Dachel-Carter Shipbuilding

Benton Harbor MI

Dachel-Carter was started in 1915 by Peter Dachel and A. B. Carter, two former employees of Truscott Boatbuilding. In the 1930s, it struggled to survive and built few boats, but was saved from closing by new investors and had a busy WWII, growing to over 600 employees. It folded after the war. The yard was at the west end of West Main Street, on the Benton Harbor Ship Canal: it later became a machining plant for Whirlpool Corporation, whose corporate headquarters are just across the street.

O/N Name Customer Type GT LOA Built Notes
Miss Toledo R. M. Ellery motor boat 60 1917 to USN 1917 as SP-1711, returned 1918
215719 Morning Star motor yacht 38 55 1917 later Silverheels, Strad II
220404 Lady Guyon motor yacht 27 60 1917 later C. P. D.
216868 B & J Balow & Johnson fish tugboat 43 60 1918 later Frank Deitch, P. M. Wilson, dismantled 1952
216974 Yankee Boy tugboat 30 47 1918 later Nassau
220494 Badger USSB harbor tugboat 176 100 1919 sold 1922 as Dalzellite, abandoned 1951
220493 Leopard USSB harbor tugboat 176 100 1919 to USCG 1926, sold 1935 as Leopard, Charles D. McAllister, scrapped 1953
283170 CG-140 USCG patrol boat 37d 75 1925 to WSA 1946, sold as News-Poster II
CG-141 USCG patrol boat 37d 75 1925
250878 CG-142 USCG patrol boat 37d 75 1925 to USN 1933 as YP-25, sold 1946 as Lady Ann, burned 1947
CG-143 USCG patrol boat 37d 75 1925 to WSA 1946
CG-144 USCG patrol boat 37d 75 1925
CG-145 USCG patrol boat 37d 75 1925 to WSA 1946
CG-146 USCG patrol boat 37d 75 1925 to USN 1933 as YP-46, disposed-of 1946
CG-147 USCG patrol boat 37d 75 1925 to WSA 1946
CG-148 USCG patrol boat 37d 75 1925 to WSA 1946
250877 CG-149 USCG patrol boat 37d 75 1925 to USN 1933 as YP-15, sold 1946 as Lady Pauline, scrapped 1964
Chicago YC sailboat 1925-26 Six Eagle-class boats
Privateer R. P. Benedict schooner 44 1925 later Poseidon II, Marijon III, Tahoma, Sayonara
272692 Allana Henry Shurfeldt schooner 44 1926 later Admiral, Allana, Velma, Sea-Rip
Sauk Hubert Smith schooner 44 1927 later Spindrift
Aurora III W. F. Jennison schooner 44 1927 later Monsoon, Leading Lady, Our Lady
227684 Edward L Edward Lutz fishing boat 31 52 1927 later Iva T, Eila Marie, scrapped 1973
236256 Buddy L Edward Lutz fishing boat 16 35 1936
Brunnhilde Ernest Bath sloop 32 1940 later Viking
BYMS-15 US Navy minesweeper 278d 135 21 Jul 1942 to Britain 1942, returned 1946, sold 1947
BYMS-16 US Navy minesweeper 278d 135 9 Jun 1942 to Britain 1942, returned 1946, to Greece
SC-664 US Navy subchaser 136d 110 25 Aug 1942 to FLC 1946
SC-665 US Navy subchaser 136d 110 10 Aug 1942 sold 1950
250638 P-98 US Army boat, rescue 139 104 Jan 1943 sold as Poraco VII
P-99 US Army boat, rescue 104 Jan 1943
P-100 US Army boat, rescue 104 Jan 1943
P-101 US Army boat, rescue 104 Jan 1943
257597 YMS-163 US Navy minesweeper 278d 135 8 Mar 1943 sold 1946 as Michelle Eve, Aleutian Reefer
286385 YMS-164 US Navy minesweeper 278d 135 27 Mar 1943 later Bobolink (AMS-2) 1947, MHC-44 1955, sold 1960 as Gail Borden
YMS-165 US Navy minesweeper 278d 135 3 Apr 1943 scuttled 1948
261742 YMS-166 US Navy minesweeper 278d 135 27 May 1943 sold 1946 as Hope
YMS-167 US Navy minesweeper 278d 135 31 Jul 1943 to Britain 1943 as BYMS-2167, sold 1948 as Rospiggen, sank 1975
YMS-168 US Navy minesweeper 278d 135 29 Aug 1943 to Britain 1943 as BYMS-2168
YMS-169 US Navy minesweeper 278d 135 19 Jun 1943 to France 1944 as Amarante (D-301), discarded 1961
YMS-170 US Navy minesweeper 278d 135 10 Jul 1943 later Bunting (AMS-3) 1947, MHC-45 1955, struck 1960
255630 PCS-1417 US Navy subchaser 278d 135 8 Jan 1944 sold 1948 as Shark, NLD
PCS-1418 US Navy subchaser 278d 135 15 Jan 1944 sunk by typhoon Louise 9-Oct-45
251850 PCS-1419 US Navy subchaser 278d 135 20 Mar 1944 sunk by typhoon Louise 9-Oct-45, refloated, sold 1947 as Lake Creek, scrapped 1967
260147 PCS-1420 US Navy subchaser 278d 135 14 Apr 1944 sold 1950 as Lysander, Catita V, Edgewood, Thoraya I
ATR-54 US Navy tugboat 850d 165 15 Nov 1943 disposed-of 1946
ATR-55 US Navy tugboat 850d 165 26 Apr 1944 disposed-of 1946
ATR-56 US Navy tugboat 850d 165 28 Jun 1944 disposed-of 1946
ATR-57 US Navy tugboat 850d 165 17 Aug 1944 disposed-of 1946
ATR-58 US Navy tugboat 850d 165 11 Aug 1944 disposed-of 1946
ATR-59 US Navy tugboat 850d 165 7 Dec 1944 disposed-of 1946

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