Norfolk Naval Shipyard

Portsmouth VA

Most recent update: May 21, 2011.

Norfolk Naval Shipyard was established in 1767 and remains active today, maintaining the ships of the Atlantic Fleet. See it from the air on Google here.

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Name Type LOA Tons Delivered Notes
Chesapeake frigate 1,244 Jan 1800 captured by the British 1813
Ferret schooner 148 18-Apr-1809 captured by the British 1813
Delaware ship of the line 2,633 10-Feb-1828 burned 1863 by evacuating Confederate forces
New York ship of the line 2,633 cancelled and burned
St. Lawrence frigate 1,708 17-Aug-1848 sold 1875
Natchez sloop 691 1827 scrapped 1840
Macedonian frigate 1,341 1836 sold 1875
Yorktown sloop 566 15-Nov-1840 grounded in the Cape Verde I. 1950 and lost
Germ paddlewheeler 1841 experimental vessel
Union schooner 956 1843 sold 1858
Truxtun brig 331 18-Feb-1843 grounded in Mexico 1846 and lost
Southampton stores ship 567 27-May-1845 sold 1855
Perry brig 280 13-Oct-1843 sold 1865
Jamestown sloop 1,150 12-Dec-1844 destroyed by fire at Norfolk NSY 1913
Powhatan bark 2,415 2-Sep-1852 scrapped 1887
Constellation corvette 1,278 28-Jul-1855 museum in Baltimore MD
Roanoke frigate 3,400 4-May-1857 scrapped 1883
Colorado frigate 3,400 13-Mar-1858 sold 1885
Dacotah sloop 998 1-May-1860 sold 1873
Richmond sloop 2,700 1860 scrapped 1919
Richmond ram 2,750 1862 scuttled 1865
Nansemond gunboat 80 1862
Hampton gunboat 80 1862
Norfolk gunboat 80 burned on the stocks 1863 by evacuating Confederate forces
Portsmouth gunboat 80 burned on the stocks 1863 by evacuating Confederate forces
Escambia gunboat 80 burned on the stocks 1863 by evacuating Confederate forces
Elizabeth gunboat 80 burned on the stocks 1863 by evacuating Confederate forces
Yadkin gunboat 80 burned on the stocks 1863 by evacuating Confederate forces
Huron/Alliance bark 1,375 18-Jan-1877 struck 1911
Galena sloop 1,900 26-Aug-1880 grounded on Martha's Vineyard 1890 and scrapped 1892
Daisy ferry 1885
C-8 Raleigh cruiser 3,213 17-Apr-1894 scrapped 1921
ACR-1 Texas cruiser 6,315 15-Aug-1895 later San Marcos, sunk as target 1911
Courier ferry 1897
AT-5 Samoset tugboat 93 225 1897 later YT-5, then YTM-5, sold 1947
YW-21 water barge 50 1899
YFB-8 Navy Yard ferry boat 80 1901 ex-Steam Cutter No. 291, scrapped 1929
YC-65 open lighter 86 100 1902
YC-66 open lighter 86 100 1902
YC-67 open lighter 86 100 1902 sold 1920
YC-74 open lighter 108 1902
YF-8 closed lighter 86 1902
YF-10 closed lighter 50 1903
YF-11 closed lighter 50 1903
YD-7 derrick barge 70 1903 later YNG-74
YD-10 derrick barge 61 1903
YD-12 derrick barge 55 1903 sunk 1917
YCF-1 car float 102 1904 ex-ammunition lighter No. 6, YTT-8
YCF-2 car float 103 100 1904 ex-ammunition lighter No. 9, sold 1948
YC-118 open lighter 110 170 1905
YC-119 open lighter 110 170 1905
YC-120 open lighter 110 170 1905
YC-121 open lighter 110 170 1905
YC-124 open lighter 86 100 1905
YC-125 open lighter 110 170 1905
YW-12 water barge 120 555 1905
YA-16 ash lighter 50 30 1906
YF-41 closed lighter 110 138 1906
Indian ferry 1906
YC-135 open lighter 110 170 1907
YC-136 open lighter 110 170 1907
YC-137 open lighter 110 170 1907
YCF-3 car float 103 100 1907 ex-ammunition lighter No. 12, disposed-of 1946
YA-22 ash lighter 50 30 1908
YC-150 open lighter 65 1908
YC-151 open lighter 110 170 1908 dismantled 1920
YC-208 open lighter 110 170 1908
YC-209 open lighter 110 170 1908
YC-210 open lighter 110 170 1908
YC-211 open lighter 110 170 1908
YC-212 open lighter 110 170 1908
YC-213 open lighter 110 170 1908
YC-214 open lighter 110 170 1908
YPD-11 pile driver 51
YPD-12 pile driver 45
YPD-14 pile driver 50 1911 destroyed 1947
YPD-15 pile driver 65 1908 to MARAD 1947
AT-11 Patuxent tugboat 148 755 4 May 2009 scrapped 1939
YA-33 ash lighter 36 1910
YF-31 closed lighter 36 1911
YF-32 closed lighter 36 1911
YE-25 ammunition barge 110 1913 ex-YC-208
YC-300 open lighter 110 170 1914
YC-301 open lighter 110 170 1914
YR-6 repair barge 50
YR-7 repair barge 50
YR-23 repair barge 110 1914 ex-YC-701, sunk as target 1978
YA-45 ash lighter 36 1915
YC-302 open lighter 110 170 1915 destroyed 1947
YC-303 open lighter 110 170 1915
YSP-1 seaplane pontoon 32 1915
YSP-2 seaplane pontoon 32 1915
YSP-3 seaplane pontoon 32 1915
YSP-4 seaplane pontoon 32 1915
YO-7 tank barge 166 335 1915 ex-Oil Barge No. 7
YE-26 ammunition barge 110 1917 ex-YC-135
AT-18 Pocahontas tugboat 122 575 14 Mar 2017 later YT-124, scrapped 1937
SC-116 subchaser 14 Nov 2017 sold 1921
SC-117 subchaser 20 Nov 2017 lost 1917
SC-118 subchaser 26 Nov 2017 sold 1921
SC-119 subchaser 19 Nov 2017 sold 1921
SC-120 subchaser 4 Oct 2017 sold 1921
SC-121 subchaser 16 Oct 2017 sold 1921
SC-122 subchaser 21 Oct 2017 sold 1921
SC-123 subchaser 5 Nov 2017 sold 1921
SC-124 subchaser 11 Dec 2017 sold 1921
SC-125 subchaser 27 Dec 2017 sold 1921
SC-126 subchaser 14 Jan 2018 sold 1921
SC-127 subchaser 15 Jan 2018 sold 1921
SC-128 subchaser 18 Jan 2018 sold 1921
SC-129 subchaser 17 Jan 2018 sold 1921
SC-130 subchaser 21 Dec 2017 sold 1921
SC-131 subchaser 19 Jan 2018 sold 1921
SC-132 subchaser 2 Feb 2018 lost 1918
SC-133 subchaser 13 Mar 2018 sold 1921
SC-134 subchaser 13 Mar 2018 sold 1921
SC-135 subchaser 13 Mar 2018 sold 1921
SC-136 subchaser 19 Mar 2018 sold 1921
DD-70 Craven destroyer 1,125 19 Oct 2018 to Britain 1940 as HMS Lewes (G-68), scuttled in Australia 1946
AM-40 Cormorant minesweeper 195 950 15 May 2019 later ATA-133, struck 1947
DD-342 Hulbert destroyer 1,215 27 Oct 2020 later AVP-19 and AVD 6, scrapped 1946
DD-343 Noa destroyer 1,215 15 Feb 2021 later APD-24, sunk in collision off Palau 1944
DD-344 William B. Preston destroyer 1,215 23 Aug 2020 later AVP-20 and AVD 7, scrapped 1946
CV-1 Langley aircraft carrier 11,050 20 Mar 2022 conversion from Jupiter (AC-3), lost 1942
BB-52 North Carolina battleship 43,200 cancelled and scrapped 1922
YA-64 ash lighter 36 20 1924 equipment 1948
YSP-31 seaplane pontoon 32 1929
YSP-32 seaplane pontoon 32 1929
YSP-33 seaplane pontoon 32 1929
YSP-34 seaplane pontoon 32 1929
YSP-35 seaplane pontoon 32 1929
YSP-36 seaplane pontoon 32 1929
YSR-1 sludge removal barge 95 75 1932 scrapped 1980
YW-53 water barge 110 712 1933
YA-68 ash lighter 50 30 1934 equipment 1948
YCK-1 special cargo lighter 50 24 1936 lost 1942
DD-374 Tucker destroyer 1,500 30 Mar 1937 sunk by mine off Espiritu Santu 1942
DD-375 Downes destroyer 1,500 26 Mar 1937 scrapped 1948
DD-386 Bagley destroyer 1,500 10 Aug 1938 scrapped 1948
DD-387 Blue destroyer 1,500 10 Aug 1938 sunk by Japanese gunfire off Guadalcanal 1942
DD-388 Helm destroyer 1,500 16 Sep 1938 scrapped 1948
DD-405 Rowan destroyer 1,500 23 Sep 1939 sunk by German MTBs off Salerno 1943
DD-406 Stack destroyer 1,500 20 Nov 1939 scuttled 1948
DD-417 Morris destroyer 1,570 5 Mar 1940 scrapped 1947
DD-419 Wainwright destroyer 1,570 15 Apr 1940 sunk as target 1948
YT-140 Wahtah tugboat 237 14 Dec 1939 later YTM-140, scrapped 1975
AM-55 Raven minesweeper 810 11/11/1940 sunk as target 1967
AM-56 Osprey minesweeper 810 12/16/1940 sunk by mine off Normandy 1944
AM-57 Auk minesweeper 810 1/15/1942 scrapped 1959
YC-696 open lighter 110 170 1939
YF-257 closed lighter 137 300 1940 later YFRT-257, scrapped 1974
YFN-260 closed lighter 110 170 1940
YFN-263 closed lighter 110 170 1941
YF-287 closed lighter 133 300 1941 later YFRT-287, sold 2001
YW-59 water barge 110 712 1941 ex-YOG-32, scrapped 1975
YC-814 open lighter 55 31 1942 equipment 1948
YC-815 open lighter 55 31 1942 equipment 1948
YC-816 open lighter 55 31 1942 equipment 1948
YC-817 open lighter 55 31 1942 equipment 1948
YC-906 open lighter 55 31 1942 equipment 1947
YC-907 open lighter 55 31 1942 equipment 1947
YC-908 open lighter 55 31 1942 ex-YSD-4, YNG-36
YC-909 open lighter 55 31 1942 to MARAD 1947
YSD-38 seaplane derrick 104 240 1943 lost
YSD-39 seaplane derrick 104 240 1943 scrapped 1993
YSD-40 seaplane derrick 104 240 1943
YSD-41 seaplane derrick 104 240 1943
YR-54 repair barge 150 530 1943 later YRDM-3, YRR-13, struck 1994
YR-57 repair barge 150 530 1943 later YRDH-3, YRR-11
YR-58 repair barge 150 530 1943
YRDH-4 repair barge 151 460 1944 ex-YR-?, YRR-12, sold 1966
YRDH-5 repair barge 151 460 1944
YRDM-4 repair barge 151 490 1944 later YRR-14, struck 2007
YRDM-5 repair barge 151 490 1944
BB-60 Alabama battleship 35,000 8/16/1942 struck 1962, memorial in Mobile AL 1964
DD-638 Herndon destroyer 1,630 12/20/1942 sunk as target 1973
DD-639 Shubrick destroyer 1,630 2/7/1943 scrapped 1947
LST-333 landing ship 1,625 11/20/1942 sunk by u-boat off Algeria 1943
LST-334 landing ship 1,625 11/29/1942 scrapped 1947
LST-335 landing ship 1,625 12/6/1942 scrapped 1947
LST-336 landing ship 1,625 12/11/1942 to Britain 1943, scrapped 1947
LST-337 landing ship 1,625 12/16/1942 to Britain 1943, scrapped 1947
LST-338 landing ship 1,625 12/20/1942 sold private 1947
LST-339 landing ship 1,625 12/23/1942 scrapped 1947
LST-340 landing ship 1,625 12/26/1942 Spark (IX-196)
LST-341 landing ship 1,625 12/28/1942 sold private 1947
LST-342 landing ship 1,625 12/31/1942 sunk by Japanese sub off New Georgia 1943
LST-343 landing ship 1,625 1/9/1943 to Korea 1947 as Dan Yang
LST-344 landing ship 1,625 1/14/1943 later Blanco County, scrapped 1975
LST-345 landing ship 1,625 1/21/1943 sold 1948 to Shell Venezuela, converted to tanker Luisa, scrapped 1957
LST-346 landing ship 1,625 1/25/1943 to Britain 1943, scrapped 1947
LST-347 landing ship 1,625 2/7/1943 to Britain 1943, to France 1948 as Vire (L-9003), scrapped 1957
LST-348 landing ship 1,625 2/9/1943 sunk by u-boat off Anzio 1944
LST-349 landing ship 1,625 2/11/1943 wrecked and sunk off Ponza 1944
LST-350 landing ship 1,625 2/13/1943 scrapped 1947
LST-351 landing ship 1,625 2/24/1943 to Britain 1943, to the Netherlands 1947
LST-352 landing ship 1,625 2/26/1943 to Britain 1943, to Greece 1947
DE-153 Reuben James destroyer escort 1,400 4/1/1943 sunk as target 1971
DE-154 destroyer destroyer escort 1,400 4/24/1943 scrapped 1961
DE-155 Hopping destroyer escort 1,400 5/21/1943 scrapped 1966
DE-156 Reeves destroyer escort 1,400 6/09/1943 to Ecuador 1961 as power barge
DE-157 Fechteler destroyer escort 1,400 7/1/1943 sunk by u-boat off Algeria 1944
DE-158 Chase destroyer escort 1,400 7/18/1943 scrapped 1946
DE-159 Laning destroyer escort 1,400 8/1/1943 scrapped 1975
DE-160 Loy destroyer escort 1,400 9/12/1943 scrapped 1966
DE-161 Barber destroyer escort 1,400 10/10/1943 to Mexico 1969 as Coahuila, Vicente Guerrero 1994
DE-198 Lovelace destroyer escort 1,400 11/7/1943 sunk as target 1968
BB-66 Kentucky battleship cancelled 1945, scrapped 1958
BB-71 Louisiana battleship cancelled 1943
CV-38 Shangri-La aircraft carrier 27,100 9/15/1944 scrapped 1988
CV-39 Lake Champlain aircraft carrier 27,100 6/3/1945 scrapped 1972
CV-40 Tarawa aircraft carrier 27,100 12/8/1945 scrapped 1968
CV-54 aircraft carrier cancelled 1945
CV-55 aircraft carrier cancelled 1945
YRB-29 repair barge 124 500 1947 ex-YF-1092, YFN-1092, YFNX-13, YRST-5, sold 2000
LCM(8) 26715 landing craft 67 1950 scrapped
LCM(8) 26716 landing craft 67 1950 scrapped
MSO-424 Bold minesweeper 620 25 Sep 1953 scrapped 1981
MSO-425 Bulwark minesweeper 620 25 Sep 1953 scrapped 1980

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