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Ferry Boats and Launches (YFB)

Most recent update: April 25, 2011.


All these vessels were used for personnel movement within a harbor district.  If anyone can fill any of the gaps, please send your info to timcolton@aol.com

Type # Shipbuilder Location Name  Ft. Tons Built Disposition
Ferry Boats (YFB)
YFB 1   New Orleans LA Asp 72   1902 Ex-Nahma, sold 1923
YFB 2 Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA Admiral Glass 85 87 1916 Sold 1927
YFB 3 Herreshoff Mfg. Bristol RI Berceau 200 46 1898 Ex-Talbot (TB 15), struck 1944
YFB 4 Herreshoff Mfg. Bristol RI Cyane 200 46 1898 Ex-Gwin (TB 16), scrapped 1925
YFB 5 Fore River SB Quincy MA Faithful 114 457 1910 Ex-Ripple, to Russia 1919 as T 44
YFB 6 Portsmouth NSY Kittery ME Hustle 66   1902 Ex-Despatch
YFB 7 Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA Leslie 75   1902 Sold 1930, sank 1987
YFB 8 Norfolk NSY Portsmouth VA Navy Yard 80   1901 Ex-Steam Cutter No. 291, scrapped 1929
YFB 9              
YFB 10 Charleston NSY Charleston SC Wave 105   1916  
YFB 11 Cavite NS Cavite PI Callao 121 243 1898 Ex-PG 37, sold 1923
YFB 12 Hong Kong & Whampoa Hong Kong San Felipe 111 299 1907 Ex-Engineer, left in the Philippines 1942
YFB 13 Hong Kong & Whampoa Hong Kong Christine 125   1902 Ex-YT 106, sold 1935
YFB 14 Bath Iron Works Bath ME Aquidneck 151 544 1937 To Pierce County WA 1975 as Steilacoom, active
YFB 15 Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Brooklyn NY Conanicut 150   1922 Ex-Poughkeepsie, served 1940 to 1954
YFB 16 Supple & Martin Portland OR Manuwai 145 288 1927 Ex-Multnomah, struck 1954
YFB 17 Pearl Harbor NSY Honolulu HI Nihoa 145 288 1941 Struck 1961
YFB 18 Madisonville SB Madisonville LA Monhegan 114   1927 Ex- Madisonville, acquired 1940, stuck 1946
YFB 19 Puget Sound NSY Bremerton WA Vashon 65 22 1941 Sold 1958
YFB 20 Neafie & Levy Philadelphia PA League Island 136 425 1907 Ex-Machigonne, Hook Mountain, Block Island; acquired 1941, sold 1947
YFB 21 Maryland Steel Sparrows Point MD Calistoga 298  1.840 1907  
YFB 22 Shain Manufacturing Seattle WA Jewel 65  22 1942 Sold 1947
YFB 23 Shain Manufacturing Seattle WA Sanibel 65  22 1942 Ex-Solomons, struck 1947
YFB 24 Shain Manufacturing Seattle WA Treasure 65  22 1942 Sold 1947
YFB 25 Cape May Shipbuilding Cape May NJ Captiva 65  22 1944 Sold 1948
YFB 26 Cape May Shipbuilding Cape May NJ Falkner 65  22 1944 Struck 1948
YFB 27             Cancelled 
YFB 28             Cancelled
YFB 29             Cancelled
YFB 30 John H. Mathis Camden NJ Pilgrim II 92 118 1925 Acquired 1941, returned to owner 1947
YFB 31 General Ship East Boston MA Gould Island 401 569 1941 Ex-Hudson, acquired 1942, returned 1946, Chester 1965, scrapped 1979
YFB 32 South Portland SB South Portland ME Green Island 117 167 1897 Ex-Aucocisco, acquired 1942, returned 1945, struck 1946
YFB 33 Los Angeles SB Los Angeles CA Santa Rosa 225 1,653 1923 Acquisition cancelled, later YFB 61
YFB 34 Los Angeles SB Los Angeles CA San Leandro 225 1,653 1923 Acquisition cancelled, later YFB 60
YFB 35 I. F. Cannon Fishing Creek MD Sequin 116 192 1932 Ex-Lord Baltimore, acquired 1942, struck 1946
YFB 36 Todd Dry Dock Brooklyn NY Staten 142 593 1931 Acquired 1942, sold 1947
YFB 37 Howards Shipyard Jeffersonville IN Dewees 137 229 1891 Ex-Josie, Manatee, acquired 1942, 6th Naval District, struck1945
YFB 38 Cramps Shipbuilding Philadelphia PA Seabrook 122 101 1882 Ex-Wilmington, ex-Pinellas, acquired 1942, returned to owner 1946
YFB 39     Caladesi 65   1938 Ex-Seven Seas, acquired 1942, 7th Naval District from 1942 to 1946.
YFB 40 Pusey & Jones Wilmington DE Quonset   1,028 1923 Ex-Chelsea, acquired 1942
YFB 41 Delaware River I & S Chester PA Lillian Anne 160 330 1895 Ex-Riverside, acquired 1942, returned 1943
YFB 42 Jacobson Shipyard Oyster Bay NY Asquith 285 569 1941 Ex-Gotham, acquired 1942, returned 1946, Delaware 1965, scrapped 1979
YFB 43 New London S & E Groton CT Colington 125   1926 Ex-Elmer W. Jones, requisitioned June 8, 1943
YFB 44 Maryland Steel Sparrows Point MD Royston 192   1912 Ex-Robert E. Lee; acquired and returned in 1943
YFB 45 Pearl Harbor NSY Honolulu HI Sheffield 145 290 1944 Acquired 1943, struck 1960
YFB 46 Union Iron Works San Francisco CA North 248 1,720 1911 Ex-Treasure Island, acquired 1943, struck 1946
YFB 47 Harlan & Hollingsworth Wilmington DE Goshen 205   1905 Acquired 1943
YFB 48 Neafie & Levy Philadelphia PA Rutherford 200 1,372 1890 Acquired 1943, scrapped 1946
YFB 49 San Francisco NSY Hunters Point CA Metinic 25  87 1944 Acquired 1944, struck 1947
YFB 50 Martinolich SB Dockton WA   85   1913 Ex-Clatawa, acquired 1944
YFB 51 John W. Sullivan Elizabethport NJ   150   1925 Ex-Jamaica, acquired 1944
YFB 52 John W. Sullivan Elizabethport NJ   150   1925 Ex-Stuyvesant, acquired 1944
YFB 53 Neafie & Levy Philadelphia PA   140   1907 Ex-Deepwater, acquired 1944
YFB 54   Portland OR Magdalena 121 196 1888 Ex-City of Seattle, acquired 1944, sold 1947
YFB 55 Isherwood Glasgow, Scotland Delta King 285   1927 Ex-YHB 6, struck 1946
YFB 56 Isherwood Glasgow, Scotland Delta Queen 285   1927 Ex-YHB 7, struck 1946, retired 2008
YFB 57     San Felipe       Acquired 1945, returned
YFB 58 Kyle & Purdy City Island NY Lacosta 85   1922 Ex-Fordham, acquired 1945
YFB 59 Todd Shipyards Brooklyn NY Arrowsic 151   1925 Ex-Rockaway, acquired 1945, wrecked 1945
YFB 60 Los Angeles SB Los Angeles CA   225 1,653 1923 Ex-San Leandro, acquired 1945, returned to owner 1945
YFB 61 Los Angeles SB Los Angeles CA   225 1,653 1923 Ex-Hayward, acquired 1945, returned to owner 1945
YFB 62   Oakland CA   218   1913 Ex-Sierra Nevada, acquired 1945
YFB 63              
YFB 64              
YFB 65 Pidgeon-Thomas Memphis TN   115 180 1943 Ex-LCU 611, sunk as target 1971
YFB 66 Bison Shipbuilding N. Tonawanda NY   115 180 1944 Ex-LCU 639, sunk as target 1971
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YFB 77              
YFB 78              
YFB 79     San Felipe       Acquisition cancelled
YFB 80              
YFB 81              
YFB 82 Bison Shipbuilding N. Tonawanda NY   115 180 1944 Ex-LCU 1040, to Paraguay 1977
YFB 83 John H. Mathis Camden NJ Wa'a Hele Honua 162 500  1949 Ex-Delaware Valley, sold 2003
YFB 84              
YFB 85              
YFB 86 Bison Shipbuilding N. Tonawanda NY   115 180 1944 Ex-YFU 1, to Paraguay 1977
YFB 87 Western Boatbuilding Tacoma WA Moko Holo Hele  162 390  1970 Sold 2004
YFB 88 General Ship East Boston MA Beach Lander 132 390  1968 Ex-LCU 1636, scrapped 1995
YFB 89 Marinette Marine Marinette WI    132 390  1969 Ex-LCU 1638, sunk as target 1997
YFB 90 Marinette Marine Marinette WI    132 390  1969 Ex-LCU 1639, sun as target 1997
YFB 91 Marinette Marine Marinette WI    132 390  1969 Ex-LCU 1640, sunk as target 1993
YFB 92 Bender Shipbuilding Mobile AL Windward 136 200  1995 Now R. W. Huntington
YFB 93 Bender Shipbuilding Mobile AL Leeward 136 200  1995 Now William H. Allen
YFB 94 Avondale Shipyards New Orleans LA   115 180  1954 Ex-LCU 1504, sold 2004
YFB 95 Avondale Shipyards New Orleans LA   115 180  1954 Ex-LCU 1516, scrapped 1997
YFB 132 Portsmouth NSY Kittery ME   64   1891 To USC&GS 1928 as Echo, sold 1938
YFB 280 Herreshoff Mfg. Bristol RI Inca 100   1911  
YFB 308 Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA Dart 72   1900 To DoC 1930
YFB 529     Vidette        
YFB 621 Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA Castro 75   1904  
YFB 663 Portsmouth NSY Kittery ME Otter       Ex-Kite
YFB 681 Cavite NS Cavite PI Santa Rita 71   1907 Left in the Philippines 1942
YFB 682 Cavite NS Cavite PI Rosal 71   1907 Left in the Philippines 1942
YFB 683 Cavite NS Cavite PI Camia 71   1907 Left in the Philippines 1942
YFB 684 Cavite NS Cavite PI Dapdap 71   1907 Left in the Philippines 1942
YFB 685 Cavite NS Cavite PI Rivera 71   1907 Left in the Philippines 1942
YFB 687 Cavite NS Cavite PI Magdalena 71   1907 Left in the Philippines 1942
YFB 688 Cavite NS Cavite PI Yacal 71   1932 Left in the Philippines 1942
YFB 1048 Portsmouth NSY Kittery ME   77   1919 Ex-Launch No. 1048
YFB 1059 New York NSY Brooklyn NY   60   1911 Ex-Launch No. 1059
YFB 1163 Saunders & Son Saunderstown RI Narragansett 120 250 1905 Later USS Taposa, acquired 1918, sold 1944, scuttled
YFB 1227 Robert Jacob City Island NY Patchogue 100 135 1912 Acquired 1917, sold 1922
YFB 2047 Bath Iron Works Bath ME Porpoise 185 377 1911 Ex-Moosehead, sold 1931
YFB 2079   Croton-on-Hudson NY Shady Side 85   1913  
YFB 2494             Ex-Launch No. 2494
YFB 3268   Rockland ME Atlantic 115 188 1894 Acquired 1918, sold 1921
YFB 3274     Mary M 64   1904 Acquired 1919
YFB 4753             Ex-Launch No. 4753