Walter Butler Shipbuilders, Inc., Duluth MN

(formerly McDougall-Duluth Company and Barnes-Duluth Shipbuilding)


Not much is known about McDougall's second shipyard.  McDougall sold it to Julius Barnes, who renamed it Barnes-Duluth Shipbuilding.  Barnes sold it to Walter Butler Shipbuilders in 1943 and it closed in 1945.  The yard was located at the end of Spring Street, in the Riverside section of West Duluth: the site is now a marina but you can see in Google here that it used to be a shipyard.  If anyone can fill any of the gaps in this table, please e-mail me at tim@coltoncompany.com

Hull # Original Name Original Owner Vessel Type USSB or MC # Dwt or Disp. Delivered Disposition
McDougall-Duluth Company
2 Maski/Lakemoor US Shipping Board Laker 1320 3,600 Nov-17 Torpedoed and lost 1918
3 War Centaur/Lake Traverse US Shipping Board Laker 1321 3,600 Apr-18 Foundered 1955
4 Lake Portage US Shipping Board Laker 1322 3,600 Jun-18 Torpedoed and lost 1918
5 Allette/Lake Markham US Shipping Board Laker 1322 3,600 Jul-18 Later Chicago 1927, scrapped 1937
6 Meurthe/Lake Pepin US Shipping Board Laker 1324 3,600 Aug-18 Later Samoa 1923, scrapped 1947
7 Lake Geneva US Shipping Board Laker 1323 3,600 Aug-18 Later John J. O'Hagan 1925, Manomet (AG 37) 1941, Aries (AK 51) 1942, John J. O'Hagan 1946, Adelanto 1947, scrapped 1952
8 Macon/Lake Helen US Shipping Board Laker 1325 3,600 Sep-18 Later York 1926, Skogak 1929, Kama 1933, scrapped 1970
9 Jean Duluth/Lake Indian US Shipping Board Laker 1322 3,600 Sep-18 Later Rose Murphy 1925, scuttled 1927
10 Zenith City/Lake Orange US Shipping Board Laker 1326 3,600 Oct-18 Later John Gehm 1923, Menemshah (AG 39) 1941, WAG 274, John Gehm 1946, scrapped 1950
11 Cedar Spring US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 1327 3,600 Nov-18 Later Harriet 1930, Dan 1932, Luciano 1936, Ulysse 1937, Rita Ievoli 1958, Atlantis 1959, Garigliano 1961, scrapped 1966
12 Ceralvo US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 1328 3,600 Apr-19 Later Svarv 1930, Sirehei 1933, Ingul 1933, wrecked 1941
13 Cerosco US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 1329 3,600 Apr-19 Later Stein 1930, Sirendal 1933, Kura 1933, scrapped by 1960
14 Cerro Gordo US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 1330 3,600 May-19 Scrapped 1930
15 Chamberino US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 1331 3,600 Jun-19 Later Marjory Weems 1929, Marjory 1931, wrecked 1952
16 Chamblee US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 1332 3,600 May-19 Later Shoko Maru 1928. sunk by a mine 1945
17 Chaperel US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 1333 3,600 Jun-19 Later Gunda 1928, torpedoed and lost 1942
18 Chantier US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 1334 3,600 Jul-19 Later Roholm 1929, burnt and sank 1933
19 Chappell US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 1335 3,600 May-19 Later Isobel Weems 1926, Isobel 1931, Lanital 1937, Erice 1938, bombed and lost 1943
20 Chautauqua US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 1336 3,600 Jun-19 Later Frances Weems 1925, Frances 1931, North Brook 1940, Pei Chuen 1946, wrecked 1948
21 Lake Flagon US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 1853 4,145 Sep-19 Scrapped 1937
22 Lake Flagstaff US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 1854 4,145 Oct-19 Later Stella Lykes 1926, Josephine 1941, Leslie 1941, torpedoed and lost 1942
23 Lake Flambeau US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 1855 4,145 Oct-19 Later James River 1924, Frances Salman 1939, torpedoed and lost 1942
24 Lake Flanders US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 1856 4,145 Oct-19 Later Neches 1925, in collision and sank 1930
25 Lake Flatonia US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 1857 4,145 Oct-19 Later Texas Planter 1932, West Planter 1935, Vannes 1940, Cap de Fer 1950, Aristalex 1951, scrapped 1954
26 Lake Flattery US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 1858 4,145 Nov-19 Later Buenaventura 1923, Caribsea 1940, torpedoed and lost 1942
27 Lake Strymon US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 1859 4,145 Nov-19 Later City of Houston 1923, Hai Wan 1946, scrapped 1954
28 La Crosse US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 1860 4,145 Apr-20 Later City of Fort Worth 1924, Hai Chi 1946, scrapped 1951
29 Fargo US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 1861 4,145 Apr-20 Later Nantucket 1933, Norlago 1941, Hai Hsiang 1946, Chang Hua 1951, scrapped 1952
30 Sioux Falls US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 1862 4,145 Apr-20 Scrapped 1930
31 Great Falls US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 1863 4,145 Jan-20 Later Haiti 1922, Ingrid 1936, wrecked 1942
32 Lake Floravista US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 1864 4,145 Apr-20 Later Falmouth 1925, Pinta 1947, Miget 1951, wrecked 1952
33 Lake Florian US Shipping Board Cargo Ship