Merchant Shipbuilding
Bristol PA
Most recent update: August 24, 2021.
Averell Harriman and his partners in American Ship & Commerce Corporation considered that the main Merchant Shipbuilding yard in Chester PA was not well suited to mass production and built a ship factory in Bristol that was similar to the Hog Island and Submarine shipyards. The yard was located on Radcliffe Street, at Bristol Street: the General Stores and Mold Loft building is still there. See the site, which appears to be a marina now, from the air on Google here.
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Yard # | USSB # | O/N | Name | Customer | Type | GT | Delivered | Notes |
1 | 597 | 217588 | Cabegon | USSB | freighter | 6,107 | Mar 1919 | scrapped 1931 |
2 | 598 | 217392 | Wathena | USSB | freighter | 6,107 | Feb 1919 | to USN as SP-3884, scrapped 1937 |
3 | 599 | 217103 | Watonwan | USSB | freighter | 6,107 | Feb 1919 | to USN as SP-3872, scrapped 1930 |
4 | 600 | 217545 | Waubesa | USSB | freighter | 6,107 | Feb 1919 | scrapped 1931 |
5 | 601 | 217815 | Wauconda | USSB | freighter | 6,065 | Apr 1919 | scrapped 1933 |
6 | 602 | 218019 | Waukau | USSB | freighter | 6,126 | May 1919 | later Alcoa Voyager 1940, Reconquista 1947, scrapped 1961 |
7 | 603 | 218280 | Waxahatchie | USSB | freighter | 6,126 | June 1919 | scrapped 1933 |
8 | 604 | 218754 | Waxhaw | USSB | freighter | 6,126 | Sep 1919 | later Mercer Victory 1919, Alcoa Rambler 1941, torpedoed and lost 1942 |
9 | 605 | 218348 | Winyah | USSB | freighter | 6,126 | July 1919 | scrapped 1931 |
10 | 606 | 218281 | Wonewoc | USSB | freighter | 6,126 | July 1919 | later Neshaminy 1919, scrapped 1930 |
11 | 607 | 218137 | Intan | USSB | freighter | 6,126 | June 1919 | scrapped 1931 |
12 | 608 | 217715 | Wynooche | USSB | freighter | 6,065 | Apr 1919 | scrapped 1930 |
13 | 609 | 218428 | Deneson | USSB | freighter | 6,126 | July 1919 | later Costigan 1919, scrapped 1933 |
14 | 610 | 218698 | Benecus | USSB | freighter | 6,126 | Aug 1919 | later Kittegaun 1919, scrapped 1938 |
15 | 611 | 218923 | Bonnie Brook | USSB | freighter | 5,989 | Sep 1919 | later Epitacio Pessoa, scrapped 1938 |
16 | 612 | 219011 | Auditor | USSB | freighter | 5,989 | Oct 1919 | converted to barge 1932, scrapped 1951 |
17 | 613 | 219036 | Bensalem | USSB | freighter | 5,989 | Nov 1919 | later Alcoa Carrier 1941, torpedoed and lost 1942 |
18 | 614 | 219216 | Lycoming | USSB | freighter | 5,989 | Nov 1919 | scrapped 1931 |
19 | 615 | 219319 | Denango | USSB | freighter | 5,989 | Dec 1919 | later Kayseeka 1919, scrapped 1931 |
20 | 616 | 219261 | Orysa | USSB | freighter | 5,989 | Dec 1919 | later Bavington 1919, scrapped 1930 |
21 | 617 | 219420 | Bavington | USSB | freighter | 5,989 | Jan 1920 | later Mitchell 1920, scrapped 1938 |
22 | 618 | 219571 | Zehna | USSB | freighter | 5,989 | Mar 1920 | later City of Alma 1920, torpedoed and lost 1943 |
23 | 619 | 219447 | Avenis | USSB | freighter | 5,989 | Mar 1920 | later Delanson 1920, Exilona 1925, Sea Thrush 1937, torpedoed and lost 1942 |
24 | 620 | 219643 | Delanson | USSB | freighter | 5,990 | Mar 1920 | later Davenport 1920, Alcoa Shipper 1940, torpedoed and lost 1942 |
25 | 621 | 219858 | Assonet | USSB | freighter | 5,990 | May 1920 | later Evergreen City 1920, hulked 1934 |
26 | 622 | 219918 | Asnebanskit | USSB | freighter | 5,990 | June 1920 | later Waterbury 1920, torpedoed and lost 1942 |
27 | 623 | 219800 | Arizpa | USSB | freighter | 5,990 | Apr 1920 | scrapped 1948 |
28 | 624 | 219991 | Aranca | USSB | freighter | 5,990 | July 1920 | later Salaam 1920, Andrew Jackson 1940, torpedoed and lost 1942 |
29 | 625 | 220518 | Algic | USSB | freighter | 5,976 | Aug 1920 | later Mogotes 1947, Antartida 1958, scrapped 1960 |
30 | 626 | 220623 | Vaba | USSB | freighter | 5,976 | Sep 1920 | later Gateway City 1920, scrapped 1946 |
31 | 627 | 220520 | Yaka | USSB | freighter | 5,976 | Sep 1920 | torpedoed and lost 1942 |
32 | 628 | 220681 | Yakuskin | USSB | freighter | 5,976 | Oct 1920 | later Bonnie Brook 1920, scrapped 1938 |
33 | 629 | 220717 | Yapalaga | USSB | freighter | 5,976 | Oct 1920 | later Beauregard 1940, Mendelev 1945, scrapped 1970 |
34 | 630 | 220770 | Yalza | USSB | freighter | 5,976 | Nov 1920 | scrapped 1938 |
35 | 631 | 220807 | Wahcona | USSB | freighter | 5,976 | Dec 1920 | later Emergency Aid 1920, West Portal 1939, torpedoed and lost 1943 |
36 | 632 | 220878 | Wacosta | USSB | freighter | 5,976 | Dec 1920 | torpedoed and lost 1942 |
37 | 633 | 220945 | Nacata | USSB | freighter | 5,976 | Jan 1921 | hulked 1934 |
38 | 634 | 220989 | Naamhok | USSB | freighter | 5,976 | Jan 1921 | later Exarch 1938, Bienville 1937, bombed and lost 1942 |
39 | 635 | 221027 | Priapus | USSB | freighter | 5,976 | Feb 1921 | later Ala 1921, Black Condor 1935, Empire Lapwing 1941, Belgian Fighter 1942, torpedoed and lost 1942 |
40 | 636 | 221089 | Nautukka | USSB | freighter | 5,976 | Feb 1921 | later Arden 1921, scrapped 1938 |