls USSB freighter 1862 1,610 251 Apr 1920 scrapped 1930
31 219659 Great Falls USSB freighter 1863 1,610 251 Jan 1920 later Haiti 1922, Ingrid 1936, wrecked 1942
32 219654 Lake Floravista USSB freighter 1864 1,610 251 Apr 1920 later Falmouth 1925, Pinta 1947, Miget 1951, wrecked 1952
33 219655 Lake Florian USSB freighter 1865 1,610 251 Feb 1920 later Tillie Lykes 1926, torpedoed and lost 1942
34 219656 Lake Floris USSB freighter 1866 1,610 251 Apr 1920 later Merrimack 1933, torpedoed and lost 1942
35 219657 Lake Flournoy USSB freighter 1867 1,610 251 May 1920 later South Seas 1923, Velma Lykes 1929, torpedoed and lost 1942
36 220530 Theodore F. Reynolds Sugar Products Co. tanker 1,610 251 Aug 1920 later Athelstane 1923, Gard 1927, Gard Maru 1929, Hojo Maru 1929, Izumi Maru No. 1 1953, deleted 1979
37 Julius Kessler Sugar Products Co. tanker 1,610 251 July 1920 later cable ship Silvergray 1922, scrapped 1934
39 220607 Philip Publicker Sugar Products Co. tanker 1,610 251 Sep 1920 later Paco 1930, Camor 1931, Phoenix 1941, Remsen Heights 1941, Santa Barbara 1946, Navem Barbara 1954, Carlos Malburg 1961, deleted 1966
40 220797 Josefa freighter 1,610 351 Sep 1920 later Jose Tartiere 1928, scrapped 1965
41 220798 Antonio freighter 1,610 251 Oct 1920 later Elizabeth R 1921, Tachira 1922, torpedoed and lost 1942
50 221276 Interwaterways 101 Interwaterways Line freighter 1,040 243 May 1921 later Richard J. Barnes 1936, Day Peckinpaugh 1958
51 221286 Interwaterways 102 Interwaterways Line freighter 1,040 243 June 1921 later Andrew M. Barnes 1936, scrapped 1950
52 221344 Interwaterways 103 Interwaterways Line freighter 1,040 243 June 1921 later Robert Barnes Fiertz 1936, Pocahontas 1964, Andros Mariner
53 221484 Interwaterways 104 Interwaterways Line freighter 1,040 243 July 1921 later Alden Barnes Fiertz 1936, Coastal Carrier 1950, Bay Transport 1968, scrapped 1977
54 221467 Interwaterways 105 Interwaterways Line freighter 1,040 243 July 1921 later Michigan 1936, scrapped 1976
Barnes-Duluth Shipbuilding
1 168462 Tarentum MARCOM tanker (T1) 599 1,124 220 May 1943 to Britain, to China 1946 as Yung Huai, scuttled in Whangpoo River 1949
2 169589 Titusville MARCOM tanker (T1) 600 1,124 220 June 1943 to Britain, to China 1946 as Yung Han, scuttled in Whangpoo River 1949
3 168495 Mannington MARCOM tanker (T1) 601 1,124 220 May 1943 to Britain, to China 1946 as Yung Siang, Chieh She 4 and Da Qing 4, scrapped 1992
4 169610 Salt Creek MARCOM tanker (T1) 602 1,124 220 July 1943 to Britain, to Argentina 1947 as Punta Rasa, Gauchito 1970, scrapped 1989
5 169592 Glen Pool MARCOM tanker (T1) 603 1,124 220 June 1943 to Britain, to China 1946 as Yung Fei, scrapped 1959
6 169598 Jennings MARCOM tanker (T1) 604 1,124 220 June 1943 to Britain, to China 1946 as Yung Loo, scuttled in Whangpoo River 1949
7 169630 Tonkawa MARCOM tanker (T1) 605 1,124 220 Aug 1943 to Britain, to China 1946 as Yung Luan, scrapped 1965
8 169659 Cromwell MARCOM tanker (T1) 606 1,124 220 Sep 1943 to Britain, to China 1946 as Yung Chang, scrapped 1963
9 169628 Benton Field MARCOM tanker (T1) 731 1,124 220 Aug 1943 to Britain, to China 1946 as Yung Lu, scrapped 1959
10 169645 Rio Bravo MARCOM tanker (T1) 732 1,124 220 Sep 1943 to Britain, torpedoed and lost in Ostend Roads 1944
11 169751 Walnut Bend MARCOM tanker (T1) 733 1,124 220 Oct 1943 to Britain, to China 1946 as Yung Wei, Chieh She 2 and Da Qing 2, scrapped 1992
12 169663 Loma Novia MARCOM tanker (T1) 734 1,124 220 Oct 1943 to Britain, to China 1946 as Yung Fu, scrapped 1962
13 Carpito Creole Petroleum tanker 3,401 Sep 1943 later Esso Lambeth 1956, scrapped 1965
14 San Joaquin Creole Petroleum tanker 3,401 Sep 1943 later Esso San Joaquin 1948 and Pemex A 1959, wrecked 1960
15 Temblador Creole Petroleum tanker 3,401 Sep 1943 later Liquilassie1960, reefed 1987 in Tonga
16 San Cristobal Creole Petroleum tanker 3,401 Sep 1943 later Esso San Cristobal 1950, Bermuda Explorer 1960, Witwater 1968, sank 1968
17 Guarico Creole Petroleum tanker 3,401 Oct 1943 later Esso Wandsworth, in collision and scrapped 1965
18 Guiria Creole Petroleum tanker 3,401 Oct 1943 later Esso Guiria 1948, scrapped 1962
19 Valera Creole Petroleum tanker 3,401 Oct 1943 torpedoed and lost in Caribbean 1944
20 245493 David R. Le Craw MARCOM freighter (N3) 1634 1,870 250 May 1944 sold 1948 as Drakvik, Armira and los Caribes, exploded and sank 1958
21 245486 James Miller MARCOM freighter (N3) 1635 1,870 250 May 1944 scrapped 1966
22 245489 Samuel Samuels MARCOM freighter (N3) 1636 1,870 250 May 1944 sold 1948 as Treviso, Didi, Paprika and Milonga, sank 1965
23 245488 Joseph Hamilton MARCOM freighter (N3) 1637 1,870 250 May 1944 sold 1947 as Santa Rosa, scrapped 1967
24 245487 John D. Whidden MARCOM freighter (N3) 1638 1,870 250 May 1944 to USA 1949, to USN 1951 as Aquarius (AK-263), scrapped 1960
25 245485 George W. Brown MARCOM freighter (N3) 1639 1,870 250 June 1944 sold 1948 as Rovigo, scrapped 1963
26 245484 George Crocker MARCOM freighter (N3) 1640 1,870 250 June 1944 scrapped 1966
27 245483 Frank Dale MARCOM freighter (N3) 1641 1,870 250 June 1944 sold 1948 as Caleta Olivia, scrapped 1970
Walter Butler Shipbuilders
328 246500 Cape Somerset MARCOM freighter (C1) 2239 3,805 325 Aug 1944 completed as James W. Reese, sold 1945 as Cringle Reefer, scrapped 1974
329 246501 Cape Stanhope MARCOM freighter (C1) 2240 3,805 325 Oct 1944 completed as Rodger W. Young, sold 1945 as Bowline Reefer, scrapped 1973
330 246506 Elmer J. Burr MARCOM freighter (C1) 2241 3,805 325 Oct 1944 completed as Crown Reefer, wrecked and scrapped 1946
331 246513 William G. Fournier MARCOM freighter (C1) 2242 3,805 325 Nov 1944 completed as Star Reefer, scrapped 1974
332 246509 Kenneth E. Gruennert MARCOM freighter (C1) 2243 3,805 325 Dec 1944 completed as Grommet Reefer, to USN 1950 as T-AF-53, wrecked and scrapped 1953
333 247088 Lewis Hall MARCOM freighter (C1) 2244 3,805 325 Nov 1944 completed as Mesh Knot, to Taiwan 1948, Union Power, Seven Stars and Timber Three, scrapped 1968
334 247163 Joe P. Martinez MARCOM freighter (C1) 2245 3,805 325 Feb 1945 completed as Round Splice, to USA 1947 as PVT Jose F. Valdez, to USN 1950 as APC-119, T-AG-169, to NDRF 1970, scrapped 1977
335 247311 William N. Nelson MARCOM freighter (C1) 2246 3,805 325 July 1945 completed as Cable Eye, sold 1948 as Union Star, scrapped 1968
336 247260 Alexander R. Nininger, Jr. MARCOM freighter (C1) 2247 3,805 325 Mar 1945 completed as Acorn Knot, to USA 1947 as SGT George D. Keathley, to USN 1950 as T-APC-117, T-AGS-35 1966, to Taiwan 1972 as Chu Hwa, sunk as target 1989
337 247269 Roband Hitch MARCOM freighter (C1) 2248 3,805 325 Mar 1945 completed as Roband Hitch, sold 1946 as Jutahy, Sargent, Pamit and Bambero, scrapped 1970
338 247270 Harold W. Roberts MARCOM freighter (C1) 2249 3,805 325 Apr 1945 completed as Irish Splice, scrapped 1970
339 247684 Honda Knot MARCOM freighter (C1) 2250 3,805 325 Apr 1945 scrapped 1972
340 247905 Shamrock Knot MARCOM freighter (C1) 2137 3,805 325 May 1945 sold 1947 as Manaqui, Victoria T, Vaquline Pierce, Santiago Express, Paola IX, Venus and Astro, scrapped 1984
341 248052 Fiador Knot MARCOM freighter (C1) 2138 3,805 325 May 1945 sold 1946 as Petrochem and converted to chemical carrier, scuttled with obsolete ammo 1970
342 248122 Lever's Bend MARCOM freighter (C1) 2139 3,805 325 June 1945 sold 1946 as Galena, scrapped 1972
343 248170 Manrope Knot MARCOM freighter (C1) 2140 3,805 325 July 1945 hulked 1972, sold 1979 as Esk-Ind-Al Sea and converted to fish factory ship, scrapped 1993
344 248358 Marline Hitch MARCOM freighter (C1) 2135 3,805 325 July 1945 sold 1946 as Don Aurelio, Normarti, converted 1958 to the world's first LNG carrier, Methane Pioneer, LPG storage barge Aristotle in Recife 1971, scrapped 1979
345 248568 Mainsheet Eye MARCOM freighter (C1) 2136 3,805 325 Aug 1945 sold 1947 as Republica de Colombia, Ciudad de Turbo, scrapped 1994

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