Martinolich Shipbuilding ~ Shipbuilding History

Martinolich Shipbuilding

Dockton Wa, San Francisco Ca and Tacoma WA

Most recent update: January 3, 2021

Martinolich Shipbuilding was started by John A. Martinolich in Dockton and closed in 1930. His four sons restarted it in Tacoma in 1935, expanding to San Francisco (actually Oakland) and, briefly, to San Diego. The Tacoma yard was at 1112 Alexander Avenue, on the East side of the Blair Waterway, where Orion Marine is today: it was closed in 1974. The San Francisco yard was the old Hanlon Shipbuilding yard at the foot of 5th Avenue, in Oakland: it was sold to Crowley in 1953. The San Diego yard was at the foot of 28th Street, right in the middle of present-day NASSCO: it was sold to Lynch Shipbuilding in 1942 and was sold on to NASSCO in 1957. See the site of the Tacoma yard from the air on Google here. Note that there were two earlier Martinolich shipyards, both started by Croatian immigrants of that name. One was started by Venanzio Martinolich, who was John A.'s uncle, in Port Guichon BC, in about 1892: it is not clear when it closed. The other was started by Matteo Martinolich in Gulfport MS, in the 1890s and appears to have closed in 1922.

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	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	LOA	Delivered	Notes
Pre-War Construction in Dockton WA
	201956	Vashon		ferry	132	94	1905	burned 1911 in Anacortes
	204094	Nightingale		trawler	18	37	1907
	204209	Tyee	Charles Steele	tugboat	14	44	1907
	205434	Leota	Robert F. Wallin	freighter	14	45	1908
	205638	Rainier	Martin E. Skaret	trawler	15	36	1908
	206174	Trygve	Trading Union Co	trawler	15	38	1909
	206402	New Rustler	Topsy Dugaqua	trawler	24	40	1909
	206973	Flying Cloud	Walter E. Johns	trawler	20	37	1909
	207146	Three Brothers	Fred Friday	freighter	18	40	1910
	207644	Aeroplane	Superior Packing	trawler	19	41	1910
	207675	Verona	B. Rindall	passenger	142	113	1910
	208380	Hydah	Jay F. Carroll	freighter	47	58	1912
	208596	Nisqually		passenger	255	127	1911
	209640	Kukak	George Hurlhurt	trawler	31		1911
	209684	St. Nicholas	Hood Bay Salmon	trawler	40	56	1912
	211556	Clatawa	Wm. P. Thornton	passenger	71	86	1913	to USN 1944 as YFB-50, destroyed by fire 1958
	166805	A No. 1	George N. McMillan	freight barge	16	41	1914
	212039	Washington	Alaska Seaboard	dredge	273	125	1914
	212891	Chomly	P. E. Harris & Co.	freighter	53	66	1915
	213251	St. John	Pasco Dorotich	trawler	30	50	1915	later Western Sea, inactive 2007
	213319	Elmer	Hjalmar Lauritzen	trawler	30	50	1915
	213392	monitor	Spiro Janovich	trawler	32	50	1915
	215186	Murla	Oxenbourg Bros.	trawler	34	51	1917
	215288	Veribus	Jay Tasovic	trawler	35	51	1917	later Memories
	214847	Five Cs		freighter	33	50	1917	later Phoenix III
	220265	Broadway	C. A. Linscott	freighter	42	55	1920
	221333	Vashona	Vashon Navigation	passenger	99	110	1922	later Sightseer
	221976	Dolly C	Cary Davis Tug & barge	tugboat	56	66	1922
	222819	Lake Constance	Olympic Navigation	passenger	56		1922
	223051	Rosario	Puget Sound Navigation	passenger	290	147	1923
	223931	Westward	Campbell Church Sr.	passenger	112		1924	listed in NRHP
	225566	Theresa S	Michael Sarunich	trawler	46	58	1926
	225567	Virginia E	Pacific American Fish	trawler	70	69	1926
	226381	Westland	John S. Ross	trawler	46	59	1927	later Michael Jay, Lummi Boy
	226464	Antarctic	Paul Martinis	trawler	46	59	1927
	226465	Iceland	Peter Bozanich	trawler	46	59	1927
	226552	Queen City	Ernest F. Lampella	trawler	11	37	1927
	226677	Dorothy L	Fred Pratsch	trawler	16	38	1927
	226735	Lemes II	Michael Crisenola	freighter	55	61	1927
	226989	Maryland	Henry C. Moller	yacht	7	35	1927
	227569	Christine	Superior Packing	trawler	53	62	1928
	228686	Janet G	P. H. Green	trawler	33	50	1929	later Anarose
War-Time Construction in Tacoma WA
	235306	Spartan	Anton Sumic	trawler	210	85	1936	to USN 1940 as Pipit (AMc-1), returned to owner 1944, Steven L
	238281	Dux	Angelo Malorana	trawler	124	75	1936	to USN 1942 as YP-299, returned 1946, Mary Carol, NLD
	235391	California Rose	Erasimo Alello	trawler	106	75	1936	to USN 1942 as YP-317, returned 1946
	235406	A. C. Martinolich	A. C. Martinolich	trawler	107	75	1936
	234159	Pacific Fisher	Coastwise Fisheries	trawler	113	75	1937	to USN 1941 as YP-86, to MARAD 1946
	237382	El Capitan	Frank Spadare	trawler	107	75	1937	to USN 1942 as YP-304, returned 1946, NLD
	237152	J. A. Martinolich	J. A. Martinolich	trawler	103	75	1938	later Vivian A, to USN 1942 as YP-294, to MARAD 1946
	238737	Juanita	Juanita Co. (Cal.)	trawler	104	75	1939	to USN 1942 as YP-303, returned 1946
	238885	Exposition King	Exposition King (Cal.)	trawler	95	75	1939	to USN 1941 as AMb-3 1941, YP-361 1942, sold 1946 as Frances Marie, sold 1962 to Peruvian owners
	239891	Santa Rosa	Santa Rosa (Cal.)	trawler	106	75	1940	to USN 1941 as AMb-5 1941, YP-363 1942, sold 1946 as Santa Rosa
	239693	New Hope	Salvatore Ventimiglia	trawler	107	75	1940	to USN 1941 as AMb-6 1941, YP-364 1942, sold 1946 as New Hope, Nova
	239694	San Jose		trawler	95		1940	to USN 1941 as AMb-8 1941, YP-366 1942, sold 1943
	238439	Ardito	Paolo Sollazzo	trawler	101	75	1939	to USN 1941 as AMb-10 1941, YP-368 1942, sold 1943
	238772	Stella Maris	Anthony Martinolich	trawler	97	71	1939	to USN 1941 as AMb-11 1941, YP-369 1942, sold 1946 as J. Ernandes
	238346	Dante Alighieri	John Yelusich	trawler	95	71	1939	to USN 1941 as AMb-12 1941, YP-370 1942, sold 1946 as Rosanna, foundered 1953
	238838	San Giovanni	Benedetto Campagno	trawler	106	75	1939	to USN 1941 as AMb-14 1941, YP-372 1942, sold 1943
	238969	El Cortez	Anthony Martinolich	trawler	97	71	1939	to USN 1941 as AMb-15 1941, YP-373 1942, sold 1946 as Petrina F
	238881	Belvedere	Anthony Martinolich	trawler	95	71	1939	to USN 1941 as AMb-16 1941, YP-374 1942, sold 1946 as Lucky Boy
	239861	Twin Brothers	Salvatore Malorana	trawler	106	75	1940	later Mitkof
	248212	J. A. Martinolich	J. A. Martinolich	trawler	195	85	1940	to USN 1942 as Hornbill (AMc-13), in collision and sank 1942
250	256534		A. C. Martinolich	trawler	307	98	1941	to USN 1942 as Rhea (AMc-58), sold 1946 as Elena
251	256152	Speaker	A. C. Martinolich	trawler	307	98	1941	to USN 1942 as Ruff (AMc-59), sold 1946 as American Belle
253		St. Ann	A. C. Martinolich	trawler		134	1941	to USN 1941 as YP-517, sold 1946 as Sun Venus
		Sea Wolf	A. C. Martinolich	trawler		103	1942	to USN 1942 as YP-411, sold 1946
War-Time Construction in San Francisco CA
		T-5	US Army	boat, passenger-cargo		65	Sep 1942
		T-6	US Army	boat, passenger-cargo		65	Sep 1942	later Blue Spirit (ON 271689)
		T-7	US Army	boat, passenger-cargo		65	Sep 1942
		T-49	US Army	boat, passenger-cargo		65	Oct 1942	later Makua (ON 293457)
		T-50	US Army	boat, passenger-cargo		65	Oct 1942
		BSP-1046	US Army	barge, self-prop.		150	Apr 1943
		BSP-1047	US Army	barge, self-prop.		150	May 1943
		BSP-1048	US Army	barge, self-prop.		150	June 1943
		BSP-1049	US Army	barge, self-prop.		150	July 1943
		BSP-1050	US Army	barge, self-prop.		150	Aug 1943
		BSP-1051	US Army	barge, self-prop.		150	Sep 1943
		BSP-1052	US Army	barge, self-prop.		150	Oct 1943
		BSP-1053	US Army	barge, self-prop.		150	Nov 1943
		BSP-1054	US Army	barge, self-prop.		150	Dec 1943
		BSP-1055	US Army	barge, self-prop.		150	Dec 1943
		FS-46	US Army	freighter	270	114	May 1943
		FS-47	US Army	freighter	270	114	Aug 1943	later a bed-and-breakfast in B.C.
		FS-238	US Army	freighter	540	148	Mar 1944	to USN 1950 as AKL-33
		FS-239	US Army	freighter	540	148	May 1944
		FS-240	US Army	freighter	540	148	July 1944
		FS-241	US Army	freighter	540	148	Sep 1944	sold as Nordic Maid
		FS-242	US Army	freighter	540	148	Nov 1944	sold as Pomare
	244142	Fleetwood	Oceanic LLC	trawler	119	78	1943
	246336	Melissa Chris	Gary Mulligan	trawler	114	78	1944	later Cape Ommaney
	246667	Gallant	Alaska Fisheries	trawler	111	74	1944
	271507	Balaena	Trident Seafoods	trawler	192	99	1944
	278273	Blue Meridian	Global Fisheries	trawler	638	139	1944
	250906	Alert	Harold Sommer	tugboat	8	32	1946
	258260	Miss Rose Ann	Marie J. Ferrante	trawler	18	39	1949
Post-War Construction in Tacoma WA
	288390	Ashley C	Robert K. Johnson	trawler	41	46	1962	later Parrakeet
	290792	Madre Dolorosa	Don B. Vinson	trawler	52	49	1963
	294321	Vaya Con Dios	Roderick C. Harvie	trawler	55	50	1964	NLD
	298317	Jenny Foss	Foss Maritime	tugboat	87	65	1965	later Seaco, St. Michael
	298837	Josie Foss	Foss Maritime	tugboat	73	60	1965	later Roland Brusco, Sr.
	501167	Sea Queen	Pacific Tow boat	tugboat	88	65	1965	later Mathilda Foss, Peril Strait, Sarah C
	502779	Peggy Jo	O. E. Dyson	trawler	197	90	1966
	503426	Melia Foss	Foss Maritime	tugboat	87	65	1966	later Chatham Strait, Island Wind, Cy
	504407	Myrtle Foss	Foss Maritime	tugboat	87	65	1966	later Nissavery, Avery O
	505580	Lucky Island	Robert Freeman	trawler	55	50	1966
375	507788	Pacific Master	Pacific Tow boat	tugboat	119	73	1967	later Kainani, Catherine Foss, Lynx
378	510706	San Pedro	Wilmington Transportation	tugboat	164	86	1967	later Pacific Combi, Combi
	511698	Alaskan Peninsula	Alaskan Adventures	tour boat	184	85	1967	later North Pacific Gold
	513288	Heritage	Jay L. Erickson	tour boat	18	36	1968
	513840	Claudia Foss	Foss Maritime	tugboat	97	73	1968	later Thor, Claudia Foss, Claudia, Triumph
	516344	Martha Foss	Foss Maritime	tugboat	93	74	1968	later Katha C
	517272	Aleutian Rover	Hjelle Enterprises	trawler	292	119	1968	later Royal Pelagic, Maria Cleofas
	518581	Betsy L	Brix Maritime	tugboat	107	73	1969
	520072	Pacific Voyager	Liland Enterprises	trawler	183	75	1969	NLD
	521927	Royal Pacific	Forde Enterprises	trawler	194	75	1969
	522596	Viking King	Northern Reefer	trawler	179	70	1969	NLD
387	523790	Royal Princess	Royal Princess Cruises	tour boat	94	147	1969	NLD
388	523393	Vestfjord	Olympic Sports Inc.	trawler	195	75	1969	sank south of Kodiak 1989
392		Aries	Pan-Alaska Fisheries	trawler	197		1971
394	526140	Western Meteor	Western Transportation	tugboat	272	104	1970	later Liberty
397	535675	American Star	Hjelle Enterprises	trawler	192	94	1971	wrecked on Otter Island
398	532599	Kootznahoo	Boyer Towing	barge	312	132	1971
399	536322	Anela	Blue Heron crane	trawler	150	87	1972
402	538431	Rainier	Rainier Investments	trawler	198	94	1972	later Debbie Sue
403	546226	Gryphon	Gryphon Enterprises	yacht	187	88	1973
404	542651	Nordic Fury	Fury Group	trawler	198	95	1972
	548750	Paragon II	Erling Jackobsen	trawler	196	94	1973	later Paragon
	548685	Scorpio	FY Fisheries	trawler	196	109	1973	later Seadawn
	550839	Betty N	G. Nabeshima	trawler	161	79	1973	later Pacific Paradise
	553830	Tarantino III		trawler	101	65	1973	later Coast Pride
	559849	Firecracker		trawler	197	94	1974	later school ship Alaska Sea
412	558637	Shaman	Dal-Car Maritime	trawler	198	94	1974	later Alaskan Leader, Wild Alaskan
413	556578	Aquarian		trawler	197	103	1974	later Nordic Provider
414	560532	Commodore		trawler	268	115	1974	later Anita J
415	561934	Pacific Fury	Fury Group	trawler	196	95	1974