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Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock, Charleston SC

This yard started out in 1869 as Samuel J. Pregnall & Bros., known as the Pregnall Shipyard, and was a noted builder of schooners and steamers. It closed in 1912 but was revived the same year as Valk & Murdoch Iron Works, who renamed it Charleston Dry Dock & Machine Company in 1919. In 1934 it was reorganized as Charleston Dry Dock Co. and again in 1936 as Charleston Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Company. The company had problems with their first wartime contract and the Navy took control of the yard in 1942, renaming it yet again, this time to Charleston Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. After the war, the Navy leased the facility to Todd for use as a repair yard, but Todd withdrew in 1949 and it was operated by several different firms until being taken over by Detyens. The yard is now a public space - the Charleston Maritime Center, on Concord Street, between Laurens and Calhoun. If anyone can add to the table below, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 28 July 2018.

Hull # O.N. Name Customer Type GT Ft. Delivery Disposition
Built by the Pregnall Shipyard
150101 Planter S. Carolina SB Co. Steamer 384 155 1876 Deleted 1913
120240 F. W. Scheper, Jr. F. W. Scheper Pilot Cutter 38 62 1876
19482 Our Hampton Schooner 22 47 1877
120384 Frances Elizabeth Schooner 30 60 1879
85642 Gadsden Steamer 134 164 1880 Built in Gadsden AL
120427 Farmer S. Carolina SB Co. Steamer 470 146 1880 Deleted 1900
115829 Granger S. Carolina SB Co. Steamer 486 153 1882 Later Santee 1884, Katie 1901, scrapped 1914
135603 Eutaw S. Carolina SB Co. Steamer 547 156 1882 Deleted 1913
126180 Cambria Passenger 109 86 1883
100367 I Go S. J. Pregnall Pilot Cutter 45 68 1884
3317 Bristol Schooner 145 97 1885
76654 John M. Cole S. Carolina SB Co. Steamer 318 130 1886
116102 Sophie Amelia K Schooner 47 71 1886
Pierre Lorillard Barge 80 95 1889 Floating stable
77003 John Harlin Steamer 80 95 1891 Later John E. McAllister
202045 Marion Sea Island SB Co. Steamer 206 111 1905 Lost by fire 1907
204706 Islander Samuel J. Pregnall Passenger 273 111 1907
91094 Merchant S. Carolina SB Co. Steamer 405 148
Built by Valk & Murdoch Iron Works
Federal Congaree USACoE Dredge 153 1914
Federal No. 3 USACoE Tank Barge 76 65 1915
Federal No. 3 USACoE Derrick Boat 65 1915
Federal No. 2 USACoE Tank Barge 76 47 1915
Federal USACoE Scow 1917
Federal USACoE Scow 1917
Valk & Murdoch Floating Dock 440 1919 8,000-ton lift capacity
Tug 95 1920
Federal Gilmer USACoE Dredge 125 1920
Built by Charleston Dry Dock & Machine Co.
Federal Fayetteville USACoE Snagboat 91 1924
Federal Georgia USACoE Towboat 153 1925
Federal Mixson USACoE Snagboat 134 1925
Federal Northeast USACoE Derrick Boat 60 1925
Federal Montgomery USACoE Snagboat 156 1925
225269 Daytona Beach No. 1 F. T. Plowman Freighter 54 60 1925
Daytona Beach No. 2 Freighter 1926
Lighter 100 1926
171762 Hygrade No. 3 Hygrade Oil Tank Barge 148 85 1926
Charleston Sanford & Brooks Dredge 1926
225723 Palmetto Cooper River Ferry Comm. Ferry 252 132 1926
Federal Benning USACoE Derrick Boat 82 1927
Jno. M. Milliken Dredge 338d 95 1927 To USACoE 1935
226328 Mars Tug 43 58 1927
Federal No. 11 USACoE Derrick Barge 60 1927
Lighter 1927
Dump Scow 112 1927
Federal D-2 USACoE Derrick Boat 35 1928
LV 115 Frying Pan Shoal U.S.C.G. Lightship 630 1930 Later WAL 537, to Southport NC as museum 1967
LV 116 Fenwick Island Shoal U.S.C.G. Lightship 630 1930 Later WAL 538, to Baltimore MD as museum 1971
LV 117 Nantucket Shoals U.S.C.G. Lightship 630 1930 Rammed by Olympic and sunk 1934
229378 Carolinian M. L. Clark Tanker 226 114 1930
Federal Liston USACoE Survey Boat 308 105 1930
Federal Booster Plant USACoE Booster Barge 100 1930
Federal USACoE Deck Barge 1930
Lighter 85 1930
Federal No. 31-3 USACoE Tank Barge 80 1931
230980 Island Girl Seaboard Air Line Ferry 58 59 1931
233636 Anomaly Walter B. Pitkin Yacht 27 43 1932
231561 Barbara Ruxton Ruxton Tptn. Tanker 88 62 1932 Later Clearflame
232011 Wiley L. Moore Pure Oil Corp. Tug 164 85 1932
233015 Ruxton No. 2 Ruxton Tptn. Tanker 106 61 1934
Krajewski-Pesant Mfg. Co. River Steamer 1934 Shipped to Venezuela
233639 M. A. Powers M. A. Powers Corp. Tanker 494 141 1934 Later Dispatch
Built by Charleston Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co.
Lighter 60 1936 Built for stock
Krajewski-Pesant Mfg. Co. Tug 65 1937 Shipped to Venezuela
2250 236979 Kittiwake Portland Trawling Trawler 355 Jan-38 To USN 1940 as Curlew (AM 69), sold 1946 as Raagan, multiple owners, now Clipper Express
2300 237113 Bittern Portland Trawling Trawler 355 Mar-38 To USN 1940 as Catbird (AM 68), sold 1947 as Salhus, later Punta Palma 1952, scrapped 1966
Federal Col. Bertram T. Clayton USAQMC Tug 1,623 May-40 Later chemical carrier Abocol 1966, wrecked in Colombia 1973
5500 239491 Julius H. Barnes Erie & St. Lawrence Co. Cargo 1,623 May-40 Later chemical carrier Abocol 1966, wrecked in Colombia 1973
6000 W.Va.P.&P.Co. No. 3 W. Va. Pulp & Paper Co. Deck Barge 105 May-40
6000 W.Va.P.&P.Co. No. 4 W. Va. Pulp & Paper Co. Deck Barge 105 May-40
6500 240943 Flying A Tidewater Associated Oil Tanker 1,729 Aug-41 To USN 1942 as Kaloli (AOG 13), returned 1946 as Flying A, scrapped 1976
Built by Charleston Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.
1 ATF 67 Apache US Navy Tug 1,240 12-Dec-42 To Taiwan 1974 as Ta Wan (ATF 551), active
2 ATF 68 Catawba/Arapaho US Navy Tug 1,240 20-Jan-43 To Argentina 1961 as Comandante General Zapiola (A 2), wrecked 1976
3 ATF 69 Chippewa US Navy Tug 1,240 14-Feb-43 Decommissioned 1947, sold 1961, reefed 1990
4 ATF 70 Choctaw US Navy Tug 1,240 21-Apr-43 To Colombia 1961 as Pedro de Heredia (RM 72), reefed 2007
5 ATF 71 Hopi US Navy Tug 1,240 31-Mar-43 Struck 1963, sunk as target 1986
6 ATF 72 Kiowa US Navy Tug 1,240 7-Jun-43 To Dom. Rep. 1970 as Macorix 1972 (RM 21), returned 1986, scrapped 1994
7 ATF 81 Bannock US Navy Tug 1,240 28-Jun-43 To Italy 1979 as Bannock, later CP 451, to be a museum
8 ATF 82 Carib US Navy Tug 1,240 24-Jul-43 To Colombia 1979 as Sebastian de Belalcazar (RM 73), reefed 2004
9 ATF 96 Abnaki US Navy Tug 1,240 15-Nov-43 To Mexico 1978 as Yaqui (A-18), later Ehecatl (A-53), Yaqui (ARE 2), active
10 ATF 97 Alsea US Navy Tug 1,240 13-Dec-43 Sold 1976 as Ikosiena, scrapped 1996
11 ATF 98 Arikara US Navy Tug 1,240 5-Jan-44 To Chile 1971 as Seargento Aldea (A 63), sunk as target 1992
12 ATF 99 Chetco US Navy Tug 1,240 29-May-44 Completed as Penguin (ASR 12), sold 1973 as Percheron, later Dona Rosa Maria
13 ATF 100 Chowanoc US Navy Tug 1,240 21-Feb-44 To Ecuador 1960 as Chimborazo (R-105), active
14 ATF 101 Cocopa US Navy Tug 1,240 25-Mar-44 To Mexico 1978 as Seri (A-19), later Tonatiuh (A-54) 1993, Seri (ARE-03) 2001, active
15 ATF 102 Hidatsa US Navy Tug 1,240 25-Apr-44 To Colombia 1979 as Rodrigo de Bastiedas (RM 74), active
16 ATF 103 Hitchiti US Navy Tug 1,240 27-May-44 To Mexico 1978 as Cora (A-20) later Chac (A-55), Cora (ARE-4), active
17 ATF 104 Jicarilla US Navy Tug 1,240 26-Jun-44 To Colombia 1979 as Bahia Solano (RM 75), struck 1987
18 ATF 105 Moctobi US Navy Tug 1,240 25-Jul-44 Sold 1997, later Tiger, scrapped 2012
19 ATF 148 Achomawi US Navy Tug 1,240 11-Nov-44 To Taiwan 1991 as Ta Tu (ATF 554), active
20 ATF 149 Atakapa US Navy Tug 1,240 1-Dec-44 Sunk as target 2000
21 ATF 150 Avoyel US Navy Tug 1,240 8-Jan-45 To USCG as WATF 150, later WMEC 150, sold 1970
22 ATF 151 Chawasha US Navy Tug 1,240 6-Feb-45 Decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1978
23 ATF 152 Cahuilla US Navy Tug 1,240 10-Mar-45 To Argentina 1961 as Comandante General Irigoyen (A 1), active
24 ATF 153 Chilula US Navy Tug 1,240 5-Apr-45 To USCG as WATF 153, later WMEC 153, sunk as target 1997
25 ATF 154 Chimariko US Navy Tug 1,240 28-Apr-45 Decommissioned 1946, later used as a training hulk, sunk as target 1978
26 ATF 155 Cusabo US Navy Tug 1,240 19-May-45 To Ecuador 1960 as Los Rios (R-1), later Cayambe (R-51), decommissioned 2000
27 ATF 156 Luiseno US Navy Tug 1,240 16-Jun-45 To Argentina 1975 as Francisco de Gurruchaga (A 3), active
28 ATF 157 Nipmuc US Navy Tug 1,240 8-Jul-45 To Venezuela 1978 as Antonio Picardi (RA-22), lost 1982
29 ATF 158 Mosopelia US Navy Tug 1,240 28-Jul-45 Sunk as target 1999
30 ATF 159 Paiute US Navy Tug 1,240 27-Aug-45 To NDRF 1997, dismantled 2003
31 ATF 160 Papago US Navy Tug 1,240 3-Oct-45 To NDRF 1997, dismantled 2003
32 ATF 161 Salinan US Navy Tug 1,240 9-Nov-45 To Venezuela 1978 as Contralmirante Miguel Rodriguez (RA-23), struck 2005
33 ATF 162 Shakori US Navy Tug 1,240 20-Dec-45 To Taiwan 1991 as Ta Fai (ATF 563), active
34 ATF 163 Utina US Navy Tug 1,240 30-Jan-46 To Venezuela 1978 as Felipe Larrazabael (RA-21), struck 1990
35 ATF 164 Yurok US Navy Tug 1,240 28-May-46 Completed as Bluebird (ASR 19), to Turkey 1950 as Kurtaran (A 584), sunk as target 2001
36 ATF 165 Yustaga US Navy Tug 1,240 19-Jul-46 Completed as Skylark (ASR 20), to Brazil 1973 as Gastao Moutinho (K-10), struck 1996
YFD 15 YFD 15 US Navy Floating Dock 354 1943 6000-ton lift
Cargo 346g 1944 Later Ana Patricia, Caribbean Express, wrecked 1981
Cargo 459g 1945 Converted 1957 to tanker Sincap Primero

 

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