Penn-Jersey Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden NJ


Nothing is known about this yard.  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 #

Original Name

Navy Type or MC Design Pennant # or MC Hull # Delivered Disposition
  Firm AM 98 10-Apr-43 PC 1602, sold private 1948
  Force AM 99 16-Jun-43 PC 1603, kamikazied off Okinawa and lost 1944
10 Elias D. Knight N3-M-A1 463 Aug-43 To USN as Enceladus (AK 80), sold 1964 for non-transportation use
11 William Lester N3-M-A1 464 May-43 To USN as Europa (AK 81), to USA 1943 as Thomas F. Farrell, Jr., scrapped 1967
12 Eben H. Linnell N3-M-A1 465 May-43 To USN as Hydra (AK 82), to USA 1943 as Madison Jordan Manchester, scrapped
13 Asa Lothrop N3-M-A1 466 Oct-43 To Britain 1944 as BAK 1, scrapped 1967
14 Laughlin McKay N3-M-A1 467 Mar-44 To Britain 1944 as BAK 2, sold private 1950, wrecked and scrapped 1963
15 Oliver R. Mumford N3-M-A1 468 Jan-44 To USN as Media (AK 83), to USA 1944 as Glen Gerald Griswold, scrapped 1968
16 William Nott N3-M-A1 469 Jan-44 To USN as Mira (AK 84), to USA 1944 as Robert M. Every, sold for scrap 1966 but converted to floating aquarium Marine Wonderland in San Francisco
17 John L. Manson N3-M-A1 470 Feb-44 To Britain 1944 as BAK 3, sold private 1951, wrecked and abandoned 1962
18 Nathaniel Matthews N3-M-A1 471 May-44 To Britain 1944 as BAK 4, sold private 1951, sank 1974
19 Josiah Paul N3-M-A1 648 Nov-44 To USN as Nashira (AK 85), to USA 1944 as Richard R. Arnold, sold 1963 and converted to a drilling mud factory in Tacoma
20 Sumner Pierce N3-M-A1 649 Jan-45 To USN as Norma (AK 86), to USA 1945 as Henry Wright Hurley, scrapped 1970
21 Moses Pike N3-M-A1 650 Jan-45 To USN as Sagitta (AK 87), to USA 1945 as Marvin Lyle Thomas, to USN again 1952, to USA again 1966 as Resource, scrapped 1976
22 Symmes Potter N3-M-A1 651 Mar-45 To USN as Tucana (AK 88), to USA 1945 as Arthur C. Ely, scrapped 1968
23 Charles A. Ranlett N3-M-A1 652 May-45 To USN as Vela (AK 89), to USA 1945 as Joe C. Sprecker, to USN again 1952, scrapped 1971
  No name PC 1221 Apr-44  
  No name PC 1222 Jul-44  
  No name PC 1223 Nov-44  
  No name PC 1224 Jan-45