American Car & Foundry, Wilmington DE

Little is known about this shipyard.  If anyone can provide any information about either the yard itself or the boats that it built, please e-mail it to me at timcolton@aol.com.

Hull # Name Customer Type Navy Type Pennant # Tons Feet Delivery Disposition
    U.S. Navy Sub Chaser SC 339     16-Feb-18 Lost 1919
    U.S. Navy Sub Chaser SC 340     16-Feb-18 Lost 1923
    U.S. Navy Sub Chaser SC 341     22-Mar-18 Sold 1927
    U.S. Navy Sub Chaser SC 342     15-Mar-18 Sold 1921
    U.S. Navy Sub Chaser SC 343     15-Mar-18 Lost 1919
    U.S. Navy Sub Chaser SC 344     23-Mar-18 Sold 1921
    U.S. Navy Sub Chaser SC 345     25-Mar-18 Sold 1921
    U.S. Navy Sub Chaser SC 346     25-Mar-18 Sold 1920
    US Navy Sub Chaser SC 450 136   1-May-40  
    US Army Lighter, Tank TKL 1-8   45 5/41-6/41  
    US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 1 278   30-May-42 Returned 1946-47, sold 1947-48
    US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 2 278   22-Jun-42 Returned 1946-47, sold 1947-48
    US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 3 278   13-Jul-42 Returned 1946-47, sold 1947-48
    US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 4 278   1-Aug-42 Returned 1946-47, sold 1947-48
  Plymouth Salvor US Navy Rescue Ship BARS 7 1,089   14-Aug-43 Intended for Britain but retained as USS Weight (ARS 35)
  York Salvor US Navy Rescue Ship BARS 8 1,089   5-Jun-43 Intended for Britain but retained as USS Swivel (ARS 36)
    US Army Barge, Tank, Landing BTL 398-437   50 5/43-6/43  
    US Army Barge, Tank, Landing BTL 873-912   50 5/43-7/43  
    US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 31 278   12-Mar-43 Returned 1946-47, sold 1947-48
    US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 32 278   9-Apr-43 To Finland 1948 as Purunpaa, scrapped 1959
    US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 33 278   1-Jun-43 To Greece 1946 as Kalymnos, struck 1973 
    US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 34 278   28-Jun-43 Returned 1946-47, sold 1947-48
    US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 35 278   13-Aug-43 To Egypt 1949 as Malek Fouad, discarded 1970
    US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 36 278   18-Sep-43 Returned 1946-47, sold 1947-48
  Plymouth Salvor US Navy Rescue Ship BARS 7 1,089   14-Aug-43 Intended for Britain but retained as USS Weight (ARS 35)
  York Salvor US Navy Rescue Ship BARS 8 1,089   5-Jun-43 Intended for Britain but retained as USS Swivel (ARS 36)
  Pinon US Navy Net Layer AN 66 1,100   31-Mar-44 Decommissioned 1946
  Prefect US Navy Net Layer AN 75 1,100   8-Mar-44 To Britain 1944 as HMS Prefect (Z 263), returned 1945
  Satinwood US Navy Net Layer AN 76 1,100   23-May-44 To Britain 1944 as HMS Pretext (Z 284), returned 1946, sold private 1947 as John Biscoe, later Endeavour
  Seagrape US Navy Net Layer AN 77 1,100   9-Aug-44 To Britain 1944 as HMS Preventer (Z 265), returned 1946