Globe Shipbuilding (WWI) ~ Shipbuilding History

Globe Shipbuilding (WWI)

Superior WI

Most recent update: August 24, 2021.

There were two Globe Shipbuilding Companies in Superior, one operational only during WWI, the other only during WWII. This yard was founded by James McKellar, a shipyard joiner from Port Glasgow and was on the site that was used by Walter Butler Shipbuilders in WWII.

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	USSB #	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	Delivered	Notes
101		216437	Lake Washburn	USSB	freighter	2,300	June 1918	later C. H. Lawrence Jr. 1926, Toyo Maru No. 6 1928, Toyo Maru No. 8 1935, torpedoed and lost 1944
102		216751	Lake Borgne	USSB	freighter	2,300	Aug 1918	wrecked 1918
103		216924	Lake Medford	USSB	freighter	2,300	Sep 1918	later H. J. Lawrence 1926, Elwyn C. Hale 1929, Alcoa Transport 1940, torpedoed and lost 1942
104		217059	Lake Arline	USSB	freighter	2,300	Oct 1918	later J. Floyd Massey Jr. 1931, Monomoy 1941, J. Floyd Massey Jr. 1946, scrapped 1950
105		215820	Sea Gull	Atlantic Coast Fisheries	trawler	300	Dec 1917	to USN as Ibis (SP-3051)
106		215842	Petrel	Atlantic Coast Fisheries	trawler	300	Dec 1917	to USN as Starling (SP-2981)
107		216973	Ripple	Bay State Fishing	trawler	300	Apr 1918
108		217704	ocean	Bay State Fishing	trawler	300	May 1919	scuttled 1938
113		217400	Conotton	USSB	freighter	2,300	Nov 1918	scrapped 1935
114		217267	Contoocook	USSB	freighter	2,300	Jan 1919	later Elda 1931, Southern Sword 1932, foundered 1946
115		217682	Coolspring	USSB	freighter	2,300	May 1919	later Proctor 1919, scrapped 1953
116		217819	Copalgrove	USSB	freighter	2,300	May 1919	later Attaca 1930, Badascony 1931, Vishera 1933, bombed and lost 1942
117		217913	Lake Glebe	USSB	freighter	2,600	June 1919	scrapped 1926
118		218073	Lake Glencoe	USSB	freighter	2,600	July 1919	scrapped 1926
119		218900	Lake Fiscus	USSB	freighter	2,600	Sep 1919	scrapped 1930
120		218962	Lake Fisher	USSB	freighter	2,600	Oct 1919	to Mexico as Montezuma 1923, scrapped 1934
121		219112	Lake Fitch	USSB	freighter	2,600	Nov 1919	later Quantico 1933, Norlavore 1941, torpedoed and lost 1942
122		219177	Lake Fithian	USSB	freighter	2,600	Nov 1919	sank 1960
123		219847	Lake Flag	USSB	freighter	2,600	Apr 1920	later West Texas 1926, Hai Chuan 1946, Hsin Chu 1951, scrapped 1955
124		219846	Lake Glaucus	USSB	freighter	2,600	Apr 1920	later Volusia 1925, Norlindo 1941, torpedoed and lost 1942
125		219850	Lake Gunni	USSB	freighter	2,600	Apr 1920	later Commercial Pioneer 1926, scrapped 1938
126		219849	Lake Harminia	USSB	freighter	2,600	May 1920	later Ethyl 1925, hulked 1935
127		219848	Lake Hector	USSB	freighter	2,600	June 1920	to Argentina as America 1923, wrecked off Punta Delgada 1937