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Water Tankers (YW) and Barges (YW and YWN)

Few of the early YWs were self-propelled: the use of YWN for barges did not get started until WWII and the earlier vessels retained their YW designation. As a result, it is now difficult to tell which vessels were tankers and which were barges. If anyone can add to this table, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 9 January 2012.

Type # Shipbuilder Location Ft. Tons Built Disposition
Water Tankers (YW) and Barges (YW and YWN)
YW 1 1891 Ex-S.O. Co. No. 55, acquired 1898, sunk off Guantanamo Bay 1917
YW 2 New York NY 170 1895 Ex-S.O. Co. No. 75, acquired 1898, later YO 10, YR 19, sold 1929, scrapped 1948
YW 3
YW 4 Crescent Shipyard Elizabethport NJ 144 200 1898 Sold 1920
YW 5 Crescent Shipyard Elizabethport NJ 144 200 1898 Sold 1943
YW 6 New York NSY Brooklyn NY 40 1898
YW 7
YW 8
YW 9 Port Royal SC 82 1898
YW 10 Puget Sound NSY Bremerton WA 142 200 1905 Disposed of 1948
YW 11 New York NSY Brooklyn NY 92 1904
YW 12 Norfolk NSY Portsmouth VA 120 200 1905 Disposed of 1948
YW 13 Pensacola NSY Pensacola FL 92 1904
YW 14 Pusey & Jones Wilmington DE 80 1905
YW 15 Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 91 1905
YW 16 Pearl Harbor NSY Honolulu HI 120 200 1906 May have been built at MINSY, destroyed 1946
YW 17 Portsmouth NSY Kittery ME 154 1908
YW 18 New York NSY Brooklyn NY 92 1907
YW 19 Cavite NSY Cavite, Philippines 90 185 1907 Struck 1942
YW 20 New York NSY Brooklyn NY 92 1907
YW 21 Norfolk NSY Portsmouth VA 50 1899
YW 22 New York NSY Brooklyn NY 112 200 1910 Disposed of 1948
YW 23 Puget Sound NSY Bremerton WA 161 225 1915 Disposed of 1948
YW 24 Olongapo NS Olongapa PI 70 1906 Scrapped before 1921
YW 25 Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 120 200 1915 Disposed of 1948
YW 26 Guam 45 1917
YW 27 2,801 Ex-Lighter 23, acquired 1918, to US Army 1920
YW 28 New Orleans NS New Orleans LA 67 1918
YW 29 3.754 Ex-Lilian Russell, acquired 1918
YW 30 William Simons Renfrew, Scotland 210 560 1883 Ex-Renfrew, acquired 1918 as Rin Tin Tin (YF 160), sold 1932
YW 31 1919 Ex-Ninette, acquired 1919, wrecked and scrapped 1921
YW 32 1919 Ex-Water Lighter No. 1
YW 33 110 1919 Ex-Coal Barge No. 565
YW 34 Cape May NJ 40 1919 Fire barge
YW 35
YW 36
YW 37
YW 38
YW 39
YW 40
YW 41
YW 42
YW 43
YW 44
YW 45 110 1919 Ex-Coal Barge No. 598
YW 46
YW 47 110 1919 Ex-Coal Barge No. 186
YW 48
YW 49
YW 50 55 60 1923 Surrendered at Cavite 1942
YW 51
YW 52
YW 53 Norfolk NSY Portsmouth VA 111 200 1933 Disposed of 1946
YW 54 111 200 1933 Surrendered at Cavite 1942
YW 55 55 60 1931 Ex-YF 222, ex-YC 275, surrendered at Cavite 1942
YW 56 Bethlehem Steel Quincy MA 314 1,215 1919 Ex-DD 259, later IX 98, scrapped 1947
YW 57 Bethlehem Steel Quincy MA 314 1,154 1919 Ex-DD 163, later IX 44, scuttled 1941
YW 58 110 115 1941 Surrendered at Cavite 1942
YW 59 Norfolk NSY Portsmouth VA 110 712 1941 Ex-YOG 32, scrapped 1975
YWN 60 Eureka Shipbuilding Eureka CA 165 220 1943 Later YSR 46, then YOS 33, active
YWN 61 Eureka Shipbuilding Eureka CA 165 220 1943
YWN 62 Levingston Shipbuilding Orange TX 174 300 1943 Later Barge 4
YWN 63 Levingston Shipbuilding Orange TX 174 300 1943 Later 508 Port of Portland
YWN 64 Levingston Shipbuilding Orange TX 174 300 1943
YWN 65 Levingston Shipbuilding Orange TX 174 300 1943
YWN 66 Levingston Shipbuilding Orange TX 174 300 1943 Sunk as target 1976
YWN 67 American Pipe Los Angeles CA 165 220 1943 To Dept. of Interior 1975
YWN 68 American Pipe Los Angeles CA 165 220 1943
YWN 69 American Pipe Los Angeles CA 165 220 1943 Lost 1946
YWN 70 American Pipe Los Angeles CA 165 220 1943 Later YOS 37, sold 1999
YWN 71 Dravo Corp. Pittsburgh PA 165 220 1943 Sold 1999
YWN 72 Dravo Corp. Pittsburgh PA 165 220 1943
YWN 73 Dravo Corp. Pittsburgh PA 165 220 1943 Later YO 235
YWN 74 Dravo Corp. Pittsburgh PA 165 220 1943
YWN 75 Eureka SB Eureka CA 165 220 1943
YWN 76 Eureka SB Eureka CA 165 220 1943
YWN 77 Eureka SB Eureka CA 165 220 1943
YWN 78 Eureka SB Eureka CA 165 220 1943 Sold 2008
YWN 79 Nelson Boiler & Tank Tacoma WA 165 220 1944 Later YOS 2006
YWN 80 Nelson Boiler & Tank Tacoma WA 165 220 1944 Lost 1946
YWN 81 American Pipe Los Angeles CA 165 220 1944
YWN 82 American Pipe Los Angeles CA 165 220 1944 Active
YWN 83 Mathis Camden NJ 174 440 1944 Sunk as target 1989
YWN 84 Mathis Camden NJ 174 440 1944 Scrapped 1976
YW 85 Zenith Dredge Duluth MN 174 440 1944 Scrapped 1975
YW 86 Zenith Dredge Duluth MN 174 440 1944 Sunk as target 2001
YW 87 Zenith Dredge Duluth MN 174 440 1944
YW 88 Zenith Dredge Duluth MN 174 440 1944
YW 89 Zenith Dredge Duluth MN 174 440 1944 Sunk as target 1976
YW 90 Zenith Dredge Duluth MN 174 440 1944 Scrapped 1975
YW 91 Marine Iron Duluth MN 174 440 1944
YW 92 Marine Iron Duluth MN 174 440 1944 To Italy 1948 as Adige, struck 1989
YW 93 Western Pipe & Steel San Pedro CA 174 440 1944
YW 94 Western Pipe & Steel San Pedro CA 174 440 1944
YW 95 Albina Engine & Machine Portland OR 174 440 1944 To Italy 1948 as Flegetonte, scrapped 1974
YW 96 American Electric Welding Baltimore MD 1942 Ex-Franklin R
YW 97 85 Ex-PC 64, sold 1943
YW 98 George S. Lawley & Sons Neponset MA 174 440 1945 Struck 1991
YW 99 George S. Lawley & Sons Neponset MA 174 440 1945 To Italy 1948 as Tanaro, struck 1986
YW 100 George S. Lawley & Sons Neponset MA 174 440 1945
YW 101 Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 174 440 1945 Sunk as target 1988
YW 102 Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 174 440 1945
YW 103 Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 174 440 1945 To the Philippines 1975
YW 104 Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 174 440 1945 Scrapped 1974
YW 105 Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 174 440 1945 Scrapped 1974
YW 106 Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 174 440 1945 Sold 1974 as Petrostar X, later Khaleej 29 (Saudi Arabia)
YW 107 Zenith Dredge Duluth MN 174 440 1945 Scrapped 1974
YW 108 Zenith Dredge Duluth MN 174 440 1945 Sold 2006 to a Mexican company
YW 109 Cancelled
YW 110 200 600 1925 Later YOG 54
YW 111 Marine Iron Duluth MN 174 440 1945 To the Philippines 1975
YW 112 Marine Iron Duluth MN 174 440 1945 Scrapped 1974
YW 113 Marine Iron Duluth MN 174 440 1945 Sunk as target 1990
YW 114 Marine Iron Duluth MN 174 440 1945 Scrapped 1974
YW 115 Marine Iron Duluth MN 174 440 1945 Sunk as target 1975
YW 116 Marine Iron Duluth MN 174 440 1945 Sold 1974 as Nur (UAE)
YW 117 Grebe, Henry C. Chicago IL 174 440 1945 Sold 1975 as Kambiz (Iran), later Noah IV
YW 118 Grebe, Henry C. Chicago IL 174 440 1945 Scrapped 1974
YW 119 Grebe, Henry C. Chicago IL 174 440 1945 Scrapped 1982
YW 120 JeffBoat Jeffersonville IN 174 440 1942 Ex-PC 624, to France 1944
YW 121 Dravo Corp. Wilmington DE 120 175
YW 122 Grebe, Henry C. Chicago IL 174 440 1945 To Peru 1980
YW 123 Leathem D. Smith SB Sturgeon Bay WI 174 440 1945 Scrapped 1990
YW 124 Leathem D. Smith SB Sturgeon Bay WI 174 440 1945 Later YOG 105, then YO 264, struck 1985
YW 125 Leathem D. Smith SB Sturgeon Bay WI 174 440 1945 To the Philippines 1975 as BRP Lake Lanao (Y 42)
YW 126 Leathem D. Smith SB Sturgeon Bay WI 174 440 1945 Sunk as target 2001
YW 127 Leathem D. Smith SB Sturgeon Bay WI 174 440 1945 Reefed off New Jersey 1998
YW 128 Leathem D. Smith SB Sturgeon Bay WI 174 440 1945 To Peru 1980
YW 129 Leathem D. Smith SB Sturgeon Bay WI 174 440 1945 Sunk as target 1975
YW 130 Leathem D. Smith SB Sturgeon Bay WI 174 440 1945 To the Philippines 1975
YW 131 Leathem D. Smith SB Sturgeon Bay WI 174 440 1945 To Ecuador 1977 as Atahualpa
YW 132 Leathem D. Smith SB Sturgeon Bay WI 174 440 1945 Sold 1974 as Riaz (UAE)
YW 133 Marine Iron Duluth MN 174 440 1945 Cancelled
YW 134 Marine Iron Duluth MN 174 440 1945 Cancelled
YW 135 JeffBoat Jeffersonville IN 174 440 1945 Cancelled
YW 136 JeffBoat Jeffersonville IN 174 440 1945 Cancelled
YW 137 JeffBoat Jeffersonville IN 174 440 1945 Cancelled
YW 138 JeffBoat Jeffersonville IN 174 440 1945 Cancelled
YW 139 George S. Lawley & Sons Neponset MA 174 440 1945 Cancelled
YW 140 George S. Lawley & Sons Neponset MA 174 440 1945 Cancelled
YW 141 George S. Lawley & Sons Neponset MA 174 440 1945 Cancelled
YW 142 George S. Lawley & Sons Neponset MA 174 440 1945 Cancelled
YW 143 George S. Lawley & Sons Neponset MA 174 440 1945 Cancelled
YW 144 George S. Lawley & Sons Neponset MA 174 440 1945 Cancelled
YWN 145 100 120
YWN 146 1942
YWN 147 86 70 1948 Ex-BG 3640, sold 2002
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YWN 156 Russell Eng. Works 120 175 1952 Ex-BG 6089, struck 2007
YW 157 Sunk as target 1976

 

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