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1920 – 1958 · Wilmington, California

Wilmington Boat Works

400 Yacht Street, Wilmington, California

Hugh Angelman's yard: fishing boats and yachts before the war, subchasers and rescue boats during it, minesweepers after — and the birthplace of the Sea Witch.

Founders
Hugh Angelman, Willard Buchanan and Tom Smith, 1920
War output
Tugs, SC-497 subchasers, crash rescue boats; Agile-class minesweepers in the 1950s
  • c. 1937–41Sea Witch — the original boat

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