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Puget Sound Boatbuilding, Tacoma WA

Most recent update: May 18, 2011.

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 was located at 820 East D Street, Tacoma.

Hull # Original Name Original Owner Ship Type Type Pennant # GT Feet  Delivery Disposition
    US Army Tug MTL 1072   47 9/43-12/43  
    US Army Tug MTL 1073   47 9/43-12/43  
    US Army Tug MTL 1074   47 9/43-12/43  
    US Army Tug MTL 1075   47 9/43-12/43  
    US Army Tug MTL 1076   47 9/43-12/43  
    US Army Tug MTL 1077   47 9/43-12/43  
    US Army Tug MTL 1078   47 9/43-12/43  
    US Army Tug MTL 1079   47 9/43-12/43  
    US Army Tug MTL 1080   47 9/43-12/43  
    US Army Tug MTL 1081   47 9/43-12/43  
    US Army Tug MTL 1082   47 9/43-12/43  
    US Army Tug MTL 1083   47 9/43-12/43  
    US Army Tug MTL 1084   47 9/43-12/43  
    US Army Tug MTL 1085   47 9/43-12/43  
    US Army Tug MTL 1086   47 9/43-12/43  
    US Army Tug LT 214   127 12/43-4/44 To Italy 1946 as Colosso, decommissioned 1986, scrapped
    US Army Tug LT 215   127 12/43-4/44 To Taiwan 1946 as Ting Chang. Deleted 195x
  Pte Charles E Smoot US Army Tug LT 387   127 Apr-44 To Crowley/Red Stack 1946 as Sea Cloud, scuttled off Cape Mendocino 1980
    US Army Tug, harbor TP 229 179  97 1944 [Originally built for CoE?]  Sold 19xx as Kokua. Active
    US Army Tug, harbor TP 230   97 1944 [Originally built for CoE?]
    US Army Barge, Self-Propelled BSP 3135   88 12/44-  
    US Army Barge, Self-Propelled BSP 3136 148  88 Feb-45 Sold as fishing Seldovia. Active 
    US Army Barge, Self-Propelled BSP 3137   88 1945  
    US Army Barge, Self-Propelled BSP 3221 163 88 1945 Sold as fish carrier Redhead, then Sable. Existence in doubt 2005. [a]
  Shangri-La of Astoria   Fishing         1944  
  Sea Boy Bill & Ted Healy Fishing     126 85 1944 Later Frankie Boy II, now G Nazzareno. 
  Endeavor   Fishing     126 78 1944 Later Raymond A.. Lost 1982
  Vagabond   Fishing     130 78 1945 Existence in doubt 1993
  Evening Star Fred Peterson Fishing     65 59 1945 Active
  Sun Glow   Fishing         1946  
  St Christopher   Fishing     132 79 1946 Later Merganser, Sea Wife. Existence in doubt 1991
  Liberty Edward X. Madruga Fishing       100 1948  
    French Sardine Co, San Diego Fishing         1948  
  Mary C Canas Joaquin Canas & Van Camp Sea Food Co Fishing         1948  
    John Breskovich & John Petrich Fishing       121 1948  
  Sun Traveler Ralph McCabe & Sun Harbor Packing Co Fishing       121 1948  
  John R. Manning U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Research FWS 1002   87 1950 [b]
  Crusader John W. Cardosa Fishing       105 1951  
  Columbia   Fishing     258 107 1951 Later Irrintzina.
  AR 6   Fishing     8 27 1951 Existence in doubt?
    US Navy 5 x Personnel boats       40 1951  
    US Navy 20 x Personnel boats       40 1952  
C7241 Sunwest    Fishing     16 38 1953 Active
C7250 Schatz   Fishing     19 37 1953 Existence in doubt?
  Techa   Fishing     14 38 1953 Existence in doubt?