Lynch Shipbuilding

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USS Illusive (MSO-448) and USS Conquest (MSO-488) off Sitra, Bahrain, on 26 December 1987
US Navy USS APc-46 / AMc-188
The remains of USS YP-520, are in the foreground, her wooden bow totally sheared off just forward of the foremast, from Typhoon Louise on 9 October 1945 at Buckner Bay, Okinawa. Background Cinnabar (IX-163). Photo from November 1945

Lynch Shipbuilding was a wooden shipbuilding company in San Diego, California. To support the World War II demand for ships, Lynch Shipbuilding built US Navy rescue tugs and coastal cargo ships. Lynch Shipbuilding yard was started in the 1930s. Lynch was in the lumber business at the time also. In 1952 the yard was sold to Martinolich Shipbuilding Company, as Martinolich Shipbuilding San Diego. Martinolich's main shipyard was in Dockton, Washington. John A. Martinolich died in 1960. Martinolich's sons operated boatyards from 1940s to 1970 in Tacoma and San Diego also. Martinolich sold the San Diego shipyard in 1957 to National Steel and Shipbuilding Company which is at the current site, 1400 South 28th Street, San Diego. [1] [2]


Notable ships

Lynch Shipbuilding

Ship IDOriginal NameOriginal OwnerTypeTonsDeliveredNotes
Conte GrandeTuna Seiner2961942To USN 1942 as YP 520, scrapped 1947 [4]
258868AMc 187/APc 45US NavyCoastal Transport100d27-Apr-43Sold in 1949 as Halawai, renamed Tonquin
AMc 188/APc 46US NavyCoastal Transport100d11-Feb-43To USN 1942 as YP 521, sold in 1951 rename Retriever, renamed Pelican, lost in 1969[5]
AMc 189/APc 47US NavyCoastal Transport100d9-Jun-43
255400AMc 190/APc 48US NavyCoastal Transport100d30-Apr-43Sold in 1946 as Allen Cody, now a yacht
AMc 191/APc 49US NavyCoastal Transport100d27-Apr-43
AMc 192/APc 50US NavyCoastal Transport100d9-Jun-43
YNG 37US NavyGate Tender1943Sold in 1947[6]
ATR 35US NavyRescue Tug850d5-May-44Disposed of in 1946
ATR 36US NavyRescue Tug850d27-Jul-44Disposed of in 1946
ATR 37US NavyRescue Tug850d30-Sep-44Sold in 1946 renamed Beaver
ATR 38US NavyRescue Tug850d15-Nov-44Disposed of in 1946
ATR 39US NavyRescue Tug850d10-Jan-45Disposed of in 1946
ATR 40US NavyRescue Tug850d39-Apr-45Disposed of in 1946
1047746GhostSeawind FisheriesFishing Vessel5721944Now Sea Bird
249363West CoastAnthony MascarenhasCargo Vessel1991946
250929HeroicManuel O. MedinaFishing Vessel2741946
251190Katie LouFelix BudzilkoFishing Vessel2961946

Martinolich Shipbuilding San Diego

Original NameOriginal OwnerTypeTonsDeliveredNotes
USS Illusive (AM-448)U.S. NavyMinesweeper780d14-Nov-53Scrapped in 1993
USS Impervious (AM-449)U.S. NavyMinesweeper780d15-Jul-54Scrapped in 2002
USS Enhance (AM-437)U.S. NavyMinesweeper780d16-Apr-55Scrapped in 2000
USS Esteem (AM-438)U.S. NavyMinesweeper780d10-Sep-55Scrapped in 2000
Storione (MSO 506)U.S. NavyMinesweeper780d1-Feb-56To Italy renamed M 5434, active[7]
Salmone (MSO 507)U.S. NavyMinesweeper780d1-Jun-56To Italy renamed M 5430, struck in 1996[8]

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