Hillstrom Shipbuilding
North Bend and Coos Bay OR
Most recent update: August 31, 2021.
Hillstrom Shipbuilding Company was started in North Bend by Bill Hillstrom in 1940, moved to 912 N. Front Street in Coos Bay after the war and closed in 1979.
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O/N | Name | Customer | Type | GT | LOA | Delivered | Notes | |
Built at North Bend | ||||||||
P-218 | US Army | patrol boat | 105 | July 1943 | ||||
P-219 | US Army | patrol boat | 105 | July 1943 | ||||
251489 | P-220 | US Army | patrol boat | 105 | July 1943 | sold as Hattie D | ||
251993 | BSP-1777 | US Army | barge, SP | 70 | July 1943 | sold as Grampus | ||
267981 | BSP-1778 | US Army | barge, SP | 70 | Aug 1943 | sold as Alix | ||
276382 | BSP-1779 | US Army | barge, SP | 70 | Aug 1943 | sold as South Bay | ||
250720 | BSP-1780 | US Army | barge, SP | 70 | Aug 1943 | sold as Etolin | ||
252305 | BSP-1781 | US Army | barge, SP | 70 | Aug 1943 | sold as Beaver | ||
ARB-C 105362 ? | US Navy | crash boat | 140 | c100 | 1943 | later Norman D, Alan | ||
LT-518 | US Army | tugboat | 282 | 127 | June 1944 | sold as Captain, abandoned in Vietnam | ||
249867 | LT-519 | US Army | tugboat | 282 | 127 | Sep 1944 | sold 1946 as Sea Fox, scrapped 1975 | |
Kalama | USACE | survey boat | 79 | 1944 | ||||
248586 | Cygnet | trawler | 45 | 57 | 1945 | |||
249349 | Nel Ron Dic | trawler | 31 | 51 | 1946 | |||
254486 | The Goose | Knutson Towboat Co | tugboat | 16 | 36 | 1947 | ||
Built at Coos Bay | ||||||||
274367 | Kawliga | trawler | 11 | 33 | 1952 | |||
276650 | Reef Fisher | trawler | 12 | 31 | 1953 | |||
285422 | Captain Louie | Knutson Towboat Co | tugboat | 28 | 43 | 1961 | ||
501228 | Kangaroo | Michael E Hodges | trawler | 39 | 50 | 1965 | now Cape Alitak | |
298527 | Rustler | tugboat | 13 | 43 | 1965 | later Negotiator, Dispatcher | ||
504404 | Renegade | W S Construction | trawler | 30 | 50 | 1966 | ||
29 | 518969 | Coos Bay | Coos Bay Towboat Co | tugboat | 85 | 71 | 1969 | |
30 | 526744 | Betty A | yacht | 118 | 70 | 1970 | ||
31 | trawler | 78 | 1970 | |||||
32 | 553846 | North Bend | Coos Bay Towboat Co | tugboat | 85 | 66 | 1973 | |
33 | 557771 | Connie | trawler | 41 | 44 | 1974 | now Ruby Lily | |
34 | 582900 | Willamette Rebel | Manson Construction | offshore supply | 28 | 41 | 1977 | now Rebel |
35 | 591482 | Sleep Robber | Burns Enterprises | trawler | 144 | 68 | 1978 | |
36 | Elusive | MacDonald T&K | trawler | 143 | c80 | 1979 | ||
37 | 609344 | Norselander | trawler | 145 | 71 | 1979 | now Let's Go | |
38 | 619796 | Nordic Monarch | Rasmussen & Ptnrs | trawler | 989 | 162 | 1980 | later Yukon Princess, Clipper Epic |