U.S. Army Coastal Tankers (Y) Built During WWII
A total of 112 coastal tankers, known as Y boats, were built for the U.S. Army by 8 small shipbuilders, notably Odenbach SB, in Rochester NY. All were of steel and were either 162 or 182 feet in length. After the war many were transferred to overseas owners and many became bunkering barges, both in the U.S. and overseas, but large numbers are unaccounted for. If anyone knows of the whereabouts or final fate of a Y boat that's not already reported below, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.
Most recent update: 5 October 2011.
| Shipbuilder | Location | Type | # | Design # | Length (ft.) | Tons | Delivery | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 1 | 294 | 182 | 630 | Apr-43 | To Dominican Republic 1946 as 24 de Octobre |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 2 | 294 | 182 | 630 | Apr-43 | Sold private 1946 as Lucy Reinauer |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 3 | 294 | 182 | 630 | Apr-43 | Disposition unknown |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 4 | 294 | 182 | 630 | Apr-43 | To the Philippines 1946 as Y 4 |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 5 | 294 | 182 | 630 | May-43 | Sold private 1946 as Sourdough Queen |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 6 | 294 | 182 | 630 | Jun-43 | Sold private 1946 as Islander |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 7 | 294 | 182 | 630 | Jun-43 | To Korea 1946 as Yuchon |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 8 | 294 | 182 | 630 | Jul-43 | Disposition unknown |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 9 | 294 | 182 | 630 | Aug-43 | Retired in the 1950s |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 10 | 294 | 182 | 630 | Aug-43 | Disposition unknown |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 11 | 294 | 182 | 630 | Sep-43 | Retired in the 1950s |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 12 | 294 | 182 | 630 | Oct-43 | To Greece 1946 as Marilena |
| Levingston SB | Orange TX | Y | 13 | 286 | 162 | 484 | 3/43-8/43 | To Hong Kong 1946 as Y 13 |
| Levingston SB | Orange TX | Y | 14 | 286 | 162 | 484 | 3/43-8/43 | Retired in the 1950s |
| Levingston SB | Orange TX | Y | 15 | 286 | 162 | 484 | 3/43-8/43 | Retired in the 1950s |
| Levingston SB | Orange TX | Y | 16 | 286 | 162 | 484 | 3/43-8/43 | To the Bahamas 1946 as J. G. MacRallon |
| Levingston SB | Orange TX | Y | 17 | 286 | 162 | 484 | 3/43-8/43 | Sank |
| Levingston SB | Orange TX | Y | 18 | 286 | 162 | 484 | 3/43-8/43 | To Hong Kong 1946 as Y 18 |
| Levingston SB | Orange TX | Y | 19 | 286 | 162 | 484 | 3/43-8/43 | To the Philippines 1946 as Y 19 |
| Levingston SB | Orange TX | Y | 20 | 286 | 162 | 484 | 3/43-8/43 | Retired in the 1950s |
| Levingston SB | Orange TX | Y | 21 | 286 | 162 | 484 | 3/43-8/43 | Disposition unknown |
| Levingston SB | Orange TX | Y | 22 | 286 | 162 | 484 | 3/43-8/43 | To Panama 1946 as Y 22 |
| Equitable Eqpmt. | Mad'ville LA | Y | 23 | 286 | 162 | 484 | 6/43-9/43 | To Honduras 1946 as Carmen |
| Equitable Eqpmt. | Mad'ville LA | Y | 24 | 286 | 162 | 484 | 6/43-9/43 | To Panama 1946 as Y 24 |
| Equitable Eqpmt. | Mad'ville LA | Y | 25 | 286 | 162 | 484 | 6/43-9/43 | To Panama 1946 as Y 25 |
| Equitable Eqpmt. | Mad'ville LA | Y | 26 | 286 | 162 | 484 | 6/43-9/43 | To Honduras 1946 as Hilda |
| Equitable Eqpmt. | Mad'ville LA | Y | 27 | 286 | 162 | 484 | 6/43-9/43 | To Panama 1946 as Y 27 |
| Kyle & Co. | Stockton CA | Y | 28 | 286 | 162 | 484 | 1/44-6/44 | Disposition unknown |
| Kyle & Co. | Stockton CA | Y | 29 | 286 | 162 | 484 | 1/44-6/44 | Sold private 1946 as J. J. Kelly |
| Kyle & Co. | Stockton CA | Y | 30 | 286 | 162 | 484 | 1/44-6/44 | Sold private 1946 as Argo |
| Kyle & Co. | Stockton CA | Y | 31 | 286 | 162 | 484 | 1/44-6/44 | To Norway 1946 as Liten |
| Kyle & Co. | Stockton CA | Y | 32 | 286 | 162 | 484 | 1/44-6/44 | To Honduras 1946 as Ana |
| Kyle & Co. | Stockton CA | Y | 33 | 286 | 162 | 484 | 1/44-6/44 | To Norway 1946 as Angelus |
| Kyle & Co. | Stockton CA | Y | 34 | 286 | 162 | 484 | 1/44-6/44 | To Honduras 1946 as Tania |
| Kyle & Co. | Stockton CA | Y | 35 | 286 | 162 | 484 | 1/44-6/44 | To the Philippines 1946 as Y 35 |
| Y | 36 | Converted pre-war vessel | ||||||
| Y | 37 | Converted pre-war vessel | ||||||
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 38 | 294 | 182 | 630 | Oct-43 | To USN 1946 as YO 237, later sold private as Franklin Reinauer II |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 39 | 294 | 182 | 630 | Oct-43 | To USN 1946 as YO 238, later sold as Iriella 1948, to Morocco as Taroudant, to Brazil as Saici, Mario Dias 1957 |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 40 | 294 | 182 | 630 | Nov-43 | To Panama 1946 as Y 40 |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 41 | 294 | 182 | 630 | Nov-43 | Sold private 1946 as Sarah Pinser II |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 42 | 294 | 182 | 630 | Nov-43 | To Panama 1946 as Unoba |
| Y | 43 | Converted pre-war vessel | ||||||
| Kyle & Co. | Stockton CA | Y | 44 | 286 | 162 | 484 | 7/44-9/44 | Disposition unknown |
| Kyle & Co. | Stockton CA | Y | 45 | 286 | 162 | 484 | 7/44-9/44 | To the Philippines 1946 as Y 45, later LSCO Balintawak |
| Kyle & Co. | Stockton CA | Y | 46 | 286 | 162 | 484 | 7/44-9/44 | To USAF 1946 as C-50-1171 |
| Lancaster IW | Perryville MD | Y | 47 | 294 | 182 | 633 | 7/44-8/44 | To Panama 1946 as Y 47 |
| Lancaster IW | Perryville MD | Y | 48 | 294 | 182 | 633 | 7/44-8/44 | Disposition unknown |
| Lancaster IW | Perryville MD | Y | 49 | 294 | 182 | 633 | 7/44-8/44 | To Norway 1946 as Kloverstrand |
| Lancaster IW | Perryville MD | Y | 50 | 294 | 182 | 633 | 10/44-2/45 | To China 1946 as Ming Sung No. 1 |
| Lancaster IW | Perryville MD | Y | 51 | 294 | 182 | 633 | 10/44-2/45 | To Russia 1946 on loan |
| Mathis, John H. | Camden NJ | Y | 52 | 294 | 182 | 633 | 10/44-3/45 | To Panama Canal Co. as Y 52 |
| Mathis, John H. | Camden NJ | Y | 53 | 294 | 182 | 633 | 10/44-3/45 | Disposition unknown |
| Mathis, John H. | Camden NJ | Y | 54 | 294 | 182 | 633 | 10/44-3/45 | To Russia 1946 on loan |
| Lancaster IW | Perryville MD | Y | 55 | 294 | 182 | 633 | 10/44-2/45 | To Russia 1946 on loan |
| Mathis, John H. | Camden NJ | Y | 56 | 294 | 182 | 633 | 10/44-3/45 | To the Philippines 1945. later LSCO Marikudo |
| Lancaster IW | Perryville MD | Y | 57 | 294 | 182 | 633 | 10/44-2/45 | To Russia 1946 on loan |
| Lancaster IW | Perryville MD | Y | 58 | 294 | 182 | 633 | 10/44-2/45 | Retired in the 1960s |
| Mathis, John H. | Camden NJ | Y | 59 | 294 | 182 | 633 | 10/44-3/45 | To the Philippines 1945 |
| Mathis, John H. | Camden NJ | Y | 60 | 294 | 182 | 633 | 10/44-3/45 | Retired in the 1960s |
| Mathis, John H. | Camden NJ | Y | 61 | 294 | 182 | 633 | 10/44-3/45 | Retired in the 1960s |
| Mathis, John H. | Camden NJ | Y | 62 | 294 | 182 | 633 | 10/44-3/45 | To Paraguay 1946 as Paraguari |
| Florida SB | Ojus FL | Y | 63 | 294 | 182 | 627 | 2/45-5/45 | To Paraguay 1946 as Ypora |
| Florida SB | Ojus FL | Y | 64 | 294 | 182 | 627 | 2/45-5/45 | Retired in the 1960s |
| Florida SB | Ojus FL | Y | 65 | 294 | 182 | 627 | 2/45-5/45 | To Paraguay 1946 as Ygurey |
| Florida SB | Ojus FL | Y | 66 | 294 | 182 | 627 | 2/45-5/45 | Served in Korea and Vietnam |
| Florida SB | Ojus FL | Y | 67 | 294 | 182 | 627 | 2/45-5/45 | Retired in the 1960s, now fish processing plant in Seattle |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 68 | 294 | 182 | 632 | Apr-44 | To Panama 1946 as Teresa, Eugenia 1993, active in Greece |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 69 | 294 | 182 | 632 | Apr-44 | To Honduras 1946 as Rose Mary |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 70 | 294 | 182 | 632 | Apr-44 | To Brazil 1946 as Esso Rio de Janeiro |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 71 | 294 | 182 | 632 | May-44 | Sold private 1946 as Morania Dolphin |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 72 | 294 | 182 | 632 | May-44 | To Honduras 1946 as Cynthia |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 73 | 294 | 182 | 632 | May-44 | Served in Vietnam 1970s |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 74 | 294 | 182 | 632 | May-44 | To Morocco 1946 as Fedala |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 75 | 294 | 182 | 632 | May-44 | To Poland 1946 as Turnia |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 76 | 294 | 182 | 632 | May-44 | To Italy 1946 as Clara G. |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 77 | 294 | 182 | 632 | Jun-44 | To Italy 1948 as Isonzo, struck 1974 |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 78 | 294 | 182 | 632 | Jun-44 | To Brazil 1946 as Helias |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 79 | 294 | 182 | 632 | Jun-44 | To Italy 1948 as Ticino, struck 1984 |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 80 | 294 | 182 | 632 | Jun-44 | To Honduras 1946 as Claudia |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 81 | 294 | 182 | 632 | Jul-44 | To the Netherlands 1946 as Nassau |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 82 | 294 | 182 | 632 | Jul-44 | To the Netherlands 1946 as Betoeran |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 83 | 294 | 182 | 632 | Jul-44 | To Honduras 1946 as Tina |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 84 | 294 | 182 | 632 | Jul-44 | To Brazil 1946 as Propria |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 85 | 294 | 182 | 632 | Aug-44 | To the Philippines 1945 as Y 85, later LSCO Buan |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 86 | 294 | 182 | 632 | Jul-44 | Served in Vietnam 1970s |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 87 | 294 | 182 | 632 | Aug-44 | To USN 1946 as YO 242 |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 88 | 294 | 182 | 632 | Aug-44 | To USN 1946 as YO 243 |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 89 | 294 | 182 | 632 | Aug-44 | To the Netherlands 1946 as Boedoek |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 90 | 294 | 182 | 632 | Aug-44 | To USN 1946 as YO 244 |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 91 | 294 | 182 | 632 | Sep-44 | To China 1946 as Ming Sung No. 2 |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 92 | 294 | 182 | 632 | Sep-44 | Retired in the 1960s |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 93 | 294 | 182 | 632 | Oct-44 | To the Philippines 1946 as Stanvac Visayas |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 94 | 294 | 182 | 632 | Oct-44 | To Russia 1946 on loan |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 95 | 294 | 182 | 632 | Oct-44 | Retired in the 1960s |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 96 | 294 | 182 | 632 | Oct-44 | To France 1946 as Y 96 |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 97 | 294 | 182 | 632 | Oct-44 | To Panama 1946 as Caltex 93 |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 98 | 294 | 182 | 632 | Nov-44 | To Greece 1946 as Zeus |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 99 | 294 | 182 | 632 | Nov-44 | To France 1946 as Y 99 |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 100 | 294 | 182 | 632 | Nov-44 | Served in Vietnam 1970s |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 101 | 294 | 182 | 632 | Nov-44 | To the Phillipines 1946 as LSCO Lakandula |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 102 | 294 | 182 | 632 | Nov-44 | To Norway 1946 as Odness |
| Odenbach SB | Rochester NY | Y | 103 | 294 | 182 | 632 | Dec-44 | Retired in the 1960s |
| Kane SB | Galveston TX | Y | 104 | 294 | 182 | 632 | 6/44-12/44 | To Uruguay 1946 as Ancap V |
| Kane SB | Galveston TX | Y | 105 | 294 | 182 | 632 | 6/44-12/44 | To Brazil 1946 as Maria Luiza |
| Kane SB | Galveston TX | Y | 106 | 294 | 182 | 632 | 6/44-12/44 | To Brazil 1946 as Maria Celeste |
| Kane SB | Galveston TX | Y | 107 | 294 | 182 | 632 | 6/44-12/44 | To Italy 1946 as Ortigia |
| Kane SB | Galveston TX | Y | 108 | 294 | 182 | 632 | 6/44-12/44 | To Panama in ? as Seatown |
| Kane SB | Galveston TX | Y | 109 | 294 | 182 | 632 | 6/44-12/44 | Retired in the 1960s |
| Kane SB | Galveston TX | Y | 110 | 294 | 182 | 632 | 6/44-12/44 | To Argentina 1946 as Don Pablo |
| Kane SB | Galveston TX | Y | 111 | 294 | 182 | 632 | 6/44-12/44 | To Russia 1946 on loan |
| Kane SB | Galveston TX | Y | 112 | 294 | 182 | 632 | 6/44-12/44 | To Russia 1946 on loan |
| Kane SB | Galveston TX | Y | 113 | 294 | 182 | 632 | 6/44-12/44 | To Russia 1946 on loan |
| Kane SB | Galveston TX | Y | 114 | 294 | 182 | 632 | 6/44-12/44 | To Russia 1946 on loan |
| Kane SB | Galveston TX | Y | 115 | 294 | 182 | 632 | 6/44-12/44 | To Paraguay 1946 as Lago Ypacarai |
| Y | 116-125 | Cancelled | ||||||
| Y | 126-128 | Converted pre-war vessels |