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Reliable Welding Works, Olympia WA

Most recent update: September 3, 2011.

Reliable Welding Works was started in 1940 by A. W. Lewis.  In 1970 it changed its name to Reliable Steel Fabrication, reflecting a change in its markets.  It was sold in 1998 and the site, at 1218 West Bay Drive Northwest, was recently described in a news report as having been abandoned: see it from the air on Google here.  If anyone can add to the table below, please send your info to timcolton@aol.com

Hull # Original Name Original Owner Type Type # Tons Feet Built Disposition
  Cornell No 10   Barge     187 109 1940 Active
  Oil No.1   Tank Barge     155 118 1941 Now Oiler No.1
  Polaris No.6   Tank Barge     62 85 1941 Active
  Boissonault US Army Tug ST 34 100 74 9-12/42  
  Carpenter US Army Tug ST 35 100 74 9-12/42 Lost 1943
  Fox US Army Tug ST 36 100 74 9-12/42 Sold 
  Albert US Army Tug ST 37 100 74 9-12/42 Later Hagen, Serra de Sintra, Serra da Lapa.
  Irwin US Army Tug ST 38 100 74 9-12/42  
  Keach US Army Tug ST 39 100 74 9-12/42 Lost 1944
    US Army Tug ST 12 100 74 2-10/43 Later Kingsbury
    US Army Tug ST 13 100 74 2-10/43  
    US Army Tug ST 14 100 74 2-10/43 Later Western Cities
    US Army Tug ST 164 100 74 2-10/43  
    US Army Tug ST 165 100 74 2-10/43 Lost 1943
    US Army Tug ST 166 100 74 2-10/43 Later Gary Foss, Pacific Rocket, Bronco, now Swinomish.
    US Army Tug ST 167 100 74 2-10/43  
    US Army Tug ST 168 100 74 2-10/43  
    US Army Tug ST 169 100 74 2-10/43 Later Isabella Stewart, Fraser Crown, now Pacific Buoy.
    US Army Tug ST 170 100 74 2-10/43 Later George McGregor, lost 1949
  [one of above]   Tug     100 74 1943 To Argentina as MOP 256B
  GC 121 General Construction Co Freight Barge     902 159 1943 Active
  GC 120 General Construction Co Freight Barge     902 159 1943 Active
  MT 20 Milwaukee Terminal Railway Freight Barge     1,029 259 1944 [not confirmed built by RWW]
  MT 21 Milwaukee Terminal Railway Freight Barge     1,039 259 1944 [not confirmed built by RWW]
  Joshua T   Tug      40 52 1944 Later Coot, now Ruby VIII
    US Army Tug ST 734   86 9/44-2/45  
    US Army Tug ST 735   86 9/44-2/45 To Greece as Theseus
    US Army Tug ST 736   86 9/44-2/45  
    US Army Tug ST 737   86 9/44-2/45  
    US Army Tug ST 738   86 9/44-2/45  
    US Army Tug ST 739   86 9/44-2/45  
      Barge     858 216 1945 Later Seaspan 901, now Allied Barge
  Erlyndee   Yacht     41 46 1946 Active
27 F E Lovejoy Puget Sound Freight Lines Cargo     472 170 1946 Later Denali, fishing vessel Laney S, now Pacific Producer
  Kolo Young Brothers Tug       65 1947  
  Brynn Foss Foss Towing Tug     96 68 1952 Now Bengal Tiger
  Bayberry US Coast Guard Buoy Tender WLI 65400 70t 65 1954 Active
  Elderberry US Coast Guard Buoy Tender WLI 65401 70t 65 1954 Active
36 Cedar King Dunlap Towing Tug      19 37 1970 Active