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.Lynch Shipbuilding shipbuildinghistory.comMartinolich Shipbuilding Company shipbuildinghistory.com
Notable ships Six APc-1-class small coastal transports. Displacement of 100 tons lite, 258 tons full, a length 103 feet, a beam of 21 feet, a draft of 9 feet, a top speed of 10 knots. Crew of 3 officers and 22 enlisted with a troop transport of 66 troops. Armed four Oerlikon 20 mm cannons. Power one 400shp Atlas 6HM2124 Diesel engine, to a Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, to a single propeller with 400shp USS APc-45 NavSource Seven ATR-1-class rescue tug with wood hull. Displacement of 852 tons lite, 1,315 tons full, a length of 165 feet, a beam of 33 feet, a draft of 16 feet, top speed of 12.2kts. Armed with one 3-inch/50-caliber gun, two Oerlikon 20 mm cannons. A crew of 5 officers and 47 enlisted. Power one Prescott Co. vertical triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine, with two Foster Wheeler "D"-type boilers 200psi to a single propeller with 1,600shp. Six 1950s US Navy Aggressive-class minesweepers: , , , and .
Lynch Shipbuilding Ship ID Original Name Original Owner Type Tons Delivered Notes Conte Grande Tuna Seiner 296 1942 To USN 1942 as YP 520, scrapped 1947 YP 520 NavSource 258868 AMc 187/APc 45 US Navy Coastal Transport 100d 27-Apr-43 Sold in 1949 as Halawai, renamed Tonquin AMc 188/APc 46 US Navy Coastal Transport 100d 11-Feb-43 To USN 1942 as YP 521, sold in 1951 rename Retriever, renamed Pelican, lost in 1969YP 521 NavSource AMc 189/APc 47 US Navy Coastal Transport 100d 9-Jun-43 255400 AMc 190/APc 48 US Navy Coastal Transport 100d 30-Apr-43 Sold in 1946 as Allen Cody, now a yacht AMc 191/APc 49 US Navy Coastal Transport 100d 27-Apr-43 AMc 192/APc 50 US Navy Coastal Transport 100d 9-Jun-43 YNG 37 US Navy Gate Tender 1943 Sold in 1947YNG 37 NavSource ATR 35 US Navy Rescue Tug 850d 5-May-44 Disposed of in 1946 ATR 36 US Navy Rescue Tug 850d 27-Jul-44 Disposed of in 1946 ATR 37 US Navy Rescue Tug 850d 30-Sep-44 Sold in 1946 renamed Beaver ATR 38 US Navy Rescue Tug 850d 15-Nov-44 Disposed of in 1946 ATR 39 US Navy Rescue Tug 850d 10-Jan-45 Disposed of in 1946 ATR 40 US Navy Rescue Tug 850d 39-Apr-45 Disposed of in 1946 1047746 Ghost Seawind Fisheries Fishing Vessel 572 1944 Now Sea Bird 249363 West Coast Anthony Mascarenhas Cargo Vessel 199 1946 250929 Heroic Manuel O. Medina Fishing Vessel 274 1946 251190 Katie Lou Felix Budzilko Fishing Vessel 296 1946
Martinolich Shipbuilding San Diego Original Name Original Owner Type Tons Delivered Notes U.S. Navy Minesweeper 780d 14-Nov-53 Scrapped in 1993 U.S. Navy Minesweeper 780d 15-Jul-54 Scrapped in 2002 U.S. Navy Minesweeper 780d 16-Apr-55 Scrapped in 2000 U.S. Navy Minesweeper 780d 10-Sep-55 Scrapped in 2000 Storione (MSO 506) U.S. Navy Minesweeper 780d 1-Feb-56 To Italy renamed M 5434, activeStorione (MSO 506) NavSource Salmone (MSO 507) U.S. Navy Minesweeper 780d 1-Jun-56 To Italy renamed M 5430, struck in 1996Salmone (MSO 507) NavSource
See also California during World War II Maritime history of California Wooden boats of World War 2
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