Wilmington Boat Works
Wilmington CA
Most recent update: November 27, 2020.
Wilmington Boat Works, Inc., or WILBO, was started by Hugh Angelman, Willard Buchanan and Tom Smith in 1920. The yard was on Yacht Street, where the USC boatyard is now (I think): can someone please confirm this? The table below is far from complete.
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| O/N | Name | Customer | Type | GT | LOA | Built | Notes | |
| Little Warrior | 1920 | |||||||
| Deep Water | 1920 | |||||||
| Jubilo | motor sailer | 40 | 1920 | |||||
| 220009 | Leta D | fishing boat | 14 | 38 | 1920 | |||
| 221080 | Gladiator | fishing boat | 26 | 49 | 1921 | |||
| 249446 | Advance | fishing boat | 14 | 45 | 1922 | |||
| 222839 | Captain William | tugboat | 65 | 77 | 1923 | to USN 1942 as ST-577 | ||
| 223572 | Pasqualito | George O'Brien | schooner | 30 | 55 | 1924 | sold 1929 as Bali, for film "Tabu(1931) | |
| 225481 | Wetona | 24 | 55 | 1926 | later Quest | |||
| 225769 | Phantom | 32 | 55 | 1927 | ||||
| 226457 | Pasada Manana | Lee A. Phillips | yacht | 114 | 91 | 1927 | to USA 1944 as Q 109, sold 1946, Polaris 1957, to USGS-1966 as r/v | |
| 230618 | Intrepido | 24 | 51 | 1927 | ||||
| 228159 | Adore | yacht | 27 | 56 | 1928 | |||
| 228529 | Sobre Las Olas | yacht | 122 | 105 | 1929 | to USN 1941 as YP-131, sold 1945, owned by J. Paul Getty | ||
| 228670 | Venture | 37 | 60 | 1929 | ||||
| 229851 | Endymion | Donald W. Douglas | sloop | 38 | 54 | 1930 | ||
| 229988 | Samoor | yacht | 15 | 40 | 1930 | |||
| Angelita | aux. sloop | 32 | 1930 | |||||
| Caprice | sloop | 23 | 1930 | |||||
| HMS Bounty | replica | 35 | 193_ | |||||
| Pirate | Tommy Lee | |||||||
| 230525 | Bodacious | yacht | 17 | 40 | 1931 | |||
| 230654 | Joyita | yacht | 72 | 69 | 1931 | to USN 1941 as YP-108, sold 1946 | ||
| 234249 | Viajera | passenger | 39 | 57 | 1935 | |||
| 234484 | Santana | W. L. Stewart | schooner | 18 | 47 | 1935 | ||
| 587386 | Sea Witch | yacht | 11 | 36 | 1937 | |||
| 237468 | Serenade | Jascha Heifetz | sloop | 23 | 50 | 1938 | ||
| 238619 | Chubasco | aux. yawl | 29 | 46 | 1939 | |||
| 276608 | Resolute | passenger | 15 | 39 | 1939 | |||
| Sea Rover | Hugh M. Angelman | ketch | 11 | 36 | 1941 | |||
| 260964 | Leeway | yacht | 9 | 30 | 1942 | |||
| SC-1053 | US Navy | subchaser | 136 | 110 | 17 Mar 1943 | reclassified PGM 4 1943, to FLC 1947 | ||
| SC-1054 | US Navy | subchaser | 136 | 110 | 6 Apr 1943 | to USCG 1945 as Air Ruff (WAVR-460) | ||
| 257294 | SC-1055 | US Navy | subchaser | 136 | 110 | 10 May 1943 | to USCG 1945 as Air Sheldrake (WAVR-461), DeEtta | |
| SC-1056 | US Navy | subchaser | 136 | 110 | 15 Jun 1943 | reclassified PGM 5, to FLC 1947 | ||
| SC-1366 | US Navy | subchaser | 136 | 110 | 12 Aug 1943 | reclassified PGM 8, to FLC 1947 | ||
| SC-1367 | US Navy | subchaser | 136 | 110 | 10 Sep 1943 | to USCG 1945 as Air Waxwing (WAVR-478) | ||
| 254669 | SC-1368 | US Navy | subchaser | 136 | 110 | 13 Oct 1943 | sold 1948 as Pacific Surveyor | |
| SC-1369 | US Navy | subchaser | 136 | 110 | 12 Nov 1943 | to USCG 1945 as Air Willet (WAVR-479) | ||
| 681344 | TP-126 | US Army | harbor tugboat | 134 | 96 | Mar 1944 | later Challenger, sank in Juneau AK-2015 | |
| TP-127 | US Army | harbor tugboat | 134 | 96 | Apr 1944 | |||
| TP-128 | US Army | harbor tugboat | 134 | 96 | May 1944 | |||
| TP-129 | US Army | harbor tugboat | 134 | 96 | June 1944 | |||
| TP-130 | US Army | harbor tugboat | 134 | 96 | July 1944 | |||
| TP-131 | US Army | harbor tugboat | 134 | 96 | Aug 1944 | |||
| 251870 | P-518 | US Army | rescue boat | 85 | June 1944 | later Flying Shark | ||
| 256911 | P-519 | US Army | rescue boat | 85 | June 1944 | later Viking, Alaskan Song | ||
| 252576 | P-520 | US Army | rescue boat | 85 | July 1944 | later Brigand | ||
| P-521 | US Army | rescue boat | 85 | July 1944 | ||||
| 252762 | P-522 | US Army | rescue boat | 85 | Aug 1944 | later Vanities, Thunder Cloud, Dry Martini | ||
| 255689 | P-523 | US Army | rescue boat | 85 | Aug 1944 | later Thunderbird | ||
| 252985 | P-524 | US Army | rescue boat | 85 | Sep 1944 | later Thunderer | ||
| P-525 | US Army | rescue boat | 85 | Sep 1944 | ||||
| Black Dolphin | ketch | 18 | 32 | 1944 | later Island Girl, Bettina | |||
| 240818 | Aquila | fishing boat | 35 | 47 | 1944 | later Leona B | ||
| 245712 | Sam | fishing boat | 12 | 33 | 1944 | |||
| 246373 | Elisa D | yacht | 27 | 45 | 1944 | later Vandal | ||
| 258315 | Sunbeam | passenger | 11 | 36 | 1944 | |||
| 249952 | Sirius | passenger | 14 | 38 | 1946 | |||
| 250183 | Sport King | passenger | 63 | 61 | 1946 | |||
| 250400 | Patsy-K | passenger | 13 | 45 | 1946 | |||
| 250425 | Gen. Patton | fishing boat | 22 | 38 | 1946 | |||
| 250708 | Tim-O | passenger | 13 | 45 | 1946 | |||
| 933728 | Sea Belle | yacht | 20 | 35 | 1946 | |||
| 251851 | Speed King | passenger | 13 | 45 | 1947 | |||
| 252966 | Toyon | passenger | 14 | 48 | 1947 | |||
| 253130 | Marie Celine | yacht | 23 | 40 | 1947 | |||
| 253411 | Little Star | fishing boat | 11 | 32 | 1947 | |||
| 256087 | Jackie Rae | fishing boat | 21 | 40 | 1948 | |||
| Implicit (MSO-455) | US Navy | minesweeper | 780d | 172 | 10 Mar 1954 | to Taiwan 1995 as Yung Ky | ||
| Inflict (MSO-456) | US Navy | minesweeper | 780d | 172 | 11 May 1954 | scrapped 1992 | ||
| Loyalty (MSO-457) | US Navy | minesweeper | 780d | 172 | 11 Jun 1954 | scrapped 1973 | ||
| Pivot (MSO-463) | US Navy | minesweeper | 780d | 172 | 12 Jul 1954 | to Spain 1974 as Guadalmedina (M-42) | ||
| Pluck (MSO-464) | US Navy | minesweeper | 780d | 172 | 11 Aug 1954 | scrapped 1992 | ||
| Prestige (MSO-465) | US Navy | minesweeper | 780d | 172 | 11 Sep 1954 | scrapped 1971 | ||
| Prime (MSO-466) | US Navy | minesweeper | 780d | 172 | 11 Oct 1954 | scrapped 1976 | ||
| Reaper (MSO-467) | US Navy | minesweeper | 780d | 172 | 10 Nov 1954 | scrapped 1976 | ||
| 276192 | Kamalii | Bonsall Trust | recreational | 47 | 75 | 1958 |