Lynch Shipbuilding
# Lynch Shipbuilding

32°41′25″N 117°08′21″W﻿ / ﻿32.690416°N 117.139191°W﻿ / 32.690416; -117.139191

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.

## 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
* 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: USS Enhance (AM-437), USS Illusive (AM-448), USS Impervious (AM-449), and USS Esteem (AM-438).

### 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 |
| 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 1969 |
| | 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 1947 |
| | 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| USS Illusive (AM-448) | U.S. Navy | Minesweeper | 780d | 14-Nov-53 | Scrapped in 1993 |
| USS Impervious (AM-449) | U.S. Navy | Minesweeper | 780d | 15-Jul-54 | Scrapped in 2002 |
| USS Enhance (AM-437) | U.S. Navy | Minesweeper | 780d | 16-Apr-55 | Scrapped in 2000 |
| USS Esteem (AM-438) | 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, active |
| Salmone (MSO 507) | U.S. Navy | Minesweeper | 780d | 1-Jun-56 | To Italy renamed M 5430, struck in 1996 |
