Cargill had created a small shipyard alongside its grain elevators on the Hudson River, in Albany NY, to build an articulated barge, a concept that was quite a bit ahead of its time: this makeshift yard then built a 12,500-ton tanker. Cargill then built a second yard at the Navy's urging, just for the war effort: this yard was 14 miles from the Mississippi, cost $1,000,000 and at its peak it employed 3,500 people. See the site from the air on Google here. Little more is known about this yard: if anyone can provide any information, please e-mail timcolton@aol.com.
| Hull # |
Original Name |
Type | USN Type | # | GT | Delivered | Disposition |
| Built in Albany NY | |||||||
| Carneida | Artic. Barge | 1939 | Three linked barges with the tug "Protector" in a V-shaped notch. | ||||
| 1 | Carlantic | Tanker | 7,517 | Nov-41 | Sold to Venezuela 1941 as "Victoria", torpedoed off Cape Hatteras 1942 but repaired and renamed "Culpeper", converted to barge 1961 | ||
| Built in Port Savage MN | |||||||
| 2 | Agawam | T1-MT-M1 | AOG | 6 | Dec-43 | Scrapped 1975 | |
| 3 | Elkhorn | T1-MT-M1 | AOG | 7 | Jan-44 | To Taiwan 1972 as Hsing Lung/Xing Long (AOG 516), struck by 2008 | |
| 4 | Genesee | T1-MT-M1 | AOG | 8 | Mar-44 | To Chile 1992 as Beagle (AOG 54), hulk 1982, sunk as target 1992 | |
| 5 | Kishwaukee | T1-MT-M1 | AOG | 9 | Mar-44 | Sold 1979 for conversion to a fishing vessel | |
| 6 | Nemasket | T1-MT-M1 | AOG | 10 | May-44 | To reserve 1961, scrapped 2006 | |
| 7 | Tombigbee | T1-MT-M1 | AOG | 11 | May-44 | To Greece 1978 as Ariadni (A 414), laid up 2003 | |
| 8 | Bataan | Towboat | DPC | 607 | 1,132 | 1944 | Sold 1947 as Sohio Latonia |
| 9 | Coral Sea | Towboat | DPC | 608 | 1,132 | 1944 | Sold 1940s as Coral Sea |
| 10 | Milne Bay | Towboat | DPC | 609 | 1,132 | 1944 | Sold 1940s as Milne Bay, later Allen B. Wood, now pipelay barge Dave Blackburn |
| 11 | Bou Arada | Towboat | DPC | 610 | 1,132 | 1944 | Sold 1946 as Sohio Fleetwing, later Avocet |
| 12 | Tenaru River | Towboat | DPC | 611 | 1,132 | 1944 | Sold 1940s as Tenaru River |
| 13 | Chehalis | T1-MT-M1 | AOG | 48 | Nov-44 | Exploded, burnt and sank 1949 | |
| 14 | Chestatee | T1-MT-M1 | AOG | 49 | Nov-44 | Scrapped 1963 | |
| 15 | Chewaucan | T1-MT-M1 | AOG | 50 | Jan-45 | To Colombia 1976 as Tumaco (BT 7) | |
| 16 | Maquoketa | T1-MT-M1 | AOG | 51 | Feb-45 | Scrapped 1975 | |
| 17 | Mattabesset | T1-MT-M1 | AOG | 52 | May-45 | Scrapped 1969 | |
| 18 | Namakagon | T1-MT-M1 | AOG | 53 | May-45 | To New Zealand 1962 as Endeavour (A 184), to Taiwan 1976 as Lung Chuan (AOG 507), decommissioned 2005 | |
| 19 | Natchaug | T1-MT-M1 | AOG | 54 | Jun-45 | To Greece 1959 as Arethousa (A 377), sunk as target 2005 | |
| 20 | Nespelen | T1-MT-M1 | AOG | 55 | Jul-45 | Scrapped 1976 | |
| 21 | Noxubee | T1-MT-M1 | AOG | 56 | Sep-45 | Scrapped 1976 | |
| 22 | Pecatonica | T1-MT-M1 | AOG | 57 | Oct-45 | To Taiwan 1961 as Chang Bai (AOG 307/507), struck by 2008 | |
| 23 | Pinnebog | T1-MT-M1 | AOG | 58 | Oct-45 | To USAF 1960, to NDRF 1987, sold as Pinnebog, scrapped 1988 | |
| 24 | Wacissa | T1-MT-M1 | AOG | 59 | May-46 | To USAF 1957, scrapped 1964 | |