Burger Boat, Manitowoc WI

Burger Boat was founded in 1863 in Manitowoc WI, by Henry B. Burger and continues in business today as one of the leading yacht builders in the U.S.  The original shipyard was sold in 1902 to what is now Manitowoc Corporation, but the next generation of the Burger family had started a new shipyard in 1892, across from the old one.  Burger Boat Co was incorporated in 1915: it was sold to John McMillan in 1986 and then sold again, to Tacoma Boat in 1989.  It closed in 1990, when Tacoma Boat folded, but was acquired and reopened by the present owners in 1993. If anyone can fill any gaps in the table below, please e-mail timcolton@aol.com.  Visit the shipyard at www.burgerboat.com.  You could see it from the air on Google here, but the picture is hopelessly fuzzy.

Hull # Name Owner Type Tons Length Built Disposition

Built in the shipyard that was sold to Manitowoc Corporation in 1902
  Menominee   Scow     186x  
  Fleet Wing   Schooner     186x  
  S. A. Wood   Schooner 299g 150 1868  
  City of Manitowoc   Schooner     187x  
  J. I. Case   Schooner 787g 208 1874 Scuttled near Quebec City 1933
  C. C. Barnes Milwaukee-Western Fuel Schooner-Barge 554g 172 1873 Scrapped 1921
  Chicago Goodrich Transit Steamer 589g 205 1874 Scrapped 1918
  S. M. Stephenson William Burns Steamer 499g  166 1880 Scrapped 1935
  Alice Ole Hansen Schooner     1881 Abandoned 1930
  Olga William Johnson Schooner 293g  137 1881 Sold 1900
  G. J. Boyce Winand Schlosser Schooner 303g  137 1884 Wrecked in Cuba 1921
  A..D. Hayward Gilbert La Croix Steamer 304 138 1887 Crushed by ice 1911
  Edwin S. Tice Winand Schlosser Steamer 728 160 1887 Later Mueller 1901, stripped and scuttled 1935
  Fannie C. Hart Green Bay Transportation Steamer 476 143 1888 Later Rowe and Marina, scrapped 1963
  Lizzie Metzner   3-mast schooner   80 1888  
  Mark B. Covell Marinette Transportation Steamer     1888 Later Pere Marquette, scrapped 1935
  Petoskey Roen Steamship Steamer 770 171 1888 Burnt and scrapped 1936
  City of Racine Goodrich Transit Steamer 1,041   1889 Later Arizona, hulked 1932, abandoned 1938
  Cora A Chicago Transportation Schooner     1889 Sank 1916
  Isabella J. Boyce Interlake Sand & Gravel Steamer 368   1889 Burnt and lost 1917
  City of Marquette L. L. Hill Steamer     1890  
  Indiana Goodrich Transit Steamer 1178 201 1890 Hulked 1930, scrapped 1937
  Eugene C. Hart Norlond Line Steamer 522   1890 Later Norlond, foundered 1922
  Sidney O. Neff Marinette Transportation Steamer 435   1890 Sank 1940
  Edward Buckley Peninsula Tug & Towing Steamer 415   1891 Destroyed by fire 1929
  Anabel John Coffey Fishing   65 1892 Later a passenger vessel
  Julia C. Hammel E Hammel Sr. Fishing   58 1893 Abandoned 1918
  Iowa Goodrich Transit Steamer 1,167   1896 Foundered 1915
  Alphard Peter Schroeder Fishing   55 1898 Abandoned 1927

Built in the Existing Shipyard
  Freddie George A Heitl Fishing   35 1901 Abandoned 1945
  Vernin Jr Vernon Siever Motor yacht   85 1901  
  Gorilla   Fishing   34 1902  
  Morning Star   Fishing   37 1904 Deleted 1925
  Crystal Edward G Tews Jr. Fishing   42 1905 Deleted 1925
  Patricia   Fishing   37 1905 Deleted 1945
  Cataract   Fishing     1906  
  Swastika F H Noble Yacht   42 1907 Later Lady Isabe, preserved at Wisconsin Maritime Museum
  Clara S Fred Wilke Fishing   48 1909 Later a passenger vessel, abandoned 1945
  Liberty Edward G Tews Jr. Fishing   50 1909 Later a tug, abandoned 1946
  Petrel Louis Rodal Fishing   32 1909 Abandoned 1947
  Burger John Coffey Fishing   90 1910  
  Archie Tegtmeyer Frank Paczocha Fishing   57 1911  
  Gloriana Emil G Endress Fishing   62 1913  
  Goldie W Daniel F Coffey Jr. Fishing   58 1913  
  Reliance William Anderson Fishing   37 1913 Foundered 1943
  Search Patrick Murray Chambers Fishing   70 1913 Burned 1944
  Indian   Fishing   44 1914 Foundered 1940
  Karlsruhe Arthur J Luebke Fishing   43 1915 Deleted 1948
  Nellie H John M Hanrath Fishing   40 1915 Later Tee-Zee-Lee, tug Steve-O-Reno, burned 1964
  J. T. Bossler John T Bossler Fishing   52 1916  
  R E Helen Albert Goodman Fishing     1916 Scrapped 1968
  William Jr.   Fishing     1916  
  Fearless No 2 Sonneman Fish Co Fishing   68 1916 Scrapped 1948
  H Van Ells H, E & J Van Ells Fishing     1917 Scrapped 1936
  Sunbeam Roy Smith & others Fishing   71 1917  
  PC 330 U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 75t 110 8-Feb-18 Later SC 330, to WSA 1946
28 Retriever U.S. Shipping Board Tug 176g 95 1919 Later M Moran, Alice M Moran, scrapped 1953 
29 Terrier U.S. Shipping Board Tug 176g 95 1919 Later Agnes A. Moran, William C. Moore, scrapped 1955
30 Setter U.S. Shipping Board Tug 176 95 1919 Later Dalzellido, Capt. A. F. Bennett
31 Pointer U.S. Shipping Board Tug 176 95 1919 Later Britannia, John L. Sullivan
32 Spaniel U.S. Shipping Board Tug 176 95 1919 Later Grove E Warner, John A. Meseck, William F Meseck, scrapped 1954
33 Beagle U.S. Shipping Board Tug 176 95 1920 Later Margaret L. Meseck, Howard Moran, scrapped 1960
  Albert C Kalmbach Albert C Kalmbach Fishing   45 1919  
  A. W. Fred Wilke Fishing   38 1920 Deleted 1945
  John Jr. John & William Benson Fishing   60 1922  
  Natco National Fireproofing Co Tug   42 1923 Later fishing vessel Zoo Board, abandoned 1958
  Badger Arthus Luebke Fishing   55 1925 Burned 1957
  Grace Ole Olson Fishing   55 1925  
  Amity Rawley Fish Co Fishing   55 c1925  
  Bon Jour Everett LaFond Fishing   50 1926 Deleted 1959
  Doughboy Norman V Allie Fishing   48 1926  
  Evelyn C Smith Smith Bros. Fisheries Fishing   48 1926 Later Stella
  Fawn Knipfer Bros. Fishing   48 1927 Abandoned 1965
  Mallard Frank Lonzo Sons Fishing 29g 45 1927 Later tug, then yacht, deleted
  Anabel II Coffey Fishing Co Fishing   62 1928 Burned 193x
  Dawn Leslie J Cornell Fishing   44 1928 Abandoned ashore 1968
  G. H. Heller Hugo W Heller Fishing   57 1928 Later Resolute, scrapped 1964
  My Sweetheart Henry W Smith Fishing   50 1928 Abandoned 1965
  Grace H. John M Hanrath Fishing   57 1929  
  Carolyn Gus Mollhagen Fishing   44 1929  
  Gloria Hanson Bros Fishery Fishing     1929  
  Lark John Schilbauer Fishing   34 1929  
  Butch LaFond Everett LaFond Fishing 24g 39 1930 Now Butchie B
  Neptune Emil Nelson Fishing   42 1932  
  Hope Smith Bros. Fishing   45 c1932  
  Theo J. Blong Port Fish Co Fishing   38 1933  
  Fred Weimer Fred Weimer Fisheries Fishing   48 1934  
  Margaret Matthews Edward B Matthews Fishing 36g 45 1934 Later Irene, now Jay-Jay-Cee
  Naomikong Wallace E Hill Fishing     1935  
  Mercury John Kahlenburg Fishing 29g 40 1936 Active
  La Belle Thomas W Brown Fishing 39g 47 1936 Preserved ashore
  Henrietta Margaret George Van Hall Fishing 29g 40 1936 Now Lester H Smith
  Smith Bros. Smith Bros.  Fishing 43g 49 1936 Now D & S
  Apostle Islands Booth Fisheries Fishing 63g 55 1937 Now passenger vessel Hiawatha
  Bossler Brothers John Bossler Sons Fishing 40g 47 1937  
  Meyer Bros. Chrles Meyer Fishing 40g 47 1937 Detroit fire boat in WW2, later Senator, Sellman Bros, now Clifford J
  J. B. Nelson Leonard A Nelson Fishing 22g 38 1937 Active
  LeClair Brothers H & E LeClair Fishing   42 1937 Later Linda E, rammed and sunk 1998
  Albert J. Ludlow White Fishing 42g 47 1937 Now patrol boat Barney Devine
  Hustler Joseph Jacobi Fishing 29g 40 1938 Now Kari A
  Hiawatha   Fishing 63g 55 1938 Active
  Tamarask (Tamaris?)   Aux ketch yacht   81 1938  

519

 Locke Tarlton   Tug 159g   1939 Later Alton Zephyr, Hawk, stranded aboard pontoon 1987
  Angus   Yacht   48 1939 Being restored by Burger for the Manitowoc Marine Museum
  Kamaaina   Yacht 9g 33 1939 Active?
  Wolverine II Smith Bros. Fishing 26g 39 1940 Active?
  Maggie Lynn Floyd Grover Fishing 30g 41 1941 Active
  Pilgrim   Motor yacht   65 1941 Active
  622 US Army Corps of Engineers Tender   28 1941  
  SC 660 US Navy Sub Chaser 136   28-Sep-42 To the USSR 1945 as BO 311, scrapped 1956
  SC 661 US Navy Sub Chaser 136   26-Oct-42 To the USSR 1945 as BO 303, scrapped 1956
  YMS 107 US Navy Minesweeper 278 136 3-Aug-42 Struck 1946
  YMS 108 US Navy Minesweeper 278 136 24-Aug-42 Struck 1946
  YMS 109 US Navy Minesweeper 278 136 4-Sep-42 Reclassified 1947 as Brambling (AMS/MSCO 42), struck 1959, sold as fishing vessel Frances, existence in doubt
  YMS 110 US Navy Minesweeper 278 136 10-Oct-42 Sold 1949 as fishing vessel Medina, deleted 1970
  YMS 111 US Navy Minesweeper 278 136 28-Oct-42 Struck 1946
  YMS 112 US Navy Minesweeper 278 136 24-Nov-42 Struck 1946
  YMS 155 US Navy Minesweeper 278 136 11-Feb-43 To Britain 1943 as BYMS 2155, to the Netherlands 1946 as Vliestroom (MV 37, M 837/A 922), sold 1965 as fishing vessel William R, then Stratus, Oesterkus
  YMS 156 US Navy Minesweeper 278 136 13-Mar-43 To Britain 1943 as BYMS 2156, J 956, to the Netherlands 1946 as Texelstroom (MV 39, M 836), scrapped 1976
  YMS 157 US Navy Minesweeper 278 136 15-Apr-43 To Britain 1943 as BYMS 2157, struck 1947
  YMS 158 US Navy Minesweeper 278 136 28-May-43 Struck 1946
  YMS 159 US Navy Minesweeper 278 136 17-Jun-43 Sold 1947, later barge VT-100, sunk in Bedwell Bay 1956
  YMS 160 US Navy Minesweeper 278 136 19-Jul-43 To Philippines 1945 
  YMS 161 US Navy Minesweeper 278 136 27-Jul-43 To Britain 1943 as BYMS 2161, returned & struck 1946
  YMS 162 US Navy Minesweeper 278 136 28-Aug-43 To Britain 1943 as BYMS 2162, returned & struck 1946
  PCS 1423 US Navy Sub Chaser 278 136 16-Nov-43 Sold 1962 as fishing Prescott, existence in doubt
  PCS 1424 US Navy Sub Chaser 278 136 13-Dec-43 Sold 1946
  PCS 1449 US Navy Sub Chaser 278 136 8-Jan-44 Fate unknown 
  PCS 1450 US Navy Sub Chaser 278 136 3-Feb-44 To C. & G.S. 1946 as Hodgson, sold 1967
      one of above? 244g   1942 Later fishing vessel Misinderan, now Western Challenger
      one of above? 303g   1943 Later fishing vessel Six Shillings
573 Mystic Isle Erie Isles Ferry Co Ferry 194g 103 1943 Later fishing vessel, reefed 1986
  P 584 US Army Rescue Boat   85 May-44  
  P 585 US Army Rescue Boat   85 Jun-44  
  P 586 US Army Rescue Boat   85 Jul-44  
  P 587 US Army Rescue Boat   85 Aug-44  
  P 588 US Army Rescue Boat   85 Sep-44  
  P 589 US Army Rescue Boat   85 Oct-44  
  P 590 US Army Rescue Boat   85 Nov-44  
  P 591 US Army Rescue Boat   85 Dec-44  
  ATR 88 US Navy Tug 850 165 Aug-44 Sold 1948
  ATR 89 US Navy Tug 850 165 Sep-44 Sold 1947 as Hila, sold for scrap 1959, still derelict Staten Island
  ST 905 US Army Tug 19g 42 Mar-45  
  ST 906 US Army Tug 19g 42 Apr-45 Sold as fishing vessel Reliable, active
  ST 907 US Army Tug 19g 42 Apr-45  
  ST 908 US Army Tug 19g 42 May-45 To Scripps Inst 1961, sold 1973 as Artemia, then Dolphin
  ST 909 US Army Tug 19g 42 May-45  
  ST 910 US Army Tug 19g 42 Jun-45 Sold 2005 
  ST 911 US Army Tug 19g 42 Jun-45  
  ST 912 US Army Tug 19g 42 Jul-45 To USACE as Ashland, sold as Jason
  ST 913 US Army Tug 19g 42 Jul-45  
  ST 914 US Army Tug 19g 42 Aug-45  
  ST 915 US Army Tug 19g 42 Aug-45 Sold 2003 
  J. R. Chambers Murray Chambers Fishing 42g 49 1944 Later Antares II, now Three Suns.