Walter Butler Shipbuilders
Superior WI
Most recent update: August 7, 2021.
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: you can see the site from the air on Google here.
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| 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 |