Penn-Jersey Shipbuilding Corp.

US New Jersey shipbuilding company

Penn-Jersey Shipbuilding Corp.
Founded	1940
Defunct	1945
Fate	Ceased operations
Headquarters	Camden, New Jersey

Penn-Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. of Camden, New Jersey was a shipyard opened in March 1940 to build ships for World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding Program. The shipyard was on Cooper Point at north end of North 5th Street at 39°57′26″N 75°07′03″W / 39.957309°N 75.117501°W / 39.957309; -75.117501. After building 29 vessels Penn-Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. closed in June 1945 after building its last vessels.^[1]

Ships built

Penn-Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. built ships:^[1]

Barracuda for Panama Canal Comm. a Patrol Launch
Albacore for Panama Canal Comm. Patrol Launch
Four US Coast Guard Patrol Launches
General Construction barge
USS Firm (AM-98) US Navy Minesweeper
USS Force (AM 99) US Navy Minesweeper
- Cargo ships 258 foot type N3-M-A1 for United States Maritime Commission:
Elias D. Knight, became USS Enceladus (AK-80)
William Lester
Eben H. Linnell
Asa Lothrop
Laughlin McKay
Oliver R. Mumford, became Media (AK-83)
William Nott
John L. Manson
Nathaniel Matthews
Josiah Paul, became Nashira (AK-85)
Sumner Pierce, became Norma (AK-86)
Moses Pike
Symmes Potter, became Tucana (AK-88) ^[2]
Charles A. Ranlett
- US Navy 173 foot Submarine chasers:
PC 1221
PC 1222, after war converted to a yacht the Gosse ^[3]^[4]
PC 1223
PC 1224
- For Western Maryland Railway two Car Float
Car Float 21
Car Float 22

References

^ ^a ^b "Penn-Jersey".
^ "Cargo Ship (AK) Photo Index". www.navsource.org.
^ "PC-1222". www.navsource.org.
^ "Yacht History: The yachts owned by Felix and Lucien Benitez-Rexach". www.superyachttimes.com.

World War II Maritime Commission ship designs

Cargo designs

Type C1
Type C2
Type C3
Type C4
Type C5
(Type C6)
(Type C7)
(Type C8)
(Type C9)
Type N3

Emergency cargo

Liberty ship ("EC2-S-C1")
Victory ship ("VC2-S-AP1")

Tanker

Special-purpose

Type S2 ("Tacoma-class frigate")
Type S3-S2-BP ("Landing Ship, Tank")
Type S3-S2-BP1 ("Neptune-class cable layer")
Type S4-S2-BB3 ("Casablanca-class escort carrier")
Type S4-SE2-BD1 ("Gilliam-class attack transport")
Type S4-SE2-BE1 ("Artemis-class attack cargo ship")
"Crane vessel-Derrick Barge"

Miscellaneous-cargo

Type L6 ("Lakers")
Type N ("Coastal Cargo")
Type P1 ("Passenger")
Type P2 ("Passenger")
Type R ("Refrigerated")
Type B ("Barge")

Tugs

Type V ("Tugs")

See also:- Empire ship, Fort ship, Park ship, Ocean ship.

v t e United States naval ship classes of World War II
Aircraft carriers	Lexington Ranger^S Yorktown Wasp^S Essex Midway^C
Light aircraft carriers	Independence Saipan^C
Escort carriers	Long Island Charger Bogue Sangamon Casablanca Commencement Bay
Battleships	Wyoming New York Nevada Pennsylvania New Mexico Tennessee Colorado North Carolina South Dakota Iowa Montana^X
Large cruisers	Alaska
Heavy cruisers	Pensacola Northampton Portland New Orleans Wichita^S Baltimore Oregon City^C Des Moines^C
Light cruisers	Omaha Brooklyn Atlanta Cleveland Fargo^C Juneau^C Worcester^C CL-154^X
Gunboats	Dubuque Sacramento^S Asheville Plymouth^S Williamsburg^S St. Augustine^S Vixen^S Erie PGM-1 PGM-9
Destroyers	Sampson Caldwell Wickes Clemson Farragut Porter Mahan Gridley Bagley Somers Benham Sims Benson Gleaves Fletcher Allen M. Sumner Robert H. Smith Gearing
Destroyer escorts	Evarts Buckley Cannon Edsall Rudderow John C. Butler
Patrol frigates	Asheville Tacoma
Patrol boats	Action PT boat
Minelayers	Oglala^S Wassuc^S Monadnock^S Miantonomah^S Terror^S Keokuk^S Salem^S Weehawken^S Camanche Chimo
Minesweepers	Lapwing Raven Auk Eagle^S Hawk Admirable
Submarines	O R S Barracuda Argonaut^S Narwhal Dolphin^S Cachalot Porpoise Salmon Sargo Tambor Mackerel Gato Balao Tench
Tankers	T1 tanker T2 tanker T3 tanker
Cargo ships	Liberty Victory Haskell Andromeda Arcturus Artemis Tolland Alstede Aldebaran Adria Acubens Arctic Denebola Hyades Mizar
Auxiliary ships	Ammunition Floating drydock Repair dock Barracks Collier Combat stores Destroyer tender Depot High-speed transport Hospital Ice cream barge Net laying Motor torpedo boat tender Reefer Oiler Repair Seaplane tender Submarine tender Underway replenishment
C Completed after the war S Single ship of class X Cancelled

v t e Type N3-M ships
Asa Lothrop Charles A. Ranlett Eben H. Linnell Elias D. Knight John L. Manson Josiah Paul Laughlin McKay Moses Pike Nathaniel Matthews Oliver R. Mumford Sumner Pierce Symmes Potter William Lester William Nott