(formerly The Fore River Ship & Engine Company, later General Dynamics, Quincy)
The Quincy shipyard was started by Alexander Graham Bell's famous assistant, Thomas A. Watson, in 1886, as The Fore River Engine Company. It was originally located in East Braintree but soon moved to Quincy and became The Fore River Ship & Engine Company. It was one of the world's great shipbuilders. The company was sold to Bethlehem Steel in 1913 and in World War One operated an emergency facility at Squantum Point to build destroyers. Along with only a handful of other large yards, it remained in full operation between the wars. Its capabilities were expanded at the start of the World War Two emergency, with an injection of $21mm from the Navy. It operated an emergency facility in World War Two as well: this one, at Hingham, built landing craft, DEs and LSTs - see its table here. At its peak, the yard employed 32,000 people. The shipyard continued as both a merchant and a naval shipbuilder after the war but was not successful, even when Bethlehem's other yards were doing well, and Bethlehem sold it to General Dynamics in 1963. (Note that Bethlehem's last hull number was 1691: GD started again at hull #1, always an unlucky thing to do.) GD invested heavily and concentrated on naval shipbuilding, but they couldn't make money there either: they closed the yard in 1986 and sold the property to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A start-up company called Massachusetts Heavy Industries bought it in 1997 and partially modernized it, with the aid of Title XI financing rammed down MARAD's throat by the Massachusetts congressional delegation. This company, which had no idea what it was doing, went bankrupt in 1999 before it could complete the modernization and the yard became MARAD's. It was sold at auction in January 2003 to a used-car dealer for $9 million and has now been liquidated. See the Quincy shipyard from the air on Google here and the site of the Squantum shipyard here.
| Hull # | Original Name | Original Owner | Ship Type | Navy Type or Gov't. Design Code | Pennant # or Gov't. Hull # | GT | LDT or DWT | Price ($mm) | Delivered | Disposition |
| Built by Fore River Ship & Engine Company | ||||||||||
| 100 | Sally | Lyman | Yacht | 9 | ||||||
| 101 | Caprice | Robinson | Yacht | 9 | ||||||
| 102 | Eleanor | Clapp | Yacht | |||||||
| 103 | Lawrence | U. S. Navy | Destroyer | DD | 8 | 400 | 7-Apr-03 | Scrapped 1920 | ||
| 104 | MacDonough | U. S. Navy | Destroyer | DD | 9 | 400 | 3-Jul-03 | Scrapped 1920 | ||
| 105 | Jule | Julia Arthur | Yacht | 19 | 12-Jun-99 | |||||
| 106 | Diamond Shoals | U. S. Coast Guard | Light Vessel | LV | 72 | 616 | 13-Feb-01 | Sold 1937 | ||
| 107 | Des Moines | U. S. Navy | Cruiser | C | 15 | 3,200 | 5-Mar-04 | Later PG 29 and CL 17, scrapped 1930 | ||
| 108 | New Jersey | U. S. Navy | Battleship | BB | 16 | 14,680 | 12-May-06 | Sunk as target 1922 | ||
| 109 | Rhode Island | U. S. Navy | Battleship | BB | 17 | 14,680 | 12-Feb-06 | Scrapped 1924 | ||
| 110 | Thomas W. Lawson | Coastwise Transportation Co. | Bulk Carrier | 5,218 | 10-Sep-02 | Seven-masted schooner, wrecked 1907 | ||||
| 111 | No 40 | New York, New Haven & Hartford | Car Float | 954 | 6-Dec-02 | |||||
| 112 | No 41 | New York, New Haven & Hartford | Car Float | 954 | 6-Dec-02 | |||||
| 113 | William L. Douglas | Coastwise Transportation Co. | Bulk Carrier | 3,708 | 11-Nov-03 | Six-masted schooner | ||||
| 114 | Boston | New England Nav Co. | Cargo Ship | 3,626 | 16-Jul-04 | Scrapped 1934 | ||||
| 115 | Providence | New England Nav Co. | Psgr./Cargo Ship | 4,365 | 21-Mar-05 | Scrapped 1938 | ||||
| 116 | No 44 | New York, New Haven & Hartford | Car Float | 954 | 17-Nov-03 | |||||
| 117 | No 45 | New York, New Haven & Hartford | Car Float | 954 | 12-Dec-03 | |||||
| 118 | No 46 | New York, New Haven & Hartford | Car Float | 954 | 10-Feb-04 | |||||
| 119 | No 47 | New York, New Haven & Hartford | Car Float | 954 | 10-Feb-04 | |||||
| 120 | Vermont | U. S. Navy | Battleship | BB | 20 | 16,040 | 11-Feb-07 | Scrapped 1924 | ||
| 121 | S.O.Co. No 3 | Standard Oil Co. of New York | Tank Barge | 509 | 23-Nov-04 | |||||
| 122 | S.O.Co. No 4 | Standard Oil Co. of New York | Tank Barge | 509 | 16-Dec-04 | |||||
| 123 | No 1 | Japanese Navy | Submarine | 105 | 16-Oct-05 | Scrapped 1921 | ||||
| 124 | No 2 | Japanese Navy | Submarine | 105 | 5-Sep-05 | Scrapped 1921 | ||||
| 125 | No 3 | Japanese Navy | Submarine | 105 | 5-Sep-05 | Scrapped 1921 | ||||
| 126 | No 4 | Japanese Navy | Submarine | 105 | 1-Oct-05 | Scrapped 1921 | ||||
| 127 | No 5 | Japanese Navy | Submarine | 105 | 1-Oct-05 | Scrapped 1921 | ||||
| 128 | Octopus (C 1) | U. S. Navy | Submarine | SS | 9 | 238 | 16-May-08 | Scrapped 1922 | ||
| 129 | Viper (B 1) | U. S. Navy | Submarine | SS | 10 | 145 | 16-Oct-07 | Sunk as target 1922 | ||
| 130 | Cuttlefish (B 2) | U. S. Navy | Submarine | SS | 11 | 145 | 16-Oct-07 | Sunk as target 1922 | ||
| 131 | Tarantula (B 3) | U. S. Navy | Submarine | SS | 12 | 145 | 29-Nov-07 | Sunk as target 1922 | ||
| 132 | Birmingham | U. S. Navy | Cruiser | CS | 2 | 3,750 | 10-Apr-08 | Later CL 2, scrapped 1930 | ||
| 133 | Salem | U. S. Navy | Cruiser | CS | 3 | 3,750 | 27-Jul-08 | Later CL 3, scrapped 1930 | ||
| 134 | Spray | Bay State Fishing Co. | Trawler | 283 | 6-Dec-05 | To USN 1917 as ID 2491, returned 1919, later Patrick J. O'Hara 1929, scrapped 1952 | ||||
| 135 | Creole | Southern Pacific Co. | Psgr. Ship | 6,754 | 22-Dec-07 | Scrapped 1934 | ||||
| 136 | South Shore | Nantasket Beach Steamboat Co. | Psgr. Ship | 874 | 16-Jun-06 | Wrecked 1928 | ||||
| 137 | Satilla | Brunswick S S Co. | Cargo Ship | 2,667 | 10-Nov-06 | Later Hans Kinck 1916, torpedoed and lost 1917 | ||||
| 138 | Ogeechee | Brunswick S S Co. | Cargo Ship | 2,667 | 4-Apr-07 | Later Gyldenpris 1917, sunk by gunfire 1917 | ||||
| 139 | Ocmulgee | Brunswick S S Co. | Cargo Ship | 2,667 | 29-Dec-06 | Scrapped 1929 | ||||
| 140 | Ossabaw | Brunswick S S Co. | Cargo Ship | 2,667 | 24-Feb-07 | Scrapped 1933 | ||||
| 141 | Everett | New England Coal & Coke Co. | Collier | 5,103 | 19-Oct-07 | Scrapped 1948 | ||||
| 142 | Malden | New England Coal & Coke Co. | Collier | 5,103 | 2-Dec-07 | In collision off Montauk Point and sank 1921 | ||||
| 143 | Melrose | New England Coal & Coke Co. | Collier | 5,103 | 11-Jan-08 | Scrapped 1947 | ||||
| 144 | Altamaha | Brunswick S S Co. | Cargo Ship | 2,667 | 30-Dec-07 | Wrecked 1923 but cut down to a barge, abandoned 1933 | ||||
| 145 | New England | New England Nav Co. | Tank Barge | 417 | 2-Dec-07 | Later tanker Sarah Pinser 1944, scrapped 1951 | ||||
| 146 | Transfer No 21 | New York, New Haven & Hartford | Tug | 268 | 19-Jan-08 | Later Tigre 1920, Molosse 1922, Transfer No. 21 1926, scrapped 1960 | ||||
| 147 | Hedge Fence | U. S. Coast Guard | Light Vessel | LV | 90 | 478 | 14-May-08 | Later WAL 514, sold 1955 | ||
| 148 | Relief No 1 | U. S. Coast Guard | Light Vessel | LV | 91 | 478 | 29-May-08 | Later WAL 515, sold 1963 | ||
| 149 | Relief No 2 | U. S. Coast Guard | Light Vessel | LV | 92 | 478 | 15-Jun-08 | Later WAL 516, sold 1954, hulked in Tacoma | ||
| 150 | Swiftsure | U. S. Coast Guard | Light Vessel | LV | 93 | 478 | 6-Jul-08 | Later WAL 517, sold 1955 | ||
| 151 | North Dakota | U. S. Navy | Battleship | BB | 29 | 20,000 | 10-Apr-10 | Scrapped 1931 | ||
| 152 | Stingray (C 2) | U. S. Navy | Submarine | SS | 13 | 238 | 16-Oct-09 | Scrapped 1922 | ||
| 153 | Tarpon (C 3) | U. S. Navy | Submarine | SS | 14 | 238 | 14-Oct-09 | Scrapped 1922 | ||
| 154 | Bonita (C 4 ) | U. S. Navy | Submarine | SS | 15 | 238 | 20-Oct-09 | Scrapped 1922 | ||
| 155 | Snapper (C 5) | U. S. Navy | Submarine | SS | 16 | 238 | 22-Oct-09 | Scrapped 1922 | ||
| 156 | Narwhal (D 1 ) | U. S. Navy | Submarine | SS | 17 | 238 | 7-Oct-09 | Scrapped 1922 | ||
| 157 | Grayling (D 2) | U. S. Navy | Submarine | SS | 18 | 238 | 11-Oct-09 | Scrapped 1922 | ||
| 158 | Salmon (D 3) | U. S. Navy | Submarine | SS | 19 | 238 | 1-Sep-10 | Scrapped 1922 | ||
| 159 | General Robert Anderson | U. S. Army | Tug | 153 | 25-Jan-09 | Presumed scrapped after WWII | ||||
| 160 | General Richard Arnold | U. S. Army | Tug | 153 | 29-Jan-09 | Lost 1942 | ||||
| 161 | General R. B. Ayers | U. S. Army | Tug | 153 | 9-Feb-09 | Later H R Carter 1932, General Patrick W Guiney 1938, Gen P W Guiney. Scrapped 1955 | ||||
| 162 | General J. M. Brannan | U. S. Army | Tug | 153 | 13-Feb-09 | Later Frank W Spencer, Charles H Harper. Abandoned 1979 | ||||
| 163 | General H. Brown | U. S. Army | Tug | 153 | 20-Feb-09 | Later Vulcan 1923, Vivian Powell 1942 | ||||
| 164 | General G. B. Getty | U. S. Army | Tug | 153 | 1-Mar-09 | Deleted before WWII | ||||
| 165 | General R. H. Jackson | U. S. Army | Tug | 153 | 8-Mar-09 | Later Three Bro’s 1938, Fort Sumner 194x | ||||
| 166 | General A. M. Randol | U. S. Army | Tug | 153 | 19-Mar-09 | Presumed scrapped after WWII | ||||
| 167 | No 54 | New York, New Haven & Hartford | Car Float | 21-Nov-08 | ||||||
| 168 | No 55 | New York, New Haven & Hartford | Car Float | 5-Dec-08 | ||||||
| 169 | No 56 | New York, New Haven & Hartford | Car Float | 22-Dec-08 | ||||||
| 170 | No 57 | New York, New Haven & Hartford | Car Float | 2-Jan-09 | ||||||
| 171 | No 58 | New York, New Haven & Hartford | Car Float | 20-Jan-09 | ||||||
| 172 | No 59 | New York, New Haven & Hartford | Car Float | 13-Feb-09 | ||||||
| 173 | No 60 | New York, New Haven & Hartford | Car Float | 18-Feb-09 | ||||||
| 174 | Transfer No 22 | New York, New Haven & Hartford | Tug | 268 | 4-May-09 | |||||
| 175 | Perkins | U. S. Navy | Destroyer | DD | 26 | 742 | 15-Nov-10 | Scrapped 1935 | ||
| 176 | Sterett | U. S. Navy | Destroyer | DD | 27 | 742 | 12-Dec-10 | Scrapped 1935 | ||
| 177 | Aloha | Arthur C James | Yacht | 659 | 11-May-10 | To USN 1917 as Aloha (SP 317), 1919 Aloha. Scrapped 1938 | ||||
| 178 | Herman Frasch | Union Sulphur Co Inc. | Bulk Carrier | 3,803 | 5-Apr-10 | To US Army, to USN 1917 (ID 1617). In collision and sank 1918 | ||||
| 179 | Skipjack (E 1) | U. S. Navy | Submarine | SS | 24 | 287 | 13-Feb-12 | Scrapped 1922 | ||
| 180 | Sturgeon (E 2) | U. S. Navy | Submarine | SS | 25 | 287 | 14-Feb-12 | Scrapped 1925 | ||
| 181 | Walke | U. S. Navy | Destroyer | DD | 34 | 742 | 18-Jul-11 | Scrapped 1935 | ||
| 182 | No 13 | U. S. Navy | Ammo Lighter | YE | 13 | 50 | 19-Jan-10 | Later YCF 4, scrapped 1947 | ||
| 183 | Miguelito | Porto Rico Mercantile | Molasses Lighter | 276 | 29-Jan-10 | Scrapped 1970 | ||||
| 184 | Fifi | Cuba Distilling Co Inc. | Molasses Barge | 368 | 31-Jan-10 | |||||
| 185 | Graziela | Cuba Distilling Co Inc. | Molasses Barge | 368 | 31-Jan-10 | |||||
| 186 | Santa Maria II | Columbus Distilling Co. | Molasses Barge | 265 | 5-Feb-10 | |||||
| 187 | Rivadavia | Argentine Navy | Battleship | BB | 27,566 | 27-Aug-14 | Scrapped 1956 | |||
| 188 | Currier | Cuba Distilling Co Inc. | Tanker | 4,711 | 15-Dec-10 | Later Victory Sword 1941, scuttled as a breakwater at Normandy 1944 | ||||
| 189 | Foam | Bay State Fishing Co. | Trawler | 244 | 14-Sep-10 | To USN 1917 (ID 2496). 1919 returned. Scrapped 1927 | ||||
| 190 | Unnamed | Pennsylvania R R Co. | Car Float | 28-Dec-10 | ||||||
| 191 | Unnamed | Pennsylvania R R Co. | Car Float | 17-Dec-10 | ||||||
| 192 | Sankaty | New Bedford S S Co. | Psgr. Ship | 678 | 14-Apr-11 | Later Charles A. Dunning 1947, sank 1964 | ||||
| 193 | Ripple | Bay State Fishing Co. | Trawler | 244 | 23-Dec-10 | To USN 1910 as Faithful (YFB 5),, to Russia 1917 as T 44. To USN 1918 as Ripple (ID 2439), then T 44 in 1919. later Boston 1927, scrapped 1949 | ||||
| 194 | New Orleans | U. S. Army Corps of Engineers | Suction Dredge | 4,425 | 4-Apr-12 | |||||
| 195 | Crest | Bay State Fishing Co. | Trawler | 244 | 1-May-11 | To USN 1917 as Crest (SP 339), returned 1919 | ||||
| 196 | Henley | U. S. Navy | Destroyer | DD | 39 | 742 | 5-May-12 | Scrapped 1934 | ||
| 197 | Newton | New England Coal & Coke Co. | Cargo Ship | 5,194 | 20-Nov-11 | Scrapped 1948 | ||||
| 198 | Haddock (K 1) | U. S. Navy | Submarine | SS | 32 | 392 | 17-Apr-14 | Scrapped 1931 | ||
| 199 | Cachalot (K 2) | U. S. Navy | Submarine | SS | 33 | 392 | 28-Jan-14 | Scrapped 1931 | ||
| 200 | Swell | Bay State Fishing Co. | Trawler | 253 | 29-Dec-11 | To USN 1917 as Surf (SP 341), returned 1919 | ||||
| 201 | Surf | Bay State Fishing Co. | Trawler | 253 | 4-Jan-12 | |||||
| 202 | Duncan | U. S. Navy | Destroyer | DD | 46 | 101 | 30-Aug-13 | Scrapped 1935 | ||
| 203 | K 5 | U. S. Navy | Submarine | SS | 36 | 392 | 19-Aug-14 | Scrapped 1931 | ||
| 204 | K 6 | U. S. Navy | Submarine | SS | 37 | 392 | 5-Sep-14 | Scrapped 1931 | ||
| 205 | Nevada | U. S. Navy | Battleship | BB | 36 | 27,500 | 11-Mar-16 | Sunk as target 1948 | ||
| 206 | Niagara/Fulton | U. S. Navy | Sub Tender | AS | 1 | 1,190 | 2-Dec-14 | Later PG 49, scrapped 1934 | ||
| 207 | Nelson | Cuba Distilling Co Inc. | Tanker | 4,747 | 17-Nov-12 | Later Stanley Hiller 1936, American Fisher 1936, Futa 1948, Righi 1949, scrapped 1958 | ||||
| 208 | Frieda | Union Sulphur Co Inc. | Bulk Carrier | 2,994 | 19-Feb-13 | Later Peh Shan 1937, Norse Carrier 1937, Sana Maru 1941, torpedoed and lost 1943 | ||||
| 209 | Richmond | Standard Oil Co of California | Tanker | 6,563 | 23-Sep-13 | Scrapped 1947 | ||||
| 210 | No 61 | New York, New Haven & Hartford | Car Float | 14-Jun-13 | ||||||
| 211 | No 62 | New York, New Haven & Hartford | Car Float | 9-Jul-13 | ||||||
| 212 | Wave | Bay State Fishing Co. | Trawler | 253 | 2-Sep-13 | Intended 1917 for USN as Wave (SP 1706) but not taken up | ||||
| 213 | Billow | Bay State Fishing Co. | Trawler | 253 | 15-Aug-13 | To USN 1918 as Billow (ID 1704). Returned 1918 | ||||
| 214 | Breaker | Bay State Fishing Co. | Trawler | 253 | 26-Aug-13 | To USN 1918 as Breaker (ID 1707), returned 1919 | ||||
| 215 | Cushing | U. S. Navy | Destroyer | DD | 55 | 1,015d | 21-Aug-15 | Scrapped 1936 | ||
| 216 | No 63 | New York, New Haven & Hartford | Car Float | 12-Aug-13 | ||||||
| 217 | No 64 | New York, New Haven & Hartford | Car Float | 1-Sep-13 | ||||||
| 218 | Amolco | Boston Molasses Co Inc. | Tanker | 3,074 | 25-Jan-14 | Later Cuauhtemoc 1938, wrecked 1951, scrapped 1953 | ||||
| 219 | L 1 | U. S. Navy | Submarine | |||||||