American International Shipbuilding Corp., Philadelphia PA

American International Shipbuilding Corporation was established in 1916 on Hog Island, at the downstream limit of the City of Philadelphia. Like Submarine Boat Company and Merchant Shipbuilding Company, it was designed to be an assembly facility, with up to 80% of each hull being prefabricated elsewhere. It was much bigger than the other two, however, occupying over 900 acres and having 50 building ways. After the war, it was closed and liquidated, the Corps of Engineers filled in the creek that made Hog Island an island and in 1925 it became an Air Force facility. It is now occupied by Philadelphia International Airport and you can no longer see any trace of the yard from the air in the Google view here.

Hull # USSB # Original Name Original Owner Type GT Delivered Disposition
492 492 Red Jacket/Quistconck US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 3-Dec-18 Later Empire Falcon 1941, Barnby 1946, Mariandrea 1952, scrapped 1953
493 493 Sac City US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 4-Jan-19 Later Black Falcon 1932, later Mary Luckenbach 1941, torpedoed by aircraft and lost 1942
494 494 Sacandaga US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 12-Jan-19 Later Black Heron 1932, later Empire Barracuda 1941, torpedoed and lost 1941
495 495 Saccarappa US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 30-Dec-18 Later Alcoa Cutter 1941, Bienvenido 1947, wrecked 1952
496 496 Saco US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 19-Apr-19 Later Black Hawk 1932, later Green Mountain 1941, Ocean Wave 1947, Demirhan 1948, scrapped 1954
497 497 Sagaporack US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 14-Mar-19 Later Mormactide 1938, Midosi 1940, scrapped 1961
498 498 Prusa US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 27-Feb-19 Torpedoed and lost 1941
499 499 Saguache US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 29-Jan-19 Later Scanstates 1932, Cantuaria 1940, scrapped 1961
500 500 Sahale US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 30-Apr-19 Sunk as breakwater at Normandy 1944
501 501 Saluda US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 18-Apr-19 Later Sirius (AK 15) 1922, scrapped 1947
502 502 Sangamon US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 10-May-19 Later Exton 1928, Southerner 1936, and Imediato Joao Silva 1940, scrapped 1955
503 503 Sapinero US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 4-Mar-19 Later Vineland 1940, torpedoed and lost 1942
504 504 Sarcoxie US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 9-May-19 Later Alcoa Ranger 1940, torpedoed and lost 1942
505 505 Satartia US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 3-Jun-19 Later Kola 1943, torpedoed and lost 1943
506 506 Saucon US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 3-Apr-19 Later Exhibitor 1928, Expositor 1940, torpedoed and lost 1943
507 507 Saugerties US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 11-Apr-19 Later Delalba 1935, Lone Star 1940, Ocean Trader 1947, Huseyin Kaptan 1949, scrapped 1953
508 508 Saugus US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 17-May-19 Later Exminster 1928, in collision 1942 and scrapped 1947
509 509 Scantic US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 28-Jun-19 Later Southfolk 1936, Rio Branco 1940, scrapped 1971
510 510 Scatacook/Ogontz US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 10-Jul-19 Torpedoed and lost 1942
511 511 Schenectady US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 10-May-19 Later Scanyork 1932, Maua 1940, scrapped 1967
512 512 Schodack US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 3-May-19 Later Alcoa Leader 1940, sunk as breakwater at Normandy 1944
513 513 Schoharie US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 23-May-19 Later Misiones 1946, scrapped 1969
514 514 Schoodic US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 31-May-19 Later Delnorte 1931, scrapped 1947
515 515 Schroon US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 18-Jun-19 Later Brush 1923, Alcoa Master 1940, Aurora Borealis 1946, Tokei Maru 1951, burnt and sank 1951
516 516 Scitico/Blair US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 16-Jun-19 Later Exchange 1928, Exilona 1939, Riga 1945, scrapped 1961
517 517 Scooba/Liberty Glow US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 2-Aug-19 Later North Glo, 1947, scrapped 1950
518 518 Sebamock/Casper US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 14-Aug-19 Wrecked 1928
519 519 Sebethe/Kishacoquillas US Shipping Board Tanker 5,500 27-Jun-19 Later Comol Rico 1939, torpedoed and lost 1942
520 520 Sebewa/Liberty Land US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 28-Aug-19 Later Excellency 1928, Southland 1936, Comandante Lyra 1940, wrecked 1959
521 521 Sebewaing/Maiden Creek US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 24-Jul-19 Foundered 1942
522 522 Seekonk US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 5-Jun-19 Later Willmoto 1929, Melvin H. Baker 1941, torpedoed and lost 1942
523 523 Senatobia/Lehigh