Welding Shipyards

Welding Shipyards, Norfolk VA

Welding Shipyards was not a large shipyard but historically it was a very important one. It was founded in 1940 by the legendary D. K. Ludwig, who had formed National Bulk Carriers in 1936. The yard had one berth, 600 employees and all the ships it built were all-welded. When Ludwig took over the Kure yard in Japan in 1953, he continued the Welding Shipyards sequence of hull numbers. Comments or queries, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 17 March 2014.

Hull#	O.N.	Original Name	Original Owner	Type	GT	Feet	Delivered	Disposition
1-7								Hull #s used for conversions
8		Virginia	Nat. Bulk Carriers	Tanker	11,000	516	Mar-41	Torpedoed and lost in Gulf of Mexico 1942
9			Nat. Bulk Carriers	Tanker	11,000	516		Cancelled
10	241273	Bulkoil	Nat. Bulk Carriers	Tanker	8,000	456	Jan-42	Later Munger T. Ball 1947, Transwestern 1958, scrapped 1961
11	242509	Virginia	Nat. Bulk Carriers	Tanker	11,000	516	Nov-42	Later Amoco Maryland 1955, Virginia 1966, scrapped 1967
12	243208	Pan-Massachusetts	Nat. Bulk Carriers	Tanker	11,000	516	Apr-43	Later Commonwealth 1953, Calgary 1964, Defiant Spirit 1965, Cerberus 1966, scrapped 1968
13	244054	Pan-Pennsylvania	Nat. Bulk Carriers	T3-S-BF1/2187	11,000	516	Nov-43	Torpedoed and lost off New Jersey 1944
14	244016	Bulklube	Nat. Bulk Carriers	T3-S-BF1/2208	11,000	516	Dec-43	Later Star Point 1962, Freeport 1963, scrapped 1963
15	244986	Bulkfuel	Nat. Bulk Carriers	T3-S-BF1/2209	11,000	516	Feb-44	Later Amoco Texas 1955, Bulkfuel 1961, scrapped 1964
16	245480	Bulkcrude	Nat. Bulk Carriers	T3-S-BF1/2210	11,000	516	Apr-44	Later Blue Point 1962, scrapped 1963
17	245884	Bulkero	Nat. Bulk Carriers	T3-S-BF1/2211	11,000	516	Jun-44	Later Amoco Florida 1957, Black Point 1962, scrapped 1963
18	246756	Phoenix	Nat. Bulk Carriers	T3-S-BZ1/2693	14,200	556	Nov-44	Damaged in collision 1953, total loss
19	247307	Nashbulk	Nat. Bulk Carriers	T3-S-BZ1/2694	14,200	556	Feb-45	Later Peranza 1973, scrapped 1975
20	247968	Amtank	Nat. Bulk Carriers	T3-S-BZ1/2699	14,200	556	May-45	Later Mounthope 1972, scrapped 1979
21	248748	Hampton Roads	Nat. Bulk Carriers	Tanker	14,200	556	Jun-45	Later Pine 1972, scrapped 1975
22			Nat. Bulk Carriers	T3-S-BZ1/2854	14,200	556		Cancelled
23			Nat. Bulk Carriers	T3-S-BZ1/2855	14,200	556		Cancelled
22		Ulysses	Nat. Bulk Carriers	Tanker	14,600	597	Jun-47	Later Phaedon 1964, scrapped 1966
23		Danginn	D. K. Ludwig	Yacht	722		Feb-50	Now Henriette
24		Bulkpetrol	Nat. Bulk Carriers	Tanker	15,600	630	1948	Later Vega 1966, combined with Mobile Energy 1971, scrapped 1975
25		Bulkoil	Nat. Bulk Carriers	Tanker	15,600	630	1949	Later Altair 1966, Pegasus 1967, Keo 1968, broke in two and sank off Nantucket 1969
26		Bulkoceanic	Nat. Bulk Carriers	Tanker	15,600	630	1949	Later Pacocean 1968, broke in two and sank off Taiwan 1969
27		Bulkstar	Nat. Bulk Carriers	Tanker	15,600	630	1949	Later Amphialos 1963, broke in two and sank off Cape Cod 1964
28		Bulktrader	Nat. Bulk Carriers	Tanker	15,600	630	1950	Later Golden Drake 1964, exploded and sank off Venezuela 1972

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