Puget Sound Boatbuilding

Tacoma WA

Most recent update: March 15, 2022.

The company was started by Charles and John Martinolich, of the well-known boat builders on the West Coast, together with William Healy, in 1942: it closed in 1953. The yard was located at 820 East D Street, where the Youth Marine Center is today. See it from the air on Google here.

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O/N Name Customer Type GT LOA Delivered Notes
250954 MTL-1072 US Army tractor 47 9/1943 - 12/1943 sold as Jerry 9
258993 MTL-1073 US Army tractor 47 9/1943 - 12/1943 sold as Lucky Day
MTL-1074 US Army tractor 47 9/1943 - 12/1943
MTL-1075 US Army tractor 47 9/1943 - 12/1943
MTL-1076 US Army tractor 47 9/1943 - 12/1943
MTL-1077 US Army tractor 47 9/1943 - 12/1943
MTL-1078 US Army tractor 47 9/1943 - 12/1943
MTL-1079 US Army tractor 47 9/1943 - 12/1943
MTL-1080 US Army tractor 47 9/1943 - 12/1943
250809 MTL-1081 US Army tractor 47 9/1943 - 12/1943 sold as A. B. C.
MTL-1082 US Army tractor 47 9/1943 - 12/1943
286008 MTL-1083 US Army tractor 47 9/1943 - 12/1943 sold as Sculpin
MTL-1084 US Army tractor 47 9/1943 - 12/1943
276314 MTL-1085 US Army tractor 47 9/1943 - 12/1943 sold as Jerry 8
MTL-1086 US Army tractor 47 9/1943 - 12/1943
LT-214 US Army tugboat 127 Mar 1944 to Italy 1946 as Colosso, scrapped
LT-215 US Army tugboat 127 Apr 1944 to Taiwan 1946 as Ting Chang, deleted 195x
275664 LT-387 (Pte Charles E Smoot) US Army tugboat 127 May 1944 sold 1946 as Sea Cloud, scuttled off Cape Mendocino 1980
252223 TP-229 US Army harbor tugboat 96 1944 to USACE, sold 1947 as Kokua, wrecked Kingston WA 2022
TP-230 US Army harbor tugboat 96 1944 to USACE
274378 BSP-3135 (Sgt Oscar M. Mullins) US Army barge, SP 88 Dec 1944 sold as Lex
250279 BSP-3136 US Army barge, SP 88 Feb 1945 sold as Seldovia
BSP-3137 US Army barge, SP 88 1945
249618 BSP-3221 US Army barge, SP 88 1945 sold as Redhead, Sable
Shangri-La of Astoria fishing boat 1944
246518 Sea Boy Bill & Ted Healy fishing boat 126 85 1944 later Frankie Boy II, G. Nazzareno
Endeavor fishing boat 126 78 1944 later Raymond A, lost 1982
Vagabond fishing boat 130 78 1945
248539 Evening Star Fred Peterson fishing boat 65 59 1945
Sun Glow fishing boat 1946
St Christopher fishing boat 132 79 1946 later Merganser, Sea Wife
Liberty Edward X. Madruga fishing boat 100 1948
French Sardine Co. fishing boat 1948
Mary C Canas Van Camp Sea Food fishing boat 1948
John Breskovich fishing boat 121 1948
Sun Traveler Sun Harbor Packing fishing boat 121 1948
FWS 1002 (John R. Manning) US F&WS research 87 1950
262158 Crusader fishing boat 217 94 1951
Columbia fishing boat 258 107 1951 later Irrintzina
261869 AR-6 fishing boat 8 27 1951 expired
US Navy personnel boat 40 1951 5 boats
US Navy personnel boat 40 1952 20 boats
C7241 Sunwest fishing boat 16 38 1953
C7250 610062 Schatz fishing boat 19 38 1953 expired
Techa fishing boat 14 38 1953 existence in doubt

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