Bay Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay WI

(formerly Sturgeon Bay Shipbuilding, Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding and Christy Corp.)

Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding was a pre-war shipbuilder, specializing in Great Lakes vessels, in continuous operation since 1918.  After the death of Leathem Smith in 1948, the yard was sold to its management and renamed Christy Corp.  Manitowoc Corporation closed its yard in Manitowoc in 1967 and acquired Christy and the adjacent yard, Sturgeon Bay Shipbuilding, creating Bay Shipbuilding Company.  The yard is now the last active builder of large ships on the U.S. Great Lakes, although it hasn't actually built a large ship, as opposed to a large barge, since the 1980s.  Manitowoc sold its Marine Group to Fincantieri at the end of 2008 and it is now called Fincantieri Marine Group.  Visit the shipyard at www.fincantierimarinegroup.com and see it from the air on Google here.

Hull # Original Name Customer Type Navy Type Pennant # GT Feet Delivery Disposition
Built by Sturgeon Bay Shipbuilding
Commodore           1919 Later Waukegan
Lieutenant           1919 Later Sheboygan
211 Milwaukee Great Lakes Towing Freight Barge     670   1924  
5 Gilbert Dredge         1924  
  Resolute   Fishing Vessel     22   1935  
290 DPS No. 24 Luedtke Engineering Unclassified     862   1936  
  Mean Gene   Towing Vessel     47   1939  
109 Holland US Army Tug         1940  
113 Bullfrog Tug         Jan-41  
131 Shenandoah   Towing Vessel     29   1941  
116 Greer US Army Tender         1942  
117 Moore US Army Tender         1942  
US Army Dist. Box Boat L 92   64 Nov-41  
US Army Dist. Box Boat L 93   64 Nov-41  
US Army Dist. Box Boat L 94   64 Nov-41  
US Army Dist. Box Boat L 95   64 Nov-41  
US Army Dist. Box Boat L 96   64 3/42-4/42  
US Army Dist. Box Boat L 97   64 3/42-4/42  
US Army Dist. Box Boat L 98   64 3/42-4/42  
US Army Dist. Box Boat L 99   64 3/42-4/42  
130 Owen M. Frederick Tug         Jan-41  
132 Chas. W. Snider Tug         Jan-41  
133 US Army Retrieving Vessel H 2   158 Jan-43 Later Morrow
134 US Army Retrieving Vessel H 3   158 Dec-42 Later Van Nostrand and Ensenada II
135 US Army Retrieving Vessel H 4   158 Jan-43 Later Miller and Babun
136 US Army Retrieving Vessel H 5   158 May-43 Later Beck
137 US Army Retrieving Vessel H 6   158 May-43 Later Colgan
138 US Army Retrieving Vessel H 7   158 May-43 Later Chandler
139 US Army Retrieving Vessel H 8   158 May-43 Later Bane
140 US Army Retrieving Vessel H 9   158 Jun-43 Later Bower
141 US Army Coastal Freighter F 5   99 Jun-43  
142 US Army Coastal Freighter F 6   99 Jun-43 To the Philippines as Governor Forbes
143 US Army Coastal Freighter F 7   99 Jul-43  
144 US Army Coastal Freighter F 8   99 Aug-43 Later Dona Rosario
145 US Army Coastal Freighter F 9   99 Aug-43 To the Philippines as Governor Wood
146 US Army Coastal Freighter F 10   99 Aug-43  
147 US Army Coastal Freighter F 11   99 Aug-43  
148 US Army Coastal Freighter F 12   99 Sep-43 To Surinam as Albina
149 US Army Coastal Freighter F 13   99 Sep-43 Later Vestrefjord
150 US Army Coastal Freighter F 14   99 Sep-43  
152 US Army Retrieving Vessel H 10   158 Jul-43 Later Stone
153 US Army Retrieving Vessel H 11   158 Aug-43  
154 US Army Tug ST 171   45 2/43-6/43  
155 US Army Tug ST 172   45 2/43-6/43  
156 US Army Tug ST 173   45 2/43-6/43  
157 US Army Tug ST 174   45 2/43-6/43  
158 US Army Tug ST 175   45 2/43-6/43  
159 US Army Tug ST 176   45 2/43-6/43  
160 US Army Tug ST 177   45 2/43-6/43  
161 US Army Tug ST 178   45 2/43-6/43  
162 US Army Tug ST 179   45 2/43-6/43  
163 US Army Tug ST 180   45 2/43-6/43  
164 US Army Coastal Freighter F 126   99 Oct-43  
165 US Army Coastal Freighter F 127   99 Oct-43  
166 US Army Coastal Freighter F 128   99 Oct-43  
167 US Army Coastal Freighter F 129   99 Oct-43  
168 US Army Coastal Freighter F 130   99 Dec-43  
Barry J King Llc Towing Vessel     28   1943  
Gretchen B Luedtke Engineering Towing Vessel     18   1943  
Robert Purcell Andrie Inc Towing Vessel     29   1943  
Sea Fisher Marine Service Int'L  Inc Fishing Vessel     490   1943  
Derrick No. 43 Roen Salvage Company Freight Barge     139   1944  
Ruby Ann   Fishing Vessel     23   1945  
169 US Army Retrieving Vessel H 12   158 May-44  
170 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 361   176 Mar-44 To USN 1947 as Ryer (AG 138), later AKL 9, sold 1962
171 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 362   176 Mar-44 To the Philippines as Grace I
172 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 363   176 May-44 To China as Poppy
173 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 364   176 Mar-44 To Guam as FS 364
174 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 365   176 Apr-44  
175 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 366   176 Apr-44 To the Philippines as Sorsogon
176 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 367   176 May-44 Retained by USA
177 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 368   176 Jul-44 To USN 1950 as Temac (AKL 26), struck 1959
178 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 369   176 Jul-44 To USN 1950 as AKL 27, struck 1966
179 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 370   176 Jul-44 To USN 1947 as Brule (AKL 28), to Korea 1974
180 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 371   176 Aug-44 To USN 1950 as AKL 29
181 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 372   176 Aug-44 To the Philippines as Victor
182 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 373   176 Sep-44  
183 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 374 749 176 Oct-44 Now Akutan
184 US Army Tug ST 879   86 Apr-45 Still active as ASC Legazpi
185 US Army Tug ST 880   86 May-45 Now Old Mission
186 US Army Tug ST 881   86 Jul-45  
187 US Army Tug ST 882   86 Jul-45  
188 US Army Tug ST 883   86 Jul-45  
189 US Army Tug ST 884   86 Aug-45  
190 US Army Tug ST 885   86 Apr-46 To China as No. 10
191 US Army Tug ST 886   86 May-46 To China as No. 11
192 US Army Tug ST 887   86 Jun-46 To China as No. 12
193 US Army Tug ST 888   86 Jul-46 To China as No. 13
194 US Army Tug ST 918   45 3/45-4/45  
195 US Army Tug ST 919   45 3/45-4/45  
196 US Army Tug ST 920   45 3/45-4/45  
197 US Army Tug ST 921   45 3/45-4/45  
198 US Army Tug ST 922   45 3/45-4/45  
199 US Army Tug ST 923   45 3/45-4/45  
200 US Army Tug ST 924   45 1945  
201 US Army Tug ST 925   45 1945  
202 US Army Tug ST 926   45 1945  
203 US Army Tug ST 927   45 1945  
204 US Army Tug ST 928   45 1945  
205 US Army Tug ST 929   45 1945 Later Heron

206

 Lucky Star   Fishing Vessel     Nov-45

207

 Barbara C. Angell   Fishing Vessel     Sep-46

214

 Weatherwood   Fishing Vessel     1946

216

 Silver Bay   Fishing Vessel     Dec-46

218

 Michigan   Fishing Vessel     1947
  Mackinac Islander Arnold Transit Ferry 99 1947 Active
Andrew Louis   Towing Vessel     176   1947  

226

 Sirius Star   Fishing Vessel      198 1947 Later Victor
227 R. H. McElroy     Towboat       506 1950 Now Kevin D
229 C. G. Richter Washington Island Ferry Ferry     82   1950 Now Treasure Seeker
  Smitty Western Rivers Assets Llc Towing Vessel     506   1950  
  Alton Simms     Towboat       271 1951 Deactivated 2006
David E Service Welding Towing Vessel     271   1952  
237 Inwaco   Towboat       397 1953 Now Kristin Lee Hannah
Princess Wenonah Bay City Boat Lines Llc Passenger     96   1954  
  Harbor Ace   Towboat       134 1955 Now Betty Gale
243 Shuttler   Towboat       167 1956 Now Margaret M
  Hannah D. Hannah    Towboat       134 1956 Now Hannah D. Hannah
Mary P C-B Marine Corporation Freight Barge     444