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Bath Iron Works, Bath ME                                              

Most recent update: September 26, 2011.

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 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
25 Aphrodite O. H. Payne Yacht     1,839     25-Mar-98 Later "Aetos" 1930 and "Macedonia" 1933, bombed and sunk off Patras 1941
26 Chesapeake US Navy Training Bark           11-Jul-99 Scrapped 1932
27 Grant US Army Troopship           31-Dec-98 Conversion
28 Bagley US Navy Torpedo Boat TB 24   175   18-Oct-01 Redesignated "Coast Torpedo Boat No. 10" 1918, scrapped 1920
29 Barney US Navy Torpedo Boat TB 25   175   21-Oct-01 Redesignated "Coast Torpedo Boat No. 11" 1918, scrapped 1920
30 Biddle US Navy Torpedo Boat TB 26   175   26-Oct-01 Redesignated "Coast Torpedo Boat No. 12" 1918, scrapped 1920
31 Nevada/Connecticut US Navy Monitor BM 8   3,225   5-Mar-03 Later "Tonopah" 1909, scrapped 1922
32 Virginia Isaac Stern Yacht     441     23-Dec-99  
33 Transfer No. 13 NY, NH & H RR Tug     322     27-Mar-00 Later "Transfer No. 15" 1915, scrapped 1952
34 Transfer No. 14 NY, NH & H RR Tug     322     17-Apr-00 Scrapped 1952
35 Cleveland US Navy Cruiser C 19   3,200   2-Nov-03 Scrapped 1930
36 Hockomock Peoples Ferry Co. Ferry           20-Apr-01 Machinery only
37 Cuba Staples Coal Co. Tug     594     2-May-01 Later "GEN Charles P. Krauthoff" 1938 and "Sea Giant" 1947, scrapped 1950
38   US Navy Drydock Caisson           2-May-01  
39 Georgia US Navy Battleship BB 15   15,000   21-Sep-06 Scrapped 1923
40   US Navy Drydock Caisson             Cancelled
41 Pantooset A. S. Bigelow Yacht     538     10-Jun-02  
42 Shenango Duffey Petroleum Tank Barge           17-Mar-02  
43   NY, NH & H RR Tug             Cancelled
44   NY, NH & H RR Tug             Cancelled
45   NY, NH & H RR Tug             Cancelled
46 Chester US Navy Cruiser CL 1   3,750   25-Apr-08 Later "York" 1928, scrapped 1930
47 Camden Eastern Steamship Co. Psgr Steamer     2,153     12-Mar-07 Later "Comet" 1936 and "Ya Sung" 1948, scrapped 1950
48 Belfast Eastern Steamship Co. Psgr Steamer     2,153     22-Jun-09 Later "Arrow" 1936, wrecked while under tow off Ocean Park WA 1947
49 Flusser US Navy Destroyer DD 20   700   28-Oct-09 Scrapped 1919
50 Reid US Navy Destroyer DD 21   700   3-Dec-09 Scrapped 1919
51 Ferdinando Gorges Maine Central RR Ferry     1,312     22-May-09 Later "Pioneer" 1927, converted to tug 1933, hulked 1950
52 Paulding US Navy Destroyer DD 22   742   23-Sep-10 Scrapped 1934
53 Drayton US Navy Destroyer DD 23   742   17-Oct-10 Scrapped 1935
54 Trippe US Navy Destroyer DD 33   742   10-Feb-11 Scrapped 1934
55 Moosehead Maine Central RR Psgr Steamer     677     12-Jul-11 Later "Porpoise" (YFB 2047) 1921 and "Mayflower" 1931, wrecked off Boston 1941
56 Jouett US Navy Destroyer DD 41   742   20-May-12 Scrapped 1934
57 Jenkins US Navy Destroyer DD 42   742   22-May-12 Scrapped 1935
58 Cassin US Navy Destroyer DD 43   1,020   12-Jul-13 Scrapped 1934
59 Cummings US Navy Destroyer DD 44   1,020   22-Sep-13 Scrapped 1934
60 Goodridge Sebago Lake Co. Psgr Steamer           17-Jun-11  
61 Rangeley Maine Central RR Psgr Steamer     652     22-Mar-13 Later "Chauncey M. Depew" 1925, converted to restaurant in Secaucus NJ
62 McDougal US Navy Destroyer DD 54   1,020   16-May-14 Scrapped 1934
63 Katahdin Coburn Steamship Co. Psgr Steamer           20-Aug-14 Active
64 Wadsworth US Navy Destroyer DD 60   1,060   14-Jun-15 Scrapped 1936
65 Defiance G. Pynchon et. al. America's Cup            22-Jul-14 Scrapped 1915
66 Emblane E.W. Bliss & Co. Torpedo Test Vsl     471     10-Jun-15 Scrapped 1956
67 Davis US Navy Destroyer DD 65   1,071   5-Oct-16 Scrapped 1934
68 Allen US Navy Destroyer DD 66   1,071   24-Jan-17 Scrapped 1946
69 Winchester W. P. Rousse Yacht     397     22-Apr-16  
70 Manley US Navy Destroyer DD 74   1,125   15-Oct-17 Scrapped 1946
71   New York Central RR Carfloat           16-Aug  
72   New York Central RR Carfloat           16-Aug  
73 Isabel J. N. Willys Yacht     790     11-Aug-17 To USN 1917 as "Isabel" (PY 10), scrapped 1946
74 Wickes US Navy Destroyer DD 75   1,154   22-Jul-18 To Britain 1940 as HMS Montgomery (G 95), scrapped 1945
75 Philip US Navy Destroyer DD 76   1,154   15-Aug-18 To Britain 1940 as HMS Lancaster (G 05), scrapped 1947
76 Woolsey US Navy Destroyer DD 77   1,154   17-Sep-18 Sunk in collision 1921
77 Evans US Navy Destroyer DD 78   1,154   17-Nov-18 To Britain 1940 as HMS Mansfield (G 76), scrapped 1944
78 Buchanan US Navy Destroyer DD 131   1,154   23-Jan-19 To Britain 1940 as HMS Campbelltown (I 42), destroyed in the raid on St. Nazaire 1942
79 Aaron Ward US Navy Destroyer DD 132   1,154   12-Apr-19 To Britain 1940 as HMS Castleton (I 23), scrapped 1948
80 Hale US Navy Destroyer DD 133   1,154   20-Jun-19 To Britain 1940 as HMS Caldwell (I 20), scrapped 1945
81 Crowninshield US Navy Destroyer DD 134   1,154   22-Aug-19 To Britain 1940 as HMS Chelsea (I 35), to USSR 1944 as "Dzerkiy", returned and scrapped 1949
82 Preble US Navy Destroyer DD 345   1,215   15-Mar-20 Scrapped 1946
83 Sicard US Navy Destroyer DD 346   1,215   12-May-20 Scrapped 1946
84 Pruitt US Navy Destroyer DD 347   1,215   7-Aug-20 Scrapped 1946
85 A. L. Kent Crowell & Thurlow Collier     6,214     12-Dec-20 Scrapped 1958
86 Thomas P. Beal Crowell & Thurlow Collier     5,818     22-Aug-21 Later "Trinitas", scrapped 1954
87 Nantucket Shoals US Light House Service Lightship LV 106   775   16-May-23 Later WAL 528, to USAID 1969 for transfer to Surinam
88 Cape Lookout Shoals US Light House Service Lightship LV 107   775   22-Feb-24 Later WAL 529, floating restaurant at Liberty State Park NJ
89 Five Fathom Bank US Light House Service Lightship LV 108   775   17-Sep-23 Later WAL 530, scrapped 1975
90 Relief LS US Light House Service Lightship LV 109   775   10-Nov-23 Later WAL 531, to USAID 1967 for transfer to Uruguay
91 Pollock Rip US Light House Service Lightship LV 110   775   24-Jan-24 Later WAL 532, scrapped 1975
92 Northeast End US Light House Service Lightship LV 111   775   20-Dec-26 Later WAL 533, to US Navy 1969, scrapped 1984
93 Islander New England Steamship Co. Psgr Steamer     1,089     17-Aug-23 Later "Martha's Vineyard" 1928, foundered off Boston 1990
94   Eastern Steamship Co.             23-Dec-23 Machinery only
95   Eastern Steamship Co.             29-Dec-23 Machinery only
96 Aras H. J. Chisholm Yacht     184     3-Jun-24 Torpedoed and lost 1942
97 Romany F. Paine Yacht           1-Jul-24 Torpedoed and lost 1942
98 Nobska New England Steamship Co. Psgr Steamer     1,082     9-Apr-25 Later "Nantucket" 1928 and "Nobska" 1956, preserved in Boston NSY
99 Fei-Seen I. Cox Schooner     20     May-25  
100 Saghaya H. G. Smith Schooner     20     May-25   
101 Flying Fish W. F. Corey Schooner     20     May-25   
102 Margaret Mary J. Bossert Schooner     20     Jun-25   
103 Cygnet P. Hammond Schooner     20     Jun-25  
104 Seven Seas V. S. Merle-Smith Schooner     20     Jun-25  
105 Sea Fox W. F. Whitehouse Schooner     20     12-Aug-25 Now "Apache"
106 Diamond W C. E. F. McCann Schooner     20     8-Jul-25  
107 Nokomis W. Stewart Schooner     20     16-Jul-25  
108 Venturer H. Wesson Schooner     20     22-Jul-25  
109 Abyee D. H. Morris Schooner     20     3-Jul-25  
110 Acushla II G. M. Hechsher Schooner     20     8-Jul-25  
111 Seafarer P. Corning Schooner     20     15-Aug-25  
112 Charmian N. Carleton Schooner     20     15-Aug-25  
113 Shearwater F. L. Crocker Schooner     20     14-Aug-25  
114 Calliope W. E. D. Stekes Schooner     20     15-Aug-25  
115 Yo Ho C. Brokow Yacht           15-Jun-25  
116 Helene II C. E. F. McCann Yacht           19-Aug-25  
117 Vanda E. B. Dane Yacht     1,478     22-Apr-29 Later "San Bernadino" 1942 and "Vanda" 1946, scrapped 1968
118 Don Jorge Venezuela Gulf Oil Co. Tug           18-Jul-28  
119 Boston College F. J. O'Hara & Sons Trawler     241     1-Nov-28 Lost 1951
120 Holy Cross F. J. O'Hara & Sons Trawler     229     27-Nov-29  
121 Georgetown F. J. O'Hara & Sons Trawler     229     19-Dec-28  
122 Paragon C. J. Davol Yacht     176     2-Jan-30  
123 Hi-Esmaro H. E. Manville Yacht     1,333