Ship Details
Pacific Yellowfin Photo Credit: John MacFarlane

 

Registry #1	822563 (Canada)	Registry #2	258744 (US)	Registry #3	JMP.64
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1943	Anderson (JMP.64)	Name 6
Name 2	1960c	Yellowfin (II)	Name 7
Name 3	2000c	Pacific Yellowfin	Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1943	Place	Stonington	Area	ME	Country	USA

 

Designer	Hansen, H.C.	Measurement (imp)	114.0' x 30.0' x 12.0'
Builder	Billings Shipyard	Measurement (metric)	34.75m x 9.14m x 3.66m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	234	Type 1	Mine Layer, Junior Mine Planter
Registered Tonnage	70	Type 2	Yacht, power-cruiser
Engine	2 - Atlas Imperial (Direct reversing) - 325hp each (1943)	Engine Manufacture	Atlas-Imperial Engine Co., Oakland CA USA
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds	She was rebuilt in 2003	Call Sign	WJ5550
Pendant  #	JMP.64	Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1943 she was owned by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (US Quarter Master Department Vessel), Washington DC USA. In 1946 she was owned by the California Department of Fisheries. In 1960 she was owned by Clint Pelletier, San Francisco CA USA. In 1965-1971 she was owned by Do-Be Melcon Pelletier (Executrix), San Francisco CA USA. In 1980c she was owned by the Tacoma Tow Boat Co. In 1989 she was owned by Pete Whittier, Deer Harbour WA USA. In 2000-2022 she was owned by Colin & Marelon Griffinson, Vancouver BC.

 

Fate	Afloat in 2022	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
Smaller vessels known as, "junior mine planters", or "pup planters", were occasionally employed as mine planters, but for the most part they served as freight and passenger boats for river and harbor duty. This vessel spent 20 years as a houseboat on the Sacramento River in California.

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; http://www.pacificyellowfin.com/; http://community-2.webtv.net/fogless/recships/page7.html; http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/history/smallships/armyminecraft.htm; Merchant Vessels of the United States (1965); Merchant Vessels of the United States (1989);
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