page_title: J. F. Duthie & Company
section_title: Notable ships built at J. F. Duthie & Company
hierarchical_section_title: J. F. Duthie & Company / Notable ships built at J. F. Duthie & Company
caption_attribution_description: English: Plant of J. F. Duthie &amp; Co., Seattle Subject: J. F. Duthie and Company (Seattle, Washington), Shipbuilding--Washington (State) Geographic Subject: United States--Washington (State)--Seattle Tag: Vessels
context_page_description: J. F. Duthie & Company was a small shipyard in Seattle, Washington. It was organized in 1911 and expanded in World War I to build cargo ships for the United States Shipping Board.
  Some 27 of the 37 ships built at J. F. Duthie were the "West boats," a series of steel-hulled cargo ships built for the USSB on the West Coast of the United States as part of the World War I war effort.
  After the war, Wallace F. Duthie, the son of the founder J. F. Duthie, organized the dismantling of the shipbuilding facilities. Wallace died in 1922 at age 23.
  In 1928 the company's name was changed to Wallace Bridge Company. It built structural steel for local projects, including the Washington Athletic Club building in 1930.
context_section_description: SS Griffdu, last ship built
  USS West Bridge (ID-2888)
  USS West Point (ID-3254)
  USS Western Hope (ID-3771)
  USS Western Sea (ID-3153)
  USS Western Star (ID-4210)
  USS Westerner (ID-2890)
  USS Westover (ID-2867)
  USS Westpool (ID-3675)
caption: View from the water
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