Colberg Boat Works

37°57′14″N 121°18′10″W / 37.953860°N 121.302901°W / 37.953860; -121.302901

USS Engage (MSO-433) in 1983

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Colberg Boat Works was a shipbuilding company in Stockton, California on the Stockton Channel. The original WWII office building burned to the ground in 2022. It was being prepared for moving to Brandon Island.To support the World War II demand for ships Colberg Boat Works built: Minesweepers, Type V ship Tugboats, and Submarine chasers. The minesweepers were an Aggressive-class minesweeper and Agile-class minesweeper class. Colberg Boat Works was opened by two brothers in the late 1890s, William and Henry J Colberg. After World War II, Wilton, Jack and Gordon Colberg sons of Henry Colberg took over the company. The shipyard closed in 1990s. The yard located at 848 West Fremont Street, Stockton, California. The Colberg Boat Works yard was next to the Stephens Bros. Boat Builders yard. Colberg Boat Works was on the deepwater port on the Stockton Ship Channel of the Pacific Ocean and an inland port located more than seventy nautical miles from the ocean, on the Stockton Channel and San Joaquin River-Stockton Deepwater Shipping Channel (before it joins the Sacramento River to empty into Suisun Bay.[1]

Ships

Original Name Original Owner Type Tons Feet Delivered Notes Hull # ship ID# O.N.
John Freighter 250 109 1919 218594
San Joaquin County Ferry 1926
Service Freighters Inc. Freighter 100 64 1927 226540
Prospect Island John Lucas Tug 15 47 1931 230479
McCloud US Army Launch 40 1942 na
Barge 37 US Army Barge 45 1943 na
Barge 38 US Army Barge 45 1943 na
YMS 95 US Navy Minesweeper 278 136 12-Mar-42 Struck in 1946 na
YMS 97 US Navy Minesweeper 278 136 11-Apr-42 Struck in 1947 na
YMS 99 US Navy Minesweeper 278 136 27-Apr-42 Struck in 1946 na
YMS 383 US Navy Minesweeper 278 136 24-Feb-43 Foundered and sank in 1945 na
YMS 384 US Navy Minesweeper 278 136 9-Apr-43 Grounded in 1945 and destroyed na
YMS 385 US Navy Minesweeper 278 136 30-Apr-43 Mined and lost in 1944 na
YMS 386 US Navy Minesweeper 278 136 23-Jul-43 Struck in 1946 na
YMS 387 US Navy Minesweeper 278 136 17-Aug-43 Sold in 1946 na
YMS 388 US Navy Minesweeper 278 136 24-Sep-43 Sold in 1947 na
Anchor (ARS 13) US Navy Rescue Ship 1,089 183 23-Oct-43 Sold in 1947 na
Protector (ARS 14) US Navy Rescue Ship 1,089 183 28-Dec-43 Sold in 1946,Sold in to Pakistan 1952 na
Extractor (ARS 15) US Navy Rescue Ship 1,089 183 3-Mar-44 Sunk accidentally in the Marianas and lost in 1945 na
ATR 50 US Navy Tug 850 165 5-May-44 Disposed of 1946 na
ATR 51 US Navy Tug 850 165 22-Jun-44 Disposed of 1946 na
ATR 52 US Navy Tug 850 165 31-Jul-44 Disposed of 1946 na
ATR 53 US Navy Tug 850 165 11-Sep-44 Disposed of 1946 na
PCS 1402 US Navy Sub Chaser 278 136 13-Jan-44 na
PCS 1403 US Navy Sub Chaser 278 136 17-Feb-44 To the Philippines as Laguna (PG 12) na
PCS 1404 US Navy Sub Chaser 278 136 30-Mar-44 Later called Armistead Rust (AGS 9) 1945, Sold in 1948 na
YP 645 US Navy Yard Patrol 120 1945 To MARAD 1947 na
YP 646 US Navy Yard Patrol 120 1945 Fish and Wildlife Service as US FWS Henry O'Malley 1948–1951, later FV Santa Rosa 261691
Paolina T M. & G. Torrente Fishing Vessel 107 73 1944 Now called Day Island 246265
Delta Boss Walnut Grove Marina Freighter 48 52 1945 Active 248990
Dora W Fishing Vessel 14 37 1946 Active 45-2 249930
How D Hai Fishing Vessel 20 48 1946 Active 249931
Victory II Delta Ferry Ferry 91 58 1947 Active 251903
Aimee June Fishing Vessel 14 37 1947 Active 251931
Dynamic (MSO 432) US Navy Minesweeper 780 7-Feb-54 To Spain 1974 as Guadalete (M 41): Struck in 1998 na
Engage (MSO 433) US Navy Minesweeper 780 29-Jun-54 Scrapped in 2002 na
Embattle (MSO 434) US Navy Minesweeper 780 16-Nov-54 Sold in 1976, scrapped in 1993 na
Mary T Fishing Vessel 13 53 1955 Now called Elizabeth 269589
Edythe Wes Anderson Eng. Ind. Vessel 36 50 1955 Active 54-1 538926
Harbor King Golden Gate Scenic SS Ferry 77 62 1958 Active 276748
Standard No. 4 Standard Oil of CA Tug 186 74 1958 Now called William R 276863
Albacore Fisheries Patrol 95 82 1958 Now called Sea Scout Ship Chaser 277776
Chena Crowley Marine Tug 91 47 1959 Active 278711
Harbor Princess Golden Gate Scenic SS Ferry 98 82 1959 Active 278851
American River Harbor Tug & Barge Tug 134 84 1961 Now called Cassie Lind 287201
Royal Prince Golden Gate Scenic SS Ferry 98 83 1962 Active 288705
San Joaquin River Harbor Tug & Barge Tug 140 64 1964 Active 63-2 295630
Napa River Harbor Tug & Barge Tug 136 64 1967 Now called Petaluma 66-6 508762
Drake Recreational 72 61 1967 Now called Phoenix 67-25 510718
Harbor Emperor Golden Gate Scenic SS Ferry 94 83 1968 Active 513351
Prudhoe Bay Global Diving Ind'l. Vessel 50 58 1969 Active 520254
Manson 44 Manson Construction Barge 642 150 1968 Now called DS44 524054
Irene Lauritzen Salt River Const'n. Tug 40 47 1970 Active 69-3 525655
Kavik River Crowley Marine Tug 105 64 1970 Active 526289
Kuparuk River Crowley Marine Tug 105 64 1970 Active 526290
Catalina Prince Catalina Cruises Ferry 97 127 1971 Now called Alcatraz Flyer 71-1 533655
San Francisco SF Bar Pilots Pilot Boat 119 78 1973 Now called R/V Zephyr 72-18 545818
Catalina King Catalina Cruises Ferry 97 127 1974 Active 73-2 548119
Catalina Empress Catalina Cruises Ferry 97 127 1974 Now called Alcatraz Clipper 557225
Toolik River Crowley Marine Tug 105 64 1974 Active 74-2 557339
Lassen Shaver Tptn. Tug 136 66 1975 Active 562754
Sag River Crowley Marine Tug 105 64 1975 Active 75-1 564493
Catalina Monarch Catalina Cruises Ferry 97 127 1976 Now called Bay Monarch 76-1 572538
California SF Bar Pilots Pilot Boat 130 80 1976 Now called Drake 76-2 578339
Catalina Countess Catalina Cruises Ferry 97 127 1976 Now called Statue of Liberty V 77-1 582287
Royal Knight Harbor Breeze Corp. Ferry 59 78 1979 Now called Kristina 79-1 611286

See also

References

  1. ^ shipbuildinghistory.com Colberg