US Army Small Craft (WWII)
Built During WWII
The Army's WWII fleet included thousands of small craft. The table below lists those not listed elsewhere.
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 |