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Tankers Built in U.S. Shipyards Since WWII

Most recent update: October 5, 2011.

403 tankers have been built in U.S. shipyards since WWII.  They are grouped as shown and sorted by shipbuilder and hull #.

Year Original Name Ship Type Original Owner Shipbuilder Hull # MA Hull # MA Design GT DWT Price ($mm) Notes
60 Tankers Built Since Passage of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA90)
2007 Overseas Houston Product Carrier Aker American/OSG America Aker Philadelphia 5     23,000 46,000 83.3 Active
2007 Overseas Long Beach Product Carrier Aker American/OSG America Aker Philadelphia 6     23,000 46,000 83.3 Active
2007 Overseas Los Angeles Product Carrier Aker American/OSG America Aker Philadelphia 7     23,000 46,000 83.3 Active
2008 Overseas New York Product Carrier Aker American/OSG America Aker Philadelphia 8     23,000 46,000 83.3 Active
2008 Overseas Texas City Product Carrier Aker American/OSG America Aker Philadelphia 9     23,000 46,000 83.3 Active
2009 Overseas Boston Product Carrier Aker American/OSG America Aker Philadelphia 10     23,000 46,000 83.3 Active
2009 Overseas Nikiski Product Carrier Aker American/OSG America Aker Philadelphia 11     23,000 46,000 83.3 Active
2009 Overseas Cascade Product Carrier OSG America Aker Philadelphia 12     23,000 46,000 115 Active
2010 Overseas Martinez Product Carrier Aker American/OSG America Aker Philadelphia 13     23,000 46,000 83.3 Active
2010 Overseas Anacortes Product Carrier Aker American/OSG America Aker Philadelphia 14     23,000 46,000 83.3 Active
2010 Overseas Chinook Product Carrier OSG America Aker Philadelphia 15     23,000 46,000 83.3 Active
2011 Overseas Tampa Product Carrier Aker American/OSG America Aker Philadelphia 16     23,000 46,000 83.3 Active
1998 Amalienborg Chemical Carrier Dannebrog Rederi Alabama Shipyard 46     11,290 16,000 26 Active
1998 Aggersborg Chemical Carrier Dannebrog Rederi Alabama Shipyard 47     11,290 16,000 26 Now Algosea
2001 Polar Endeavour Crude Carrier ConocoPhillips Shipping Avondale Industries 2497     82,545 140,000 166 Active
2002 Polar Resolution Crude Carrier ConocoPhillips Shipping Avondale Industries 2498     82,545 140,000 166 Active
2003 Polar Discovery Crude Carrier ConocoPhillips Shipping Avondale Industries 2499     82,545 140,000 164 Active
2004 Polar Adventure Crude Carrier ConocoPhillips Shipping Avondale Industries 2500     82,545 140,000 196 Active
2006 Polar Enterprise Crude Carrier ConocoPhillips Shipping Avondale Industries 2501     82,545 140,000 205.5 Active
1992 Benno C. Schmidt Sulphur Carrier Freeport McMoran Eastern SB 15     6,133 8,318 13 Now Energy Service 9002
1992 W.K.McWilliams,Jr. Sulphur Carrier Freeport McMoran Eastern SB 16     6,133 8,318 13 Now Energy Service 9001
1994 Sulphur Enterprise Sulphur Carrier Freeport McMoran McDermott SB 294     16,617 21,649 58.5 Active
2004 Alaskan Frontier Crude Carrier BP Oil Shipping Co. NASSCO 484     111,000 193,000 210 Active
2005 Alaskan Explorer Crude Carrier BP Oil Shipping Co. NASSCO 485     111,000 193,000 210 Active
2005 Alaskan Adventurer Crude Carrier BP Oil Shipping Co. NASSCO 486     111,000 193,000 210 Active
2006 Alaskan Legend Crude Carrier BP Oil Shipping Co. NASSCO 487     111,000 193,000 210 Active
2009 Golden State Product Carrier American Petroleum Tankers NASSCO 501     25,000 49,000 111 Active
2009 Pelican State Product Carrier American Petroleum Tankers NASSCO 502     25,000 49,000 111 Active
2009 Sunshine State Product Carrier American Petroleum Tankers NASSCO 503     25,000 49,000 111 Active
2010 Empire State Product Carrier American Petroleum Tankers NASSCO 504     25,000 49,000 111 Active as T-AOT 5193
2010 Evergreen State Product Carrier American Petroleum Tankers NASSCO 505     25,000 49,000 111 Active as T-AOT 5194
1997 Despotico Product Carrier Eletson Maritime Newport News 647     24,000 46,100 38 Now American Progress
1998 Agathonissos Product Carrier Eletson Maritime Newport News 648     24,000 46,100 38 Now Florida Voyager
1998 Dhokos Product Carrier Eletson Maritime Newport News 649     24,000 46,100 38 Now Seabulk Arctic
1998 Makronissos Product Carrier Eletson Maritime Newport News 650     24,000 46,100 39 Now Mississippi Voyager
1999 HMI Ambrose Channel Product Carrier Hvide Marine Newport News 651     24,000 45,300 49.4 Now Oregon Voyager
1999 HMI Brenton Reef Product Carrier Hvide Marine Newport News 652     24,000 45,300 49.4 Now California Voyager
71 Tankers Built under the Merchant Marine Act of 1970 for Domestic Trading but before OPA90 
1977 Atigun Pass Crude Carrier Keystone Shipping Avondale Industries 2295   T10-S-92a 85,000 165,000 67 Scrapped 2002
1978 Keystone Canyon Crude Carrier Keystone Shipping Avondale Industries 2296   T10-S-92a 85,000 165,000 67 Scrapped 2002
1978 Brooks Range Crude Carrier Keystone Shipping Avondale Industries 2297   T10-S-92a 85,000 165,000 67 Scrapped 2000
1978 Thompson Pass Crude Carrier Keystone Shipping Avondale Industries 2298   T10-S-92a 85,000 165,000 67 Scrapped 2000
1979 Esso North Slope Crude Carrier Esso Avondale Industries 2299   T10-S-92a 85,000 165,000 67 Scrapped 2003
1979 Esso Benicia Crude Carrier Esso Avondale Industries 2300   T10-S-92a 85,000 165,000 67 Scrapped 2003
1981 Ogden Dynachem Chemical Carrier Ogden Marine Avondale Industries 2318     25,000 51,250 50 Now Seabulk Trader
1981 Ogden Hudson Chemical Carrier Ogden Marine Avondale Industries 2319     25,000 51,250 50 Now Seabulk Challenge
1983 Exxon Charleston Product Carrier Exxon Avondale Industries 2335     26,000 41,650 100 Now Charleston
1984 Exxon Wilmington Product Carrier Exxon Avondale Industries 2336     26,000 41,650 100 Later S/R Wilmington, scrapped 2011
1984 Exxon Baytown Crude Carrier Exxon Avondale Industries 2337     31,120 58,300 100 Now S/R Baytown
1974 Sealift Mediterranean Sea Product Carrier Marine Transport Lines Bath Iron Works 360     15,979 27,700 16 Sold foreign 1995 as San Marco, scrapped 1999
1974 Sealift Atlantic Ocean Product Carrier Marine Transport Lines Bath Iron Works 361     15,979 27,700 16 Sold foreign 1995 as Mavra, scrapped 2000
1975 Sealift Caribbean Sea Product Carrier Marine Transport Lines Bath Iron Works 362     15,979 27,700 16 Sold foreign 1995 as ______, scrapped
1975 Sealift Arctic Ocean Product Carrier Marine Transport Lines Bath Iron Works 363     15,979 27,700 16 Sold foreign 1995 as Vandou, scrapped 2000
1975 Sealift Antarctic Ocean Product Carrier Marine Transport Lines Bath Iron Works 364     15,979 27,700 16 Sold foreign 1995 as Renata II, scrapped 2000
1970 Overseas Alaska Crude Carrier Overseas Shipholding Beth Sparrows Point 4627     34,440 62,005 15 Scrapped
1971 Overseas Arctic Crude Carrier Overseas Shipholding Beth Sparrows Point 4628     34,440 62,005 15 Scrapped
1971 Sansinena II Crude Carrier Union Oil Beth Sparrows Point 4629     38,700 70,000 16 Sold foreign 1992 as Endeavor
1971 Arco Prudhoe Bay Crude Carrier Arco Beth Sparrows Point 4630     38,700 70,000 16 Scrapped 2003
1972 Arco Sag River Crude Carrier Arco Beth Sparrows Point 4631     38,700 70,000 16 Scrapped 2003
1972 Chevron California Crude Carrier Chevron Oil Beth Sparrows Point 4632     38,700 70,000 16 Scrapped
1971 Puerto Rican Product Carrier Keystone Shipping Beth Sparrows Point 4633     20,815 34,684 12 Scrapped
1973 Arco Anchorage Crude Carrier Arco Beth Sparrows Point 4634     57,691 120,585 30 Sold foreign 1997 as Ocean Venture, scrapped 2002
1974 Arco Juneau Crude Carrier Arco Beth Sparrows Point 4635     57,691 120,585 30 Scrapped 2001
1974 Arco Fairbanks Crude Carrier Arco Beth Sparrows Point 4636     57,691 120,585 30 Scrapped 2001
1972 Chevron Mississippi Crude Carrier Chevron Oil Beth Sparrows Point 4637     38,700 70,000 18 Scrapped 2001
1973 Chevron Hawaii Crude Carrier Chevron Oil Beth Sparrows Point 4638     39,665 70,000 18 Later Polar Texas, scrapped 2005
1973 Overseas Juneau Crude Carrier Overseas Shipholding Beth Sparrows Point 4641     57,701 120,500 34.6 Scrapped 2002
1975 Chevron Oregon Product Carrier Chevron Oil FMC/Gunderson 1     17,700 35,000 16.7 Now Overseas Diligence
1976 Chevron Washington Product Carrier Chevron Oil FMC/Gunderson 2     17,700 35,000 16.7 Now Washington Voyager
1976 Chevron Colorado Product Carrier Chevron Oil FMC/Gunderson 3     17,700 35,000 16.7 Later Colorado Voyager, scrapped 2010
1977 Chevron Louisiana Product Carrier Chevron Oil FMC/Gunderson 5     17,700 35,000 16.7 Later Overseas Integrity, scrapped 2010
1977 Chevron Arizona Product Carrier Chevron Oil FMC/Gunderson 6     17,700 35,000 16.7 Later Arizona Voyager, scrapped 2010
1978 Esso Sunshine State Product Carrier Esso Levingston SB 725     12,500 27,500 12 Scrapped 2003
1980 Gemini Product Carrier Ashland Oil Levingston SB 745     6,700 10,100 12 Sold foreign 2005 as Algosar
1977 Overseas Chicago Crude Carrier Overseas Shipholding NASSCO 398     42,000 90,000 29.9 Scrapped 2005
1977 Overseas Ohio Crude Carrier Overseas Shipholding NASSCO 399     42,000 90,000 29.9 Sold foreign 2006 as Keymar
1977 Overseas New York Crude Carrier Overseas Shipholding NASSCO 400     42,000 90,000 29.9 Scrapped 2005
1978 Overseas Washington Crude Carrier Overseas Shipholding NASSCO 401     42,000 90,000 29.9 Scrapped 2005
1978 B.T. Alaska Crude Carrier Marine Transport Lines NASSCO 405     89,000 188,500 67 Later S/R Columbia Bay 2003, sold foreign 2006 as Ocean Pensador, scrapped 2009
1978 B.T. San Diego Crude Carrier Marine Transport Lines NASSCO 406     89,000 188,500 67 Later Denali 1994, sold foreign 2006 as Lewek Emas, now being converted to FPSO 
1979 Arco Alaska Crude Carrier ARCO NASSCO 408     89,000 188,500 60 Later Polar Alaska 2000, sold foreign 2006 as Aker Smart 1, now FPSO Dhirubhai 1
1980 Arco California Crude Carrier ARCO NASSCO 409     89,000 188,500 60 Later Polar California 2000, sold foreign 2006 as Aker Smart 2, to be FPSO
1981 Blue Ridge Product Carrier Union Oil NASSCO 415     24,500 37,500 50 Scrapped 2011
1981 Coast Range Product Carrier Union Oil NASSCO 416     24,500 37,500 50 Scrapped 2011
1981 Sierra Madre Product Carrier Union Oil NASSCO 417     24,500 37,500 50 Later Keystone Texas, scrapped 2009
1983 Hunter B. Armistead Product Carrier Ingram Tankers NASSCO 419     24,500 37,500 50 Later Overseas Philadelphia, scrapped 2010
1982 Eileen Ingram Product Carrier Ingram Tankers NASSCO 420     24,500 37,500 50 Later Overseas New Orleans, scrapped 2011
1982 Chesapeake Trader Crude Carrier American Trading NASSCO 424     28,000 55,000 65.7 Later Overseas Galena Bay, scrapped 2010
1982 Delaware Trader Crude Carrier American Trading NASSCO 425     28,000 55,000 65.7 Active
1983 Potomac Trader Crude Carrier American Trading NASSCO 426     28,000 55,000 65.7 Later Overseas Puget Sound, scrapped 2011
1986 Exxon Valdez Crude Carrier Exxon NASSCO 438     110,831 209,000 125 Sold foreign 2005, now ore carrier Oriental Nicety, laid up 2011
1987 Exxon Long Beach Crude Carrier Exxon NASSCO 439     110,831 209,000 125 Later S/R Long Beach, laid up 2009
1974 Saturn Product Carrier Ashland Oil SBA Shipyards 218