NY Shipbuilding ID Pin A Place Called YORKSHIP
Auxiliaries of New York Shipbuilding Co.
  Last updated: 26 December 2007

Note: This list is of purpose-built vessels only. Cargo vessels and passenger liners which served with the Navy as APs or APAs (transport) or other auxiliaries are listed on the Merchant Marine page. Listed by USN designation, in alphabetical order.

Designation C# Name(s) Keel Laid Ways Launched Delivered Description Notes
AD- 2 149 Melville Nov 11, 1913 J Mar 2, 1913 Dec 2, 1915 Melville class destroyer tender, 417ft, 7150dp Decommissioned at Norfolk 9 Aug 1946, stricken 23 Apr 1947, and sold for scrap 1948.
AD-14 417 Dixie Mar 17, 1938 K May 27, 1939 Apr 25, 1940 Dixie class destroyer tender Supported Operation Crossroads. Earned 5 Battle Stars for Korea.
AD-15 419 Prairie Dec 7, 1938 M Dec 9, 1939 Aug 05, 1940 Dixie class destroyer tender Decommissioned and stricken Mar 26, 1993 after 52.6 years service. Transferred to the Maritime Administration.
AO-144 500 Mississinewa May 4, 1953 M Jun 12, 1954 Jan 14, 1955 Fleet oiler Decommissioned 15 Nov 1976. Stricken 16 Feb 1994. Transferred to NDRF (Maritime Administration) and placed in James River Reserve Fleet, 1 May 1999.
AO-145 501 Hassayampa Jul 13, 1953 O Sep 12, 1954 Apr 15, 1955 Fleet oiler Decommissioned 17 Nov 1978. Stricken 16 Feb 1994. Transferred to NDRF (Maritime Administration) and placed in Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, May 1, 1999.
AO-146 502 Kawashiwi Oct 5, 1953 L Dec 11, 1954 Jun 22, 1955 Fleet oiler Stricken 7 Nov 1994. Transferred to the NDRF (Maritime Administration) and placed in Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, 1 May 1999.
AO-147 503 Truckee Dec 21, 1953 J Mar 10, 1955 Nov 18, 1955 Fleet oiler Decommissioned 30 Jan 1980. Stricken 18 Jul 1994. Transferred to NDRF and placed in James River Reserve Fleet, 1 May 1999. DANFS History
AO-148 504 Ponchatoula Mar 1, 1954 K Jul 9, 1955 Jan 05, 1056 Fleet oiler Stricken 31 Aug 1992. Transferred to NDRF and placed in Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, 1 May 1999.
AOE-2 542 Camden Feb 17, 1964 O May 29, 1965 Mar 11, 1967 Sacramento class fast support ship, 795ft, 20717dp Last NYSB contract. Active, in commission. Homeport Bremerton, WA.
AR- 5 422 Vulcan Dec 16, 1939 J Dec 14, 1940 Jun 16, 1941 Vulcan class repair ship, 530ft, 12911dp (see plan view, above) Earned 1 Battle Star for WWII. Decommissioned 30 Sep 1991. Stricken 28 Jul 1992. Transferred to NDRF and placed in James River Reserve Fleet, 1 Feb 1999.

AT-12

ATO-12

   Sonoma Nov 7, 1911   May 11, 1912 Sept 6, 1912 Sea tug, 175 ft, 1120t dp Served with the Atlantic Fleet as a tender during World War I. Survived several air attacks during South Pacific operations, then struck by burning Japanese bomber Oct 24, 1944, in San Pedro Bay, Leyte Gulf, and sank in 18 ft of water off Dio Island. DANFS History
AV- 4 418 Curtiss Apr 25,1938 L Apr 20, 1940 Nov 15, 1940 Curtiss class seaplane tender, 527ft 8671dp Earned 7 Battle Stars in WWII. Struck by Japanese a/c and dive bomb at Pearl Harbpr, 7 Dec 1941. Tended Mariner and Sunderland squadrons in Korea. Flagship for Operation Greenhouse and Ivy (Eniwetok), 1951-52. Supported Operation deep Freeze II during IGY, 1957. Decommissioned and placed in reserve, 24 Sep 1957.
AV- 5

T-ARVH-1

 420 Albemarle

Corpus Christi Bay

 Jun 12, 1939 K Jul 13, 1940 Dec 20, 1940 Curtiss class seaplane tender Supported patrol operations in Caribbean for most of WWII. Decommissioned and placed in reserve at Brooklyn, 14 Aug 1950. Converted to tend P6M Seamaster, 1956. Recommissioned 1957. Decommissioned and placed in reserve at Norfolk, 21 Oct 1960. Stricken 1 Sep 1962. Reactivated 1964 and converted as helicopter maintenance vessel. Served in Vietnam. Stricken 31 Dec 1974. Sold for scrap 17 Jul 1975. DANFS History
AV- 7 430 Currituck Cancelled N/A Sep 11, 1943   Curtiss class seaplane tender Cancelled and completed at Philadelphia Navy Yard. Stricken 1 Apr 1971. Sold for scrap 1 Oct 1972.

C# = NYSB contract number

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