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Charleston Shipbuilding, Charleston SC

Most recent update: January 25, 2011.

Charleston Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company started out as the Pregnall Shipyard (1869-1915), a noted builder of schooners, and continued after WWII as a repair yard.  It was located on Concord Street, between Laurens and Calhoun, where the Charleston Maritime Center is now.  If anyone has any information about any other ships or boats that were built there, please send it to me at timcolton@aol.com

Hull # Name Customer Type Navy Type Pennant # Tons Delivery Disposition
Built by Pregnall Shipyard
  Planter South Carolina Steamboat Co. Passenger     499 1876 Deleted 1913
  Farmer W. O. Holmes Cargo     470 1880 Deleted 1900
  Santee   Cargo     630 1882 Later Katie 1901, scrapped 1914
  Eutaw   Cargo     547 1882 Deleted 1913
  Marion         206 1905  
  Islander         273 1907  
Built by Charleston Shipbuilding
  Palmetto         252 1926  
  Carolinian         226 1930  
  Frying Pan Shoal U.S. Coast Guard Light Vessel LV 115 630 14-Jul-30 Later WAL 537, to Southport NC as museum 1967
  Fenwick Island Shoal U.S. Coast Guard Light Vessel LV 116 630 14-Aug-30 Later WAL 538, to Baltimore MD as museum 1971
  Nantucket Shoals U.S. Coast Guard Light Vessel LV 117 630 1930 Rammed by Olympic and sunk 1934
  Wiley L. Moore         164 1932  
  M. A. Powers         494 1934  
  Ruxton No. 2         106 1934  
Kittiwake Portland Trawling Trawler     355 Jan-38 Later Curlew 1940, freighter Raagan 1946, Haugar 1947, trawler Blue Ocean 1979, Aleutian Trawler 1986, Alaskan Harvester 1988, Seaboard Harvester 1990, Yukon Viking 1993, Hessafjord 1994, Clipper Express 2000, active
Bittern Portland Trawling Trawler     355 Mar-38 Later Catbird 1940, Salhus 1947, Punta Palma 1952, scrapped 1966
Julius H. Barnes Erie & St. Lawrence Co. Freighter     1,623 May-40 Later chemical carrier Abocol 1966, wrecked in Colombia 1973 and hulked
Flying A Tidewater Oil Tanker     1,729 Aug-41 To USN 1942 as Kaloli (AOG 13), returned 1946 as Flying A, abandoned 1976 and scrapped
Apache US Navy Tug ATF 67 1,240 12-Dec-42 To Taiwan 1974 as Ta Wan (ATF 551), active
Catawba/Arapaho US Navy Tug ATF 68 1,240 20-Jan-43 To Argentina 1961 as Comandante General Zapiola (A 2), wrecked 1971
Chippewa US Navy Tug ATF 69 1,240 14-Feb-43 Decommissioned 1947, sold 1961
Choctaw US Navy Tug ATF 70 1,240 21-Apr-43 To Colombia 1961 as Pedro de Heredia (RM 72), active
Hopi US Navy Tug ATF 71 1,240 31-Mar-43 Struck 1963
Kiowa US Navy Tug ATF 72 1,240 7-Jun-43 Later Macorix 1972, scrapped 1994
Bannock US Navy Tug ATF 81 1,240 28-Jun-43 To Italy 1979 as CP 451, discarded
Carib US Navy Tug ATF 82 1,240 24-Jul-43 To Colombia 1979 as Sebastian de Bedelcazar (RM 73), active
Abnaki US Navy Tug ATF 96 1,240 15-Nov-43 To Mexico 1978 as Ehactl (A-53), active
Alsea US Navy Tug ATF 97 1,240 13-Dec-43 Struck 1962
Arikara US Navy Tug ATF 98 1,240 5-Jan-44 To Chile 1971 as Sergento Aldea (A 63), active
Chetco US Navy Tug ATF 99 1,240 29-May-44 Reclassified as Penguin (ASR 12), struck 1970
Chowanoc US Navy Tug ATF 100 1,240 21-Feb-44 To Ecuador 1960 as Chimborazo (RA-70), active
Cocopa US Navy Tug ATF 101 1,240 25-Mar-44 To Mexico 1978 as Seri (A-19), later Tonatiuh (R-54) 1993, Seri (ARE-03) 2001, active
Hidatsa US Navy Tug ATF 102 1,240 25-Apr-44 To Colombia 1979 as Rodrigo de Bastedas (RM 74), active
Hitchiti US Navy Tug ATF 103 1,240 27-May-44 To Mexico 1978 as Chac (A-55), active
Jicarilla US Navy Tug ATF 104 1,240 26-Jun-44 To Colombia 1979 as Bahia Solano (RM 75), struck 1987
Moctobi US Navy Tug ATF 105 1,240 25-Jul-44 Sold 1997
Achomawi US Navy Tug ATF 148 1,240 11-Nov-44 To Taiwan 1991 as Ta Tu (ATF 554), active
Atakapa US Navy Tug ATF 149 1,240 1-Dec-44 Sunk as target 2000
Avoyel US Navy Tug ATF 150 1,240 8-Jan-45 To USCG as WATF 150, sold 1970
Chawasha US Navy Tug ATF 151 1,240 6-Feb-45 Decommissioned 1946
Cahuilla US Navy Tug ATF 152 1,240 10-Mar-45 To Argentina 1961 as Comandante General Irigoyen (A 1), active
Chilula US Navy Tug ATF 153 1,240 5-Apr-45 To USCG as WATF 153, sunk as target 1997
Chimariko US Navy Tug ATF 154 1,240 28-Apr-45 Decommissioned 1946, used as a training hulk
Cusabo US Navy Tug ATF 155 1,240 19-May-45 To Ecuador 1960 as Los Rios, later Cayambe (RA-71), active
Luiseno US Navy Tug ATF 156 1,240 16-Jun-45 To Argentina 1975 as Francisco de Gurruchaga (A 3), active
Nipmuc US Navy Tug ATF 157 1,240 8-Jul-45 To Venezuela 1978 as Antonio Picardi (RA-22), lost 1982
Mosopelia US Navy Tug ATF 158 1,240 28-Jul-45 Sunk as target 1999
Paiute US Navy Tug ATF 159 1,240 27-Aug-45 To NDRF 1997
Papago US Navy Tug ATF 160 1,240 3-Oct-45 To NDRF 1997
Salinan US Navy Tug ATF 161 1,240 9-Nov-45 To Venezuela 1978 as Contralmirante Miguel Rodriguez (RA-23), active
Shakori US Navy Tug ATF 162 1,240 20-Dec-45 To Taiwan 1991 as Ta Tai (ATF 563), active
Utina US Navy Tug ATF 163 1,240 30-Jan-46 To Venezuela 1978 as Felix Larrazabel (RA-21), struck 1990
Yurok US Navy Tug ATF 164 1,240 28-May-46 Reclassified as Bluebird (ASR 19), to Turkey 1950 as Kurtaran (A 584), active
Yustaga US Navy Tug ATF 165 1,240 19-Jul-46 Reclassified as Skylark (ASR 20), to Brazil 1973 as Gastao Moutinho