Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company (Sun Ship) was developed by Sun Oil in 1917 as a tanker builder and was in continuous operation throughout the lean inter-war years. At the beginning of the WWII emergency, its 8 ways were increased to 20 with $28mm from the USMC, and later to 28, making it the single largest shipyard in the country. At its peak it employed more than 40,000 people, organized in four adjacent yards. The most northerly of the four, known as the #4 Yard, was manned almost exclusively by African-American workers. After the war, the South Yard and the #4 Yard were sold for industrial development and Sun continued as a merchant shipbuilder in the Central and North Yards. It was sold to Pennsylvania Shipbuilding (Penn Ship) in 1982, but closed in 1989. The North Yard is now Penn Terminals, a very successful independent cargo terminal, the only U.S. port facility that employs Boilermaker labor. The Central Yard site has been sold or leased for multiple uses: the south end is now part of neighboring Kimberly-Clark (formerly Scott Paper), the parking lot to the east of Morton Avenue is now a state penitentiary and the big floating dry-dock is now in Galveston; the remainder of the Central Yard is now Harrah's Chester Casino & Racetrack. See the shipyard from the air on Google here: you can still see the old WWII building ways in what used to be the South and #4 Yards.
| Hull # | USSB, USMC or MARAD Hull # | Original Name | Original Owner | Ship Type | Gov't. Design Code | GT | DWT | Price ($mm) | Keel Laid | Launched | Delivered | Days on Ways | Days in Water | Total Days | Disposition |
| 1 | Req. | Chester Sun | Sun Oil | Tanker | 6,669 | 10,600 | 27-Jan-17 | 30-Oct-17 | 2-Jan-18 | 276 | 64 | 340 | Later D. J. Moran 1929, Elwood 1936, scrapped 1949 | ||
| 2 | Req. | Sabine Sun | Sun Oil | Tanker | 6,728 | 10,540 | 18-Feb-17 | 2-Feb-18 | 29-Mar-18 | 349 | 55 | 404 | Later W. W. Bruce 1930, scrapped 1947 | ||
| 3 | Req. | War Indian/Radnor | Cunard Line | Psgr./Cargo | 7,770 | 11,590 | 19-Apr-17 | 23-Mar-18 | 11-May-18 | 338 | 49 | 387 | Later Jacob Luckenbach 1930, Tung Ping 1947, Pacific Dragon 1950, Oceanic Justice 1955, scrapped 1959 | ||
| 4 | Req. | War Trojan/Lancaster | Cunard Line | Psgr./Cargo | 5,871 | 11,672 | 3-May-17 | 5-May-18 | 15-Jun-18 | 367 | 41 | 408 | Wrecked off Casablanca and lost 1942 | ||
| 5 | Req. | M. E. Luckenbach/South Bend | Luckenbach SS | Psgr./Cargo | 8,739 | 12,130 | 26-May-18 | 29-Oct-18 | 7-May-19 | 156 | 190 | 346 | Later J. L. Luckenbach 1923, San Francisco 1948, Diponegoro 1951, Djakarta Raya 1952, scrapped 1959 | ||
| 6 | Req. | Jacob Luckenbach/Marica | Luckenbach SS | Psgr./Cargo | 8,739 | 12,130 | 5-Jun-18 | 30-Nov-18 | 6-Jun-19 | 178 | 188 | 366 | Later Lillian Luckenbach 1922, in collision and lost 1943 | ||
| 7 | Req. | Merrimac/Neponset | Shawmut SS | Psgr./Cargo | 7,435 | 11,437 | 7-Nov-17 | 4-Jul-18 | 28-Oct-18 | 239 | 116 | 355 | Later Susan V. Luckenbach 1929, scrapped 1947 | ||
| 8 | Req. | Deerfield | Shawmut SS | Psgr./Cargo | 7,551 | 11,437 | 8-Feb-18 | 4-Aug-18 | 21-Oct-18 | 177 | 78 | 255 | Later Kelvinia 1926, Mathew Luckenbach 1930, torpedoed and lost 1943 | ||
| 9 | Req. | Edellyn | Luckenbach SS | Psgr./Cargo | 8,713 | 11,876 | 5-Jun-18 | 4-Jan-19 | 15-Jul-19 | 213 | 192 | 405 | Later Dorothy Luckenbach 1932, Ernestine Koranda 1944, Dorothy Luckenbach 1950, scrapped 1957 | ||
| 10 | Req. | Sol Navis | Luckenbach SS | Psgr./Cargo | 8,713 | 11,876 | 6-Jul-18 | 2-Apr-19 | 10-Jul-19 | 270 | 99 | 369 | Later Harry Luckenbach 1920, torpedoed and lost 1943 | ||
| 11 | 246 | Hanover | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 5,816 | 10,375 | 19-Feb-19 | 30-Aug-19 | 27-Oct-19 | 192 | 58 | 250 | Later Adamastos 1939, lost to gunfire 1940 | ||
| 12 | 247 | Dryden | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 5,816 | 10,375 | 20-Jun-19 | 22-Nov-19 | 24-Dec-19 | 155 | 32 | 187 | Later Lafayette 1939, Novosibirsk 1945, scrapped in the 1970s | ||
| 13 | Req. | S. B. Hunt | Standard Oil of NJ | Tanker | 6,689 | 10,327 | 23-Aug-18 | 14-Jun-19 | 14-Aug-19 | 295 | 61 | 356 | Later Flambeau (IX 192) 1945, S. B. Hunt 1946, scrapped 1947 | ||
| 14 | Req. | Geo. H. Jones | Standard Oil of NJ | Tanker | 6,689 | 10,529 | 1-Nov-18 | 12-Jul-19 | 16-Sep-19 | 253 | 66 | 319 | Torpedoed and lost 1942 | ||
| 15 | 248 | Conshohocken | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 5,816 | 10,375 | 11-Sep-19 | 31-Jan-20 | 22-Mar-20 | 142 | 51 | 193 | Later Willhilo 1921, Arizonan 1929, Nortuna 1946, scrapped 1959 | ||
| 16 | 249 | Cajacet | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 5,816 | 10,375 | 27-Sep-19 | 17-Jan-20 | 21-Feb-20 | 112 | 35 | 147 | Later Willsolo 1921, Georgian 1929, Norlanda 1946, scrapped 1959 | ||
| 17 | Req. | Sunbeam | Sun Oil | Tanker | 6,664 | 10,600 | 4-Dec-18 | 16-Aug-19 | 15-Oct-19 | 255 | 60 | 315 | Later Cesteriano 1939, torpedoed and lost 1944 | ||
| 18 | Req. | Sun Shine | Sun Oil | Tanker | 6,664 | 10,600 | 8-Jan-19 | 4-Oct-19 | 18-Nov-19 | 269 | 45 | 314 | Later Dean Emery 1921, scrapped 1949 | ||