Walter Butler Shipbuilders
Superior WI
Walter Butler Shipbuilders, Inc., took over Lake Superior Shipbuilding at the outset of the war. The yard was located at North 1st and Hammond Avenue.
Name | Customer | Type | MC # | LDT | Delivered | Notes | ||
Built by Lake Superior Shipbuilding | ||||||||
101 | YO-46 | Bullwheel | US Navy | oiler | 1,731 | 21 Oct 1942 | to Philippine owners 1964 | |
102 | YO-47 | Casinghead | US Navy | oiler | 1,731 | 12 Nov 1942 | struck 1997 | |
Built by Walter Butler Shipbuilders | ||||||||
1 | 169573 | John W. Arey | MoWT | freighter (N3) | 399 | 1,791 | Dec 1942 | to Britain, sold 1951, sank 1971 |
2 | 169619 | Rodney Baxter | MoWT | freighter (N3) | 400 | 1,791 | May 1943 | to Britain, sold 1951, wrecked 1958 but repaired, sank 1972 but raised, lost in the Mekong River 1974 |
3 | 169608 | Richard Bearse | MoWT | freighter (N3) | 401 | 1,791 | May 1943 | to Britain, sold 1949, scrapped 1961 |
4 | 169922 | William Brewster | MoWT | freighter (N3) | 402 | 1,791 | May 1943 | to Britain, in collision and sank in the St. Clair River 1943 but raised and repaired, sold 1949, scrapped 1967 |
5 | 169577 | William Bursley | MoWT | freighter (N3) | 403 | 1,791 | May 1943 | to Britain, mined in the North Sea 1945 but repaired, sold 1949, in collision 1954 but repaired, wrecked 1964 |
6 | 169602 | Ashman J. Clough | MoWT | freighter (N3) | 404 | 1,791 | May 1943 | to Britain, torpedoed and lost in the English Channel 26-Aug-44 |
7 | 169600 | Calvin Coggin | MoWT | freighter (N3) | 405 | 1,791 | June 1943 | to Britain, sold 1949, wrecked and scrapped 1962 |
8 | 169613 | Jesse G. Cotting | MoWT | freighter (N3) | 406 | 1,791 | June 1943 | to Britain, sold 1949, scrapped |
9 | 169596 | Josiah P. Cressey | MoWT | freighter (N3) | 407 | 1,791 | June 1943 | to Britain, sold 1947, sunk by gunfire in the Yangtze River 1949 |
10 | 169601 | Tully Crosby | MoWT | freighter (N3) | 408 | 1,791 | June 1943 | to Britain, sold 1949, burned and sank 1965 |
11 | 169612 | Elkanah Crowell | MoWT | freighter (N3) | 409 | 1,791 | June 1943 | to Britain, sold 1951 as Inchulva, scrapped |
12 | 169618 | Justin Doane | MoWT | freighter (N3) | 410 | 1,791 | June 1943 | to Britain, sold 1947, sunk by gunfire near Chienchow 1950 |
13 | 169711 | Asa Eldridge | MoWT | freighter (N3) | 411 | 1,791 | July 1943 | to Britain, sold 1951, scrapped |
14 | 169607 | Anthony Enright | MoWT | freighter (N3) | 412 | 1,791 | July 1943 | to Britain, sold 1950, scrapped 1964 |
15 | 169713 | Watson Ferris | MoWT | freighter (N3) | 413 | 1,791 | July 1943 | to Britain, wrecked and scrapped 1950 |
16 | 169675 | Bailey Foster | MoWT | freighter (N3) | 414 | 1,791 | July 1943 | to Britain, sold 1949, scrapped 1971 |
17 | 169665 | Gurden Gates | MoWT | freighter (N3) | 415 | 1,791 | July 1943 | to Britain, sold 1949, burned and abandoned 1967 |
18 | 169727 | Moses Gay | MoWT | freighter (N3) | 416 | 1,791 | July 1943 | to Britain, sold 1951, wrecked and scrapped 1959 |
19 | PF-22 | Gloucester | WSA | frigate | 1433 | 1,430 | 10 Dec 1943 | to USSR 1945 as EK-26, to Japan 1853 as Tsuge (PF-292), struck 1970, to Korea 1973 for spare parts |
20 | PF-23 | Shreveport | WSA | frigate | 1434 | 1,430 | 24 Apr 1944 | scrapped 1947 |
21 | PF-24 | Muskegon | WSA | frigate | 1435 | 1,430 | 16 Dec 1943 | weather ship 1944, to USCG 1946 as WPF-24, to France 1947 as Mermoz (F-14), scrapped 1958 |
22 | PF-25 | Charlottesville | WSA | frigate | 1436 | 1,430 | 10 Apr 1944 | to USSR 1945 as EK-1, to Japan 1953 as Maki (PF-298), scrapped 1972 |
23 | PF-26 | Poughkeepsie | WSA | frigate | 1437 | 1,430 | 6 Sep 1944 | to USSR 1945 as EK-25, to Japan 1953 as Momi (PF-284), to Korea 1969 for spare parts, scrapped 1972 |
24 | PF-27 | Newport | WSA | frigate | 1438 | 1,430 | 8 Sep 1944 | to USSR 1945 as EK-27, to Japan 1953 as Kaede (PF-293), inactive |
25 | PF-28 | Emporia | WSA | frigate | 1439 | 1,430 | 12 Jun 1944 | weather ship 1944, to France 1945 as Le Verrier, scrapped 1958 |
26 | PF-29 | Groton | WSA | frigate | 1440 | 1,430 | 5 Sep 1944 | to Colombia 1947 as Almirante Padilla (FG 11), struck 1965 |
27 | PF-30 | Hingham | WSA | frigate | 1441 | 1,430 | 3 Nov 1944 | weather ship 1944, scrapped 1947 |
28 | PF-31 | Grand Rapids | WSA | frigate | 1442 | 1,430 | 26 Oct 1944 | weather ship 1944, scrapped 1947 |
29 | PF-32 | Woonsocket | WSA | frigate | 1443 | 1,430 | 27 Jul 1944 | weather ship 1944, to Peru 1947 as Tenente Galvez (F-1) 1947, scrapped 1961 |
30 | PF-33 | Dearborn | WSA | frigate | 1444 | 1,430 | 17 Jul 1944 | weather ship 1944, scrapped 1947 |
31 | AK-182 | Gadsden | WSA | freighter (C1) | 2113 | 3,805 | Sep 1944 | sold 1947 |
32 | AK-183 | Glacier | WSA | freighter (C1) | 2114 | 3,805 | Oct 1944 | sold 1947, scrapped 1970 |
33 | AK-184 | Grainger | WSA | freighter (C1) | 2115 | 3,805 | Sep 1944 | sold 1947, scrapped 1960 |
34 | AK-185 | Gwinnett | WSA | freighter (C1) | 2116 | 3,805 | Nov 1944 | later AVS 5, sold 1947, wrecked 1968 and scrapped |
35 | AK-186 | Habersham | WSA | freighter (C1) | 2117 | 3,805 | Nov 1944 | sold 1947 |
36 | AK-187 | Hennepin | WSA | freighter (C1) | 2118 | 3,805 | Dec 1944 | scrapped 1960 |
37 | AK-188 | Herkimer | WSA | freighter (C1) | 2119 | 3,805 | Dec 1944 | to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands 1973 |
38 | AK-189 | Hidalgo | WSA | freighter (C1) | 2120 | 3,805 | Mar 1945 | sold 1947 |
39 | AK-190 | Kenosha | WSA | freighter (C1) | 2121 | 3,805 | Feb 1945 | sold 1947, converted 1967 to drill ship Arabdrill 2 |
40 | 248952 | Coastal Archer | WSA | freighter (C1) | 2122 | 3,805 | Aug 1945 | transferred to USN as Lebanon (AK-191) cancelled, sold 1947 |
41 | 248954 | Coastal Expounder | WSA | freighter (C1) | 2123 | 3,805 | Aug 1945 | transferred to USN as Lehigh (AK-192) cancelled, sold 1947, scrapped 1969 |
42 | 248957 | Coastal Ringleader | WSA | freighter (C1) | 2124 | 3,805 | Apr 1945 | transferred to USN as Lancaster (AK-193) cancelled, sold 1947 |
43 | 248959 | Coastal Spartan | WSA | freighter (C1) | 2125 | 3,805 | Apr 1945 | transferred to USN as Marengo (AK-194) cancelled, sold 1947, drill ship Cyclone 1972, fish processor ship Northern Victor 1980 |
44 | 248955 | Coastal Harbinger | WSA | freighter (C1) | 2126 | 3,805 | Apr 1945 | transferred to USN as Midland (AK-195) cancelled, sold 1947, scrapped 1970 |
45 | 248683 | Coastal Herald | WSA | freighter (C1) | 2127 | 3,805 | May 1945 | transferred to USN as Minidoka (AK-196) cancelled, sold 1947, scrapped 1977 |
46 | 248059 | Phoebe Knot | WSA | freighter (C1) | 2128 | 3,805 | May 1945 | sold 1947 |
47 | 248117 | Chain and Crown | WSA | freighter (C1) | 2129 | 3,805 | June 1945 | sold 1947, scrapped 1969 |
48 | 247893 | Cinch Knot | WSA | freighter (C1) | 2130 | 3,805 | May 1945 | sold 1947 |
49 | 248168 | Hawser Eye | WSA | freighter (C1) | 2131 | 3,805 | June 1945 | sold 1947 |
50 | 248356 | Dragon Fly | WSA | freighter (C1) | 2132 | 3,805 | July 1945 | sold 1947, scrapped 1969 |
51 | 248570 | Sampan Hitch | WSA | freighter (C1) | 2133 | 3,805 | Aug 1945 | to USN 1964 as T-AGM-18, scrapped 1973 |
52 | 248566 | Jacob's Ladder | WSA | freighter (C1) | 2134 | 3,805 | Aug 1945 | sold 1947 |