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.
Lake Washington Shipyard was founded in the 19th century as the Anderson Shipyard. This shipyard specialized in the construction of wooden tugs and ferries. In 1923, Anderson Shipyard was bought by Charles Burckardt and renamed Lake Washington Shipyards. The new shipyard converted to steel shipbuilding. During World War II, its workforce grew to 9,000 employees and it was a major repairer of small ships as well as a builder. Lake Washington Shipyards closed in 1960s and today, the site of the former shipyard occupies the commercial/residential development at Carillon Point.
Ships built at Lake Washington Shipyards include (with launch dates). Many of the US Navy's AVP-class seaplane tenders were transferred to the US Coast Guard after World War II and redeployed as High Endurance Cutters and Ocean Station vessels:
Issaquah (ferry) 1914MV Kitsap 1925Bessie Mac - recreational vessel, delivered in 1926Seafarer - recreational vessel, delivered in 1926Dixie II - fishing vessel, delivered in 1927Caleb Haley - fishing vessel, delivered in 1928Bainbridge - ferry vessel for Puget Sound Navigation Company, delivered in 1928 (disposition: later Jervis Queen, barge 1967)M/V David B - delivered in 1929 (converted to passenger vessel in 2006)W.B.Foshay - ferry vessel for Puget Sound Navigation Company, delivered in 1929 (disposition: later Northland 1930, Ottar Jarl 1947, Titika 1955, wrecked 1955)Vashon - ferry vessel, delivered in 1930Tongass 100 - freight barge, delivered in 1930Victoria - recreational vessel, delivered in 1932MV Kalakala construction begins from burnt-out hull of Peralta in November 1934; maiden voyage July 3, 1935Robert Gray - tug for USACoE, delivered in 1936 (disposition: to USA as LT 666, returned as Robert Gray, sold, now research/cruise vessel)KW 252 - freight barge, delivered in 1940USS Pathfinder (AGS-1) keel laid 20 February 1941, launched 11 January 1942 and completed 31 August 1942 (USC&GSS: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship)USC&GS Explorer (OSS 28) (1940)USS Aloe (AN-6) (YN-1) (11 January 1941)USS Ash (AN-7) (YN-2) (15 February 1941)USS Boxwood (AN-8) (YN-3) (8 March 1941)USS Butternut (YAG-60) (YN-4 / AN-9 / ANL-9 / YAG-60) (10 May 1941)USS Absecon (AVP-23) (8 March 1942)USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) (15 April 1942)USS Coos Bay (AVP-25) (15 May 1942)USS Half Moon (AVP-26) (12 July 1942)USS Mobjack AVP-27 / AGP-7 Seaplane Tender 1942AVP-28 / AGP-6 Oyster Bay 1942AVP-33 Barataria, WPG-381 / WAVP-381 / WHEC-381 Barataria 1943USS Bering Strait (AVP-34) | USCGC Bering Strait (WAVP-382) 1944USS Castle Rock (AVP-35) | USCGC Castle Rock (WAVP-383) | RVNS Trần Bình Trọng (HQ-05) | BRP Francisco Dagohoy (PF-10) 1944USS Cook Inlet (AVP-36) | WAVP-384 / WHEC-384 Cook Inlet 1944AVP-37 Corson 1944AVP-38 Duxbury Bay 1944AVP-39 Gardiners Bay 1944AVP-40 Floyds Bay 1945USS Greenwich Bay (AVP-41) 1945USS Hatteras (AVP-42) (cancelled 1943)USS Hempstead (AVP-43) (cancelled 1943)USS Kamishak (AVP-44) (cancelled 1943)USS Magothy (AVP-45) (cancelled 1943)USS Matanzas (AVP-46) (cancelled 1943)USS Metomkin (AVP-47) (cancelled 1943)AVP-48 Onslow 1943USS Orca (AVP-49) 1942AVP-50 / AGS-50 Rehoboth 1942AVP-51 San Carlos, T-AGOR-1 Josiah Willard Gibbs 1941AVP-52 Shelikof 1943AVP-53 Suisun 1943AVP-54 Timbalier 1943AVP-55 / AGF-1 Valcour 1943USS Wachapreague (AGP-8) (AVP-56) (10 July 1943)USS Willoughby (AVP-57) (AGP-9), USCGC Gresham (WAVP-387) (WHEC-387) (WAGW-387) 1943Delaware - trawler, delivered in 1956 (disposition: Later Angela, now Gimis B)Naknek - passenger vessel, delivered in 1966Joker - passenher vessel, delivered in 1967
