U. S. Coast Guard Yard, Baltimore MD


The U.S. Coast Guard Yard - known in that service as "The Yard" - was originally established by the Revenue Cutter Service in 1899.  Through WWII, its primary activities were ship repair and the construction of small boats and buoys.  The Yard was expanded at the outset of WWII and five cutters were built in addition to a lot of boats.  Since WWII, it has been even more active.  It has been extensively improved and is well supported politically, but it has not built anything since completing a series of buoy boats in 2001.  Visit the Yard here and see it from the air on Google here.

Class

#

Original Name

Ship Type

Tons

Delivery

Disposition
LB     Life Boat   1935 Later 52300
LB     Life Boat   1935 Later 52301
CG 36001 series 50 boats Motor Lifeboats   1937-45 Disposition unknown
CG 40300   Motor Lifeboat   1940 Disposition unknown
CG 40301 series ? boats Buoy Boats   1941 Disposition unknown
WYT 60 Manitou Yard Tug   15-Feb-43 Disposition unknown
WYT 61 Kew Yard Tug   1-Mar-43 Disposition unknown
WLB 297 Ironwood Yard Tug   4-Aug-43 To Nigeria 2000, active
CG 52302 series 3 boats Buoy Boats   1944 Disposition unknown
WHEC 69 Mendota Cutter   2-Jun-45 Scrapped 1974
WHEC 70 Pontchartrain Cutter   28-Jul-45 Scrapped 1974
WAL 612 San Francisco Lightship 617

1950

Later Nantucket I, to Quincy MA 1985 as museum
WAL 613 Ambrose Lightship 617

1952

Later Nantucket II, to Boston MA 1984 as museum
300 40-ft boats Lifeboats

1950s

Disposition unknown
??? 37-foot boats Lifeboats

1950s

Disposition unknown

WPB

95300

Cape Small Patrol Boat

102

 17-Jul-53

To Marshall Islands 1987 as Ionmeto 2; sold 1992

WPB

95301

Cape Coral Patrol Boat

102

 21-Sep-53

Decommissioned 1987

WPB

95302

Cape Higgon Patrol Boat

102

 14-Oct-53

To Uruguay 1990 as Colonia (10); active

WPB

95303

Cape Upright Patrol Boat 102

 2-Jul-53

To Bahamas 1989 as David Tucker (P 7); struck

WPB

95304

Cape Gull Patrol Boat 102

 8-Jun-53

Scuttled 1989

WPB

95305

Cape Hatteras Patrol Boat 102

 28-Jul-53

To Mexico 1991 as Cabo Catoche (P 44); active

WPB

95306

Cape George Patrol Boat 102

 10-Aug-53

To Palau 1990

WPB

95307

Cape Current Patrol Boat 102

 24-Aug-53

To Bahamas 1989 as Austin Smith (P 8), struck

WPB

95308

Cape Strait Patrol Boat 102

 10-Sep-53

Training hulk 1983, later reefed off New Jersey

WPB

95309

Cape Carter Patrol Boat 102

 7-Dec-53

To Mexico 1990 as Cabo Corrientes (P 42); active

WPB

95310

Cape Wash Patrol Boat 102

 15-Dec-53

To US Navy 1987 as Vanguard

WPB

95311

Cape Hedge Patrol Boat 102

 21-Dec-53

To Mexico 1990 as Cabo Corzo (P 43); active

WPB

95312

Cape Knox Patrol Boat

105

 13-Jun-55

To Sea Shepherd Conservation Society 1991

WPB

95313

Cape Morgan Patrol Boat

105

 5-Jul-55

To Bahamas 1989 as Fort Fincastle (P 11); struck 1999

WPB

95314

Cape Fairweather Patrol Boat

105

 18-Jul-55

Decommissioned 1985

WPB

95315

La Crete a Pierrot Patrol Boat

105

 1-Aug-55

To Haiti 1956; disposition unknown

WPB

95316

Cape Fox Patrol Boat

105

 22-Aug-55

To Bahamas 1989 as San Salvador II (P 10); struck 1999

WPB

95317

Cape Jellison Patrol Boat

105

 7-Sep-55

To Sea Scouts 1993

WPB

95318

Cape Newagen Patrol Boat

105

 26-Sep-55

To Mexico 1982; disposition unknown

WPB

95319

Cape Romain Patrol Boat

105

 11-Oct-55

To US Navy 1989, discarded 1993

WPB

95320

Cape Starr Patrol Boat

105

 15-Aug-56

Decommissioned 1987

MLB

52312

Victory

Motor Lifeboat

32

29-Nov-56

Active: stationed at Yaquina Bay OR
BUSL 45301-45332 32 boats Buoy Boats 21 1957-62 Replaced: disposition unknown

WPB

95321

Cape Cross Patrol Boat

98

 20-Aug-58

To Micronesia 1990 as Paluwlap (FSM 03); active

WPB

95322

Cape Horn Patrol Boat

98

 3-Sep-58

To Uruguay 1990 as Rio Negro (11); active

WPB

95323

Cape Darby Patrol Boat

98

 3-Oct-58

To South Korea 1969 as PB 11; struck 1984

WPB

95324

Cape Shoalwater Patrol Boat

98

 9-Dec-58

To Bahamas 1989 as Fenrick Stirrup (P 6), struck

WPB

95325

Cape Florida Patrol Boat

98

 28-Oct-58

To South Korea 1968 as PB 7; struck 1971

WPB

95326

Cape Corwin Patrol Boat

98

 14-Nov-58

To Micronesia 1990 as Constitution (FSM 04); active

WPB

95327

Cape Porpoise Patrol Boat

98

 21-Nov-58

To South Korea 1968 as PB 8; struck 1984

WPB

95328

Cape Henlopen Patrol Boat

98

 5-Dec-58

To Costa Rica 1989 as Astronauta Franklin Chang (SP 951), active

WPB

95329

Cape Kiwanda Patrol Boat

98

 28-Apr-59

To South Korea 1969 as PB 12; struck 1984

WPB

95330

Cape Falcon Patrol Boat

98

 12-May-59

To South Korea 1968 as PB 9; struck 1984

WPB

95331

Cape Trinity Patrol Boat

98

 26-May-59

To South Korea 1968 as PB 10; struck 1984

WPB

95332

Cape York Patrol Boat

98

 9-Jun-59

To Bahamas 1989 as Edward Williams (P 9), struck

WPB

95333

Cape Rosier Patrol Boat

98

 23-Jun-59

To South Korea 1968 as PB 3; struck 1984

WPB

95334

Cape Sable Patrol Boat

98

 7-Jul-59

To South Korea 1968 as PB 5; struck 1984

WPB

95335

Cape Providence Patrol Boat

98

 21-Jul-59

To South Korea 1968 as PB 6; struck 1984

MLB

52313

Invincible II

Motor Lifeboat

32

11-Oct-60

Active: stationed at Grays Harbor WA

MLB

52314

Triumph II

Motor Lifeboat

32

1-Apr-61

Active: stationed at Cape Disappointment WA

MLB

52315

Intrepid

Motor Lifeboat

32

11-Oct-61

Active: stationed at Coos Bay OR

WPB

82301

Point Caution Patrol Boat

69

5-Oct-60

To Vietnam 1970 as Nguyen An

WPB

82302

Point Hope Patrol Boat

69

5-Oct-60

To Costa Rica 1991 as Colonel Alfonso Monje (SP 821); active

WPB

82303

Point Young Patrol Boat