Lake Union Drydock ~ Shipbuilding History

Lake Union Drydock

Seattle WA

Lake Union Drydock and Machine Works, known as LUDD, was established in 1919 by Otis Cutting and J. L. McLean. An early investor was Harry Jones, son of Senator Wesley Jones, of Jones Act fame, and the Jones family is still involved in the company. It was primarily a repair yard, as it still is today, but along the way it has also built quite a number of boats, including a popular line of cruisers called Dreamboats in the 1920s. During WWII, it built a series of yard minesweepers under the name Associated Shipbuilders, which was a joint venture with Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co. and which built larger minesweepers in PSB&D's yard on Harbor Island. Visit the company here.

	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	LOA	Delivered	Notes
Built by Lake Union Drydock & Machine Works
		CG-263	USCG	patrol boat	37d	75	1924-25	to USN 1933 as YP-18, disposed-of 1945
	259692	CG-264	USCG	patrol boat	37d	75	1924-25	to Bureau of Prisons 1933 as Helen Bates, sold 1950 as Anna Kamp, Duchess III, Duchess, NLD 1995
	252523	CG-265	USCG	patrol boat	37d	75	1924-25	later CG-74341, sold 1946 as Twanoh
	233139	CG-266	USCG	patrol boat	37d	75	1924-25	sold 1934 as Messenger, to USN 1942 as YP-402, sold 1945 as Messenger
	276913	CG-267	USCG	patrol boat	37d	75	1924-25	to USN 1933 as YP-16, captured by the Japanese in Guam 1941
	275292	CG-268	USCG	patrol boat	37d	75	1924-25	to Bureau of Prisons 1933 as General Cummings, sold 1957 as Jen Wal, Red Arthur, NLD 1989
	254122	CG-269	USCG	patrol boat	37d	75	1924-25	to USN 1933 as YP-38, to MARAD 1945, sold and converted to yacht Grayling
	250457	CG-270	USCG	patrol boat	37d	75	1924-25	later CG-74342, sold 1946 as Crest, Irvinetta, Delcap, Jolyndoma, Kaydan, Sea Queen
	250468	CG-271	USCG	patrol boat	37d	75	1924-25	later CG-74343, sold 19** as Lucky, foundered 16-Jul-50 off Columbia River
		CG-272	USCG	patrol boat	37d	75	1924-25	to USN 1933 as YP-7, to Sea Scouts as SES Discovery, Meldora J III, NLD 2000
	251987	CG-273	USCG	patrol boat	37d	75	1924-25	to USN 1933 as YP-37, to USACE 1945 as Q 173, sold as Escape, Lucy Ann
		CG-274	USCG	patrol boat	37d	75	1924-25	to Nicaragua 1938 as CQ 182
		CG-275	USCG	patrol boat	37d	75	1924-25	to USN 1933 as YP-17, captured by the Japanese in Guam in 1941
	251988	CG-276	USCG	patrol boat	37d	75	1924-25	to USN 1933 as YP-39, to USACE 1945 as Q 172, sold as Grace, NLD 1952
		CG-277	USCG	patrol boat	37d	75	1924-25	sold 1933
	223998	Gosling	Samuel K. Rindge	recreational	49	75	1924
	233026	Reverie		recreational	49	75	1925
	226140	Winifred	Adolph Schmidt	recreational	23	47	1926
	226748	Jolly Roger	Harry B Jones	recreational	21	40	1926	later Clara
	226938	Clifford M	Nelse Mortensen	recreational	13	45	1927	later Joheto
	227911	El Phileen II	T. S. Toby	recreational	18	41	1928
	226330	Oseejo	W. H. Wilcox	recreational	16	40	1927
		Pirate	M. H. Adamson	recreational		46	1926	R Class Sloop
	227935	Orba	W. Kelly Price	recreational	15	42	1927
	227071	Zella C	R. D. Cain	recreational	14	42	1927
	227791	Marian II	G. W. Wiley	recreational	17	42	1928
	227413	B. M. Co. No. 1	Baranof Mildcure Co	fishing boat	196	77	1928	later worked as tanker
	227414	B. M. Co. No. 2	Baranof Mildcure Co	fishing boat	295	77	1928	later lengthened and worked as barge.
	227646	Blue Peter	John Graham	recreational	118	96	1928	to USACE 194* as Canol (Q-134), sold 1948 as Blue Peter
	227176	Principia	L. A. Macomber	recreational	115	96	1928	to USCG 1942 as 96001F, Kodiak Bear 1946, Principia 195*
	227470			recreational	22	42	1928	later Turning Point, Vagabond
	227527	Dorothy	O. C. Spencer	unspecified	15	42	1928
	227662	Emmeline	F. D. Seymour	recreational	21	42	1928
		Island Runner				42	1929
	228442	Jeanette E	Alaska Pacific Salmon	passenger	26	50	1929	later Grayling, Ralion II, Carol M, Orca
	228766	Seal II	J. Harrington Sickel	recreational	18	45	1929
	228826	Widgeon	Elliott Corbett	recreational	27	43	1929	later Bergamo, Serena, Mary Ellen Davis
	228879	Buccaneer	Simpson Investment	recreational	23	45	1929	later Madrigal
	228523	Sylvia J	E. Lloyd Nelson	recreational	17	44	1929	later Boojum
	228758	Ardito	R. C. Locke	recreational	19	45	1929	later Isabel
	229015	Vagabond	W. A. Rupp	recreational	24	45	1929	later Turning Point
	228921	Migrator	Danforth Baker	recreational	22	45	1929	gone by 1940
	228895	Mammy	Lloyd F. Bacon	recreational	20	50	1929	later Lightning, Pat Pending, to USN 1941 as YP-119, sold 1945
	230125	Edna F	O. H. Lindblom	recreational	22	45	1930	later Cherie III, to USN 1941 as YP-134, small boat 1942, to USACE 194* as Q 153
	229655	Canim	Natalie F Keaton	recreational	132	96	1930	later Polaris, Canco, Canim
	229928	Cassandra B	Henry Boos	recreational	22	45	1930	later Eleanor, Champ, Marvic
	230024	Electra	A. W. Leonard	recreational	121	96	1930	to USCG 1942 as 96002, Electra 1945
	230452	Luddco 39	Lake Union Drydock	recreational	22	42	1930
	230727	Runaway	King W. Vidor	recreational	25	50	1930	later Marcy B, Mildred C, Emerald Crest, Runaway, Tautira
	CF0585AW			recreational	16	45	1930	later Joy Sea
	230954	Eff-N-Jay	J. J. Wittwer	recreational	18	45	1930	later Widgeon
	230054	Sea Bee II	Wm Duncan Fulton	recreational	36	60	1930	later Kathleen 1931, to USCG 1942 as CGR 322, Kathleen 1944
	230453	Luddco 41	Lake Union Drydock	recreational	27	52	1930	later Migrator
	231622	Circe	Benjamin C Seaborn	recreational	24	62	1932
	231686	Catalyst	U. of Washington	research	91	75	1932	to USCG 1944 as 72002, sold 1945 as Catalyst, North Sea 196, Catalyst 198
	232835	Sea-Boy	Franco Italian Packing	fishing boat	293	124	1933	foundered off Mexico 25-Dec-59
		Ariadne (WPC-101)	USCG	subchaser	337	165	9 Oct 1934	sold 1969
	554564	Atalanta (WPC-102)	USCG	subchaser	337	165	20 Sep 1934	sold 1954, scuttled as breakwater 1993 in Tacoma WA
	298028	Cyane (WPC-105)	USCG	subchaser	337	165	25 Oct 1934	sold 1954 as Can Am, Ruby E 196*, reefed 1989 off Mission Bay CA
105	233755	Skagit Chief	Skagit River Nav. Co.	Sternwheel	502	165	1935	sank in Grays Harbor 1956
		Santina				53	1937
	237814	Stranger	Fred E. Lewis	yacht	297	134	1938	to USN 1941 as Jasper (PYc-13), sold 1948 as Stranger, Explorer, Executive, abandoned 1978 near Beaumont TX
		W. T. Preston	USACE	snag boat		163	1941	Steel hull for earlier wooden vessel, a museum at Anacortes WA
Built by Associated Shipbuilders in the LUDD Shipyard
		BYMS-9	US Navy	minesweeper	320	136	1 Sep 1942	to Britain 1941 as BYMS-2009, to Italy 1947 as Anemone (DR 409/ M 5400), struck 1966
		BYMS-10	US Navy	minesweeper	320	136	31 Jul 1942	to Britain 1941 as BYMS-2010, returned to US 1946 and sold overseas
		BYMS-11	US Navy	minesweeper	320	136	21 Sep 1942	to Britain 1941 as BYMS-2011, returned to US 1947 and sold overseas, reported later as Young Joe, 1056, Belgian Navy training ship Eureka (QM 900), research ship Eupen, struck 1964
		BYMS-12	US Navy	minesweeper	320	136	6 Oct 1942	to Britain 1941 as BYMS-2012, to Italy 1947 as Biancospino (DR 410, M 5403), struck 1966
		BYMS-13	US Navy	minesweeper	320	136	30 Oct 1942	to Britain 1941 as BYMS-2013, to Egypt 1949 as Gaza, wrecked 1950
		BYMS-14	US Navy	minesweeper	320	136	24 Nov 1942	to Britain 1941 as BYME 2014, to Italy 1947 as Geranio (DR 412, M5407), struck 1966
		YMS-287	US Navy	minesweeper	320	136	15 Mar 1943	to the USSR 1945 as T-611
		YMS-288	US Navy	minesweeper	320	136	19 Mar 1943	to the USSR 1945 as T-600, sunk as target
		YMS-289	US Navy	minesweeper	320	136	14 Jun 1943	to Turkey 1947 as Kilimi, struck 1963
		YMS-290	US Navy	minesweeper	320	136	17 Jul 1943	reclassified 1947 as Nightingale (AMS-50/MSC(O) 50), struck 1959
	524814	YMS-291	US Navy	minesweeper	320	136	9 Aug 1943	reclassified 1947 as Reedbird (AMS-51/MSC(O) 51), struck 1959, Dragon Lady, Diane Maria, Etta M,gone by 1989
		YMS-292	US Navy	minesweeper	320	136	9 Oct 1943	struck 1946, survey vessel Crest, sold 1956
	263931	YMS-293	US Nay	minesweeper	320	136	12 Oct 1943	struck 1946, K J, NLD 1997
		YMS-294	US Navy	minesweeper	320	136	9 Nov 1943	reclassified 1947 as Redpoll (AMS-57/MSC(O) 57), sold 1959 as r/v Sir Horace Lamb, returned to USN 1976, scrapped or sunk
		YMS-295	US Navy	minesweeper	320	136	9 Nov 1943	to the USSR 1945 as T-599
		YMS-296	US Navy	minesweeper	320	136	31 Dec 1943	struck 1946
Built by Lake Union Dry Dock
		AMS-/MSC-79	USN / Italian Navy	minesweeper	390	144	4 Aug 1953	to Italy as Acacia (M-5502), scrapped 1974
		AMS-/MSC-80	USN / Italian Navy	minesweeper	390	144	15 Sep 1953	to Italy as Ciliegio (M-5506), scrapped 1980
		AMS-/MSC-81	USN / Italian Navy	minesweeper	390	144	23 Oct 1953	to Italy as Faggio (M-5507), struck 1992
		AMS-/MSC-82	USN / Italian Navy	minesweeper	390	144	29 Dec 1953	to Italy as Larice (M-5510), struck 1995
	581710	Annika Marie	Oceanic Research	research	27	42	1977	hull built by Delta Marine
	582182	U-Rascal	Robert A Walker	fishing boat	28	42	1977	hull built by Delta Marine
2130	1060638	Inspiration	Lake Union Crew LLC	passenger	99	124	1997
1070	1060642	Unity	Lake Union Crew LLC	passenger	93	64	1997
3050	1225055	Caratello	Barbara A. Blankenship	recreational	85	43	2010