Globe Shipbuilding (WWII)

Superior WI

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.

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

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