Robinson Marine Construction
Benton Harbor MI
Most recent update: December 31, 2015.
Robinson Marine Construction was started in 1925, by Glen Robinson, who had been treasurer of Dachel-Carter Shipbuilding: it closed in 1960. The yard was on the northeast corner of the industrial island in St. Joseph. See the site from the air on Google here.
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| O/N | Name | Customer | Type | GT | LOA | Delivered | Notes | |
| 286371 | Cassandra | fishing boat | 19 | 43 | 1925 | |||
| 265867 | Satis | yacht | 12 | 36 | 1925 | |||
| 285612 | Our Lady | yacht | 12 | 38 | 1927 | |||
| 229379 | Dam-Paw II | George P. Whitelaw II | motor yacht | 28 | 46 | 1929 | later Miss Sis, Dam Paw | |
| 257086 | BY-4 | USCG | freighter | 9 | 34 | 1930 | later Flying Dutchman | |
| 248628 | Tango | Ocean Riders | passenger | 14 | 44 | 1930 | ||
| 250044 | Tango II | Harold K. McShane | passenger | 10 | 39 | 1930 | ||
| 271247 | Mansfield | US Army USACE | launch | 31 | 52 | 1931 | sold as Mansfield | |
| 230854 | Pinta | Francis H. French | passenger | 11 | 37 | 1931 | ||
| 231157 | Joaneda | C. A. Pound | motor yacht | 21 | 49 | 1931 | ||
| 231199 | Silver Heels | Earl B. Gascoigne | passenger | 10 | 36 | 1931 | ||
| 260560 | Tuscumbia | Loc-Wood Boats | passenger | 12 | 45 | 1932 | ||
| 232727 | Devshir | motor yacht | 32 | 52 | 1933 | later Pat-Sea | ||
| 234367 | Pilot II | E. W. Couchols | passenger | 14 | 44 | 1935 | ||
| 234385 | Eocene II | passenger | 22 | 44 | 1935 | later J. Sidney Broussard | ||
| 234720 | Judith R | Barney Balaban | motor yacht | 24 | 54 | 1935 | ||
| 235549 | Mildred | Harry Goldberg | motor yacht | 33 | 52 | 1936 | ||
| 258276 | Can Do | R. R. Dwyer | motor yacht | 10 | 38 | 1935 | later King Len | |
| 253264 | Mercury | Myrtle Agra | passenger | 9 | 38 | 1935 | ||
| 235533 | Aphrodite | motor yacht | 42 | 56 | 1936 | later Marnerleen | ||
| 237792 | Sea Queen | Gus Palmquist | passenger | 10 | 39 | 1936 | ||
| 261132 | Java | Durant, Inc. | passenger | 7 | 29 | 1937 | ||
| 237845 | Barat | motor yacht | 58 | 57 | 1938 | later Paola, to USN 1942 as YP-531, to MARAD 1946, Hedo | ||
| 276804 | Linda Jean III | fishing boat | 8 | 30 | 1938 | |||
| 238083 | W. A. Randle | Freeport Sulphur | ferry | 30 | 49 | 1939 | ||
| 238839 | Aloha | Edward Grieger | passenger | 12 | 40 | 1939 | ||
| 251533 | Alice | fishing boat | 13 | 50 | 1941 | |||
| 251775 | Ruth D | fishing boat | 27 | 49 | 1941 | |||
| CG-38361 | USCG | picket boat | 14 | 38 | 1940 | to USN 1946 | ||
| CG-38362 | USCG | picket boat | 14 | 38 | 1940 | to Sea Explorers 1954 | ||
| CG-38363 | USCG | picket boat | 14 | 38 | 1940 | to USN 1946 | ||
| CG-38364 | USCG | picket boat | 14 | 38 | 1940 | sold 1954 as ? | ||
| CG-38365 | USCG | picket boat | 14 | 38 | 1940 | to USN 1946 | ||
| 290928 | CG-38366 | USCG | picket boat | 14 | 38 | 1940 | sold 1953 as Cleo B | |
| C-1 | US Army | passenger boat | 11 | 40 | Feb 1941 | |||
| C-2 | US Army | passenger boat | 11 | 40 | Feb 1941 | |||
| C-3 | US Army | passenger boat | 11 | 40 | Feb 1941 | |||
| C-4 | US Army | passenger boat | 11 | 40 | Feb 1941 | |||
| C-5 | US Army | passenger boat | 11 | 40 | Feb 1941 | |||
| C-6 | US Army | passenger boat | 11 | 40 | Feb 1941 | |||
| C-7 | US Army | passenger boat | 11 | 40 | Feb 1941 | |||
| C-8 | US Army | passenger boat | 11 | 40 | Feb 1941 | |||
| C-9 | US Army | passenger boat | 11 | 40 | Feb 1941 | |||
| C-10 | US Army | passenger boat | 11 | 40 | Feb 1941 | |||
| 254275 | C-21 | US Army | passenger boat | 11 | 40 | Sep 1941 | sold as Shrike | |
| 259374 | C-22 | US Army | passenger boat | 11 | 40 | Sep 1941 | sold as Janice Lynn | |
| C-23 | US Army | passenger boat | 11 | 40 | Sep 1941 | |||
| 255764 | C-24 | US Army | passenger boat | 11 | 40 | Sep 1941 | sold as Northern Jaeger | |
| C-25 | US Army | passenger boat | 11 | 40 | Sep 1941 | |||
| C-26 | US Army | passenger boat | 11 | 40 | Sep 1941 | |||
| C-27 | US Army | passenger boat | 11 | 40 | Sep 1941 | |||
| C-28 | US Army | passenger boat | 11 | 40 | Sep 1941 | |||
| C-29 | US Army | passenger boat | 11 | 40 | Sep 1941 | |||
| C-30 | US Army | passenger boat | 11 | 40 | Sep 1941 | |||
| C-31 | US Army | passenger boat | 11 | 40 | Nov 1941 | |||
| C-32 | US Army | passenger boat | 11 | 40 | Nov 1941 | |||
| C-33 | US Army | passenger boat | 11 | 40 | Nov 1941 | |||
| C-34 | US Army | passenger boat | 11 | 40 | Nov 1941 | |||
| 260234 | C-35 | US Army | passenger boat | 11 | 40 | Nov 1941 | sold as Boots | |
| C-36 | US Army | passenger boat | 11 | 40 | Nov 1941 | |||
| C-37 | US Army | passenger boat | 11 | 40 | Nov 1941 | |||
| C-38 | US Army | passenger boat | 11 | 40 | Nov 1941 | |||
| 261163 | C-39 | US Army | passenger boat | 11 | 40 | Nov 1941 | sold as My Gal, Helen B | |
| 272022 | C-40 | US Army | passenger boat | 11 | 40 | Nov 1941 | sold as Quest | |
| J-146 | US Army | passenger boat | 17 | 50 | June 1941 | |||
| J-147 | US Army | passenger boat | 17 | 50 | June 1941 | |||
| J-148 | US Army | passenger boat | 17 | 50 | June 1941 | |||
| J-149 | US Army | passenger boat | 17 | 50 | June 1941 | |||
| J-150 | US Army | passenger boat | 17 | 50 | June 1941 | |||
| J-151 | US Army | passenger boat | 17 | 50 | June 1941 | |||
| 251826 | J-152 | US Army | passenger boat | 17 | 50 | June 1941 | sold as Glo | |
| J-153 | US Army | passenger boat | 17 | 50 | June 1941 | |||
| J-270 | US Army | passenger boat | 17 | 50 | June 1942 | |||
| J-271 | US Army | passenger boat | 17 | 50 | June 1942 | |||
| J-272 | US Army | passenger boat | 17 | 50 | June 1942 | |||
| 250812 | J-273 | US Army | passenger boat | 17 | 50 | June 1942 | sold as Pilot | |
| J-274 | US Army | passenger boat | 17 | 50 | June 1942 | |||
| J-275 | US Army | passenger boat | 17 | 50 | June 1942 | |||
| 253800 | J-276 | US Army | passenger boat | 17 | 50 | June 1942 | sold as Southern Cross | |
| J-277 | US Army | passenger boat | 17 | 50 | June 1942 | |||
| 254359 | C-68966 | US Navy | AVR | 136 | 110 | 1942 | later Vivi | |
| 264843 | SC-540 | US Navy | subchaser | 136 | 110 | 22 Apr 1942 | to USCG 1945 as Air Curlew (WAVR-417), sold as Barbara Jo, Savitar | |
| 257569 | SC-541 | US Navy | subchaser | 136 | 110 | 6 May 1942 | to USCG 1945 as Air Drake (WAVR-418), sold as Drake | |
| SC-646 | US Navy | subchaser | 136 | 110 | 1 Jul 1942 | to the USSR 1945 | ||
| SC-647 | US Navy | subchaser | 136 | 110 | 3 Aug 1942 | to the USSR 1945 as BO-308 | ||
| SC-751 | US Navy | subchaser | 136 | 110 | 14 Jan 1943 | grounded off W. Australia and lost 22-Jun-43 | ||
| SC-752 | US Navy | subchaser | 136 | 110 | 13 Feb 1943 | to the USSR 1945 as BO-325 | ||
| 254065 | SC-753 | US Navy | subchaser | 136 | 110 | 14 Apr 1943 | to USCG 1945 as Air Linnet (WAVR-435), sold as Halcyon II | |
| SC-754 | US Navy | subchaser | 136 | 110 | 17 May 1943 | to the USSR 1945 as BO-324 | ||
| 256355 | SC-755 | US Navy | subchaser | 136 | 110 | 16 May 1943 | sold 1948 as Yaqui Queen | |
| SC-756 | US Navy | subchaser | 136 | 110 | 8 Jul 1943 | to the USSR 1945 as BO-335 | ||
| SC-757 | US Navy | subchaser | 136 | 110 | 12 Aug 1943 | later PGM 2 1943, sold 1947 | ||
| 255475 | SC-758 | US Navy | subchaser | 136 | 110 | 14 Sep 1943 | to USCG 1945 as Air Loon (WAVR-436), sold as Loon | |
| 256193 | SC-759 | US Navy | subchaser | 136 | 110 | 8 Oct 1943 | sold 1948 as Tualatin | |
| 258997 | J-??? | US Army | passenger | 14 | 40 | 1943 | later Clara R II, Aralee | |
| 254084 | J-??? | US Army | passenger | 11 | 40 | 1943 | later Blue Water | |
| 260070 | J-??? | US Army | passenger | 15 | 40 | 1943 | later Sea King | |
| 270424 | J-??? | US Army | passenger | 11 | 40 | 1943 | later Salem | |
| 251824 | J-867 | US Army | passenger | 18 | 40 | 1943 | later Bucaneer | |
| 256847 | J-86? | US Army | passenger | 12 | 40 | 1943 | later Miramar | |
| J-868 | US Army | passenger | 40 | 1943 | ||||
| 256528 | J-869 | US Army | passenger | 18 | 40 | 1943 | later Marie Anna | |
| 258893 | J-870 | US Army | passenger | 12 | 40 | 1943 | later Miss Lou | |
| 284561 | J-3550 | US Army | passenger | 17 | 40 | 1943 | later Honeybucket | |
| MTL-924 | US Army | tugboat | 47 | 1944 | ||||
| MTL-925 | US Army | tugboat | 47 | 1944 | ||||
| MTL-926 | US Army | tugboat | 47 | 1944 | ||||
| MTL-927 | US Army | tugboat | 47 | 1944 | ||||
| MTL-928 | US Army | tugboat | 47 | 1944 | ||||
| MTL-929 | US Army | tugboat | 47 | 1944 | ||||
| MTL-930 | US Army | tugboat | 47 | 1944 | ||||
| MTL-931 | US Army | tugboat | 47 | 1944 | ||||
| MTL-932 | US Army | tugboat | 47 | 1944 | ||||
| MTL-933 | US Army | tugboat | 47 | 1944 | ||||
| MTL-934 | US Army | tugboat | 47 | 1944 | ||||
| MTL-935 | US Army | tugboat | 47 | 1944 | ||||
| MTL-936 | US Army | tugboat | 47 | 1944 | ||||
| MTL-937 | US Army | tugboat | 47 | 1944 | ||||
| MTL-938 | US Army | tugboat | 47 | 1944 | ||||
| MTL-939 | US Army | tugboat | 47 | 1944 | ||||
| 255538 | MTL-940 | US Army | tugboat | 47 | 1944 | later Cliger | ||
| 250478 | MTL-941 | US Army | tugboat | 47 | 1944 | later Traveler | ||
| MTL-942 | US Army | tugboat | 47 | 1944 | ||||
| MTL-943 | US Army | tugboat | 47 | 1944 | ||||
| MTL-944 | US Army | tugboat | 47 | 1944 | ||||
| MTL-945 | US Army | tugboat | 47 | 1944 | to USN 1943 as YTL-672, destroyed 1947 | |||
| MTL-946 | US Army | tugboat | 47 | 1944 | to USN 1943 as YTL-673, sold 1946 | |||
| MTL-947 | US Army | tugboat | 47 | 1944 | to USN 1943 as YTL-674, destroyed 1947 | |||
| MTL-948 | US Army | tugboat | 47 | 1944 | to USN 1943 as YTL-675, destroyed 1947 | |||
| P-739 | US Army | rescue boat | 85 | 1945 | ||||
| 259354 | P-740 | US Army | rescue boat | 113 | 85 | 1945 | sold as Quest | |
| P-741 | US Army | rescue boat | 85 | 1945 | ||||
| P-742 | US Army | rescue boat | 85 | 1945 | ||||
| P-743 | US Army | rescue boat | 85 | 1945 | ||||
| P-744 | US Army | rescue boat | 85 | 1945 | ||||
| 254463 | P-745 | US Army | rescue boat | 125 | 85 | 1945 | sold as Super Wolf | |
| 251542 | Sea Queen II | Offshore Marine | supply boat | 104 | 80 | 1944 | ||
| 247927 | Romaco | Robinson Marine | tugboat | 15 | 42 | 1945 | ||
| 251827 | Irven E. Hanson | Freeport Sulphur | ferry | 26 | 50 | 1946 | ||
| 252326 | Harvey E. Blackshear | Freeport Sulphur | ferry | 26 | 50 | 1947 | ||
| 253234 | A. L. Groteguth | Freeport Sulphur | ferry | 26 | 50 | 1947 | ||
| 253824 | Barty J. Tyson | Freeport Sulphur | ferry | 20 | 50 | 1947 | ||
| 253825 | Herbert O. Hoefle | Freeport Sulphur | ferry | 20 | 50 | 1947 | ||
| 285173 | Four Wynds | Leona Hudson | motor yacht | 13 | 31 | 1948 | ||
| 271720 | Shirase | DOI | passenger | 14 | 33 | 1949 | later Shirasi | |
| 268153 | Sea Hawk | Harry Priebe | motor yacht | 21 | 42 | 1954 | ||
| 281520 | Loralpa | Allen P. Evans | motor yacht | 11 | 34 | 1959 ? | ||
| 281845 | Our Alibi | motor yacht | 21 | 42 | 1960 | later Spree III |