Martinolich Shipbuilding Company

Martinolich Shipbuilding Company

Martinolich shipyard circa 1900
Founded	1905
Defunct	1974
Headquarters	Dockton, Washington, San Francisco

The Martinolich Shipbuilding Company was founded in the early 1900s by John Martinolich (1877-1960), an Italian immigrant from modern day Croatia.

The company's original shipyard was at Dockton, Washington, but later expanded to other locations. The company was active from 1904 to 1974 and built many vessels.

Among the earlier vessels built by the company were the wooden propeller steamers Vashon (1905), Verona (1910), Nisqually (later renamed Astorian) and Calista, both built in 1911, Florence J. (1914), F.G. Reeves, (1916), Vashona (later renamed Sightseer) (1921), and the ferry Whidby (1923).^[1]

In 1943 Martinolich San Francisco location built for the US army Self-Propelled Barge. Built were hull ID BSP-1046 to BSP-1055. These were wood a hull design, type 291, and had a length of 105 feet.^[2]

• Findlay, Jean Cammon; Paterson, Robin (2008). Mosquito Fleet of Southern Puget Sound. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-5607-9.
• Newell, Gordon R. (1960). Ships of the Inland Sea — The Story of the Puget Sound Steamboats (2nd ed.). Portland, Oregon: Binford & Mort. pp. 203–216.

• List of vessels constructed by Martinolich Shipbuilding
• History of Martinolich Shipbuilding