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Ships Built at Potrero: 1884 - 1905

This page lists all ships known to have been built at the Potrero (now called Pier 70) during the Union Iron Works period. Source: The Colton Company

List of Ships Built 1906 - 1923

Shipyard Hull # Name Owner Type USN Type Pennant # GT Disp. Tons FY Keel Laid Launched Delivered Days on Ways Days in Water Total Days Disposition
SF 1 Aragon Oregon Coal Co. Freighter     947 1,450       1884        
SF 2 Adeline   Steam Launch               1885        
SF 3 General McDowell   Freighter     150 309       1886        
SF 4 Balboa         80 134       1885        
SF 5 Emerald   Passenger     20 40       1886        
SF 6 Premier                   1887        
SF 7 Charleston USN Cruiser C 2   3,730 1886 20-Jan-87 19-Jul-88 26-Dec-89 546 525 1071 Wrecked in the Philippines 1899
SF 8                             Not used
SF 9 Pomona Pacific Coast Line Passenger Freighter     1,264 1,459                
SF 10 Active USN Tug     173 256                
SF 11 San Francisco USN Cruiser C 5   4,083 1888 14-Aug-88 26-Oct-89 15-Nov-90 438 385 823 Renamed Yosemite 1931, scrapped 1939
SF 12 Romola   Launch     3 4                
SF 13 Colis San Francisco Co. Tug     205 314                
SF 14 Salmo         58 30                
SF 15 Monterey USN Monitor BM 6   4,084 1888 20-Dec-89 28-Apr-91 13-Feb-93 494 657 1151 Scrapped 1922
SF 16 Whisper         20 18                
SF 17 Olympia USN Cruiser C 6   5,870 1889 17-Jun-91 5-Nov-92 20-Feb-94 507 472 979 Memorial in Philadelphia 1957
SF 18 Oregon USN Battleship BB 3   10,288 1891 19-Nov-91 26-Oct-93 26-Jun-96 707 974 1681 Scrapped 1956
SF 19 Columbia US Lightship Service Light Ship     250 425                
SF 20   USN Tug     400 635                
SF 21 Peru Pacific Mail Line Freighter     3,525 4,275                
SF 22 El Primero Edward Hopkins Steam Yacht     102         1893       Now a charter cruise boat in West Vancouver BC: see a picture of her being launchedhere
SF 23 Gracie S Bay Pilots Assn. Pilot Boat     52 13                
SF 24 Santa Lucia   Tug     15 36                
SF 25 George Loomis Standard Oil Co. Tanker     650 1,457                
SF 26 No name   Barge     130 300                
SF 27 No name   Barge     130 300                
SF 28 No name   Barge     130 300                
SF 29 No name   Barge     130 300                
SF 30 No name   Barge     300 600                
SF 31 No name   Barge     300 600                
SF 32 No name   Barge     300 600                
SF 33 No name   Barge     300 600                
SF 34 No name   Barge     300 600                
SF 35 No name   Barge     300 600                
SF 36 No name   Barge     300 600                
SF 37 No name   Barge     300 600                
SF 38 No name   Barge     300 600                
SF 39 No name   Barge     300 600                
SF 40 No name   Barge     300 600                
SF 41 Northern Light         18 7                
SF 42 Tahoe   Passenger Freighter                        
SF 43 No name   Barge     35 65                
SF 44 No name   Barge     35 65                
SF 45 Wheeling USN Gunboat PG 14   990 1896 11-Apr-96 18-Mar-97 10-Aug-97 341 145 486 Scrapped 1946
SF 46 Marietta USN Gunboat PG 15   990 1896 13-Apr-96 18-Mar-97 1-Sep-97 339 167 506 Scrapped 1920
SF 47 Helene Wilder Steamship Passenger Freighter     618 570       1897        
SF 48 Farragut USN Torpedo Boat TB 11   279 1897 23-Jul-97 16-Jul-98 22-Mar-99 358 249 607 Scrapped 1919
SF 49 Wisconsin USN Battleship BB 9   11,565 1897 9-Feb-97 26-Nov-98 4-Feb-01 655 801 1456 Scrapped 1922
SF 50 Izabal Pacific Mail Line Water Boat     205 385       1897        
SF 51 Chitose Japanese Navy Cruiser       4,760     22-Jan-98 21-Mar-99   425   Sunk as target 1931
SF 52 No name   Launch     40 36       1897        
SF 53 Senator Pacific Coast Line Passenger Freighter     2,405 2,060       1898        
SF 54 Maui Wilder Steamship Passenger Freighter     619 563       1898        
SF 55 Berkeley San Francisco Co. Ferry     1,345 1,340       Oct-98        
SF 56 St. Paul Alaska Coal Co. Freighter     2,440 2,450       1898        
SF 57 Sadie Alaska Coal Co. Tug     276 260       1899        
SF 58 Fearless Spreckles Co. Tug     167 277       1899        
SF 59 Wallula Oregon Railroad Tug     167 277       1899        
SF 60 Union Union Iron Works Tug     67 112       1899        
SF 61 Ohio USN Battleship BB 12   12,500 1899 22-Apr-99 18-May-01 4-Oct-04 757 1235 1992 Scrapped 1923
SF 62 Wyoming USN Monitor BM 10   3,225 1899 11-Apr-99 8-Sep-00 8-Dec-02 516 821 1337 Renamed Cheyenne 1909, scrapped 1939
SF 63 Paul Jones USN Destroyer DD 10   420 1899 20-Apr-99 14-Jun-02 19-Jul-02 1151 35 1186 Scrapped 1920
SF 64 Perry USN Destroyer DD 11   420 1899 19-Apr-99 27-Oct-00 4-Sep-02 557 677 1234 Scrapped 1920
SF 65 Preble USN Destroyer DD 12   420 1899 21-Apr-99 2-Mar-01 21-Jun-02 681 476 1157 Scrapped 1920
SF 66 San Pablo Santa Fe Railroad Ferry     1,535 566                
SF 67 Californian American Mail Line Freighter     5,873 4,797                
SF 68 No name   Barge     30 30                
SF 69 No name   Barge     30 30                
SF 70 Manulani Wilder Steamship Passenger Freighter     381 243                
SF 71 Tacoma USN Cruiser C 18   3,200 1900 27-Sep-00 2-Jun-03 30-Jan-04 978 242 1220 Wrecked off Vera Cruz 1924
SF 72 Alaskan American Hawaiian Freighter                 3,672 5,621 1902 To USN 1918, returned 1919, sold foreign 1927 as Memore, scrapped 1933
SF 73 Tamalpais   Ferry     1,554 557                
SF 74 Spokane Pacific Coast Line Passenger Freighter     2,036 1,235       Feb-02        
SF 75 Arizonan American Hawaiian Freighter               1903        
SF 76 Grampus USN Submarine SS 4   107 1901 10-Dec-00 31-Jul-02 28-May-03 598 301 899 Sunk as target 1922
SF 77 Pike USN Submarine SS 6   107 1901 10-Dec-00 14-Jan-03 28-May-03 765 134 899 Sunk as target 1922
SF 78 California USN Cruiser CA 6   13,680 1900 7-May-02 28-Apr-04 1-Aug-07 722 1190 1912 Renamed San Diego 1914, mined off Fire Island 1918
SF 79 South Dakota USN Cruiser CA 9   13,680 1901 30-Sep-02 21-Jul-04 27-Jan-08 660 1285 1945 Renamed Huron 1920, scrapped 1930
SF 80 Milwaukee USN Cruiser C 21   9,700 1901 30-Jul-02 10-Sep-04 10-Dec-06 773 821 1594 Wrecked near Eureka 1917
SF 81 Mamaulate   Launch                        
SF 82 Whittler               Union Line Passenger Freighter               1903        
SF 83 Like Like                Freighter               1904