Marine Iron & Shipbilding ~ Shipbuilding History

Marine Iron & Shipbilding

Duluth MN

Most recent update: July 15, 2014.

Marine Iron & Shipbuilding Company was started by Napoleon Grignon in 1880. After WWI, it became a major contractor for the Corps of Engineers and the Coast Guard, but closed after WWII. The yard was on W. Railroad Street at the foot of 11th Avenue West, roughly where Georgia-Pacific and North America Salt are today. See the site from the air on Google here. It had two ways, launching southwesterly into Slip #6, which was later filled in but you can see where it was on Google. The yard closed in the 1950s.

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	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	LOA	Delivered	Notes
7	694896	Merganser	Faust Corporation	barge	133		1924
		Coleman	USACE	derrick barge	502		1924
		Menasha	USACE	towboat	193		1926
18	520212	Galen	Enmanco	towboat	11		1930	later Madison
		Racine	USACE	towboat	66	66	1931	builder's plate is in the Holiday Inn Express in Waukegan IL.
		Muskegon	USACE	towboat	66	66	1931
		Quintus	USACE	towboat	66	66	1931	later Bonanka 1961, Lomax 1972, Mary Alice 1975, sank 1975, scrapped 1980
	529247	Barlow	USACE	towboat	66	66	1931	later Killarney 1969, R. W. Richards 1971
	233255	Prairie State	Great Lakes Dredge	towboat	16		1934	NLD
	233256	Paddy Miles	Dunbar & Sullivan	towboat	16		1934	NLD
	294277	Manitou	USACE	tender	40		1934
			USACE	tender	40		1934	later observed as No. 6
			USACE	tender	40		1935	later observed as No. 7
		Belvoir	USACE	tender	40		1935
		Coosaw	USACE	tender	40		1935
		Gunston	USACE	tender	40		1935
	260514	Fort Macon	USACE	tender	40		1935	scrapped 1978.
	268695	Fort Fisher	USACE	tender	40		1935	later Absecon
	949808	Oatka	USACE	tender	40		1936	later Gull, Miss Midway, Oatka
	294993	Haskell	USACE	tender	40		1936
	272711	Perault	USACE	tender	40		1937	later Martha M
		Rostock	USACE	tender	40		1937	later Dana II
	292961	E-15	USACE	tender	40		1937	later Johnny
	258521	S-1	USACE	tender	40		1937	later Reef, NLD
	269338	S-2	USACE	tender	40		1937	later Chief
	573706	MO 103	Peninsula Bay Ent.	freight barge	150		19--	NLD
	642862		USACE	tender	40		1937	later Eclipse
	289790	NY-15	USACE	tender	40		1938	later Rambler 1962, Irene Ellen 1994, Rambler, Vintage Lady
	257733	NY-18	USACE	tender	40		1938	later Caparra 1949, to Brazil 1950
	238999	Marine Trader	Isadore Kaner	freighter	54		1939	NLD
	299840	Anahuac	USACE	tender	40		1940	NLD
	254203	Pee Dee	USACE	tender	40		1940	later Eva 1947
		Abingdon	USACE	tender	40		1941
	274814	Wakefield	USACE	tender	40		1941	later Bob White 1957, scrapped 1973
	255474	Grebe	Trygve A. Roth	fishing boat	121		1942	NLD
	270185	Sadie	Fraser Shipyards	freight barge	101		1943
	1030383	Maple (WAGL-234)	USCG	tender	342		15 Jun 1939	to USN 1973, to EPA 1974 as Roger R. Simons, sold 1995
		Cactus (WAGL-270)	USCG	tender	935		1 Sep 1942	sold 1973, abandoned 2008, scrapped 2013
		Cowslip (WAGL-277)	USCG	tender	935		17 Oct 1942	to Nigeria 2003 as Ologbo (A-502)
		Clover (WAGL-292)	USCG	tender	935		8 Nov 1942	to USN 1990, sunk as target 1992
		Evergreen (WAGL-295)	USCG	tender	935		30 Apr 1943	to USN 1990, sunk as target 1992
		Citrus (WAGL-300)	USCG	tender	935		30 May 1943	to Dom. Rep. 1995 as Almirante Juan Acosta (C-456)
		Conifer (WAGL-301)	USCG	tender	935		1 Jul 1943	training hulk in Seattle
		Mesquite (WAGL-305)	USCG	tender	935		27 Aug 1943	wrecked 1989
		Buttonwood (WAGL-306)	USCG	tender	935		24 Sep 1943	to Dominican Republic 2001
		Planetree (WAGL-307)	USCG	tender	935		4 Nov 1943	scrapped 2019
		Papaw (WAGL-308)	USCG	tender	935		12 Aug 1943	to Estonia 1999 as PVL 110
		Sweetgum (WAGL-309)	USCG	tender	935		20 Nov 1943	to Panama 2002 as Independencia (401)
		Basswood (WAGL-388)	USCG	tender	935		12 Jan 1944	sold 2000
		Blackhaw (WAGL-390)	USCG	tender	935		17 Feb 1944	decommissioned 1993, sunk as target
		Blackthorn (WAGL-391)	USCG	tender	935		27 Mar 1944	sunk after collision in Tampa Bay 1980
		Hornbeam (WAGL-394)	USCG	tender	935		14 Apr 1944	to G. L. Hist. Soc. 1999, Rum Cay Grace, wrecked in Colon 2013
		Redbud (WAGL-398)	USCG	tender	935		2 May 1944	to Philippines 1972 as Kalinga (AG-89)
		Sassafras (WAGL-401)	USCG	tender	935		23 May 1944	to Nigeria 2003 as Obula (A-504)
		Sedge (WAGL-402)	USCG	tender	935		5 Jul 1944	to Nigeria 2003 as Kyanwa (A-501)
	1102856	Spar (WAGL-403)	USCG	tender	935		12 Jun 1944	in storage in Curtis Bay 1997, reefed off Georgia 2003
		Sundew (WAGL-404)	USCG	tender	935		24 Aug 1944	to City of Duluth 2004, sold 2009
		Sweetbrier (WAGL-405)	USCG	tender	935		26 Jul 1944	to Ghana 2001
		Naubuc (YN-108)	US Navy	net layer	775		15 Mar 1945	later AN-84, YRST-4, scrapped 1975
		Oneota (YN-109)	US Navy	net layer	775		Apr 1945	later AN-85, to MARAD 1962, solda
		Passaconaway (YN-110)	US Navy	net layer	775		27 Apr 1945	later AN-86, to Dom. Rep. 1976 as Separacion (P-208)
		YW-91	US Navy	water barge	440		1945	Solda
		YW-92	US Navy	water barge	440		1945	to Italy 1948 as Adige, struck 1989
		YW-111	US Navy	water barge	440		1945	to the Philippines 1975
		YW-112	US Navy	water barge	440		1945	scrapped 1974
		YW-113	US Navy	water barge	440		1945	sunk as target 1990
		YW-114	US Navy	water barge	440		1945	scrapped 1974
		YW-115	US Navy	water barge	440		1945	sunk as target 1975
		YW-116	US Navy	water barge	440		1945	scrapped 1974
	587265	Ocean Pacific	Ocean Pacific Fish	fishing boat	906		1945
	250609	Bluebird	Tolvo T. Lukkonen	fishing boat	16		1946	NLD
	256746	Carroll Jean	Allouez Marine	freighter	9		1946	NLD