Lake Washington Shipyards was a shipyard in Houghton, Washington (today Kirkland) on the shore of Lake Washington. Today the shipyards are the site of the lakeside Carillon Point business park.[1] The shipyards built many civilian and US Navy ships.
Ships built here[]
Ships built at Lake Washington Shipyards include (with launch dates):
- Issaquah (ferry) 1914
- MV Kitsap 1925
- MV Kalakala construction begins from burnt-out hull of Peralta in November 1934; maiden voyage July 3, 1935[2]
- USS Pathfinder (AGS-1) keel laid 20 February 1941, launched 11 January 1942 and completed 31 August 1942[3][4][5] (USC&GSS: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship)
- USC&GSS EXPLORER (1940)
- USS Aloe (YN-1 / AN-6) (11 January 1941)
- USS Ash (YN-2 / AN-7) (15 February 1941)
- USS Boxwood (YN-3 / AN-8) (8 March 1941)
- USS Butternut (YN-4 / AN-9 / ANL-9 / YAG-60) (10 May 1941)
- USS Absecon (AVP-23) (8 March 1942)
- USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) (15 April 1942)
- USS Coos Bay (AVP-25) (15 May 1942)
- USS Half Moon (AVP-26) (12 July 1942)
- USS Mobjack AVP-27 / AGP-7 Seaplane Tender 1942
- AVP-28 / AGP-6 Oyster Bay 1942
- AVP-33 Barataria, WPG-381 / WAVP-381 / WHEC-381 Barataria 1943
- AVP-34 Bering Strait, WAVP-382 / WHEC-382 Bering Strait 1944
- USS Castle Rock (AVP-35) | USCGC Castle Rock (WAVP-383) | RVNS Tran Binh Trong (HQ-05) | BRP Francisco Dagohoy (PF-10) 1944
- AVP-36 Cook Inlet, WAVP-384 / WHEC-384 Cook Inlet 1944
- AVP-37 Corson 1944
- AVP-38 Duxbury Bay 1944
- AVP-39 Gardiners Bay 1944
- AVP-40 Floyds Bay 1945
- USS Greenwich Bay (AVP-41) 1945
- AVP-48 Onslow 1943
- USS Orca (AVP-49) 1942
- AVP-50 / AGS-50 Rehoboth 1942
- AVP-51 San Carlos, T-AGOR-1 Josiah Willard Gibbs 1941
- AVP-52 Shelikof 1943
- AVP-53 Suisun 1943
- AVP-54 Timbalier 1943
- AVP-55 / AGF-1 Valcour 1943
- USS Wachapreague (AVP-56 / AGP-8) (10 July 1943)
- USS Willoughby (AVP-57) (AGP-9), USCGC Gresham (WAVP-387) (WHEC-387) (WAGW-387) 1943
References[]
- ↑ "Kirkland history". City of Kirkland. http://www.explorekirkland.com/about.cfm?content=277. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
- ↑ Russ Knudsen. "Kalakala timeline 1926 to present". MV Kalakala website/Black Ball Line. http://www.kalakala.org/history/history_timeline.html. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
- ↑ Rear Admiral Harold J. Seaborg, NOAA (Ret.). "Pathfinder - The Chronicle Of A Survey Ship". NOAA History. National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). http://www.history.noaa.gov/stories_tales/pathfinder14.html. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- ↑ John Cloud. "Leo Otis Colbert (1937-1941): The Survey on the Eve of War". National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). http://www.lib.noaa.gov/noaainfo/heritage/coastandgeodeticsurvey/Colbertchapter.pdf. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- ↑ T. Colton (March 28, 2010). "NOAA Vessels (Before 1970)". Shipbuilding History. http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/history/smallships/noaa1.htm. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
Coordinates: 47°39′24″N 122°12′26″W / 47.65667°N 122.20722°W
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