Mobile Shipbuilding ~ Shipbuilding History

Mobile Shipbuilding

Mobile AL

I can find little about the Mobile Shipbuilding Company. It appears to have been located at the foot of Virginia Avenue, where the State Container Terminal is now, so it is probably the facility that in WWII was ADDSCO's "Lower Yard".

	USSB #	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	Delivered	Notes
1	310	217137	Balino	USSB	freighter	2,552	Oct 1918	Composite hull, scrapped 1925
2	311	217280	Morganza	USSB	freighter	2,469	Dec 1918	Composite hull, scrapped 1924
3	312	217368	Balosaro	USSB	freighter	2,469	Jan 1919	Composite hull, scrapped 1925
4	313	217369	Dalgada	USSB	freighter	2,469	Feb 1919	Composite hull, scrapped 1925
5	314	217652	Obak	USSB	freighter	2,469	Apr 1919	Composite hull, scrapped 1923
6	315	217651	Oyska	USSB	freighter	2,469	May 1919	Composite hull, scrapped 1924
7	653	218916	Moshico	USSB	freighter	3,545	Dec 1919	later Margaret Lykes 1928, Athamas II 1946, Lago Rosa 1948, Piauhy 1952, scrapped 1966
8	654	219521	Minooka	USSB	freighter	3,545	Feb 1920	later Point San Pablo 1929, Pakistan Pioneer 1950, Asiatic 1853, Antimar 1954, Philippine Merchant 1955, wrecked off Manila 1957
9	655	219741	Hutchinson	USSB	freighter	3,545	May 1920	later Peter Helms 1929, Maria G. 1947, Pam 1955, scrapped 1958
10	656	219833	Oklahoma City	USSB	freighter	3,545	June 1920	later Nosa Prince 1929, Chipana 1935, Eidsli 1947, Naty 1950, scrapped 1959
11	657	220019	Capital of Nebraska	USSB	freighter	3,545	July 1920	later Nosa King 1929, Chincha 1935, Stanley A. Griffiths 1937, Frej 1947, San Gervasio 1957, Fiorella 1963, Nickelina S. 1965, scrapped 1967
12	658	220490	Houston	USSB	freighter	3,545	Aug 1920	later Point San Pedro 1929, Hai Chen 1946, scrapped 1960
13	1237	220116	City of Lordsburg	USSB	freighter	3,545	Sep 1920	later James Griffiths 1926, Lian Hsin 1946, Transafrica 1950, Pakistan Promoter 1952, scrapped 1953
14	1238	220489	Atlanta of Texas	USSB	freighter	3,545	Oct 1920	later Nosa Queen 1929, Curaca 1935, Eidsbu 1947, Nica 1950, burned and lost 1954