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{{short description|shipyard in San Pedro, California, United States}}
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[[File:NH96504_63-footair-searescueboat.jpg|thumb|right|US Navy NH 96504 a 63 foot air-sea rescue boat built by Fellows & Stewart|350x350px]]
'''Fellows & Stewart Inc.''' was a [[shipbuilding]] company in [[San Pedro, California]] on [[Terminal Island]]' Pier 206. To support the [[World War 2]] demand for ships Fellows & Stewart built: [[Crash rescue boat]]s, and [[Submarine chaser]]s. The Crash rescue boats were operated by both the [[US Navy]] and [[US Army]] during the war. Some Crash rescue boat also served in the [[Korean war]]. The Fellows & Stewart was founded as '''Joe Fellows Boat Shop''' in 1896. Joe Fellows was an English immigrant who learned boat building in Seattle and San Francisco. The company changed to Fellows & Stewart as the shipyard manager, Victor Stewart joined in as a partner. Many of the boats were designed by Joseph Pugh. From 1907 to 1917 called the '''Joe Fellows Yacht and Launch Company'''. In the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s the shipyard built many [[yacht]]s and [[sailboat]]s. The name changed to the Fellows & Stewart Inc. in 1917. In 1967 the shipyard was sold to Harbor Boatbuilding. The shipyard is sometimes listed as being in [[Wilmington, Los Angeles|Wilmington]]. The records of Fellows & Stewart are housed at the [[Los Angeles Maritime Museum]]. Notable boats and ships: [[HMAS Air View (923)|HMAS ''Air View'']], [[Rudolph Valentino]]’s 1926 Yacht ''Charade'' (''Phoenix'') and the ''Ranger)'' built in 1917 active at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum.
<ref>[http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/yachtsmall/fellows.htm shipbuildinghistory.com, Fellows & Stewart] </ref><ref>[https://www.gazettes.com/entertainment/on-the-water-extra-valentinos-yacht-rediscovered/article_9121278c-c5cf-11e9-adbd-9bf9bb7af329.html gazettes.com, Valentino's Yacht Rediscovered, By Jo Murray, Aug. 23, 201]</ref><ref>[http://www.classicyacht.org/boats/ranger-1917 classicyacht.org ''Ranger)'' built in 1917]</ref><ref>[https://www.gazettes.com/sports/on_the_water/on-the-water-wooden-boat-adventures/article_0a12fa42-8ba0-11e7-9ec3-e3b80c54c100.html gazettes.com Wooden Boat Adventures, By Jo Murray, Sep 1, 2017]</ref><ref>[http://www.sfnirvana.com/the-yacht-1 Built by Fellows and Stewart in San Pedro, CA, some 40 Island Clippers were produced after WWII from plans drawn in 1939 by Merle J Davis]</ref><ref>[http://www.lesliefield.com/races/1922_cecil_b_de_mille_gold_cup.htm 1922 Cecil B. de Mille Gold Cup, Los Angeles, CA, September 10, 1922]</ref>

==Builters==
Some of the builders:<ref>[https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c85q4x91/entire_text/ California Digital Library., Fellows & Stewart]</ref>
*Joseph (''Rusty'') Fellows Sr. (1865-1942)
*Richard Joseph Fellows (1906-1962)
*Lois Anderson Fellows
*Victor Stewart (1876-1956)
*Joseph Pugh, built and raced the sloop ''Mischief'' in 1909.

==Submarine Chaser==
Fellows & Stewart Submarine Chase were: 94 tons, length of 110 feet, a beam of 17 feet, a draft of 6 feet, a top speed of 21 knots. They had a crew of 28. Power with two 1,540bhp General Motors, Electro-Motive Division, 16-184A diesel engines and two proppers. They were armed with one [[Bofors 40 mm gun]], two [[Browning M2 .50 Cal. Machine Gun]], two [[depth charge]] projector [[Depth_charge#Delivery_mechanisms|"Y Guns"]], and two depth charge tracks.<ref>[http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/151003.htm navsource.org Submarine Chaser, USCGC Air Partridge (WAVR 444)]</ref>
 

==See also==
*[[California during World War II]]
*[[Maritime history of California]]

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[[Category:American Theater of World War II]]
[[Category:1940s in California]]
[[Category:American boat builders]]