List of ships built at the Fore River Shipyard explained

Below is an incomplete list of ships built at the Fore River Shipyard:

Production record

East Braintree Yard

Name(s)	Yard no.	Type (as built)	Owner	Laid down	Launched	Delivered/ Commissioned	Fate/ Decommissioned	Image	Ref.
Sally	100	Yacht	Lyman	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		^[1]
Caprice	101	Yacht	Robinson	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Eleanor	102	Yacht	Clapp	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
	103	Bainbridge-class destroyer	U.S. Navy	10 April 1899	7 November 1900	7 April 1903	20 June 1919
	104	Bainbridge-class destroyer	U.S. Navy	10 April 1899	24 December 1900	5 September 1903	3 September 1919
Jule	105	Yacht	J. Arthur	Unknown	Unknown	12 June 1899	Unknown
United States lightship LV-72	106	Lightvessel	U.S Lighthouse Board	Unknown	Unknown	13 February 1901	Unknown

Quincy Point Yard

Yard number 107-206

Name	Yard no.	Type	Owner	Laid down	Launched	Delivered/ Commissioned	Fate/ Decommissioned	Image	Ref.
	107	Denver-class cruiser		28 August 1900	20 September 1902	5 March 1904	9 April 1921		^[2]
	108	Virginia-class battleship		2 April 1902	10 November 1904	11 May 1906	6 August 1920		^[3]
	109	Virginia-class battleship		1 May 1902	17 May 1904	19 February 1906	30 June 1920		^[4]
Thomas W. Lawson	110	404' 7-Masted Coal Schooner	Coastwise Transportation Co.	November 1901	10 December 1902	August 1902	14 December 1907
Unnamed	111	317' Carfloat	NY,NH&HRR	Unknown	Unknown	6 December 1902	Unknown
Unnamed	112	317' Carfloat	NY,NH&HRR	Unknown	Unknown	6 December 1902	Unknown
William L. Douglas	113	353' 6-Masted Coal Schooner	Coastwise Transportation Co.	Unknown	Unknown	11 November 1903	Unknown
Boston	114	317' Freighter	New England Navigation Co.	Unknown	Unknown	16 July 1904	1934
Providence	115	396' Coastal Passenger Steamer	New England Navigation Co.	Unknown	Unknown	21 March 1905	1938
Unnamed	116	317' Carfloat	NY,NH&HRR	Unknown	Unknown	17 November 1903	Unknown
Unnamed	117	317' Carfloat	NY,NH&HRR	Unknown	Unknown	16 July 1904	Unknown
Unnamed	118	317' Carfloat	NY,NH&HRR	Unknown	Unknown	10 February 1904	Unknown
Unnamed	119	317' Carfloat	NY,NH&HRR	Unknown	Unknown	10 February 1904	Unknown
	120	Connecticut-class battleship		21 May 1904	31 August 1905	4 March 1907	30 June 1920
No. 3	121	167' Tank Barge	Standard Oil	Unknown	Unknown	23 November 1904	Unknown
No. 4	122	167' Tank Barge	Standard Oil	Unknown	Unknown	16 December 1904	Unknown
No. 1	123	Type 1 submarine		Unknown	Unknown	5 October 1904	Unknown
No. 2	124	Type 1 submarine		Unknown	Unknown	5 October 1904	Unknown
No. 3	125	Type 1 submarine		Unknown	Unknown	5 October 1904	Unknown
No. 4	126	Type 1 submarine		Unknown	Unknown	5 October 1904	Unknown
No. 5	127	Type 1 submarine		Unknown	Unknown	5 October 1904	Unknown
	128	C-class submarine		Unknown	4 October 1906	30 June 1908	4 August 1919
	129	B-class submarine		Unknown	30 March 1907	18 October 1907	1 December 1921
	130	B-class submarine		Unknown	1 September 1906	18 October 1907	12 December 1919
	131	B-class submarine		Unknown	1 September 1906	18 October 1907	12 December 1919
	132	Chester-class cruiser		14 August 1905	29 May 1907	11 April 1908	1 December 1923
	133	Chester-class cruiser		28 August 1905	27 July 1907	1 August 1908	16 August 1921
Spray	133	136' trawler	Bay State Fishing Co.	6 December 1905	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Spray	134	410' passenger steamer	South Pacific Co.	22 December 1907	Unknown	Unknown	Scrapped in 1937
South Shore	135	207' coastal steamer	Nantasket Beach Co.	22 December 1907	Unknown	Unknown	Wrecked 28 April, 1928
Spray	135	410' passenger steamer	South Pacific Co.	22 December 1907	Unknown	Unknown	Scrapped in 1937
South Shore	136	207' coastal steamer	Nantasket Beach Co.	22 December 1907	Unknown	Unknown	Wrecked 28 April, 1928
Satilla	137	313' freighter	Brunswick Steamship Co.	Unknown	10 November, 1906	Unknown	Sunk 7 February 1917
Ochmulgee	138	313' freighter	Brunswick Steamship Co.	Unknown	04 Apr, 1907	Unknown	Scrapped 1929
Ogeechee	139	313' freighter	Brunswick Steamship Co.	Unknown	29 Dec, 1906	Unknown	Sunk 29 July 1917
Ossabaw	140	313' freighter	Brunswick Steamship Co.	Unknown	24 Feb, 1907	Unknown	Scrapped 1933
Everett	141	400' collier	New England Coal & Coke	Unknown	19 Oct, 1907	Unknown	Scrapped 1948
Malden	142	400' collier	New England Coal & Coke	Unknown	02 Dec, 1907	Unknown	Collision 17 September 1921
Melrose	143	400' collier	New England Coal & Coke	Unknown	11 Jan, 1908	Unknown	Scrapped 1947
Altamaha	144	313' freighter	Brunswick Steamship Co.	Unknown	30 Dec, 1907	Unknown	Barged 1924; Abandoned 1933
New England	145	131' lighter	New England Navigation Co.	Unknown	02 Nov, 1907	Unknown	Unknown
Transfer No. 21	146	125' Harbor Tug	NY,NH&HRR	Unknown	19 Jan, 1908	Unknown	Unknown
United States lightship LV-90	147	135' Lightship (Hedge Fence Station)	U.S Lighthouse Board	Unknown	14 May, 1908	Unknown	Discarded 1955
United States lightship LV-91	148	135' Lightship (Relief No. 1)	U.S Lighthouse Board	Unknown	29 May, 1908	Unknown	Discarded 1963
United States lightship LV-92	149	135' Lightship (Relief No. 2)	U.S Lighthouse Board	Unknown	15 Jun, 1908	Unknown	Discarded 1954
United States lightship LV-93	150	135' Lightship (Swiftsure Station)	U.S Lighthouse Board	Unknown	06 Jul, 1908	Unknown	Discarded 1955

Significant ships

U.S. Navy warships

Numerous famous warships were built at the Fore River Shipyard. A partial list is below. The date in parentheses indicates the date the ship was commissioned by the U.S. Navy, and not the date of its launch.

Aircraft carriers

• 1 of 2 s
  • ^[5] (1927) Battle of the Coral Sea
• ^[6] (1940) Guadalcanal Campaign
• 5 of 24 s
  • ^[6] (1943) Battle of the Philippine Sea^[7] - Philippines campaign (1944-45)
  • ^[6] (1943) Battle of the Philippine Sea^[7] - Philippines campaign (1944-45) - Battle of Okinawa
  • ^[6] (1943) Battle of the Philippine Sea^[7] - Philippines campaign (1944-45)
  • ^[8] (1944) Philippines campaign (1944-45) - Battle of Okinawa - Vietnam War
  • ^[8] (1946) Korean War

Battleships

• (1906)
• (1906)
• (1907)
• (1910)
• ^[9] (1916) World War I - Attack on Pearl Harbor - Invasion of Normandy and invasions of Southern France and Okinawa
• ^[10] (1942) Naval Battle of Casablanca - Philippines campaign (1944-45) - invasion of Okinawa

Cruisers

• (1908) World War I
• (1907) World War I
• ^[11] (1924) Attack on Pearl Harbor
• ^[11] (1923) Attack on Pearl Harbor
• 1 of 6 heavy cruisers
  • ^[12] (1930) Doolittle Raid - Battle of Midway - Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands - Battle of Tassafaronga
• 1 of 2 heavy cruisers
  • ^[13] (1933) Battle of the Coral Sea - Battle of Midway - Battle of the Eastern Solomons - Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands - Naval Battle of Guadalcanal - Battle of Surigao Strait - invasion of Okinawa
• 2 of 7 heavy cruisers
  • ^[13] (1936) Battle of Savo Island
  • ^[13] (1937) Doolittle Raid - Battle of Midway - Battle of Savo Island
• 2 of 8 light cruisers
  • ^[14] (1941) Naval Battle of Guadalcanal - Battle of the Philippine Sea^[7] - invasion of Okinawa
  • ^[14] (1941) Guadalcanal Campaign - Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands - Battle of the Philippine Sea^[7] - Philippines campaign (1944-45) - Battle of Okinawa
• 6 of 27 light cruisers
  • ^[15] (1943) Battle of the Philippine Sea^[7] - Philippines campaign (1944-45) - Battle of Okinawa
  • ^[15] (1943) Battle of Okinawa
  • ^[15] (1944) Battle of Okinawa
  • ^[15] (1944) Battle of Okinawa - Vietnam War
  • ^[15] (1944) Vietnam War
  • ^[15] (1946) Korean War
• 8 of 14 heavy cruisers
  • ^[16] (1942) Battle of the Philippine Sea^[7] - Philippines campaign (1944-45) - Battle of Okinawa
  • ^[16] (1942) Battle of the Philippine Sea^[7] - Philippines campaign (1944-45) - Vietnam War
  • ^[16] (1943) Battle of the Philippine Sea^[7] - Vietnam War
  • ^[16] (1943) Invasion of Normandy and invasion of Southern France

• • ^[16] (1944) Battle of Okinawa
  • ^[16] (1944) World War II - Korean War - Vietnam War
  • ^[16] (1944)
  • ^[16] (1945) Korean War
• 4 of 4 heavy cruisers
  • ^[16] (1945)
  • ^[16] (1945)
  • ^[16] (1945) Korean War
  • ^[16] (1953)
• 2 of 3 heavy cruisers
  • ^[17] (1946)
  • ^[17] (1949)
• (1961) Vietnam War

Destroyer Leaders

• (1954)
• (1954)

Guided Missile Frigates/Cruisers

• (1960)
• (1961)
• (1961)
• (1962)

Destroyers

• 4 of 21
  • (1909)
  • (1910)
  • (1911)
  • (1912)
• 1 of 4
  • (1913)
• 1 of 6
  • (1915)
• 1 of 6
  • (1916)
• 2 of 6
  • (1916)
  • (1916)

• 26 of 111
  • (1918)^[18] World War I - Guadalcanal campaign
  • (1918)^[18] World War I
  • (1918) World War I - Destroyers for Bases Agreement^[18]
  • (1918)^[18] World War I - Guadalcanal campaign
  • (1918)^[18] World War I - Guadalcanal campaign - Battle of the Philippine Sea - Battle of Okinawa
  • (1918)^[18] World War I
  • (1918)^[18] World War I - Guadalcanal campaign
  • (1918)^[18] World War I
  • (1918)^[18] World War I
  • (1918)^[18] World War I
  • (1918)^[18]
  • (1918)^[18]
  • (1918)^[18] World War I
  • (1918)^[18]
  • (1918)^[18]

• • (1918)^[18]
  • (1919)^[18] invasion of North Africa - Philippines campaign (1944-45)
  • (1919) Destroyers for Bases Agreement^[18]
  • (1919)^[18]
  • (1919)^[18] Guadalcanal campaign - Philippines campaign (1944-45) - Battle of Okinawa
  • (1919)^[18]
  • (1919)^[18]
  • (1919) Destroyers for Bases Agreement^[18]
  • (1919) Destroyers for Bases Agreement^[18]
  • (1919) Destroyers for Bases Agreement^[18]
  • (1919) Destroyers for Bases Agreement^[18]
• 10 of 156
  • (1919)^[18] Philippines campaign (1944-45)
  • (1919) Destroyers for Bases Agreement^[18]
  • (1919) Destroyers for Bases Agreement^[18]
  • (1919) Destroyers for Bases Agreement^[18]
  • (1919)^[18] World War II
  • (1919) Destroyers for Bases Agreement^[18]
  • (1919) Destroyers for Bases Agreement^[18]
  • (1919) Destroyers for Bases Agreement^[18]
  • (1919)^[18]
  • (1919)^[18] Battle of Okinawa
• 1 of 8
  • ^[19] (1934) Attack on Pearl Harbor - Battle of the Coral Sea - Battle of the Eastern Solomons - Battle of the Philippine Sea
• 4 of 8
  • ^[20] (1935) Attack on Pearl Harbor - Battle of the Coral Sea - Battle of Midway
  • ^[20] (1935) World War II
  • ^[20] (1935) World War II
  • ^[20] (1936) Doolittle Raid - Battle of Midway - Guadalcanal campaign
• 2 of 4
  • ^[21] (1936) Guadalcanal campaign - Battle of the Philippine Sea^[7] - Philippines campaign (1944-45)
  • ^[21] (1937) Battle of Vella Gulf - Battle of the Philippine Sea^[7]
• 7 of 30
  • ^[22] (1939) invasions of Sicily, Italy and Southern France
  • ^[22] (1940) invasion of Italy
  • ^[23] (1941) World War II
  • ^[23] (1942) Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands - Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
  • ^[23] (1942) invasions of North Africa, Sicily and Southern France
  • ^[23] (1942) invasion of Sicily
  • ^[23] (1942) invasions of Sicily and Southern France
  • ^[23] (1942) invasions of Sicily and Southern France
• 4 of 98
  • ^[24] (1945) Korean War
  • ^[24] (1945) Korean War - Vietnam War
  • ^[24] (1946) Korean War - Vietnam War
  • ^[24] (1946)
• (1949) (only a conversion... ?)

Destroyer Escorts

• 9 of 148 s
• 3 of 22 s
  • ,,
• 6 of 51 s
  • ,,,,,
• See also: Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard

Submarines

• The first five Imperial Japanese Navy submarines, known as the Holland Type VII submarines, built (in relative secrecy) at Fore River in 1904.
• The first Spanish submarine, Isaac Peral (A-0) (1916)^{[25] [26] [27]}

B class

• USS Viper (SS-10) (1907)
• USS Cuttlefish (SS-11) (1907)
• USS Tarantula (SS-12) (1907)

C class

• USS Octopus (SS-9) (1908)
• USS Stingray (SS-13) (1909)
• USS Tarpon (SS-14) (1909)
• USS Bonita (SS-15) (1909)
• USS Snapper (SS-16) (1910)

D class

• USS Narwhal (SS-17) (1909)
• USS Grayling (SS-18) (1909)
• USS Salmon (SS-19) (1910)

E class

• USS Skipjack (SS-24) (1912)
• USS Sturgeon (SS-25) (1912)

K class

• USS Haddock (SS-32) (1914)
• USS Cachalot (SS-33) (1914)
• USS K-5 (SS-36) (1914)
• USS K-6 (SS-37) (1914)

L class

• USS L-1 (SS-40) (1916)
• USS L-2 (SS-41) (1916)
• USS L-3 (SS-42) (1916)
• USS L-4 (SS-43) (1916)
• USS L-9 (SS-49) (1916)
• USS L-10 (SS-50) (1916)
• USS L-11 (SS-51) (1916)

M class

• USS M-1 (SS-47) (1918)

O class

• USS O-3 (SS-64)^[28] (1917)
• USS O-4 (SS-65)^[28] (1917)
• USS O-5 (SS-66) (1917)
• USS O-6 (SS-67)^[28] (1917)
• USS O-7 (SS-68)^[28] (1917)
• USS O-8 (SS-69)^[28] (1917)
• USS O-9 (SS-70)^[28] (1918)
• USS O-10 (SS-71)^[28] (1918)

R class

• USS R-1 (SS-78)^[28] (1918)
• USS R-2 (SS-79)^[28] (1918)
• USS R-3 (SS-80)^[28] (1918)
• USS R-4 (SS-81)^[28] (1918)
• USS R-5 (SS-82)^[28] (1918)
• USS R-6 (SS-83)^[28] (1919)
• USS R-7 (SS-84)^[28] (1919)
• USS R-8 (SS-85) (1919)
• USS R-9 (SS-86)^[28] (1919)
• USS R-10 (SS-87)^[28] (1919)
• USS R-11 (SS-88)^[28] (1919)
• USS R-12 (SS-89)^[28] (1919)
• USS R-13 (SS-90)^[28] (1919)
• USS R-14 (SS-91)^[28] (1919)

S class

• USS S-1 (SS-105)^[29] (1918)
• USS S-18 (SS-123)^[29] (1918) 8 World War II Pacific patrols^[30]
• USS S-19 (SS-124) (1920)
• USS S-20 (SS-125)^[29] (1920)
• USS S-21 (SS-126)^[29] (1920)
• USS S-22 (SS-127)^[29] (1920)
• USS S-23 (SS-128)^[29] (1920) 7 World War II Pacific patrols^[30]
• USS S-24 (SS-129)^[29] (1922)
• USS S-25 (SS-130)^[29] (1922)
• USS S-26 (SS-131)^[29] (1922)
• USS S-27 (SS-132)^[29] (1922) 1 World War II Pacific patrol^[30]
• USS S-28 (SS-133)^[29] (1922) sank 1 ship in 7 World War II Pacific patrols^[30]
• USS S-29 (SS-134)^[29] (1922)
• USS S-42 (SS-153)^[31] (1923) sank 1 ship in 6 World War II Pacific patrols^[30]
• USS S-43 (SS-154)^[31] (1923) 3 World War II Pacific patrols^[30]
• USS S-44 (SS-155)^[31] (1923) sank 3 ships in 5 World War II Pacific patrols^[30]
• USS S-45 (SS-156)^[31] (1923) 4 World War II Pacific patrols^[30]
• USS S-46 (SS-157)^[31] (1923) 5 World War II Pacific patrols^[30]
• USS S-47 (SS-158)^[31] (1924) 7 World War II Pacific patrols^[30]

T class

• USS T-1 (SS-52) (1920)
• USS T-2 (SS-60) (1922)
• USS T-3 (SS-61) (1920)

Sturgeon class

• USS Whale (SSN-638) (1968)
• USS Sunfish (SSN-649) (1969)

Tank Landing Ships

LSTs 361-382 and 1004-1027 (46 total)

Oilers

• (1954)

Submarine tenders

L. Y. Spear class

• (1970) Named after Electric Boat Company executive, Lawrence York Spear. This ship was launched on 7 September 1967, commissioned in 1970 and decommissioned in 1996.
• (1971)

Commercial ships

Passenger ships

• SS Borinquen (1931) New York & Porto Rico Line, Caribbean liner^[32]
• SS Mariposa (1932) Matson Line, Hawaiian transPacific liner^[33]
• SS Monterey (1932) Matson Line, Hawaiian transPacific liner
• SS Lurline (1933) Matson Line, Hawaiian transPacific liner
• SS Independence (1951) American Export Line, transatlantic liner^[34]
• SS Constitution (1951) American Export Line, transatlantic liner

Other ships

• Thomas W. Lawson, a seven-masted, steel-hull schooner, the only ship of her kind ever built.
• William L. Douglas, a six-masted, steel-hull collier
• Sankaty, a propeller-driven steamer that served as a ferry to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket and as a Canadian minelayer during World War II.
• , a battleship of the for the Argentine Navy; one of the only two foreign battleships built in US.^[35]
• SS Manhattan (1962) - Largest oil tanker in the world when built. Converted to an icebreaker and successfully navigated the Northwest Passage in 1969.
• 2nd Lieutenant John P. Bobo class of strategic sealift ships

See also

• List of United States Navy ships

Sources

• Book: Silent Victory, Volume 2 . Blair, Clay Jr. . J. B. Lippincott Company . 1975 . 978-1-55750-217-9.
• Book: James Charles Fahey

. The Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet, Two-Ocean Fleet Edition . Fahey, James C. . James Charles Fahey . Ships and Aircraft . 1941 . 978-0-87021-646-6.

• Book: U.S. Warships of World War II . Silverstone, Paul H. . Doubleday and Company . 1968 . 978-0-87021-773-9.
• Book: Clash of the Carriers . Tillman, Barrett . New American Library . 2005 . 978-0-451-21670-0.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fore River Shipyard Production Record Part 1: Hull 100 through Hull 375 Hull 1376 through Hull 1397 (1884 through 1924). Hazegray.org. 5 February 2014.
2. Des Moines. 4 April 2014. .
3. New Jersey. 4 April 2014. .
4. Rhode Island. 4 April 2014. .
5. Silverstone (1968) p.38
6. Silverstone (1968) p.42
7. Tillman (2005) pp.301-306
8. Silverstone (1968) p.46
9. Silverstone (1968) p.16
10. Silverstone (1968) p.28
11. Silverstone (1968) p.85
12. Silverstone (1968) p.67
13. Silverstone (1968) p.71
14. Silverstone (1968) p.89
15. Silverstone (1968) p.94
16. Silverstone (1968) p.79
17. Silverstone (1968) p.82
18. Fahey (1941) pp.16-17
19. Silverstone (1968) p.112
20. Silverstone (1968) p.114
21. Silverstone (1968) p.124
22. Silverstone (1968) p.126
23. Silverstone (1968) p.129
24. Silverstone (1968) p.152
25. Web site: Sarcone. Anthony. A History of Ship Building at Fore River. In 1915 the Spanish Navy contracted for the submarine, Isaac Peral. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140410134404/http://www.forerivershipyard.com/historylong.php. 2014-04-10.
26. Web site: Isaac Peral. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111222140312/http://www.submarinos.net/unidades.php?idSubmarino=4. 2011-12-22.
27. Book: Miller, David . Illustrated Directory of Submarines. 2002. 96–99. MBI Publishing Company . 9780760313459.
28. Silverstone (1968) p.179
29. Silverstone (1968) p.180
30. Blair (1975) pp.875-957
31. Silverstone (1968) p.183
32. Book: Pacific American Steamship Association. Pacific marine review. Shipowners Association of the Pacific Coast. San Francisco, Calif. : J.S. Hines. San Francisco Public Library.
33. Book: O'Brien, Duncan, 1967-. The grand manner of Matson. October 2014. 978-0-9686734-3-0. Victoria, B.C., Canada. 881138788.
34. Web site: S.S. Independence and S.S. Constitution; Bethlehem-Built. 2021-01-16. digital.wolfsonian.org. en.
35. http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/battleships/othr_dr.htm#1 World Battleships List, at Hazegray