Carolina Shipbuilding
Wilmington NC
Carolina Shipbuilding Company was built in 1918 by the George A. Fuller & Co. and other investors. Its President was Lorenzo Dilks, who had been manager of American Bridge and who is credited with the concept of prefabricating hull steel off-site. Carolina SB failed in 1919 and Fuller took over, completing the company's contracts and closing the yard in 1922.
USSB # | O/N | Name | Customer | Type | GT | Delivered | Notes | |
1446 | 1446 | 219203 | Cranford | USSB | freighter | 6,527 | Jan 1920 | torpedoed and lost 1942 |
1447 | 1447 | 219515 | City of Omaha | USSB | freighter | 6,527 | Mar 1920 | later Alba 1946, Fakira 1948, foundered 1955 |
1448 | 1448 | 219745 | City of Joliet | USSB | freighter | 6,501 | May 1920 | bombed by aircraft and lost 1942 |
1449 | 1449 | 219746 | Winston Salem | USSB | freighter | 6,527 | Apr 1920 | later La Guayra 1947, Maria Teresa G. 1949, Ticino 1950, Crea 1954, Rowena 1958, scrapped 1959 |
1450 | 1450 | 220053 | Nemaha | USSB | freighter | 6,501 | July 1920 | later Orlancho 1946, Chitre 1951, Tuira 1955, Winona 1956, Welly 1958, Younlly 1960, scrapped 1962 |
1451 | 1451 | 220347 | City of Fort Worth | USSB | freighter | 6,501 | Sep 1920 | scrapped 1938 |
1452 | 1452 | 220435 | Hybert | USSB | freighter | 6,501 | Sep 1920 | mined and lost off Iceland 1942 |
1453 | 1453 | 220583 | Syros | USSB | freighter | 6,501 | Nov 1920 | torpedoed and lost 1942 |
1454 | 1454 | Britain | San Lamberto | Eagle Oil Transport | freighter | 6,094 | Feb 1921 | completed privately as a tanker, scrapped 1936 |
1455 | 1455 | Britain | San Leon | Eagle Oil Transport | freighter | 6,115 | Mar 1921 | completed privately as a tanker, scrapped 1936 |