Composite and Concrete Ships ~ Shipbuilding History

Composite and Concrete Ships

United States Shipping Board in WWI

Most recent update: January 15, 2009.

Towards the end of World War I, contracts were placed with four shipyards for 50 composite cargo ships and with six more shipyards for 50 concrete cargo ships and tankers, but most of the contracts were cancelled and only 30 ships were completed. Most of these were scrapped in the 1920s.

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USSB #	Name	Type	USSB Design #	Builder	Location	Yard #	Delivered	Notes
Composite Ships
1	Red Cloud	freighter	1009	Merrill-Stevens	Jacksonville FL	99	Aug 1918	later Cortellazo, scrapped 1925
2	Apalachee	freighter	1009	Merrill-Stevens	Jacksonville FL	100	Aug 1918	scrapped 1925
3	Botsford	freighter	1009	Merrill-Stevens	Jacksonville FL	101	Sep 1918	abandoned at Mallows Bay
4	Kanabec	freighter	1009	Merrill-Stevens	Jacksonville FL	102	Dec 1918	burned 1922 and scrapped
5	Buckhannon	freighter	1009	Merrill-Stevens	Slidell LA		June 1919	later Elena Valdez 1925, scrapped 1929
6	Campello	freighter	1009	Merrill-Stevens	Slidell LA		Aug 1919	burned 1922 and scrapped
63	Oglethorpe	freighter	1010	Terry SB Co.	Savannah GA		May 1919	scrapped 1925
64	Baganito	freighter	1010	Terry SB Co.	Savannah GA		Aug 1919	scrapped 1925
65	Battonville	freighter	1010	Terry SB Co.	Savannah GA		Aug 1919	scrapped 1925
66	Borad	freighter	1010	Terry SB Co.	Savannah GA		Aug 1919	scrapped 1925
67	Tuwetanka	freighter	1010	Terry SB Co.	Savannah GA		Sep 1919	scrapped 1925
68	Quinnesco	freighter	1010	Terry SB Co.	Savannah GA		Sep 1919	scrapped 1925
310	Balino	freighter	1010	Mobile SB Co.	Mobile AL	1	Oct 1918	scrapped 1925
311	Morganza	freighter	1010	Mobile SB Co.	Mobile AL	2	Dec 1918	scrapped 1925
312	Balosaro	freighter	1010	Mobile SB Co.	Mobile AL	3	Jan 1919	scrapped 1925
313	Dalgada	freighter	1010	Mobile SB Co.	Mobile AL	4	Feb 1919	scrapped 1925
314	Obak	freighter	1010	Mobile SB Co.	Mobile AL	5	Apr 1919	scrapped 1925
315	Oyska	freighter	1010	Mobile SB Co.	Mobile AL	6	May 1919	scrapped 1925
Concrete Ships
997	Atlantus	freighter	1040	Liberty SB Co	Wilmington NC		1919	wrecked off Cape May NJ 1926
1189	Polias	freighter	1049	Fougner SB Co.	Flushing Bay NY	52	1918	wrecked 1920 off Port Clyde ME
1560	Cape Fear	freighter	1070	Liberty SB Co.	Wilmington NC		1919	collision and sank 1920 off the entrance to Narragansett Bay
1561	Lone Star	freighter	1070	Liberty SB Co.	Wilmington NC		1920	later Sapona, wrecked 1926 off Bimini
1662	Palo Alto	tanker	1100	San Francisco SB Co.	Oakland CA		1919	later an abandoned fishing pier in Aptos CA
1663	Peralta	tanker	1100	San Francisco SB Co.	Oakland CA		1921	later a breakwater in Powell River BC
1707	Dinsmore	tanker	1100	Bentley & Sons, A.	Jacksonville FL		1920	scrapped 1932
1708	Moffit	tanker	1100	Bentley & Sons, A.	Jacksonville FL		1920	later oil storage in New Orleans LA
1715	Latham	tanker	1100	Ley & Co., Fred T.	Mobile AL	2	1919	later oil storage in New Orleans LA
1716	Selma	tanker	1100	Ley & Co., Fred T.	Mobile AL		1919	abandoned 1922 off Galveston TX
1723	Cuyamaca	tanker	1100	Pacific Marine Constr.	San Diego CA		1920	scrapped 1926
1724	San Pasqual	tanker	1100	Pacific Marine Constr.	San Diego CA		1920	later a prison, a hotel in Cuba