Bellingham Marine
Bellingham WA
Most recent update: August 22, 2016.
Bellingham Marine Railway Co. was a boat repair business going back to the early years of the 20th century: it became Bellingham Marine Railway and Boatbuilding Co. In 1921 when they built a new facility on the west side of Whatcom Creek waterway, on Squalicum Creek. It was owned by O. I. Thorsen and J. G. Brown, who were joined in 1928 by A. S. Nilsen, of Nilsen & Keletz, the Seattle shipbuilders. In 1941, it became Bellingham Shipyards when it merged with Bellingham Iron Works, and after the war it was renamed Bellingham Marine. It closed in 1963. The site is now occupied by B & J Fiberglass. See it from the air on Google here.
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O/N | Name | Customer | Type | Tons | LOA | Delivered | Notes | ||
214872 | Carlisle II | Kitsap Transit | ferry | 95 | 59 | 1917 | |||
227309 | Robert A | recreational | 1928 | NLD | |||||
228810 | Ursa Major | recreational | 54 | 57 | 1929 | deleted 2010 | |||
Royal Navy | minesweeper | BYMS-17 | 278 | 136 | 30 May 1942 | to China 1948, struck 1976 | |||
Royal Navy | minesweeper | BYMS-18 | 278 | 136 | 16 Jul 1942 | to South Korea 1947 as YMS-517 | |||
Royal Navy | minesweeper | BYMS-19 | 278 | 136 | 8 Aug 1942 | mined off Cotrone and lost 1943 | |||
Royal Navy | minesweeper | BYMS-20 | 278 | 136 | 29 Aug 1942 | returned 1946, sold 1947 | |||
Lincoln Salvor | Royal Navy | rescue ship | BARS-9 | 1,089 | 213 | 27 Dec 1942 | returned 1946 | ||
Southampton Salvor | Royal Navy | rescue ship | BARS-10 | 1,089 | 213 | 20 Feb 1943 | returned 1946 | ||
Quebec Salvor | Royal Navy | rescue ship | BARS-11 | 1,089 | 213 | 24 Feb 1944 | retained as USS Valve (ARS-28), struck 1948 | ||
Queen Salvor | Royal Navy | rescue ship | BARS-12 | 1,089 | 213 | 6 Apr 1944 | retained as USS Vent (ARS-29), struck 1948 | ||
US Navy | lighter | YFN-698 | 170 | 110 | 1943 | disposed-of 1946 | |||
US Navy | lighter | YFN-699 | 170 | 110 | 1943 | later YC-1354 | |||
US Navy | lighter | YFN-700 | 170 | 110 | 1943 | disposed-of 1946 | |||
US Navy | lighter | YFN-701 | 170 | 110 | 1943 | lost 1946 | |||
US Navy | lighter | YFN-702 | 170 | 110 | 1943 | disposed-of 1946 | |||
US Navy | lighter | YFN-703 | 170 | 110 | 1943 | lost 1946 | |||
US Navy | lighter | YFN-704 | 170 | 110 | 1943 | ||||
US Navy | lighter | YFN-705 | 170 | 110 | 1943 | ||||
US Navy | lighter | YFN-706 | 170 | 110 | 1943 | ||||
US Navy | lighter | YFN-707 | 170 | 110 | 1943 | later YC-1570 | |||
US Navy | minesweeper | YMS-269 | 278 | 136 | 23 Feb 1943 | struck 1946 | |||
253153 | US Navy | minesweeper | YMS-270 | 278 | 136 | 25 Mar 1943 | sold 1946 as Pauline | ||
US Navy | minesweeper | YMS-271 | 278 | 136 | 21 Apr 1943 | reclassified 1947 as Lorikeet (MSC(O) 49), scrapped 1968 | |||
US Navy | minesweeper | YMS-272 | 278 | 136 | 28 May 1943 | to the USSR 1945 as T-597 | |||
US Navy | minesweeper | YMS-273 | 278 | 136 | 7 Jul 1943 | to the USSR 1945 as T-598 | |||
253418 | US Navy | minesweeper | YMS-274 | 278 | 136 | 29 Jul 1943 | sold 1946 as Plaxco | ||
US Navy | minesweeper | YMS-275 | 278 | 136 | 20 Aug 1943 | lost 1945 | |||
255684 | US Navy | minesweeper | YMS-276 | 278 | 136 | 22 Sep 1943 | sold 1946 as Wolf IV | ||
US Navy | minesweeper | YMS-342 | 278 | 136 | 16 Oct 1943 | struck 1946 | |||
254858 | US Navy | minesweeper | YMS-343 | 278 | 136 | 11 Nov 1943 | sold 1946 as K. A. Covell | ||
254445 | US Navy | minesweeper | YMS-344 | 278 | 136 | 26 Nov 1943 | later YDG-6, sold 1946 as Joe M | ||
US Navy | minesweeper | YMS-345 | 278 | 136 | 11 Dec 1943 | struck 1946 | |||
US Navy | subchaser | PCS-1461 | 278 | 136 | 1 Feb 1944 | destroyed by typhoon Louise 9-Oct-45 | |||
US Navy | subchaser | PCS-1462 | 278 | 136 | 15 Mar 1944 | completed asYMS-480, YDG-7, sold 1947 | |||
US Navy | subchaser | PCS-1463 | 278 | 136 | 15 Mar 1944 | completed as YMS-481, sunk off Borneo and lost 1945 | |||
US Navy | subchaser | PCS-1464 | 278 | 136 | 1 Jan 1945 | later Medric (AMc-203) | |||
US Navy | subchaser | PCS-1465 | 278 | 136 | 1 Jan 1945 | later Minah (AMc-204) | |||
US Navy | tugboat | ATR-68 | 850 | 165 | 15 May 1944 | disposed-of 1946 | |||
US Navy | tugboat | ATR-69 | 850 | 165 | 8 Jul 1944 | disposed-of 1946 | |||
US Navy | tugboat | ATR-70 | 850 | 165 | 28 Aug 1944 | disposed-of 1946 | |||
US Navy | tugboat | ATR-71 | 850 | 165 | 12 Oct 1944 | disposed-of 1946 | |||
US Navy | tugboat | ATR-72 | 850 | 165 | 25 Nov 1944 | disposed-of 1946 | |||
US Navy | tugboat | ATR-73 | 850 | 165 | 1 Jan 1945 | disposed-of 1946 | |||
251670 | US Navy | minesweeper | YMS-410 | 278 | 136 | 18 Sep 1944 | sold 1946 as Santa Teresa | ||
US Navy | minesweeper | YMS-411 | 278 | 136 | 9 Aug 1944 | to the Philippines 1947 | |||
US Navy | minesweeper | YMS-412 | 278 | 136 | 16 Sep 1944 | struck 1946 | |||
US Navy | minesweeper | YMS-413 | 278 | 136 | 26 Oct 1944 | to South Korea 1948 as Kwang Chu, struck 1972 | |||
US Navy | tugboat | YTL-430 | 70 | 65 | 1944 | sold 1970 | |||
US Navy | tugboat | YTL-431 | 70 | 65 | 1944 | later a diving platform at PSNSY | |||
US Navy | tugboat | YTL-432 | 70 | 65 | 1944 | sold 1972 | |||
US Navy | tugboat | YTL-433 | 70 | 65 | 1944 | to Cambodia 1973 | |||
US Navy | tugboat | YTL-434 | 70 | 65 | 1944 | to be museum ship Eugene H at MINSY | |||
US Navy | tugboat | YTL-435 | 70 | 65 | 1944 | struck 1979 | |||
US Navy | tugboat | YTL-436 | 70 | 65 | 1944 | struck 1970 | |||
US Navy | tugboat | YTL-437 | 70 | 65 | 1944 | to France 1953 as Cygne | |||
932518 | US Navy | tugboat | YTL-583 | 70 | 65 | 1945 | sold 1985, Dry Pass, Dixie Star, No 5 | ||
US Navy | tugboat | YTL-584 | 70 | 65 | 1945 | to Taiwan 1964 | |||
US Navy | tugboat | YTL-585 | 70 | 65 | 1945 | to Taiwan 1964 | |||
US Navy | tugboat | YTL-586 | 70 | 65 | 1945 | to Vietnam 1971 | |||
536304 | US Navy | tugboat | YTL-587 | 70 | 65 | 1945 | sold 1969, Fury | ||
1218705 | US Navy | tugboat | YTL-588 | 70 | 65 | 1945 | sold, barge Millewa | ||
US Navy | tugboat | YTL-589 | 70 | 65 | 1945 | to Uruguay 1965 | |||
US Navy | tugboat | YTL-590 | 70 | 65 | 1945 | to Vietnam 1963 | |||
US Navy | tugboat | YTL-591 | 70 | 65 | 1945 | sold 1985 | |||
US Navy | tugboat | YTL-592 | 70 | 65 | 1945 | to Vietnam 1963 | |||
US Navy | lighter | YFN-925 | 170 | 110 | 1944 | later YC-1511 | |||
US Navy | lighter | YFN-926 | 170 | 110 | 1944 | lost 1945 | |||
US Navy | lighter | YFN-927 | 170 | 110 | 1944 | later YC-1547, scrapped 1999 | |||
US Navy | lighter | YFN-928 | 170 | 110 | 1944 | ||||
US Navy | lighter | YFN-929 | 170 | 110 | 1944 | ||||
US Navy | lighter | YFN-930 | 170 | 110 | 1944 | ||||
US Navy | lighter | YFN-931 | 170 | 110 | 1944 | ||||
US Navy | lighter | YFN-932 | 170 | 110 | 1944 | ||||
US Navy | lighter | YFN-933 | 170 | 110 | 1944 | ||||
US Navy | lighter | YFN-934 | 170 | 110 | 1944 | ||||
US Navy | lighter | YFN-935 | 170 | 110 | 1944 | ||||
US Navy | lighter | YFN-936 | 170 | 110 | 1944 | ||||
US Navy | lighter | YFN-937 | 170 | 110 | 1944 | ||||
US Navy | lighter | YFN-938 | 170 | 110 | 1944 | later YC-1343 | |||
US Navy | lighter | YFN-939 | 170 | 110 | 1944 | ||||
251356 | US Navy | tank barge | YO-216 | 220 | 165 | 1946 | cancelled, completed as Foss 96, Rollie | ||
253421 | US Navy | tank barge | YO-217 | 220 | 165 | 1946 | cancelled, completed as Foss 97, Amix IX (Canada O.N. 809672) | ||
270154 | US Navy | patrol craft | YP-641 | 403 | 117 | 1945 | sold as Del Sur, San Joaquin 1956, Katherine M 1972, derelict 1991 | ||
256409 | US Navy | patrol craft | YP-642 | 403 | 117 | 1945 | sold 1949 as Helen Ann, burned 1958 | ||
536292 | Calico | trawler | 234 | 125 | 1943 | deleted 1990 | |||
543958 | ex-YTL ? | tugboat | 52 | 61 | 1944 | later Shad W. Sanders, Doris L, Doris | |||
532533 | ex-YTL ? | tugboat | 50 | 61 | 1944 | later Pronto, Seaway 2 | |||
1119218 | ex-YFN ? | freight barge | 149 | 110 | 1944 | later H, YC-1 | |||
512027 | ex-YFN ? | freight barge | 336 | 110 | 1944 | later KC 41 | |||
280477 | Seafisher | passenger | 12 | 36 | 1945 | deleted | |||
258139 | Arline | trawler | 40 | 50 | 1949 | ||||
258247 | Nancy Rose | trawler | 48 | 50 | 1949 | ||||
257779 | St. Peter | trawler | 40 | 50 | 1949 | deleted 2002 | |||
260117 | St. Peter | trawler | 44 | 50 | 1950 | ||||
262266 | Yankee | trawler | 51 | 50 | 1951 | later Tlingit Lady | |||
266209 | Tormentor V | recreational | 29 | 45 | 1953 | later Sea Bell, deleted 2007 | |||
267862 | Little Mo | tugboat | 10 | 32 | 1954 | deleted 2004 | |||
Berneval | French Navy | minesweeper | MSO-450 | 780 | 172 | 23 Dec 1953 | M-613, struck 1987 | ||
Bir Hacheim | French Navy | minesweeper | MSO-451 | 780 | 172 | 24 Feb 1954 | M-614, to Uruguay 1970 as Maldonado (MS-33): scrapped 1979 | ||
Garigliano | French Navy | minesweeper | MSO-452 | 780 | 172 | 29 Apr 1954 | M-617, sunk as target 1996 | ||
Alencon | French Navy | minesweeper | MSO-453 | 780 | 172 | 23 Jun 1954 | M-612, struck 1983 | ||
Dompaire | French Navy | minesweeper | MSO-454 | 780 | 172 | 23 Jun 1954 | M-616, struck 1987 | ||
My Tho | French Navy | minesweeper | MSO-475 | 780 | 172 | 1 Dec 1953 | M-615, struck 1989 | ||
Can Tho | French Navy | minesweeper | MSO-476 | 780 | 172 | 1 Oct 1954 | M-618, struck 1987 | ||
Vinh Long | French Navy | minesweeper | MSO-477 | 780 | 172 | 5 Jan 1955 | M-619, scrapped 1992 | ||
Sao Jorge | Portuguese Navy | minesweeper | MSO-478 | 780 | 172 | 30 Apr 1954 | M-415, discarded 1973 | ||
Pico | Portuguese Navy | minesweeper | MSO-479 | 780 | 172 | 18 Jun 1954 | M-416, discarded 1973, sunk in Ostend harbor | ||
Olno | Italian Navy | minesweeper | MSO-133 | 390 | 144 | 30 Mar 1954 | M-5512, scrapped 1980 | ||
Pino | Italian Navy | minesweeper | MSO-134 | 390 | 144 | 13 May 1954 | M-5514, scrapped 1989 | ||
Pioppo | Italian Navy | minesweeper | MSO-135 | 390 | 144 | 30 Jun 1954 | M-5515, scrapped 1980 | ||
Platano | Italian Navy | minesweeper | MSO-136 | 390 | 144 | 9 Sep 1954 | M-5516, struck 1990 | ||
Quercia | Italian Navy | minesweeper | MSO-137 | 390 | 144 | 4 Nov 1954 | M-5517, struck 1981 | ||
Muhafiz | Pakistani Navy | minesweeper | MSO-138 | 390 | 144 | 6 Feb 1955 | M-163, sunk by Indian Navy 1971 | ||
Lagen | Norwegian Navy | minesweeper | MSO-498 | 780 | 172 | 27 Sep 1955 | M-950, to Belgium 1966 as A.F. Dufour (M-903), scrapped 2002 | ||
Nansen | Norwegian Navy | minesweeper | MSO-499 | 780 | 172 | 1 Nov 1955 | M-951, to Belgium 1966 as De Brouwer (M-904), scrapped 2002 | ||
Berlaimont | French Navy | minesweeper | MSO-500 | 780 | 172 | 12 Dec 1955 | M-620, struck 1989 | ||
Origny | French Navy | minesweeper | MSO-501 | 780 | 172 | 23 Jan 1956 | M-621, converted to A-640 in 1962 | ||
Autun | French Navy | minesweeper | MSO-502 | 780 | 172 | 14 Mar 1956 | M-622, scrapped 1985 | ||
Vireo | US Navy | minesweeper | MSC-205 | 390 | 144 | 7 Jun 1955 | to Fiji 1976 as Kiro (M-205): discarded 1985 | ||
Warbler | US Navy | minesweeper | MSC-206 | 390 | 144 | 23 Jul 1955 | to Fiji 1976 as Kula (M-206): discarded 1990 | ||
Whippoorwill | US Navy | minesweeper | MSC-207 | 390 | 144 | 20 Oct 1955 | to Singapore 1975 as Jupiter (M101): discarded 1990 | ||
Widgeon | US Navy | minesweeper | MSC-208 | 390 | 144 | 16 Nov 1955 | scrapped 1974 | ||
Woodpecker | US Navy | minesweeper | MSC-209 | 390 | 144 | 3 Feb 1956 | to Fiji 1976 as Kikau (M-204): discarded 1990 | ||
Zambales | Philippine Navy | minesweeper | MSC-218 | 390 | 144 | 15 Feb 1956 | struck 1979 | ||
Zamboanga del Norte | Philippine Navy | minesweeper | MSC-219 | 390 | 144 | 3 Apr 1956 | struck 1979 | ||
Jucar | Spanish Navy | minesweeper | MSC-220 | 390 | 144 | 4 Jun 1956 | M-23 | ||
Omosund | Danish Navy | minesweeper | MSC-221 | 390 | 144 | 23 May 1956 | struck 1982 | ||
676231 | C-103967 | US Navy | 15 | 36 | 1956 | later fishing vessel Oosik | |||
523486 | Cin-Mar | unidentified | 9 | 34 | 1956 | deleted 2008 | |||
273804 | Kemo Sabay | Peter Kink | trawler | 46 | 49 | 1957 | deleted 2010 | ||
273805 | Patty J | S. A. Johnson | trawler | 46 | 49 | 1957 | deleted 2010 | ||
273844 | Yankee | Paul Glenovich | trawler | 46 | 49 | 1957 | later Rebound, Sea Fury | ||
273845 | Yankee Boy | Robert Glenovich | trawler | 46 | 49 | 1957 | |||
274080 | Yankee Girl | John Glenovich | trawler | 46 | 49 | 1957 | deleted | ||
Samsun | Turkish Navy | minesweeper | MSC-268 | 390 | 144 | 30 Sep 1958 | M-510 | ||
Ebro | Spanish Navy | minesweeper | MSC-269 | 390 | 144 | 19 Dec 1958 | M-26, struck 2005 | ||
Sinop | Turkish Navy | minesweeper | MSC-270 | 390 | 144 | 23 Jan 1959 | M-511, struck 2004 | ||
Surmene | Turkish Navy | minesweeper | MSC-271 | 390 | 144 | 27 Mar 1959 | M-512 | ||
Seddulbahir | Turkish Navy | minesweeper | MSC-272 | 390 | 144 | 24 Apr 1959 | M-513 | ||
Munsif | Pakistani Navy | minesweeper | MSC-273 | 390 | 144 | 25 Jun 1959 | struck 1979 | ||
Mukhtar | Pakistani Navy | minesweeper | MSC-274 | 390 | 144 | 25 Jun 1959 | struck 1995 | ||
Shahbaz | Iranian Navy | minesweeper | MSC-275 | 390 | 144 | 22 Nov 1959 | M-32, lost by fire 1975 | ||
Shahrokh | Iranian Navy | minesweeper | MSC-276 | 390 | 144 | 28 Oct 1959 | M-31 | ||
Cove | US Navy | minesweeper | MSI-1 | 232 | 112 | 20 Nov 1958 | scrapped 1984 | ||
Cape | US Navy | minesweeper | MSI-2 | 232 | 112 | 27 Feb 1959 | to Johns Hopkins 1970, returned 1985, sold 1992 | ||
285281 | Admiral | Peter Zuanich | trawler | 53 | 50 | 1961 |