Chilman Shipyard

Hoquiam WA

Most recent update: August 31, 2021.

Ivar Chilman, a Swedish immigrant, built his shipyard in Hoquiam in 1915. He died in 1950 and his son Gilbert ran it until 1976, when he retired and sold the business. The yard was at the foot of C Street, on the east bank of the Hoquiam River - see it from the air on Google here - it is still recognizably a boatyard although it is now used for storage. They must have had more of a production record than is shown in this table and there may be some confusion between the production record of this yard and that of Hoquiam Shipyard.

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O/N Name Customer Type GT LOA Delivered Notes
207091 Union Owens Bros. tugboat 13 35 1910
Belgium Ady Cie de Transports Mar. Belges aux. schooner 373 137 1918 lost by fire off Jamaica 1919
Belgium Gaby Cie de Transports Mar. Belges aux. schooner 364 137 1918 later Rubens 1921, wrecked off Honduras 1946
221528 Heather Irving Rhoades trawler 10 31 1921
222658 Tussler Ultican Towing tugboat 30 55 1922
225012 Tyee Allman-Hubble Tugboat Co tugboat 100 77 1925 later Sandra Foss, Tyee, abandoned Bainbridge I. WA
228405 Sunrise Ole Aurdal trawler 22 47 1929
237244 Doreen Edward S. Kary trawler 16 42 1938
240659 Guide Louis Salvesen trawler 45 55 1941
241568 Cavalier Fritz B. Bold trawler 41 50 1942
254375 YP-634 US Navy patrol boat 128 117 1943 sold 1948 as Sun Dawn, foundered off Punta Banda 1957
254400 YP-635 US Navy patrol boat 128 117 1943 sold 1949 as Corsair, lost 1965
258895 FS-35 US Army freighter 270 114 May 1943 reclassified FP-35, Gore Vidal's ship, sold as Hygiene, Tradewind, Madeline II
FS-36 US Army freighter 270 114 July 1943
LT-362 US Army tugboat 275 127 Jan 1944 later Pte John I Hickok, sold 19xx as Columbia, scrapped 1975
249776 LT-363 US Army tugboat 275 127 Apr 1944 sold 194x as Commodore, reefed in GoM 1967
MT-1318 US Army tractor tugboat 26 Feb 1944
MT-1319 US Army tractor tugboat 26 Feb 1944
MT-1320 US Army tractor tugboat 26 Feb 1944
MT-1321 US Army tractor tugboat 26 Feb 1944
MT-1322 US Army tractor tugboat 26 Mar 1944
MT-1323 US Army tractor tugboat 26 Mar 1944
MT-1324 US Army tractor tugboat 26 Mar 1944
MT-1325 US Army tractor tugboat 26 Mar 1944
MT-1326 US Army tractor tugboat 26 Apr 1944
MT-1327 US Army tractor tugboat 26 Apr 1944
MT-1328 US Army tractor tugboat 26 Apr 1944
MT-1329 US Army tractor tugboat 26 Apr 1944
MT-1330 US Army tractor tugboat 26 May 1944
MT-1331 US Army tractor tugboat 26 May 1944
MT-1332 US Army tractor tugboat 26 May 1944
MT-1333 US Army tractor tugboat 26 May 1944
MT-1334 US Army tractor tugboat 26 June 1944
MT-1335 US Army tractor tugboat 26 June 1944
MT-1336 US Army tractor tugboat 26 June 1944
MT-1337 US Army tractor tugboat 26 June 1944

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