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Pensacola Shipbuilding, Pensacola FL

Most recent update: September 22, 2010.


Pensacola Shipbuilding Company was a wholly owned subsidiary of Ketler-Elliot Erection Company of Chicago.  The yard was located on the eastern shore of Bayou Chico: the site is now the Pensacola Marine Complex.

Hull # USSB # Name Owner Type GT Delivery Disposition
1 965 Escambia

U.S. Shipping Board

Cargo Ship 5,400 Oct-19 Scrapped 1931
2 966 Cushnoc U.S. Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,400 Sep-19 Scrapped 1931
3 967 Noccalula U.S. Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,400 Dec-19 Scrapped 1931
4 968 Red Mountain

U.S. Shipping Board

Cargo Ship 5,400 Dec-19 Scrapped 1931
5 969 Rockport

U.S. Shipping Board

Cargo Ship 5,400 Feb-20 Later Margarita Chandris 1938, scrapped 1964
6 970 City of Sherman U.S. Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,400 Apr-20 Scrapped 1931
7 971 City of Vernon U.S. Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,400 Jun-20 Scrapped 1931
8 972 City of Weatherford U.S. Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,400 Sep-20 Later Ponce de Leon 1940, Sarazen 1943, scrapped 1947
9 973 Hastings U.S. Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,400 Sep-20 Torpedoed and lost 1943
10 974 Naquog/Bayou Chico U.S. Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,400 Oct-20 Scrapped 1946
11   Adler   Tug 523 May-21 Later La Boca 1942, G. W. Whiteman 1953, deleted 1979
    Margaret Hall   Tug 406 1922  
    YO 126 U.S. Navy  Tank Barge 440 1944 Sunk as target 1976
    YO 127 U.S. Navy  Tank Barge 440 1944  
    YO 128 U.S. Navy  Tank Barge 440 1944 Scrapped 1974
    YO 129 U.S. Navy  Tank Barge 440 1944 Scrapped 1995