Oscar Daniels ~ Shipbuilding History

Oscar Daniels

Tampa FL

Oscar Daniels Shipbuilding was a subsidiary of Oscar Daniels Contractors & Engineers, of Chicago, which was run by a Norwegian immigrant originally named Oscar Danielsen. The yard closed in 1922 and the principals all moved back to Chicago. It was located at the inner end of the Ybor Channel, where International Ship Repair is today.

	USSB #	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	Delivered	Notes
1		219052	Yomachichi	USSB	freighter	5,866	Oct 1919	later Ocelot (IX-110) 1943, wrecked in Buckner Bay 1945
2		219401	Wilscox	USSB	freighter	5,926	Dec 1919	sunk as breakwater at Normandy 1944
3		219577	Tampa	USSB	freighter	5,948	Feb 1920	later Orvetta (IX-157) 1944, Tampa 1948, scrapped 1950
4		219690	Seminole	USSB	freighter	5,984	Apr 1920	later Seminole 1946, scrapped 1947
5		219940	Unicoi	USSB	freighter	5,926	Apr 1920	later Excelsior 1940, Unicoi 1942, scrapped 1947
6		219990	Manatee	USSB	freighter	5,948	July 1920	later Empire Waterhen 1940, breakwater at Normandy 1944, scrapped 1948
7		220420	Sawokla	USSB	freighter	5,984	Oct 1920	later Excellency 1940, Sawokla 1942, shelled and lost 1942
8		220677	City of Rayville	USSB	freighter	5,910	Dec 1920	mined and lost 1940
9		221006	City of Dalhart	USSB	freighter	5,841	Feb 1921	later IX-156, scrapped 1947
10		221007	City of Brunswick	USSB	freighter	5,841	May 1921	wrecked off Nova Scotia 1921
11		221618	T. J. Williams	Tidewater Oil	tanker	8,212	Sep 1921	torpedoed and lost 1941
12		221861	Byron D. Benson	Tidewater Oil	tanker	8,211	Jan 1922	torpedoed and lost 1942
13		220915	Lorraine D	Oscar Daniels Sbdg	tugboat	125	Feb 1922	later Lizzie D. Shaw, Lewis F Boyer, reefed off NJ 2001