Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton WA


Lake Washington Shipyards was a small repair yard, activated for shipbuilding immediately before the war.  At its peak, Lake Washington Shipyards employed 6,000 people.  The shipyard was closed after the war and its site is now the commercial/residential development at Carillon Point: see it from the air on Google here.

Name Type Pennant # FY Keel Laid Launched Delivered Days on Ways Days in Water Total Days Disposition
Aloe YN 1     1/11/1941 6/11/1941   150   Redesignated AN 6 1944, scrapped 1971
Ash YN 2     2/15/1941 7/1/1941   135   Redesignated AN 7 1944, scrapped 1971
Birch YN 3     3/8/1941 7/5/1941   119   Redesignated AN 8 1944, scrapped 1971
Butternut YN 4     5/10/1941 9/3/1941   116   Redesignated AN 9 1944, scrapped 1971
Absecon AVP 23 1940 7/23/1941 3/8/1942 1/28/1943 228 326 554 To USCG as WAVP 374 1948, to Vietnam as Tham Ngu Lao (HQ 03) 1972, disposition unknown
Chincoteague AVP 24 1940 7/23/1941 4/15/1942 4/14/1943 266 364 630 To USCG as WAVP 375 1948, to Vietnam as Ly Thoung Kiet (HQ 05), to the Philippines as Andres Bonifacio (PF 7) 1975, struck 1986
Coos Bay AVP 25 1940 8/15/1941 5/15/1942 5/16/1943 270 366 636 To USCG as WAVP 376 1948, sunk as target 1968
Half Moon AVP 26 1940 3/10/1942 7/12/1942 6/15/1942 124 338 462 AGP 5; to USCG as WAVP 378 1948, scrapped 1970
Mobjack AVP 27 1940 2/5/1942 8/2/1942 10/17/1943 178 441 619 AGP 7, to Coast & Geodetic Survey as Pioneer, 1946, scrapped 1967
Oyster Bay AVP 28 1940 4/17/1942 9/7/1942 11/17/1943 143 436 579 AGP 6, to Italy as Pietro Cavezale (A 5301) 1957, scrapped 1994
Barataria AVP 33 1941 4/19/1943 10/2/1943 8/13/1944 165 316 481 To USCG as WAVP 381 1948, scrapped 1971
Bering Strait AVP 34 1941 6/7/1943 1/15/1944 7/19/1944 221 186 407 To USCG as WAVP 382 1948, to Vietnam as Tran Quang Khai (HQ 15) 1971, to the Philippines as Diego Silang (PF 9) 1975, struck 1986
Castle Rock AVP 35 1941 7/12/1943 3/11/1944 10/8/1944 240 211 451 To USCG as WAVP 383 1948, to Vietnam as Tran Binh Trong (HQ 17) 1971, to the Philippines as Francisco Dagohoy (PF 10) 1975, struck 1986
Cook Inlet AVP 36 1941 8/23/1943 5/13/1944 11/5/1944 260 176 436 To USCG as WAVP 384 1948, to Vietnam as Tran Quoc Toan (HQ 02) 1971, to the Philippines as a parts hulk 1975
Corson AVP 37 1941   7/15/1944 12/3/1944   141   Sunk as a target 1966
Duxbury Bay AVP 38 1941 1/17/1944 10/2/1944 12/31/1944 258 90 348 Scrapped 1966
Gardiners Bay AVP 39 1941 3/14/1944 12/2/1944 2/11/1945 255 71 326 To Norway as Haakon VII (A 537) 1958, scrapped 1974
Floyds Bay AVP 40 1941 5/16/1944 1/28/1945 3/25/1945 248 56 324 Scrapped 1960
Greenwich Bay AVP 41 1941 7/18/1944 3/17/1945 5/20/1945 239 64 303 Scrapped 1967
Hatteras AVP 42 1941             Cancelled 1943
Hempstead AVP 43 1941             Cancelled 1943
Kamishak AVP 44 1941             Cancelled 1943
Magothy AVP 45 1941             Cancelled 1943
Matanzas AVP 46 1941             Cancelled 1943
Metomkin AVP 47 1941             Cancelled 1943
Onslow AVP 48 1942 5/18/1942 9/20/1942 12/22/1943 125 458 583 Scrapped 1961
Orca AVP 49 1942 7/13/1942 10/4/1942 1/23/1944 83 476 559 To Ethiopia as Ethiopia (A 01) 1962, disposition unknown
Rehoboth AVP 50 1942 8/3/1942 11/8/1942 2/23/1944 97 472 569 AGS 50 1949, scrapped 1970
San Carlos AVP 51 1942 9/17/1942 12/20/1942 3/21/1944 94 457 551 AGOR 1 Josiah Willard Gibbs 1958, to Greece as Hephaistos (A 413) 1971, struck
Shelikof AVP 52 1942 9/20/1942 1/31/1943 4/17/1944 133 442 575 Cruise ship Kypros 1960, sunk 1981
Suisun AVP 53 1942 10/4/1942 3/14/1943 9/13/1944 161 549 710 Sunk as target 1966
Timbalier AVP 54 1942 11/9/1942 4/18/1943 5/24/1946 160 1132 1292 Cruise ship Rodos 1960, scrapped 1989
Valcour AVP 55 1942 12/21/1942 6/5/1943 7/5/1946 166 1126 1292 AGF 1 1965, scrapped 1978
Wachapreague AVP 56 1942 2/1/1943 7/10/1943 5/17/1944 159 312 471 AGP 8, to USCG as McCulloch (WAVP 386) 1946, to Vietnam as Ngo Kuyen (HQ 06) 1972, to the Philippines as Gregorio de Pilar (PF 8) 1975, struck 1986
Willoughby AVP 57 1942 3/15/1943 8/21/1943 6/18/1944 159 302 461 AGP 9, to USCG as Gresham (WAVP 387) 1946, scrapped 1973