Lake Washington Shipyards
Lake Washington Shipyards was a shipyard in Houghton, Washington (today Kirkland) on the shore of Lake Washington. Today, the shipyards are the site of the lakeside Carillon Point business park. The shipyards built many civilian and US Navy ships.
Lake Washington Shipyard was founded in the 19th century as the Anderson Shipyard. This shipyard specialized in the construction of wooden tugs and ferries. In 1923, Anderson Shipyard was bought by Charles Burckardt and renamed Lake Washington Shipyards. The new shipyard converted to steel shipbuilding. During World War II, its workforce grew to 9,000 employees and it was a major repairer of small ships as well as a builder. Lake Washington Shipyards closed in 1960s and today, the site of the former shipyard occupies the commercial/residential development at Carillon Point.
Ships built at Lake Washington Shipyards include (with launch dates). Many of the US Navy's AVP-class seaplane tenders were transferred to the US Coast Guard after World War II and redeployed as High Endurance Cutters and Ocean Station vessels:
Coordinates: 47°39′24″N 122°12′26″W / 47.65667°N 122.20722°W
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