Rice Brothers Corporation, East Boothbay ME

Rice Brothers Corporation had been a yacht and motor boat  builder in East Boothbay ME since the beginning of the century.  There was no connection with Rice Brothers Company, in Rockport TX.  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.

Customer Type Navy Type Pennant # Tons Delivery Disposition
US Navy Sub Chaser SC 503 136 24-Apr-42 To France 1944 as CH 112
US Navy Sub Chaser SC 504 136 4-May-42 To the NDRF 1946
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 12 278 1-Jul-42 Struck 1946
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 13 278 13-Aug-42 To France 1944 as Basilic (D 317)
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 14 278 7-Oct-42 Sunk in Boston Harbor 1945
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 15 278 5-Dec-42 To France 1944 as Myosotis (D 338)
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 16 278 15-Feb-43 To France 1944 as Capucine (D 322)
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 17 278 26-Apr-43 Struck 1946
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 303 278 11-Aug-43 Struck 1946
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 304 278 1-Oct-43 Mined off Normandy and lost 1944
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 305 278 17-Nov-43 To Norway 1945 as Gaula (M 318)
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 306 278 18-Jan-44 Reclassified 1947 as Goldfinch (AMS 12), to Maine VoTech Inst. 1960
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 307 278 24-Feb-44 To Turkey 1947 as Kirte, struck 1966