Palmer Johnson Yachts, Sturgeon Bay WI
(formerly Sturgeon Bay Boat Works)
Sturgeon Bay Boat Works was established in 1918 as Johnson and Gmack, to build fishing vessels. Hans Johnson's son Palmer took over after World War One and changed the name to Sturgeon Bay Boat Works. Palmer Johnson retired in 1959 and sold the business: the new owners renamed it Palmer Johnson and it continues today as a well-known builder of megayachts. Visit the company at www.palmerjohnson.com. The yard is located on Kentucky Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenues: you can see it from the air on Google here. The table below is a work in progress: if anyone can fill any of the gaps, please e-mail me at timcolton@aol.com.
| Hull # | Original Name | Customer | Type | Feet | Delivery | Disposition |
| Built by Sturgeon Bay Boat Works | ||||||
| Bluebell | Yacht | 1927 | First yacht built | |||
| Copperhead | Yacht | |||||
| Northern Light | Yacht | |||||
| Bess Emily | Yacht | |||||
| T 8 | US Army | Psgr.-Cargo Boat | 65 | 8/42-10/42 | ||
| T 9 | US Army | Psgr.-Cargo Boat | 65 | 8/42-10/42 | ||
| T 10 | US Army | Psgr.-Cargo Boat | 65 | 8/42-10/42 | ||
| T 60 | US Army | Psgr.-Cargo Boat | 65 | 12/42-7/43 | ||
| T 61 | US Army | Psgr.-Cargo Boat | 65 | 12/42-7/43 | ||
| T 62 | US Army | Psgr.-Cargo Boat | 65 | 12/42-7/43 | ||
| P 296 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 42 | 6/43-12/43 | ||
| P 297 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 42 | 6/43-12/43 | ||
| P 298 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 42 | 6/43-12/43 | ||
| P 299 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 42 | 6/43-12/43 | ||
| P 300 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 42 | 6/43-12/43 | ||
| P 301 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 42 | 6/43-12/43 | ||
| P 302 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 42 | 6/43-12/43 | ||
| P 303 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 42 | 6/43-12/43 | ||
| P 304 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 42 | 6/43-12/43 | ||
| P 305 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 42 | 6/43-12/43 | ||
| P 306 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 42 | 6/43-12/43 | ||
| P 307 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 42 | 6/43-12/43 | ||
| P 308 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 42 | 6/43-12/43 | ||
| P 309 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 42 | 6/43-12/43 | ||
| P 300 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 42 | 6/43-12/43 | ||
| P 452 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 45 | 2/44-1/45 | ||
| P 453 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 45 | 2/44-1/45 | ||
| P 454 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 45 | 2/44-1/45 | ||
| P 455 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 45 | 2/44-1/45 | ||
| P 456 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 45 | 2/44-1/45 | ||
| P 457 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 45 | 2/44-1/45 | ||
| P 458 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 45 | 2/44-1/45 | ||
| P 459 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 45 | 2/44-1/45 | ||
| P 460 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 45 | 2/44-1/45 | ||
| P 461 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 45 | 2/44-1/45 | ||
| P 462 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 45 | 2/44-1/45 | ||
| P 463 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 45 | 2/44-1/45 | ||
| P 464 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 45 | 2/44-1/45 | ||
| P 465 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 45 | 2/44-1/45 | ||
| P 466 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 45 | 2/44-1/45 | ||
| P 467 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 45 | 2/44-1/45 | ||
| P 468 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 45 | 2/44-1/45 | ||
| P 469 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 45 | 2/44-1/45 | ||
| P 488 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 45 | 2/44-1/45 | ||
| P 489 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 45 | 2/44-1/45 | ||
| P 490 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 45 | 2/44-1/45 | ||
| P 491 | US Army | Rescue Boat | 45 | 2/44-1/45 | ||
| Pique | Yacht | 1959 | Last wooden boat built | |||
| Victory | Richard P. Wagner | Yacht | 38 | 1960 | Active | |
| Built by Palmer Johnson | ||||||
| 4 | Deb-Al | Christopher D. Guyette | Yacht | 41 | 1961 | Now "Southern Cross" |
| Reverie | Peter R. Veit | Yacht | 34 | 1962 | Now "Theiris" | |
| Isanti | Richard E. Barton | Yacht | 49 | 1963 | Active | |
| Bay Bear | Navy Sailing Fndn. | Yacht | 33 | 1964 | Active | |
| Missi | New Orleans Y.C. | Passenger | 31 | 1966 | Active | |
| Marquis | Robert A. Miller | Fishing Vessel | 34 | 1966 | Active | |
| Firebird | Ben M. Carter, Jr. | Passenger | 74 | 1967 | Active | |
| Nomad | Carl Kettler | Yacht | 48 | 1967 | Active | |
| Marguerite | Jerico Towing | Passenger | 57 | 1968 | Now "Hobbit" | |
| Dyna | Clayton Ewing | Yacht | 51 | 1968 | ||
| Falcon | Benjamin Heineman, Sr. | Yacht | 51 | 1969 | Active | |
| Bandit | Albert Van Meter | Yacht | 51 | 1969 | ||
| Locura | Carr McCormack, III | Yacht | 55 | 1970 | Now "Dora" | |
| Yankee Girl | Paul Quinn | Yacht | 56 | 1970 | Active | |
| Cygnus | Peter J. Lange | Yacht | 40 | 1971 | Active | |
| Bay Bea II | Pat Haggerty | Yacht | 49 | |||
| Aura | Yacht | 49 | 1971 | |||
| Scaramouche | Yacht | 49 | ||||
| Akka | Axel E. Rosenblad | Yacht | 61 | 1972 | Active | |
| Tenacious | Yacht | 62 | ||||
| Kahili | Yacht | |||||
| Blizzard | Yacht | |||||
| Charisma | Yacht | |||||
| 123 | Twilight | Salem Marine | Yacht | 84 | 1973 | Now "Le Club Tarpon" |
| Kialoa III | Trade Wind Navigation | Yacht | 78 | 1974 | Active | |
| 132 | Hawkeye | Orange Coast Coll. Fndn. | Passenger | 53 | 1974 | Now "Bumble Bee" |
| 141 | Jabula | Bruce A. Ross | Yacht | 41 | 1975 | Active |
| Damn Yankee | Arthur L. Doering | Yacht | 35 | 1975 | Active | |
| Way Point | Marian S. Breslar | Yacht | 41 | 1975 | Active | |
| Love Machine 2 | John W. Hoskins | Yacht | 36 | 1975 | Now "Intention 2" | |
| Ocean Star | Mark A. Wargelin | Yacht | 46 | 1976 | Now "Ocean Phoenix" | |
| 144 | Susan B Anthony | Du-Pol Enterprises | Yacht | 41 | 1976 | Now "Rubicon" |
| 145 | Encounter | Gerald Simonis | Yacht | 53 | 1977 | Active |
| Siren Song | Thomas A. Merlin | Yacht | 41 | 1976 | Active | |
| 147 | Patriot | Steven J. Foley | Yacht | 46 | 1976 | Now "Sentient" |
| 148 | Donnybrook | Charles L. Reed, III | Yacht | 46 | 1976 | Now "Puffin" |
| 149 | Eighty Six | Ketch Veritas, Inc. | Yacht | 46 | 1976 | Now "Veritas" |
| 150 | Falcon | Thomas H. Tanner, Jr. | Yacht | 62 | 1977 | Active |
| 151 | Spitfire | Carmeroto Painter, Inc. | Yacht | 46 | 1976 | Active |
| Scaramouche II | Chuck Kirsch | Yacht | 48 | 1977 | Active | |
| Chiron | David A. Porter | Yacht | 47 | 1977 | Active | |
| 157 | Woodstock | Bay Bea Corp. | Yacht | 45 | 1977 | Now "Bay Bea" |
| 158 | Coral Sea | Octopus Inc. | Yacht | 56 | 1977 | Active |
| 164 | Spring Fever | David W. Bonner | Yacht | 41 | 1977 | Now "Majic" |
| Amneris | Amneris Ltd. | Passenger | 75 | 1978 | Active | |
| Fortuna | King Juan Carlos | Megayacht | 100 | 1979 | Active | |
| 40-? | Finesse | Richard V. Main | Yacht | 40 | 1978 | Active |
| 40-4 | Tatiana | Charles T. Parrott | Yacht | 40 | 1978 | Active |
| 40-8 | Albemarle Pippin | Robert B. Schulz | Yacht | 40 | 1978 | Now "Altair" |
| 40-9 | Resistance | Robert L. Burr | Yacht | 40 | 1978 | Now "Jubilation" |
| 40-15 | Daybreak | James N. Bendelius | Yacht | 40 | 1979 | Now "Islay" |
| 40-? | Rage Rage | Paul M. Bloom | Yacht | 40 | 1979 | Now "Quickening" |
| 40-? | Zephyros | Larry E. Snoddon | Yacht | 40 | 1979 | Active |
| 40-18 | Relentless | Michael L. Stone | Yacht | 40 | 1980 | Active |
| Cabaret | Stephen N. Barnard | Yacht | 52 | 1980 | Now "Retriever" | |
| 168 | Aries | Jimmy Shahinian | Yacht | 46 | 1978 | Active |
| 169 | Lovesong | Bellflower LLC | Passenger | 78 | 1980 | Now "Bellflower" |
| 171 | Lunatic | Charles Hinz | Yacht | 45 | 1979 | Now "Hinzite" |
| 175 | Bambi | Carl M. Berman | Yacht | 55 | 1981 | Active |
| 180 | Javelin | Assoc. Marine Inst. | Yacht | 77 | 1981 | Active |
| 181 | Ondine VI | Megayacht | 108 | 1983 | Now "Toto" | |
| 182 | Nirvana | Charles F. Kiefer, III | Yacht | 72 | 1982 | Active |
| 186 | Centurion | Atlantic Star Lines | Megayacht | 121 | 1983 | Now "Arabella" |
| 187 | Congere | Andrew R. Martin | Yacht | 62 | 1983 | Now "Merrythought" |
| 188 | Patsea VI | Martha R. Ingram | Yacht | 72 | 1986 | Active |
| 189 | Jullianna | Sassy Marina LLC | Yacht | 78 | 1984 | Active |
| 190 | Tina E | W. Andrew Wright | Yacht | 76 | 1984 | Now "Captivator" |
| 191 | Sirocco | Raymond J. Villanova | Yacht | 78 | 1984 | Active |
| 192 | Karyatis | Am. Inst. of Mar. Studies | Yacht | 71 | 1984 | Now "Pua Lani" |
| 195 | Time | Megayacht | 126 | 1987 | Active | |
| Teamwork | U-Haul Leasing | Yacht | 73 | 1988 | Active | |
| 198 | Conquest | Global Yachting | Yacht | 76 | 1993 | Now "Prime Time" |
| 199 | Galileo | S/Y Galileo Inc. | Megayacht | 110 | 1989 | Active |
| 202 | Astral | Megayacht | 114 | 1990 | Now "Sirma III" | |
| 204 | Maysylph | Megayacht | 123 | 1991 | Now 'Axia" | |
| 205 | Mandalay | Megayacht | 125 | 1992 | Now "Kaori" | |
| 206 | Shanakee | Megayacht | 107 | 1992 | Now "Dance Smartly" | |
| 207 | Benjamin F. Bates | Alden F. Bates, Jr. | Yacht | 60 | 1991 | Active |
| 208 | Ma Mu VI | Weber-Stephen Products | Yacht | 80 | 1992 | Active |
| 210 | Ghost Dancer | JD Sailing | Megayacht | 117 | 1992 | Now "Knickerbocker" |
| 211 | Andale | Aaction Yacht Sales | Megayacht | 75 | 1992 | Now "Clueless" |
| 212 | Lady Jenn | Megayacht | 137 | 1994 | Active | |
| 214 | Carolina | Megayacht | 121 | 1995 | Now "Costa Brava III" | |
| 215 | Nazenin III | Megayacht | 108 | 1995 | Now "Keewaydin" | |
| 216 | Paraffin | Megayacht | 141 | 1997 | Now "Pure Bliss" | |
| 218 | La Baronesse | Megayacht | 150 | 1994 | Now "Amor Azur II" | |
| 221 | Excel | Grant Enterprises | Megayacht | 100 | 1997 | Now "Moon River" |
| 222 | Our Way | Megayacht | 127 | 1998 | Active | |
| 224 | Twisted Pair | Henry T. Hillman | Yacht | 86 | 1999 | Now "Madcap" |
| 225 | Mostro.com | Megayacht | 115 | 1999 | Now "Mostro" | |
| 226 | Anson Bell | Megayacht | 161 | 2002 | Now "Helios 2" | |
| 227 | Cover Drive | Megayacht | 117 | 2003 | Active | |
| 228 | La Baronessa | Megayacht | 195 | 1998 | Now "Beluga" | |
| 229 | Alexis | Megayacht | 123 | 2000 | Now "Big City" | |
| 230 | Inevitable | Megayacht | 131 | 2000 | Now "Second Chance" | |
| 231 | My Weigh | Megayacht | 121 | 2001 | Now "Mia Elise" | |
| 232 | Turmoil | Megayacht | 152 | 1996 | Now "Putty VI" | |
| 233 | Arrowhead | PJ Pacific LLC | Megayacht | 107 | 2002 | Active |
| 234 | Regency | Megayacht | 142 | 2004 | Now "Incentive" | |
| 235 | Unity | Project Blue, LLC | Megayacht | 120 | 2004 | Active |
| 236 | Milk and Honey II | Megayacht | 125 | 2003 | Active | |
| 237 | Four Wishes | Megayacht | 144 | 2004 | Active | |
| 238 | Blacksheep | Megayacht | 151 | 2004 | Active | |
| 249 | Four Jacks | Megayacht | 148 | 2008 | Active | |
| 120-1 | Cover Drive | Megayacht | 120 | 2003 | Now "Birgitta" | |
| 120-2 | Stanley | Megayacht | 120 | 2005 | Active | |
| 120-3 | DB9 | Megayacht | 120 | 2005 | Active | |
| 120-4 | Vanquish | Megayacht | 120 | 2006 | Active | |
| 120-5 | Hush | Megayacht | 120 | 2005 | Active | |
| 120-6 | Izumi | Megayacht | 120 | 2008 | Active | |
| 120-7 | Vitamin | Megayacht | 120 | 2009 | Active | |
| 120-8 | Megayacht | 120 | 2010 | Building | ||
| 120-9 | Megayacht | 120 | 2010 | Building | ||
| 123-1 | Temptation | Megayacht | 123 | 2005 | Active | |
| 123-2 | Muse | Muse Yachting, LLC | Megayacht | 123 | 2006 | Active |
| 123-3 | Clifford II | Megayacht | 123 | 2008 | Now "Ocean Drive" | |
| 135-1 | Dragon | Megayacht | 135 | 2006 | Active | |
| 135-2 | Waverunner | Megayacht | 135 | 2007 | Active | |
| 135-3 | Plus Too | Megayacht | 135 | 2008 | Active | |
| 135-4 | Coverdrive 2 | Megayacht | 135 | 2009 | Active | |
| 135-5 | Megayacht | 135 | 2009 | Building | ||
| 135-6 | Megayacht | 135 | 2009 | Building | ||
| 135-7 | Megayacht | 135 | 2011 | Building | ||
| 135-8 | Megayacht | 135 | 2011 | Building | ||
| 135-9 | Megayacht | 135 | 2011 | Building | ||
| 150-1 | ||||||