Terry Shipbuilding

Savannah GA

Terry Shipbuilding was started in 1916 by Edward Terry, of Terry & Tench, a major construction company based in New York. The yard was on 100 acres of land at the north end of the Port Wentworth district of Savannah, where the sewage plant is now, and apparently had 16 building ways. It started off with contracts to build 20 composite cargo ships - wooden hulls with steel framing - and 10 steel tankers, but had only built six cargo ships and five tankers when the war ended. Concurrently Terry & Tench operated a yard at Long Island City, New York which built 20 steel barges and 12 steel tankers for use on the New York State Barge Canal. See its record here. The facility was reactivated in WWII by McEvoy Shipbuilding and built seven concrete tank barges for MARCOM.

USSB # O/N Name Customer Type GT Delivered Notes
63 217339 Oglethorpe USSB freighter 2,492 May 1919 composite ship, scrapped 1925
64 217724 Baganito USSB freighter 2,445 Aug 1919 composite ship, scrapped 1925
65 218154 Battonville USSB freighter 2,440 Aug 1919 composite ship, scrapped 1925
66 217991 Borad USSB freighter 2,441 Aug 1919 composite ship, scrapped 1925
67 219181 Tuwetanka USSB freighter 2,440 Sep 1919 composite ship, scrapped 1925
68 217118 Quinnesco USSB freighter 2,445 Sep 1919 composite ship, scrapped 1925
111 1392 219899 Darden USSB tanker 5,189 May 1920 later Elizabeth Kellog 1929, torpedoed and lost 1942
112 1393 220335 Dartford USSB tanker 5,186 July 1920 later E. J. Nicklos 1929, Paco 1937, scrapped 1948
113 1394 220606 Gladysbe USSB tanker 5,186 Sep 1920 later Gertrude Kellog 1929, scrapped 1946
114 1395 220732 Lilmae USSB tanker 5,186 Oct 1920 later Chilsco 1927, Munger T. Ball 1935, torpedoed and lost 1942
115 1396 220860 Pearldon USSB tanker 5,186 Dec 1920 later W. D. Anderson 1923, J. J. Coney 1935, San Moritz 1947, scrapped 1955

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