Miami Shipbuilding, Miami FL
Most recent update: October 1, 2011.
Miami Shipbuilding Corporation was organized in 1939 as the successor to Fogal Boats. The yard was on both sides of the Miami River, between SW 2nd and 3rd Avenues, and was the second largest wartime employer in Miami. Its magnificent Art Moderne office building at 615 SW 2nd Ave acted the part of the police station on "Miami Vice" and is a protected building. They developed the famous "Miamis", which were the crash boat (technically Air-Sea Rescue Boat, or ASR) of choice in WWII, and they built more than 500 of them. After the war, they moved into recreational boats and hydrofoils but closed in the 1970s. If anyone can add to the table below, please e-mail timcolton@aol.com.
| Hull # | Customer | Type | Type | # | Feet | Delivery | Disposition |
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Built by Fogal Boats |
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| 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 | |
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Built by Miami Shipbuilding |
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| U.S. Air Force | Crash Boats | ASR | 65 | 1941 to 1944 | 140+ boats | ||
| Royal Air Force | Crash Boats | 65 | 91 boats | ||||
| Dutch Navy | Crash Boats | 65 | ? boats | ||||
| South African Air Force | Crash Boats | R | 1 to 8 | 65 | 1941 | 8 boats | |
| U.S.S.R. | Patrol Craft | RPC | 1 to 50 | Apr-43 | 50 boats | ||
| Australian Navy | Crash Boats | ASR | 918-937 | 65 | Aug-44 | 20 boats | |
| South African Air Force | Crash Boats | R | 9 to 20 | 65 | 1944 | 12 boats | |
| Ex Crash Boat | ASR | 65 | 1941 | Now Fireball | |||
| Ex Crash Boat | ASR | 65 | 1942 | Now Barracuda | |||
| Ex Crash Boat | ASR | 65 | 1943 | Now Canonero | |||
| Ex Crash Boat | ASR | 65 | 1943 | Now Green Anchor | |||
| Ex Crash Boat | ASR | 65 | 1943 | Now Devil Dog | |||
| 194 | Ex Crash Boat | ASR | 65 | 1943 | Now Sky Vigil | ||
| Ex Crash Boat | ASR | 65 | 1943 | Now The Hukilau | |||
| 448 | Ex Crash Boat | ASR | 65 | 1944 | Now Explorer | ||
| 469 | US Coast Guard | Ex Crash Boat | C | 36255 | 65 | Jun-44 | Now Filia |
| 40 | 1958 | Now Romany | |||||