St. John's River Shipbuilding
Jacksonville FL
Most recent update: August 7, 2021.
St. John's River Shipbuilding Company was an emergency yard, with 6 ways in the fifth wave of shipbuilding expansion, with $17M invested by MARCOM. It was built by an established small shipbuilder and repairer, Merrill-Stevens, which had been in operation in Jacksonville since 1866 and is still in operation today, although now it is located in Miami. After the war, the shipyard became a repair yard: it closed in the 1980s and the site has been redeveloped.
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| Name | Type | MC # | Way # | Keel Laid | Launched | Delivered | Days on Ways | Days in Water | Days | Notes | |
| 1 | Ponce De Leon | freighter (C1) | 1193 | 1 | 15 Aug 1942 | 14 Mar 1943 | 30 Apr 1943 | 211 | 47 | 258 | scrapped 1962 |
| 2 | John Gorrie | freighter (C1) | 1194 | 2 | 29 Aug 1942 | 27 Mar 1943 | 24 May 1943 | 210 | 58 | 268 | scrapped 1967 |
| 3 | Francis Asbury | freighter (C1) | 1195 | 3 | 12 Sep 1942 | 17 Apr 1943 | 5 Jun 1943 | 217 | 49 | 266 | mined and lost off Belgium 1944 |
| 4 | John J Crittenden | freighter (C1) | 1196 | 4 | 15 Oct 1942 | 7 May 1943 | 24 Jun 1943 | 204 | 48 | 252 | scrapped 1968 |
| 5 | Sidney Lanier | freighter (C1) | 1197 | 5 | 22 Oct 1942 | 21 May 1943 | 7 Jul 1943 | 211 | 47 | 258 | scrapped 1961 |
| 6 | Robert Y Hayne | freighter (C1) | 1198 | 6 | 2 Nov 1942 | 29 May 1943 | 20 Jul 1943 | 208 | 52 | 260 | sold 1947 as Citta di Savoia, Centerport 1958, scrapped 1971 |
| 7 | Richard Montgomery | freighter (C1) | 1199 | 1 | 15 Mar 1943 | 15 Jun 1943 | 29 Jul 1943 | 92 | 44 | 136 | bombed in the Thames Estuary 1944, CTL, wreck still visible |
| 8 | John Philip Sousa | freighter (C1) | 1200 | 2 | 29 Mar 1943 | 4 Jul 1943 | 6 Aug 1943 | 97 | 33 | 130 | sold 1947 as Spurt, Spartan 1961, wrecked 1965, CTL, scrapped |
| 9 | Henry Watterson | freighter (C1) | 1201 | 3 | 19 Apr 1943 | 21 Jul 1943 | 18 Aug 1943 | 93 | 28 | 121 | sold 1947, wrecked 1962, CTL, scrapped |
| 10 | George Dewey | freighter (C1) | 1202 | 4 | 8 May 1943 | 5 Aug 1943 | 27 Aug 1943 | 89 | 22 | 111 | reefed off Port Mansfield TX-1976 |
| 11 | William Byrd | freighter (C1) | 1203 | 5 | 24 May 1943 | 20 Aug 1943 | 5 Sep 1943 | 88 | 16 | 104 | scrapped 1973 |
| 12 | Rufus C Dawes | freighter (C1) | 1204 | 6 | 31 May 1943 | 4 Sep 1943 | 18 Sep 1943 | 96 | 14 | 110 | scrapped 1968 |
| 13 | Thomas Sully | freighter (C1) | 1205 | 1 | 16 Jun 1943 | 11 Sep 1943 | 27 Sep 1943 | 87 | 16 | 103 | sold 1947 as Astor, Citta di Palermo 1949, scrapped 1963 |
| 14 | Dwight W Morrow | freighter (C1) | 1206 | 2 | 5 Jul 1943 | 21 Sep 1943 | 5 Oct 1943 | 78 | 14 | 92 | scrapped 1969 |
| 15 | John S Mosby | freighter (C1) | 1207 | 3 | 22 Jul 1943 | 3 Oct 1943 | 16 Oct 1943 | 73 | 13 | 86 | scrapped 1971 |
| 16 | Grant Wood | freighter (C1) | 1208 | 4 | 6 Aug 1943 | 14 Oct 1943 | 26 Oct 1943 | 69 | 12 | 81 | sold 1947, scrapped 1970 |
| 17 | Edward M House | freighter (C1) | 1209 | 5 | 21 Aug 1943 | 23 Oct 1943 | 4 Nov 1943 | 63 | 12 | 75 | torpedoed in the English Channel 1944, repaired and sold, scrapped 1970 |
| 18 | Harvey Cushing | freighter (C1) | 1210 | 6 | 5 Sep 1943 | 31 Oct 1943 | 11 Nov 1943 | 56 | 11 | 67 | sold 1947 as Eretteo, wrecked 1965, CTL, scrapped |
| 19 | William G Sumner | freighter (C1) | 1211 | 1 | 13 Sep 1943 | 8 Nov 1943 | 19 Nov 1943 | 56 | 11 | 67 | to USN as Alkaid (AK-114), William G. Sumner, scrapped 1964 |
| 20 | Peter Stuyvesant | freighter (C1) | 1212 | 2 | 27 Sep 1943 | 16 Nov 1943 | 27 Nov 1943 | 50 | 11 | 61 | to USN as Crux (AK-115), Peter Stuyvesant, scrapped 1962 |
| 21 | James Screven | freighter (C1) | 1213 | 3 | 4 Oct 1943 | 23 Nov 1943 | 4 Dec 1943 | 50 | 11 | 61 | to USN as Shaula (AK-118), Later James Scriven, sold 1947 as Olimpa, scrapped 1969 |
| 22 | Napoleon B Broward | freighter (C1) | 1214 | 4 | 16 Oct 1943 | 30 Nov 1943 | 10 Dec 1943 | 45 | 10 | 55 | to USN as Matar (AK-119), scrapped 1972 |
| 23 | Arthur M Huddell | freighter (C1) | 1215 | 5 | 25 Oct 1943 | 7 Dec 1943 | 18 Dec 1943 | 43 | 11 | 54 | Pipe carrier 1944, cable carrier 1956, memorial/museum in Greece |
| 24 | Owen Wister | freighter (C1) | 1216 | 6 | 2 Nov 1943 | 14 Dec 1943 | 24 Dec 1943 | 42 | 10 | 52 | scrapped 1964 |
| 25 | Elizabeth C Bellamy | freighter (C1) | 1217 | 1 | 10 Nov 1943 | 21 Dec 1943 | 31 Dec 1943 | 41 | 10 | 51 | to USN as Baham (AK-122), AG-71, Elizabeth C. Bellamy 1947, scrapped 1973 |
| 26 | John White | freighter (C1) | 1218 | 2 | 17 Nov 1943 | 31 Dec 1943 | 17 Jan 1944 | 44 | 17 | 61 | to USN as Menkar (AK-123), to USCG 1944, scrapped 1964 |
| 27 | Royal S Copeland | freighter (C1) | 1219 | 3 | 24 Nov 1943 | 11 Jan 1944 | 22 Jan 1944 | 48 | 11 | 59 | sold 1947 as Les Glieres. Nictric 1959, burned 1968 and scrapped |
| 28 | John Einig | freighter (C1) | 1220 | 4 | 1 Dec 1943 | 14 Jan 1944 | 31 Jan 1944 | 44 | 17 | 61 | sold 1947 as Aida Lauro, scrapped 1969 |
| 29 | Edwin G Weed | freighter (C1) | 1221 | 5 | 7 Dec 1943 | 29 Jan 1944 | 11 Feb 1944 | 53 | 13 | 66 | sold 1947 as Eugenio C, Aris 1963, scrapped 1967 |
| 30 | Andrew Turnbull | freighter (C1) | 1222 | 6 | 15 Dec 1943 | 8 Feb 1944 | 19 Feb 1944 | 55 | 11 | 66 | scrapped 1968 |
| 31 | Henry S Sanford | freighter (C1) | 2467 | 1 | 22 Dec 1943 | 19 Feb 1944 | 4 Mar 1944 | 59 | 14 | 63 | scrapped 1970 |
| 32 | James L Ackerson | freighter (C1) | 2468 | 2 | 1 Jan 1944 | 29 Feb 1944 | 16 Mar 1944 | 59 | 16 | 65 | sold 1947 as Captain J. Matarangas, Artemis 1952, scrapped 1967 |
| 33 | Edward W Bok | freighter (C1) | 2469 | 3 | 14 Jan 1944 | 12 Mar 1944 | 27 Mar 1944 | 58 | 15 | 73 | sold 1947 as Paolina, Nando 1959, Kim 1960, Sun 1965, scrapped 1970 |
| 34 | Melucta | freighter (C1) | 2470 | 4 | 21 Jan 1944 | 20 Mar 1944 | 31 Mar 1944 | 59 | 11 | 70 | to USN as AK-131, Thomas A. McGinley 1945, scrapped 1970 |
| 35 | Propus | freighter (C1) | 2471 | 5 | 31 Jan 1944 | 29 Mar 1944 | 10 Apr 1944 | 58 | 12 | 70 | to USN as AK-132, sold 1947 as Frederick Tresca, Nicolau Georgos 1947, Gabbiano 1951, scrapped 1970 |
| 36 | Edward A Filene | freighter (C1) | 2472 | 6 | 9 Feb 1944 | 6 Apr 1944 | 20 Apr 1944 | 57 | 14 | 71 | scuttled as breakwater in Cook Inlet AK, 1966 |
| 37 | Richard K Call | freighter (C1) | 2473 | 1 | 21 Feb 1944 | 15 Apr 1944 | 28 Apr 1944 | 54 | 13 | 67 | scrapped 1970 |
| 38 | August Belmont | freighter (C1) | 2474 | 2 | 1 Mar 1944 | 20 Apr 1944 | 30 Apr 1944 | 50 | 10 | 60 | scrapped 1970 |
| 39 | Arthur R Lewis | freighter (C1) | 2475 | 3 | 13 Mar 1944 | 27 Apr 1944 | 12 May 1944 | 45 | 15 | 60 | scrapped 1965 |
| 40 | George E Merrick | freighter (C1) | 2476 | 4 | 20 Mar 1944 | 4 May 1944 | 21 May 1944 | 45 | 17 | 62 | sold 1951 as Saxon, Panagia Kounistra 1961, scrapped 1972 |
| 41 | James K Paulding | freighter (C1) | 2477 | 5 | 30 Mar 1944 | 12 May 1944 | 30 May 1944 | 43 | 18 | 61 | scrapped 1964 |
| 42 | Thomas J Lyons | freighter (C1) | 2478 | 6 | 7 Apr 1944 | 18 May 1944 | 2 Jun 1944 | 41 | 15 | 56 | scrapped 1963 |
| 43 | Raymond Clapper | freighter (C1) | 2479 | 1 | 17 Apr 1944 | 22 May 1944 | 13 Jun 1944 | 35 | 22 | 47 | sold 1947 as T. J. Stevenson, Shamrock 1954, Master Nicky 1954, Thrylos 1960, Elias Dayfas II 1965, sank 1966 |
| 44 | Hugh J Kilpatrick | freighter (C1) | 2480 | 2 | 21 Apr 1944 | 31 May 1944 | 22 Jun 1944 | 40 | 22 | 52 | sold 1946 as Hoosier State, Transamerican 1955, A&J Mid-America 1966, Grand Hope 1965, Union Tiger 1967, scrapped 1969 |
| 45 | Noah Brown | freighter (C1) | 2481 | 3 | 28 Apr 1944 | 8 Jun 1944 | 28 Jun 1944 | 41 | 20 | 51 | sold private 1949 as Henry Stevenson, Aldershot 1955, Karolina 1960, Vrontados Pioneer 1963, scrapped 1969 |
| 46 | Hendrik Willem Van Loon | freighter (C1) | 2482 | 4 | 5 May 1944 | 14 Jun 1944 | 2 Jul 1944 | 40 | 18 | 59 | scrapped 1965 |
| 47 | Stephen Beasley | freighter (C1) | 2483 | 5 | 13 May 1944 | 24 Jun 1944 | 13 Jul 1944 | 42 | 19 | 61 | scrapped 1961 |
| 48 | Jasper F Cropsey | freighter (C1) | 2484 | 6 | 19 May 1944 | 30 Jun 1944 | 20 Jul 1944 | 42 | 20 | 62 | sold 1949 as Oceanic, scrapped 1967 |
| 49 | William Crane Gray | freighter (C1) | 2485 | 1 | 23 May 1944 | 12 Jul 1944 | 27 Jul 1944 | 50 | 15 | 65 | scrapped 1972 |
| 50 | Ethelbert Nevin | freighter (C1) | 2486 | 2 | 1 Jun 1944 | 18 Jul 1944 | 31 Jul 1944 | 47 | 13 | 60 | scrapped 1960 |
| 51 | W S Jennings | freighter (C1) | 2487 | 3 | 9 Jun 1944 | 25 Jul 1944 | 9 Aug 1944 | 46 | 15 | 61 | scrapped 1970 |
| 52 | Filipp Mazzei | freighter (C1) | 2488 | 4 | 15 Jun 1944 | 31 Jul 1944 | 15 Aug 1944 | 46 | 15 | 61 | scrapped 1960 |
| 53 | Henry Hadley | freighter (C1) | 2489 | 5 | 26 Jun 1944 | 8 Aug 1944 | 22 Aug 1944 | 43 | 14 | 57 | scrapped 1972 |
| 54 | Alfred I Dupont | freighter (C1) | 2490 | 6 | 1 Jul 1944 | 15 Aug 1944 | 28 Aug 1944 | 45 | 13 | 58 | scrapped 1970 |
| 55 | Irvin S Cobb | freighter (C1) | 2491 | 1 | 13 Jul 1944 | 22 Aug 1944 | 31 Aug 1944 | 40 | 9 | 49 | scrapped 1967 |
| 56 | Negley D Cochran | freighter (C1) | 2492 | 2 | 19 Jul 1944 | 29 Aug 1944 | 10 Sep 1944 | 41 | 12 | 53 | sold 1947 as Global Trader, Surna 1947, Maringa 1959, sank 1969 |
| 57 | Anna Dickinson | freighter (C1) | 2493 | 3 | 26 Jul 1944 | 4 Sep 1944 | 16 Sep 1944 | 40 | 12 | 52 | scrapped 1962 |
| 58 | John Ringling | freighter (C1) | 2494 | 4 | 1 Aug 1944 | 10 Sep 1944 | 23 Sep 1944 | 40 | 13 | 53 | scrapped 1972 |
| 59 | Michael Dekovats | freighter (C1) | 2495 | 5 | 9 Aug 1944 | 16 Sep 1944 | 27 Sep 1944 | 38 | 11 | 49 | scrapped 1972 |
| 60 | John H Mcintosh | freighter (C1) | 2496 | 6 | 16 Aug 1944 | 23 Sep 1944 | 30 Sep 1944 | 38 | 7 | 45 | scrapped 1970 |
| 61 | Jerry S Foley | freighter (C1) | 2497 | 1 | 23 Aug 1944 | 29 Sep 1944 | 11 Oct 1944 | 37 | 12 | 49 | scrapped 1971 |
| 62 | Robert Mills | freighter (C1) | 2498 | 2 | 30 Aug 1944 | 5 Oct 1944 | 14 Oct 1944 | 36 | 9 | 45 | reefed off Mobile Bay AL 1975 |
| 63 | Morris C Feinstone | freighter (C1) | 2499 | 3 | 5 Sep 1944 | 10 Oct 1944 | 22 Oct 1944 | 35 | 12 | 47 | scrapped 1972 |
| 64 | David L Yulee | freighter (C1) | 2500 | 4 | 11 Sep 1944 | 16 Oct 1944 | 26 Oct 1944 | 35 | 10 | 45 | scrapped 1971 |
| 65 | George E Waldo | freighter (C1) | 2501 | 5 | 18 Sep 1944 | 23 Oct 1944 | 31 Oct 1944 | 35 | 8 | 43 | sold 1947 as Hawaiian Forester, C. R. Musser 1952, Reliance Serenity 1969, LSCO Bulktrain 1970, scrapped 1974 |
| 66 | Harald Torsvik | freighter (C1) | 2502 | 6 | 25 Sep 1944 | 28 Oct 1944 | 6 Nov 1944 | 33 | 9 | 42 | sold 1946 as Grey County, Aegean Sailor 1951, Kyramarouko 1960, Spalmatori 1964, Anastassios 1966, Stymfalos 1967, scrapped 1968 |
| 67 | Frederic W Galbraith | freighter (C1) | 2503 | 1 | 30 Sep 1944 | 2 Nov 1944 | 14 Nov 1944 | 33 | 12 | 45 | scrapped 1970 |
| 68 | C-W Post | freighter (C1) | 2504 | 2 | 6 Oct 1944 | 8 Nov 1944 | 17 Nov 1944 | 33 | 9 | 42 | scrapped 1971 |
| 69 | Junius Smith | freighter (C1) | 2505 | 3 | 11 Oct 1944 | 14 Nov 1944 | 22 Nov 1944 | 34 | 8 | 42 | scrapped 1965 |
| 70 | Isaac M Singer | freighter (C1) | 2506 | 4 | 17 Oct 1944 | 19 Nov 1944 | 27 Nov 1944 | 33 | 8 | 41 | scrapped 1970 |
| 71 | Telfair Stockton | freighter (C1) | 2507 | 5 | 24 Oct 1944 | 23 Nov 1944 | 30 Nov 1944 | 30 | 7 | 37 | sold 1947 as Eugenie, Transporter 1956, Zaneta 1967, Sfakia 1968, scrapped 1973 |
| 72 | Louis Bamberger | freighter (C1) | 2508 | 6 | 28 Oct 1944 | 29 Nov 1944 | 8 Dec 1944 | 32 | 9 | 41 | sold 1947, scrapped 1971 |
| 73 | Isaac Mayer Wise | freighter (C1) | 2509 | 1 | 3 Nov 1944 | 6 Dec 1944 | 15 Dec 1944 | 33 | 9 | 42 | scrapped 1972 |
| 74 | Henry B Plant | freighter (C1) | 2510 | 2 | 9 Nov 1944 | 11 Dec 1944 | 19 Dec 1944 | 32 | 8 | 40 | torpedoed and lost off Ramsgate 1945 |
| 75 | Walter M Christiansen | freighter (C1) | 2511 | 3 | 15 Nov 1944 | 16 Dec 1944 | 27 Dec 1944 | 31 | 11 | 42 | sold 1947 as Sea Comet, Ocean Ulla 1952, Valiant Hope 1958, Ocean Rover 1960, Pacific Venture 1960, scrapped 1967 |
| 76 | Grover C Hutcherson | freighter (C1) | 2512 | 4 | 21 Nov 1944 | 22 Dec 1944 | 31 Dec 1944 | 31 | 9 | 40 | scrapped 1972 |
| 77 | Fred C Stebbins | freighter (C1) | 2513 | 5 | 24 Nov 1944 | 30 Dec 1944 | 11 Jan 1945 | 36 | 12 | 48 | to USN |
| 78 | Harold A Jordan | freighter (C1) | 2514 | 6 | 30 Nov 1944 | 6 Jan 1945 | 17 Jan 1945 | 37 | 11 | 48 | scrapped 1966 |
| 79 | John Miller | freighter (C1) | 2515 | 1 | 7 Dec 1944 | 15 Jan 1945 | 24 Jan 1945 | 39 | 9 | 48 | scrapped 1971 |
| 80 | James H Courts | freighter (C1) | 2516 | 2 | 12 Dec 1944 | 21 Jan 1945 | 31 Jan 1945 | 40 | 10 | 50 | sold 1947, wrecked 1965, CTL, scrapped |
| 81 | Fred Herrling | freighter (C1) | 2517 | 4 | 23 Dec 1944 | 30 Jan 1945 | 10 Feb 1945 | 38 | 11 | 49 | scrapped 1969 |
| 82 | Thomas L Haley | freighter (C1) | 2518 | 6 | 8 Jan 1945 | 12 Feb 1945 | 24 Feb 1945 | 35 | 12 | 47 | sold 1947 as Spetsae, Captain K. Papazoglou 1947, Pantanassa 1954, Giorgos Tsakiroglou 1961, scrapped 1969 |
| 83 | Klickitat | tanker (T1) | 2624 | 14 Jul 1945 | AOG-64, sold 1946 as Capitan, to Argentina as Punta Loyola, sold 1968 as Alkene, wrecked 1974 | ||||||
| 84 | Michigamme | tanker (T1) | 2625 | 1 Aug 1945 | AOG-65, sold 1946 as Black Bayou, to Argentina as Punta Ninfas, Moises 1968, scrapped 1976 | ||||||
| 85 | Nanticoke | tanker (T1) | 2626 | 1 Sep 1945 | AOG-66, sold 1946 as Sugarland, to Argentina as Punta Delgada (B-16), burned and sank 1985 | ||||||
| 86 | Nodaway | tanker (T1) | 2627 | 1 Sep 1945 | AOG-67, completed by Merrill-Stevens as West Ranch, sold 1946 as Dynafuel, sank 1963 | ||||||
| 87 | Peconic | tanker (T1) | 2628 | 29 Sep 1945 | AOG-68, sold 1946 as Voshell, to NDRF 1960, scrapped 1983 | ||||||
| 88 | Avoca | tanker (T1) | 2629 | 18 Sep 1945 | AOG-69, completed by Maryland DD as Petaluma, sold 1947 as Transpet, burned and sank 1951 | ||||||
| 89 | Louden | tanker (T1) | 2630 | 18 Sep 1945 | AOG-70, completed by Maryland DD as Piscataqua, sold 1948 as Transwel, Salamanca 1950, scrapped 1972 | ||||||
| 90 | Lafitte | tanker (T1) | 2631 | 18 Sep 1945 | AOG-71, completed by Maryland DD as Quinnebaug, sold 1948 as Transpan, River Transport 1960, Don Ernesto 1975, scrapped 1998 | ||||||
| 91 | Sebasticook | tanker (T1) | 2632 | 18 Sep 1945 | AOG-72, completed by Maryland DD as Mexia, sold 1948 as Transpar, Kwang Lung 1958, sank 1961 | ||||||
| 92 | White Castle | tanker (T1) | 2633 | 18 Sep 1945 | AOG-73, completed by Rickmerswerft as Kiamichi, sold 1952 as Transmere, to Colombia 1952 as Sancho Jimeno (BT 63), scrapped 1974 | ||||||
| 93 | Ville Platte | tanker (T1) | 2634 | 18 Sep 1945 | AOG-74, completed by Todd Brooklyn as Tellico, sold 1951 as Transea, Sea Transporter 1956, Sea Transport 1959, LSCO Petroparcel 1971 | ||||||
| 94 | Eola | tanker (T1) | 2635 | 18 Sep 1945 | AOG-75, completed by Maryland DD as Truckee, sold 1951 as California Standard, LSCO Transpacific 1970, scrapped 1977 |