ACKERMAN BOAT

Newport Beach CA

Most recent update: August 31, 2021.

Clarence Ackerman started Ackerman Boat Works in the 1930s and moved it to Rhine Avenue, on Lido Peninsular, in the 1940s, changing the name to Ackerman Boatbuilders.  After building four lend-lease HDMLs for New Zealand, it built MTLs and TPs for the Army.  After the war, it closed and was sold to Continental Steel, who built some commercial boats and then sold it back to Ackerman, who reverted to the recreational market, building around 75 Newporter 40 sail boats before closing in the 1950s.  See the yard from the air on Google here.  If anyone can add to the table below, please send your info to timcolton@aol.com 

Hull # O.N.

Original Name

Original Owner

 Type GT Ft.  Delivery Disposition

Built by Ackerman Boat Works
    HDML 1348 New Zealand Navy Launch   72 4-Mar-44 P-3563 1950, Pegasus 1956, Kuparu 1967, Toroa 1968, sold as Haku 2002
    HDML 1349 New Zealand Navy Launch   72 4-Mar-44 P-3565 1950, Wakefield 1956, Haku 1964, sold 19?? as Black Watch
    HDML 1350 New Zealand Navy Launch   72 27-Mar-44 P-3564 1950, Toroa 1950, Koura 1967, to Paeroa 1984 for museum
    HDML 1351 New Zealand Navy Launch   72 15-Mar-44 Sold 1947, Aotearoa 1951, Pakatoa 1965

Built by Ackerman Boatbuilders
  284507 MTL 1232 US Army Harbor Tug   47 1943 Sold as Lohilani
  255210 MTL 1233 US Army Harbor Tug   47 1943 Sold as Kolomona
  261139 MTL 1234 US Army Harbor Tug   47 1943 Sold as Ehukai, later Little Toot, Claire, stranded 1952
  255514 MTL 1235 US Army Harbor Tug   47 1943 Sold as Betty Lou
  250689 MTL 1236 US Army Harbor Tug   47 1943 Sold as Hanalei, later Wanda K
    MTL 1237 US Army Harbor Tug   47 1943  
   245601 MTL ? US Army Harbor Tug 34 47 1944 Sold as Nyna Rose
   245892 MTL ? US Army Harbor Tug 37 47 1944 Sold as New Home
   245994 MTL ? US Army Harbor Tug 34 47 1944 Sold as Thelma Kay
   246519 MTL ? US Army Harbor Tug 38 47 1944 Sold as Two Nancies
   246806 MTL ? US Army Harbor Tug 33 47 1944 Sold as Norman H
  289913 MTL ? US Army Harbor Tug   47 1944 Sold as Tug 1061, now Viking
  557968 MTL ? US Army Harbor Tug   47 1944 Sold as Dixie Diver
  260751 TP 107 US Army Harbor Tug 181 96 1944 Later PVT John J. Mattiace, sold 1952 as Daring (Canada)
    TP 108 US Army Harbor Tug   96 1944  
    TP 109 US Army Harbor Tug   96 1944  
    TP 110 US Army Harbor Tug   96 1944  
  270852 TP 111 US Army Harbor Tug 184 96 1944 Sold as Tartar, later Bill Clark, Pacific Explorer, now Tiger-Horse
    TP 112 US Army Harbor Tug   96 1944  
    TP 113 US Army Harbor Tug   96 1944  
    TP 114 US Army Harbor Tug   96 1944  
    TP 115 US Army Harbor Tug   96 1944  
    TP 116 US Army Harbor Tug   96 1944  
    TP 117 US Army Harbor Tug   96 1944  
  275288 TP 118 US Army Harbor Tug 173 96 1944 Later T-118, sold as Pacific, later Edith Foss, Mavis Lynn
    TP 119 US Army Harbor Tug   96 1944  
    TP 120 US Army Harbor Tug   96 1944  
    TP 121 US Army Harbor Tug   96 1944  
  246873 Island Girl C. E. Ackerman Yacht 20 38 1944  

Built by Ackerman Boat (Consolidated Steel)
  286909     Harbor Tug 35 51 1944 Sold as H F Lauritzen
  248085 Edward J. Engel Atchison Topeka RR Tug 386 141 May-45 Later Respect, sank in Oakland 2007
      Atchison Topeka RR Car Float     1945  
  248441 Princess Pat Otto C. Kiessig Trawler 238 90 Jul-45 Foundered 1952
  248868 Princess Anne Otto C. Kiessig Trawler 238 90 1945 Foundered 1945
  249580 Lou Jean Luigi Guidi Trawler 260 90 1945  
  249889 Fatima Cosimo Cutri Trawler 251 90 1946 Later Sun Padre
  250247 Sport Fisher IV Otto C. Kiessig Passenger 63 61 1946  
  250304 Sport Fisher V Otto C. Kiessig Passenger 63 61 1946 Stranded 1948
  251344 American Boy Joaquim Canas Tuna Boat 360 116 Dec-46 Foundered 1966
  251696 Conte di Savoia Andrea Castagnola Tuna Boat 363 116 Dec-46 Later Emperador Azteca 1961
  251893 Sport Fisher VI Otto C. Kiessig Passenger 14 43 1946  
  253118 Alalunga James S. Barrett Passenger 86 61 1947 Later Inkspot, The Boss
  255202 Betty Lou Louis V. Vance Passenger 86 61 1948  
  277927 Streamliner   Trawler 21 43 1946 Later Ranger, Melinda B, Amanda Dawn II
  281616     Yacht 17 37 1947 Built in Los Angeles, later Bojac 1960, Phoenix 1, Angelina, NLD 2009

Built by Ackerman Boat Works (Newporter 40s)
    Aquila Allen E. Harper Recreational 15 35 1955  
  273754 Red's Rogue   Recreational 15 35 1957  
  289711 Madam   Recreational 15 35 1957  
  290820 Against the Wind   Recreational 15 37 1956  
  502197 Kaomi   Recreational 15 35 1956  
  517337 Golden Wings   Recreational 19 40 1956  
  522757 Miracle   Recreational 16 40 1957  
20 529865 Concubine   Recreational 15 35 1956  
38 532262 Owlheart   Recreational 15 35 1957 Later Nokomis