Northwestern Shipbuilding ~ Shipbuilding History

Northwestern Shipbuilding

South Bellingham WA

Most recent update: December 25, 2020.

This shipyard was originally Northwestern Shipbuilding Company, formed in 1942 by some Seattle investors led by Jack Gilbert, and closed in 1947. It later reopened as Fairhaven Shipyard, Inc., and built some fishing vessels during the boom of the 1970s, but failed again and became the Fairhaven facility of Puglia Engineering. Puglia went bankrupt and was liquidated in 2019, so the shipyard, which was located at 201 Harris Avenue, is now vacant. Note that this company is not related to the Fairhaven Shipyard in Fairhaven MA.

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	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	Tons	LOA	Delivered	Notes
		YC-904	US Navy	lighter	100		1942	to MARAD 1947
	254797	FS-37	US Army	freighter	270		Jan 1943	sold as Expansion, Twin Hill, Karen Z., King Oscar, sank 1992
	250010	FS-38	US Army	freighter	270		Jan 1943	sold as Coastal Forest, Magic Isle
		FS-39	US Army	freighter	270		Jan 1943
	250009	FS-40	US Army	freighter	270		Jan 1943	sold as Coastal Glacier, to Ste. Pierre & Miq. 1954 as Langlade, sold 1967 as Pascal-Annie, CTL after grounding 1970
		FS-41	US Army	freighter	270		Jan 1943
		YMS-285	US Navy	minesweeper	278		26 Jun 1943	to the USSR 1945 as T-610, scrapped
		YMS-286	US Navy	minesweeper	278		27 Jul 1943	struck 1946
	284519	LT-156	US Army	tugboat	275		Sep 1943	later SGT Fred N. Coleman, to USN 1946 as ATA-244, sold 1960 as E. A. Judd, Tyonek, left in Vietnam
	275168	LT-157	US Army	tugboat	275		Oct 1943	later PTE Herbert G. Goldman, sold 1950s as Ed V. Turner, Santiam, left in Vietnam
		LT-158	US Army	tugboat	275		Nov 1943	sold 1946 as Mary Mackin, yacht, burned 2004 on Burrard Beach
		LT-159	US Army	tugboat	275		Dec 1943	to Italy 1946 as Forte, scrapped 1988
	249894	LT-160	US Army	tugboat	275		Jan 1944	sold 1946 as Sea Horse, Martha Foss, Makah, sank in Vietnam 1969
		ATR-31	US Navy	rescue tugboat	850		30 Oct 1943	to Peru 1947 as Candestible Selendon (ARS-21), Selendon
		ATR-32	US Navy	rescue tugboat	850		19 Jan 1944	disposed-of 1946
		ATR-33	US Navy	rescue tugboat	850		28 Mar 1944	disposed-of 1946
		ATR-34	US Navy	rescue tugboat	850		31 May 1944	disposed-of 1946
		FS-243	US Army	freighter	540		Mar 1944	either FS-243 or FS-247 was later Harold C. Hanson, sold 1947 as Orohena, Vaiatea, sunk 1977 in Papeete
		FS-244	US Army	freighter	540		Apr 1944	later LT Walter J. Will, sold as Dennis Winn, Expansion, Temehani, sank in Bora Bora 1982
		FS-245	US Army	freighter	540		May 1944	later Libby, Veta C, Chelan, sank off Cape Decision 1954
		FS-246	US Army	freighter	540		June 1944	later LT Raymond Zussman, sold to FWS 1950 as Penguin II, retired 1964
		FS-247	US Army	freighter	540		July 1944	see FS-243
	250431	FS-248	US Army	freighter	540		Aug 1944	sold as Garland, Fred D. Parr, Victor H, Victoria M, scuttled 2003
	249780	LT-451	US Army	tugboat	275		Aug 1944	sold 1946 as Sea Wolf, burned off Hawaii 1964 and scrapped
	277025	LT-452	US Army	tugboat	275		Sep 1944	later SGT Raymond E. Baser, sold 1958 as Adeline Foss, Ann W, sunk as target by Bolivian Navy 1979
	248392	Samantha Rae		trawler	39	49	1945
	252739	Anchor		trawler	40	49	1947
Built by Fairhaven Shipyard
24	554126	Bering Sea		trawler	198	103	1973
	558605	American Eagle		trawler	198	111	1974
	560237	Alyeska		trawler	198	111	1974
	561657	Intrepid		trawler	198	111	1974
46	566399	Alaskan Pride		trawler	198	111	1975	sank 1993
	571854	Sandra Foss	Foss Maritime	tugboat	199	102	1976
	571855	Stacey Foss	Foss Maritime	tugboat	199	102	1976