Ballard Marine Railway
Seattle WA
Most recent update: October 13, 2019.
Ballard Marine Railway (and the related company, Ballard Shipbuilding) was a significant small shipyard from the 19th century through WWII. It was taken over in 1946 by Pacific Fishermen, a collective of Ballard fishermen who wanted control over who repaired their boats. Visit them at pacificfishermen.com and see the yard, which is at the foot of 24th Avenue NW, from the air on Google here.
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| O/N | Name | Customer | Type | GT | LOA | Built | Notes | |
| Built by Ballard Marine Railway | ||||||||
| 3488 | Bailey Gatzert | ferry | 560 | 177 | 1890 | |||
| 209855 | Hydra | John C. Holton | trawler | 31 | 48 | 1912 | ||
| 212310 | Miss Debbri | trawler | 25 | 44 | 1914 | |||
| 216193 | T. C. Reed | American Tugboat | tugboat | 277 | 109 | 1918 | NLD | |
| 216542 | Salmon King | Alaska Packers Assoc. | trawler | 1,377 | 202 | 1918 | later H. B. Lovejoy, breakwater in Pablo Bay | |
| 215 | 1919 | |||||||
| 215 | 1919 | |||||||
| 215 | 1919 | |||||||
| 221172 | Creosote | tugboat | 31 | 50 | 1921 | |||
| 224248 | Acorn | Oak Harbor ferry | passenger freighter | 43 | 61 | 1924 | ||
| 224527 | Deception Pass | trawler | 63 | 64 | 1924 | |||
| 224680 | Mahoe | Hawaiian T & B | tugboat | 231 | 111 | 1925 | Said, at the time, to be the world's largest diesel tug | |
| 226195 | Sultan | trawler | 14 | 38 | 1926 | |||
| 226921 | El Mistico | recreational | 20 | 43 | 1927 | |||
| 228291 | Mikimiki | Hawaiian T & B | tugboat | 264 | 115 | 1928 | ||
| Penguin | US Bureau of Fisheries | passenger freighter | 394 | 130 | 1930 | sold 1951, Carib Queen (Cayman I.) 1957 | ||
| BYMS-25 | US Navy | minesweeper | 278d | 136 | 14 Jul 1942 | returned 1946, sold 1947 | ||
| BYMS-26 | US Navy | minesweeper | 278d | 136 | 22 Aug 1942 | sold 1946 as car ferry, Jacques Cousteau's research ship Calypso | ||
| BYMS-27 | US Navy | minesweeper | 278d | 136 | 20 Sep 1942 | to Italy 1947 as Oleandro, struck 1966 | ||
| BYMS-28 | US Navy | minesweeper | 278d | 136 | 29 Oct 1942 | to Egypt 1949 as Arish, discarded 1970 | ||
| YMS-326 | US Navy | minesweeper | 278d | 136 | 15 Mar 1943 | struck 1946 | ||
| YMS-327 | US Navy | minesweeper | 278d | 136 | 19 Apr 1943 | reclassified 1947 as Ruff (AMS-54), sold 1969 | ||
| 290117 | YMS-328 | US Navy | minesweeper | 278d | 136 | 26 May 1943 | sold 1946, to John Wayne in 1965 as Wild Goose, a dinner cruise boat in Newport Beach CA | |
| YMS-329 | US Navy | minesweeper | 278d | 136 | 3 Jul 1943 | scuttled 1948 | ||
| YMS-330 | US Navy | minesweeper | 278d | 136 | 6 Aug 1943 | to Korea 1948 as Kang Kyong, scrapped 1963 | ||
| YMS-331 | US Navy | minesweeper | 278d | 136 | 10 Sep 1943 | struck 1946 | ||
| YMS-332 | US Navy | minesweeper | 278d | 136 | 12 Oct 1943 | to the USSR 1945 as T-611, scrapped 1956 | ||
| YMS-333 | US Navy | minesweeper | 278d | 136 | 2 Dec 1943 | struck 1946 | ||
| PCS-1457 | US Navy | subchaser | 245d | 136 | 26 Feb 1944 | later John Blish (AGS-10, then AGSC-10), scrapped 1950 | ||
| PCS-1458 | US Navy | subchaser | 245d | 136 | 17 May 1944 | later Derickson, sold 1948 | ||
| YP-635 | US Navy | patrol craft | 403d | 117 | 1945 | to USFWS 1948 as Hugh M. Smith, to Am. Samoa 1963, to Philippine MMA 1965 as Habagat, wrecked 1969 | ||
| YP-636 | US Navy | patrol craft | 403d | 117 | 1945 | lost 1946 | ||
| Built by Pacific Fishermen | ||||||||
| 284991 | Northern Light II | trawler | 59 | 50 | 1961 | later Cinnamon Girl | ||
| 292022 | Jerilyn | Peter Jack, Sr. | trawler | 41 | 49 | 1963 | ||
| 293252 | Mary D | trawler | 41 | 49 | 1963 | later Julie Ann | ||
| 298580 | Cape Falcon | John M. Kristovich | trawler | 42 | 49 | 1965 | ||
| 504144 | Sea Ern | Sea Ern LLC | trawler | 197 | 106 | 1966 | ||
| 506261 | Tempest | Northwest Tempest | trawler | 174 | 106 | 1966 | ||
| 506986 | Shellfish | J & R Dooley Shellfish | trawler | 196 | 92 | 1967 | ||
| 508212 | Viking Queen | Icicle Seafoods | trawler | 195 | 103 | 1967 | ||
| Teejin | trawler | 194 | 109 | 1967 | ||||
| 6 | 511315 | Amatuli | Amatuli Fishing | trawler | 197 | 103 | 1967 | |
| Dauntless | trawler | 194 | 109 | 1967 | ||||
| 512076 | North Star | trawler | 194 | 109 | 1967 | later Pacific Star, Tugidak, Silver Bay | ||
| 9 | 513354 | Tuxedni | Trident Seafoods | trawler | 187 | 101 | 1968 | |
| 522574 | Valiant | Bowlden Inc | trawler | 195 | 105 | 1969 | ||
| 11 | 523762 | Confidence | Haerling Enterprises | trawler | 182 | 90 | 1969 | |
| 523787 | Endeavor | trawler | 198 | 89 | 1969 | sank 1983 | ||
| Resolution | trawler | 198 | 89 | 1969 | ||||
| 523458 | Seaview | Alf O. Sorvik | trawler | 197 | 98 | 1969 | sank 1986 | |
| 525956 | Adventure | L F K Inc | trawler | 188 | 90 | 1970 | ||
| 526037 | Discovery | trawler | 199 | 81 | 1970 | later Elizabeth F | ||