Maritime Shipyards ~ Shipbuilding History

Maritime Shipyards

Seattle WA

Most recent update: May 20, 2015.

Maritime Shipyards, Inc., was started in 1936 by Finn Lepsoe, who had bought Maritime Boat & Engine Works and moved it to 2610 Commodore Way, in the Salmon Bay neighborhood. He was joined by Joseph C. Glass and, later, by William Garden.

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	O/N	Name or #	Customer	Type	Tons	LOA	Built	Notes
			Ward's Cove Packing	fishing boat		55	1935-6
			Ward's Cove Packing	fishing boat		55	1935-6
			Nakat Packaging	fishing boat		55	1935-6
			Nakat Packaging	fishing boat		55	1935-6
			Nakat Packaging	5x fishing scows			1935-6
			Nakat Packaging	pile driver scow			1935-6
	236060	Penguin		fishing boat	81		1937
	236255	Puffin		fishing boat	69		1937	later cargo. NLD
		Ocean Gift	Aliotti Bros	fishing boat			1937
	173510	Petrel		fishing boat	70		1937	NLD
	173902	N. P. Corp. No. 50		freight barge	119		1938
		Pipit	Red Salmon Co	fishing tender			1938
	174400	Bear		fishing boat	70		1939
	174406	Beaver		freight barge	70		1939
		Buddy	Nakat Packaging	fishing tender			1939
	238913	Diver III		fishing boat	51		1939	NLD
	239749	Capt. O'Brien		fishing tender	116		1940	later Erling Jr., Otter
	240427	Viekoda		fishing tender	105		1941	burned 2007
	240506	Beaver		fishing boat	96		1941
	240507	Excursion		fishing boat	96		1941	NLD
		Pavlof		fishing tender			1941
	240529	Duchess	Kadiak Fisheries	fishing boat	142		1941	lost 1996
	240625	Sea Otter		fishing boat	119		1941	NLD
	240626	Walrus		fishing boat	101		1941	NLD
	257153	Lobo		fishing boat	23		1941	later Robetta-J. NLD
	241454	Eyak		fishing boat	103		1942
	241524	Rolfy	Nakat Packaging	fishing tender	146		1942
	241569	Pat B		fishing boat	107		1942	NLD
66	252233	BSP-134	US Army	motor barge	147	86	1941	sold 19xx as fishing Bobbie. NLD
	251426	BSP-135	US Army	motor barge	150	86	1941	sold 19xx as fish carrier Menshikof. NLD
	251586	BSP-136	US Army	motor barge	144	86	1941	sold 19xx as fishing Naknek. NLD
	255504	BSP-137	US Army	motor barge	137	86	1941	sold 19xx as fishing Rosemary. NLD
	252432	BSP-138	US Army	motor barge	155	86	1941	sold 19xx as fishing Comet, then Alaska Mariner. NLD
		BSP-504	US Army	motor barge		106	1942
	261250	BSP-505	US Army	motor barge	196	106	1942	sold 19xx as Mary J II, Sally N
		BSP-506	US Army	motor barge		106	1942
		BSP-507	US Army	motor barge		106	1942
		BSP-508	US Army	motor barge		106	1942
		BSP-509	US Army	motor barge		106	1942
	256492	BSP-510	US Army	motor barge	198	106	1942	sold 19xx as fishing Deer Harbor No. 2. Active
	250612	BSP-511	US Army	motor barge	193	106	1942	sold 19xx as fishing Midas. Lost 1993
		BSP-512	US Army	motor barge		106	1942
	252090	BSP-513	US Army	motor barge	190	106	1942	sold 19xx as fishing Lois Anderson. Active
	256491	BSP-783	US Army	motor barge	145	106	1942	sold 19xx as fishing Deer Harbor No. 1, then Pankof. Lost 1994
		BSP-784	US Army	motor barge		106	1942
		BSP-785	US Army	motor barge		106	1942
		BSP-786	US Army	motor barge		106	1942
	254677	BSP-787	US Army	motor barge	117	106	1942	sold 19xx as Reefer II, then Viva Yo, Samaqu. NLD
		BSP-788	US Army	motor barge		106	1942
		BSP-789	US Army	motor barge		106	1942
		BSP-790	US Army	motor barge		106	1942
	253631	BSP-791	US Army	motor barge	192	106	1942	sold 19xx as fishing Logger. Active
		BSP-792	US Army	motor barge		106	1942
	251424	PB-104	USACE	motor barge	149		1942	to US Army as BSP-2723, sold 19xx as fishing Chicagof, a scow
107B	251491	PB-105	USACE	motor barge	165		1942	to US Army as BSP-2075, sold 19xx as fish carrier Ben B. Lost 2001
	251230	PB-112	USACE	motor barge	163		1942	to US Army as BSP-3342, sold 19xx as fishing Alex B, then Selief. Lost 1992
123D	270361	PB-116	USACE	motor barge	183	86	1942	to US Army as BSP-3247, sold 19xx as fishing Shuyak, Dancer, Knot Easy
	251716	PB-118	USACE	motor barge	174	86	1943	to US Army as BSP-1881, sold 19xx as fishing Northern Pride, then Randi Lynn, Northern Pride. Lost 2015
		BSP-863	US Army	motor barge		89	1943
	274414	BSP-864	US Army	motor barge	163	89	1943	sold 19xx as Westward, then Deception, Westward
	296900	BSP-865	US Army	motor barge	163	89	1943	sold 19xx as fishing Chiswell. NLD
		BSP-866	US Army	motor barge		89	1943
		BSP-867	US Army	motor barge		89	1943
		BSP-868	US Army	motor barge		89	1943
		BSP-869	US Army	motor barge		89	1943
		BSP-870	US Army	motor barge		89	1943
		BSP-871	US Army	motor barge		89	1943
	260629	BSP-872	US Army	motor barge	186	89	1943	sold 19xx as fishing Sand Point, then Cape Lynch. NLD
		BSP-1881	US Army	motor barge		86	1942	see PB-118 above
		BSP-1909	US Army	motor barge		86	1942
		BSP-1910	US Army	motor barge		86	1942
		BSP-1913	US Army	motor barge		86	1942-4
		BSP-1914	US Army	motor barge		86	1942-4
		BSP-1915	US Army	motor barge		86	1942-4	1949 to FWS/NOAA as Murre II. Sold 1991 for fishery training at Poulsbo WA
		BSP-1916	US Army	motor barge		86	1942-4
		BSP-1917	US Army	motor barge		86	1942-4
		BSP-1918	US Army	motor barge		86	1942-4
		BSP-1919	US Army	motor barge		86	1942-4
	252152	BSP-1920	US Army	motor barge	191	86	1943	sold 19xx as fishery tender Katherine Kane, Alaska Eagle
		BSP-1921	US Army	motor barge		86	1942-4
	299606	BSP-1922	US Army	motor barge	193	86	1943	sold 19xx as fishing Laura Lynn, then Early Jo, Laurie Lynn, Cape Sarichef. NLD
	264094	BSP-1923	US Army	motor barge	183	86	1943	sold 19xx as fishing Nunivak. NLD
140	259592	BSP-1924	US Army	motor barge	182	86	1944	later Sgt. Howard L. Kimsey, sold 19xx as fishing Uzinki, Boxer. NLD
	249712	BSP-1925	US Army	motor barge	166	86	1944	sold 19xx as fishing Blue Bird. NLD
	271628	BSP-1926	US Army	motor barge	197	86	1944	later Pvt. Jack Carson, sold 19xx as fishing Afognak. Active
		BSP-1927	US Army	motor barge		86	1942-4
		BSP-1928	US Army	motor barge		86	1942-4
	249599	BSP-1929	US Army	motor barge	164	86	1944	sold 19xx as fish carrier Whale. Active
	249514	BSP-1930	US Army	motor barge	164	86	1942-4	sold 19xx as fishing Ranger. NLD
		BSP-1931	US Army	motor barge		86	1942-4
		BSP-2075	US Army	motor barge		86	1942	see PB-105 above
		BSP-2076	US Army	motor barge		86	1942
		BSP-2077	US Army	motor barge		86	1943
		BSP-2723	US Army	motor barge		86	1943	see PB-104 above
		BSP-2724	US Army	motor barge		86	1943
	260202	BSP-3108	US Army	motor barge	182	89	1945	sold 19xx as fishing Mary J, Chisik Island
		BSP-3109	US Army	motor barge		89	1944-5
		BSP-3110	US Army	motor barge		89	1944-5
	261803	BSP-3111	US Army	motor barge	197	89	1945	later Cpl. John O Johnson, sold 19xx as fishing Bristol Unikmak, then Unimak. NLD
		BSP-3112	US Army	motor barge		89	1944-5
	251242	BSP-3113	US Army	motor barge	163	89	1945	sold 19xx as Kernel Korn, then Cordova. NLD
	268647	BSP-3245	US Army	motor barge	179		1942a	sold 19xx as fishing Lacloa Chief, then Kalaikh. Lost 1981
		BSP-3247	US Army	motor barge		86	1943	see PB-116 above
		BSP-3250	US Army	motor barge		86	1943
		BSP-3342	US Army	motor barge		86	1943	see PB-112 above
	250971	one of above			164		1942	sold 19xx as fishing Muskrat. Active
	259472	one of above			182		1943	sold 19xx as fishing Cirus. Active
	269895	one of above			141		1943	sold 19xx as fishing Kusko, then H.W.Stewart, tug Clo E. NLD
	260174	one of above			165		1943	sold 19xx as fishing Walter Harbala, then Harry B. NLD
	249495	one of above			163		1944	sold 19xx as fishing Solo No.1, then North Wind, Northwind
	250955	one of above			189		1944	sold 19xx as fishing Dagney. Active
	250040	one of above			170		1945	sold 19xx as fishing Bering Beauty. Active
	246619	Robert S		fishing boat	151		1945
	247862	Narwhale		fishing boat	123		1945	later cargo. Active
	247958	Dolphin		fishing boat	123		1945	later PS Khaz Bay, Ecologic, Dolphin
		Angie		fishery tender			1946
	249301	Sea Lion	Alaska Packers	fishery tender	162		1946
107B	249544	Teddy II		fishing boat	126		1946	later Angie
	251458	Manatee		fishing boat	120		1946	NLD
333	251679	African Star	Bruce Afton	yacht	8		1947	NLD
	252462	Orca		fishing boat	197		1947	NLD
37	255194	Blackfish		fishing boat	114		1948	NLD
40	255195	Cachalot	Alaska Packers	fishery tender	114		1948	later Catchalot, Cachalot
	257125	N. P. Corp. No.59		fishing boat	139		1949	NLD
	257471	L. McN. & L. 49-46		freight barge	105		1949	NLD
	257497	Finback		fishing boat	114		1949	NLD
	259175	Anita		fishing boat	35		1949
	259384	Barbara		fishing boat	36		1950
	260044	Finn		fishing boat	42		1950	NLD
	260045	Molle	Nakat Packing	fishing boat	42		1950
	261080	N. P. Corp. 64		freight barge	47		1950	later Beachcombers Lodge
	261269	Eigil B		fishing boat	150		1951	later Casey L, Eigil B
	261836	Selma-S		freighter	61		1951	NLD
	262082	Laurie		fishing boat	46		1951	later Shirley R
	262160	Christina	Nakat Packing	fishing boat	45		1951	later Mildred, Julie Jolynn, Saga
		Vega				134	1954
	269440	Sea Crest		fishing boat	9		1955	NLD
		Little Goose		yacht		62	1955
		Seacoma		yacht		62	1956
			Gilbert Pile Driving Co	pile driver			1957
		Spray		yacht			1958
499	284950	Snooks		fishing boat	97		1961