Miami Shipbuilding, Miami FL

This yard was located at 615 S.W. 2nd Avenue: its magnificent Art Moderne office building served as the police station on "Miami Vice" and is a protected building.  The site is currently being turned into condos.  Little is known about this yard, however, although it apparently built more than 500 crash boats and later became famous as a developer of hydrofoils.  If anyone can provide any information about either the yard or the ships it built, please e-mail it to me at tim@coltoncompany.com.

Hull # Customer Type Navy Type Pennant # Feet Delivery Disposition
US Navy Torpedo Boat PT 1 59 Nov-41 Prototype, later C 6083, used for training at Melville RI
US Navy Torpedo Boat PT 2 59 Nov-41 Prototype, later C 6084, used as service launch at Newport RI
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 1   Apr-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 2   May-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 3   May-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 4   May-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 5   May-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 6   May-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 7   May-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 8   May-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 9   Jun-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 10   Jun-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 11   Jun-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 12   Jun-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 13   Jun-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 14   Jun-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 15   Jun-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 16   Jun-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 17   Jun-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 18   Jun-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 19   Jun-43 To the USSR 1943, sold 1962
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 20   Jul-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 21   Jul-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 22   Jul-43 To the USSR 1943, sunk 1956
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 23   Jul-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 24   Aug-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 25   Aug-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 26   Aug-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 27   Sep-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 28   Sep-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 29   Aug-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 30   Jul-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 31   Jul-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 32   Jul-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 33   Jul-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 34   Jul-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 35   Jul-43 To the USSR 1944
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 36   Jul-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 37   Jul-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 38   Jul-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 39   Jul-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 40   Aug-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 41   Aug-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 42   Aug-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 43   Aug-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 44   Sep-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 45   Sep-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 46   Sep-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 47   Sep-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 48   Sep-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 49   Sep-43 To the USSR 1943
US Navy Russian Patrol Craft RPC 50   Sep-43 To the USSR 1943
Australian Navy 20 Crash Boats ASR 918-937 65 Aug-44 Retired in the 1960s
South African Air Force 18 Crash Boats     65    
Dutch Navy ? Crash Boats     65    
Royal Air Force 91 Crash Boats     65    
469 US Coast Guard 1 of ? Crash Boats C 36255 65 Jun-44 Now "Filia"
1 of ? Crash Boats ASR     1943 Later "Point O Woods 5", now "Green Anchor", in Gowanus Canal