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Defense Plant Corporation - DPC

589 vessels - 100 86-foot tugs, 21 180-foot towboats and 467 barges - were built during WWII by 34 shipyards for the use of the Defense Plant Corporation. Most were completed too late to be of much use to the DPC and were transferred to other agencies or sold.


DPC-1

Builder Location Name Type LOA Built Notes
DPC-1 Lawley & Son Neponset MA tugboat 86 1944 to USN as YT-471, YTM-471 (1944), lost 1946
DPC-2 Lawley & Son Neponset MA tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946 as Lucy Haden, Jimmie Cryer (1961), Captain Jack (1970), scrapped 1975
DPC-3 Lawley & Son Neponset MA tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946 as DS-43, Fresh Kills (1950), Richard K. (1969), Leopard (1993), Miss Laura (2003), 2012
DPC-4 Lawley & Son Neponset MA tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946 as DS-44, Spring Creek (1950), Cochise, Southern Cross, 2012
DPC-5 Lawley & Son Neponset MA tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946 as Titan, Taurus, NLD
DPC-6 Lawley & Son Neponset MA tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946 as TD-53, NLD 1951
DPC-7 Lawley & Son Neponset MA tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946 as Ajax, Morania No. 10 (1959), Pamela, Pamela II (1983), scrapped 2000
DPC-8 Lawley & Son Neponset MA tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946 as U. S. Goheen, M. M. Coppedge II
DPC-9 Lawley & Son Neponset MA tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946 as J. H. Deinlein, wrecked off Monhegan ME 1973
DPC-10 Lawley & Son Neponset MA tugboat 86 1944 to USN as YT-472, YTM-472 (1944), sold 1946
DPC-11 Lawley & Son Neponset MA tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946 as Saturn, Palos Verdes (1961), Zenith
DPC-12 Lawley & Son Neponset MA tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946 as J. F. Heil, Jonathan B., Southern Star, NLD
DPC-13 Lawley & Son Neponset MA tugboat 86 1944 to WSA as WSA-20, sold 1946 as Dixie, Samantha, scrapped 1978
DPC-14 Lawley & Son Neponset MA tugboat 86 1944 to WSA as WSA-1, sold 1946 as Frank W. Spencer, Matt Turecamo, reefed off NJ 1996
DPC-15 Lawley & Son Neponset MA tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946, Brooklyn (1948), reefed off NJ 2001
DPC-16 Lawley & Son Neponset MA tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946 as Gremlin, Alice St. Philip (1965), Honcho (1971), NLD
DPC-17 Lawley & Son Neponset MA tugboat 86 1944 to USN as YT-467, lost 1944
DPC-18 Lawley & Son Neponset MA tugboat 86 1944 to USN as YT-468, YTM-468 (1944), sold 1946
DPC-19 Lawley & Son Neponset MA tugboat 86 1944 to WSA as WSA-2, sold 1946 as Clayton P. Kehoe, Canal Cities (1949), Curtis Reinauer (1972), K2 (1988), J.J. (1993), reefed off NY 2003
DPC-20 Lawley & Son Neponset MA tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946 as Blanche T. Rogers
DPC-21 Lawley & Son Neponset MA tugboat 86 1944 to WSA as WSA-4, TD-21, NLD 1964
DPC-22 Lawley & Son Neponset MA tugboat 86 1944 to WSA as WSA-3, to USN as YT-721, YTM-721 (1944), back to WSA 1946 as WSA-3, TD-61, NLD 1947, Capt. Jack (1976), as Delta Jessica, sold in Mexico
DPC-23 Lawley & Son Neponset MA tugboat 86 1944 to WSA as WSA-7, to USN as YT-475, YTM-475 (1944), back to WSA 1946 as WSA-7, TD-31, TD-14, NLD
DPC-24 Lawley & Son Neponset MA tugboat 86 1944 to WSA as WSA-8, TD-22, NLD 1964
DPC-25 Lawley & Son Neponset MA tugboat 86 1944 to WSA as WSA-10, TD-62, NLD 1947
DPC-26 Lawley & Son Neponset MA tugboat 86 1944 to WSA as WSA-9, sold 1946 as Falmouth, Claire A. Moran (1951), Taurus
DPC-27 Lawley & Son Neponset MA tugboat 86 1944 to USA as ST-782, sold 1951 as Herkules, Saturn (1968)
DPC-28 Lawley & Son Neponset MA tugboat 86 1944 to WSA as WSA-22, sold 1946 as Wotoco, Gay Moran, Julian A, Intrepid, NLD
DPC-29 Lawley & Son Neponset MA tugboat 86 1944 to USA as ST-795, to Italy 1946 as Miseno, sank 1978
DPC-30 Lawley & Son Neponset MA tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946 as Roughneck
DPC-31 Lawley & Son Neponset MA tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946 to Cuban interests
DPC-32 Lawley & Son Neponset MA tugboat 86 1944 to WSA as WSA-25, to USN as YT-607, YTM-607 (1944), back to WSA as WSA-25, sold 1948, Maxine McDermott (1950), Captain Bud, Alice E., 2012
DPC-33 Lawley & Son Neponset MA tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946 as Sea King, S. H. Coppedge, Kimberley J. Turecamo (1978), reefed 1991
DPC-34 Lawley & Son Neponset MA tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946 as Columbia, NLD 2008
DPC-35 Lawley & Son Neponset MA tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946 as Seabee, Progress (1952/54), Electra, scuttled 1999
DPC-36 Lawley & Son Neponset MA tugboat 86 1944 to WSA as WSA-24, TD-41, TD-54, NLD 1964, sold as Steve E. Sparks, Lewis E. White, sold in Venezuela (1979)
DPC-37 Lawley & Son Neponset MA tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946 as J. R. Guyton, Jim Bauer (1961), Chief Joseph
DPC-38 Decatur I & S Decatur AL tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946 as Zenith, Oscar H. Westin (1957), Lynn Marie (1970), Raven (1975), NLD 1979
DPC-39 Decatur I & S Decatur AL tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946 as Percheron
DPC-40 Decatur I & S Decatur AL tugboat 86 1944 to WSA as WSA-23, to USN as YT-606, YTM-606 (1944), back to WSA as WSA-23, TD-82, Brian Arthur, NLD 2001
DPC-41 Decatur I & S Decatur AL tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946 as TD-51, NLD 1951
DPC-42 Decatur I & S Decatur AL tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946, Skipper (1948), Viatic (1952/54), Dalzellance (1957), Cecilia J. Brown, reefed off NJ 1993
DPC-43 Consolidated SB Morris Hts NY tugboat 86 1944 to USA as ST-771, sold 1949 as Stur (Germany), Altair (Yugoslavia)(1968), Plankton (Croatia)(1992)
DPC-44 Consolidated SB Morris Hts NY tugboat 86 1944 to USA as ST-769, sold 1945 as Labornus (Belgium), Ouenza (France)(1947), in Algeria (1964), 2004
DPC-45 Decatur I & S Decatur AL tugboat 86 1944 to USA as ST-775, sold 1947 as Balder (Norway), Aldebaran (1968), Voluja (Croatia)(1993)
DPC-46 Decatur I & S Decatur AL tugboat 86 1944 to USA as ST-776, sold 1951 as Vulcan (Britain), Vega (1968), in Croatia as Barakuda (1992)
DPC-47 Decatur I & S Decatur AL tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946 as F. F. Clain, Ben F. Royal (1980), Susan Richards, C-2, Warrior, NLD 2009
DPC-48 Decatur I & S Decatur AL tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946 as Albatross, Baton Rouge (1961), Kevin S. Candies (1964), Powhatan, 2012
DPC-49 Decatur I & S Decatur AL tugboat 86 1944 to USA as ST-779, sold 1948 as Steinbock, Argus (1968), scrapped 2002
DPC-50 Decatur I & S Decatur AL tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946 as Margaret Kehoe, Penn No.5 (1947), Morania No.5 (1956), Linda (1961), Capt. J. P., NLD
DPC-51 Bushey & Sons Brooklyn NY tugboat 86 1944 to WSA as WSA-6, sold 1946 as Chas. E. Trout, Naomi Marie (1979), South Haven (1980), Becky E. (1989), White Lake (1996), NLD 2010
DPC-52 Bushey & Sons Brooklyn NY tugboat 86 1944 to USA as ST-758, sold 1948 as Titan (Denmark), Titan II (1949), Herkules (1949), sank off Trondheim 1957
DPC-53 Bushey & Sons Brooklyn NY tugboat 86 1944 to WSA as WSA-21, sold 1945 as Salutation, Christina (1947), Tanda 10 (1955), Delbar, NLD
DPC-54 Bushey & Sons Brooklyn NY tugboat 86 1944 to USA as ST-759, sold 1947 to Greek interests
DPC-55 Bushey & Sons Brooklyn NY tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946 as Grace No. 2, Dalzellea (1956), Chrisnick, Thomas H. (1988), scuttled 1995
DPC-56 Bushey & Sons Brooklyn NY tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946 as Pennsbury, Nanticoke, Bay Pride, Jordon Pointe (1997), sank 1998
DPC-57 Bushey & Sons Brooklyn NY tugboat 86 1944 to USA as ST-770, sold 1947 to Greek interests
DPC-58 Bushey & Sons Brooklyn NY tugboat 86 1944 to USA as ST-772, sold 1947 as Perseus (Greece), OLP 1
DPC-59 Bushey & Sons Brooklyn NY tugboat 86 1944 to USA as ST-781, sold 1951 as Sirius (Greece), Regulus (Yugoslavia)(1968), scrapped 2001
DPC-60 Bushey & Sons Brooklyn NY tugboat 86 1944 to USA as ST-794, sunk in Le Havre 1944
DPC-61 Decatur I & S Decatur AL tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946 as C. R. Haden, Elizabeth Bauer (1961)
DPC-62 Decatur I & S Decatur AL tugboat 86 1944 to USA as ST-778, sold 1947 as Bartow, Elizabeth Moran (1957)
DPC-63 Decatur I & S Decatur AL tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946 as Vincent C. Turecamo, Ponce de Leon (1961)
DPC-64 Decatur I & S Decatur AL tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946 as Orleans, Leo, NLD
DPC-65 Decatur I & S Decatur AL tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946 as TD-42, NLD 1951, to USCG 1973 as CG-85010 Research, Delilah, reefed off DE 1999
DPC-66 Decatur I & S Decatur AL tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946 as Pauline L. Moran, Mafra (Portugal) 1947
DPC-67 Decatur I & S Decatur AL tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946 as Cile, Eastern Cities (1947), Dalzellage (1959), Spartan, Clive (1993), NLD 2002
DPC-68 Decatur I & S Decatur AL tugboat 86 1944 to WSA as WSA-26, sold 1946 as Long Beach, Clifford G., NLD 2009
DPC-69 Decatur I & S Decatur AL tugboat 86 1944 to USN as YT-470, YTM-470 (1944), sold 1946 as H. A. Lumb (Australia), scuttled off Port Noarlunga (Am. Samoa) 1994
DPC-70 Decatur I & S Decatur AL tugboat 86 1944 to WSA as WSA-17, to USN as YT-476, YTM-476 (1944), back to WSA as WSA-17, TD-72
DPC-71 Decatur I & S Decatur AL tugboat 86 1944 to WSA as WSA-18, to USN as YT-722, YTM-722 (1944), back to WSA as WSA-18, TD-81, in Spain
DPC-72 Decatur I & S Decatur AL tugboat 86 1944 to WSA as WSA-19, sold 1946 as Los Angeles, Sea Shepherd, NLD 2004
DPC-73 Decatur I & S Decatur AL tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946 as TD-52, NLD 1951
DPC-74 Decatur I & S Decatur AL tugboat 86 1944 to USA as ST-761, sold 1950 as Ryhope (Britain), Kastor (Yugoslavia)(1970), scrapped 1986
DPC-75 Decatur I & S Decatur AL tugboat 86 1944 to USA as ST-773, sold 1951 to British interests, sank off Malta 1951
DPC-76 Decatur I & S Decatur AL tugboat 86 1944 to USA as ST-774, sold 1948 as Groensund (Denmark), Baus (Norway)(1949), Deneb (1969), Rot (Croatia)(1992)
DPC-77 Alexander, L.F. New Orleans LA tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946 as Jim Brown, Norman D. (1950)
DPC-78 Alexander, L.F. New Orleans LA tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946 as Geo. E. Roper, Mogul (1950), Netty (1952/54), Dalzellite (1962)
DPC-79 Alexander, L.F. New Orleans LA tugboat 86 1944 to USA as ST-762, sold 1950 as Monte Cristo (Italy), laid up 2000
DPC-80 Alexander, L.F. New Orleans LA tugboat 86 1944 to USA as ST-780, sold 1948 as Bulbider (Denmark), Stylianos K. (Greece), Kappa Guard
DPC-81 Consolidated SB Morris Hts NY tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946 as R. T. McDow, C. R. Haden (1961), foundered 1969
DPC-82 Consolidated SB Morris Hts NY tugboat 86 1944 to WSA as WSA-16, to USN as YT-477, YTM-477 (1944), back to WSA 1946 as WSA-16, TD-71
DPC-83 Consolidated SB Morris Hts NY tugboat 86 1944 to USN as YT-469, YTM-469 (1944), sold 1946
DPC-84 Consolidated SB Morris Hts NY tugboat 86 1944 sold 1945 as Grace No. 3, Dalzellatom (1956), Gowanus (1969), scrapped 1980s
DPC-85 Consolidated SB Morris Hts NY tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946 as Mercury, Seal Beach (1961), Stedfast, NLD
DPC-86 Consolidated SB Morris Hts NY tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946 as Lewis No. 8, Tipperary (1981), Tilly (1990), NLD 2006
DPC-87 Consolidated SB Morris Hts NY tugboat 86 1944 to USA as ST-763, sold 1951 as Arion (Germany), Jupiter (Yugoslavia)(1968), in Croatia (199a), scrapped 2004
DPC-88 Consolidated SB Morris Hts NY tugboat 86 1944 to WSA as WSA-5, sold 1946 to Scandinavian interests, Terrell, NLD
DPC-89 Consolidated SB Morris Hts NY tugboat 86 1944 to WSA as WSA-11, TD-23, NLD 1964
DPC-90 Consolidated SB Morris Hts NY tugboat 86 1944 to WSA as WSA-12, to USN as YT-474, YTM-474 (1944), TD-32, TD-15, back to WSA as WSA-12 (1946)
DPC-91 Consolidated SB Morris Hts NY tugboat 86 1944 to WSA as WSA-13, not used
DPC-92 Consolidated SB Morris Hts NY tugboat 86 1944 to WSA as WSA-14, sold 1946 as Gannet, James T. Moran (1959), Osceola, Katherine Anne, 2012
DPC-93 American SB Buffalo NY tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946 as Kevin Moran, Mutela (1947), NLD 1953
DPC-94 American SB Buffalo NY tugboat 86 1944 to WSA as WSA-15, to USN as YT-478, YTM-478 (1944), back to WSA as WSA-15 (1946)
DPC-95 American SB Buffalo NY tugboat 86 1944 to USA as ST-764, sold 1946 in Greece, Grangetown (Britain)(1950), Polaris (Yugoslavia)(1970), in Croatia (1992)
DPC-96 American SB Buffalo NY tugboat 86 1944 to USA as ST-765, sold 1946 as Hippone (France)(1951), in Algeria (1964)
DPC-97 American SB Buffalo NY tugboat 86 1944 to USA as ST-766, sold 1946 as Rekin (Poland)(1946), NLD 1966
DPC-98 American SB Buffalo NY tugboat 86 1944 sold 1946, Ferry Point (1950), Captain RK, Dianne M. (1988), NLD 1989
DPC-99 American SB Buffalo NY tugboat 86 1944 to USA as ST-767, sold 1945 as Cornhill (Britain)(1951), Hannah Spearing (1980), burned off Fleetwood and scrapped 1996
DPC-100 American SB Buffalo NY tugboat 86 1944 to USA as ST-768, sold 1948 as Kronos (Denmark), Whitburn (Britain)(1964), Abou Shanab (Egypt)(1978), scrapped 2005
DPC-101 Holtz SS Ocean City NJ tank barge 170
DPC-102-151 Eastport Marine Jacksonville FL tank barge 170
DPC-152-171 Moss Point SY Moss Point MS tank barge 170
DPC-172-188 Brownsville SS Brownsville TX tank barge 170
DPC-202-231 Gahagan Constn Washington NC tank barge 170
DPC-232-239 Gibbs-Harrison Hialeah FL tank barge 170
DPC-244-250 Heath & Mann Miami FL tank barge 170
DPC-251-268 USACE Memphis TN tank barge 170
DPC-269-292 USACE New Orleans LA tank barge 170
DPC-293-331 Maxon Constn Dayton OH tank barge 170
DPC-332-368 Kansas City Bridge Plaquemine LA tank barge 170
DPC-371-388 Westergard BW Biloxi MS tank barge 170
DPC-408-413 Chicago Bridge Chicago IL tank barge 195
DPC-414-419 Chicago Bridge Chicago IL barge 195
DPC-420-422 Samuelson SY Beaumont TX tank barge 195
DPC-423-434 St. Louis ship St. Louis MO tank barge 195
DPC-435-452 St. Louis ship St. Louis MO barge 195
DPC-453-461 Consolidated Steel Orange TX tank barge 195
DPC-462-469 Consolidated Steel Orange TX barge 195
DPC-470-474 Samuelson SY Beaumont TX tank barge 195
DPC-475-480 Samuelson SY Beaumont TX barge 195
DPC-481-489 Sabine Steel Port Arthur TX tank barge 195
DPC-490-493 Sabine Steel Port Arthur TX barge 195
DPC-494-502 Kane Boiler Works Galveston TX tank barge 195
DPC-503-509 Kane Boiler Works Galveston TX barge 195
DPC-510-521 Schmidt Barge Yard Houston TX tank barge 195
DPC-522-537 Boland M W New Orleans LA tank barge 195
DPC-538-545 Schmidt Barge Yard Houston TX tank barge 195
DPC-546-553 USACE New Orleans LA tank barge 195
DPC-554-557 USACE New Orleans LA barge 195
DPC-558-560 Vance Machine Houston TX tank barge 195
DPC-561-562 Vance Machine Houston TX barge 195
DPC-563-569 Consolidated Steel Orange TX tank barge 195
DPC-570-578 St. Louis ship St. Louis MO tank barge 195
DPC-579-587 Decatur I & S Decatur AL tank barge 195
Gielow, Inc. New York NY Inductance power plant 318 1944
Gielow, Inc. New York NY Resistance power plant 318 1944
Gielow, Inc. New York NY Impedance power plant 318 1944
Gielow, Inc. New York NY Sea Power power plant 318 1944
General Eng Alameda CA power plant 318 1944
DPC-601 Jeffboat Jeffersonville IN Corregidor towboat 180 1944 to USACE 1946, sold 1956, Kathy L, dredge Lacombe
DPC-602 Jeffboat Jeffersonville IN Java Sea towboat 180 1944 sold 1947, dredge Joe Pickering
DPC-603 Jeffboat Jeffersonville IN Wake Island towboat 180 1944 sold 1947, dredge
DPC-604 Jeffboat Jeffersonville IN Attu towboat 180 1944 to USACE 1946, Somervell 1955, sold 1964, dredge BDCO No. 52, scrapped 1960
DPC-605 Jeffboat Jeffersonville IN Guadalcanal towboat 180 1944 sold 1947, scrapped 1960
DPC-606 Jeffboat Jeffersonville IN Tulagi towboat 180 1944 to USACE 1946, sold 1957, pump boat
DPC-607 Cargill Minneapolis MN Bataan towboat 180 1944 sold 1947 as Sohio Latonia, Orleanian 1949, dredge
DPC-608 Cargill Minneapolis MN Coral Sea towboat 180 1944 sold 1947, pump boat, scrapped 1977
DPC-609 Cargill Minneapolis MN Milne Bay towboat 180 1944 sold 1947, Allen B. Wood, dredge Dave Blackburn, burned 1996
DPC-610 Cargill Minneapolis MN Bou Arada towboat 180 1944 sold 1946 as Sohio Fleetwing, Pittsburgher 1949, Avocet 1965, dredge, sank off Pensacola
DPC-611 Dubuque boat Dubuque IA Tenaru River towboat 180 1944 sold 1946, scrapped 1960
DPC-612 Mount Vernon Bridge Mount Vernon OH Midway Islands towboat 180 1944 sold 1946 as Sohio Southern, H. A. Bayless 1949, dredge Senator Allen J. Ellender
DPC-613 Mount Vernon Bridge Mount Vernon OH Lunga Point towboat 180 1944 sold 1947, wrecked 2008
DPC-614 St. Louis ship St. Louis MO Kokoda towboat 180 1944 sold 1947, dredge 1960, sank in GIWW 1961
DPC-615 St. Louis ship St. Louis MO Buna towboat 180 1944 sold 1947, scrapped 1964
DPC-616 St. Louis ship St. Louis MO Casablanca towboat 180 1944 sold 1946, scrapped
DPC-617 St. Louis ship St. Louis MO Tunis towboat 180 1944 sold 1947
DPC-618 St. Louis ship St. Louis MO Gona towboat 180 1944 sold 1947, as barge
DPC-619 St. Louis ship St. Louis MO Mateur towboat 180 1944 to USACE 1947, sold 1991 as Effie Afton, floating restaurant at Rock Island IL 1994
DPC-620 Marietta Mfg. Point Pleasant WV Guam towboat 180 1944 sold 1947 as H. E. Lewis, America 1952, dredge BDCO NOo. 28
DPC-621 Marietta Mfg. Point Pleasant WV Kiska towboat 180 1944 sold 1947 as W. J. Creighton, Constitution 1952, dredge Senator Russell B. Long

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