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Philadelphia Naval Shipyard

Philadelphia PA

Most recent update: May 21, 2011.

Philadelphia Naval Shipyard was established in 1801 and closed in 1996. Part of the shipyard, including Docks 4 and 5, is now leased to Philly Shipyard for ship construction projects and another part, including Docks 2 and 3, is now leased to Rhoads Industries for ship repair projects. Visit the shipyard here and see it from the air on Google here.

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Name Type LOA Tons Delivered Notes
Mississippi cruiser 3,220 22-Dec-1841 shelled at Port Hudson LA 14-Mar-1863
Princeton gunboat 954 16-Oct-1843 scrapped 1849
Susquehanna cruiser 3,824 24-Dec-1850 scrapped 1883
Wabash cruiser 4,774 18-Aug-1856 scrapped 1912
LV-35 Martins Industry lightship 1855 sold 1868
LV-9 Relief LS lightship 181 1857 sold 1925
LV Relief LS lightship 150 1857 sold 1873
Lancaster cruiser 3,290 12-May-1859 Hulk 1913, scuttled 1933
Wyoming cruiser 1,457 Oct 19 1859 scrapped 1892
Pawnee cruiser 1,533 11-Jun-1860 Hulk 1871, scrapped 1884
Tuscarora cruiser 1,457 5-Dec-1861 scrapped 1883
Miami gunboat 730 29-Jan-1862
Juniata cruiser 1,934 4-Dec-1862 scrapped 1891
Kansas gunboat 836 21-Dec-1863
Monongahela cruiser 2,078 15-Jan-1863 burned at Guantanamo Bay 1908
Shenandoah cruiser 2,030 20-Jun-1863 scrapped 1887
Tacony gunboat 1,173 12-Feb-1864
Yantic gunboat 836 12-Aug-1864
Swatara gunboat 1,113 15-Nov-1865
Tonawanda monitor 3,400 12-Oct-1865 later Amphitrite 1869, scrapped 1874
Neshaminy cruiser 3,850 1868
Pushmataha/Congress cruiser 3,003 4-Mar-1870 scrapped 1883
Astoria/Omaha cruiser 2,394 12-Sep-1872 scrapped 1915
Quinnebaug cruiser 1,900 2-Oct-1878 scrapped 1891
YD-5 derrick barge 62 1900 sold 1929
YF-9 closed lighter 40 1902
YC-83 open lighter 86 100 1903
YC-84 open lighter 86 100 1903
YE-10 ammunition barge 86 1904
YPD-10 pile driver 55 1904
YC-162 open lighter 110 170 1908
YC-163 open lighter 110 170 1908
YC-198 open lighter 110 170 1908
YC-199 open lighter 110 170 1908
YC-200 open lighter 110 170 1908 disposed-of 1947
YC-201 open lighter 110 170 1908
YC-202 open lighter 110 170 1908
YC-203 open lighter 110 170 1908 later YFN-211
YC-204 open lighter 110 170 1908 disposed-of 1947
YC-205 open lighter 110 170 1908 destroyed 1944
YC-206 open lighter 110 170 1908 later YD-61
YC-207 open lighter 110 170 1908 lost 1947
YA-40 ash lighter 36 1912
YA-41 ash lighter 36 1912
YC-290 open lighter 110 170 1914 sold 1949
YC-291 open lighter 110 170 1914 later YFN-225, to MARAD 1948
YC-292 open lighter 110 170 1914 later YE-34
YC-293 open lighter 110 170 1914 later YRB-11
AP-1 Henderson transport 7,750 24 May 2017 later Bountiful (AH-9) 1944, scrapped 1948
AM-51 Sandpiper minesweeper 188 950 9 Oct 2019 later AVP-9, scrapped 1946
AM-52 Vireo minesweeper 188 950 16 Oct 2019 later ATO-144, scrapped 1946
AM-53 Warbler minesweeper 188 950 22 Dec 2019 later ARS-11, scrapped 1947
AM-54 Willet minesweeper 188 950 29 Jan 2020 later ARS-12, scrapped 1947
AH-1 Relief hospital ship 9,800 28 Dec 2020 scrapped 1948
YE-34 ammunition lighter 110 1921 ex-YC-292
CC-5 Constitution cruiser 43,500 cancelled 1923
CC-6 United States cruiser 43,500 cancelled 1923
AD-3 Dobbin destroyer tender 12,500 22 Jul 1924 scrapped 1947
CA-36 Minneapolis cruiser 9,950 20 Jun 1934 scrapped 1959
DD-355 Aylwin destroyer 1,375 1 May 1935 scrapped 1948
WPG-32 George W. Campbell gunboat 2,750 16 Jun 1936 to USN 1982, sunk as target 1984
WPG-33 William J. Duane gunboat 2,750 1 Aug 1936 to USN 1944, never commissioned, scuttled 1987
WPG-35 Samuel D. Ingham gunboat 2,750 17 Sep 1936 to City of Charleston SC-1989 as memorial
WPG-37 Roger B. Taney gunboat 2,750 24 Oct 1936 to City of Baltimore MD 1986 as memorial
DD-372 Cassin destroyer 1,500 6 Apr 1937 scrapped 1948
DD-373 Shaw destroyer 1,500 20 Apr 1937 scrapped 1948
YC-695 open lighter 140 200 1939
CL-41 Philadelphia cruiser 9,700 27 Aug 1938 to Brazil 1951 as Barroso (C-11), scrapped 1974
CA-45 Wichita cruiser 10,000 16 Feb 1939 scrapped 1959
DD-404 Rhind destroyer 1,500 16 Nov 1939 scuttled 1948
DD-420 Buck destroyer 1,500 15 May 1940 sunk by u-boat off Salerno Oct-43
YP-110 patrol craft 81 52 1940 ex-PT-8, equipment 1945
YSR-7 sludge barge 104 157 1942 sold 2003
BB-56 Washington battleship 35,000 15 May 1941 scrapped 1961
CM-5 Terror minelayer 5,875 7/15/1942 scrapped 1971
DD-636 Butler destroyer 1,630 8/15/1942 later DMS-29: scrapped 1948
DD-637 Gherardi destroyer 1,630 9/15/1942 later DMS-30: sunk as target 1973
BB-62 New Jersey battleship 45,000 5/23/1943 struck 1995, memorial in Camden NJ
BB-64 Wisconsin battleship 45,000 4/16/1944 struck 2006, memorial in Norfolk VA
BB-65 Illinois battleship 45,000 cancelled 1945, scrapped 1958
BB-67 Montana battleship 45,000 cancelled 1943
BB-68 Ohio battleship 45,000 cancelled 1943
LST-319 landing craft 1,625 12/15/1942 to Britain, sold 1948 to Shell Venezuela, converted to tanker Lucia, scrapped 1957
LST-320 landing craft 1,625 12/31/1942 to Britain, scrapped 1946
LST-321 landing craft 1,625 12/31/1942 to Britain, scrapped 1947
LST-322 landing craft 1,625 1/9/1943 to Britain, to Greece 1947
LST-323 landing craft 1,625 1/18/1943 to Britain, scrapped 1946
LST-324 landing craft 1,625 1/23/1943 to Britain, scrapped 1946
LST-325 landing craft 1,625 2/1/1943 to Greece 1964 as Syros (L-144), to Evansville IN 2001
LST-326 landing craft 1,625 2/26/1943 to Britain, to France 1946
LST-327 landing craft 1,625 3/5/1943 later CTL-1944, scrapped 1946
LST-328 landing craft 1,625 5/22/1943 later ARB 2 Oceanus, scrapped 1961
LST-329 landing craft 1,625 5/18/1943 later ARB 1 Aristaeus, scrapped 1961
LST-330 landing craft 1,625 6/12/1943 later AGP-4 Portunus, scrapped 1947
LST-331 landing craft 1,625 3/11/1943 to Britain, scrapped 1947
LST-332 landing craft 1,625 2/6/1943 sold private 1946
DE-45 Capel/Andres destroyer escort 1,140 3/15/1943 scrapped 1946
DE-46 Cockburn/Drury destroyer escort 1,140 4/20/1943 to Britain 1943 as HMS Cockburn (K-316), returned 1945, scrapped 1947
DE-47 Cooke/Decker destroyer escort 1,140 5/3/1943 to China as Tai Ping, to Taiwan, sunk by Chinese sub 1954
DE-48 Dacres/Dobler destroyer escort 1,140 5/17/1943 scrapped 1946
DE-49 Domett/Doneff destroyer escort 1,140 6/10/1943 scrapped 1947
DE-50 Drury/Engstrom destroyer escort 1,140 6/21/1943 scrapped 1946
AV-7 Currituck aircraft carrier 6/26/1944 scrapped 1972
CV-36 Antietam aircraft carrier 27,100 1/28/1945 scrapped 1974
CV-37 Valley Forge/Princeton aircraft carrier 27,100 11/18/1945 scrapped 1971
CA-135 Los Angeles cruiser 13,600 7/22/1945 scrapped 1975
CA-136 Chicago cruiser 13,600 1/10/1945 later CG-11, scrapped 1991
DE-214 Scott destroyer escort 1,400 7/20/1943 scrapped 1967
DE-215 Burke destroyer escort 1,400 7/20/1943 to Colombia as Almirante Brion (DT 07) 1968; struck 1974
DE-216 Enright destroyer escort 1,400 9/21/1943 to Ecuador as 25 de Julio (D-01) 1967; Maran Valverde 1975, struck 1989
DE-217 Coolbaugh destroyer escort 1,400 10/15/1943 scrapped 1974
DE-218 Darby destroyer escort 1,400 11/15/1943 sunk as target 1970
DE-219 J. Douglas Blackwood destroyer escort 1,400 12/15/1943 sunk as target 1970
DE-220 Francis M. Robinson destroyer escort 1,400 1/15/1944 scrapped 1974
DE-221 Solar destroyer escort 1,400 2/15/1944 exploded while loading ammo and scuttled 1946
DE-222 Fowler destroyer escort 1,400 3/15/1944 scrapped 1966
DE-223 Spangenberg destroyer escort 1,400 3/15/1944 scrapped 1966
DE-224 Rudderow destroyer escort 1,400 5/15/1944 scrapped 1967
DE-225 Day destroyer escort 1,400 6/10/1944 sunk as target 1969
DE-226 Crosley destroyer escort 1,400 10/22/1944 to Ecuador as power barge 1961
DE-227 Cread destroyer escort 1,400 7/29/1944 scrapped 1962
DE-228 Ruchamkin destroyer escort 1,400 9/15/1944 to Colombia as Cordoba (DT 15) 1977; museum 1980
DE-229 Kirwin destroyer escort 1,400 11/5/1944 scrapped 1976
LSD-25 San Marcos assault ship 4,500 4/15/1945 to Spain 1974 as Galicia (L-31), scrapped 1988
CV-45 Valley Forge aircraft carrier 27,100 11/3/1946 scrapped 1971
CV-53 aircraft carrier 27,100 cancelled 1945
CA-137 Norfolk cruiser cancelled 1945
CA-138 Scranton cruiser cancelled 1945
PT-812 torpedo boat 95 1 Feb 1951 later Retriever (DR 1) 1975
CL-93 Galveston cruiser 15,150 28 May 1958 later CLG 3, scrapped 1975
DLG-12 Dahlgren destroyer 5,648 31 Mar 1961 later DDG-43: scrapped 2006
DLG-13 William V. Pratt destroyer 5,648 19 Oct 1961 later DDG-44: scrapped 1995
LPH-3 Okinawa assault ship 18,000 14 Apr 1962 sunk as target 2002
LPH-7 Guadalcanal assault ship 18,000 9 Jul 1963 struck 1994: to be museum
LPH-9 Guam assault ship 18,000 4 Jan 1966 sunk as target 2001
LPH-11 New Orleans assault ship 18,000 14 Feb 1970 to be sunk as target 2006
YFN-1230 closed lighter 110 137 27 May 1965 later YC-1465, sold 2000
YFN-1231 closed lighter 110 137 27 May 1965 later YC-1466, sold 2002
YFN-1232 closed lighter 110 137 June 1965 later YC-1467, sold 1996
YFN-1233 closed lighter 110 137 June 1965 later YC-1468, struck 1988
YFN-1234 closed lighter 110 137 27 Dec 1968 later YC-1500, sold 2002
YFN-1235 closed lighter 110 137 23 Jan 1969 later YC-1501
YFN-1236 closed lighter 110 137 20 Feb 1969 later YC-1502, sold 2004
YFN-1237 closed lighter 110 137 1 Apr 1969 later YC-1503, sold 1997
YFN-1238 closed lighter 110 137 21 Apr 1969 later YC-1504, struck 1993 reefed off NJ 1994
YFN-1239 closed lighter 110 137 11 Jul 1969 sold 2003
YFN-1240 closed lighter 110 137 1 Aug 1969 sold 2003
YFN-1241 closed lighter 110 137 1 Oct 1969 sold 2005
YFN-1242 closed lighter 110 137 1 Nov 1969 sold 2005
YFN-1243 closed lighter 110 137 1 Dec 1969 donated 1999
YRBM-19 repair barge 110 220 196?
LST-1179 Newport landing ship 8,342 12 Sep 1969 to Mexico 2001 as Sonora (A-04)
LST-1180 Manitowoc landing ship 8,342 1 Apr 1970 to Taiwan 1999 as Chung Ho (L-232)
LST-1181 Sumter landing ship 8,342 1 Aug 1970 to Taiwan 1999 as Chung Ping (L-233)
LCC-19 Blue Ridge command ship 18,646 14 Nov 1970

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