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Western Boatbuilding

Tacoma WA

Most recent update: March 28, 2017.

Western Boatbuilding Corporation was started by Martin Petrich, Joe Martinac and Wm. Wichert in 1916, on the site of the former Tacoma Mill Company, Jack Hyde Park, at the foot of Starr Street. In 1922, they moved to East 11th Street on the Thea Foss Waterway. In WWII, they built sub chasers, minesweepers and J-boats at the 11th Street yard and started a second yard on D Street, called Petrich Shipbuilding, to build larger boats. The 11th St yard burned down in 1965 and a new yard was built on Marine View Drive, on the Hylebos Waterway.

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O/N Name Customer Type GT LOA Built Notes
1 215146 Alameda K Starubuck & G Rosin seiner 45 65 1917 to USN as SP-1040 but never taken up
2 214910 Oregon Wolf J-Petrich, Milos & Cordich seiner 42 65 1917
3 1917
4 Kuljis Brothers seiner 60 1917
5 Bonilla Puget Sound Freight freighter 1917
6 215104 Slaven A&P Products Co. seiner 1917 sold in Canada 1935
7 215200 Frank & Lena J-Ljubich seiner 60 1917 abandoned 1935
8 215207 Nevada Baganich & Lummi Pak seiner 60 1917
9 215250 St. Nicholas Paul Plenkovich seiner 35 1917
10 215271 Lummi Lummi Bay Packing tender 70 1917
11 215272 Putnik N Mosich & J&G Misetich seiner 60 1917
12 215378 Hillside No. 1 Hillside Canning Co. seiner 60 1917
13 215379 Hillside No. 2 F Padovan & Hillside Can seiner 60 1917
14 215406 New Elmer S Mezich seiner 56 1917
15 215445 Carolen C-Frank seiner 28 56 1917 later Laurie Ann
16 216061 Omaha J-Petrich & Cordich seiner 43 65 1918 later Oregon City, Lizzie.
17 216081 Siren Northwestern Fisheries tender 65 1918
18 216206 Attu Northwestern Fisheries tender 29 58 1918
19 216340 Tongass Northwestern Fisheries tender 63 72 1918
20 1918
21 Northwestern Fisheries tender 38 1918
22 216559 Estebeth Kaser & Davis passenger freighter 70 65 1918
23 217385 Standard J-Vitalich seiner 65 1918
24 1918
25 216936 Starling Pacific American Fisheries seiner 44 58 1918
26 217784 Ulloa Nakat Packing Corp. trawler 22 41 1919
27 217922 Thos. E. Wilson Wilson Fisheries Co. trawler 67 70 1919 deleted 2008
28 218086 Starlight Stuart Fish Co. seiner 48 59 1919
29 218151 Mary G II Galicia Fish seiner 60 1919
30 218353 Frederick 'C' Leon Anderson freighter 69 1919
31 218326 St. Mary A Picinich seiner 62 1919
32 218537 Victory T Novak seiner 40 57 1919 to USCG 1942 as CG-63014, returned 1943
33 219794 F. C. Barnes F C Barnes Co. Can Seiner 70 1919
34 220066 New Zora A Zorich seiner 62 1920 later Sonar Belle, Ursa Major
35 220164 Coney Island M Martich & K Malahui seiner 65 1920
36 220170 Sealand M Caleta & P Markovich seiner 62 1920
37 219793 Alyeska Alaska Fish Co. seiner 27 50 1920 collision off Coos Bay 1962
38 219983 Georgia N Bez, G Misetich, Gargas seiner 62 1920
39 219945 Costa Rica N Bez, G Misetich, Gargas seiner 62 1920
40 219947 Mutual Fidalgo Is. Packing seiner 100 79 1920 lost 1992
41 219970 Suemez Alaska Fish Co. seiner 50 1919
42 220266 Shamrock E DeLarro (Radonich) seiner 65 1920
43 220294 Umatilla P Petrich & J Katria seiner 53 63 1920 later Superior, to USCG 1942 as CG-68010, returned 1943
44 220357 Aberdeen P Andrijasevich seiner 65 1920
45 221831 City of Tacoma Tacoma Ferry Co ferry 113 1921 breakwater 1962, sank 1969
46 222057 Betty San Juan Fish & Pack seiner 62 1922 collision and sank off Willapa Harbor 1964
47 222149 Mary Ellen trawler 1922
48 224427 Kanaga A Nelson Halibut 68 1925
49 224605 Gig Harbor Tacoma Ferry Co ? ferry 116 1925
50 224650 Frostland seiner 62 1925
52 225561 Kodiak M A Petrich & J Ljubich seiner 49 62 1926
53 225685 Tulip Queen M Kuljis & M Gazija seiner 67 1926 sold in Mexico 1941
54 225992 Seatac freighter 107 1926
55 230776 Emil Pacific Seine Bts (Mardes) seiner 67 1926
57 226355 Genevieve H. Mike Huger seiner 1927
58 226438 Beloit II John Knaplund Halibut 35 51 1927
59 226518 Valencia P Milos & J J Petrich seiner 59 1927 sold in Mexico 1941
60 226591 Olympic J-Breskovich & N Marinkovich seiner 72 1927
61 226715 Gladiator J-Breskovich & N Marinkovich seiner 53 62 1927 later Vanessa Mae, Norma K, T W Legacy
62 227057 Bessemer Nick Boskovich seiner 72 1927
63 227235 Clipper John Smeland & M A Petrich Halibut 75 1928
64 226146 Hunter No. 4 James Hunter work boat 48 1926 stranded off Waddah Island 1934
65
66 226541 Sitka John Ljubich seiner 1927
67 226443 Oregon A. Kordich 1927 stranded off Monterey 1927
68 227284 Cypress trawler 77 70 1928 later yacht Lady Grace
69 Chris C Alaska Herring Packers seiner 70 1927
70 227480 Success Nick Mosich seiner 68 1928
71 227524 Stanford J-Stanbuck & P Jugovich seiner 68 1928
72 227594 Marian F. O&H Floc & G H Kravik seiner 68 1928
73 227823 Belana Merchant's Trans. Co. freighter 51 1928
74 228070 Old Timer Nick Plancich seiner 7a 1928
75 568465 Rena Marie trawler 74 70 1928 later Miss Barbi, San Juan, Tee-Wee-Wass
76 227724 Sea Wolf Frank Simetovich seiner 70 1928
77 Snow King San Juan Fisheries seiner 77 1928
78 Snow Cloud Nootka Packing Co. seiner 68 1928
79 228817 Marymount Mullan, Bartich and Jurich trawler 44 46 1929 later Johnnie B
80 228220 Alma Eric Ericksen seiner 40 56 1929
81 228318 Advance P Marinkovich & J Cvitanovich seiner 54 68 1929
82 228382 Howkan Northwestern Fisheries trawler 99 79 1929
83 228789 Rally seiner 63 1929
84 228793 Frances J-Rabaso trawler 56 64 1929 deleted 2004
85 228446 Karluk Karluk Fisheries Inc trawler 94 78 1929 to USN 1942 as YP-561, returned 1943 as Karluk. Active
86 229182 Western Spirit M A Petrich & ? seiner 71 1929
87 229509 Admiralty Coastwise Fisheries seiner 62 65 1930
88 228298 Theo E. Pacific American Fisheries seiner 72 68 1929
89 229685 Snow Slide Northwest Packing Co. seiner 68 1929 later Verona
90 229792 Snow Drift Northwest Packing Co. seiner 50 1930 later Leader
91 229885 Sun Maid John Brands seiner 72 1930 sold in Italy 1935
92 230063 Northwestern Northwestern Tuna Co tuna clipper 364 117 1930 to USN 1941 as YP-285, returned 1946, Ptarmigan, lost 1979
93 230141 Buccaneer seiner 64 1930
94 230436 Western Pride Geo. Korgan seiner 78 1930
95 230936 St. Patrick seiner 53 1931 foundered off Shelter Cove 1935
96 A&J Refferes & O Udahl seiner 70 1930
97 229541 Satrania John I. Satra seiner 61 64 1930
98 229459 W. J. Crooker Glacier Packing Co. 1930
99 John Uglesich seiner 70 1930
100 Louis & Nick Vitalich seiner 74 1930
101 Anton Castelo seiner 1930
103 N Milosevich, A Mardesich seiner 70 1930
105 John Sumich seiner 64 1931
106 232548 Western Pilot seiner 113 76 1934 first fishing vessel with a radio
107 233039 Jeanette F. Northwestern Fish. seiner 76 1934
108 233534 Western Maid seiner 78 70 1935 later Western
109 233766 Sunset Nick Mardesich seiner 76 1935
110 233844 Henning J. seiner 1935
111 234141 Wanderer Wanderer Inc seiner 112 75 1935 Existence in doubt 2000
112 234600 Warrior Puget Sound Freight Lines freighter 154 1936
113 234346 Champion Atlas Packing/Poehlitz seiner 113 76 1935
114 234995 Kingfisher J. Dragich seiner 55 1936 wrecked off Newport Harbor 1938
115 234941 Western Chief Sam Mezich seiner 76 1936 to USN 1941 as YP-94, wrecked 1945
116 235233 North Cape P A Berntsen seiner 116 84 1936
117 235322 New Crivello seiner 70 1936 foundered 1936
118 235330 Infallible seiner 80 1936 .
119 235463 New Saturnia seiner 77 1936
120 235946 Western Traveler Joint seiner 79 1936 to USN 1941 as YP-152, returned as Western Traveler 1946, in collision off Grenville Channel 1961
121 Western Fisher C.R.P.A. seiner 90 1937
122 236142 Western Flyer MA Petrich, Tony Berry seiner 71 1937 later Gemini, Western Flyer
123 236158 Marconia seiner 75 1937
125 235921 Northern Queen trawler 85 69 1937 later Frigidland
126 236468 Virginia II seiner 72 1937 to USN 1941 as YP-314, returned 1946
127 236629 Yankee Clipper seiner 114 76 1937 stranded off Porto Viejo 1953
128 236703 Santa Lucia seiner 109 73 1937 to USN 1941 as YP-315, returned 1946
129 236759 Genevieve H. II seiner 71 1937
130 237186 Western Explorer MA Petrich seiner 113 74 1938 later ferry Agnes & Anne II (Canada). Lost 1994
131 237534 Invader Peter Ancich seiner 106 72 1938 later Moriah, Invader. Lost 1992
132 237739 Sitkof New England Fish Co. seiner 41 1938
133 238239 Treasure Island seiner 175 74 1939 to USN 1940 as Road Runner (AMc-35), returned 1945
134 Western Monarch MA Petrich seiner 82 1939
135 238311 Tahoma trawler 103 69 1939
136 238693 Western Clipper MA Petrich seiner 79 1939 wrecked off Atka 1964
137 238745 Nick C II seiner 72 1939 to USN 1941 as YP-85, sold 1946 as Nick C II.
138 238823 San Vito seiner 71 1939 to USN 1941 as YP-311, returned 1946
139 238918 Sunrise Nick Mardesich seiner 129 80 1939 to USN 1941 as YP-151, sold 1946 as freight Sunrise, fish factory Sea Jade
140 239180 Western Star MA Petrich seiner 118 69 1939 to USN 1941 as AMb-4, YP-362 1942, sold 1946
141 240118 Western Pacific MA Petrich Clipper 93 1939 to USN 1941 as YP-288, sold 1946
142 239818 St. Francis WBB Co tuna clipper 205 85 1940 to USN 1942 as YP-150, Nightingale (AMc-149/IX-177), St. Francis, Cape Spencer, wrecked 1964
143 239863 Western Queen MA Petrich seiner 85 1940 to USN 1941 as YP-148, sold 1946 as Mary D
144 251283 Western Robin 205 95 1941 to USN as Phoebe (AMc-57), sold 1946 as Western Explorer.
145 241025 Anna M A J Magellan & Assoc. Clipper 113 1940 to USN 1941 as YP-237, sold 1946 as Anna M
146 241122 Col. Leon M Logan US Army minelayer 1941 sold 1946 as Western Sky
147 YMS-133 US Navy minesweeper 278 136 21 Jul 1942 foundered in Coos Bay and lost 1943
148 YMS-134 US Navy minesweeper 278 136 8 Sep 1942 struck 1946
149 250045 Col. John O'Neil US Army minelayer 1942 sold 1946 as Western Fisher
150 257349 YMS-147 US Navy minesweeper 278 136 26 Feb 1943 struck 1947, Phillips I, Susie C
151 YMS-148 US Navy minesweeper 278 136 15 May 1943 to Britain 1943 as J-948/BYMS-2148, to South Korea 1948 as Gongju (YMS-516), mined off Wonsan and lost 1950
152 YMS-149 US Navy minesweeper 278 136 14 Aug 1943 to Britain 1943 as J-949/BYMS-2149, to Egypt 1949 as Rafah, discarded 1970
153 YMS-150 US Navy minesweeper 278 136 14 Aug 1943 to Britain 1943 as J-950/BYMS-2150, to Italy 1947 as Gardania, struck 1966
154 PC/PCS-1459 US Navy subchaser 278 136 15 Dec 1943 reclassified YDG-7 1947
155 PC/PCS/PCSC-1460 US Navy subchaser 278 136 28 Feb 1944 sunk by shore batteries off Borneo 1945, sold 1948 as Spica, Mira Primo, Rosario Lauro, Egadi Express
156 1943
157 ST-385 US Army tugboat 72 1943 [also listed with Pacific Boatbuilding]
158 ST-386 US Army tugboat 72 1943 [also listed with Pacific Boatbuilding]
159 J-1741 US Army patrol boat 37 1943
160 J-1742 US Army patrol boat 37 1943
161 J-1743 US Army patrol boat 37 1944
162 J-1744 US Army patrol boat 37 1944
163 J-1745 US Army patrol boat 37 1944
164 J-1746 US Army patrol boat 37 1944
165 J-1747 US Army patrol boat 37 1944
166 J-1748 US Army patrol boat 37 1944
167 J-1749 US Army patrol boat 37 1944
168 J-1750 US Army patrol boat 37 1944
169 J-1751 US Army patrol boat 37 1944
170 J-1752 US Army patrol boat 37 1944
171 J-1753 US Army patrol boat 37 1944
172 J-1754 US Army patrol boat 37 1944
173 J-1755 US Army patrol boat 37 1944
174 J-1756 US Army patrol boat 37 1944
175 J-1757 US Army patrol boat 37 1944
176 J-1758 US Army patrol boat 37 1944
177 J-1759 US Army patrol boat 37 1944
178 J-1760 US Army patrol boat 37 1944
179 J-1761 US Army patrol boat 37 1944
[one of above] 1945 cancelled by Army. Completed as recreational Mariann
184 Stanford tuna clipper 1944
185 American Girl tuna clipper 1944 .
186 Ronnie M tuna clipper 1944
187 Dolores M WBBCo tuna clipper 1944 .
188 Mary E Petrich Petrich tuna clipper 464 150 1944 completed 1949, American Queen, Golden Pacific, Flamingo (Mexico)
190 YP-627 US Navy yard patrol Craft 128 1944 to MARAD 1947
191 YP-628 US Navy yard patrol Craft 128 1944 to MARAD 1947
Hustler R Tom Muchlinski trawler 62 1945 1945 US Govt.
255975 Ronnie S trawler 481 118 1945 Existence in doubt 2001
Sherry Ann M Machado tuna clipper 136 1946 later Coimbra
South Coast tuna clipper 262 106 1946 (Mexico)
John N. Cobb (R-552) US Fish & Wildlife Service research 250d 90 1950
260351 Mary Joanne Patrick Mills trawler 52 50 1950 deleted 2011
Western Ace tuna clipper 170 1950
Western King tuna clipper 170 1950
Agnes C Harvey Petrich tuna bait boat 98 1951 .
N51 gillnetter 1951
N52 gillnetter 1951
N53 gillnetter 1951
N54 gillnetter 1951
N55 gillnetter 1951
N56 gillnetter 1951
N57 gillnetter 1951
N58 gillnetter 1951
N59 gillnetter 1951
N60 gillnetter 1951
N61 gillnetter 1951
N62 gillnetter 1951
North Star WBBCo., M Barovic Mother Vessel 1951
269851 St. Mary Karl Erik Kanekkeberg trawler 10 29 1955
LCPL US Navy prototype 1957
278001 Sitka Ranger US Forest Service unclassified 53 58 1958 deleted 2011
278361 Tongass Ranger US Forest Service unspecified 53 58 1959
Indra IV Edward B Benjamin yacht 63 1959
Nerus William A. Pomeroy yacht 85 1962
232 292032 Haida Maid Hydaburg Coop Assoc trawler 37 48 1963 deleted 2001
1135124 C-13729 US Navy 146 96 1963 later Mokulele, Seapath, Condor ?
C-14250 US Navy Torpedo Retreiver 103 1964
Bitt (WYTL-65613) USCG tugboat 72 65 27 May 1966 to NSF (U. of Wash.) 1982 as Clifford A. Barnes, sold 2019 as Bitt
Bollard (WYTL-65614) USCG tugboat 72 65 10 Apr 1967
Cleat (WYTL-65615) USCG tugboat 72 65 10 May 1967
Puck-Hyoh-Toot Priest River Dam work barge 40 1967
509552 Mark I Mark I Inc trawler 182 88 1967
243 512996 Baranof Queen Kenneth L. Engblom seiner 51 49 1968
244 514629 Western Queen Western Queen LLC trawler 62 50 1968
516493 Northern Dawn Northern Dawn, Inc. seiner 40 42 1968 inactive ?
247 1197010 Moko Holo Hele (YFB-87) US Navy ferry 379 150 8 May 1970 sold 2004 as Hokulani O Kona. active? [1st vessel from new yard]
32-aa 523944 Kristi B Kevin J. Christianson trawler 10 29 1969 later Ambience ?
32-aa 525672 Low Rider Holly I. Matthews trawler 10 29 1970
32-19 526614 Aquarius John E. Wassillie trawler 10 29 1970
32-20 Sweet Sage Carlos Freeman trawler 10 29 1970
32-21 526658 Piscio James I. Jensen, Sr. trawler 10 29 1970
32-23 527428 Bil - Mar - J Clyde M. Scott trawler 10 29 1970
32-37 603544 Blue Monday Theron P. Parker trawler 10 29 1969
551677 Tigerlily yacht 28 43 1973
Brittany W. R. Renfro trawler 195 1978
613118 Alaskan Monarch Alaskan Monarch, Inc. trawler 199 92 1979 built in Marysville WA
615728 Cape St. James Cape St James LLC trawler 56 56 1979
613110 City of Seattle Gary K. Wiggins, Jr. trawler 199 92 1979 built in Marysville WA, sank 1981, raised, sank 1988
419-79 622780 Andronica Andronica Fisheries, LLC trawler 193 92 1980 built in Marysville WA
639283 Waldo Western Marine Construction Inc trawler 52 45 1981
111981 640544 Lady Aleutian trawler 196 107 1981 later Lady Alaska, Insatiable, Goodnews Bay, Wassilie B
11-81 648108 Botany Bay Par-Pac Inc trawler 168 84 1982 built in Marysville WA
Built by Petrich Shipbuilding
PSB1 FP-29 US Army freighter 270 114 1943
PSB2 FP-30 US Army freighter 270 114 1943 sold as Sundown
PSB3 FP-31 US Army freighter 270 114 1943 to Panama as J. W. Rodgers
PSB4 FP-32 US Army freighter 270 114 1943 sold as Frances
PSB5 FP-33 US Army freighter 270 114 1943
PSB6 FP-34 US Army freighter 270 114 1943 to USCG 1945, returned to USA 1946 and retained as Baker
PSB7 TP-224 US Army harbor launch 96 1943
PSB8 TP-225 US Army harbor launch 96 1943
[one of above?] tugboat 185 92 1943 sold as Arctic Queen, Charlotte Straits (Canada). Lost 1979
PSB9 275664 LT-387(Pvt. Chas. B Smoot) US Army tugboat 287 Apr 1944 to Crowley/Red Stack 1946 as Sea Cloud, scuttled off Cape Mendocino 1980

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