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Shipbuilder Location Hull# O.N. Original Name Original Owner Type GT Ft. Built Disposition
Illinois
Alford, Fred E. Waukegan IL     G. W. Falcon         1936  
Farley & Co. Chicago IL     YCF 8 US Navy Car Float 150 128 1918 Disposed of 1946
Farley & Co. Chicago IL     YCF 9 US Navy Car Float 150 128 1918 Disposed of 1946
Illinois Dredging IL     G. L. No. 8     217   1895  
Layton Co., B. Quincy IL     YC 491 US Navy Open Lighter 170 110 1918  
Layton Co., B. Quincy IL     YC 492 US Navy Open Lighter 170 110 1918  
Layton Co., B. Quincy IL     YC 493 US Navy Open Lighter 170 110 1918  
Layton Co., B. Quincy IL     YC 494 US Navy Open Lighter 170 110 1918  
Layton Co., B. Quincy IL     YC 495 US Navy Open Lighter 170 110 1918  
Layton Co., B. Quincy IL     YC 496 US Navy Open Lighter 170 110 1918  
Layton Co., B. Quincy IL     YC 497 US Navy Open Lighter 170 110 1918  
Layton Co., B. Quincy IL     YC 498 US Navy Open Lighter 170 110 1918  
Layton Co., B. Quincy IL     YC 499 US Navy Open Lighter 170 110 1918  
Leonard Construction Chicago IL     YC 445 US Navy Open Lighter   75 1918 To MARAD 1948
Leonard Construction Chicago IL     YC 446 US Navy Open Lighter   75 1918  
Leonard Construction Chicago IL     YC 447 US Navy Open Lighter   75 1918  
Leonard Construction Chicago IL     YC 448 US Navy Open Lighter   75 1918 To MARAD 1948
Leonard Construction Chicago IL     YC 457 US Navy Open Lighter 170 110 1918 To MARAD 1948
Leonard Construction Chicago IL     YC 458 US Navy Open Lighter 170 110 1918 To MARAD 1948
Leonard Construction Chicago IL     YC 459 US Navy Open Lighter 170 110 1918  
Leonard Construction Chicago IL     YC 460 US Navy Open Lighter 170 110 1918 Later YM 12, sold 1972
Leonard Construction Chicago IL     YC 461 US Navy Open Lighter 170 110 1918 To MARAD 1948
Leonard Construction Chicago IL     YC 462 US Navy Open Lighter 170 110 1918 Later YFN 245
Leonard Construction Chicago IL     YC 463 US Navy Open Lighter 170 110 1918  
Leonard Construction Chicago IL     YC 464 US Navy Open Lighter 170 110 1918 To MARAD 1948
Leonard Construction Chicago IL     YC 465 US Navy Open Lighter 170 110 1918 Later YPK 5, disposed of 1946
Leonard Construction Chicago IL     YC 466 US Navy Open Lighter 170 110 1918 To MARAD 1948
Leonard Construction Chicago IL     YC 467 US Navy Open Lighter 170 110 1918 Later YFN 218, to MARAD 1948
Leonard Construction Chicago IL     YC 468 US Navy Open Lighter 170 110 1918 Later YE 36, YFN 240, destroyed 1945
Leonard Construction Chicago IL     YC 469 US Navy Open Lighter 170 110 1918 Later YE 37, YFN 241
Leonard Construction Chicago IL     YC 470 US Navy Open Lighter 170 110 1918 To MARAD 1948
Indiana
American Steel Dredge Fort Wayne, In     Tommy B.   Tug     1938  
Iowa
Keokuk Steel Keokuk IA     Warsaw     51   1914  
Kansas
Olcott Machine Works Paducah, Ky Scott Richard Towboat 1936
Olcott Machine Works Paducah, Ky     Alexandra M.   Towboat     1937  
Michigan
Aladdin Company Bay City MI     Sovereign Otto E. Sovereign Yacht 84   1927 Later Barbara, Kalolah, to USN 1943 as YP 340, to MARAD 1946
Contractors Service Co. Detroit MI     YC 623 US Navy Open Lighter   125 1918 Later YF 256
Contractors Service Co. Detroit MI     YC 624 US Navy Open Lighter   125 1918  
Contractors Service Co. Detroit MI     YC 625 US Navy Open Lighter   125 1918  
Contractors Service Co. Detroit MI     YC 626 US Navy Open Lighter   125 1918  
Corsair Boat Company Trenton MI     PC 4300 US Coast Guard Picket Boat     1931-32 Later 38314
Corsair Boat Company Trenton MI     PC 4301 US Coast Guard Picket Boat     1931-32 Later 38315
Corsair Boat Company Trenton MI     PC 4302 US Coast Guard Picket Boat     1931-32 Later 38316
Corsair Boat Company Trenton MI     PC 4303 US Coast Guard Picket Boat     1931-32 Later 38317
Corsair Boat Company Trenton MI     PC 4304 US Coast Guard Picket Boat     1931-32 Later 38318
Corsair Boat Company Trenton MI     PC 4305 US Coast Guard Picket Boat     1931-32 Later 38319
Drackes, Charles Wyandotte, MI     Neptune         1929  
Imperial Shipbuilding Detroit MI     YC 477 US Navy Open Lighter 170 110 1918  
Imperial Shipbuilding Detroit MI     YC 478 US Navy Open Lighter 170 110 1918 Lost 1920
Imperial Shipbuilding Detroit MI     YC 479 US Navy Open Lighter 170 110 1918  
Imperial Shipbuilding Detroit MI     YC 480 US Navy Open Lighter 170 110 1918 Later YFN 186
Imperial Shipbuilding Detroit MI     YC 481 US Navy Open Lighter 170 110 1918 To MARAD 1948
Michigan Alkali Company MI     Albert L. Trombley   Barge 70   1913  
Michigan Alkali Company MI     Michigan Alkali No. 1     34   1913  
Racine Truscott Muskegon, MI     GEN C. B. Sears US Army   186   1915 Later Warrengas, Terri B, Warsaw, now Signet Ranger
Missouri
Ellaby, A. A. Harbor Point, Mo     Sydney Davis   Towboat     1937  
Erlbacher, Eddie Cape Girardeau, Mo     Miss Anne   Towboat     1931  
New York
Glove Shipyard, Inc. Buffalo, NY     Amber Mae         1922  
Hingston, W. J. Buffalo, NY     Joe Van   Tug     1905  
Maglehan, Peter Athens NY     Pontiac Right Arm US Navy Tug 401   1891 1898 Renamed Passaic (YT 20) 1918, sold 1922 
Riley, Hubert Buffalo, NY     Jenny Lynn   Tug     1918  
Ohio
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co.       Ohio   Barge 758   1906  
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co.       Drill Boat No. 4     489   1908  
Hansen Welding Co., Hans Toledo, Oh     Baldy B.   Tug     1932  
Hansen Welding Co., Hans Toledo, Oh     Akikita   Towboat     1938  
Interlake Engineering Cleveland OH     YC 486 US Navy Open Lighter 170 110 1918 To MARAD 1948
Interlake Engineering Cleveland OH     YC 487 US Navy Open Lighter 170 110 1918  
Interlake Engineering Cleveland OH     YC 488 US Navy Open Lighter 170 110 1918 Later YFN 226, to MARAD 1948
Interlake Engineering Cleveland OH     YC 489 US Navy Open Lighter 170 110 1918 Later YNG 35
Interlake Engineering Cleveland OH     YC 490 US Navy Open Lighter 170 110 1918 Lost 1946
Kaltenbach Corp. Bedford OH     YD 66 US Navy Derrick Barge     1933  
Kaltenbach Corp. Bedford OH     YD 67 US Navy Derrick Barge     1933  
Warren City Tank & Boiler Warren OH     LCM U.S. Navy Landing Craft     1944 Later Peggy Foss 1950
Wellman Engineering Cleveland OH     YD 26 US Navy Derrick Barge 2,334 142 1917 Sold 2003
Wellman Engineering Cleveland OH     YD 197 US Navy Derrick Barge 1,407 140 1956 Ex-BD 6063, sold 1999
Pennsylvania
American Boiler Works Erie, PA     Dauntless         1937  
Carnegie Steel Co. Clairton, PA     Courtney M.   Towboat     1925  
Tennessee
Marine Construction Co. Memphis, Tn     Kangaroo   Towboat     1926  
West Virginia
Venable, W. W. Charleston, WV     Philo   Towboat     1930  
Wisconsin
Milwaukee Bridge Co. WI     No. 24   Barge 336   1909  

 

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