Water Tankers and Barges
(YW and YWN)
Most recent update: January 9, 2012.
Few of the early YWs were self-propelled: the use of YWN for barges did not get started until WWII and the earlier vessels retained their YW designation. As a result, it is now difficult to tell which vessels were tankers and which were barges.
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| Builder | Location | LOA | Tons | Built | Notes | |
| YW-1 | 1891 | ex-S.O. Co. No. 55, acquired 1898, sunk off Guantanamo Bay 1917 | ||||
| YW-2 | New York NY | 170 | 1895 | ex-S.O. Co. No. 75, acquired 1898, YO-10, YR-19, sold 1929, scrapped 1948 | ||
| YW-3 | ||||||
| YW-4 | Crescent Shipyard | Elizabethport NJ | 144 | 200 | 1898 | sold 1920 |
| YW-5 | Crescent Shipyard | Elizabethport NJ | 144 | 200 | 1898 | sold 1943 |
| YW-6 | New York NSY | Brooklyn NY | 40 | 1898 | ||
| YW-7 | ||||||
| YW-8 | ||||||
| YW-9 | Port Royal SC | 82 | 1898 | |||
| YW-10 | Puget Sound NSY | Bremerton WA | 142 | 200 | 1905 | disposed-of 1948 |
| YW-11 | New York NSY | Brooklyn NY | 92 | 1904 | ||
| YW-12 | Norfolk NSY | Portsmouth VA | 120 | 200 | 1905 | disposed-of 1948 |
| YW-13 | Pensacola NSY | Pensacola FL | 92 | 1904 | ||
| YW-14 | Pusey & Jones | Wilmington DE | 80 | 1905 | ||
| YW-15 | Mare Island NSY | Vallejo CA | 91 | 1905 | ||
| YW-16 | Pearl Harbor NSY | Honolulu HI | 120 | 200 | 1906 | may have been built at MINSY, destroyed 1946 |
| YW-17 | Portsmouth NSY | Kittery ME | 154 | 1908 | ||
| YW-18 | New York NSY | Brooklyn NY | 92 | 1907 | ||
| YW-19 | Cavite NSY | Cavite, Philippines | 90 | 185 | 1907 | struck 1942 |
| YW-20 | New York NSY | Brooklyn NY | 92 | 1907 | ||
| YW-21 | Norfolk NSY | Portsmouth VA | 50 | 1899 | ||
| YW-22 | New York NSY | Brooklyn NY | 112 | 200 | 1910 | disposed-of 1948 |
| YW-23 | Puget Sound NSY | Bremerton WA | 161 | 225 | 1915 | disposed-of 1948 |
| YW-24 | Olongapo NS | Olongapa PI | 70 | 1906 | scrapped before 1921 | |
| YW-25 | Mare Island NSY | Vallejo CA | 120 | 200 | 1915 | disposed-of 1948 |
| YW-26 | Guam | 45 | 1917 | |||
| YW-27 | 2,801 | ex-Lighter 23, acquired 1918, to US Army 1920 | ||||
| YW-28 | New Orleans NS | New Orleans LA | 67 | 1918 | ||
| YW-29 | 3.754 | ex-Lilian Russell, acquired 1918 | ||||
| YW-30 | William Simons | Renfrew, Scotland | 210 | 560 | 1883 | ex-Renfrew, acquired 1918 as Rin Tin Tin (YF-160), sold 1932 |
| YW-31 | 1919 | ex-Ninette, acquired 1919, wrecked and scrapped 1921 | ||||
| YW-32 | 1919 | ex-Water Lighter No. 1 | ||||
| YW-33 | 110 | 1919 | ex-Coal Barge No. 565 | |||
| YW-34 | Cape May NJ | 40 | 1919 | fire barge | ||
| YW-35 | ||||||
| YW-36 | ||||||
| YW-37 | ||||||
| YW-38 | ||||||
| YW-39 | ||||||
| YW-40 | ||||||
| YW-41 | ||||||
| YW-42 | ||||||
| YW-43 | ||||||
| YW-44 | ||||||
| YW-45 | 110 | 1919 | ex-Coal Barge No. 598 | |||
| YW-46 | ||||||
| YW-47 | 110 | 1919 | ex-Coal Barge No. 186 | |||
| YW-48 | ||||||
| YW-49 | ||||||
| YW-50 | 55 | 60 | 1923 | surrendered at Cavite 1942 | ||
| YW-51 | ||||||
| YW-52 | ||||||
| YW-53 | Norfolk NSY | Portsmouth VA | 111 | 200 | 1933 | disposed-of 1946 |
| YW-54 | 111 | 200 | 1933 | surrendered at Cavite 1942 | ||
| YW-55 | 55 | 60 | 1931 | ex-YF-222, ex-YC-275, surrendered at Cavite 1942 | ||
| YW-56 | Bethlehem Steel | Quincy MA | 314 | 1,215 | 1919 | ex-DD-259, IX-98, scrapped 1947 |
| YW-57 | Bethlehem Steel | Quincy MA | 314 | 1,154 | 1919 | ex-DD-163, IX-44, scuttled 1941 |
| YW-58 | 110 | 115 | 1941 | surrendered at Cavite 1942 | ||
| YW-59 | Norfolk NSY | Portsmouth VA | 110 | 712 | 1941 | ex-YOG-32, scrapped 1975 |
| YWN-60 | Eureka Shipbuilding | Eureka CA | 165 | 220 | 1943 | later YSR-46, then YOS-33 |
| YWN-61 | Eureka Shipbuilding | Eureka CA | 165 | 220 | 1943 | |
| YWN-62 | Levingston Shipbuilding | Orange TX | 174 | 300 | 1943 | later Barge 4 |
| YWN-63 | Levingston Shipbuilding | Orange TX | 174 | 300 | 1943 | later 508 Port of Portland |
| YWN-64 | Levingston Shipbuilding | Orange TX | 174 | 300 | 1943 | |
| YWN-65 | Levingston Shipbuilding | Orange TX | 174 | 300 | 1943 | |
| YWN-66 | Levingston Shipbuilding | Orange TX | 174 | 300 | 1943 | sunk as target 1976 |
| YWN-67 | American Pipe | Los Angeles CA | 165 | 220 | 1943 | to DOI 1975 |
| YWN-68 | American Pipe | Los Angeles CA | 165 | 220 | 1943 | |
| YWN-69 | American Pipe | Los Angeles CA | 165 | 220 | 1943 | lost 1946 |
| YWN-70 | American Pipe | Los Angeles CA | 165 | 220 | 1943 | later YOS-37, sold 1999 |
| YWN-71 | Dravo Corp. | Pittsburgh PA | 165 | 220 | 1943 | sold 1999 |
| YWN-72 | Dravo Corp. | Pittsburgh PA | 165 | 220 | 1943 | |
| YWN-73 | Dravo Corp. | Pittsburgh PA | 165 | 220 | 1943 | later YO-235 |
| YWN-74 | Dravo Corp. | Pittsburgh PA | 165 | 220 | 1943 | |
| YWN-75 | Eureka SB | Eureka CA | 165 | 220 | 1943 | |
| YWN-76 | Eureka SB | Eureka CA | 165 | 220 | 1943 | |
| YWN-77 | Eureka SB | Eureka CA | 165 | 220 | 1943 | |
| YWN-78 | Eureka SB | Eureka CA | 165 | 220 | 1943 | sold 2008 |
| YWN-79 | Nelson Boiler & Tank | Tacoma WA | 165 | 220 | 1944 | later YOS-2006 |
| YWN-80 | Nelson Boiler & Tank | Tacoma WA | 165 | 220 | 1944 | lost 1946 |
| YWN-81 | American Pipe | Los Angeles CA | 165 | 220 | 1944 | |
| YWN-82 | American Pipe | Los Angeles CA | 165 | 220 | 1944 | |
| YWN-83 | Mathis | Camden NJ | 174 | 440 | 1944 | sunk as target 1989 |
| YWN-84 | Mathis | Camden NJ | 174 | 440 | 1944 | scrapped 1976 |
| YW-85 | Zenith Dredge | Duluth MN | 174 | 440 | 1944 | scrapped 1975 |
| YW-86 | Zenith Dredge | Duluth MN | 174 | 440 | 1944 | sunk as target 2001 |
| YW-87 | Zenith Dredge | Duluth MN | 174 | 440 | 1944 | |
| YW-88 | Zenith Dredge | Duluth MN | 174 | 440 | 1944 | |
| YW-89 | Zenith Dredge | Duluth MN | 174 | 440 | 1944 | sunk as target 1976 |
| YW-90 | Zenith Dredge | Duluth MN | 174 | 440 | 1944 | scrapped 1975 |
| YW-91 | Marine Iron | Duluth MN | 174 | 440 | 1944 | |
| YW-92 | Marine Iron | Duluth MN | 174 | 440 | 1944 | to Italy 1948 as Adige, struck 1989 |
| YW-93 | Western Pipe & Steel | San Pedro CA | 174 | 440 | 1944 | |
| YW-94 | Western Pipe & Steel | San Pedro CA | 174 | 440 | 1944 | |
| YW-95 | Albina Engine & Machine | Portland OR | 174 | 440 | 1944 | to Italy 1948 as Flegetonte, scrapped 1974 |
| YW-96 | American Electric Welding | Baltimore MD | 1942 | ex-Franklin R | ||
| YW-97 | 85 | ex-PC-64, sold 1943 | ||||
| YW-98 | George S. Lawley & Sons | Neponset MA | 174 | 440 | 1945 | struck 1991 |
| YW-99 | George S. Lawley & Sons | Neponset MA | 174 | 440 | 1945 | to Italy 1948 as Tanaro, struck 1986 |
| YW-100 | George S. Lawley & Sons | Neponset MA | 174 | 440 | 1945 | |
| YW-101 | Mare Island NSY | Vallejo CA | 174 | 440 | 1945 | sunk as target 1988 |
| YW-102 | Mare Island NSY | Vallejo CA | 174 | 440 | 1945 | |
| YW-103 | Mare Island NSY | Vallejo CA | 174 | 440 | 1945 | to the Philippines 1975 |
| YW-104 | Mare Island NSY | Vallejo CA | 174 | 440 | 1945 | scrapped 1974 |
| YW-105 | Mare Island NSY | Vallejo CA | 174 | 440 | 1945 | scrapped 1974 |
| YW-106 | Mare Island NSY | Vallejo CA | 174 | 440 | 1945 | sold 1974 as Petrostar X, Khaleej 29 (Saudi Arabia) |
| YW-107 | Zenith Dredge | Duluth MN | 174 | 440 | 1945 | scrapped 1974 |
| YW-108 | Zenith Dredge | Duluth MN | 174 | 440 | 1945 | sold 2006 to a Mexican company |
| YW-110 | 200 | 600 | 1925 | later YOG-54 | ||
| YW-111 | Marine Iron | Duluth MN | 174 | 440 | 1945 | to the Philippines 1975 |
| YW-112 | Marine Iron | Duluth MN | 174 | 440 | 1945 | scrapped 1974 |
| YW-113 | Marine Iron | Duluth MN | 174 | 440 | 1945 | sunk as target 1990 |
| YW-114 | Marine Iron | Duluth MN | 174 | 440 | 1945 | scrapped 1974 |
| YW-115 | Marine Iron | Duluth MN | 174 | 440 | 1945 | sunk as target 1975 |
| YW-116 | Marine Iron | Duluth MN | 174 | 440 | 1945 | sold 1974 as Nur (UAE) |
| YW-117 | Grebe, Henry C. | Chicago IL | 174 | 440 | 1945 | sold 1975 as Kambiz (Iran), Noah IV |
| YW-118 | Grebe, Henry C. | Chicago IL | 174 | 440 | 1945 | scrapped 1974 |
| YW-119 | Grebe, Henry C. | Chicago IL | 174 | 440 | 1945 | scrapped 1982 |
| YW-120 | Jeffboat | Jeffersonville IN | 174 | 440 | 1942 | ex-PC-624, to France 1944 |
| YW-121 | Dravo Corp. | Wilmington DE | 120 | 175 | ||
| YW-122 | Grebe, Henry C. | Chicago IL | 174 | 440 | 1945 | to Peru 1980 |
| YW-123 | Leathem D. Smith SB | Sturgeon Bay WI | 174 | 440 | 1945 | scrapped 1990 |
| YW-124 | Leathem D. Smith SB | Sturgeon Bay WI | 174 | 440 | 1945 | later YOG-105, then YO-264, struck 1985 |
| YW-125 | Leathem D. Smith SB | Sturgeon Bay WI | 174 | 440 | 1945 | to the Philippines 1975 as BRP Lake Lanao (Y-42) |
| YW-126 | Leathem D. Smith SB | Sturgeon Bay WI | 174 | 440 | 1945 | sunk as target 2001 |
| YW-127 | Leathem D. Smith SB | Sturgeon Bay WI | 174 | 440 | 1945 | reefed off NJ 1998 |
| YW-128 | Leathem D. Smith SB | Sturgeon Bay WI | 174 | 440 | 1945 | to Peru 1980 |
| YW-129 | Leathem D. Smith SB | Sturgeon Bay WI | 174 | 440 | 1945 | sunk as target 1975 |
| YW-130 | Leathem D. Smith SB | Sturgeon Bay WI | 174 | 440 | 1945 | to the Philippines 1975 |
| YW-131 | Leathem D. Smith SB | Sturgeon Bay WI | 174 | 440 | 1945 | to Ecuador 1977 as Atahualpa |
| YW-132 | Leathem D. Smith SB | Sturgeon Bay WI | 174 | 440 | 1945 | sold 1974 as Riaz (UAE) |
| YWN-145 | 100 | 120 | ||||
| YWN-146 | 1942 | |||||
| YWN-147 | 86 | 70 | 1948 | ex-BG-3640, sold 2002 | ||
| YWN-148 | ||||||
| YWN-149 | ||||||
| YWN-150 | ||||||
| YWN-151 | ||||||
| YWN-152 | ||||||
| YWN-153 | ||||||
| YWN-154 | ||||||
| YWN-155 | ||||||
| YWN-156 | Russell Eng. Works | 120 | 175 | 1952 | ex-BG-6089, struck 2007 | |
| YW-157 | sunk as target 1976 |