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Kruse & Banks

North Bend OR

Most recent update: June 24, 2014.

Kruse & Banks Shipbuilding was founded by Knut V. Kruse, who was from Denmark, in 1902: he was joined by Robert Banks, who was from Prince Edward Island, in 1905. The original shipyard was in Marshfield but moved to North Bend about 1909. It was located where the North Bend casino is now. See the site from the air on Google here. It closed in 1946 and the land was sold to Weyerhaeuser.

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O/N Name Customer Type Tons LOA Built Notes
Built in Marshfield OR
Asa Simpson schooner c1903
Asa Simpson schooner c1903
Asa Simpson schooner c1903
201440 Hugh Hogan schooner 392 1904
202995 Wash-Cal-Ore schooner 315 1905
202085 Oakland Alaska Steamship schooner 146 103 1906
203452 Casco Swayne & Hoyt schooner 569 161 1906 wrecked 1923 (or 1913a)
203890 R D Inman W Haydon Lumber schooner 768 186 1907 wrecked 1909
204464 F S Loop Loop Lumber Co schooner 794 193 1907 engine removed 1937, sank 1947
204695 E P Ripley A, T & S F RR tugboat 179 115 1907 NLD
Built in North Bend OR
204328 Bandon A F Estabrook schooner 642 172 1907 later Atrevido, foundered 1946
205438 Fifield A F Estabrook schooner 634 174 1908 wrecked 1916
205054 Fairhaven J-E Davenport schooner 1,087 185 1908 foundered 1922
206261 Powers tugboat 99 90 1909 NLD
206738 Oshkosh schooner 89 1909 wrecked 1911
208726 Owl schooner 47 60 1911
208718 Tillamook Pacific Alaska SS schooner 440 119 1911 later Norco
209000 Patsy Columbia R. Packers schooner 155 97 1911
Rustler Herman Edwards schooner 65 1911 burned 1919
209565 A M Simpson Simpson Lumber schooner 774 193 1911 later Martha Buehner, hulked 1938, scrapped 1946
210379 Speedwell A F Estabrook schooner 914 192 1912 foundered 1920
209787 Mirene Mirene Co tugboat 52 61 1912
210507 Davenport 853 1912
210508 Fay No. 4 179 1912
210902 San Ramon E J Dodge & Co schooner 994 199 1913 later Katherine Donovan, wrecked 1941
210992 Akutan Alaska Salvage tugboat 167 100 1913
211692 Wilmington 1,008 1913
River Florence ? schooner 1914
214500 Stanwood Byxbee & Clark schooner 1,129 206 1916 later Albay, burned 1951
214716 Port Angeles Charles Nelson Co schooner 1,358 233 1916 scrapped 1937
214976 Florence Olson O J Olson steamship 1,185 213 1917 later Willapa, wrecked 1941
215021 Johanna Smith Coos Bay Lumber schooner 1,921 257 1917 engine removed 1919, hulked 1928
215342 Horace X Baxter J-H Baxter & Co steamship 1,293 214 1917 later Port Orford, wrecked 1942
215698 C-A Smith Simpson Lumber schooner 1,878 257 1917 wrecked 1923
215829 Fred Baxter J-H Baxter & Co steamship 1,294 213 1917 scrapped 1933
Yolande F Mouton, Rouen steamship 1,384 225 1917 later Virginia Olson, Sierra, burned 1926
216317 North Bend USSB schooner 3,009 275 1917 converted to barge 1940, burned 194x
216521 Quidnic USSB schooner 3,019 275 1918
216701 Kickapoo USSB schooner 3,017 1918
216861 Baladan USSB schooner 3,004 1918
216983 Coconino USSB schooner 3,013 1918
Yainax USSB schooner 3,013 1918
218531 Fort Leavenworth USSB steamship 2,532 266 1919 scrapped 1924
218720 Fort Logan USSB steamship 2,532 266 1919 scrapped 1926
219520 K V Kruse J-E Davenport schooner 1,728 242 1920 converted to barge 1939, wrecked 1941
219645 Anne Hanify J-R Hanify & Co schooner 1,343 235 1920 later Salina Cruz, burned 1949
220052 Ryder Hanify J-R Hanify & Co schooner 1,343 235 1920 later Joseph S, foundered 1950
220724 Fort Laramie USSB steamship 2,532 266 1919 engine removed 19xx, scrapped 1935
Fort Lewis USSB steamship 2,532 266 1919
220743 Pacific W R Chamberlin schooner 1,240 221 1920 later Barbara C, foundered 1946
220998 North Bend Arrow Tug & barge schooner 981 204 1921 stranded 1928 but refloated herself, sank 1940
221647 Roosevelt Oregon Hwy Comm. ferry 95 1921 dismantled 1933
222861 Juno 3 Umpqua River Nav. tugboat 26 54 1923
224927 Arrow No. 3 Arrow Tug & barge tugboat 33 61 1925
266702 Brant (FWS 523) Bureau of Fisheries tender 166 100 1927 sold 1953, sank 1960 off Point Conception
504538 Teal Bureau of Fisheries tender 91 78 1927 to Alaska DFG 1960, sold 1966
228709 Coos Bay tugboat 17 46 1929 later Happy
Haviside barge 1930
243123 Enegren ferry Clifford Brunell ferry 36 56 1930 retired 1952
235456 Sea Giant Anthony Martinolich fishing boat 125 79 1936 to USN 1942 as YP-312, returned 1946
236202 Three Star Maskake Kuwabara fishing boat 126 77 1937 to USN 1942 as Pintail (AMc-17), sold 1945
238805 Mineo Bros Frank Mineo fishing boat 102 78 1939 to USN 1942 as YP-313, burned 1979
240343 Greenfield American Aggregates tugboat 40 55 1939 to USN 1942 as YP-313, burned 1979
YMS-121 US Navy minesweeper 278d 136 22 Jul 1942 struck 1946
YMS-122 US Navy minesweeper 278d 136 24 Aug 1942 struck 1946, sold 1951 as Uchuck III
YMS-123 US Navy minesweeper 278d 136 24 Sep 1942 sold 1946 as Tahsis Chief II, then fishing vessel W F Gibson, Marjorie Todd
YMS-124 US Navy minesweeper 278d 136 23 Oct 1942 star of the 1943 movie "Minesweeper", struck 1946
YMS-265 US Navy minesweeper 278d 136 6 Mar 1943 struck 1947
YMS-266 US Navy minesweeper 278d 136 8 Apr 1943 to the USSR 1945 as T-601, scuttled 1956
YMS-267 US Navy minesweeper 278d 136 21 Jun 1943 sold 1947
YMS-268 US Navy minesweeper 278d 136 28 Jun 1943 reclassified 1947 as Lapwing (AMS-48/MSCO 48), sold 1960 as fishing vessel Weems, Endeavor
ATR-80 US Navy tugboat 850d 165 1944 sold 1946 as Western King
ATR-81 US Navy tugboat 850d 165 1944 disposed-of 1946
ATR-86 US Navy tugboat 850d 165 1944 disposed-of 1947
ATR-87 US Navy tugboat 850d 165 1944 disposed-of 1947
US Navy tugboat 703 165 1944 later Hila, sold for scrap 1959, still derelict off Staten I.

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