Wilmington Boat Works
33°45′56″N 118°15′21″W / 33.765481°N 118.255921°W
Wilmington Boat Works, Inc. or WILBO was a
Tugboats
Wilmington Boat Works built
Submarine chaser
Wilmington Boat Works Company built two
The submarine chasers were converted to PGM-1-class motor gunboats six months after completion in 1943.
Crash boats
For the US Army built 85 foot
Ship ID | Name | Built | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
251870 | P 518 | Jun-44 | Later renamed Flying Shark |
256911 | P 519 | Jun-44 | Later renamed Viking, Alaskan Song |
252576 | P 520 | Jul-44 | Later renamed Brigand |
P 521 | Jul-44 | ||
252762 | P 522 | Aug-44 | Later renamed Vanities, Thunder Cloud, Dry Martini |
255689 | P 523 | Aug-44 | Later renamed Thunderbird |
252985 | P 524 | Sep-44 | Later renamed Thunderer |
P 525 | Sep-44 |
Agile-class minesweeper
Wilmington Boat Works in 1954 built Agile-class minesweepers for the United States Navy with a displacement of 853 tons full, a length of 172 ft (52 m), a beam of 35 ft (11 m), a draft of 10 ft (3.0 m). They were powered by four Packard ID1700 diesel engines, with 2,280 bhp (1,700 kW) and two controllable pitch propellers. The ships had a top speed of 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph). The ship crew was 7 officers and 70 enlisted men. They were armed with one Bofors 40 mm gun and two .50 cal (12.7 mm) twin machine gun. Notable ships include USS Conflict and USS Constant.[7][8][9]
- USS Implicit (AM-455)
- USS Prime (AM-466)
- USS Reaper (MSO-467)
- USS Pluck (MSO-464)
- USS Prestige (MSO-465)
- USS Pivot (MSO-463)
- USS Inflict (AM-456)
- USS Loyalty (AM-457)
Notable boats
- The Sobre Las Olas, a 105-foot (32 m) yacht built in 1929 was used by the US Navy in 1941 as YP-131. In 1945 it was sold to J. Paul Getty. Getty sold the boat in 1932. She has a beam of 23 feet (7.0 m) and a draft of 8 feet (2.4 m). Sobre Las Olas was the setting of the 1957 movie Pal Joey with Frank Sinatra and Rita Hayworth. The vessel was also used in the 2012 movie Liz & Dick with Lindsay Lohan playing Elizabeth Taylor.[10]
- Chubasco is a 46-foot (14 m) sailboat built in 1939, that won the 2016 Show Awards for Best of Show at the Marina in Newport.[11]
Notable incident
- luxury yacht built in 1931 was found wrecked off Vanua Levuand 25 passengers and crew mysteriously disappeared in October 1955. Life rafts were missing, but no one was found. She was repaired and sold.
See also
References
- ^ shipbuildinghistory.com Wilmington Boat Works, Inc.
- ^ ugboatinformation.com Victory Shipbuilding Tug, DUNCAN FOSS
- ^ HISTORICAL EVALUATION OF THE TUGBOAT CHALLENGER(JUN-01257),JUNEAU,ALASKA
- ^ navsource.org Submarine Chaser, SC-723
- ^ Splinter Fleet, retrieved 16 January 2019
- ^ navsource.org minesweeper class
- ^ FAS - MSO-422 class
- ^ GlobalSecurity - MSO-422 class
- ^ helog.com Sobre Las Olas
- ^ newportbeachwoodenboatfestival.com, Chubasco, WINNER – 2016 Show Awards Best of Show – Rodheim Perpetual Award