Winslow Marine Railway ~ Shipbuilding History

Winslow Marine Railway

Port Blakeley WA / Winslow WA

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.

	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