Lake Washington Shipyard

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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.

[edit] Ships built here

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

  • USS PATHFINDER (AGS 1) 1929 (USC&GSS: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship)
see also 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

[edit] References

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