Penn-Jersey Shipbuilding

Camden NJ

Penn-Jersey Shipbuilding was formed in March 1940 in the Cooper Point section of Camden, on the site at the north end of North 5th Street previously occupied by Camden Shipbuilding Company, which closed about ten years earlier. It barely lasted through the war, closing in June 1945 after delivering its last ship.

O/N Name Customer Type LDT LOA Delivered Notes
1 Panama Barracuda Panama Canal Comm. patrol launch 21 50 Feb 1941
2 Panama Albacore Panama Canal Comm. patrol launch 21 50 Feb 1941
3 USCG patrol launch 40 Mar 1941
4 USCG patrol launch 40 Mar 1941
5 USCG patrol launch 40 Mar 1941 for T/S American Sailor
6 USCG patrol launch 40 Mar 1941 for T/S American Seaman
7 General Construction lighter 60 1941
8 Firm (AM-98) US Navy minesweeper 295 174 10 Apr 1943 later PC-1602, sold 1948
9 Force (AM-99) US Navy minesweeper 295 174 16 Jun 1943 later PC-1603, kamikazied off Okinawa and lost 26-May-45
10 Elias D. Knight US Mar. Comm. freighter (N3) 2,900 257 Aug 1943 to USN as Enceladus (AK-80), sold 1964 for non-transportation use
11 William Lester US Mar. Comm. freighter (N3) 2,900 257 May 1943 to USN as Europa (AK-81), to USA 1943 as Thomas F. Farrell, Jr., scrapped 1967
12 Eben H. Linnell US Mar. Comm. freighter (N3) 2,900 257 May 1943 to USN as Hydra (AK-82), to USA 1943 as Madison Jordan Manchester, scrapped
13 258435 Asa Lothrop US Mar. Comm. freighter (N3) 2,900 257 Oct 1943 to Britain 1944 as BAK-1, returned 1947, scrapped 1967
14 260400 Laughlin McKay US Mar. Comm. freighter (N3) 2,900 257 Mar 1944 to Britain 1944 as BAK-2, returned 1947, sold 1950 as C-Trader, scrapped 1963
15 Oliver R. Mumford US Mar. Comm. freighter (N3) 2,900 257 Jan 1944 to USN as Media (AK-83), to USA 1944 as Glen Gerald Griswold, scrapped 1968
16 William Nott US Mar. Comm. freighter (N3) 2,900 257 Jan 1944 to USN as Mira (AK-84), to USA 1944 as Robert M. Every, Marine Wonderland in S.F.
17 261526 John L. Manson US Mar. Comm. freighter (N3) 2,900 257 Feb 1944 to Britain 1944 as BAK-3, returned 1947, sold 1951 as Alaska Cedar, wrecked 1962
18 261804 Nathaniel Matthews US Mar. Comm. freighter (N3) 2,900 257 May 1944 to Britain 1944 as BAK-4, returned 1947, sold 1951 as Alaska Spruce, Yuayaki, Glory I, sank 1977
19 Josiah Paul US Mar. Comm. freighter (N3) 2,900 257 Nov 1944 to USN as Nashira (AK-85), to USA 1944 as Richard R. Arnold, sold 1963
20 Sumner Pierce US Mar. Comm. freighter (N3) 2,900 257 Jan 1945 to USN as Norma (AK-86), to USA 1945 as Henry Wright Hurley, scrapped 1970
21 Moses Pike US Mar. Comm. freighter (N3) 2,900 257 Jan 1945 to USN as Sagitta (AK-87), to USA 1945 as Marvin Lyle Thomas, to USN 1952, to USA 1966 as Resource, scrapped 1976
22 Symmes Potter US Mar. Comm. freighter (N3) 2,900 257 Mar 1945 to USN as Tucana (AK-88), to USA 1945 as Arthur C. Ely, scrapped 1968
23 Charles A. Ranlett US Mar. Comm. freighter (N3) 2,900 257 May 1945 to USN as Vela (AK-89), to USA 1945 as Joe C. Sprecker, to USN 1952, scrapped 1971
24 PC-1221 US Navy subchaser 463 174 19 Apr 1944 sold 1948
25 PC-1222 US Navy subchaser 463 174 7 Jul 1944 sold 1947
26 PC-1223 US Navy subchaser 463 174 13 Nov 1944 sold 1948
27 PC-1224 US Navy subchaser 463 174 8 Jan 1945 to Mexico 1948 as GC-36
28 Western Maryland Railway 21 Western Maryland Railway car float 210 Mar 1945
29 Western Maryland Railway 22 Western Maryland Railway car float 210 Apr 1945

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