J. F. Duthie & Company ~ Shipbuilding History

J. F. Duthie & Company

Seattle WA

Most recent update: August 25, 2021.

J. F. Duthie came from the well-known Scottish shipbuilding family in Aberdeen: he worked briefly at Herreshoff, in Bristol RI, and then at Wolf & Zwicker, in Portland OR, before starting his own yard in 1911. It was located on the East Waterway, on land leased from the Port of Seattle, just north of the S.W. Spokane Street bridge. See the site from the air on Google here. The yard was enlarged in WWI to build cargo ships for the USSB. In 1928, the name was changed to Wallace Bridge Company - Wallace Duthie was J.F.'s son - and they left the maritime sector.

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	USSB #	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	Delivered	Notes
1		209710	Unimak	Alaska Whaling	whale catcher	146	May 1912
2		209709	Kodiak	Alaska Whaling	whale catcher	146	May 1912
3		210542	Starr	San Juan Fishing	trawler	371	Sep 1912	scrapped 1940
4		211875	Leschi	Port of Seattle	ferry	433	Dec 1913	later trawler St. Elias 1977, wrecked 1980.
5		213019	K. L. Ames	NW Fisheries	tender	184	1915
6			Rose	USLHS	tender	427d	Aug 1916
7		214903	Robert Bridges	Port of Seattle	ferry	168	1916	later Mount Vernon 1923, scrapped c1952
8		215924	War Leopard/West Point	USSB	freighter	5,600	Jan 1918	scrapped 1938
9		215951	Hallbjorg/Westerner	USSB	freighter	5,600	Feb 1918	scrapped 1933
10		216008	War General/Westfield	USSB	freighter	5,600	Feb 1918	scrapped 1930
11		216348	War Topaz/West Bridge	USSB	freighter	5,600	May 1918	later Barbara Cates 1929, Pan Gulf 1938, Lermontov 1945, scrapped 1966
12		216465	War Emerald/Western Sea	USSB	freighter	5,600	June 1918	scrapped 1931
14		216130	War Sun/Westover	USSB	freighter	5,600	May 1918	torpedoed and lost 1918
15		216223	War Moon/Westboro	USSB	freighter	5,600	Apr 1918	later Jane Christenson 1926, Stalingrad 1942, Kharkov 1945, scrapped 1968
16		216785	Viviani/Western Star	USSB	freighter	5,600	Aug 1918	scrapped 1933
17		216073	War Fort/Western King	USSB	freighter	5,600	Mar 1918	scrapped 1938
18		216826	War Disk/Western Cross	USSB	freighter	5,600	Aug 1918	scrapped 1931
19		216949	War Ruby/Western Hope	USSB	freighter	5,600	Sep 1918	scrapped 1933
20		217127	Petain/Westpool	USSB	freighter	5,600	Oct 1918	torpedoed and lost 1941
21	1471	217727	West Helix	USSB	freighter	5,600	May 1919	later Pacific Hemlock 1927, Vermont 1937, Izmail 1945, scrapped 1965
22	1472	217981	West Hembrie	USSB	freighter	5,600	May 1919	later Pacific Oak 1929, Ingul 1943, Taras Shevchenko 1945, scrapped 1963
23	1473	218111	West Hematite	USSB	freighter	5,600	June 1919	later Irish Pine 1941, torpedoed and lost 1942
24	1474	218426	West Henshaw	USSB	freighter	5,600	July 1919	later Golden Cross 1928, Kohala 1938, Petr Tchaikovsky 1945, hulked 1966
25	1475	218628	West Hepburn	USSB	freighter	5,600	Aug 1919	later Charles Christenson 1927, Plekhanov 1945, Professor Lobachevskiy 1949, scrapped 1956
26	1476	218733	West Herkimer/Seattle Spirit	USSB	freighter	5,600	Aug 1919	torpedoed and scuttled 1942
27	1477	218990	West Herrick/Dewey	USSB	freighter	5,600	Sep 1919	later Golden Fleece 1928, Louisianan 1937, Empire Gannet 1940, Arion 1946, St. Elefterio 1956, foundered 1958
28	1478	219209	West Hesperia/Deuel	USSB	freighter	5,600	Nov 1919	later Capac 1926, Cardina 1940, torpedoed and lost 1942
29	1479	219437	West Hesseltine	USSB	freighter	5,600	Jan 1920	later Monfiore 1926, captured by U.S. 1941 and renamed White Clover, Lev Tolstoi 1945, Carla Laviosa 1956, scrapped 1960
30	1480	219541	West Ivan	USSB	freighter	5,600	Jan 1920	later Golden West 1928, Canadian 1937, Hokusei Maru 1941, Nikkin Maru 1941, torpedoed and lost 1944
31	2602	219682	West Campgaw	USSB	freighter	5,600	Mar 1920	later Capira 1941, torpedoed and lost 1942
32	2603	220091	West Mahwah	USSB	freighter	5,600	May 1920	later Norse King 1938, torpedoed and lost 1942
36		220642	Griffco	Coastwise SS Co.	freighter	1,500	Sep 1920	later Kaala 1928, wrecked off Molokai 1932
37		220755	Griffdu	Coastwise SS Co.	freighter	1,500	Oct 1920	later Noyo 1935, Nang Suang Nawa 1940, Empire Adur 1942, Nang Suang Nawa 1948, lost en route to breakers 1955