US Army Small Craft (WWII)

Built During WWII

Most recent update: July 30, 2011.

The Army's WWII fleet included thousands of small craft. The table below lists those not listed elsewhere.

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Builder Location Type # Design Fuel Material LOA Delivered Notes
AC-1-10 Chris-Craft Algonac MI boat, patrol 10 221-C gas wood 43 10/1942 - 5/1943
C-1-10 Robinson Marine Benton Harbor MI boat, passenger 10 186 d or g wood 40 1/1941 - 2/1941
C-11-20 Palmer Scott New Bedford MA boat, passenger 10 186 d or g wood 40 3/1941
C-21-30 Robinson Marine Benton Harbor MI boat, passenger 10 186 d or g wood 40 8/1941 - 9/1941
C-31-40 Robinson Marine Benton Harbor MI boat, passenger 10 186 d or g wood 40 11/1941
CL-1-40 Higgins Industries New Orleans LA boat, landing 40 185 d or g wood 36 12/1940 - 2/1941
CL-41-80 Higgins Industries New Orleans LA boat, landing 40 185 d or g wood 36 1/1941 - 2/1941
CL-81-130 Higgins Industries New Orleans LA boat, landing 50 185-A d or g wood 36 8/1942 - 4/1943
CL-132 Higgins Industries New Orleans LA boat, landing 1 297 gas wood 36 1/1943
GT-581-688 Chrysler Corp. Detroit MI Tug, marine tractor 108 402 gas steel 38 2/1944 - 3/1944
GT-931-960 Chrysler Corp. Detroit MI Tug, marine tractor 30 394 gas steel 22 6/1943 - 7/1943
GT-961-1080 Chrysler Corp. Detroit MI Tug, marine tractor 120 394 gas steel 34 7/1943 - 11/1943
GT-1082-1276 Chrysler Corp. Detroit MI Tug, marine tractor 195 422 gas steel 32 8/1943 - 3/1944
GT-1606-1888 Chrysler Corp. Detroit MI Tug, marine tractor 283 402 gas steel 38 10/1943 - 3/1944
GT-1889 Chrysler Corp. Detroit MI Tug, marine tractor 1 421 gas steel 42 1/1944
GT-1890-1980 Chrysler Corp. Detroit MI Tug, marine tractor 91 402 gas steel 38 10/1943 - 3/1944
GU-2386-2595 Chrysler Corp. Detroit MI Tug, marine tractor 210 421 gas steel 42 5/1944 - 9/1944
H-2-12 Sturgeon Bay Shipbuilding Sturgeon Bay WI Vessel, retrieving 11 210 deisel steel 158 12/1942 - 2/1944
J-101-127 Chris-Craft Algonac MI boat, shallow-draft 27 gas wood 22 10/1940 - 11/1940
J-128-130 Wheeler Shipyards Brooklyn NY boat, patrol 3 gas wood 35 12/1941 - 1/1941
J-134 Ventnor Boatworks Atlantic City NJ whale boat 1 188 deisel wood 26 2/1941
J-135-137 Palmer Scott New Bedford MA boat, passenger 3 186 d or g wood 40 3/1941
J-138-140 Wheeler Shipyards Brooklyn NY boat, shallow-draft 3 wood 26 1941
J-141-142 Freeport Point Shipyard Freeport NY boat, ambulance 2 200 gas wood 40 1/1941 - 5/1941
J-144-145 Chris-Craft Algonac MI boat, shallow-draft 2 gas wood 30 5/1941
J-146-153 Robinson Marine Benton Harbor MI boat, passenger 8 212 deisel wood 50 5/1941 - 6/1941
J-154 Higgins Industries New Orleans LA boat, shallow-draft 1 36-J gas wood 36 4/1941
J-160 Gibbs Gas Engine Jacksonville FL Skiff, motor 1 gas wood 58 4/1941
J-161-163 Navy Yard Cavite, Philippines whale boat 3 gas wood 26 12/1941
J-168-196 Chris-Craft Algonac MI rescue boat 29 326 gas wood 22 6/1941 - 11/1941
J-197-198 Palmer Scott New Bedford MA boat, passenger 2 212 deisel wood 50 12/1941
J-199-201 Higgins Industries New Orleans LA boat, shallow-draft 3 36-J gas wood 36 8/1941
J-202-209 Choctaw Boatworks Mobile AL whale boat 8 188 deisel wood 26 11/1941 - 12/1941
J-210-211 Krem, Kau & Son Pittsburg CA boat, passenger 2 212 deisel wood 50 3/1942
J-214 Chris-Craft Algonac MI launch 1 gas wood 34 7/1941
J-215-216 Palmer Scott New Bedford MA boat, passenger 2 212 deisel wood 50 12/1941
J-226-233 Electric Launch Bayonne NJ launch 8 T wood 39 8/1941 - 10/1941
J-238-240 Higgins Industries New Orleans LA boat, shallow-draft 3 36-J gas wood 50 10/1941
J-241-244 Higgins Industries New Orleans LA boat, patrol 4 243 gas wood 37 9/1941
J-248-249 Electric Launch Bayonne NJ launch 2 gas wood 44 10/1941
J-252-257 Francks, V. Seattle WA launch 6 deisel wood 40 11/1941
J-258-263 Olson & Winge Seattle WA launch 6 deisel wood 40 11/1941
J-270-277 Robinson Marine Benton Harbor MI boat, passenger 8 212 deisel wood 50 4/1942 - 6/1942
J-278 Francks, V. Seattle WA launch 1 deisel wood 40 1/1942
J-279-280 Olson & Winge Seattle WA launch 2 deisel wood 40 1/1942
J-308-322 Palmer Scott New Bedford MA boat, passenger 15 186 d or g wood 40 5/1942 - 10/1942
J-340-360 Palmer Scott New Bedford MA boat, passenger 21 186 d or g wood 40 7/1942 - 9/1942
J-387-389 Choctaw Boatworks Mobile AL whale boat 3 188 deisel wood 26 12/1942 - 1/1943
J-399-408 Hodgson-Greene-Haldeman Long Beach CA boat, passenger 10 212 deisel wood 50 11/1942 - 2/1943
J-412-452 Palmer Scott New Bedford MA boat, passenger 41 186 d or g wood 40 11/1942 - 2/1943
J-464-465 Higgins Industries New Orleans LA boat, utility 2 304 gas wood 27 7/1942
J-470-471 Choctaw Boatworks Mobile AL whale boat 2 188 deisel wood 26 3/1943
J-479-498 North Pacific Shipbuilding Anacortes WA boat, passenger 20 186 d or g wood 40 4/1943 - 6/1943
J-501-520 Palmer Scott New Bedford MA boat, passenger 20 186 d or g wood 40 3/1943 - 5/1943
J-521-535 Cape Cod Shipbuilding Wareham MA boat, passenger 15 186 d or g wood 40 9/1943 - 12/1943
J-538-547 Hodgson-Greene-Haldeman Long Beach CA boat, passenger 20 212 deisel wood 50 11/1942 - 2/1943
J-548-550 Higgins Industries New Orleans LA boat, patrol 3 243 gas wood 37 9/1942
J-561-580 Ashbridge Boatworks Los Angeles CA boat, passenger 20 212 deisel wood 50 4/1943 - 5/1943
J-581-630 Higgins Industries New Orleans LA boat, utility 50 311 gas wood 27 2/1943 - 3/1943
J-631-661 Chris-Craft Algonac MI rescue boat 29 326 gas wood 22 10/1942 - 2/1943
J-670-671 Higgins Industries New Orleans LA boat, patrol 2 243 gas wood 37 10/1942
J-672-681 Owens Yacht Baltimore MD boat, patrol 10 221-D gas wood 42 4/1943 - 6/1943
J-690-726 Chris-Craft Algonac MI boat, patrol 37 221-C gas wood 43 10/1942 - 3/1943
J-729-740 Higgins Industries New Orleans LA boat, fire 12 322 gas wood 27 3/1943
J-741-790 Higgins Industries New Orleans LA boat, patrol 50 243 gas wood 37 4/1943 - 6/1943
J-820 Higgins Industries New Orleans LA boat, shallow-draft 1 36-J gas wood 36 3/1943
J-821-830 Westergard Shipbuilding Port Isabel TX boat, passenger 10 212 deisel wood 50 5/1943 - 11/1943
J-835-844 Palmer Scott New Bedford MA boat, passenger 10 212 deisel wood 50 3/1943 - 4/1943
J-847-856 Lester & Franck Seattle WA boat, passenger 10 186 d or g wood 40 4/1943 - 5/1943
J-896-915 Chris-Franklin Manufacturing Seattle WA boat, pusher 20 337 deisel wood 28 4/1943 - 6/1943
J-944-953 Motor Boat Marina Seattle WA boat, passenger 10 186 d or g wood 40 4/1943 - 5/1943
J-956-961 Wareham Shipyard Wareham MA boat, passenger 6 186-A d or g wood 40 3/1943 - 4/1943
J-962-990 Higgins Industries New Orleans LA boat, shallow-draft 29 36-J gas wood 36 6/1943 - 7/1943
J-991-1040 Higgins Industries New Orleans LA boat, utility 50 311 gas wood 27 8/1943 - 9/1943
J-1041 Cape Cod Shipbuilding Wareham MA boat, motor 1 389 deisel wood 18 4/1943
J-1045 Pine Castle boat Pine Castle FL rescue boat 1 390 gas wood 18 4/1943
J-1051-1065 Hacker boat Mt. Clemons MI boat, patrol 15 221-D gas wood 42 1/1944 - 10/1944
J-1067-1108 Palmer Scott New Bedford MA boat, passenger 42 212 deisel wood 50 9/1943 - 11/1944
J-1109-1153 Richardson boat Tonowanda NY boat, passenger 45 186 d or g wood 40 9/1943 - 10/1944
J-1154-1156 Richardson boat Tonowanda NY boat, passenger 3 186-B d or g wood 40 8/1944
J-1157-1162 Richardson boat Tonowanda NY boat, passenger 6 186 d or g wood 40 9/1943 - 10/1944
J-1163-1180 Dawn Cruisers Classon Point NY boat, passenger 8 382 gas wood 36 10/1943 - 4/1944
J-1181-1209 Eddy Shipbuilding Bay City MI boat, passenger 29 382 gas wood 36 9/1943 - 1/1944
J-1212-1221 Ventnor Boatworks Atlantic City NJ boat, passenger 10 382 gas wood 36 10/1943 - 11/1943
J-1222-1227 Johnson, M. Bayhead NJ boat, passenger 6 382 gas wood 36 10/1943 - 11/1943
J-1228-1233 Johnson Bros. Point Pleasant NJ boat, passenger 6 382 gas wood 36 10/1943 - 11/1943
J-1249-1253 Manteo Boatbuilding Manteo NC boat, passenger 5 382 gas wood 36 9/1943 - 11/1943
J-1276-1305 Hickman, Albert Marblehead MA rescue boat 30 387 gas wood 32 12/1943 - 9/1944
J-1306-1333 Hinckley Boats Southwest Harbor ME boat, picket 28 388 gas wood 38 1/1944 - 5/1944
J-1363-1374 Hunt Marine Service Richmond CA boat, patrol 12 221-B gas wood 42 1/1944 - 7/1944
J-1388-1415 Wilson Boats Wilmington CA boat, passenger 28 382 gas wood 36 1/1944 - 5/1944
J-1741-1761 Western Boatbuilding Seattle WA boat, patrol 21 243 gas wood 37 3/1944 - 6/1944
J-1767-1782 Grandy boat Seattle WA boat, patrol 16 243 gas wood 37 3/1944 - 6/1944
J-1787-1789 Long Beach boat Long Beach CA boat, water taxi 3 gas wood 45 12/1944
J-1828-1854 San Pedro Boatworks San Pedro CA boat, patrol 27 243 gas wood 37 3/1944 - 7/1944
J-1855-1979 Higgins Industries New Orleans LA boat, patrol 125 243 gas wood 37 3/1944 - 6/1944
J-2005-2012 Palmer Scott New Bedford MA boat, salvage 8 403 deisel wood 50 3/1944 - 10/1944
J-2143-2148 Wareham Shipyard Wareham MA boat, salvage 6 403 deisel wood 50 1/1945 - 3/1945
J-2149-2168 Dooley's Basin Fort Lauderdale FL boat, picket 20 388 gas wood 38 1/1944 - 5/1944
J-2169-2174 Hinckley Boats Southwest Harbor ME boat, shallow-draft 6 wood 38 1945
J-2176-2195 Ventnor Boatworks Atlantic City NJ boat, utility 20 311 gas wood 27 12/1944 - 2/1945
J-2196-2215 Davis & Sons Solomons MD boat, utility 30 311 gas wood 27 11/1944 - 3/1945
J-2216-2240 Dooley's Basin Fort Lauderdale FL boat, utility 25 311 gas wood 27 12/1944 - 2/1945
J-2246-2262 Fellows & Stewart Wilmington CA boat, passenger 17 186 d or g wood 40 1/1945 - 5/1945
J-2266-2282 Stephens Bros. Stockton CA boat, salvage 17 403 gas wood 50 1/1945 - 4/1945
J-2283-2303 Truscott Boat & Dock St. Joseph MI boat, salvage 21 403 gas wood 50 1/1945 - 5/1945
J-2308-2337 Dunphy boat Oshkosh WI boat, utility 30 311 gas wood 27 8/1944 - 12/1944
J-2597 Higgins Industries New Orleans LA towboat 1 307 gas wood 36 10/1943 originally MTT-1
JR-1-9 Gar Wood Industries Marysville MI boat, radio-controlled 9 244 gas wood 34 3/1942 - 8/1942
JR-10-18 Hacker boat Mt. Clemons MI boat, radio-controlled 9 244 gas wood 34 6/1942
JR-19-29 Gar Wood Industries Marysville MI boat, radio-controlled 11 244 gas wood 34 9/1942 - 10/1942
JR-30-63 Hacker boat Mt. Clemons MI boat, radio-controlled 34 244 gas wood 34 3/1942 - 12/1943
LCVP-25142-25215 Dodge Boat & Plane Newport News VA Landing craft 74 185 mod. n/a wood 36 3/1943 - 11/1943
OB-27-55 Gibbs Gas Engine Jacksonville FL sea skiff 29 391 gas wood 16 1/1943 - 3/1943
OB-58-100 Lester & Franck Seattle WA sea skiff 43 391-A gas wood 22 11/1943 - 12/1943
OB-101-110 Gibbs Gas Engine Jacksonville FL sea skiff 10 391 gas wood 16 4/1943 - 7/1943
Q-17 Electric Launch Bayonne NJ launch 1 deisel wood 44 4/1941 later J-666
Q-19 Electric Launch Bayonne NJ launch 1 gas wood 44 6/1941 later J-665
Q-20-23 Chris-Craft Algonac MI launch 4 deisel wood 60 9/1941
Q-24 Electric Launch Bayonne NJ boat, survey 1 252 deisel wood 57 7/1941
Q-36-39 Chris-Craft Algonac MI launch 4 deisel wood 60 11/1941
Q-40 Chris-Craft Algonac MI launch 1 deisel wood 55 11/1941
Q-42 Electric Launch Bayonne NJ launch 1 deisel wood 58 11/1941
Q-54-66 Chris-Craft Algonac MI boat, passenger 13 234 d or g wood 62 4/1942 - 6/1942
Q-69-77 Chris-Craft Algonac MI boat, passenger 11 234 d or g wood 62 7/1942 - 10/1942
Q-88-102 Chris-Craft Algonac MI boat, passenger 15 234 d or g wood 62 3/1943 - 6/1943
SB-1-2 Graves, James E. Marblehead MA boat, small 2 428 gas wood 26 4/1945
SG-1-4 Prigg Boatworks Miami FL rescue boat 4 wood 16 1942
SG-5-18 Prigg Boatworks Miami FL rescue boat 14 292 gas wood 16 4/1942 - 7/1942
SG-19-28 Prigg Boatworks Miami FL rescue boat 10 292 gas wood 16 10/1942 - 12/1942
SG-29-30 Hamilton Field CA rescue boat 2 383 gas wood 38 6/1943
SG-31-45 Prigg Boatworks Miami FL rescue boat 15 292 gas wood 16 10/1943 - 11/1943
SG-46-49 Prigg Boatworks Miami FL rescue boat 4 415 gas wood 19 12/1943
SG-50-64 Henry Lowe Brownback Morristown PA rescue boat 15 292 gas wood 18 4/1944 - 5/1944
SG-65-84 Prigg Boatworks Miami FL rescue boat 20 415 gas wood 19 4/1944 - 6/1944
SG-85-113 Prigg Boatworks Miami FL rescue boat 29 415 gas wood 19 10/1944 - 2/1945
SJ-1 Higgins Industries New Orleans LA boat, antisubmarine 1 300 gas wood 37 4/1943
SJ-2 Hickman, Albert Marblehead MA boat, antisubmarine 1 303 gas wood 36 3/1943
SJ-3 Hickman, Albert Marblehead MA boat, antisubmarine 1 386 gas wood 37 12/1943
TA-1 Wood Shipbuilding Riviera Beach FL Vessel, target 1 412 gas wood 200 12/1944
TLK-1-8 American Car & Foundry Wilmington DE Lighter, tank 8 193 gas steel 45 5/1941 - 6/1941
TLK-9 Higgins Industries New Orleans LA Lighter, tank 1 299 gas steel 50 1/1943
V-16 Chris-Craft Algonac MI boat, motor 1 gas wood 25 3/1941 Maj Carroll Edgar
Robins Shipbuilding Delanco NJ ferry 1 224 deisel steel 60 10/1941 Maj Carroll Edgar
Bauer-Smith Dredging Port Lavaca TX ferry 1 249 deisel steel 65 10/1942 Maj R. O. White
1-9 Henry R. Hinckley Southwest Harbor ME boat, cargo 9 425 gas wood 20 10/1944
1-150 Harbor Plywood Hoquiam WA boat, collapsible 150 426 oars wood 32 5/1944 - 8/1944
Bryant's Marine Seattle WA dory 199 oars wood 16-22
Burchcraft boat Aberdeen WA dory oars wood 16-22
Morton Johnson Bayhead NJ dory oars wood 16-22
Red Bank Marine Works Red Bank NJ dory oars wood 16-22
Cape Cod Shipbuilding Wareham MA skiff 493 oars wood 12-20
Armstrong & Galbraith New York NY skiff oars wood 12-20
John G. Rapp Co. San Francisco CA skiff oars wood 12-20
John Bird Knox Marine Exchange Camden ME skiff oars wood 12-20
Daytona Beach Boat Works Daytona Beach FL skiff oars wood 12-20

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