Private company
J. F. Duthie & Company
Defunct shipyard off Harbor Island, Seattle, USA
J. F. Duthie & Company was a small shipyard located on the east side of Harbor Island in Seattle, Washington. It was reportedly organized in 1911 (although there is no mention of it on the 1912 Baist map at the location where the shipyard would be built) and expanded to 4 slipways on 25 acres (10 ha) of property in World War I to build cargo ships for the United Kingdom, France and Norway, but those resources were eventually all diverted at the behest of the United States Shipping Board (USSB).2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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J. F. Duthie & Company was a small shipyard located on the east side of Harbor Island in Seattle, Washington. It was reportedly organized in 1911 (although there is no mention of it on the 1912 Baist map at the location where the shipyard would be built) and expanded to 4 slipways on 25 acres (10 ha) of property in World War I to build cargo ships for the United Kingdom, France and Norway, but those resources were eventually all diverted at the behest of the United States Shipping Board (USSB). Work on the new plant started on 10 September 1916 and the first keel was laid on 29 November the same year. At that time, the new Skinner & Eddy plant across the water was already launching its first two ships: Niels Nielsen (21 September) and Hanna Nielsen (23 October).2
Timeline
- 1911Founded Founded1
Links
- WikipediaJ. F. Duthie & Company
- WikidataQ6105655
Sources
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- 2WikipediaJ. F. Duthie & Company on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsJ. F. Duthie & Company photo by Cress-Dale Photo Co., Public domain