Winslow Marine Railway

Port Blakeley WA / Winslow WA

Most recent update: August 30, 2016.

Hall Bros. Marine Railway & Shipbuilding Co. was started by Henry Hall in 1878. In 1903 it outgrew its site in Port Blakely and Mr. Hall developed a new and larger yard on a 77-acre site at Eagle Harbor, on Bainbridge Island, near the village of Madrone, which was later renamed Winslow, in honor of Mr. Hall's deceased brother. Hall sold the business in 1916 to Captain James Griffiths, who renamed it Winslow Marine Railway & Shipbuilding Company, but leased it the following year to D. W. Hartzel, Inc., for USSB work involving the installation of machinery in hulls built by others. Griffiths took the yard back after WWI and ran it primarily as a repair facility for ferry operators. During WWII, he built steel minesweepers, reaching a peak workforce of 2,300. The yard was sold in 1948 and renamed Commercial Ship Repair of Winslow, but gradually shrank and finally closed in 1959. The property was then split into a marina, an apartment complex and a Washington State Ferries maintenance facility. See it from the air on Google here.

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O/N Name Customer Type Tons LOA Delivered Notes
Built by Hall Bros. Marine Railway & Shipbuilding Company in Port Blakely
Iris T. R. Foster et al schooner 301 1879 later James Makee 1879, burned at Manila 1924
Kelpie T. R. Foster et al schooner 389 1880 later C. R. Bishop 1880, wrecked 3nm from Maniluirli, Kauai Is 1894
Hesper Cyrus Ryder schooner 1882
Annie E. Campbell schooner
Bonita schooner
James G. Blaine schooner 505 1884 later W. G. Hall 1884, scrapped 1917
Rush U.S. Revenue Service gunboat 550 1885 deleted 1925
Planter schooner 444 1886 later Mikahala 1887, scrapped 1926
Kauai schooner 268 1886 later Waialeale 1886, scrapped 1928
116145 S. G. Wilder schooner 604 1887
155157 Oceania Vance schooner 455 1888
86046 Golden Shore Rolph Navigation schooner 699 1889
92304 Meteor Marine Products Corp. schooner 600 1891
Lyman D. Foster Hall Bros. schooner 777 1892 abandoned off Fiji 1913
92538 Wanderer tugboat 67 1893 later Magic
126992 C. S. Holmes C. S. Holmes Shipping schooner 623 1893
James Spiers W. G. Hall schooner 851 1896 later Mauna Loa 1897, scrapped 1924
90 Mary E. Foster schooner 828 1898
Eric schooner 544 1898 later Four Winds 1925, Crusader, Quattro Venti, Saro Primo 1934
141625 Lottie Bennett G. E. Billings schooner 566 1899 later Normandie 1926, Lottie Bennett 1931, foundered off Mexico 1947
Winslow schooner 566 1899 sank in Australia 1917
William H. Smith schooner 1899
141661 Ludlow schooner 762 1900
107687 Alpena schooner 970 1901
86576 Gamble Wesley P. Archer schooner 726 1901
117099 Sophie Christenson J. E. Shields schooner 675 1901
106 3940 Blakely John S. Wigham schooner 751 1902
127614 Camano schooner 730 1902
127676 Caroline schooner 511 1902
96614 H. K. Hall schooner 1,237 1902
93343 Mabel Gale Schooner Mabel Gale schooner 762 1902
162118 Blakely No. 2 Foss Launch & tugboat scow 266 1903
162879 H B No 1 E. A. Black freight barge 15 1903
Built by Hall Bros. Marine Railway & Shipbuilding Company in Winslow
201446 Norwood Sudden & Christenson steamer 760 1904 scrapped 1933
202687 J. B. Stetson I. J. Harmon steamer 837 1905 wrecked near Monterey 1934
162438 Marten Am. Yukon Nav. freight barge 416 1905
162488 P. C. Co. No. 1 Baxter-Wyckoff Inc. freight barge 68 1905
Idaho Am. Yukon Nav. freight barge 380 1906
162796 Montana Am. Yukon Nav. freight barge 380 1906
Arizona Am. Yukon Nav. freight barge 380 1906
Omaha Am. Yukon Nav. freight barge 380 1906
203638 Parthia Foss Launch & tugboat tugboat 14 1906
203502 Delhi Pacific Coast Co steamer 986 1906 wrecked Sumner Strait, Alaska 1915
163153 Wolverine Am. Yukon Nav. scow 406 1907
163248 Arthur Rust Drummond Lighterage freight barge 360 1907
204272 Nootka Harry W. Colby yacht 17 1907
204509 Shna-Yak G. E. Billings schooner 839 1907 later Charles Christenson 1918, Annie Christenson 1925, scrapped 1937
208848 Zina Robert L. Wilton yacht 9 1908
163840 Foss 117 Foss Launch & tugboat freight barge 636 1909
163841 Foss 115 Foss Launch & tugboat freight barge 636 1909
207369 Alpha tugboat 13 1911 later Turecamo Boys, Robert Gray
208384 W. H. Bancroft Northwestern Fisheries freighter 179 1911
209623 A. B. Carpenter Northwestern Fisheries tugboat 141 1912
209874 Superior Pacific Am. Fishing fishing boat 86 1912
210082 Iskum Pioneer Towing tugboat 18 1912
210233 Dwarf O. H. Freeman tugboat 16 1912
251386 Orcas (Q-150) US Army motor launch 57 61 1913 later Sea Lark, Orcas, sank
164892 Foss 116 Foss Launch & tugboat freight barge 805 1912
210940 Kumtux McCormick Lumber tugboat 42 1913 later Venture, NLD
211602 Arctic Dady Engineering tugboat 197 1913
212096 Robert G. Seymour Mildred I. Dockery fishing boat 25 1914
234815 Fern Charles D. Stover fishing boat 146 1915 to USLHS as tender
Swihonish USACE snag boat 291 1915 later W. T. Preston 1929, partially incorporated into a second W. T. Preston 1939
Built by Winslow Marine Railway & Shipbuilding Company in Winslow
166484 Lundgren No. 2 yacht Charters scow 16 1916
220731 Griffson Griffith & Co. freighter 2,259 1916
214251 Richard S Robert O. Gunther yacht 8 1916
214469 Inverness Samson Tug & barge tugboat 47 1916
215083 Billie M Joe E. Lewis fishing boat 17 1917
215084 Helen H I. W. Collings fishing boat 17 1917
215117 Eunice Alaska Commercial fishing boat 42 1917
142 215804 Anyox Capt. James Griffiths steamer 1,287 1917 later Salvage Queen 1941, Sheng-Li 1946, burned Whangpoo River 1948
166838 Rose No. 10 Jim Lyons freight barge 98 1917
218008 Anna May Paul D. Smith fishing boat 12 1919
218552 Reta Felix R. Shoer fishing boat 8 1919
220731 Griffson Norton Clapp schooner 2,259 1920
225459 Sueja III Capt. James Griffiths yacht 179 1926 later Mariner III
226513 Quillayute Sound Ferry Line ferry 728 1927
227755 Chahunta Lincoln County Logging tugboat 101 1928
Built by Winslow Marine Ways in Winslow
Brown Bear US F&W Service survey vessel 1934 to USN 1942 as YP-197, returned 1946
233833 Gary Foss Foss Launch & tugboat tugboat 63 1935
171975 A J No. 3 Bolivar S Eqpmt. freight barge 271 1935
171976 A J No. 4 Bolivar S Eqpmt. freight barge 271 1935
171977 A J No. 5 Bolivar S Eqpmt. freight barge 271 1935
545805 E. B. Schley Howe Sound Mining Co. tugboat 46 1937 NLD c1990
Howe Sound Mining Co. dry bulk barge 1937
Howe Sound Mining Co. dry bulk barge 1937
Howe Sound Mining Co. dry bulk barge 1937
174448 Atlas Ritchie Transportation freight barge 118 1939
174449 L McN & L IX No. 11 Bern O. Bliss freight barge 117 1939
174491 P. A. F. No. 6 Pacific Am. Fisheries freight barge 100 1939
Puget Sound NSY caisson 1939
Pursuit (AM-108) US Navy minesweeper 1250d 30 Apr 1943 reclassified as AGS-17 1952, scrapped 1964
Requisite (AM-109) US Navy minesweeper 1250d 7 Jun 1943 reclassified as AGS-18 1952, scrapped 1964
Revenge (AM-110) US Navy minesweeper 1250d 27 Jul 1943 scrapped 1967
Sage (AM-111) US Navy minesweeper 1250d 23 Aug 1943 to Mexico 1973 as Hermenegildo Galeana, Matamoros (PO 117)
Salute (AM-294) US Navy minesweeper 850d 4 Dec 1943 mined off Labuan and lost 1945
Saunter (AM-295) US Navy minesweeper 850d 22 Jan 1944 scrapped 1946
Scout (AM-296) US Navy minesweeper 850d 3 Mar 1944 to Mexico 1963 as DM 09, scrapped
Scrimmage (AM-297) US Navy minesweeper 850d 4 Apr 1944 sold 1962, cable ship Giant II, research vessel Mahi, reefed in Hawaii 1982
Scuffle (AM-298) US Navy minesweeper 850d 2 May 1944 to Mexico 1963 as General Felipe Xicotencatl (C-53), scrapped
Sentry (AM-299) US Navy minesweeper 850d 30 May 1944 to Vietnam 1962 as Ky Hoa (HQ-09), scrapped
Serene (AM-300) US Navy minesweeper 850d 24 Jun 1944 to Vietnam 1963 as Nhut Tao (HQ-10), scrapped
Shelter (AM-301) US Navy minesweeper 850d 9 Jul 1944 to Vietnam 1963 as Chi Linh (HQ-11), scrapped
Garland (AM-238) US Navy minesweeper 850d 26 Aug 1944 scrapped 1960
Gayety (AM-239) US Navy minesweeper 850d 23 Sep 1944 to Vietnam 1962 as Chi Lang II (HQ-08), to the Philippines 1975 as Magat Salamat (PS-20)
Hazard (AM-240) US Navy minesweeper 850d 31 Oct 1944 sold 1968, to Omaha NB 1971 as museum
Hilarity (AM-241) US Navy minesweeper 850d 27 Nov 1944 to Mexico 1962 as D 2, scrapped
Inaugural (AM-242) US Navy minesweeper 850d 30 Dec 1944 to St. Louis MO 1968 as museum, swept from moorings and sank 1993
YTL-571 US Navy tugboat 70d 1945 sold 1974
YTL-572 US Navy tugboat 70d 1945 to the Philippines 1948
YTL-573 US Navy tugboat 70d 1945 to France 1951
YTL-574 US Navy tugboat 70d 1945 sold
260562 Oil Pilot Tugs, Inc. tugboat 55 1945 A converted YTL-a
289464 Rustler Long Beach Tugboat Co. tugboat 51 1945 A converted YTL-a
Built by Commercial Ship Repair of Winslow
255784 W. T. & B. Co. No. 69 Washington Tug & barge freight barge 523 1948
265631 Boundary City of Seattle tugboat 17 1948
265632 Skagit City of Seattle tugboat 17 1948

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