Wilmington Boat Works, Wilmington CA
Most recent update: February 14, 2013.
Wilmington Boat Works, Inc., or WILBO, was started by Hugh Angelman, Willard Buchanan and Tom Smith in 1920. The yard was at Berths 193-195 on Yacht Street. If anyone can tell me more or add to the table below, please send your info to timcolton@aol.com
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Hull # |
Original Name | Original Owner | Type | Tons | Feet | Built | Disposition |
| Bali | Schooner | 55 | 1924 | Bought by F. W. Murnau in 1929 and used for filming "Tabu" (1931) | |||
| Sobre Las Olas | Yacht | 122 | 105 | 1929 | To USN 1941 as YP 131, sold 1945, later owned by J. Paul Getty, active | ||
| Endymion | Passenger | 41 | 62 | 1930 | |||
| Samoor | Yacht | 15 | 40 | 1930 | |||
| Bodacious | Yacht | 17 | 40 | 1931 | |||
| Joyita | Yacht | 1931 | To USN 1941 as YP 108, sold 1946 | ||||
| Sea Witch | Yacht | 11 | 36 | 1937 | |||
| Serenade | Yacht | 23 | 50 | 1938 | |||
| Resolute | Passenger | 15 | 39 | 1939 | |||
| SC 1053 | US Navy | Sub Chaser | 136 | 110 | 17-Mar-43 | Reclassified PGM 4 1943, to FLC 1947 | |
| SC 1054 | US Navy | Sub Chaser | 136 | 110 | 6-Apr-43 | To USCG 1945 as Air Ruff (WAVR 460) | |
| SC 1055 | US Navy | Sub Chaser | 136 | 110 | 10-May-43 | To USCG 1945 as Air Sheldrake (WAVR 461) | |
| SC 1056 | US Navy | Sub Chaser | 136 | 110 | 15-Jun-43 | Reclassified PGM 5, to FLC 1947 | |
| SC 1366 | US Navy | Sub Chaser | 136 | 110 | 12-Aug-43 | Reclassified PGM 8, to FLC 1947 | |
| SC 1367 | US Navy | Sub Chaser | 136 | 110 | 10-Sep-43 | To USCG 1945 as Air Waxwing (WAVR 478) | |
| SC 1368 | US Navy | Sub Chaser | 136 | 110 | 13-Oct-43 | Disposed of 1948 | |
| SC 1369 | US Navy | Sub Chaser | 136 | 110 | 12-Nov-43 | To USCG 1945 as Air Willet (WAVR 479) | |
| TP 126 | US Army | Tug, harbor | 134 | 96 | Mar-44 | Now Challenger, a live-aboard in Juneau AK | |
| TP 127 | US Army | Tug, harbor | 134 | 96 | Apr-44 | ||
| TP 128 | US Army | Tug, harbor | 134 | 96 | May-44 | ||
| TP 129 | US Army | Tug, harbor | 134 | 96 | Jun-44 | ||
| TP 130 | US Army | Tug, harbor | 134 | 96 | Jul-44 | ||
| TP 131 | US Army | Tug, harbor | 134 | 96 | Aug-44 | ||
| P 518 | US Army | Boat, rescue | 85 | Jun-44 | |||
| P 519 | US Army | Boat, rescue | 85 | Jun-44 | Now Alaskan Song | ||
| P 520 | US Army | Boat, rescue | 85 | Jul-44 | Now P-520 | ||
| P 521 | US Army | Boat, rescue | 85 | Jul-44 | |||
| P 522 | US Army | Boat, rescue | 85 | Aug-44 | Now Dry Martini | ||
| P 523 | US Army | Boat, rescue | 85 | Aug-44 | |||
| P 524 | US Army | Boat, rescue | 85 | Sep-44 | |||
| P 525 | US Army | Boat, rescue | 85 | Sep-44 | |||
| Sea Belle | Yacht | 20 | 35 | 1946 | |||
| Resolute | Yacht | 1946 | |||||
| Implicit (MSO 455) | U.S. Navy | Minesweeper | 780 | 10-Mar-54 | To Taiwan 1995 as Yung Ky, active | ||
| Inflict (MSO 456) | U.S. Navy | Minesweeper | 780 | 11-May-54 | Scrapped 1992 | ||
| Loyalty (MSO 457) | U.S. Navy | Minesweeper | 780 | 11-Jun-54 | Scrapped 1973 | ||
| Pivot (MSO 463) | U.S. Navy | Minesweeper | 780 | 12-Jul-54 | To Spain 1974 as Guadalmedina (M 42), active | ||
| Pluck (MSO 464) | U.S. Navy | Minesweeper | 780 | 11-Aug-54 | Scrapped 1992 | ||
| Prestige (MSO 465) | U.S. Navy | Minesweeper | 780 | 11-Sep-54 | Scrapped 1971 | ||
| Prime (MSO 466) | U.S. Navy | Minesweeper | 780 | 11-Oct-54 | Scrapped 1976 | ||
| Reaper (MSO 467) | U.S. Navy | Minesweeper | 780 | 10-Nov-54 | Scrapped 1976 | ||
| Kamalii | Bonsall Trust | Recreational | 47 | 75 | 1958 |