Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston SC


Charleston Naval Shipyard was established in 1901 and closed in 1996.  The big docks were leased to Detyens Shipyards, which still operates them.  Visit Detyens here and see the shipyard from the air on Google here.

Navy Type Pennant # Original Name Type Tons Delivered Disposition
    Pee Dee Snag Boat   1913  
    Wateree Snag Boat   1913  
    Brunswick Tender   1916  
YFB 10 Wave Ferry   31-Aug-16  
AT 17 Wando  Tug   3-Apr-17 Reclassified YT 123 1936, then YTB 123, struck 1946
SC 106   Sub Chaser   31-Dec-17 Sold 1921
SC 107   Sub Chaser   19-Jan-18 Sold 1921
SC 108   Sub Chaser   12-Feb-18 To USA 1919
SC 109   Sub Chaser   12-Feb-18 Sold 1921
SC 110   Sub Chaser   30-Mar-18 Sold 1921
SC 111   Sub Chaser   30-Mar-18 Sold 1921
SC 112   Sub Chaser   22-Apr-18 Sold 1921
SC 113   Sub Chaser   3-May-18 Sold 1921
YT 46   Tug   29-Apr-19  
YT 47   Tug   24-Apr-19  
YC 534   Coal Barge   1919  
YC 535   Coal Barge   12-Nov-19  
YE 31   Ammunition Barge   21-May-19  
PG 21 Asheville Gunboat 1,575 6-Jul-20 Sunk by Japanese gunfire south of Java 1942
DD 135 Tillman Destroyer 1,090 30-Apr-21 To Britain 1940 as HMS Wells (I 95), scrapped 1946
PG 22 Tulsa Gunboat 1,575 3-Dec-23 Renamed Tacloban 1944, scrapped 1948
YT 55   Tug   8-Oct-25  
YO 40   Fuel Barge   10-Dec-28  
YO 43   Fuel Barge   10-Dec-28  
YG 13   Garbage Barge   29-Aug-29  
YG 14   Garbage Barge   29-Aug-29  
YT 13   Tug   17-May-32  
WYT 86 Calumet Tug 290 3-Dec-34 Sold 1968
WYT 88 Navesink Tug 290 5-Jan-35 Sold 1970
WYT 89 Tuckahoe Tug 290 30-Jan-35 Donated 1969
PG 51 Charleston Gunboat 2,000 8-Jul-36 To Mass. Maritime Academy 1948
WPG 31 Bibb Gunboat 2,750 10-Mar-37 Scuttled 1987
DD 407 Sterett Destroyer 1,500 15-Aug-39 Scrapped 1948
YT 129 Osceola  Tug   1-Jun-38 Later YTB 129, then YTM 129, struck 1973 
YT 131 Massasoit Tug 222 1939 Sold 1973
YT 132   Tug   1938  
YT 141 Heekon Tug 325 1940 Sold 1963