Lakers and Bulkers Built in U.S. Shipyards since WWII
Most recent update: December 12, 2010.
Of the 61 lakers and bulkers built in U.S. shipyards since WWII, five were built with CDS for foreign trading and 56 without CDS for domestic trading. Of the 56 domestic-trading ships, 55 were lakers and only one was an oceangoing bulker.
| Year |
Original Name |
Original Owner | Shipbuilder | Hull # | GT | DWT | Price ($mm) | Notes | ||
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Bulkers Built with CDS for Foreign Trading |
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| 1973 |
Ultramar (OBO) |
Ultramar |
NASSCO | 382 | 266 | OB8-S-90a | 39,827 | 82,200 | 32.5 |
Scrapped |
| 1974 |
Ultrasea (OBO) |
Ultramar | NASSCO | 383 | 267 | OB8-S-90a | 39,827 | 82,200 | 32.5 |
Scrapped |
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1981 |
Pride of Texas |
Falcon Carriers |
Levingston |
751 |
338 |
C5-M-129a |
23,500 |
36,000 |
40.0 |
Now Mary Ann Hudson |
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1982 |
Star of Texas |
Falcon Carriers |
Levingston |
752 |
339 | C5-M-129a |
23,500 |
36,000 |
40.0 |
Sold foreign: now Corregidora |
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1982 |
Spirit of Texas |
Falcon Carriers |
Levingston |
753 |
340 | C5-M-129a |
23,500 |
36,000 |
40.0 |
Scrapped 2003 |
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Bulkers Built without CDS for Domestic Trading |
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1950 |
Wilfred Sykes |
Inland Steel |
AmShip Lorain |
866 |
11,700 |
21,800 |
Active |
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1952 |
Philip R. Clarke |
U.S. Steel |
AmShip Lorain |
867 |
12,300 |
27,100 |
Active |
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1952 |
Arthur M. Anderson |
U.S. Steel |
AmShip Lorain |
868 |
12,300 |
27,100 |
Active |
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1953 |
Ernest T. Weir |
National Steel |
AmShip Lorain |
869 |
11,700 |
23,000 |
Now American Fortitude |
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1953 |
Armco |
Oglebay Norton |
AmShip Lorain |
870 |
12,400 |
25,700 |
Now American Valor |
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1972 |
Roger Blough |
U.S. Steel |
AmShip Lorain |
900 |
26,000 |
45,000 |
20.0 |
Active |
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1973 |
William R. Roesch |
Oglebay Norton |
AmShip Lorain |
901 |
9,639 |
19,000 |
11.7 |
Now Calumet |
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1973 |
Paul Thayer |
Oglebay Norton |
AmShip Lorain |
902 |
9,639 |
19,000 |
11.7 |
Now Manitowoc |
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1974 |
Wolverine |
Oglebay Norton |
AmShip Lorain |
903 |
10,037 |
20,000 |
13.0 |
To Canada 2008 as Robert S. Pierson |
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1976 |
James R. Barker |
Interlake Steamship |
AmShip Lorain |
905 |
33,000 |
59,000 |
35.0 |
Active |
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1977 |
Mesabi Miner |
Interlake Steamship |
AmShip Lorain |
906 |
33,000 |
59,000 |
35.0 |
Active |
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1978 |
George A. Stinson |
American Steamship |
AmShip Lorain |
907 |
32,000 |
59,000 |
35.0 |
Now American Spirit |
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1980 |
Edgar B. Speer |
U.S. Steel |
AmShip Lorain |
908 |
35,000 |
60,000 |
45.0 |
Now Edgar B. Speer |
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1981 |
William J. Delancey |
Pickands Mather |
AmShip Lorain |
909 |
34,500 |
61,000 |
50.0 |
Now Paul R. Tregurtha |
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1952 |
Edward B. Greene |
American Steamship |
AmShip Toledo |
189 |
12,000 |
25,300 |
Now Kaye E. Barker |
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1958 |
John Sherwin |
American Steamship |
AmShip Toledo |
192 |
16,000 |
33,300 |
Active |
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1959 |
Shenango II |
American Steamship |
AmShip Toledo |
193 |
16,300 |
31,100 |
Now Charles M. Beeghly |
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1973 |
Adam E. Cornelius |
American Steamship |
AmShip Toledo |
200 |
15,674 |
30,000 |
12.5 |
Active |
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| 1973 | Charles E. Wilson | American Steamship | Bay | 710 | 13,862 | 27,000 | 12.5 |
Now John J. Boland |
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| 1974 | H. Lee White | American Steamship | Bay | 711 | 14,499 | 30,000 | 15.0 |
Active |
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| 1975 |
Sam Laud |
American Steamship | Bay | 712 | 11,619 | 23,000 | 12.5 |
Active |
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| 1976 |
St. Clair |
American Steamship | Bay | 714 | 25,000 | 42,000 | 22.0 |
Active |
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| 1976 |
Joseph L. Block |
Inland Steel | Bay | 715 | 15,600 | 31,300 | 20.0 |
Active |
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| 1977 |
Belle River |
American Steamship | Bay | 716 | 40,000 | 60,000 | 30.0 |
Now Walter J. McCarthy |
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| 1978 |
Burns Harbor |
Bethlehem Steel | Bay | 717 | 40,000 | 60,000 | 30.0 |
Now American Century |
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| 1979 |
Edwin H. Gott |
U.S. Steel | Bay | 718 | 40,000 | 62,000 | 30.0 |
Active |
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| 1979 |
Indiana Harbor |
American Steamship | Bay | 719 | 40,000 | 62,000 | 30.0 |
Active |
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| 1980 |
Burns Harbor |
Bethlehem Steel | Bay | 720 | 40,000 | 62,000 | 30.0 |
Active |
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| 1978 |
Buffalo |
American Steamship | Bay | 721 | 12,000 | 23,300 | 20.0 |
Active |
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| 1979 |
Fred R. White, Jr. |
Oglebay Norton | Bay | 722 | 12,000 | 23,300 | 20.0 |
Now American Courage |
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| 1980 |
American Mariner |
American Steamship | Bay | 723 | 15,000 | 32,000 | 30.0 |
Active |
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| 1981 |
American Republic |
American Steamship | Bay | 724 | 12,000 | 23,300 | 25.0 |
Active |
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| 1981 |
Columbia Star |
Oglebay Norton | Bay | 726 | 33,000 | 61,500 | 50.0 |
Now American Century |
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1950 |
Punta Aramaya |
Bethlehem Steel |
Bethlehem SP |
4485 |
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Converted to drill ship Glomar Tasman Sea 1965, scrapped 1984 |
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1951 |
Punta Morocoto |
Bethlehem Steel |
Bethlehem SP |
4486 |
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Converted to drill ship Glomar North Sea 1965, scrapped 1985 |
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1952 |
Johnstown |
Bethlehem Steel |
Bethlehem SP |
4504 |
11,700 |
22,400 |
Scrapped |
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1952 |
Sparrows Point |
Bethlehem Steel |
Bethlehem SP |
4505 |
11,700 |
22,400 |
Later Buckeye, now barge Lewis J. Kuber |
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1952 |
Elton Hoyt 2nd |
Pickands Mather |
Bethlehem SP |
4512 |
11,000 |
22,200 |
Active |
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1952 |
Punta Cabrian |
Bethlehem Steel |
Bethlehem SP |
4513 |
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To Venezuela 1965 as Punta Cabana (T 17), sold private as Carora 1970, wrecked and abandoned 1979 |
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1956 |
Punta Piedra |
Bethlehem Steel |
Bethlehem SP |
4546 |
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To Venezuela 1965 as Punta Piedras, sold private 1968, scrapped 1980 |
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1956 |
Punta Bailen |
Bethlehem Steel |
Bethlehem SP |
4549 |
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Converted to drill ship Glomar Sirte 1965, scrapped 1983 |
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1952 |
Charles L. Hutchinson |
Unknown |
Defoe Sbldg. |
422 |
11,100 |
18,600 |
Now Kinsman Independent, sold foreign 2004 |
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1972 |
Stewart J. Cort |
Bethlehem Steel |
Erie Marine |
101 |
25,400 |
52,000 |
18.0 |
Active |
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1983
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Energy Independence
|
Energy Tptn |
GD Quincy
|
85
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23,500
|
36,000
|
60.0 |
Active
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1952 |
Cason J. Calloway |
US Steel |
Great Lakes Eng. |
297 |
12,300 |
26,800 |
Active |
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1952 |
J. L. Mauthe |
Pickands Mather |
Great Lakes Eng. |
298 |
11,500 |
21,800 |
Now Pathfinder |
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1953 |
Reserve |
Oglebay Norton |
Great Lakes Eng. |
299 |
13,800 |
26,800 |
Sold as a storage barge 2006 | |||
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1953 |
William Clay Ford |
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Great Lakes Eng. |
300 |
Scrapped |
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1959 |
Edmund Fitzgerald |
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Great Lakes Eng. |
301 |
Lost 1975 |
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1959 |
Herbert C. Jackson |
Pickands Mather |
Great Lakes Eng. |
302 |
12,300 |
34,900 |
Active |
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1960 |
Arthur B. Homer |
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Great Lakes Eng. |
303 |
Scrapped |
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1973 |
Sugar Islander |
Pacific Gulf Marine |
Lockheed |
139 |
15,545 |
30,000 |
15.5 |
Now Judy Litrico |
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1952 |
John G. Munson |
US Steel |
Manitowoc |
415 |
11,000 |
26,800 |
Active |
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1953 |
John J. Boland |
American Steamship |
Manitowoc |
417 |
11,000 |
21,800 |
Now Saginaw |
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1959 |
Adam E. Cornelius |
American Steamship |
Manitowoc |
424 |
11,000 |
26,800 |
Now Sarah Spencer |
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1960 |
Edward L. Ryerson |
Inland Steel |
Manitowoc |
425 |
11,000 |
34,900 |
Active |
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