Roamer Boat Company ~ Shipbuilding History

Roamer Boat Company

Holland MI

The Roamer Boat Company was founded by Robert R. Linn in 1946 and built a variety of cruisers in sizes from 32 feet to about 75 feet, in both steel and aluminum, as well as a surprising volume of commercial and military vessels. It was sold to Chris-Craft in 1956 and became their Roamer Steel Boats Division, (later the Roamer Yachts Division), but continued to build boats in Holland. The hulls were assembled in a manufacturing facility at 961 Michigan Avenue, then transported about four miles west along 32nd Street to Jesiek's Boatyard, (now the Eldean Shipyard), at 2223 South Shore Drive, where they were launched and completed. MVUS lists over a thousand yachts that were built in Holland and that were of the size built by Roamer, but it's impossible to determine which were built by Roamer and which by other boatbuilders. Those listed in the table below are known to have been built by Roamer but clearly represent only a small fraction of Roamer's output.

	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	LOA	Built	Notes
1		ST-2016	US Army	tugboat	122d	45	1953
2		ST-2017	US Army	tugboat	122d	45	1953
3		ST-2018	US Army	tugboat	122d	45	1953
4		ST-2019	US Army	tugboat	122d	45	1953
5		ST-2020	US Army	tugboat	122d	45	1953
6	292438	ST-2021	US Army	tugboat	122d	45	1953	to USAF as TG8-1924, sold as Allison M, Miss Lisa, Miss Hattie
7		ST-2022	US Army	tugboat	122d	45	1953
8		ST-2023	US Army	tugboat	122d	45	1953	to USACE as Bayfield, a museum in Duluth MN
9		ST-2024	US Army	tugboat	122d	45	1953	to USA
10	608533	ST-2025	US Army	tugboat	122d	45	1953	sold 1979 as Michael
11		ST-2157	US Army	tugboat	122d	45	1953
12		ST-2158	US Army	tugboat	122d	45	1953	to USACE as Anchor Bay, exploded 1968 but rebuilt, GLMA training ship
13		ST-2159	US Army	tugboat	122d	45	1953
14		ST-2160	US Army	tugboat	122d	45	1953
15	1107311	ST-2161	US Army	tugboat	122d	45	1953	to USACE as Tawas Bay, freight barge Sarah B
16		ST-2162	US Army	tugboat	122d	45	1953	to USACE as Oconto, preserved at Indiana Harbor IN
17		ST-2163	US Army	tugboat	122d	45	1953	to USACE as Cleveland, Fairchild, scrapped 2006
18		ST-2164	US Army	tugboat	122d	45	1953	to USACE
19		ST-2165	US Army	tugboat	122d	45	1953	to USACE
20		ST-2166	US Army	tugboat	122d	45	1953	to USACE
21	967931	ST-2167	US Army	tugboat	122d	45	1953	to USACE, sold 1990 as Jupiter, deleted 2004
22		ST-2168	US Army	tugboat	122d	45	1953	to USACE as Thunder Bay, sold
23	603272	ST-2169	US Army	tugboat	122d	45	1953	to USACE, sold as Rambler, deleted 2003
24		ST-2170	US Army	tugboat	122d	45	1953	to USACE as Hammond Bay
25	600393	ST-2171	US Army	tugboat	122d	45	1952	to USACE as Sunfish, sold, deleted 2008
26		ST-2172	US Army	tugboat	122d	45	1953	to USACE as Bass
27		ST-2173	US Army	tugboat	122d	45	1953	to USACE
28		ST-2174	US Army	tugboat	122d	45	1953	to USACE as J E Colombe, sold 200x
29		ST-2175	US Army	tugboat	122d	45	1953	to USACE as Crappie
30		ST-2176	US Army	tugboat	122d	45	1953	to USACE
31		ST-2177	US Army	tugboat	122d	45	1953	to USACE as Bluegill
		[one of above]	US Army	tugboat	21	45	1953	to USACE as Fleming, sold 2005
	1159134	[one of above]	US Army	tugboat	21	45	1953	sold, Krystal
94	268950	[one of above]	US Army	tugboat	21	45	1953	cancelled, completed as W P Coppens, Capt Art Lapish, Heather B
95	269258	[one of above]	US Army	tugboat	21	45	1953	cancelled, completed as Donald C, Donald C Mac Donald, Jana, Resolute
	506702	Deep Six Salvage V	Deep Six Salvage	tugboat	17	37	1951	deleted 1990
	1233562	C-15xx	US Navy	tugboat	28	45	1952	sold as Sea Bear, Mako III
	917023	C-1508	US Navy	tugboat	28	45	1952	sold as Sea Horse, deleted 2008
	511143	C-1509	US Navy	tugboat	21	45	1953	sold, Andy Jr.
	1180001	C-1510	US Navy	tugboat	28	45	1953	sold, Sandra Jeanne
	562732	C-1511	US Navy	tugboat	20	45	1953	sold, Sea Jay, Hendricks Head, Hilton Head
	624704	C-1512	US Navy	tugboat	20	45	1953	sold 1980 as Cape May, deleted 1990
320	1217455		US Navy	tugboat	25	45	1953	sold to Norfolk Dredging, Palmyra
	1174816	45WB710	US Navy	tugboat	29	45	1953	sold to Norfolk Dredging, Captain Sam
	1174815	45WB711	US Navy	tugboat	27	45	1953	sold to Norfolk Dredging, R J Thorne
	1155142	45WB831	US Navy	tugboat	29	45	1953	sold to Norfolk Dredging, Duke
	1132925	45WB832	US Navy	tugboat	15	45	1953	sold to CML Equipment, Ethel G
	1155359	45WB833	US Navy	tugboat	24	45	1953	sold to Washburn & Doughty, Little Toot
	268480	Char-Leann II	Raymond A. Plaunt	tugboat	14	41	1954	deleted 1991
	275122	Intrepid	Harbor Boating	passenger	11	50	1955	deleted 2012
	274834	Invincible	Harbor Boating	passenger	11	50	1955	deleted 2010
35-015	286581	The Marlin	Ralph M Keeney	yacht	15	33	1955	deleted 2009
35-023	276482	Blue Chip		yacht	13	33	1955	deleted 2003
	287032	Our Son		yacht	25	39	1955
35-040				yacht			1956	later Appointment, Lucky
35-081	284266	Harmony		yacht	13	32	1957
35-107	288206	Riptide		yacht	16	34	1957	deleted 2009
	281540	Cap'n Woody		yacht	23	40	1957	deleted 1985
	292165	Deems I		yacht	27	39	1958	deleted 2009
	282065	Meditation		yacht	40	50	1959	deleted 2002
35-296	504506	Initiatives Reward	Initiative's Retreat LLC	yacht	15	35	1960
35-303	500737	Moonlighter III		yacht	13	33	1960
35-311	291930	Christina		yacht	18	34	1960	deleted 2006
	502733	Shibui		yacht	28	42	1960
	282375	Bel Canto		yacht	28	42	1960	deleted 2006
	294083	Sirena		yacht	25	40	1960
	292990	Belgian Queen		passenger	22	34	1960	deleted 2004
	286380	Lori Kaye		yacht	15	35	1961
	287427	Patriot			27	42	1961	deleted 2007
	288155	Fourplay		yacht	16	34	1961
	288675	Door Diver		passenger	15	35	1961	deleted 2009
	291151	Victory Girl		yacht	51	62	1961	deleted 2011
31-220	511595	The Roamers		yacht	10	31	1961	deleted 2004
	289176	Dolphin	John D. Peterson	yacht	12	34	1962	scrapped 2018
	291472	Elizabeth S		yacht	46	55	1962	deleted 2007
36-214	297334	Dream Catcher		yacht	17	36	1962
	507663	November's Lady		passenger	14	32	1962	deleted 1977
56-0302	291491	Bet-A-Bil		yacht	44	55	1963
	292121	Ashley		yacht	44	55	1963	deleted 2005
	293821	Round Two		yacht	10	26	1963
56-0602	505792	Tom Cat		yacht	46	55	1963	deleted 2005
	295107	The Kristin		yacht	32	45	1964	deleted 2011
	296889	Sea Lion		yacht	24	35	1964
30-103	517502	Boe's Diddley		yacht	14	30	1964
56-1701	517664	The American Way		yacht	47	56	1964	later La Fenice
	501799	Monica Lynn		yacht	13	32	1965	later Sherijen, deleted 2011
37-0104	AK3294J	Jennie Mae		yacht	17	37	1965
37-0109	297860	Even Flow		yacht	17	36	1965	deleted 2008
	298173	Keo		yacht	33	47	1965	deleted 2009
37-0114	1228328	Havana		yacht	9	37	1965
37-0115	501104	Branch Office		yacht	17	36	1965
37-0119	MC5111PZ	Abbey M		yacht		37	1965
37-0131	500851	Calm Seas		yacht	17	36	1965
37-0132	577616	Satori		yacht	17	37	1965
37-2001	526633	Sea-E		yacht	22	37	1965
37-2010	986881	Ironside		yacht		37	1965
	500797	Loredi	Loredi Cruisers	yacht	33	47	1965	deleted 2007
48-2404	502086	Scorpio		yacht	31	47	1965
	504290	Dolphin		yacht	33	47	1965	deleted 2001
	502133	Lighten Up	Atlas Marine LLC	yacht	50	55	1965	deleted 2008
37-2016	534490	Buddy D		yacht	22	37	1965
37-2017	1067257	Crime Pays		yacht	22	37
	299641	Reveler		yacht	45	56	1965
33-2016	507635	Cheerie		yacht	13	33	1966
33-2017	1238817	Pisces		yacht	12	33
33-2020	513013	El Mar		yacht	14	33	1966
33-2021	983864	Leisure Lee		yacht	14	33
33-2022	1272580	Nauti R		yacht
33-3007	531138	Shatzi		yacht	13	33	1967
37-2011	MC048JT			yacht		37	1966
37-2031	505893	Erfreulich		yacht	19	36	1966
37-2035	505596	Politically Incorrect		yacht	17	36	1966
37-2039	502846	Margaret E		yacht	17	36	1966	deleted 2010
37-2053	968706	Maestro		yacht	22	37
37-2055	504769	E-Z Rider		yacht	17	36	1966
37-2510	505815	Caledonia		yacht	19	36	1966
	506927	Miss Vicky aka KMB		yacht	22	37	1966	deleted 2005
37-3013	512319	Pere Marquette		yacht	18	36	1966
48-3501	505276	Carpe Diem		yacht	34	47	1966
57-0504	505179	Lazy Bones		yacht	45	56	1966	later Bella Nave
37-3024	635649	Brilliant Cut		yacht	16	37	1967
37-3027	548764	Seafarer		yacht	17	37	1967
37-3032	517991	Fuzzy Beast		yacht	17	37	1967
37-3035	516446	Den's Way		yacht	19	37	1967
37-3501	535986	Halcyon		yacht	17	37	1967	deleted 1990
37-4001	1299522	Bachelor III		yacht	16	37	1967
37-4012	1055623	Liberty		yacht	21	37
37-4013	532625	Krucial Time		yacht	17	37	1967
37-4015	659297	Sojourner II		yacht	17	37	1967
37-4019	571499	Sunburst		yacht	17	37	1967
37-4021	513270	Oh Joy		yacht	17	37	1967
48-3001	508547	Charybdis		yacht	33	47	1967
38-0009	522698	Timeless		yacht	18	38	1969
38-0012	559284	Biz Niz		yacht	18	38	1969
58-0503	941623	Boathouse Fun & Sun		yacht	60	58	1970	inactive
58-0517	534510	Fantasea		yacht	44	58	1970	inactive
60-0514	562444	Sunsea	Sunsea Charters	passenger	58	60	1973
60-	569969	High Tide		yacht	58	60	1975	later Twice Blessed
18-001	LA1394AW			yacht		18	1981