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Charleston Naval Shipyard

Charleston SC

Most recent update: December 11, 2011.

Charleston Naval Shipyard was established in 1901 and closed in 1996. The big docks were leased to Detyens Shipyards, which still operates them. Visit Detyens here and see the shipyard from the air on Google here.

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Name Type Tons Delivered Notes
YA-29 ash lighter 30 1910 destroyed 1947
YM-9 dredge 1913 to MARAD 1948
Pee Dee snag boat 1913
Wateree snag boat 1913
YC-294 open lighter 170 1914 later YR-21
YC-295 open lighter 170 1914 later YFN-253
YC-296 open lighter 170 1916 later YPD-18
YSD-1 seaplane derrick 1916 ex-Floating Derrick No. 28
Brunswick tender 1916
YFB-10 Wave ferry 31 Aug 2016
AT-17 Wando tugboat 575 3 Apr 2017 later YT-123 1936, then YTB-123, struck 1946
SC-106 subchaser 31 Dec 2017 sold 1921
SC-107 subchaser 19 Jan 2018 sold 1921
SC-108 subchaser 12 Feb 2018 to USA 1919
SC-109 subchaser 12 Feb 2018 sold 1921
SC-110 subchaser 30 Mar 2018 sold 1921
SC-111 subchaser 30 Mar 2018 sold 1921
SC-112 subchaser 22 Apr 2018 sold 1921
SC-113 subchaser 3 May 2018 sold 1921
YT-46 tugboat 215 29 Apr 2019 sold in the 1920s
YT-47 tugboat 215 24 Apr 2019 sold in the 1920s
YC-534 coal barge 170 1919
YC-535 coal barge 170 12 Nov 2019
YE-31 ammunition barge 21 May 2019
PG-21 Asheville gunboat 1,575 6 Jul 2020 sunk by Japanese gunfire south of Java 1942
PG-22 Tulsa gunboat 1,575 3 Dec 1923 later Tacloban 1944, scrapped 1948
DD-135 Tillman destroyer 1,090 30 Apr 2021 to Britain 1940 as HMS Wells (I-95), scrapped 1946
YO-40 fuel barge 10 Dec 1928
YO-43 fuel barge 10 Dec 1928
YG-13 garbage barge 45 29 Aug 1929
YG-14 garbage barge 45 29 Aug 1929 later YGN 14, disposed-of 1947
YSD-10 seaplane derrick 240 1933
YSD-12 seaplane derrick 240 1933
YSD-13 seaplane derrick 240 1933 scrapped 1994
YSD-16 seaplane derrick 240 1933
WYT-86 Calumet tugboat 290 3 Dec 1934 sold 1968
WYT-88 Navesink tugboat 290 5 Jan 1935 sold 1970
WYT-89 Tuckahoe tugboat 290 30 Jan 1935 donated 1969
PG-51 Charleston gunboat 2,000 8 Jul 1936 to Mass. Maritime Academy 1948
WPG-31 Bibb gunboat 2,750 10 Mar 1937 scuttled 1987
YT-129 Osceola tugboat 222 1 Jun 1938 later YTM-129, scrapped 1973
YT-131 Massasoit tugboat 222 1939 later YTM-131, scrapped 1973
YT-132 tugboat 222 1938 later YTM-132, to France 1944 as Monette
YT-141 Heekon tugboat 325 22 Mar 1940 sold 1963 as Philip Steers, Catherine McAllister, Muheet
YT-143 tugboat 70 1940 later YTL-143, to France 1945 as Pinson, condemned 1957
YT-144 tugboat 70 1940 later YTL-144, sold as Rodney J. Casho 1966, Capt. Connor 1998
YCF-13 car float 174 1940 disposed-of 1946
DD-407 Sterett destroyer 1,500 15 Aug 1939 scrapped 1948
DD-418 Roe destroyer 1,620 5 Jan 1940 sold 1947
DD-427 Hilary P. Jones destroyer 1,620 6 Sep 1940 to Taiwan 1954 as Han Yan (DD-15)
DD-435 Grayson destroyer 1,620 14 Feb 1941 scrapped 1972
DD-443 Swanson destroyer 1,620 29 May 1941 scrapped 1972
DD-444 Ingraham destroyer 1,620 17 Jul 1941 sunk in collision off Nova Scotia 1942
DD-463 Corry destroyer 1,620 18 Dec 1941 sunk by mine off Utah Beach 1944
DD-464 Hobson destroyer 1,620 22 Jan 1942 DMS-26; sunk 1952
DD-640 Beatty destroyer 1,620 7 May 1942 sunk by German aircraft off Algeria 1943
DD-641 Tillman destroyer 1,620 4 Jun 1942 scrapped 1972
DD-477 Pringle destroyer 2,050 15 Sep 1942 sunk by kamikaze off Okinawa 1945
DD-478 Stanly destroyer 2,050 15 Oct 1942 scrapped 1971
DD-479 Stevens destroyer 2,050 1 Feb 1943 scrapped 1973
DD-587 Bell destroyer 2,050 4 Mar 1943 sunk as target 1975
DD-588 Burns destroyer 2,050 3 Apr 1943 sunk as target 1974
DD-589 Izard destroyer 2,050 15 May 1943 scrapped 1970
DD-590 Paul Hamilton destroyer 2,050 25 Oct 1943 scrapped 1970
DD-591 Twiggs destroyer 2,050 4 Nov 1943 sunk by Japanese aircraft off Okinawa 1945
DD-649 Albert W. Grant destroyer 2,050 24 Nov 1943 scrapped 1972
DD-665 Bryant destroyer 2,050 4 Dec 1943 sunk as target 1969
LST-353 landing ship, tank 1,625 27 Nov 1942 CTL-1944 in Pearl Harbor
LST-354 landing ship, tank 1,625 27 Nov 1942 scrapped 1948
LST-355 landing ship, tank 1,625 22 Dec 1942 sold for scrap 1948 but may be in China
YSD-21 seaplane derrick 240 1941 sold 1975
YSD-28 seaplane derrick 240 1941
YSD-33 seaplane derrick 240 1943 scrapped 1974
YSD-34 seaplane derrick 240 1943 scrapped 1979
YSD-59 seaplane derrick 240 1943 to USACE as Merritt
LST-356 Bledsoe County landing ship 1,625 22 Dec 1942 to Indonesia 1970 as Teluk Tomini (L-508), scrapped 2011
LST-357 landing ship 1,625 8 Feb 1943 scrapped 1947
LST-358 landing ship 1,625 8 Feb 1943 to Britain, scrapped 1947
LST-359 landing ship 1,625 9 Feb 1943 lost 1944 off Gibraltar
LST-360 landing ship 1,625 9 Feb 1943 to Britain, scrapped 1947
DE-199 Manning destroyer escort 1,400 1 Oct 1943 scrapped 1969
DE-200 Neuendorf destroyer escort 1,400 18 Oct 1943 sunk as target 1967
DE-201 James E. Craig destroyer escort 1,400 1 Nov 1943 sunk as target 1969
DE-202 Eichenberger destroyer escort 1,400 17 Nov 1943 scrapped 1973
DE-203 Thomason destroyer escort 1,400 10 Dec 1943 scrapped 1969
DE-204 Jordan destroyer escort 1,400 17 Dec 1943 scrapped 1947
DE-205 Newman destroyer escort 1,400 26 Nov 1943 APD-59, scrapped 1966
DE-206 Liddle destroyer escort 1,400 6 Dec 1943 APD-60, scrapped 1968
DE-207 Kephart destroyer escort 1,400 7 Jan 1944 APD-61, to Korea as Kyong Puk 1967, struck 1985
DE-208 Cofer destroyer escort 1,400 19 Jan 1944 APD-62, scrapped 1968
DE-209 Lloyd destroyer escort 1,400 11 Feb 1944 APD-63, scrapped 1968
DE-210 Otter destroyer escort 1,400 21 Feb 1944 sunk as target 1970
DE-211 Joseph C. Hubbard destroyer escort 1,400 6 Mar 1944 APD-53, scrapped 1968
DE-212 Hayter destroyer escort 1,400 16 Mar 1944 APD-80, to Korea as Jon Nam 1967, struck 1986
DE-213 William T. Powell destroyer escort 1,400 28 Mar 1944 scrapped 1966
DE-230 Chaffee destroyer escort 1,400 9 May 1944 scrapped 1948
DE-231 Hodges destroyer escort 1,400 27 May 1944 scrapped 1973
DE-232 Kinzer destroyer escort 1,400 1 Nov 1944 APD-91, to Taiwan as Yu Shan 1965
DE-233 Register destroyer escort 1,400 11 Jan 1945 APD-92, to Taiwan as Tai Shan 1966, struck 1991
DE-234 Brock destroyer escort 1,400 9 Feb 1945 APD-93, to Colombia as power barge 1962
DE-235 John Q. Roberts destroyer escort 1,400 8 Mar 1945 APD-94, scrapped 1961
DE-236 William M. Hobby destroyer escort 1,400 4 Apr 1945 APD-95, to Korea as Chi Ju 1967, struck 1989
DE-237 Ray K. Edwards destroyer escort 1,400 11 Jun 1945 APD-96, scrapped 1961
DE-281 Arthur L. Bristol destroyer escort 1,400 25 Jun 1945 APD-97, scrapped 1965
DE-282 Truxton destroyer escort 1,400 9 Jul 1945 APD-98, to Taiwan as Fu Shan 1966
DE-283 Upham destroyer escort 1,400 23 Jul 1945 APD-99, to Colombia as power barge 1962
LSM-126 landing ship 520 28 Apr 1944 sold to A. G. Schoonmaker 1946 for scrapping
LSM-127 landing ship 520 28 Apr 1944 sold to Southeastern Pipeline 1948
LSM-128 landing ship 520 13 May 1944 sold to Margaret A. Turner 1948
LSM-129 landing ship 520 13 May 1944 sold to Platzer BW 1947
LSM-130 landing ship 520 20 May 1944 sold to National Metal 1946 for scrapping
LSM-131 landing ship 520 20 May 1944 sold to Hughes Bros. 1947, converted to barge
LSM-132 landing ship 520 22 May 1944 sold to L. Chenman 1948
LSM-133 landing ship 520 22 May 1944 sold to Eliseo Vila 1948
LSM-134 landing ship 520 31 May 1944 sold 1947, converted to barge ABCO Tampa
LSM-135 landing ship 520 31 May 1944 sunk off Okinawa 25-May-45
LSM-136 landing ship 520 30 May 1944 sold to National Metal 1946 for scrapping
LSM-137 landing ship 520 30 May 1944 sunk by typhoon in Buckner Bay 9-Oct-45
LSM-138 landing ship 520 10 Jun 1944 sold to JeffBoat 1947
LSM-139 landing ship 520 10 Jun 1944 sold to Dica Inc. 1948
LSM-140 landing ship 520 22 Jun 1944 sold to Harbour Towing 1948
LSM-141 landing ship 520 22 Jun 1944 sold to National Metal 1946 for scrapping
LSM-142 landing ship 520 30 Jun 1944 scuttled off Guam 14-Sep-46
LSM-143 landing ship 520 30 Jun 1944 sold to Elliott Chemical 1947
LSM-144 landing ship 520 12 Jun 1944 sold to J. D. Achapiro 1946
LSM-145 landing ship 520 12 Jun 1944 sold to J. C. Berkwit Co. 1947, converted to barge
LSM-146 landing ship 520 17 Jun 1944 to China 1948
LSM-147 landing ship 520 17 Jun 1944 to China 1948
LSM-148 landing ship 520 8 Jul 1944 sold to Ming Sung Industrial 1946
LSM-149 landing ship 520 8 Jul 1944 wrecked at Sansapur, New Guinea, 15-Apr-45
LSM-150 landing ship 520 15 Jul 1944 sold to Mech. Eqpmt. Co. 1946
LSM-151 landing ship 520 16 Jul 1944 scuttled off Guam 31-Mar-47
LSM-152 landing ship 520 22 Jul 1944 sold to Georgia Marine Salvage 1947
LSM-153 landing ship 520 22 Jul 1944 to China 1946, seized by PRC 1949
LSM-154 landing ship 520 22 Jul 1944 to China 1948
LSM-155 landing ship 520 26 Jul 1944 to China 1946, to Taiwan 1949 as Mei Cheng (LSM-649)
LSM-156 landing ship 520 8 Aug 1944 sold to Georgia Marine 1947 for scrapping
LSM-157 landing ship 520 8 Aug 1944 to China 1946, to Taiwan 1949 as Mei Lo, sunk 1958 off Qemoy I.
LSM-158 landing ship 520 31 Jul 1944 sold to G. Martinez 1948
LSM-159 landing ship 520 31 Jul 1944 to China 1948
LSM-160 landing ship 520 16 Aug 1944 sold to Ship Supply Corp. 1958, converted to barge
LSM-161 landing ship 520 16 Aug 1944 later Kodiak 1959, struck 1965, sold to Tien Hsin Hong 1972 for scrapping
LSM-162 landing ship 520 22 Aug 1944 sold to Martinolich SB 1948
LSM-163 landing ship 520 22 Aug 1944 sold to New Orleans Shipwrecking 1948
LSM-164 landing ship 520 26 Aug 1944 sold to A. G. Schoonmaker 1946 for scrapping
LSM-165 landing ship 520 26 Aug 1944 struck 1947
LSM-166 landing ship 520 31 Aug 1944 sold to Mechanical Eqpmt. 1947, converted to barge
LSM-167 landing ship 520 31 Aug 1944 sold to Foss 1958, converted to barge
LSM-168 landing ship 520 7 Sep 1944 sold to Hugo Neu 1958, converted to barge
LSM-169 landing ship 520 7 Sep 1944 struck a mine off Mariveles 15-Feb-45, scuttled off Subic Bay 1946
LSM-170 landing ship 520 14 Sep 1944 sold to LSS Marine 1946
LSM-171 landing ship 520 14 Sep 1944 scuttled off Subic Bay 1948
LSM-172 landing ship 520 20 Sep 1944 sold to Paul P. Noyes 1948
LSM-173 landing ship 520 20 Sep 1944 sold to Charles Zubik 1947
LSM-174 landing ship 520 25 Sep 1944 sold to C. T. Smith 1948
LSM-175 landing ship 520 25 Sep 1944 to Vietnam 1961 as Huong Giang (HQ-404), to the Philippines 1975 as Batanes (LP-65), scrapped 1985
LSM-176 landing ship 520 30 Sep 1944 sold to A. G. Schoonmaker 1946 for scrapping
LSM-177 landing ship 520 30 Sep 1944 sold to Platzer BW 1947
LSM-178 landing ship 520 5 Oct 1944 sold to J. & S. Chotin 1947
LSM-179 landing ship 520 5 Oct 1944 sold to Ben Bendixson 1948
LSM-180 landing ship 520 10 Oct 1944 sold to Dravo 1947
LSM-181 landing ship 520 10 Oct 1944 sold to Mechanical Eqpmt. 1947, converted to barge
LSM-182 landing ship 520 14 Oct 1944 sold to Bauer-Smith Dredging 1947
LSM-183 landing ship 520 14 Oct 1944 sold to C. B. Cruso 1947
LSM-184 landing ship 520 20 Oct 1944 sold to New Orleans Shipwrecking 1948
LSM-185 landing ship 520 20 Oct 1944 sold to Basalt Rock Co. 1948
LSM-186 landing ship 520 25 Oct 1944 sold to Basalt Rock Co. 1948
LSM-187 landing ship 520 25 Oct 1944 sold to Capitol Salvage 1947, Jacques Gravel 1948, to Canadian Dredge 1960, scrapped 1977
LSM(R)-188 landing ship 520 15 Nov 1944 sold to National Metal 1948, for scrapping
LSM(R)-189 landing ship 520 15 Nov 1944 sold to National Metal 1948, for scrapping
LSM(R)-190 landing ship 520 23 Nov 1944 sunk off Okinawa 4-May-45
LSM(R)-191 landing ship 520 21 Nov 1944 sold to R. J. McCallum 1948, converted to barge
LSM(R)-192 landing ship 520 21 Nov 1944 sold to Maritime Transport & Trading 1948, scrapped 1963
LSM(R)-193 landing ship 520 21 Nov 1944 sold to R. J. McCallum 1948, converted to barge
LSM(R)-194 landing ship 520 21 Nov 1944 sunk off Okinawa 4-May-45
LSM(R)-195 landing ship 520 21 Nov 1944 sunk off Okinawa 4-May-45
LSM(R)-196 landing ship 520 8 Dec 1944 sold to A. G. Schoonmaker 1947 for scrapping
LSM(R)-197 landing ship 520 8 Dec 1944 sold to Robert W. Erbacher 1948
LSM(R)-198 landing ship 520 12 Dec 1944 sold to National Metal 1948, for scrapping
LSM(R)-199 landing ship 520 12 Dec 1944 sold to Maritime Transport & Trading 1948
LSM-200 landing ship 520 11 Dec 1944 sold to Paul E. McDaniel 1958
LSM-295 landing ship 520 11 Dec 1944 to Chile 1947 as Aspirante Isaza, scrapped 1971
LSM-296 landing ship 520 18 Dec 1944 sold to Schnitzer Steel 1960 for scrapping
LSM-297 landing ship 520 18 Dec 1944 sold to Western Contracting 1958, converted to barge
LSM-298 landing ship 520 26 Dec 1944 sold to Hatch & Kirk 1960
LSM-299 landing ship 520 26 Dec 1944 sold, converted to barge
LSM-300 landing ship 520 1 Jan 1945 sold to Kent Line 1958
LSM-301 landing ship 520 1 Jan 1945 to Greece 1953 as Aktion (N-04), MMC 6 1960, scrapped 2000
LSM-302 landing ship 520 6 Jan 1945 sold to T. & H. Jordan 1947
LSM-303 landing ship 520 6 Jan 1945 to Greece 1953 as Amvrakia (N-05), MMC 7 1960, scrapped 2002
LSM-304 landing ship 520 11 Jan 1945 sold to Alfredo Lizano 1958
LSM-305 landing ship 520 11 Jan 1945 sold to Paul E. McDaniel 1958, converted to barge
LSM-306 landing ship 520 16 Jan 1945 sold to Al Epstein 1958
LSM-307 landing ship 520 16 Jan 1945 sold to Mechanical Eqpmt. 1947
LSM-308 landing ship 520 22 Jan 1945 to China 1946
LSM-309 landing ship 520 22 Jan 1945 sold to Norfolk, Baltimore Line 1958
LSM-389 landing ship 520 31 Jan 1945 sold to Fleet Storage 1958
LSM-390 landing ship 520 31 Jan 1945 to Denmark 1954 as Beskytteren (N-60), MMC 8 1960, returned and sold 1965
LSM-391 landing ship 520 8 Feb 1945 to China 1946, seized by PRC 1949
LSM-392 landing ship 520 8 Feb 1945 to Denmark 1954 as Vindhunden (N-61), MMC 9 1960, returned and sold 1965
LSM-393 landing ship 520 12 Mar 1945 to China 1946
LSM-394 landing ship 520 12 Mar 1945 sold to Gibbs Corp. 1958
LSM-395 landing ship 520 24 Mar 1945 sold to Walker Diesel 1961
LSM-396 landing ship 520 24 Mar 1945 to Peru 1959 as Lomas (LSM-145), scrapped 1985
LSM-397 landing ship 520 30 Jul 1945 sold to Ships Inc. 1958
LSM-398 landing ship 520 6 Aug 1945 Hunting (AG-398) 1957, sold to Comm'l. Mfg. 1963, scrapped 1980
LSM-399 landing ship 520 13 Aug 1945 to Greece 1958 as Ipopliarkhos Roussen (L-164), scrapped
LSM-400 landing ship 520 20 Aug 1945 to Chile 1947 as Aspirante Goycolea (LSM-33), YON-140 1967, scrapped 1973
LSM(R)-401 landing ship 520 7 Apr 1945 later Big Black River 1955, LFR 401 1969, sold for scrap 1973
LSM(R)-402 landing ship 520 16 Apr 1945 later Big Horn River 1955, sold to Pacific Towboat 1960, converted to barge
LSM(R)-403 landing ship 520 25 Apr 1945 later Blackstone River 1955, sold to Riedel Int'l. 1960, converted to barge, scrapped 1989
LSM(R)-404 landing ship 520 25 Apr 1945 later Black Warrior River 1955, sold to Marine Protein 1959, barge Cape Flattery 1962, scrapped 1994
LSM(R)-405 landing ship 520 2 May 1945 later Broadkill River 1955, laid up 1955, LFR 405 1969, sold to Maritime Shipping (Tehran) 1974
LSM(R)-406 landing ship 520 2 May 1945 later Canadian River 1955, sold to Bay City Transportation 1960, converted to barge, scrapped 1989
LSM(R)-407 landing ship 520 9 May 1945 later Charitron River 1955, sold to Tacoma Tug & Barge 1960, converted to barge
LSM(R)-408 landing ship 520 9 May 1945 later Charles River 1955, sold to Tacoma Tug & Barge 1960, converted to barge
LSM(R)-409 landing ship 520 16 May 1945 later Clarion River 1955, laid up 1955, LFR 409 1969, sold to Nissho-Iwai 1970 for scrapping
LSM(R)-410 landing ship 520 16 May 1945 later Clark Fork River 1955, sold to Bay City Transportation 1960, converted to barge
LSM(R)-411 landing ship 520 23 May 1945 later Cumberland River 1955, laid up 1955, sold to Atlas Iron 1960 for scrapping
LSM(R)-412 landing ship 520 23 May 1945 later Des Plaines River 1955, laid up 1955, LFR 412 1969, sold to Microwave Eqpmt. 1973
LSM-413 landing ship 520 28 Aug 1945 sold to Alfredo Lizano 1958
LSM-553 landing ship 520 6 Sep 1945 to Germany 1958 as Salamander (L-752), disposed-of 1969
LSM-554 landing ship 520 14 Sep 1945 to Peru 1958 as Atico (LSM-37), disposed-of 1985
LSM-555 landing ship 520 24 Sep 1945 to Ecuador 1958 as Tarqui (TD-02), disposed-of 1987
LSM-556 landing ship 520 12 Oct 1945 sold to Kent Line 1959
LSM-557 landing ship 520 22 Oct 1945 to Greece 1958 as Merlin (L-166), rammed and sunk 1972
LSM-558 landing ship 520 2 Nov 1945 to Germany 1958 as Viper (L-753), Duchess of Holland 1970, Oil Dragon 1973, Seacore 1986, scrapped 1991
AS-30 Tidewater submarine tender 8,165 19 Feb 1946 reclassified as AD-31, to Indonesia 1971 as Dumai (A-652), scrapped 1984
AD-36 Bryce Canyon destroyer tender 8,165 15 Sep 1950 scrapped 1982

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