American Car & Foundry, Wilmington DE

(formerly Jackson & Sharp)

Jackson & Sharp was founded in 1863 as a builder of passenger railroad cars and bought the Christina River Shipyards in 1875, in order to diversify.  American Car & Foundry bought the company in 1901.  The shipyard closed in 1945, while the parent company is now called ACF Industries.  It was located on what is now called the Kalmar Nyckel site, home to the replica of the Kalmar Nyckel, to the Kalmar Nyckel Foundation Museum & Shipyard and to the spot where it is believed that Wilmington's original Swedish settlers came ashore.  See it from the air on Google here.  If anyone can add to the table below, please e-mail your input to timcolton@aol.com.

Hull # Name Customer Type Navy Type Pennant # Tons Feet Delivery Disposition
  J. G. Christopher   Schooner         1892  
  J. A. Palmer, Jr. C. E. Davis Packing Co. Trawler     282   1911 To USN 1919 as SP-319, later Pequot 1919, sold 1944
  Storm King Catskill & New York SB Co. Cargo Ship     1,076    1911 Foundered 1935
432 B. H. B. Hubbard, Jr. Taft Fishing Trawler     276   1912 Abandoned 1962
488 Frank Somers Atlantic Fisheries Trawler     309    1912 Later Bjonongen 1918, Bjornongen 1930, Elven 1938, foundered 1938
  York C. S. Carroll Yacht     1,132   1912 Later Green Island 1927, Louise 1933, deleted 1941
  Warren J. Courtney   Trawler     276   1912  
  W. T. James   Trawler     276    1912  
  Savannah   Schooner         1914  
    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
  W. H. Woodin   Schooner         1919  
  Charles S. Gawthrop   Schooner    

1,488

   1919 Later G. A. Kohler 1923, wrecked Cape Hatteras 1933
  Charles W. Galloway Staten Island Railway Ferry    

587

   1922  
  Sunoco No. 4 Sun Oil Co. Tanker         1924  
    Jersey City Dry Dock Co. Dry Dock         1927  
  Osprey III   Yacht         1927  
  Neptune   Tug         1928  
  Blinker Light O'Brien Bros. Barge         1928  
  Delaware   Cargo Ship         1930  
  Nimrif F. V. Deslodge, Sr. Power Yacht         1934  
    US Navy Sub Chaser SC 450 136   1-May-40  
    US Army Lighter, Tank TKL 1-8   45 May/Jun-41  
    US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 2001 278   30-May-42 Returned 1946-47, sold 1947-48
    US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 2002 278   22-Jun-42 Returned 1946-47, sold 1947-48
    US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 2003 278   13-Jul-42 Returned 1946-47, sold 1947-48
    US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 2004 278   1-Aug-42 Returned 1946-47, sold 1947-48
    US Army Barge, Tank, Landing BTL 398-437   50 May/Jun-43  
    US Army Barge, Tank, Landing BTL 873-912   50 May/Jul-43  
    US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 2031 278   12-Mar-43 Returned 1946-47, sold 1947-48
    US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 2032 278   9-Apr-43 To Finland 1948, to the Finnish Navy 1951 as Tammenpaa, scrapped 1958
    US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 2033 278   1-Jun-43 To Greece 1946 as Kalymnos, struck 1973 
    US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 2034 278   28-Jun-43 Returned 1946-47, sold 1947-48
    US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 2035 278   13-Aug-43 To Egypt 1949 as Malek Fouad, discarded 1970
    US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 2036 278   18-Sep-43 Returned 1946-47, scuttld 1948
  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