Submarine Tenders ~ Shipbuilding History

Submarine Tenders

(AS)

Many auxiliaries were created by converting existing ships; others were built new but starting with an existing design; the balance were both designed and built for their purpose. There are some gaps in the data, particularly for the conversions.

	Name	Builder	hull #	Type	US Govt. #	Built	Converted By	New Name	LDT	LOA	Converted	Notes
AS-1	Niagara/Fulton	Fore River SB	206						1,308	226	2 Dec 2014	scrapped 1934
AS-2	Bushnell	Seattle Drydock	78						4,550	350	24 Nov 2015	Sumner (AG-32) 1940, AGS-5 1943, scrapped 1948
AS-3	Holland	Puget Sound NSY							8,100	513	1 Jun 1926	ARC-18 1945, scrapped 1953
AS-4	Alert	John Roach & Son		gunboat		1875		Alert	1,200	200	1912	scrapped 1922
AS-5	Beaver	Newport News SB	126	passenger		1910	Mare Island NSY	Beaver	4,737	380	1918	ARC-19 1945, scrapped 1952
AS-6	Kiel/Camden	Flensburger Werft (Ger)		freighter		1917	Philadelphia NSY	Camden	6,075	441	1918	barracks ship (IX-42) 1940, sold 1946
AS-7	Norse King/Rainbow	James Laing (U.K.)		freighter		1901	Mare Island NSY	Rainbow	4,360	352	1918	scrapped 1928
AS-8	Saxonia/Savannah	Flensburger Werft (Ger)		freighter		1899	Puget Sound NSY	Savannah	10,800	414	1917	sold 1934, scrapped 1954
AS-9	Santa Leonora	New York ship	198	passenger freighter		1919		Canopus	6,000	374	1922	scuttled off Bataan 1942
AS-10	Argonne	A.I.S.C.	673	transport	AP-4	1920		Argonne	8,400	448	1924	AG-31 1940, scrapped 1950
AS-11	Fulton	Mare Island NSY							9,250	530	12 Sep 1941	scrapped 1995
AS-12	Sperry	Mare Island NSY							9,250	530	1 May 1942	scrapped 2011
AS-13	Mormacpenn	Sun SB	182	freighter (C3)	MC 44	1940	Todd Brooklyn	Griffin	8,613	492	31 Jul 1941	scrapped 1973
AS-14	Mormacyork	Sun SB	183	freighter (C3)	MC 45	1940	Beth Brooklyn	Pelias	8,613	492	5 Sep 1941	scrapped 1973
AS-15	Bushnell	Mare Island NSY							9,750	530	10 Apr 1943	sunk as target 1983
AS-16	Howard W. Gilmore	Mare Island NSY							9,750	530	24 May 1944	scrapped 2006
AS-17	Nereus	Mare Island NSY							9,750	530	12 Feb 1945	scrapped 2012
AS-18	Orion	Moore Dry Dock	212						9,750	530	30 Sep 1943	scrapped 2006
AS-19	Proteus	Moore Dry Dock	213						9,750	530	31 Jan 1944	barracks ship (IX-518) 1994, scrapped 2007
AS-20	Fred Morris	Federal Kearny	175	freighter (C1)	MC 70	1940	Federal Kearny	Otus	9,225	418	19 Mar 1941	ARG-20 1945, scrapped 1970
AS-21	Saint John	Newport News SB	350	passenger		1932		Antaeus	8,350	403	17 May 1941	AG-67 1943, Rescue (AH-18) 1945, scrapped 1958
AS-22	Hawaiian Merchant	Federal Kearny	187	freighter (C3)	MC 187	1942	Federal Kearny	Euryale	8,280	492	2 Dec 1943	scrapped 1972
AS-23	Aegir	Ingalls Pascagoula	400	freighter (C3)	MC 856	1943	Todd Brooklyn	Aegir	8,280	492	8 Sep 1944	scrapped 1972
AS-24	Anthedon	Ingalls Pascagoula	402	freighter (C3)	MC 858	1943	Todd Brooklyn	Anthedon	8,280	492	15 Sep 1944	to Turkey 1969 as Donathan (A-583), scrapped
AS-25	Apollo	Ingalls Pascagoula	404	freighter (C3)	MC 860	1943	Atlantic Basin IW	Apollo	8,280	492	29 Sep 1944	scrapped 1974
AS-26	Clytie	Ingalls Pascagoula	405	freighter (C3)	MC 861	1943	Beth Hoboken	Clytie	8,280	492	18 Jan 1945	scrapped 1971
AS-31	Hunley	Newport News SB	550						12,850	600	16 Jun 1962	scrapped 2007
AS-32	Holland	Ingalls Pascagoula	1085						12,850	600	30 Aug 1963	scrapped 2013
AS-33	Simon Lake	Puget Sound NSY							12,850	600	7 Nov 1964	struck 2006
AS-34	Canopus	Ingalls Pascagoula	1110						14,300	645	25 Oct 1965	scrapped 2003
AS-36	L. Y. Spear	GD-Quincy	9						14,300	645	11 Feb 1970	scrapped 2010
AS-37	Dixon	GD-Quincy	10						14,300	645	7 May 1971	sunk as target 2003
AS-39	Emory S. Land	Lockheed SB	144						14,300	645	7 Jul 1979
AS-40	Frank Cable	Lockheed SB	145						14,300	645	5 Feb 1980
AS-41	McKee	Lockheed SB	146						14,300	645	27 Jul 1981	struck 2006