Tampa Shipbuilding & Engineering Company was founded in 1917 and builder, with 3 ways, which had been in operation since 1917. It was one of the merchant shipbuilders involved in the USMC's pre-war long-range shipbuilding program, and received over $7mm from the Navy for improvements. Shortly after starting work on its initial USMC contract, however, it got into financial difficulties and was sold to George B. Howell. The new company was called Tampa Shipbuilding Company, or TASCO. At its peak, the yard employed 16,000 people and was the largest employer in Tampa. TASCO closed at the end of the war. It is said by many sources to be the predecessor company of Tampa Shipyards, (now Tampa Bay Shipbuilding), but its location is wrong: TASCO was on the east side of the Ybor Channel, at 19th Street, where Cargill is now, and Tampa Bay Shipbuilding is much further south, at Hookers Point. If anyone can fill any gaps in this table or identify any other ships built by this shipyard, please e-mail me at tim@coltoncompany.com.
| Hull # | Name | Owner | Navy Type or MC Design | Navy Pennant # or MC Hull # | Tons | Delivered | Disposition |
| 31 | Lithopolis | U.S. Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 3,800 | Feb-19 | ||
| 32 | Everglades | U.S. Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 3,800 | Mar-19 | ||
| 33 | Sea Witch | Maritime Commission | C2 | 22 | Jul-40 | Sold private 1946, scrapped 1963 | |
| 34 | Shooting Star | Maritime Commission | C2 | 23 | Nov-40 | To USN 1940 as Lassen (AE 3), scrapped 1974 | |
| 35 | Surprise | Maritime Commission | C2 | 24 | May-41 | To USN 1941 as Kilauea (AE 4), renamed Mount Baker, scrapped 1974 | |
| 36 | Sweepstakes | Maritime Commission | C2 | 25 | Aug-41 | To USN 1941 as Procyon (AK 19, later AKA 2), scrapped 1973 | |
| 37 | Rainbow | Maritime Commission | C2 | 124 | Apr-41 | To USN 1941 as Rainier (AE 5), scrapped 1971 | |
| 38 | Comet | Maritime Commission | C2 | 125 | Jan-42 | To USN 1942 as Shasta (AE 6), scrapped 1970 | |
| 39 | Raven | Maritime Commission | C2 | 126 | Feb-42 | To USN 1942 as Bellatrix (AK 20, later AKA 3), to Peru 1963 as Independencia, scrapped 1991 | |
| 40 | Meteor | Maritime Commission | C2 | 127 | Mar-42 | To USN 1942 as Electra (AK 21, later AKA 4), scrapped 1974 | |
| 94 | Mauna Loa | Maritime Commission | C2 | Oct-43 | To USN 1943 as Mauna Loa (AE 8), to NDRF 1984 | ||
| Mazama | Maritime Commission | C2 | Nov-43 | To USN 1943 as Mazama (AE 9), scrapped 1973 | |||
| Piedmont | US Navy | AD | 17 | 5-Jan-44 | To Turkey 1987, no longer active | ||
| Sierra | US Navy | AD | 18 | 20-Mar-44 | Scrapped 1995 | ||
| Yosemite | US Navy | AD | 19 | 26-Mar-44 | Sunk as target 2003 | ||
| Admirable | US Navy | AM | 136 | 20-Apr-43 | To USSR as T 521, scrapped 1954 | ||
| Adopt | US Navy | AM | 137 | 31-May-43 | To USSR as T 552, demolished 1958 | ||
| Advocate | US Navy | AM | 138 | 25-Jun-43 | To USSR as T 111, scuttled 1956 | ||
| Agent | US Navy | AM | 139 | 10-Jul-43 | To USSR as T 112, scuttled 1956 | ||
| Alarm | US Navy | AM | 140 | 5-Aug-43 | To USSR as T 113, scuttled 1956 | ||
| Alchemy | US Navy | AM | 141 | 11-Aug-43 | To USSR as T 114, torpedoed and lost 1944 | ||
| Apex | US Navy | AM | 142 | 17-Aug-43 | To USSR as T 115, reported lost in WWII | ||
| Arcade | US Navy | AM | 143 | 26-Aug-43 | To USSR as T 116, reported lost in WWII | ||
| Arch | US Navy | AM | 144 | 6-Sep-43 | To USSR as T 117, reported lost in WWII | ||
| Armada | US Navy | AM | 145 | 16-Sep-43 | To USSR as T 118, torpedoed and lost 1944 | ||
| Aspire | US Navy | AM | 146 | 29-Sep-43 | To USSR as T 119, scuttled 1956 | ||
| Assail | US Navy | AM | 147 | 5-Oct-43 | To USSR as T 120, torpedoed and lost 1944 | ||
| Astute | US Navy | AM | 148 | 17-Jan-44 | To USSR as T 523, scrapped 1954 | ||
| Augury | US Navy | AM | 149 | 17-Mar-44 | To USSR as T 524, scrapped 1954 | ||
| Barrier | US Navy | AM | 150 | 10-May-44 | To USSR as T 525, scrapped 1954 | ||
| Bombard | US Navy | AM | 151 | 31-May-44 | To USSR as T 526, scrapped 1954 | ||
| Crag | US Navy | AM | 214 | 1-Aug-44 | To Mexico 1962 as General Pedro Maria Anaya (A 8), active | ||
| Cruise | US Navy | AM | 215 | 21-Sep-44 | Scrapped 1973 | ||
| Deft | US Navy | AM | 216 | 16-Apr-44 | To China 1946, scrapped 1959 | ||
| Delegate | US Navy | AM | 217 | 30-Apr-44 | To China 1946 as Yung Ho, to Taiwan 1949, scrapped 1963 | ||
| Density | US Navy | AM | 218 | 15-Jun-44 | Sold private 1955, scrapped 1986 | ||
| Design | US Navy | AM | 219 |