WINSLOW MARINE RAILWAY

Port Blakeley WA / Winslow WA

Most recent update: August 30, 2016.
Hall Bros. Marine Railway & Shipbuilding Co. was started by Henry Hall in 1878.  In 1903 it outgrew its site in Port Blakely and Mr. Hall developed a new and larger yard on a 77-acre site at Eagle Harbor, on Bainbridge Island, near the village of Madrone, which was later renamed Winslow, in honor of Mr. Hall's deceased brother.  Hall sold the business in 1916 to Captain James Griffiths, who renamed it Winslow Marine Railway & Shipbuilding Company, but leased it the following year to D. W. Hartzel, Inc., for USSB work involving the installation of machinery in hulls built by others.  Griffiths took the yard back after WWI and ran it primarily as a repair facility for ferry operators.  During WWII, he built steel minesweepers, reaching a peak workforce of 2,300.  The yard was sold in 1948 and renamed Commercial Ship Repair of Winslow, but gradually shrank and finally closed in 1959.  The property was then split into a marina, an apartment complex and a Washington State Ferries maintenance facility.  See it from the air on Google here.  If anyone has any data to add to the table below, please send it to timcolton@aol.com.
Hull # O.N. Name Customer Type Tons   Delivery Disposition
Built by Hall Bros. Marine Railway & Shipbuilding Company in Port Blakely
    Iris T. R. Foster et al Schooner 301   1879 Later James Makee 1879, burnt at Manila 1924
    Kelpie T. R. Foster et al Schooner 389   1880 Later C. R. Bishop 1880, wrecked 3nm from Maniluirli, Kauai Is 1894
    Hesper Cyrus Ryder Schooner     1882  
    Annie E. Campbell   Schooner        
    Bonita   Schooner        
    James G. Blaine   Schooner 505   1884 Later W. G. Hall 1884, scrapped 1917
    Rush U.S. Revenue Service Gunboat 550   1885 Deleted 1925
    Planter   Schooner 444   1886 Later Mikahala 1887, scrapped 1926
    Kauai   Schooner 268   1886 Later Waialeale 1886, scrapped 1928
  116145 S. G. Wilder   Schooner 604   1887  
  155157 Oceania Vance   Schooner 455   1888  
  86046 Golden Shore Rolph Navigation Schooner 699   1889  
  92304 Meteor Marine Products Corp. Schooner 600   1891  
    Lyman D. Foster Hall Bros. Schooner 777   1892 Abandoned off Fiji 1913
  92538 Wanderer   Tug 67   1893 Later Magic
  126992 C. S. Holmes C. S. Holmes Shipping Schooner 623   1893  
    James Spiers W. G. Hall Schooner 851   1896 Later Mauna Loa 1897, scrapped 1924
90   Mary E. Foster   Schooner 828   1898  
    Eric   Schooner 544   1898 Later Four Winds 1925, Crusader, Quattro Venti, Saro Primo 1934
  141625 Lottie Bennett G. E. Billings Schooner 566   1899 Later Normandie 1926, Lottie Bennett 1931, foundered off Mexico 1947
    Winslow   Schooner 566   1899 Sank in Australia 1917
    William H. Smith   Schooner     1899  
  141661 Ludlow   Schooner 762   1900  
  107687 Alpena   Schooner 970   1901  
  86576 Gamble Wesley P. Archer Schooner 726   1901  
  117099 Sophie Christenson J. E. Shields Schooner 675   1901  

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 3940 Blakely John S. Wigham Schooner 751   1902  
  127614 Camano   Schooner 730   1902  
  127676 Caroline   Schooner 511   1902  
  96614 H. K. Hall   Schooner 1,237   1902  
  93343 Mabel Gale Schooner Mabel Gale Schooner 762   1902  
  162118 Blakely No. 2 Foss Launch & Tug Scow 266   1903  
  162879 H B No 1 E. A. Black Freight Barge 15   1903  
Built by Hall Bros. Marine Railway & Shipbuilding Company in Winslow
  201446 Norwood Sudden & Christenson Steamer 760   1904 Scrapped 1933
  202687 J. B. Stetson I. J. Harmon Steamer 837   1905 Wrecked near Monterey 1934
  162438 Marten Am. Yukon Nav. Freight Barge 416   1905  
  162488 P. C. Co. No. 1 Baxter-Wyckoff Inc. Freight Barge 68   1905  
    Idaho Am. Yukon Nav. Freight Barge 380   1906  
  162796 Montana Am. Yukon Nav. Freight Barge 380   1906  
    Arizona Am. Yukon Nav. Freight Barge 380   1906  
    Omaha Am. Yukon Nav. Freight Barge 380   1906  
  203638 Parthia Foss Launch & Tug Tug 14   1906  
  203502 Delhi Pacific Coast Co Steamer 986   1906 Wrecked Sumner Strait, Alaska 1915
  163153 Wolverine Am. Yukon Nav. Scow 406   1907  
  163248 Arthur Rust Drummond Lighterage Freight Barge 360   1907  
  204272 Nootka Harry W. Colby Yacht 17   1907  
  204509 Shna-Yak G. E. Billings Schooner 839   1907 Later Charles Christenson 1918, Annie Christenson 1925, scrapped 1937
  208848 Zina Robert L. Wilton Yacht 9   1908  
  163840 Foss 117 Foss Launch & Tug Freight Barge 636   1909  
  163841 Foss 115 Foss Launch & Tug Freight Barge 636   1909  
  207369 Alpha   Tug 13   1911 Later Turecamo Boys, Robert Gray
  208384 W. H. Bancroft Northwestern Fisheries Freighter 179   1911  
  209623 A. B. Carpenter Northwestern Fisheries Tug 141   1912  
  209874 Superior Pacific Am. Fishing Fishing 86   1912  
  210082 Iskum Pioneer Towing Tug 18   1912  
  210233 Dwarf O. H. Freeman Tug 16   1912  
  251386 Orcas (Q 150) U.S. Army Motor Launch 57 61 1913 Later Sea Lark, Orcas, sank
  164892 Foss 116 Foss Launch & Tug Freight Barge 805   1912  
  210940 Kumtux McCormick Lumber Tug 42   1913 Later Venture, NLD
  211602 Arctic Dady Engineering Tug 197   1913  
  212096 Robert G. Seymour Mildred I. Dockery Fishing 25   1914  
  234815 Fern Charles D. Stover Fishing 146   1915 To USLHS as tender
  na Swihonish USACoE Snag Boat 291   1915 Later W. T. Preston 1929, partially incorporated into a second W. T. Preston 1939
Built by Winslow Marine Railway & Shipbuilding Company in Winslow
  166484 Lundgren No. 2 Yacht Charters Scow 16   1916  
  220731 Griffson Griffith & Co. Freighter 2,259   1916  
  214251 Richard S Robert O. Gunther Yacht 8   1916  
  214469 Inverness Samson Tug & Barge Tug 47   1916  
  215083 Billie M Joe E. Lewis Fishing 17   1917  
  215084 Helen H I. W. Collings Fishing 17   1917  
  215117 Eunice Alaska Commercial Fishing 42   1917  

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 215804 Anyox Capt. James Griffiths Steamer 1,287   1917 Later Salvage Queen 1941, Sheng-Li 1946, burnt Whangpoo River 1948
  166838 Rose No. 10 Jim Lyons Freight Barge 98   1917  
  218008 Anna May Paul D. Smith Fishing 12   1919  
  218552 Reta Felix R. Shoer Fishing 8   1919  
  220731 Griffson Norton Clapp Schooner 2,259   1920  
  225459 Sueja III Capt. James Griffiths Yacht 179   1926 Now Mariner III
  226513 Quillayute Sound Ferry Line Ferry 728   1927  
  227755 Chahunta Lincoln County Logging Tug 101   1928  
Built by Winslow Marine Ways in Winslow
  na Brown Bear US F&W Service Survey Vessel     1934 To USN 1942 as YP 197, returned 1946
  233833 Gary Foss Foss Launch & Tug Tug 63   1935  
  171975 A J No. 3 Bolivar S Eqpmt. Freight Barge 271   1935  
  171976 A J No. 4 Bolivar S Eqpmt. Freight Barge 271   1935  
  171977 A J No. 5 Bolivar S Eqpmt. Freight Barge 271   1935  
  545805 E. B. Schley Howe Sound Mining Co. Tug 46   1937 No longer documented c1990
      Howe Sound Mining Co. Dry Bulk Barge     1937  
      Howe Sound Mining Co. Dry Bulk Barge     1937  
      Howe Sound Mining Co. Dry Bulk Barge     1937  
  174448 Atlas Ritchie Tptn. Freight Barge 118   1939  
  174449 L McN & L IX No. 11 Bern O. Bliss Freight Barge 117   1939  
  174491 P. A. F. No. 6 Pacific Am. Fisheries Freight Barge 100   1939  
  na   Puget Sound NSY Caisson     1939  
  na Pursuit (AM 108) US Navy Minesweeper 1250d   30-Apr-43 Reclassified as AGS 17 1952, scrapped 1964
  na Requisite (AM 109) US Navy Minesweeper 1250d   7-Jun-43 Reclassified as AGS 18 1952, scrapped 1964
  na Revenge (AM 110) US Navy Minesweeper 1250d   27-Jul-43 Scrapped 1967
  na Sage (AM 111) US Navy Minesweeper 1250d   23-Aug-43 To Mexico 1973 as Hermenegildo Galeana, now Matamoros (PO 117), active
  na Salute (AM 294) US Navy Minesweeper 850d   4-Dec-43 Mined off Labuan and lost 1945
  na Saunter (AM 295) US Navy Minesweeper 850d   22-Jan-44 Scrapped 1946
  na Scout (AM 296) US Navy Minesweeper 850d   3-Mar-44 To Mexico 1963 as DM 09, scrapped
  na Scrimmage (AM 297) US Navy Minesweeper 850d   4-Apr-44 Sold 1962, later cable ship Giant II, research vessel Mahi, reefed in Hawaii 1982
  na Scuffle (AM 298) US Navy Minesweeper 850d   2-May-44 To Mexico 1963 as General Felipe Xicotencatl (C 53), scrapped
  na Sentry (AM 299) US Navy Minesweeper 850d   30-May-44 To Vietnam 1962 as Ky Hoa (HQ 09), scrapped
  na Serene (AM 300) US Navy Minesweeper 850d   24-Jun-44 To Vietnam 1963 as Nhut Tao (HQ 10), scrapped
  na Shelter (AM 301) US Navy Minesweeper 850d   9-Jul-44 To Vietnam 1963 as Chi Linh (HQ 11), scrapped
  na Garland (AM 238) US Navy Minesweeper 850d   26-Aug-44 Scrapped 1960
  na Gayety (AM 239) US Navy Minesweeper 850d   23-Sep-44 To Vietnam 1962 as Chi Lang II (HQ 08), to the Philippines 1975 as Magat Salamat (PS 20)
  na Hazard (AM 240) US Navy Minesweeper 850d   31-Oct-44 Sold 1968, to Omaha NB 1971 as museum
  na Hilarity (AM 241) US Navy Minesweeper 850d   27-Nov-44 To Mexico 1962 as D 2, scrapped
  na Inaugural (AM 242) US Navy Minesweeper 850d   30-Dec-44 To St. Louis MO 1968 as museum, swept from moorings and sank 1993
  na Illusive (AM 243) US Navy Minesweeper 850d     Cancelled 1945
  na Imbue (AM 244) US Navy Minesweeper 850d     Cancelled 1945
  na Impervious (AM 245) US Navy Minesweeper 850d     Cancelled 1945
  na YTL 571 US Navy Yard Tug 70d   1945 Sold 1974
  na YTL 572 US Navy Yard Tug 70d   1945 To the Philippines 1948
  na YTL 573 US Navy Yard Tug 70d   1945 To France 1951
  na YTL 574 US Navy Yard Tug 70d   1945 Sold
  na YTL 575 to 582 US Navy Yard Tug 70d     Cancelled 1945 
  260562 Oil Pilot Tugs, Inc. Tug 55   1945 A converted YTL ?
  289464 Rustler Long Beach Tugboat Co. Tug 51   1945 A converted YTL ?
Built by Commercial Ship Repair of Winslow
  255784 W. T. & B. Co. No. 69 Washington Tug & Barge Freight Barge 523   1948  
  265631 Boundary City of Seattle Tug 17   1948  
  265632 Skagit City of Seattle Tug 17   1948