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 |