Lancaster iron works opened a small shipyard in Perryville for the war effort and closed it in 1950. It was located in Frenchtown, about a mile above Perryville, just below the railroad bridge. See the site from the air on Google here. If anyone can provide any information about the ships it built, please e-mail me at tim@coltoncompany.com.
| Hull # |
Original Name |
Army Type or MC Design | Army # or MC # | Delivered | Disposition |
| 8 derrick barges | BD | 2000-2007 | 1941 | For details, see the US Army Barges page | |
| 201 | Spindletop | T1-M-A1 | 571 | Jul-43 | To Britain 1943, sold 1946 as Lake Charles, converted to self-unloader Atlas Traveler 1962, Loc Bay 1976, Badger State 1980, scrapped 1988 |
| 202 | Cotton Valley | T1-M-A1 | 572 | Sep-43 | To Britain 1943, sold 1947 as Paraggi, N.S. di Montallegro 1964, Eleanor X 1995 |
| 203 | Rouseville | T1-M-A1 | 573 | Nov-43 | To Britain 1943, mined and lost off the River Seine 1944 |
| 204 | Golden Meadow | T1-M-A1 | 574 | Dec-43 | To Britain 1943, sold 1947 as Yung Tung, scrapped 1962 |
| Y | 47 | 1944 | To Panama 1946 as Y 47 | ||
| Y | 48 | 1944 | Disposition unknown | ||
| Y | 49 | 1944 | To Norway 1946 as Kloverstrand | ||
| Y | 50 | 1944 | To China 1946 as Ming Sung No. 1 | ||
| Y | 51 | 1944 | To Russia 1946 on loan | ||
| Y | 55 | 1945 | To Russia 1946 on loan | ||
| Y | 57 | 1945 | To Russia 1946 on loan | ||
| Y | 58 | 1945 | Retired in the 1960s | ||
| 233 | Delaware Belle | Passenger | Sep-46 | Hudson Belle 1955, George Washington 1963 |