Northwestern Shipbuilding
South Bellingham WA
Most recent update: December 25, 2020.
This shipyard was originally Northwestern Shipbuilding Company, formed in 1942 by some Seattle investors led by Jack Gilbert, and closed in 1947. It later reopened as Fairhaven Shipyard, Inc., and built some fishing vessels during the boom of the 1970s, but failed again and became the Fairhaven facility of Puglia Engineering. Puglia went bankrupt and was liquidated in 2019, so the shipyard, which was located at 201 Harris Avenue, is now vacant. Note that this company is not related to the Fairhaven Shipyard in Fairhaven MA.
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O/N | Name | Customer | Type | Tons | LOA | Delivered | Notes | |
YC-904 | US Navy | lighter | 100 | 1942 | to MARAD 1947 | |||
254797 | FS-37 | US Army | freighter | 270 | Jan 1943 | sold as Expansion, Twin Hill, Karen Z., King Oscar, sank 1992 | ||
250010 | FS-38 | US Army | freighter | 270 | Jan 1943 | sold as Coastal Forest, Magic Isle | ||
FS-39 | US Army | freighter | 270 | Jan 1943 | ||||
250009 | FS-40 | US Army | freighter | 270 | Jan 1943 | sold as Coastal Glacier, to Ste. Pierre & Miq. 1954 as Langlade, sold 1967 as Pascal-Annie, CTL after grounding 1970 | ||
FS-41 | US Army | freighter | 270 | Jan 1943 | ||||
YMS-285 | US Navy | minesweeper | 278 | 26 Jun 1943 | to the USSR 1945 as T-610, scrapped | |||
YMS-286 | US Navy | minesweeper | 278 | 27 Jul 1943 | struck 1946 | |||
284519 | LT-156 | US Army | tugboat | 275 | Sep 1943 | later SGT Fred N. Coleman, to USN 1946 as ATA-244, sold 1960 as E. A. Judd, Tyonek, left in Vietnam | ||
275168 | LT-157 | US Army | tugboat | 275 | Oct 1943 | later PTE Herbert G. Goldman, sold 1950s as Ed V. Turner, Santiam, left in Vietnam | ||
LT-158 | US Army | tugboat | 275 | Nov 1943 | sold 1946 as Mary Mackin, yacht, burned 2004 on Burrard Beach | |||
LT-159 | US Army | tugboat | 275 | Dec 1943 | to Italy 1946 as Forte, scrapped 1988 | |||
249894 | LT-160 | US Army | tugboat | 275 | Jan 1944 | sold 1946 as Sea Horse, Martha Foss, Makah, sank in Vietnam 1969 | ||
ATR-31 | US Navy | rescue tugboat | 850 | 30 Oct 1943 | to Peru 1947 as Candestible Selendon (ARS-21), Selendon | |||
ATR-32 | US Navy | rescue tugboat | 850 | 19 Jan 1944 | disposed-of 1946 | |||
ATR-33 | US Navy | rescue tugboat | 850 | 28 Mar 1944 | disposed-of 1946 | |||
ATR-34 | US Navy | rescue tugboat | 850 | 31 May 1944 | disposed-of 1946 | |||
FS-243 | US Army | freighter | 540 | Mar 1944 | either FS-243 or FS-247 was later Harold C. Hanson, sold 1947 as Orohena, Vaiatea, sunk 1977 in Papeete | |||
FS-244 | US Army | freighter | 540 | Apr 1944 | later LT Walter J. Will, sold as Dennis Winn, Expansion, Temehani, sank in Bora Bora 1982 | |||
FS-245 | US Army | freighter | 540 | May 1944 | later Libby, Veta C, Chelan, sank off Cape Decision 1954 | |||
FS-246 | US Army | freighter | 540 | June 1944 | later LT Raymond Zussman, sold to FWS 1950 as Penguin II, retired 1964 | |||
FS-247 | US Army | freighter | 540 | July 1944 | see FS-243 | |||
250431 | FS-248 | US Army | freighter | 540 | Aug 1944 | sold as Garland, Fred D. Parr, Victor H, Victoria M, scuttled 2003 | ||
249780 | LT-451 | US Army | tugboat | 275 | Aug 1944 | sold 1946 as Sea Wolf, burned off Hawaii 1964 and scrapped | ||
277025 | LT-452 | US Army | tugboat | 275 | Sep 1944 | later SGT Raymond E. Baser, sold 1958 as Adeline Foss, Ann W, sunk as target by Bolivian Navy 1979 | ||
248392 | Samantha Rae | trawler | 39 | 49 | 1945 | |||
252739 | Anchor | trawler | 40 | 49 | 1947 | |||
Built by Fairhaven Shipyard | ||||||||
24 | 554126 | Bering Sea | trawler | 198 | 103 | 1973 | ||
558605 | American Eagle | trawler | 198 | 111 | 1974 | |||
560237 | Alyeska | trawler | 198 | 111 | 1974 | |||
561657 | Intrepid | trawler | 198 | 111 | 1974 | |||
46 | 566399 | Alaskan Pride | trawler | 198 | 111 | 1975 | sank 1993 | |
571854 | Sandra Foss | Foss Maritime | tugboat | 199 | 102 | 1976 | ||
571855 | Stacey Foss | Foss Maritime | tugboat | 199 | 102 | 1976 |