Ackerman Boat ~ Shipbuilding History

Ackerman Boat

Newport Beach CA

Most recent update: August 31, 2021.

Clarence Ackerman started Ackerman Boat Works in the 1930s and moved it to Rhine Avenue, on Lido Peninsular, in the 1940s, changing the name to Ackerman Boatbuilders. After building four lend-lease HDMLs for New Zealand, it built MTLs and TPs for the Army. After the war, it closed and was sold to Continental Steel, who built some commercial boats and then sold it back to Ackerman, who reverted to the recreational market, building around 75 Newporter 40 sail boats before closing in the 1950s. See the yard from the air on Google here.

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	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	LOA	Delivered	Notes
Built by Ackerman Boat Works
		HDML-1348	New Zealand Navy	launch		72	4 Mar 1944	P-3563 1950, Pegasus 1956, Kuparu 1967, Toroa 1968, sold as Haku 2002
		HDML-1349	New Zealand Navy	launch		72	4 Mar 1944	P-3565 1950, Wakefield 1956, Haku 1964, sold 19?? as Black Watch
		HDML-1350	New Zealand Navy	launch		72	27 Mar 1944	P-3564 1950, Toroa 1950, Koura 1967, to Paeroa 1984 for museum
		HDML-1351	New Zealand Navy	launch		72	15 Mar 1944	sold 1947, Aotearoa 1951, Pakatoa 1965
Built by Ackerman Boatbuilders
	284507	MTL-1232	US Army	harbor tugboat		47	1943	sold as Lohilani
	255210	MTL-1233	US Army	harbor tugboat		47	1943	sold as Kolomona
	261139	MTL-1234	US Army	harbor tugboat		47	1943	sold as Ehukai, Little Toot, Claire, stranded 1952
	255514	MTL-1235	US Army	harbor tugboat		47	1943	sold as Betty Lou
	250689	MTL-1236	US Army	harbor tugboat		47	1943	sold as Hanalei, Wanda K
		MTL-1237	US Army	harbor tugboat		47	1943
	245601	MTL-a	US Army	harbor tugboat	34	47	1944	sold as Nyna Rose
	245892	MTL-a	US Army	harbor tugboat	37	47	1944	sold as New Home
	245994	MTL-a	US Army	harbor tugboat	34	47	1944	sold as Thelma Kay
	246519	MTL-a	US Army	harbor tugboat	38	47	1944	sold as Two Nancies
	246806	MTL-a	US Army	harbor tugboat	33	47	1944	sold as Norman H
	289913	MTL-a	US Army	harbor tugboat		47	1944	sold as Tug 1061, Viking
	557968	MTL-a	US Army	harbor tugboat		47	1944	sold as Dixie Diver
	260751	TP-107	US Army	harbor tugboat	181	96	1944	later PVT John J. Mattiace, sold 1952 as Daring (Canada)
		TP-108	US Army	harbor tugboat		96	1944
		TP-109	US Army	harbor tugboat		96	1944
		TP-110	US Army	harbor tugboat		96	1944
	270852	TP-111	US Army	harbor tugboat	184	96	1944	sold as Tartar, Bill Clark, Pacific Explorer, Tiger-Horse
		TP-112	US Army	harbor tugboat		96	1944
		TP-113	US Army	harbor tugboat		96	1944
		TP-114	US Army	harbor tugboat		96	1944
		TP-115	US Army	harbor tugboat		96	1944
		TP-116	US Army	harbor tugboat		96	1944
		TP-117	US Army	harbor tugboat		96	1944
	275288	TP-118	US Army	harbor tugboat	173	96	1944	later T-118, sold as Pacific, Edith Foss, Mavis Lynn
		TP-119	US Army	harbor tugboat		96	1944
		TP-120	US Army	harbor tugboat		96	1944
		TP-121	US Army	harbor tugboat		96	1944
	246873	Island Girl	C. E. Ackerman	yacht	20	38	1944
Built by Ackerman Boat (Consolidated Steel)
	286909			harbor tugboat	35	51	1944	sold as H F Lauritzen
	248085	Edward J. Engel	Atchison Topeka RR	tugboat	386	141	May 1945	later Respect, sank in Oakland 2007
			Atchison Topeka RR	car float			1945
	248441	Princess Pat	Otto C. Kiessig	trawler	238	90	July 1945	foundered 1952
	248868	Princess Anne	Otto C. Kiessig	trawler	238	90	1945	foundered 1945
	249580	Lou Jean	Luigi Guidi	trawler	260	90	1945
	249889	Fatima	Cosimo Cutri	trawler	251	90	1946	later Sun Padre
	250247	sport fisher IV	Otto C. Kiessig	passenger	63	61	1946
	250304	sport fisher V	Otto C. Kiessig	passenger	63	61	1946	stranded 1948
	251344	American Boy	Joaquim Canas	tuna boat	360	116	Dec 1946	foundered 1966
	251696	Conte di Savoia	Andrea Castagnola	tuna boat	363	116	Dec 1946	later Emperador Azteca 1961
	251893	sport fisher VI	Otto C. Kiessig	passenger	14	43	1946
	253118	Alalunga	James S. Barrett	passenger	86	61	1947	later Inkspot, The Boss
	255202	Betty Lou	Louis V. Vance	passenger	86	61	1948
	277927	Streamliner		trawler	21	43	1946	later Ranger, Melinda B, Amanda Dawn II
	281616			yacht	17	37	1947	built in Los Angeles, Bojac 1960, Phoenix 1, Angelina, NLD 2009
Built by Ackerman Boat Works (Newporter 40s)
		Aquila	Allen E. Harper	recreational	15	35	1955
	273754	Red's Rogue		recreational	15	35	1957
	289711	Madam		recreational	15	35	1957
	290820	Against the Wind		recreational	15	37	1956
	502197	Kaomi		recreational	15	35	1956
	517337	Golden Wings		recreational	19	40	1956
	522757	Miracle		recreational	16	40	1957
20	529865	Concubine		recreational	15	35	1956
38	532262	Owlheart		recreational	15	35	1957	later Nokomis