Maryland Shipbuilding ~ Shipbuilding History

Maryland Shipbuilding

Baltimore MD

Most recent update: June 18, 2021.

In 1920, Globe Shipbuilding Company, of Superior WI, relocated to Baltimore and opened a new yard, called Globe Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company of Maryland. This business closed in 1922, however, after building only two ships and experiencing the bankruptcy of a client for whom they were converting five Hog Islanders into tankers. A new company, Maryland Drydock, took over the yard in April 1922 and it operated under this name until 1957, when it became Maryland Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. The company was primarily a repair yard which also did major conversions and reconstructions and only limited new construction. Koppers Company, of Pittsburgh, bought the business in the mid-1930s. Fruehauf Corp. bought it in 1968 and closed it in 1984: it's been a car terminal ever since. The yard was located in the Fairfield section of Baltimore, immediately to the west of Childs Street, adjoining the site that would become the huge Bethlehem-Fairfield yard in WWII. See it from the air on Google here.

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	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	LOA	Delivered	Notes
Built by Globe Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company of Maryland
101	146176	San Leopoldo	Eagle Oil Transport	tanker	5,671		July 1921	to UK flag, scrapped 1935
102	146139	San Leonardo	Eagle Oil Transport	tanker	5,671		Aug 1921	to UK flag, scrapped 1935
aa	171330	Arundel	Arundel Corp.	dredge	640	149	1922	hull assembly only
aa	EFC 1530	Carrabule	American Fuel Oil & Transportation	tanker			Oct 1922	conversion of dry cargo ship, sunk 1942
aa	EFC 1538	Catahoula	American Fuel Oil & Transportation	tanker			Oct 1922	conversion of dry cargo ship, sunk 1942
aa	EFC 1531	Cassimir	American Fuel Oil & Transportation	tanker			Apr 1921	conversion of dry cargo ship, sank 1942
aa	EFC 1536	Castana	American Fuel Oil & Transportation	tanker			May 1921	conversion of dry cargo ship, scrapped 1950
aa	EFC 1533	Casagrande	American Fuel Oil & Transportation	tanker			June 1921	conversion of dry cargo ship, sank 1944
Built by Maryland Drydock Company
103					300		1925
104					300		1925
105					60		1925
106					60		1925
107	224929	Howard W. Jackson	City of Baltimore	ferry	379		1925	sold 1939
108	Federal	Mantua	USACE	dredge		84	1926	hull only
109	169581	No. 1	National Dredging Co.	dredge	98	85	1926	hull only
110	169582	No. 2	National Dredging Co.	dredge	98	85	1926	hull only
111	169583	No. 3	National Dredging Co.	dredge	67	65	1926	hull only
112			Arundel Corp.	barge	400		1929
113	229460	City of Hampton	Chesapeake Ferry Co.	ferry	440		Apr 1930	later Champlain 1958
114		August C. Stenger	August C. Stenger	derrick barge	637	125	Oct 1930
115	173838	Oil Barge # 34	Arundel Corp.	tank barge	201	100	1931
116	174279	Gahagan No.1	W.H. Gahagan Realty Co.	tank barge	201	100	1931
117	235823	Norfolk County	Norfolk County Ferries	ferry	703		Feb 1937	later Great Bridge 1957
118			Merchants & Miners Transportation	lighter	175	120	Sep 1936
119			Merchants & Miners Transportation	lighter	175	120	Oct 1936
120			Merchants & Miners Transportation	lighter	175	120	Nov 1936
121			Pennsylvania Railroad Co.	car float	510	250	Apr 1937
122			Pennsylvania Railroad Co.	car float	510	250	May 1937
123			Pennsylvania Railroad Co.	car float	510	250	June 1937
124			Pennsylvania Railroad Co.	car float	510	250	July 1937
125			Pennsylvania Railroad Co.	car float	510	250	July 1937
126	237285	Gov. Harry W. Nice	State of Maryland	ferry	773		Apr 1938	later Olympic 1951, sold 1997, laid up in Puget Sound
127	Federal	N.Y. 20	USACE	derrick barge	250	116	1939
128	176132	C. & O. Carfloat No. 4	Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.	car float	1,738	370	Nov 1944
	176603	Jacob Pilsch	Maryland Drydock Co.	tank barge	624	129	Mar 1946
129	251646	Gov. Herbert R. O'Conor	State of Maryland	ferry	937		Feb 1947	later Rhododendron 1953
130	259789	Islander	Nantucket S.A.	ferry	855		May 1950	to Governor's Island NY 2007, sold on E-Bay 2009
			State of Maryland	tunnel sections	nm	300	1955	four tunnel sections for the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel
Built by Maryland Shipbuilding & Drydock Company
133	AKD 1	Point Barrow	US Navy (MSTS)	landing ship dock	4,157d		May 1958	later Point Loma (AGDS 2), scrapped 2006
134	275391	Gold Stream	Red Hills	tanker	12,584		Nov 1957	new 354' midbody for ex-Salem Maritime (Kaiser Swan Island Hull 131), in explosion 1956 and rebuilt
135	282733	Floridian	Erie & St. Lawrence Corp.	container/Ro-Ro	4,680		Aug 1960	later Pan Antilles 1974, Freeport Express 1983, Frigid Sea 1990, Atlas 1994, Atlantic Frost 2004, Riverine Enterprise
136	283030	New Yorker	Erie & St. Lawrence Corp.	container/Ro-Ro	4,680		Aug 1960	later Aleutian Developer 1976, scrapped 1987
140	1048157	Atlantis II	Woods Hole Inst.	research ship	1,701		Jan 1963	later Antares 1996, Atlantis II 2007, NLD
141	500094	Victoria	Northwest Hydrofoil Lines	hydrofoil ferry	87		1965	scrapped
142	517242	Seafreeze Atlantic	U.S. Seafoods	factory trawler	1,593		Feb 1969	later Arctic Trawler 1980, Polyarniy 1985, Seafreeze Alaska 1995
143	518441	Seafreeze Pacific	U.S. Seafoods	factory trawler	1,593		Apr 1969	later Royal Sea 1973, Katie Ann 1996
144	557170	North River	City of New York	sludge carrier	2,617		1974
145	577091	Valerie F	Intercoastal Bulk Carriers	dry bulk barge	14,493		1976	later Calrice Transport, Zorra, destroyed by fire 1999
Major Conversions
	249104	Tom M. Girdler	Republic Steel Corp.	C4 to laker	9,115		Aug 1951	ex-Louis McH. Howe with new forebody (Ingalls Hull 569), completed by Amship Chicago
	249263	Charles M. White	Republic Steel Corp.	C4 to laker	9,115		Sep 1951	ex-Mount Mansfield with new forebody (Ingalls Hull 570), completed by Amship Chicago
	249354	Troy H. Browning	Republic Steel Corp.	C4 to laker	9,115		Oct 1951	ex-Scott E. Land with new forebody (Ingalls Hull 571), completed by Amship Chicago, Thomas F. Patton
	245496	Joseph H. Thompson	Hansand S.S. Corp.	C4 to laker	12,217		Nov 1952	ex-Marine Robin with new forebody (Ingalls Hull 572)
	247490	McKee Sons	Amersand S.S. Co.	C4 to laker	13,803		1953	ex-Marine Angel, with new forebody (Ingalls Hull 578)
	235140	Princess Anne	Chesapeake Bay Ferry District	ferry lengthening	2,366		1954	ex-Sun Ship Hull 152, lengthened 90' and modernized
	232813	Del-Mar-Va	Chesapeake Bay Ferry District	ferry lengthening	2,294		1955	ex-Pusey & Jones Hull 1059, lengthened 90' and modernized
	248326	Joseph S Young	American SS Co. Inc.	T2 to bulker	12,489		June 1957	ex-Archers Hope with new forebody
	246543	Gulfpanther ex Gulfwell	Gulf Oil	T2 jumboization	12,565		Oct 1957	ex-Fort William (Kaiser Swan Island Hull 89) with new midbody (Ingalls Hull 1028)
	246972	Gulfjaguar ex Gulfhaven	Gulf Oil	T2 jumboization	12,652		Jan 1958	ex-Spring Hill (Sun Ship Hull 428) with new midbody
	246990	Gulflion ex Gulfray	Gulf Oil	T2 jumboization	12,651		Mar 1958	ex-Bushy Run (Sun Ship Hull 430) with new midbody
	247767	Gulftiger ex Gulfhorn	Gulf Oil	T2 jumboization	12,668		Mar 1958	ex-Roxbury Hill (Sun Ship Hull 470) with new midbody from Ingalls (Hull 1029)
	251066	Gulfstag ex Gulfscout	Gulf Oil	T2 jumboization	12,775		Aug 1958	ex-Fort Schuyler (Sun Ship Hull 336), with new midbody
	247557	Gulfseal ex Gulfkey	Gulf Oil	T2 jumboization	12,670		Dec 1958	ex-Kathio (ADDSCO Hull 324), with new midbody
	247178	Maryland Trader	American Trading & Prod. Corp.	T2 jumboization	12,678		Aug 1958	ex-Carnifax Ferry Sun Ship Hull 456) with new midbody from American Bridge
	240352	Pocohantas	Chesapeake Bay Ferry District	ferry lengthening	2,542		1958	ex-Pusey & Jones Hull 1074, lengthened 90' & modernized
	244971	Four Lakes	Texas City Refining, Inc.	T2 jumboization	12,569		Mar 1959	ex-ADDSCO Hull 268 with new midbody from American Bridge
	246143	The Cabins	Texas City Refining, Inc.	T2 jumboization	12,573		Sep 1959	ex-ADDSCO Hull 299 with new midbody from American Bridge
	245546	Santa Eliana	Grace Lines	C2 to container ship	10,410		Jan 1960	ex-North Carolina SB Hull 114, with new midbody
	245544	Santa Leonor	Grace Lines	C2 to container ship	10,410		Feb 1960	ex-North Carolina SB Hull 118, with new midbody
	260377	Ezra-Sensibar	Construction Aggregates Corp	dredge jumboization	4,276		Jan 1961	ex-Delaware (Maryland Steel Hull 51) with new midbody and power
	251093	Pioneer Challenger ex Gulfoil	Pioneer Steamships Co.	T3 to Bulker	13,167		July 1961	ex-Neshanic (Sparrows Point Hull 4381) with new midbody from Verolme, Middleton
	248735	Fort Hoskins	Cities Service (Tankships, Inc.)	T2 jumboization	15,221		Aug 1961	ex-Kaiser Swan Island Hull 149 with new midbody from Verolme
	247896	Council Grove	Cities Service (Tankships, Inc.)	T2 jumboization	15,254		Nov 1961	ex-ADDSCO Hull 340 with new midbody from Verolme
	247452	Cantingy	Cities Service (Tankships, Inc.)	T2 jumboization	15,344		Mar 1962	ex-Sun Ship Hull 461 with new midbody from B & W
	246660	Prairie Grove ex Esso Linden	Mathiasen's Tanker Ind., Inc.	T2 jumboization	15,462		May 1962	ex-Prairie Grove (Sun Ship Hull 423) with new midbody from B & W
	246344	Tampico ex Esso Reading	Mathiasen's Tanker Ind., Inc.	T2 jumboization	15,709		July 1962	ex-Tampico (Sun Ship Hull 398) with new midbody from B & W
	247455	Austin ex La Brea Hills	Trinidad Corporation	T2 jumboization	15,354		Aug 1962	ex-La Brea Hills (MarinShip Hull 75) with new midbody from Iino SB
	504714	Seatrain Maine	Hudson Waterways Corp.	T3 Reconstruction	8,024		May 1967	joining of parts of 3 T2 tankers all built by Marinship Corp.
	244610	Seatrain Ohio	Hudson Waterways Corp.	T3 Reconstruction	8,047		Aug 1967	joining of parts of 3 T2 tankers all built by Marinship Corp.
	517273	Penn Ranger ex Anacostia (AO-94)	Penn Shipping Co.,Inc.	T3 Reconstruction	14,179		Nov 1968	ex-Mission Alamo (Marinship Hull 53) with new midbody and bow from Hellenic SY
	513582	Transindiana	Hudson Waterways Corp.	C4 to container ship	13,489		Nov 1969	ex-General W.C. Langfitt with new 110' midbody fabricated by Wiley Manufacturing
	516060	TransOregon	Hudson Waterways Corp.	C4 to container ship	13,849		Dec 1969	ex-General W.G. Hann with new 110' midbody fabricated by Wiley Manufacturing
	515621	Transhawaii	Hudson Waterways Corp.	C4 to container ship	13,487		Mar 1970	ex-General J.H. McRae with new 110' midbody fabricated by Wiley Manufacturing
	515622	Transidaho	Hudson Waterways Corp.	C4 to container ship	13,487		July 1970	ex-General William H. Hase with new 110' midbody fabricated by Wiley Manufacturing