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Summary
The Sturgeon Bay Shipyard and Drydock Company is named as an operation John Roen built after moving his Great Lakes base from Charlevoix to Sturgeon Bay in 1931. The December 1970 accounts place the George M. Humphrey salvage and recommissioning in this shipyard context.
Evidence and limits
The obituary says the shipyard had been sold in recent years but provides no sale date, corporate records, location details, or complete construction and repair history.
Open questions
- What were the shipyard’s exact dates, owners, and legal successor?
- Can Sturgeon Bay records document its facilities and the 1944 salvage work?
See also
- John Roen (Great Lakes captain, 1887–1970)
- Salvage and renaming of the George M. Humphrey (1944)
- George M. Humphrey (later Captain John Roen)
Sources
- Charlevoix Courier, December 9, 1970, “Death Claims Captain: Roen Steamship Empire Was Launched in Charlevoix.”Says John Roen built the Sturgeon Bay Shipyard and Drydock after moving his operation in 1931, and that the latter had been sold in recent years.
- Beaver Beacon, December 1970, “Legend Passes.”Places Roen's salvage of the George M. Humphrey at his shipyard and says the repaired vessel was recommissioned there.