Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp., Whitestone NY

The Wheeler Yacht Company was founded at the turn of the 19th century by Howard E. Wheeler, in Brooklyn NY.  During WWI, like other yacht builders, the yard built sub chasers.  When WWII came, the Brooklyn yard, which has its own table here, was dedicated first to minesweepers and then to an astonishing series of 230 patrol craft for the Coast Guard.  The company built a second yard at Whitestone NY, which also started out building minesweepers but went on to build tugs and coastal freighters.  After the war, the yard returned to pleasure craft construction but closed in 1948.  See the site from the air on WikiMapia here.  If anyone can add to the table below, please e-mail me at timcolton@aol.com.

Hull # Customer Type Navy Type Pennant # Tons Feet Delivery Disposition
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 42 278   25-Apr-42 To the USSR 1945 as T-582, scrapped 1956
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 43 278   11-May-42 To France 1944 as Lotus (D 324), abandoned and sunk in Tahiti 1958
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 44 278   25-May-42 Struck 1946
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 45 278   5-Jun-42 Reclassified 1947 as Barbet (AMS 41, later MSCO 41), struck 1960
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 46 278   20-Jun-42 Struck 1947 
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 47 278   2-Jul-42 Struck 1945
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 48 278   14-Jul-42 Damaged by gunfire at Corregidor and scuttled 1945
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 49 278   24-Jul-42 Struck 1946
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 50 278   3-Aug-42 Mined off Borneo and lost 1945 
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 51 278   12-Aug-42 Struck 1947 
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 52 278   21-Aug-42 Struck 1946
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 53 278   31-Aug-42 Struck 1946, later sold as Myrnalyn
US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 5 278   14-Sep-42 To South Korea 1947 as Kil Chu, scrapped 1956
US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 6 278   28-Sep-42 To South Korea 1947 as Kong City, sunk 1950
US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 7 278   8-Oct-42 Sold 1947
US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 8 278   19-Oct-42 To South Korea 1948 as Yong Kung, scrapped 1955
US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 65 278   22-Jan-43 To Greece 1946 as Karteria, struck 1973
US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 66 278   8-Feb-43 To Greece 1946 as Papalos, struck 1973
US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 67 278   23-Feb-43 To Greece 1946 as Salaminia, struck 1960
US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 68 278   16-Mar-43 To Greece 1946 as Lefkas, struck 1966
US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 69 278   30-Mar-43 To Egypt 1949 as Naharia, discarded 1970
US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 70 278   15-Apr-43 Scrapped 1948
US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 71 278   4-May-43 To Greece 1947 as Kafalinnia, returned 1947 and discarded
US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 72 278   13-May-43 Captured off Kalymnos 1943, later German GD-07, probably sunk 1944
US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 73 278   31-May-43 To Italy 1957 as Begonia, later Oltramonti, deleted 1980s
US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 74 278   8-Jun-43 To Greece 1944 as Kassos, sunk off Piraeus 1944 
US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 75 278   18-Jun-43 To Egypt 1949 as Kaisaria, discarded 1970
US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 76 278   29-Jun-43 To Greece 1946 as Prokyon, struck 1968
US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 77 278   6-Jul-43 Mined in the Gulf of Corinth and lost 1944
US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 78 278   14-Jul-43 To Greece 1948 as Vegas, returned 1948
US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 79 278   24-Jul-43 Sold 1948
US Navy Minesweeper BYMS 80 278   3-Aug-43 Sold 1947
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 363 278   12-Aug-43 Struck 1946
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 364 278   21-Aug-43 Struck 1946
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 365 278   28-Aug-43 Mined off Borneo and lost 1945 
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 366 278   7-Sep-43 Struck 1946
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 367 278   20-Sep-43 To China 1948, struck 1976
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 368 278   27-Sep-43 Struck 1946
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 369 278   9-Oct-43 Reclassified 1947 as Heron (AMS 18), to Japan 1955 as Nuwajima (MCS 657), sunk as target 1967
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 370 278   19-Oct-43 Struck 1946
US Navy Minesweeper YMS One of the above 278   19-Oct-43 Later Robert H, Nauty Queen
  US Navy Sub Chaser PCS 1376 278   9-Jul-43 Later Winder, scrapped 1958
  US Navy Sub Chaser PCS 1377 278   19-Jan-44  
  US Navy Sub Chaser PCS 1378 278   9-Feb-44 Later Provincetown, scrapped 1958
  US Navy Sub Chaser PCS 1379 278   1-Mar-44  
  US Navy Sub Chaser PCS 1380 278   22-Mar-44 Later Rushville, scrapped 1958
  US Navy Sub Chaser PCS 1381 278   12-Apr-44  
  US Navy Sub Chaser PCS 1382 278   1-May-44 Later Tune Shark, Pacific Trawler
  US Navy Sub Chaser PCS 1383 278   7-Aug-44 Later Attica, struck 1956, later Cape Fear
  US Navy Sub Chaser PCS 1384 278   8-Sep-44 Later Eufala
  US Navy Sub Chaser PCS 1385 278   5-Oct-44 Later Hollidaysburg, struck 1970
  US Navy Sub Chaser PCS 1386 278   4-Nov-44 Later Hampton, struck 1959
  US Navy Sub Chaser PCS 1387 278   27-Nov-44 Later Beaufort, sold 1972
  US Navy Sub Chaser PCS 1388 278   11-Dec-44 Later Littlehales (AGS 7), sold 1950 and renamed John-O
US Navy Minesweeper   One of the above 278   1944 Later White Plume, Nordic Lady
US Navy Tug ATR 1 850   Nov-43 Disposed of 1946
US Navy Tug ATR 2 850   Dec-43 To War Dept. 1946
US Navy Tug ATR 3 850   Jan-44 To Cuba 1946 as 20 de Mayo, struck 1960
US Navy Tug ATR 4 850   Feb-44 To Canada 1946 as ATR 4, later Louise Simard.  From 1968, restaurant Le Bateau Ivre, in Ile-aux-Grues PQ
US Navy Tug ATR 5 850   Feb-44 To Canada 1946 as Algerine, later Arctic Bay, Batalla de Mal Tiempo, scrapped 1987
US Navy Tug ATR 6 850   Mar-44 To the Philippines 1946 as Edward R. Grimm, later Wallace R. Gray, Takapuna
US Navy Tug ATR 29 850   Apr-44 Disposed of 1946
US Navy Tug ATR 30 850   May-44 To Panama 1946 as El Greco
US Navy Tug ATR 60 850   31-May-44 Disposed of 1946 as Storebror, later Lenaship II, deleted 1962
US Navy Tug ATR 61 850   24-Jun-44 Disposed of 1946 as Alfred M. Carlson
US Navy Tug ATR 62 850   Jul-44 Disposed of 1946 as Western Ace
US Navy Tug ATR 63 850   Aug-44 Disposed of 1946
US Navy Tug ATR 64 850   Aug-44 Sold to Canada 1950 as Logmac, later Mogul, Island Monarch, Seaspan Chinook, La Lumiere, last owned by the Heritage Maritime Society of Vancouver, in Britannia Beach BC, sank 1980
US Navy Tug ATR 65 850   Sep-44 To Britain 1946 as Grenadier, deleted 1960s
67 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 253 560 176 7-May-44 USCG-manned, later P. Aboitiz, Baybay
68 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 254 560 176 23-May-44 USCG-manned, to Korea as City of Yoju
69 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 255 560 176 6-Jun-44 USCG-manned, torpedoed and sunk off Mindanao 1945
70 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 256 560 176 16-Jun-44 USCG-manned, to USN 1950 as AKL 22, struck 1961
71 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 257 560 176 24-Jun-44 USCG-manned, to USN 1950 as USS Alhena (AKL 38), to Korea 1951, scrapped 1960
72 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 258 560 176 4-Jul-44 USCG-manned
73 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 259 560 176 15-Jul-44 USCG-manned, to USN 1950 as AKL 21, sold 1961 as Star 60, now Rio Chagres
74 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 260 560 176 26-Jul-44 USCG-manned, to the Philippines as Don Mariano
75 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 261 560 176 2-Aug-44 USCG-manned, to China as Peony, later Lucky Trader, Flying Bird, Chiat Min, Perada, Rahmat, scrapped 1978
76 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 262 560 176 9-Aug-44 USCG-manned, to China as Lotus
77 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 263 560 176 16-Aug-44 USCG-manned, to USN 1947 as USS Deal (AG 131), later AKL 2, sold 1961 as Don Carlos, later Laissez Faire, Akuarius II, Princess Olga, now Earl J. Conrad Jr.
78 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 264 560 176 24-Aug-44 USCG-manned
79 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 265 560 176 1-Sep-44 USCG-manned
80 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 266 560 176 8-Sep-33 USCG-manned, to USN 1947 as USS Tingles (AG 144), later AKL 13, sold 1969 as Ran Annim, scrapped 1982
81 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 267 560 176 18-Sep-44 USCG-manned, to USN 1947 as USS Elba (AG 132). later AKL 3, to Dept. of Interior 1952
82 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 268 560 176 22-Sep-44 USCG-manned, to the Philippines as Virginia VI, later Elena, Don Jose I, scrapped 1986
83 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 269 560 176 2-Oct-44 USCG-manned, to the Philippines as Cotabato-J
84 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 270 560 176 6-Oct-44 USCG-manned, retained in USA
85 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 271 560 176 13-Oct-44 USCG-manned, to the Philippines as General Mojica, later Marcelino, scrapped 1988
86 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 272 560 176 22-Oct-44 USCG-manned, to the Philippines as Don Jose I, later Dona Maria, scrapped 1986
87 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 273 560 176 6-Nov-44 USCG-manned, to the Philippines as General Roxas, later General del Pilar, General de los Reyes, Sweet trip, Sweet Ride, scrapped 1984
88 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 274 560 176 31-Oct-44 USCG-manned, to USN 1947 as USS Errol (AG 133), later AKL 4, to Dept. of Interior 1951, to the Philippines as Baztan, now Don Victoriano
89 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 275 560 176 6-Nov-44 USCG-manned, to USN 1947 as USS Estero (AG 134), later AKL 5, struck 1960
90 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 276 560 176 13-Nov-44 USCG-manned
91 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 277 560 176 20-Nov-44 USCG-manned
92 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 278 560 176 25-Nov-44 USCG-manned, to USN 1950 as Range Recoverer (AG 161), later AGM 2, YFRT 524, sold 1974, now Reedville
93 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 279 560 176 2-Dec-44 USCG-manned, to the Philippines as General Lukban
94 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 280 560 176 9-Dec-44 USCG-manned, to the Philippines as General Mascardo
95 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 281 560 176 18-Dec-44 USCG-manned
96 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 282 560 176 27-Dec-44 USCG-manned, to USN 1947 as USS Jekyl (AG 135). later AKL 6, sold 1960 as Sea Princess II, later Betty K IV, now Hope 1
97 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 283 560 176 2-Jan-45 USCG-manned, to USN 1951 as USS Almaack (AKL 39), to Korea 1951, returned 1960, scrapped 1969
98 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 284 560 176 12-Jan-45 USCG-manned, to the Philippines as Taype
99 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 285 560 176 22-Jan-45 USCG-manned, to Korea as City of Chungju
100 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 286 560 176 10-Feb-45 USCG-manned
101 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 287 560 176 1-Mar-45 USCG-manned, to France as Girod
102 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 288 560 176 10-Mar-45 USCG-manned, to USN 1950 as AKL 23, struck 1959
103 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 289 560 176 24-Mar-45 USCG-manned, to USN 1947 as USS New Bedford (AKL 17), later IX 308, sold 1996 as Ghost, now Sea Bird
104 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 290 560 176 7-Apr-45 USCG-manned, lost in typhoon off Okinawa 1945
105 US Army Coastal Freighter FS 291 560 176 21-Apr-45 Later E-42-1835, sold as John A. Diehl
US Army Coastal Freighter FS 292 560 176 5-May-45 To Liberia as Joanne, later W. T. James, Jr.
106 US Army Coastal Freighter FS one of above 560 176 1944 Later PVT Robert Henry, Kirk Star, Northumberland, exploded and sank 1989
107 US Army Tug ST 859   86 Apr-45 To USSR 1940s
108 US Army Tug ST 860   86 May-45 Sold 1961 as Judy S, later May, capsized 1992
109 US Army Tug ST 861   86 Jun-45 To USSR 1940s
110 US Army Tug ST 862   86 Jul-45 Cancelled, built as Metropolitan No. 2, scrapped 1970
111 US Army Tug ST 863   86 1946 Cancelled, built as Frederick A. Russell, later Harry R. Conners, Frank L. Coyne, Mid State II, Tekaquitha, sank 1993
112 US Army Tug ST 864   86   Cancelled
120 Cargo Ship         Aug-45 Later Rosemarie
121 Nina B Fishing Vessel       198 1945 Later Nordeaster II, Nordelfin, Red Diamond VI, Hampton
124 Marge & Pat II Fishing Vessel       198 Jul-46 Later Pacific, Cushmere, Evelyn L. Brown, Carlson Fishery III, Aspasia, Eileen Doe, now Concordia
125 Fishing Vessel         Oct-46 Later Josephine Esa
Anna Marie & Elena Fishing Vessel         1946 Later Luckimee, Phoenix, wrecked 1993
127 US Army Derrick Barge DB 1     Jul-45  
128 US Army Derrick Barge DB 2