Frank L. Sample

Boothbay Harbor ME

Frank Sample's shipyard was originally established in 1840, by Cyrus McKown. It later became the Townsend Marine Railway and, in 1917, the Atlantic Coast Company. Sample acquired it in 1939 but sold it in 2004. Located at 120 Commercial Street, it is now the Boothbay Harbor Shipyard.

O/N Name Customer Type GT Delivered Notes
YMS-104 US Navy minesweeper 278d 29 May 1942 struck 1946
YMS-105 US Navy minesweeper 278d 17 Jul 1942 struck 1946
YMS-106 US Navy minesweeper 278d 18 Aug 1942 struck 1946
YMS-226 US Navy minesweeper 278d 16 Jan 1943 to Britain 1943 as BYMS-2226, to France 1944 as Asphodele (D-314), struck 1969
YMS-227 US Navy minesweeper 278d 20 Mar 1943 to France 1944 as Zinnia (D-273), D 356, D 12, M 652, struck 1961
YMS-228 US Navy minesweeper 278d 5 May 1943 to Turkey 1947 as Kemer, struck 1966
YMS-229 US Navy minesweeper 278d 5 Jun 1943 to Britain 1943 as BYMS-2229, to Greece 1946 as Patmos, struck 1966
YMS-230 US Navy minesweeper 278d 6 Jul 1943 to Britain 1943 as BYMS-2230, to the Netherlands 1946 as Oosterschelde (M-835), struck 1957
YMS-231 US Navy minesweeper 278d 6 Aug 1943 reclassified 1947 as Firecrest (AMS-10), to Japan 1955 as Etajima (MSCO 10), sunk as target 1968
YMS-232 US Navy minesweeper 278d 7 Sep 1943 to Britain 1943 as BYMS-2232
YMS-233 US Navy minesweeper 278d 8 Oct 1943 to Britain 1943 as BYMS-2233
YMS-234 US Navy minesweeper 278d 1 Nov 1943 to Britain 1943 as BYMS-2234
ATR-7 US Navy tugboat 850d 1944 to Greece/France 1946 as Gloria, scrapped 1981
ATR-8 US Navy tugboat 850d 1944 disposed-of 1946
ATR-9 US Navy tugboat 850d 1944 disposed-of 1946
ATR-10 US Navy tugboat 850d 1944 disposed-of 1946
ATR-11 US Navy tugboat 850d 1944 disposed-of 1946
ATR-12 US Navy tugboat 850d 1944 disposed-of 1946
Junojaes trawler 144 1945
Acadie ketch 1946 later Windward Star
Acacia (MSC-69) French Navy minesweeper 390d 11 Mar 1953 M-638, scrapped 1984
Acanthe (MSC-70) French Navy minesweeper 390d 19 May 1953 M-639, scrapped 1984
Ajonc (MSC-71) French Navy minesweeper 390d 13 Aug 1953 M-667, A 701, sold 1989
282926 Fairfield yacht 19 1954 NLD
Acme (MSO 508) US Navy minesweeper 780d 27 Sep 1956 scrapped 1976
Adroit (MSO 509) US Navy minesweeper 780d 4 Mar 1957 scrapped 1994
Advance (MSO 510) US Navy minesweeper 780d 16 Jun 1958 sold for scrap 1976 but still laid up in Stockton CA
Affray (MSO 511) US Navy minesweeper 780d 8 Dec 1958 scrapped 2002
US Navy rescue boat 1950s 12 boats
297557 St. Nicholas trawler 137 1965 NLD
614111 Tuesday Afternoon yacht 6 1979

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