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Jenks Shipbuilding, Port Huron MI

Most recent update: April 27, 2011.

Jenks Shipbuilding Company was started in 1889.  In 1903, it was reorganized and became Port Huron Shipbuilding but only built two more ships before closing.  The yard was at Erie and Quay Streets, on the north bank of Black River.

Hull # Original Name Original Owner Vessel Type GT Built Disposition

Built by Jenks Shipbuilding
1 O. O. Carpenter H. E. Runnels Cargo Ship 364 1892 Later Massasoit 1905, scrapped 1931
2 Desmond A. M. Carpenter Cargo Ship 456 1892 Foundered 1917
3 C. D. Thompson   Tug 92 1893 Abandoned 1940
4 W. G. Harrow   Tug 84 1893 Abandoned 1934
5 Lloyd S. Porter R. M. Jenks Cargo Ship 489 1893 Burnt 1917
6 H. E. Runnels Runnels SS Co Cargo Ship 862 1893 Wrecked 1919
7 F. J. Haynes   Tug 27 1895  
8 B. B. Inman   Tug 89 1895 Scrapped 1916
9 Vigilant   Tug 372 1896 Burnt 1936
10 Linden Sandusky Box Co Cargo Ship 894 1895 Burnt 1923
11 Black Rock A. M. Carpenter Cargo Ship 1,646 1896 Deleted 1925
12 W. G. Mason   Tug 99 1898 Abandoned 1926
13 Ravenscraig Volunteer Transit Cargo Ship 2,280 Apr-00 Later Edward F. Cragin 1918, Eugenio Cantoni 1919, scrapped 1923
14 Capt. Thomas Wilson Wilson Transit Co Bulk Carrier 4,719 Sep-00 Later Kickapoo 1943, scrapped 1947
15 Kennebec F. B. Chesbrough Cargo Ship 2,183 May-01 Foundered 1921
16 Charles S. Neff Mack S.S. Co Cargo Ship 1,069 Jun-01 Later Serpentine 1919, Gabino 1921, Weston M. Carroll 1925, San Pedro 1950, foundered 1955
17 Henry Steinbremer Kinsman Transit Co Bulk Carrier 4,719 Oct-01 Foundered 1953
18 Kanawha F. B. Chesbrough Cargo Ship 2,182 Apr-02 Foundered 1916
19 John B. Cowle Cowle Tptn Co Bulk Carrier 4,731 Nov-02 Scrapped 1979
20 T. F. Newman Great Lakes Towing Barge 855 1902  
21 James R. Elliott City of Detroit Fire Boat 210 1902 Later Normac 1930, restaurant in Toronto 1969, now in Port Dalhousie ON
22 Hyacinth U.S. Coast Guard Buoy Tender 738 Jun-03 Sold 1946
23   Chesbrough Bros Yacht 50 1902  
24   U.S. Lake Survey Pontoons   1902  
25 Eastland Michigan S.S. Co Passenger Ship 1,961 Jul-03 Later Wilmette 1917, scrapped 1947
26 F. B. Squire Mack S.S. Co Bulk Carrier 4,582 Dec-03 Later Harry Wm. Hosford 1936, scrapped 1961

Built by Port Huron Shipbuilding
  Alfred E. Hunt Port Huron Const. Dredge 510 Sep-07  
  Cuilene Rhu Dunbar & Sullivan Barge 160 Feb-08