Kane Boiler Works

Galveston TX

Kane Boiler Works was established by Joseph J. Kane in 1892 at 27th and Mechanic Street. For WWII, they added a yard for new construction, called Kane Shipbuilding, at the foot of 37th Street. It closed in the 1970s.

O/N Name Customer Type Tons Built Notes
Built by Kane Boiler Works
DPC-494 US Army tank barge 1944
DPC-495 US Army tank barge 1944
DPC-496 US Army tank barge 1944
DPC-497 US Army tank barge 1944
DPC-498 US Army tank barge 1944
DPC-499 US Army tank barge 1944
DPC-500 US Army tank barge 1944
DPC-501 US Army tank barge 1944
DPC-502 US Army tank barge 1944
DPC-503 US Army barge 1944
DPC-504 US Army barge 1944
DPC-505 US Army barge 1944
DPC-506 US Army barge 1944
DPC-507 US Army barge 1944
DPC-508 US Army barge 1944
DPC-509 US Army barge 1944
Built by Kane Shipbuilding
1 Y-104 US Army tanker 632 1944 to Uruguay 1946 as Ancap Quinto, training ship 1982
2 Y-105 US Army tanker 632 1944 to Brazil 1946 as Maria Luiza
3 Y-106 US Army tanker 632 1944 to Brazil 1946 as Maria Celeste
4 Y-107 US Army tanker 632 1944 later LT Paul Marck, to Italy 1946 as Ortigia, scrapped 1985
5 Y-108 US Army tanker 632 1944 to Panama 1946 as Seatown, scrapped 1979
6 Y-109 US Army tanker 632 1944 retired in the 1960s
7 Y-110 US Army tanker 632 1944 to Argentina 1946 as Don Pablo, 0384-B, Adelina 1978
8 Y-111 US Army tanker 632 1944 to the USSR 1946
9 Y-112 US Army tanker 632 1944 to the USSR 1946
10 Y-113 US Army tanker 632 1944 to the USSR 1946
11 Y-114 US Army tanker 632 1944 to the USSR 1946
12 Y-115 US Army tanker 632 1944 to Paraguay 1946 as Lago Ypacarai, containership 1992

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