Virginia Shipbuilding
Alexandria VA
Most recent update: August 24, 2021.
Virginia Shipbuilding was started by C. W. Morse, of U.S. Steamship Co., who also started Groton Iron Works. The yard was at Jones Point, on Battery Cove, close to where the new Woodrow Wilson Bridge is. Its main office building is still there, as the Jones Point Army Reserve Center.
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USSB # | O/N | Name | Customer | Type | GT | Delivered | Notes | |
1 | 975 | 217973 | Gunston Hall | USSB | freighter | 6,182 | Aug 1919 | scrapped 1930 |
2 | 976 | 218707 | Betsy Bell | USSB | freighter | 6,182 | June 1919 | scrapped 1930 |
3 | 977 | 218886 | Vanada | USSB | freighter | 6,059 | Sep 1919 | scrapped 1930 |
4 | 978 | 219017 | Chancook/H. F. Morse | USSB/U.S. Transportation | freighter | 6,054 | Oct 1919 | scrapped 1930 |
5 | 979 | 219463 | Carratunk/E. A. Morse | USSB/U.S. Transportation | freighter | 6,059 | Aug 1919 | later Oakspring 1925, Stylianos Chandris 1938, mined and lost 1941 |
6 | 980 | 219689 | Boshbish/Clemence C. Morse | USSB/U.S. Transportation | freighter | 6,061 | Mar 1920 | later Oakman 1925, Empire Impala 1941, torpedoed and lost 1943 |
7 | 981 | 219842 | Bellyhoe/Jennie R. Morse | USSB/U.S. Transportation | freighter | 6,060 | Apr 1920 | later Oakpark 1925, scrapped 1935 |
8 | 982 | 220105 | Anna E. Morse | USSB/U.S. Transportation | freighter | 6,057 | July 1920 | later Oakridge 1925, Oregon 1928, torpedoed and lost 1942 |
9 | 983 | 220758 | Colin H. Livingstone | USSB/U.S. Transportation | freighter | 6,071 | Oct 1920 | later Oakwood 1925, Empire Moose 1941, torpedoed and lost 1940 |
10 | 984 | George M. Morse | USSB/U.S. Transportation | freighter | 6,000 | 1920 ? | later Oakhurst ? |