WWII Construction of Small Auxiliaries


Note that the large auxiliaries, (fleet tenders, repair ships, combat logistics ships, troopships, etc.), many of which were converted merchant ships, are listed in the tables for the individual shipbuilders.  Click on the column heading to go to the table of ships.

Boatbuilder Location Ocean Tugs (ATF, ATA, ATR) Salvage and Rescue Ships (ARS, ASR) Coastal Transports (APc) Barracks Barges (APL) Dry-Docks (AFDB, AFDM, AFDL, ARD, YRD)
Alabama Dry Dock Mobile AL 1
American Car & Foundry Wilmington DE 2
Anderson & Cristofani San Francisco CA 16
Auchter, George D. Jacksonville FL 5
Barbour Boat Works New Bern NC 2
Basalt Rock Company Napa CA 24
Bellingham Marine Bellingham WA 6 6
Bethlehem Steel Staten Island NY 3
Bristol Yacht Building South Bristol ME 4
Burger Boat Manitowoc WI 2
Camden Shipbuilding Camden ME 12 11
Charleston Shipbuilding Charleston SC 36
Chicago Bridge Seneca IL 15
Colberg Boat Works Stockton CA 4 3
Commercial Iron Works Portland OR 4
Cramp Shipbuilding Philadelphia PA 5
Cryer & Sons Oakland CA 4
Dachel-Carter Shipbuilding Benton Harbor MI 6
Defoe Shipbuilding Bay City MI 4
Delaware Bay Shipbuilding Leesburg NJ 2
Doullot & Ewin New Orleans LA 6
Dravo Corp. Pittsburgh PA 1
Everett Pacific Shipbuilding Everett WA 5 4
Foundation Company Kearny NJ 4
Fulton Shipyard Antioch CA 6 17
Gulfport Boiler & Welding Port Arthur TX 24
Herreshoff Manufacturing Bristol RI 22
Hodgdon Bros. East Boothbay ME 10
Island Dock Kingston NY 4
Jakobson Shipyard Oyster Bay NY 4
Kruse & Banks North Bend OR 4
Levingston Shipbuilding Orange TX 61
Loftis, V. P. Wilmington NC 12
Lynch Shipbuilding San Diego CA 6 6
Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 3
Marr, Harry G. Damariscotta ME 5
Moore Dry Dock Oakland CA 5
Nashville Bridge Nashville TN 8
Noank Shipbuilding Noank CT