Bath Iron Works, Bath ME


Bath Iron Works (BIW) was established as an iron foundry in 1826 and expanded into shipbuilding by acquiring Goss Marine Iron Works in 1888.  The yard was a major builder of destroyers in both wars and is now recognized as the world's leading builder of destroyers and similar surface combatants.  Ownership has changed hands several times and it is now part of General Dynamics.  Visit the shipyard at www.biw.com and see it from the air on Google here.

Hull # Original Name Original Owner Ship Type (C=Major Conversion) Gov't. Type or Design Code Pennant # GT LDT Price ($mm) Delivered Disposition
1 Cottage City Maine Steamship Co. Psgr Steamer     1,885     31-May-90 Wrecked off Willow Point BC 1911
2 Machias US Navy Gunboat PG 5   1,177   20-Jul-93 To Mexico 1920 as "Agua Prieta", scrapped 1935
3 Castine US Navy Gunboat PG 6   1,177   22-Oct-94 Sold 1921, foundered at mouth of Mississippi 1924
4 Manhattan Maine Steamship Co. Psgr Steamer           15-Jun-91 Burned and lost 1910
5 Katahdin US Navy Harbor Ram       2,155   1-Nov-95 Sunk as target off Rappahannock Spit 1916
6 Frank Jones Portland & Machias Co. Psgr Steamer           9-Aug-92 Destroyed by explosion 1918
7 Alleghany Pennsylvania RR Dredge           14-Apr-92  
8 City of Lowell Norwich & New York Trans. Co. Psgr Steamer     2,975     2-Jul-94 Scrapped 1947
9 Eleanor Wm. A. Slater Yacht     968     6-Oct-94 Later "Wacouta" 1903, "Harvard" 1917 and "Athinai" 1923, bombed and sunk in Itea Harbour 1941
10 Peregrine R. H. White Yacht     246     28-Apr-96  
11 Salacia Maine Coast Navigation Co. Psgr Steamer     322     20-Jul-95  
12 Nantucket New South Shoal US Light House Service Lightship LV 66   590   13-Jun-96 Sold 1934
13 No name Bath Iron Works Cofferdam           29-Aug-95  
14 Illawarra E. Tompkins Yacht     118     3-Jun-96  
15 Vicksburg US Navy Gunboat PG 11   1,010   23-Oct-97 To USCG 1922 as "Alexander Hamilton", sold 1946 as "Beta", scrapped 1946
16 Newport US Navy Gunboat PG 12   1,010   5-Oct-97 To City of Aberdeen WA 1935
17 Dahlgren US Navy Torpedo Boat TB 9   146   16-Jun-00 Redesignated "Coast Torpedo Boat No. 4" 1918, scrapped 1920
18 Craven US Navy Torpedo Boat TB 10   146   9-Jun-00 Sunk as target 1914
19 Fire Island US Light House Service Lightship LV 68   590   6-Aug-97 Sold 1934
20 Diamond Shoal US Light House Service Lightship LV 69   590   14-Aug-97 Retired 1937
21 Mayflower US Light House Service Light Tender WAGL 236   650   9-Oct-97 Later "Hydrangea"
22 Five Fathom US Light House Service Lightship LV 71   590   20-Feb-98 Sunk by U-boat 1918
23 Armeria US Light House Service Repairs only WAGL none       15-Oct-97 Wrecked and lost 1912
24 Winifred Hiller, Bull & Knowlton Freighter     2,456     1-Oct-98 Scrapped 1935