Concrete and Composite Ships

Composite and Concrete Ships

Towards the end of World War I, contracts were placed with four shipyards for 50 composite cargo ships and with six more shipyards for 50 concrete cargo ships and tankers, but most of the contracts were cancelled and only 30 ships were completed. Most of these were scrapped in the 1920s.

Most recent update: 15 January 2009.

USSB #	Original Name	Type	USSB Design #	Builder	Location	Yard #	Delivery	Disposition
Composite Ships
1	Red Cloud	Cargo Ship	1009	Merrill-Stevens	Jacksonville FL	99	Aug-18	Later Cortellazo, scrapped 1925
2	Apalachee	Cargo Ship	1009	Merrill-Stevens	Jacksonville FL	100	Aug-18	Scrapped 1925
3	Botsford	Cargo Ship	1009	Merrill-Stevens	Jacksonville FL	101	Sep-18	Abandoned at Mallows Bay
4	Kanabec	Cargo Ship	1009	Merrill-Stevens	Jacksonville FL	102	Dec-18	Burnt 1922 and scrapped
5	Buckhannon	Cargo Ship	1009	Merrill-Stevens	Slidell LA		Jun-19	Later Elena Valdez 1925, scrapped 1929
6	Campello	Cargo Ship	1009	Merrill-Stevens	Slidell LA		Aug-19	Burnt 1922 and scrapped
7-12		Cargo Ship	1009	Merrill-Stevens	Slidell LA			Cancelled
63	Oglethorpe	Cargo Ship	1010	Terry SB Co.	Savannah GA		May-19	Scrapped 1925
64	Baganito	Cargo Ship	1010	Terry SB Co.	Savannah GA		Aug-19	Scrapped 1925
65	Battonville	Cargo Ship	1010	Terry SB Co.	Savannah GA		Aug-19	Scrapped 1925
66	Borad	Cargo Ship	1010	Terry SB Co.	Savannah GA		Aug-19	Scrapped 1925
67	Tuwetanka	Cargo Ship	1010	Terry SB Co.	Savannah GA		Sep-19	Scrapped 1925
68	Quinnesco	Cargo Ship	1010	Terry SB Co.	Savannah GA		Sep-19	Scrapped 1925
69-82		Cargo Ship	1010	Terry SB Co.	Savannah GA			Cancelled
310	Balino	Cargo Ship	1010	Mobile SB Co.	Mobile AL	1	Oct-18	Scrapped 1925
311	Morganza	Cargo Ship	1010	Mobile SB Co.	Mobile AL	2	Dec-18	Scrapped 1925
312	Balosaro	Cargo Ship	1010	Mobile SB Co.	Mobile AL	3	Jan-19	Scrapped 1925
313	Dalgada	Cargo Ship	1010	Mobile SB Co.	Mobile AL	4	Feb-19	Scrapped 1925
314	Obak	Cargo Ship	1010	Mobile SB Co.	Mobile AL	5	Apr-19	Scrapped 1925
315	Oyska	Cargo Ship	1010	Mobile SB Co.	Mobile AL	6	May-19	Scrapped 1925
316-327		Cargo Ship	1010	Mobile SB Co.	Mobile AL			Cancelled
Concrete Ships
997	Atlantus	Cargo Ship	1040	Liberty SB Co	Wilmington NC		1919	Wrecked 1926 off Cape May NJ
1189	Polias	Cargo Ship	1049	Fougner SB Co.	Flushing Bay NY	52	1918	Wrecked 1920 off Port Clyde ME
1560	Cape Fear	Cargo Ship	1070	Liberty SB Co.	Wilmington NC		1919	In collision and sank 1920 off the entrance to Narragansett Bay
1561	Lone Star	Cargo Ship	1070	Liberty SB Co.	Wilmington NC		1920	Later Sapona, wrecked 1926 off Bimini
1562-1574		Cargo Ship	1070	Liberty SB Co.	Wilmington NC			Cancelled
1662	Palo Alto	Tanker	1100	San Francisco SB Co.	Oakland CA		1919	Now an abandoned fishing pier in Aptos CA
1663	Peralta	Tanker	1100	San Francisco SB Co.	Oakland CA		1921	Now a breakwater in Powell River BC
1664-1669		Tanker	1100	San Francisco SB Co.	Oakland CA			Cancelled
1707	Dinsmore	Tanker	1100	Bentley & Sons, A.	Jacksonville FL		1920	Scrapped 1932
1708	Moffit	Tanker	1100	Bentley & Sons, A.	Jacksonville FL		1920	Later oil storage in New Orleans LA
1709-1714		Tanker	1100	Bentley & Sons, A.	Jacksonville FL			Cancelled
1715	Latham	Tanker	1100	Ley & Co., Fred T.	Mobile AL	2	1919	Later oil storage in New Orleans LA
1716	Selma	Tanker	1100	Ley & Co., Fred T.	Mobile AL		1919	Abandoned 1922 off Galveston TX
1717-1722		Tanker	1100	Ley & Co., Fred T.	Mobile AL			Cancelled
1723	Cuyamaca	Tanker	1100	Pacific Marine Constr.	San Diego CA		1920	Scrapped 1926
1724	San Pasqual	Tanker	1100	Pacific Marine Constr.	San Diego CA		1920	Later a prison, now a hotel in Cuba
1725-1730		Tanker	1100	Pacific Marine Constr.	San Diego CA			Cancelled

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