Milwaukee Shipyard
Milwaukee WI
Most recent update: January 3, 2022.
The yard that came to be known as Milwaukee Shipyard was started in 1863 by a group of 12 ships' carpenters operating as a co-operative. It was acquired by Allan, McClellan & Co. In 1867 and then in 1874 by Captain John Fitzgerald, who incorporated it as Milwaukee Shipyard Company. In 1894, the company merged with Wolf & Davidson as Milwaukee Dry Dock Company, but its days as a shipbuilder were over: it would concentrate on ship repair from then on. The yard was on the south bank of the Menominee River, near the Sixth Street bridge.
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| O/N | Name | Customer | Type | GT | LOA | Built | Notes | |
| Built by the Ships Carpenters Co-operative | ||||||||
| 6278 | Dolphin | sloop | 13 | 41 | 1864 | |||
| Built by Allan, McClellan & Co. | ||||||||
| 2701 | B. W. Aldrich | tugboat | 49 | 65 | 1868 | sold Canadian 1903 (ON a), fate unknown | ||
| 15874 | Levi Grant | schooner | 205 | 127 | 1872 | barge 1906, stranded 1913 in Green Bay WI | ||
| 5992 | C. H. Hackley | schooner | 248 | 125 | 1868 | scuttled 1933 off Tampa FL | ||
| 12140 | Ida | schooner | 182 | 121 | 1867 | capsized 1908 off Frankfort MI | ||
| 150012 | Porter | schooner | 747 | 205 | 1874 | sank 1898 off Cape Sable NS | ||
| 110087 | Rouse Simmons | schooner | 244 | 123 | 1868 | foundered 1912 off Racine WI | ||
| 115474 | Starke | schooner | 209 | 124 | 1876 | stranded 1906 on Chandeleur I. LA | ||
| Built by Milwaukee Shipyard Co. | ||||||||
| 90764 | Myosotis | freighter | 333 | 1874 | stranded 1887 near St. Joseph MI | |||
| 76214 | James H. Shrigley | C. H. Starke | freighter | 317 | 172 | 1881 | sold Canadian 1915 (ON 134512), foundered 1920 in Lake Ontario | |
| 125945 | C. H. Starke | C. H. Starke | freighter | 317 | 149 | 1881 | abandoned 1924 | |
| 91408 | Marshall F. Butters | freighter | 376 | 164 | 1882 | foundered 1916 in Lake Erie | ||
| 140559 | Louis Pahlow | freighter | 366 | 155 | 1882 | abandoned 1938 | ||
| 85779 | George C. Markham | G. C. Markham | freighter | 309 | 141 | 1883 | John W. Cullen 1920, abandoned 1933 | |
| 76537 | Joys | freighter | 268 | 131 | 1884 | burned 1898 at Sturgeon Bay WI | ||
| 116044 | Susie Chipman | freighter | 216 | 122 | 1885 | sold Canadian 1921 (ON 137990), scrapped 1930s or 40s | ||
| 161560 | Veronica | freighter | 1,092 | 202 | 1886 | sold Canadian 1918 (ON 138505), Muriel W 1918, wrecked 1919 at Port Weller ON | ||
| 155146 | Omaha | G. C. Markham | freighter | 1,251 | 215 | 1887 | sold Canadian 1914 (ON 134350), Maplegreen 1921, scuttled 1925 in Lake Ontario | |
| 106552 | Arcadia | freighter | 230 | 119 | 1888 | foundered 1920 off Ludington MI | ||
| 91998 | May Durr | J. Fitzgerald | freighter | 582 | 162 | 1888 | John Spry 1892, Three Brothers 1903, beached 1911 on South Manitou I. | |
| 76758 | John Rugee | P. Christianson | freighter | 1,261 | 216 | 1888 | sold Canadian 1919 (ON 141375), burned 1925 in Ogdensburg NY | |
| 150474 | Peshtigo | schooner | 633 | 201 | 1889 | abandoned 1935 | ||
| 145510 | Topeka | J. B. Merrill | freighter | 1,376 | 228 | 1889 | collision and sank 1916 off Sandwich ON 1916 | |
| 157268 | Denver | R. P. Fitzgerald | freighter | 1,295 | 222 | 1890 | Dredge 1907, sold Canadian 1912 (ON 131008), McMartin 1913, abandoned 1938 | |
| 33 | 150512 | Pueblo | R. P. Fitzgerald | freighter | 1,349 | 226 | 1891 | sold Canadian 1913 (ON 133822), Richard W 1916, Palmbay 1923, scuttled 1927 |
| 126838 | Calumet | tugboat | 62 | 73 | 1892 | abandoned 1930 | ||