Jenks Shipbuilding ~ Shipbuilding History

Jenks Shipbuilding

Port Huron MI

Jenks Shipbuilding Company was started in 1889. In 1903, it was reorganized and became Port Huron Shipbuilding but only built two more ships before closing. The yard was at Erie and Quay Streets, on the north bank of Black River.

	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	LOA	Built	Notes
Built by Jenks Shipbuilding
1	155198	O. O. Carpenter	H. E. Runnels	freighter	364		1892	later Massasoit 1905, scrapped 1931
2	157350	Desmond	A. M. Carpenter	freighter	456		1892	foundered 1917
3	96230	H. E. Runnels	Runnels SS Co	freighter	862		1893	wrecked 1919
4	141264	Lloyd S. Porter	R. M. Jenks	freighter	489		1893	burned 1917
5	126998	C. D. Thompson		tugboat	92		1893	abandoned 1940
6	127037	C. L. Boynton	Thompson Towing	tugboat	103		1894	Ufasco 1919, scrapped 1940
7	121004	F. J. Haynes		tugboat	27		1895
8	3651	B. B. Inman		tugboat	89		1895	scrapped 1916
9	161767	Vigilant		tugboat	372		1896	burned 1936
10	141370	Linden	Sandusky Box Co	freighter	894		1895	burned 1923
11	3721	Black Rock	A. M. Carpenter	freighter	1,646		1896	deleted 1925
12	81617	W. G. Mason		tugboat	99		1898	abandoned 1926
13	111284	Ravenscraig	Volunteer Transit	freighter	2,280		Apr 1900	Edward F. Cragin 1918, Eugenio Cantoni 1919, scrapped 1923
14	127469	Capt. Thomas Wilson	Wilson Transit Co	bulk carrier	4,719		Sep 1900	Kickapoo 1943, scrapped 1947
15	161178	Kennebec	F. B. Chesbrough	freighter	2,183		May 1901	foundered 1921
16	127547	Charles S. Neff	Mack S.S. Co	freighter	1,069		June 1901	Serpentine 1919, Gabino 1921, Weston M. Carroll 1925, San Pedro 1950, foundered 1955
17	96584	Henry Steinbrenner	Kinsman Transit Co	bulk carrier	4,719		Oct 1901	foundered 1953
18	161199	Kanawha	F. B. Chesbrough	freighter	2,182		Apr 1902	foundered 1916
19	77559	John B. Cowle	Cowle Tptn Co	bulk carrier	4,731		Nov 1902	scrapped 1979
20	59589	T. F. Newman	Great Lakes Towing	barge	855		1902
21	77566	James R. Elliott	City of Detroit	fireboat	210		1902	Normac 1930, restaurant in Toronto 1969, in Port Dalhousie
22		Hyacinth	U.S. Light House Service	buoy tender	738		June 1903	sold 1946
23			Chesbrough Bros	yacht	50		1902
24			U.S. Lake Survey	pontoons			1902
25	200031	Eastland	Michigan S.S. Co	passenger	1,961		July 1903	Wilmette 1917, scrapped 1947
26	200560	F. B. Squire	Mack S.S. Co	bulk carrier	4,582		Dec 1903	Harry Wm. Hosford 1936, scrapped 1961
Built by Port Huron Shipbuilding
		Alfred E. Hunt	Port Huron Const.	dredge	510		Sep 1907
	163431	Cuilene Rhu	Dunbar & Sullivan	barge	160		Feb 1908