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Kruse & Banks, North Bend OR

Most recent update: September 15, 2010.

Kruse & Banks Shipbuilding was founded by Knut V. Kruse in 1902: he was joined by Robert Banks in 1905.  The yard closed 1946 and the land was sold to Weyerhaeuser.

Hull # Original Name Original Owner Type Tons Feet Built Disposition
  Wash-Cal-Ore   Gas schooner     c1905  
  Oakland Alaska Steamship Co Gas schooner 146 103 1905  
  Casco Swayne & Hoyt Steam schooner 569 161 1906 Wrecked 1923 (1913?)
  F S Loop Loop Lumber Co Steam schooner 794 193 1907 Engine removed 1937. Sank 1947
  E P Ripley Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe RR Tug 179 115 1907 (in service 1945)
  R D Inman W Haydon Lumber Co Steam schooner 768 186 1907 Wrecked 1909
  Bandon A F Estabrook Steam schooner 642 172 1907 Later Atrevido. Foundered 1946
  Fifield A F Estabrook Steam schooner 634 174 1908 Wrecked 1916
  Fairhaven J E Davenport Steam schooner 751 185 1908 Foundered 1922
  Powers     212   1909  
  Oshkosh   Gas schooner   89 1909 Wrecked 1911
  Owl   Gas schooner   60 1911  
  Patsy Columbia River Packers Gas schooner 155 97 1911  
  Rustler Herman Edwards Gas schooner   65 1911 Burned 1919
  A M Simpson Simpson Lumber Co Steam schooner 774 193 1911 Later Martha Buehner. Hulked 1938, Scrapped 1946
  Tillamook Grand Trunk Pacific Alaska SS Co Motor schooner 440 119 1911 Later Norco
  Speedwell A F Estabrook Steam schooner 914 192 1912 Foundered 1920
  Mirene Mirene Co Tug   61 1912  
  Davenport     853   1912  
  Fay No. 4     179   1912  
  Akutan     167   1913  
  Wilmington     1,008   1913  
  San Ramon E J Dodge & Co Steam schooner 994 199 1913 Later Katherine Donovan.  Wrecked 1941
  River Florence ?   Gas schooner     1914  
  Stanwood Byxbee & Clark Steam schooner 1,129 206 1916 Later Albay.  Burnt 1951
  Port Angeles Charles Nelson Co Steam schooner 1,358 233 1916 Scrapped 1937
  Horace X Baxter J H Baxter & Co Steamship 1,293 214 1917 Later Port Orford. Wrecked 1942
  Fred Baxter J H Baxter & Co Steamship 1,294 213 1917 Scrapped 1933
  C A Smith Simpson Lumber Co Steam schooner 1,878 257 1917 Wrecked 1923
  Johanna Smith Coos Bay Lumber Co Schooner 1,921 257 1917 Engined 1919. Hulked 1928
  Yolande F Mouton, Rouen Steamship 1,384 225 1917 Later Virginia Olson, Sierra. Burned 1926
  Florence Olson O J Olson Steamship 1,185 213 1917 Later Willapa.  Wrecked 1941
  North Bend US Shipping Board Schooner 3,009 275 1917 Converted to barge 1940? Burned 194x
  Quidnic US Shipping Board Schooner 3,019 275 1918  
  Kickapoo US Shipping Board Schooner 3,017   1918  
  Baladan US Shipping Board Schooner 3,004   1918  
  Coconino US Shipping Board Schooner 3,013   1918  
  Yainax US Shipping Board Schooner 3,013   1918  
  Fort Leavenworth US Shipping Board Steamship 2,532 266 1919 Scrapped 1924
  Fort Logan US Shipping Board Steamship 2,532 266 1919 Scrapped 1926
  Fort Laramie US Shipping Board Steamship 2,240 266 1919 Later engine removed as 6-mast schooner. Scrapped 1935
  Fort Lewis US Shipping Board Steamship 2,532 266 1919  
  Pacific W R Chamberlin Steam schooner 1,240 221 1920 Later Barbara C.  Foundered 1946
  K V Kruse J E Davenport 5-mast schooner 1,728 242 1920 Converted to barge 1939. Wrecked 1941
  Ryder Hanify J R Hanify & Co Steam schooner 1,343 235 1920 Later Joseph S.  Foundered 1950
  Anne Hanify J R Hanify & Co Steam schooner 1,343 235 1920 Later Salina Cruz. Burnt 1949
  Roosevelt Oregon Highway Commission Steam paddle ferry   95 1921 Dismantled 1933
  North Bend (II) Arrow Tug & Barge 4-mast schooner 981 204 1921 Stranded 1928 but refloated herself. Sank 1940
  Arrow (III) Arrow Tug & Barge       1925  
  Brant Bureau of Fisheries Motor tender   100 1927  
  Haviside   Barge     1930  
  Enegren Ferry   Motor Ferry   56 1930 Retired 1952
  Sea Giant         1936 To USN 1942 as YP 312, returned 1946
  Three Star Maskake Kuwabara Fishing 126 77 1937 To USN 1940 as Pintail (AMc 17), sold 1945
  Mineo Bros Frank Mineo Fishing 102 78 1939 To USN 1942 as YP 313, burnt 1979
  YMS 121 US Navy Minesweeper 278d 136 22-Jul-42 Struck 1946
  YMS 122 US Navy Minesweeper 278d 136 24-Aug-42 Struck 1946, sold 1951 as Uchuck III in British Columbia. Active
  YMS 123 US Navy Minesweeper 278d 136 24-Sep-42 Sold 1946 as Tahsis Chief II, then fishing W F Gibson, Marjorie Todd. Active?
  YMS 124 US Navy Minesweeper 278d 136 23-Oct-42 Star of the 1943 movie "Minesweeper", struck 1946
  YMS 265 US Navy Minesweeper 278d 136 6-Mar-43 Struck 19476
  YMS 266 US Navy Minesweeper 278d 136 8-Apr-43 To the USSR 1945 as T-601, scuttlled 1956
  YMS 267 US Navy Minesweeper 278d 136 21-Jun-43 Sold 1947
  YMS 268 US Navy Minesweeper 278d 136 28-Jun-43 Reclassified 1947 as Lapwing (AMS 48/MSCO 48), sold 1960 as fishing Weems, Endeavor
  ATR 80 US Navy Tug 850d  165 1944 Sold 1946 as Western King
  ATR 81 US Navy Tug 850d  165 1944 Disposed of 1946
  ATR 86 US Navy Tug 850d  165 1944 Disposed of 19476
  ATR 87 US Navy Tug 850d  165 1944 Disposed of 19476
    US Navy Tug 703 165 1944 Later Hila, sold for scrap 1959, still derelict Staten I.