Globe Shipbuilding (WWII)
Superior WI
Most recent update: August 7, 2021.
There were two Globe Shipbuilding Companies in Superior, one operational only during WWI, the other only during WWII. They were at different locations, because the WWI Globe's facility was used by Walter Butler Shipbuilders in WWII.
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MARCOM # | Name | Customer | Type | GT | Delivered | Notes | |
100 | 624 | Point Sur | MARCOM | tugboat (V4) | 1,120 | May 1943 | scrapped 1974 |
101 | 625 | Farallon | MARCOM | tugboat (V4) | 1,120 | June 1943 | to Mexico 1969 as R 1, scrapped 1978 |
102 | 626 | Point Cabrillo | MARCOM | tugboat (V4) | 1,120 | June 1943 | scrapped 1974 |
103 | 627 | Trinidad Head | MARCOM | tugboat (V4) | 1,120 | July 1943 | scrapped 1969 |
104 | 628 | Scotch Cap | MARCOM | tugboat (V4) | 1,120 | July 1943 | scrapped 1983 |
105 | 886 | Watch Hill | MARCOM | tugboat (V4) | 1,120 | Oct 1943 | scrapped 1973 |
106 | 887 | Wood Island | MARCOM | tugboat (V4) | 1,120 | Sep 1943 | scrapped 1973 |
107 | 888 | Sands Point | MARCOM | tugboat (V4) | 1,120 | Oct 1943 | scrapped 1982 |
108 | 889 | Point Judith | MARCOM | tugboat (V4) | 1,120 | Nov 1943 | scrapped 1978 |
109 | 890 | Black Rock | MARCOM | tugboat (V4) | 1,120 | Nov 1943 | scrapped 1969 |
110 | 1463 | Covington | MARCOM | frigate | 1,430 | 7 Aug 1944 | PF-56, weather ship 1944, to Ecuador 1947 as Guayas (E-21), struck 1974 |
111 | 1464 | Sheboygan | MARCOM | frigate | 1,430 | 14 Oct 1944 | PF-57, weather ship 1944, to Belgium 1946 as Luitenant ter Zee Victor Billet (F-910), scrapped 1959 |
112 | 1465 | Abilene | MARCOM | frigate | 1,430 | 28 Oct 1944 | PF-58, weather ship 1944, to the Netherlands 1947 as Cirrus, scrapped 1962 |
113 | 1466 | Beaufort | MARCOM | frigate | 1,430 | 28 Aug 1944 | PF-59, weather ship 1944, scrapped 1947 |
114 | 1467 | Charlotte | MARCOM | frigate | 1,430 | 9 Oct 1944 | PF-60, weather ship 1944, sold for scrap 1947 but converted to a coastal passenger ship Bahia, scrapped 1965 |
115 | 1468 | Manitowoc | MARCOM | frigate | 1,430 | 5 Dec 1944 | PF-61, weather ship 1944, to France 1947 as Le Brix (F-15), scrapped 1958 |
116 | 1475 | Worcester/Gladwyne | MARCOM | frigate | 1,430 | 18 Aug 1944 | built in Duluth, PF-62, to Mexico 1947 as General Nicolas Bravo, Papaloapan 1947, scrapped 1964 |
117 | 1476 | Scranton/Moberly | MARCOM | frigate | 1,430 | 30 Aug 1944 | built in Duluth, PF-63, scrapped 1947 |
118 | 2151 | Muscatine | MARCOM | freighter (C1) | 3,800 | Nov 1944 | to USN as AK-197, Palma 1947, Avance 1953, Duke K.L. 1968, scrapped 1972 |
119 | 2152 | Muskingum | MARCOM | freighter (C1) | 3,800 | Ovt-44 | to USN as AK-198, to US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands 1973, scrapped 1982 |
120 | 2153 | Nicollet | MARCOM | freighter (C1) | 3,800 | Nov 1944 | to USN as AK-199, AG-93 and then AVS 6, Djerada 1947, scrapped 1970 |
121 | 2154 | Pembina | MARCOM | freighter (C1) | 3,800 | Nov 1944 | to USN as AK-200, to NDRF 1958, to USA as Resolute 1968, Kathleen Pearcy 1989, Pembina 1992, Spirit of Grace 1996 |
122 | 2155 | Pemiscot/Coastal Competitor | MARCOM | freighter (C1) | 3,800 | July 1945 | to USN as AK-201, Rio Tubarao 1956, scrapped 1975 |
123 | 2156 | Pinellas/Coastal Stevedore | MARCOM | freighter (C1) | 3,800 | Sep 1945 | later Bahia de Matanzas 1948, scrapped 1980 |
124 | 2157 | Pipestone/Coastal Explorer | MARCOM | freighter (C1) | 3,800 | Nov 1945 | later Putamayo 1947, Felipe 1968, scrapped 1974 |
125 | 2158 | Pitkin/Coastal Observer | MARCOM | freighter (C1) | 3,800 | Nov 1945 | later Rio Mocoro 1956, Guararapes 1971, scrapped 1984 |
126 | 2505 | Bight Knot | MARCOM | freighter (C1) | 3,800 | Nov 1945 | later Choluteca 1947, Apostolakis T 1965, Esperanza 1969, wrecked and scrapped 1970 |
127 | 2506 | Ocean Plat | MARCOM | freighter (C1) | 3,800 | Mar 1947 | later Rio Orinoco 1947, Daisei 1960, Daisei Maru 1962, scrapped 1970 |
128 | 2507 | Magnus Hitch | MARCOM | freighter (C1) | 3,800 | Feb 1947 | later Republica de Venezuela 1947, Daiko 1960, Daiko Maru 1962, scrapped 1971 |