Foundation Company ~ Shipbuilding History

Foundation Company

Savannah GA, Brunswick GA, Kearny/Newark NJ, New Orleans LA, Portland OR, Tacoma WA

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.

	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