N Type Coastal Cargo Ships

N-Type Coastal Cargo Ships

There were 109 of the 250-foot N3 coastal cargo ships built. Comments and queries, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 12 April 2008.

USMC #	Shipbuilder	Location	Hull #	Original Name	Design	DWT	Delivered	Disposition
399	Butler SB	Superior WI	1	John W. Arey	N3-S-A1	2,800	Dec-42	To Britain, sold private 1951, sank 1971
400	Butler SB	Superior WI	2	Rodney Baxter	N3-S-A1	2,800	May-43	To Britain, sold private 1951, wrecked 1958 but repaired, sank 1972 but raised and repaired, hit by rocket fire and lost in the Mekong River 1974
401	Butler SB	Superior WI	3	Richard Bearse	N3-S-A1	2,800	May-43	To Britain, sold private 1949, scrapped 1961
402	Butler SB	Superior WI	4	William Brewster	N3-S-A1	2,800	May-43	To Britain, in collision and sank in the St. Clair River 1943 but raised and repaired, sold private 1949, scrapped 1967
403	Butler SB	Superior WI	5	William Bursley	N3-S-A1	2,800	May-43	To Britain, mined in the North Sea 1945 but repaired, sold private 1949, in collision and beached 1954 but repaired, wrecked and abandoned 1964
404	Butler SB	Superior WI	6	Ashman J. Clough	N3-S-A1	2,800	May-43	To Britain, torpedoed and lost in the English Channel 1944
405	Butler SB	Superior WI	7	Calvin Coggin	N3-S-A1	2,800	Jun-43	To Britain, sold private 1949, wrecked and scrapped 1962
406	Butler SB	Superior WI	8	Jesse G. Cotting	N3-S-A1	2,800	Jun-43	To Britain, sold private 1949, scrapped
407	Butler SB	Superior WI	9	Josiah P. Cressey	N3-S-A1	2,800	Jun-43	To Britain, sold private 1947, sunk by gunfire in the Yangtze River 1949
408	Butler SB	Superior WI	10	Tully Crosby	N3-S-A1	2,800	Jun-43	To Britain, sold private 1949, burnt and sank 1965
409	Butler SB	Superior WI	11	Elkanah Crowell	N3-S-A1	2,800	Jun-43	To Britain, sold private 1951 as Inchulva, scrapped
410	Butler SB	Superior WI	12	Justin Doane	N3-S-A1	2,800	Jun-43	To Britain, sold private 1947, sunk by gunfire near Chienchow 1950
411	Butler SB	Superior WI	13	Asa Eldridge	N3-S-A1	2,800	Jul-43	To Britain, sold private 1951, scrapped
412	Butler SB	Superior WI	14	Anthony Enright	N3-S-A1	2,800	Jul-43	To Britain, sold private 1950, scrapped 1964
413	Butler SB	Superior WI	15	Watson Ferris	N3-S-A1	2,800	Jul-43	To Britain, wrecked and scrapped 1950
414	Butler SB	Superior WI	16	Bailey Foster	N3-S-A1	2,800	Jul-43	To Britain, sold private 1949, scrapped 1971
415	Butler SB	Superior WI	17	Gurden Gates	N3-S-A1	2,800	Jul-43	To Britain, sold private 1949, burnt and abandoned 1967
416	Butler SB	Superior WI	18	Moses Gay	N3-S-A1	2,800	Jul-43	To Britain, sold private 1951, wrecked and scrapped 1959
417	Smith SB	Sturgeon Bay WI	269	Alden Gifford	N3-S-A1	2,800	Nov-42	To Britain, sank off the West of England 1944
418	Smith SB	Sturgeon Bay WI	270	Kimball Harlow	N3-S-A1	2,800	Dec-42	To Britain, sold private 1949, scrapped 1973
419	Smith SB	Sturgeon Bay WI	271	Freeman Hatch	N3-S-A1	2,800	Dec-42	To Britain, sold private 1950, sunk at the Bay of Pigs invasion 1961
420	Smith SB	Sturgeon Bay WI	272	Waldo Hill	N3-S-A1	2,800	Feb-43	To Britain, sold private 1949, scrapped 1972
421	Smith SB	Sturgeon Bay WI	273	William Homan	N3-S-A1	2,800	Apr-43	To Britain, struck mine 1949 but repaired, sold private 1951, wrecked and scrapped 1964
422	Smith SB	Sturgeon Bay WI	274	Laban Howes	N3-S-A1	2,800	Apr-43	To Britain, sold private 1949, abandoned 1961 but salvaged, scrapped 1962
423	Smith SB	Sturgeon Bay WI	275	William Howland	N3-S-A1	2,800	Apr-43	To Britain, sold private 1949, wrecked and scrapped 1969
424	Smith SB	Sturgeon Bay WI	276	Ashbel Hubbard	N3-S-A1	2,800	May-43	To Britain, sold private 1949, sank 1951
425	Smith SB	Sturgeon Bay WI	277	Clement T. Jayne	N3-S-A1	2,800	Jun-43	To Britain, sold private 1949, scrapped 1968
452	Pacific Bridge		1	Charles H. Salter	N3-S-A1	2,800	Dec-42	To Britain, wrecked and lost off Iceland 1946
453	Pacific Bridge		2	Cyrus Sears	N3-S-A1	2,800	May-43	To Britain, sold private 1951, burnt and sank 1964
454	Pacific Bridge		3	Benjamin Sherburn	N3-S-A1	2,800	Apr-43	To Britain, sold private 1949, scrapped 1972
455	Pacific Bridge		4	Samuel V. Shreve	N3-S-A1	2,800	May-43	To Britain, sold private 1949, sank 1963
456	Pacific Bridge		5	Reuben Snow	N3-S-A1	2,800	May-43	To Britain, sold private 1949, exploded and sank 1968
457	Pacific Bridge		6	Caleb Sprague	N3-S-A1	2,800	May-43	To Britain, torpedoed and lost 1944 off Beachy Head
458	Pacific Bridge		7	Benjamin Tay	N3-S-A1	2,800	May-43	To Britain, sold private 1951, scrapped 1980
459	Pacific Bridge		8	Charles Treadwell	N3-S-A1	2,800	May-43	To Britain, sold private 1950, wrecked and abandoned 1964
460	Pacific Bridge		9	Samuel Very	N3-S-A1	2,800	May-43	To Britain, sold private 1949, scrapped
463	Penn-Jersey SB		10	Elias D. Knight	N3-M-A1	2,900	Aug-43	To USN as Enceladus (AK 80), sold 1964 for non-transportation use
464	Penn-Jersey SB		11	William Lester	N3-M-A1	2,900	May-43	To USN as Europa (AK 81), to USA 1943 as Thomas F. Farrell, Jr., scrapped 1967
465	Penn-Jersey SB		12	Eben H. Linnell	N3-M-A1	2,900	May-43	To USN as Hydra (AK 82), to USA 1943 as Madison Jordan Manchester, scrapped
466	Penn-Jersey SB		13	Asa Lothrop	N3-M-A1	2,900	Oct-43	To Britain 1944 as BAK 1, scrapped 1967
467	Penn-Jersey SB		14	Laughlin McKay	N3-M-A1	2,900	Mar-44	To Britain 1944 as BAK 2, sold private 1950, wrecked and scrapped 1963
468	Penn-Jersey SB		15	Oliver R. Mumford	N3-M-A1	2,900	Jan-44	To USN as Media (AK 83), to USA 1944 as Glen Gerald Griswold, scrapped 1968
469	Penn-Jersey SB		16	William Nott	N3-M-A1	2,900	Jan-44	To USN as Mira (AK 84), to USA 1944 as Robert M. Every, sold for scrap 1966 but converted to floating aquarium Marine Wonderland in San Francisco
470	Penn-Jersey SB		17	John L. Manson	N3-M-A1	2,900	Feb-44	To Britain 1944 as BAK 3, sold private 1951, wrecked and abandoned 1962
471	Penn-Jersey SB		18	Nathaniel Matthews	N3-M-A1	2,900	May-44	To Britain 1944 as BAK 4, sold private 1951, sank 1974
648	Penn-Jersey SB		19	Josiah Paul	N3-M-A1	2,900	Nov-44	To USN as Nashira (AK 85), to USA 1944 as Richard R. Arnold, sold 1963 and converted to a drilling mud factory in Tacoma
649	Penn-Jersey SB		20	Sumner Pierce	N3-M-A1	2,900	Jan-45	To USN as Norma (AK 86), to USA 1945 as Henry Wright Hurley, scrapped 1970
650	Penn-Jersey SB		21	Moses Pike	N3-M-A1	2,900	Jan-45	To USN as Sagitta (AK 87), to USA 1945 as Marvin Lyle Thomas, to USN again 1952, to USA again 1966 as Resource, scrapped 1976
651	Penn-Jersey SB		22	Symmes Potter	N3-M-A1	2,900	Mar-45	To USN as Tucana (AK 88), to USA 1945 as Arthur C. Ely, scrapped 1968
652	Penn-Jersey SB		23	Charles A. Ranlett	N3-M-A1	2,900	May-45	To USN as Vela (AK 89), to USA 1945 as Joe C. Sprecker, to USN again 1952, scrapped 1971
1615	Avondale Marine	New Orleans LA	45	Allen H. Knowles	N3-S-A2	2,757	Mar-44	To Poland 1944 as Kolno, to North Carolina 1964 to be sunk as a breakwater
1616	Avondale Marine	New Orleans LA	46	Charles Hull	N3-S-A2	2,757	Apr-44	Sold private 1948, scrapped 1972
1617	Avondale Marine	New Orleans LA	47	George W. Tucker	N3-S-A2	2,757	Jun-44	To the Philippines 1945, scrapped 1963
1618	Avondale Marine	New Orleans LA	48	E.C. Gardner	N3-S-A2	2,757	Jun-44	Sold private 1946, scrapped
1619	Avondale Marine	New Orleans LA	49	William S. Colley	N3-S-A2	2,757	Jul-44	Sold private 1946, wrecked and abandoned 1955
1620	Avondale Marine	New Orleans LA	50	Nathaniel Ingersoll	N3-S-A2	2,757	Aug-44	Sold private 1946, scrapped
1621	Pennsylvania SY	Beaumont TX	304	Edgar Wakeman	N3-S-A2	2,757	Mar-44	To Poland 1944 as Kielce, sank 1946
1622	Pennsylvania SY	Beaumont TX	305	Robert H. Waterman	N3-S-A2	2,757	Mar-44	To Poland 1944 as Kowel, to North Carolina 1964 to be sunk as a breakwater
1623	Pennsylvania SY	Beaumont TX	306	Otis White	N3-S-A2	2,757	Apr-44	To Poland 1944 as Krosno, sold private 1948, sank 1969
1624	Pennsylvania SY	Beaumont TX	307	Elisha Whitney	N3-S-A2	2,757	Apr-44	To USA 1949, to USN 1951 as Algorab (AK 262), scrapped 1960
1625	Pennsylvania SY	Beaumont TX	308	Phineas Winsor	N3-S-A2	2,757	May-44	Sold private 1947, scrapped 1979
1626	Pennsylvania SY	Beaumont TX	309	Samuel Yeaton	N3-S-A2	2,757	May-44	To the Netherlands 1944 as Fort Wilhelmus, sold private 1948 renamed Oro Baai, 1953 sold to Williamson & Co., Hong Kong renamed Inchkilda, 1959 sold to Shun Cheong Steam Nav. Co., Hong Kong renamed Juliana, 1960 renamed Tai Foo Kloy, 1963 scrapped at Hongkong.
1627	Pennsylvania SY	Beaumont TX	310	Philip Dumaresq	N3-S-A2	2,757	Jun-44	To the Netherlands 1944 as Fort Rensselaer, sold private 1948 renamed Milne Baai, 1953 sold to Shun Cheong Steam Nav. Co., Hong Kong renamed Belinda, 1966 sold to Panama renamed Foh Kong, 1968 sold not renamed, 1982 deleted from Register.
1628	Pennsylvania SY	Beaumont TX	311	William Frederick Howes	N3-S-A2	2,757	Jun-44	Sold private 1946, wrecked and abandoned 1967
1629	Pennsylvania SY	Beaumont TX	312	Luther Hurd	N3-S-A2	2,757	Jul-44	Sold private 1947, scrapped 1975
1630	Pendleton SY	New Orleans LA	110	Samuel F. Dewing	N3-S-A2	2,757	Apr-44	Sold private 1948, scrapped 1963
1631	Pendleton SY	New Orleans LA	111	Samuel A. Fabens	N3-S-A2	2,757	May-44	Sold private 1948, wrecked and abandoned 1960 but salvaged and repaired, wrecked and abandoned again 1966
1632	Pendleton SY	New Orleans LA	112	Alfred M. Lunt	N3-S-A2	2,757	Jul-44	Sold private 1946, wrecked and abandoned 1968
1633	Pendleton SY	New Orleans LA	113	Benjamin M. Melcher	N3-S-A2	2,757	Aug-44	Sold private 1946, scrapped
1634	Butler SB	Duluth MN	320	David R. Le Craw	N3-S-A2	2,757	May-44	Sold private 1948 as Drakvik, later Armira and los Caribes, exploded and sank 1958
1635	Butler SB	Duluth MN	321	James Miller	N3-S-A2	2,757	May-44	Scrapped 1966
1636	Butler SB	Duluth MN	322	Samuel Samuels	N3-S-A2	2,757	May-44	Sold private 1948 as Treviso, later Didi, Paprika and Milonga, sank 1965
1637	Butler SB	Duluth MN	323	Joseph Hamilton	N3-S-A2	2,757	May-44	Sold private 1947 as Santa Rosa, scrapped 1967
1638	Butler SB	Duluth MN	324	John D. Whidden	N3-S-A2	2,757	May-44	To USA 1949, to USN 1951 as Aquarius (AK 263), scrapped 1960
1639	Butler SB	Duluth MN	325	George W. Brown	N3-S-A2	2,757	Jun-44	Sold private 1948 as Rovigo, scrapped 1963
1640	Butler SB	Duluth MN	326	George Crocker	N3-S-A2	2,757	Jun-44	Scrapped 1966
1641	Butler SB	Duluth MN	327	Frank Dale	N3-S-A2	2,757	Jun-44	Sold private 1948 as Caleta Olivia, scrapped 1970
1642	Ingalls IW	Decatur AL	379	Judah P. Baker	N3-S-A2	2,757	Mar-44	To Poland 1944 as Kutno, scrapped 1963
1643	Ingalls IW	Decatur AL	380	Horace H. Watson	N3-S-A2	2,757	Apr-44	Sold private 1948, scrapped 1968
1644	Ingalls IW	Decatur AL	381	James A. Little	N3-S-A2	2,757	May-44	To the Netherlands 1944 as Fort Amsterdam, later Buna Baai, Inchwells and Amarita, scrapped 1970.
1645	Ingalls IW	Decatur AL	382	Edward Nickels	N3-S-A2	2,757	Jul-44	Sold private 1946, scrapped 1970
1646	Ingalls IW	Decatur AL	383	Harry Barber	N3-S-A2	2,757	Aug-44	Sold private 1946, scrapped 1965
1647	Ingalls IW	Decatur AL	384	Samuel G. Borland	N3-S-A2	2,757	Oct-44	Sold private 1946, scrapped 1968
2512	McCloskey SB	Tampa FL	25	Northern Warrior	N3-S-A2	2,757	Apr-45	To Britain 1945, sold private 1947, scrapped 1970
2513	McCloskey SB	Tampa FL	26	Northern Chieftain	N3-S-A2	2,757	Apr-45	To Britain 1945, sold private 1947, scrapped 1982
2514	McCloskey SB	Tampa FL	27	Northern Pioneer	N3-S-A2	2,757	May-45	To Greece 1945 as Zakynthos, sold private 1947, scrapped
2515	McCloskey SB	Tampa FL	28	Northern Wanderer	N3-S-A2	2,757	Jun-45	Sold private 1945, scrapped 1963
2516	McCloskey SB	Tampa FL	29	Northern Explorer	N3-S-A2	2,757	Jun-45	Sold private 1945, to USA 1949, to USN 1951 as Centaurus (AK 264), scrapped 1960
2517	McCloskey SB	Tampa FL	30	Northern Voyager	N3-S-A2	2,757	Jun-45	Sold private 1945, scrapped 1964
2518	McCloskey SB	Tampa FL	31	Northern Adventurer	N3-S-A2	2,757	Jun-45	Sold private 1946, sank 1964
2519	McCloskey SB	Tampa FL	32	Northern Squire	N3-S-A2	2,757	Jun-45	Scrapped 1964
2520	McCloskey SB	Tampa FL	33	Northern Yeoman	N3-S-A2	2,757	Jul-45	To USA 1949, to USN 1951 as Serpens (AK 266), scrapped 1960
2521	McCloskey SB	Tampa FL	34	Northern Archer	N3-S-A2	2,757	Jul-45	Sold private 1947, scrapped 1979
2522	McCloskey SB	Tampa FL	35	Northern Stalker	N3-S-A2	2,757	Jul-45	Sold private 1947, scrapped 1974
2523	McCloskey SB	Tampa FL	36	Eben H. Linnell	N3-S-A2	2,757	Jul-45	To USA 1949, scrapped
2524	McCloskey SB	Tampa FL	37	Northern Trapper	N3-S-A2	2,757	Aug-45	Scrapped 1964
2525	McCloskey SB	Tampa FL	38	John J. Jackson	N3-S-A2	2,757	Aug-45	Sold private 1947, scrapped 1978
2526	McCloskey SB	Tampa FL	39	Frederick Lendholm	N3-S-A2	2,757	Sep-45	Sold private 1947, scrapped 1967
2527-2529	McCloskey SB	Tampa FL	40-42		N3-S-A2	2,757		Cancelled
2542	Avondale Marine	New Orleans LA	51	Samuel S. Curwen	N3-S-A2	2,757	Feb-45	To Britain 1945 as Northern Master, sold private 1947, exploded and sank 1948
2543	Avondale Marine	New Orleans LA	52	Josiah A. Mitchell	N3-S-A2	2,757	Mar-45	Sold private 1947, scrapped
2544	Avondale Marine	New Orleans LA	53	Charles Porter Low	N3-S-A2	2,757	Apr-45	To Britain 1945 as Northern Traveller, sold private 1947, scrapped 1966
2545	Avondale Marine	New Orleans LA	54	Richard W. Dixie	N3-S-A2	2,757	May-45	To USA 1949, to USN 1951 as Cepheus (AK 265), scrapped 1960
2546	Avondale Marine	New Orleans LA	55	Charles McDonnell	N3-S-A2	2,757	Jul-45	Scrapped 1964
2547	Avondale Marine	New Orleans LA	56	John B. Joyce	N3-S-A2	2,757	Aug-45	Sold private 1948, scrapped 1964
2548	Avondale Marine	New Orleans LA	57	John Leckie	N3-S-A2	2,757	Oct-45	Sold private 1948, sank 1966
2549	Avondale Marine	New Orleans LA	58	Ephraim Harding	N3-S-A2	2,757	Nov-45	Sold private 1948, scrapped 1970
2550-2555	Pendleton SY	New Orleans LA	114-119		N3-S-A2	2,757		Cancelled
	Pendleton SY	New Orleans LA	120-128		N3-S-A2	2,757		Cancelled
2595	Ingalls IW	Decatur AL	616	Northern Hawker	N3-S-A2	2,757	Apr-45	To Greece 1945 as Kerkyra, sold 1945, scrapped 1963
2596	Ingalls IW	Decatur AL	617	Northern Captain	N3-S-A2	2,757	Jun-45	To USA 1945 as Kimball R. Smith, scrapped
2597	Ingalls IW	Decatur AL	618	Northern Courier	N3-S-A2	2,757	Jul-45	To USA 1949 as Charles F. Winsor, to USN 1951 as Alchiba (AK 261), scrapped 1960

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