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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

Bulkers Built with CDS for Foreign Trading

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

1981

Pride of Texas

Falcon Carriers

Levingston

751

338

C5-M-129a

23,500

36,000

40.0

Now Mary Ann Hudson

1982

Star of Texas

Falcon Carriers

Levingston

752

339 C5-M-129a

23,500

36,000

40.0

Sold foreign: now Corregidora

1982

Spirit of Texas

Falcon Carriers

Levingston

753

340 C5-M-129a

23,500

36,000

40.0

Scrapped 2003

Bulkers Built without CDS for Domestic Trading

1950

Wilfred Sykes

Inland Steel

AmShip Lorain

866

   

11,700

21,800

 

Active

1952

Philip R. Clarke

U.S. Steel

AmShip Lorain

867

   

12,300

27,100

 

Active

1952

Arthur M. Anderson

U.S. Steel

AmShip Lorain

868

   

12,300

27,100

 

Active

1953

Ernest T. Weir

National Steel

AmShip Lorain

869

   

11,700

23,000

 

Now American Fortitude

1953

Armco

Oglebay Norton

AmShip Lorain

870

   

12,400

25,700

 

Now American Valor

1972

Roger Blough

U.S. Steel

AmShip Lorain

900

   

26,000

45,000

20.0

Active

1973

William R. Roesch

Oglebay Norton

AmShip Lorain

901

   

9,639

19,000

11.7

Now Calumet

1973

Paul Thayer

Oglebay Norton

AmShip Lorain

902

   

9,639

19,000

11.7

Now Manitowoc

1974

Wolverine

Oglebay Norton

AmShip Lorain

903

   

10,037

20,000

13.0

To Canada 2008 as Robert S. Pierson

1976

James R. Barker

Interlake Steamship

AmShip Lorain

905

   

33,000

59,000

35.0

Active

1977

Mesabi Miner

Interlake Steamship

AmShip Lorain

906

   

33,000

59,000

35.0

Active

1978

George A. Stinson

American Steamship

AmShip Lorain

907

   

32,000

59,000

35.0

Now American Spirit

1980

Edgar B. Speer

U.S. Steel

AmShip Lorain

908

   

35,000

60,000

45.0

Now Edgar B. Speer

1981

William J. Delancey

Pickands Mather

AmShip Lorain

909

   

34,500

61,000

50.0

Now Paul R. Tregurtha

1952

Edward B. Greene

American Steamship

AmShip Toledo

189

   

12,000

25,300

 

Now Kaye E. Barker

1958

John Sherwin

American Steamship

AmShip Toledo

192

   

16,000

33,300

 

Active

1959

Shenango II

American Steamship

AmShip Toledo

193

   

16,300

31,100

 

Now Charles M. Beeghly

1973

Adam E. Cornelius

American Steamship

AmShip Toledo

200

   

15,674

30,000

12.5

Active

1973 Charles E. Wilson American Steamship Bay 710     13,862 27,000 12.5

Now John J. Boland

1974 H. Lee White American Steamship Bay 711     14,499 30,000 15.0

Active

1975

Sam Laud

American Steamship Bay 712     11,619 23,000 12.5

Active

1976

St. Clair

American Steamship Bay 714     25,000 42,000 22.0

Active

1976

Joseph L. Block

Inland Steel Bay 715     15,600 31,300 20.0

Active

1977

Belle River

American Steamship Bay 716     40,000 60,000 30.0

Now Walter J. McCarthy

1978

Burns Harbor

Bethlehem Steel Bay 717     40,000 60,000 30.0

Now American Century

1979

Edwin H. Gott

U.S. Steel Bay 718     40,000 62,000 30.0

Active

1979

Indiana Harbor

American Steamship Bay 719     40,000 62,000 30.0

Active

1980

Burns Harbor

Bethlehem Steel Bay 720     40,000 62,000 30.0

Active

1978

Buffalo

American Steamship Bay 721     12,000 23,300 20.0

Active

1979

Fred R. White, Jr.

Oglebay Norton Bay 722     12,000 23,300 20.0

Now American Courage

1980

American Mariner

American Steamship Bay 723     15,000 32,000 30.0

Active

1981

American Republic

American Steamship Bay 724     12,000 23,300 25.0

Active

1981

Columbia Star

Oglebay Norton Bay 726     33,000 61,500 50.0

Now American Century

1950

Punta Aramaya

Bethlehem Steel

Bethlehem SP

4485

   

 

 

 

Converted to drill ship Glomar Tasman Sea 1965, scrapped 1984

1951

Punta Morocoto

Bethlehem Steel

Bethlehem SP

4486

   

 

 

 

Converted to drill ship Glomar North Sea 1965, scrapped 1985

1952

Johnstown

Bethlehem Steel

Bethlehem SP

4504

   

11,700

22,400

 

Scrapped

1952

Sparrows Point

Bethlehem Steel

Bethlehem SP

4505

   

11,700

22,400

 

Later Buckeye, now barge Lewis J. Kuber

1952

Elton Hoyt 2nd

Pickands Mather

Bethlehem SP

4512

   

11,000

22,200

 

Active

1952

Punta Cabrian

Bethlehem Steel

Bethlehem SP

4513

   

 

 

 

To Venezuela 1965 as Punta Cabana (T 17), sold private as Carora 1970, wrecked and abandoned 1979

1956

Punta Piedra

Bethlehem Steel

Bethlehem SP

4546

   

 

 

 

To Venezuela 1965 as Punta Piedras, sold private 1968, scrapped 1980

1956

Punta Bailen

Bethlehem Steel

Bethlehem SP

4549

   

 

 

 

Converted to drill ship Glomar Sirte 1965, scrapped 1983

1952

Charles L. Hutchinson

Unknown

Defoe Sbldg.

422

   

11,100

18,600

 

Now Kinsman Independent, sold foreign 2004

1972

Stewart J. Cort

Bethlehem Steel

Erie Marine

101

   

25,400

52,000

18.0

Active

1983

Energy Independence

Energy Tptn

GD Quincy

85

   

23,500

36,000

60.0 Active

1952

Cason J. Calloway

US Steel

Great Lakes Eng.

297

   

12,300

26,800

 

Active

1952

J. L. Mauthe

Pickands Mather

Great Lakes Eng.

298

   

11,500

21,800

 

Now Pathfinder

1953

Reserve

Oglebay Norton

Great Lakes Eng.

299

   

13,800

26,800

  Sold as a storage barge 2006

1953

William Clay Ford

 

Great Lakes Eng.

300

         

Scrapped

1959

Edmund Fitzgerald

 

Great Lakes Eng.

301

         

Lost 1975

1959

Herbert C. Jackson

Pickands Mather

Great Lakes Eng.

302

   

12,300

34,900

 

Active

1960

Arthur B. Homer

 

Great Lakes Eng.

303

         

Scrapped

1973

Sugar Islander

Pacific Gulf Marine

Lockheed

139

   

15,545

30,000

15.5

Now Judy Litrico

1952

John G. Munson

US Steel

Manitowoc

415

   

11,000

26,800

 

Active

1953

John J. Boland

American Steamship

Manitowoc

417

   

11,000

21,800

 

Now Saginaw

1959

Adam E. Cornelius

American Steamship

Manitowoc

424

   

11,000

26,800

 

Now Sarah Spencer

1960

Edward L. Ryerson

Inland Steel

Manitowoc

425

   

11,000

34,900

 

Active