Lake Washington Shipyard

Lake Washington Shipyard

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. The shipyards built many civilian and US Navy ships.

hips built here

Ships built at Lake Washington Shipyards include (with launch dates):

*MV "Kitsap" 1925
*"Issaquah" (ferry) 1914
*USS "PATHFINDER" (AGS 1) 1929 (USC&GSS: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship) :see also [http://www.history.noaa.gov/stories_tales/pathfinder14.html NOAA historical account]
*USC&GSS "EXPLORER" (1940)
*YN-1 / AN-6 "Aloe" (yard tender) 1941
*YN-2 / AN-7 "Ash" 1941
*YN-3 "Birch" / "Boxwood" 1941
*YN-4 / AN-9 / ANL-9 "Butternut" / YAG-60 1941
*AVP-23 "Absecon", WAVP-374 / WHEC-374 "Absecon" 1942
*USS "Chincoteague" (AVP-24), USCGC "Chincoteague" (WAVP-375) (WHEC-375) 1942
*USS "Coos Bay" (AVP-25), USCGC "Coos Bay" (WAVP-376 (WHEC-376) 1942
*AVP-26 "Half Moon" 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
*AVP-35 "Castle Rock", WAVP-383 / WHEC-383 "Castle Rock" 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
*AVP-56 / AGP-8 "Wachapreague" (Torpedo boat tender), became WAVP-386 / WHEC-386 "McCulloch" (USCG High endurance cutter) in 1946
*USS "Willoughby" (AVP-57) (AGP-9), USCGC "Gresham" (WAVP-387) (WHEC-387) (WAGW-387) 1943

References

* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/search.htm NavSource Naval History Archives]
* [http://www.explorekirkland.com/about.cfm?content=277 City of Kirkland history]
* [http://www.coltoncompany.com/shipbldg/ussbldrs/wwii/navalshipbuilders/lakewashington.htm WWII shipbuilding record (Colton Company)]


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