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

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