Foundation Company
Savannah Ga, Brunswick Ga, Kearny/newark Nj, New Orleans La, Portland Or, Tacoma WA
Most recent update: August 24, 2021.
The Foundation Company was a construction company headed by Franklin Remington, who came from the Remington firearms company and who also started the Remington typewriter business. His war effort was focused on building wooden ships that could provide food for the French, but many were incomplete when the war ended and were scrapped in the 1920s.
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USSB # | O/N | Name | Customer | Type | Tons | Built | Notes | |
Built in Savannah GA (where the port's facilities are today) | ||||||||
1 | 221864 | Bouvines | French Navy | trawler | 684 | Feb 1919 | later M. L. Hanahan 1922, Haiti 1926, foundered 1928 | |
2 | 219743 | Valmy | French Navy | trawler | 684 | Feb 1919 | later Coot 1920, L'Algeroise 1940, scrapped 1945 | |
3 | 220891 | Jemmapes | French Navy | trawler | 684 | Apr 1919 | later Blue Point 1921, Princeton 1928, Foam 1938, sunk by gunfire 1942 | |
4 | 219667 | Lodi | French Navy | trawler | 684 | Apr 1919 | later Tern 1920, scrapped 1939 | |
5 | 219694 | Austerlitz | French Navy | trawler | 684 | June 1919 | later Loon 1920, La Sablaise 1940, scrapped 1946 | |
6 | Marengo | French Navy | trawler | 684 | July 1919 | later Ulm 1923, Portugal I 1925, Emilia Primeiro 1935, Sunrise 1940, Force 1947, capsized and sank 1957 | ||
7 | Fleurus | French Navy | trawler | 684 | Aug 1919 | later Thorodd 1935, foundered 1955 | ||
8 | 227975 | Magenta | French Navy | trawler | 684 | Aug 1919 | later Angel De La Paz 1926, Gale 1929, scuttled 1937 | |
9 | Solferino | French Navy | trawler | 684 | Aug 1919 | later Hans Van Pritzbuer 1924, wrecked 1925 | ||
10 | Montenotte | French Navy | trawler | 684 | Aug 1919 | later Mimina 1925, in collision and sank 1944 | ||
11 | 219681 | Mondovi | French Navy | trawler | 684 | Aug 1919 | later Sheldrake 1920, scrapped 1939 | |
12 | 227162 | Hondschoote | French Navy | trawler | 684 | Aug 1919 | later Bois Des Buttes 1920, Breeze 1930, Kennebec 1938, La Quimperoise 1940, scuttled 1945 | |
13 | Wattignies | French Navy | trawler | 684 | Aug 1919 | later Bois Des Caures 1920, Honora 1926, wrecked 1933 | ||
14 | 219444 | Castiglione | French Navy | trawler | 684 | Aug 1919 | later Wild Goose 1920, scrapped 1939 | |
15 | Bassano | French Navy | trawler | 684 | Aug 1919 | later Lou Pescadou 1928, deleted 1937 | ||
16 | 219678 | Arcole | French Navy | trawler | 684 | Aug 1919 | later Snipe 1920, wrecked 1923 | |
17 | 219679 | Lonato | French Navy | trawler | 684 | Aug 1919 | later Plover 1920, La Cherbourgeoise 1940, scuttled 1940 | |
18 | Montebello | French Navy | trawler | 684 | Aug 1919 | later De Lanessan 1924, last trace 1941 | ||
19 | 219827 | Hohenlinden | French Navy | trawler | 684 | Aug 1919 | later Grebe 1920, Acadie, Acadien, deleted 1950 | |
20 | 219623 | Tilisit | French Navy | trawler | 684 | Aug 1919 | later Heron 1920, Digit 1940, Eirik Jall 1946, scrapped 1955 | |
21 | 221906 | Eckmuhl | French Navy | trawler | 684 | Aug 1919 | later Lexington 1933, Penobscot (AMc-4) 1938, Goshawk (AM-79) 1940, Bering Sea 1946 | |
22 | 219617 | Poitiers | French Navy | trawler | 684 | Aug 1919 | later Brant 1920, Oranaise 1940, scrapped 1950 | |
23 | 219744 | Isly | French Navy | trawler | 684 | Sep 1919 | later Osprey 1920, deleted 1939 | |
24 | 219415 | Marignan | French Navy | trawler | 684 | Sep 1919 | later Teal 1920, Wulkan 1940, deleted 1961 | |
25 | 219380 | Auerstaedt | French Navy | trawler | 684 | Sep 1919 | later Widgeon 1920, scrapped 1939 | |
26 | 219411 | Rocroi | French Navy | trawler | 684 | Sep 1919 | later Curlew 1920, Panorama 1940, Wulkania1946, deleted 1961 | |
27 | 219306 | Sambre-et-Meuse | French Navy | trawler | 684 | Sep 1919 | later Kingfisher 1920, Luminary 1940, Anastasios L. 1946, Alkimos, Raphael, Mariner 1969, scrapped 1972 | |
28 | 221905 | Dego | French Navy | trawler | 684 | Sep 1919 | later Sea 1926, scrapped 1948 | |
Built in Brunswick GA | ||||||||
218094 | Commissioner | tugboat | 272 | 1918 | ||||
Hilda Rachel | USSB | freighter | 1,923 | Mar 1919 | burned 1920 | |||
Built in Kearny/Newark NJ | ||||||||
216621 | Accoma | USSB | freighter | 2,551 | Aug 1918 | wrecked 19 | ||
216679 | Coyote | USSB | freighter | 2,551 | Aug 1918 | wrecked 1923 | ||
216836 | Coweta | USSB | freighter | 2,551 | Sep 1918 | scrapped 1922 | ||
216889 | Alanthus | USSB | freighter | 2,551 | Oct 1918 | scrapped 1922 | ||
216888 | Congaree | USSB | freighter | 2,551 | Oct 1918 | scrapped 1924 | ||
217156 | Bugaya | USSB | freighter | 2,551 | Mar 1919 | scrapped 1922 | ||
216980 | Bologan | USSB | freighter | 2,551 | May 1919 | scrapped 1923 | ||
217386 | Acrema | USSB | freighter | 2,551 | July 1919 | scrapped 1923 | ||
217157 | Folsom | USSB | freighter | 2,551 | July 1919 | scrapped 1923 | ||
217158 | Tolo | USSB | freighter | 2,551 | Oct 1919 | scrapped 1922 | ||
AFD 30 | US Navy | drydock | 800 | Feb 1943 | scrapped 1979 | |||
AFD 31 | US Navy | drydock | 800 | Dec 1943 | later YFD-83, to US Coast Guard 1947 | |||
AFD 32 | US Navy | drydock | 800 | June 1944 | ||||
AFD 33 | US Navy | drydock | 800 | Oct 1944 | to Peru 1959 as AFD 106 | |||
Built in New Orleans LA (on the Industrial Canal) | ||||||||
1 | Cauchy | French Govt. | freighter | 2,636 | July 1920 | scrapped 1924 | ||
2 | Lagrange | French Govt. | freighter | 2,636 | July 1920 | scrapped 1924 | ||
3 | Laplace | French Govt. | freighter | 2,636 | Aug 1920 | scrapped 1925 | ||
4 | Poinsot | French Govt. | freighter | 2,636 | Aug 1920 | scrapped 1923 | ||
5 | Poncelet | French Govt. | freighter | 2,636 | Sep 1920 | scrapped 1923 | ||
Built in Portland or (between 2700 and 2900 N.W. Front Street) | ||||||||
Capitaine Remy | French Govt. | freighter | 2,144 | June 1918 | wrecked 1920 | |||
Capitaine Guynemer | French Govt. | freighter | 2,144 | July 1918 | scrapped 1926 | |||
Commandant Roisin | French Govt. | freighter | 2,144 | July 1918 | scrapped 1923 | |||
Lieutenant Delorme | French Govt. | freighter | 2,142 | July 1918 | scrapped 1923 | |||
Adjudant Dorme | French Govt. | freighter | 2,504 | Aug 1918 | scrapped 1923 | |||
Commandant Challes | French Govt. | freighter | 2,118 | Aug 1918 | scrapped 1923 | |||
Lieutenant Granier | French Govt. | freighter | 2,038 | Aug 1918 | scrapped 1925 | |||
Lieutenant Pegoud | French Govt. | freighter | 2,114 | Aug 1918 | scrapped 1922 | |||
Capitaine de Beauchamp | French Govt. | freighter | 2,142 | Sep 1918 | scrapped 1923 | |||
Commandant de Rose | French Govt. | freighter | 2,142 | Sep 1918 | scrapped 1923 | |||
Aviateur de Terlines | French Govt. | freighter | 2,038 | Oct 1918 | burned 1922 | |||
Colonel Driant | French Govt. | freighter | 2,117 | Oct 1918 | scrapped 1924 | |||
General Baratier | French Govt. | freighter | 2,114 | Oct 1918 | scrapped 1924 | |||
General Serret | French Govt. | freighter | 2,117 | Oct 1918 | scrapped 1926 | |||
224628 | Nancy | French Govt. | freighter | 2,142 | Oct 1918 | wrecked 1927 | ||
Belfort | French Govt. | freighter | 2,142 | Nov 1918 | scrapped 1924 | |||
General Gallieni | French Govt. | freighter | 2,177 | Dec 1918 | scrapped 1923 | |||
General Manoury | French Govt. | freighter | 2,177 | Dec 1918 | scrapped 1924 | |||
Luneville | French Govt. | freighter | 2,117 | Dec 1918 | scrapped 1925 | |||
Soissons | French Govt. | freighter | 2,117 | Dec 1918 | scrapped 1925 | |||
Built in Tacoma WA (on the Hylebos Waterway) | ||||||||
Gerbeviller | French Govt. | freighter | 2,032 | June 1918 | scrapped 1931 | |||
Dannemarie | French Govt. | freighter | 2,022 | July 1918 | scrapped 1923 | |||
Roye | French Govt. | freighter | 2,032 | July 1918 | burned 1920 | |||
Noyon | French Govt. | freighter | 2,142 | July 1918 | scrapped 1925 | |||
Dunkerque | French Govt. | freighter | 2,131 | Aug 1918 | scrapped 1923 | |||
Reims | French Govt. | freighter | 2,142 | Aug 1918 | scrapped 1924 | |||
Vimy | French Govt. | freighter | 2,020 | Aug 1918 | scrapped 1923 | |||
Amiens | French Govt. | freighter | 2,142 | Sep 1918 | scrapped 1924 | |||
Democratie | French Govt. | freighter | 2,142 | Sep 1918 | scrapped 1924 | |||
Souchez | French Govt. | freighter | 2,142 | Sep 1918 | scrapped 1924 | |||
223311 | Thann | French Govt. | freighter | 2,102 | Sep 1918 | foundered 1926 | ||
Toul | French Govt. | freighter | 2,038 | Sep 1918 | scrapped 1923 | |||
Fraternite | French Govt. | freighter | 2,136 | Oct 1918 | wrecked 19 | |||
Republique | French Govt. | freighter | 2,035 | Oct 1918 | wrecked 1924 | |||
Verite | French Govt. | freighter | 2,142 | Oct 1918 | scrapped 1925 | |||
Egalite | French Govt. | freighter | 2,142 | Nov 1918 | wrecked 1923 | |||
Givenchy | French Govt. | freighter | 2,031 | Dec 1918 | scrapped 1923 | |||
Justice | French Govt. | freighter | 2,133 | Dec 1918 | scrapped 1926 | |||
Liberte | French Govt. | freighter | 2,135 | Dec 1918 | scrapped 1923 | |||
Vailly | French Govt. | freighter | 2,142 | Dec 1918 | burned 1924 | |||
223102 | One of the above | French Govt. | freighter | 1,983 | 1918 | later Robin Hood |