Southwestern Shipbuilding was organized in 1918 to build cargo ships for the U.S. Shipping Board. Following the war effort, it was leased to Bethlehem Steel in 1921 as a repair yard and then sold in 1925. It was reactivated as a shipbuilder for WWII. Wartime employment peaked at about 6,000. After the war it reverted to ship repair and was sold to Southwest Marine in 1981: see it from the air on Google here. There is some history at the web site of the Port of Los Angeles - here. If anyone can provide any more information about this shipyard's early days, please e-mail it to me at timcolton@aol.com
| Hull # | Name | Owner | Type | Navy Type | Pennant # | Tons | Delivery | Disposition |
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Built by Southwestern Shipbuilding |
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| 1 | West Carnifax | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 8,600 | Jan-19 | Later Exford 1928, Pan Royal 1930, in collision and lost 1943 | ||
| 2 | West Caruth | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 8,600 | Feb-19 | Later Exmoor 1923, Antonio Tripcovich 1924, Seisho Maru 1928, torpedoed and lost 1944 | ||
| 3 | West Catance | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 8,600 | Mar-19 | Later Atlantic 1923, Theodore 1947, Archon 1951, scrapped 1952 | ||
| 4 | West Sequana | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 8,600 | Apr-19 | Later Golden Cloud 1928, Waimea 1938, Marcar 1950, Carmar 1952, Triaina 1954, Madelaine 1955, scrapped 1958 | ||
| 5 | West Cavanal | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 8,600 | Jun-19 | Later Edgar Bowling 1923, Texmar 1927, Irkutsk 1945, scrapped 1966 | ||
| 6 | West Cawthon | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 8,600 | Jul-19 | Later Empire Bison 1940, torpedoed and lost 1940 | ||
| 7 | West Cayote | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 8,600 | Aug-19 | Later Washington 1928, bombed and lost 1942 | ||
| 8 | West Chetac | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 8,600 | Jul-19 | Torpedoed and lost 1942 | ||
| 9 | West Inskip | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 8,600 | Sep-19 | Later Charcas 1926, Carreta 1940, Parita Sun 1947, scrapped 1953 | ||
| 10 | West Chicopee/West Bakersfield/Bakersfield | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 8,600 | Dec-19 | Later Chagres 1941, Mirafjord 1947, San Salvatore 1950, scrapped 1953 | ||
| 11 | West Neris | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 8,600 | Dec-19 | Later Irish Oak 1941, torpedoed and lost 1943 | ||
| 12 | West Niger | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 8,600 | Jan-20 | Later Nevada 1938, wrecked 1932 | ||
| 13 | West Nilus | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 8,600 | Mar-20 | Sunk as breakwater at Normandy 1944 | ||
| 14 | West Niveria | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 8,600 | Apr-20 | Later Golden Coast 1928, Delawarean 1937, Empire Hawksbill 1940, torpedoed and lost 1942 | ||
| 15 | West Nomentum | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 8,600 | May-20 | Later Pennsylvania 1928, Pan 1947, Tanar 1949, in collision and sank 1959 | ||
| 16 | West Norranus | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 8,600 | Jun-20 | Later Pacific Pine 1926, Maine 1937, Lvov 1945, Istra 1951, scrapped 1958 | ||
| 17 | West Notus | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 8,600 | Jul-20 | Shelled and scuttled 1942 | ||
| 18 | West Numidia/Hollywood | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 8,600 | Aug-20 | Wrecked and lost 1945 | ||
| 19 | Mary Luckenbach | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 8,600 | Dec-20 | Later C. B. Watson 1936, Indiana 1947, Al Horreya 1954, Mansoura 1957, scrapped 1963 | ||
| 20 | Union Oil of Cal. | Barge | 1920 | |||||
| 21 | Montebello | Union Oil of Cal. | Tanker | 8,272 | Mar-21 | Torpedoed and lost 1941 | ||
| 22 | La Placentia | Union Oil of Cal. | Tanker | 8,272 | Apr-21 | Scrapped 1948 | ||
| 23 | La Purisima | Union Oil of Cal. | Tanker | 8,272 | Oct-21 | Later Taganrog 1943, Octorara 1944, La Purisima 1946, scrapped 1947 | ||
| 24 | Scopas | N.I.T.M. | Tanker | 5,900 | Jul-21 | Scrapped 1939 | ||
| 25 | Silvanus | N.I.T.M. | Tanker | 5,900 | Aug-21 | Later Papoose 1926, torpedoed and lost 1942 | ||
| 26 | Semiramis | N.I.T.M. | Tanker | 5,900 | Sep-21 | Later Kyoko Maru 1943, torpedoed and lost 1943 | ||
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Built by Bethlehem Steel |
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| 9001 | Boyd | US Navy | Destroyer | DD | 544 | 2,050 | 8-May-43 | To Turkey as Iskenderun (D 343) 1969, struck 1981 |
| 9002 | Bradford | US Navy | Destroyer | DD | 545 | 2,050 | 12-Jun-43 | To Greece as Thyella (D 28) 1962, struck 1981 |
| 9003 | Brown | US Navy | Destroyer | DD | 546 | 2,050 | 10-Jul-43 | To Greece as Navarinon (D 63) 1962, struck 1981 |
| 9004 | Cowell | US Navy | Destroyer | DD | 547 | 2,050 | 23-Aug-43 | To Argentina as Almirante Storni (D 24) 1971, struck 1982 |
| 9005 | US Navy | Destroyer | DD | 548 | 2,050 | Cancelled 1940 | ||
| 9006 | US Navy | Destroyer | DD | 549 | 2,050 | Cancelled 1940 | ||
| 9007 | Kendrick | US Navy | Destroyer | DD | 612 | 1,620 | 12-Sep-42 | Sunk as target 1968 |
| 9008 | Laub | US Navy | Destroyer | DD | 613 | 1,620 | 24-Oct-42 | Scrapped 1975 |
| 9009 | MacKenzie | US Navy | Destroyer | DD | 614 | 1,620 | 21-Nov-42 | Sunk as target 1974 |
| 9010 | McLanahan | US Navy | Destroyer | DD | 615 | 1,620 | 19-Dec-42 | Scrapped 1974 |
| 9011 | US Navy | Destroyer | DD | 616 | 1,620 | Cancelled 1940 | ||
| 9012 | US Navy | Destroyer | DD | 617 | 1,620 | Cancelled 1940 | ||
| 9013 | Hopewell | US Navy | Destroyer | DD | 681 | 2,050 | 30-Sep-43 | Sunk as target 1972 |
| 9014 | Porterfield | US Navy | Destroyer | DD | 682 | 2,050 | 30-Oct-43 | Target hulk 1976 |
| 9015 | Callaghan | US Navy | Destroyer | DD | 792 | 2,050 | 27-Nov-43 | Sunk by Japanese aircraft off Okinawa 1945 |
| 9016 | Cassin Young | US Navy | Destroyer | DD | 793 | 2,050 | 31-Dec-43 | Memorial in Charlestown MA 1981 |
| 9017 | Irwin | US Navy | Destroyer | DD | 794 | 2,050 | 14-Feb-44 | To Brazil as Santa Caterina (D 32) 1968, struck 1978 |
| 9018 | Preston | US Navy | Destroyer | DD | 795 | 2,050 | 20-Mar-44 | To Turkey as Icel (D 344) 1969, struck 1981 |
| 9019 | Lowry | US Navy | Destroyer | DD | 770 | 2,200 | 23-Jul-44 | To Brazil as Espirito Santo (D 38) 1973, struck 1995 |
| 9020 | Lindsey | US Navy | Destroyer | DD | 771 | 2,200 | 20-Aug-44 | DM 32, sunk as target 1972 |
| 9021 | Gwin | US Navy | Destroyer | DD | 772 | 2,200 | 30-Sep-44 | DM 33, to Turkey as Muavenet (DM 357) 1971, struck 1993 |
| 9022 | Aaron Ward | US Navy | Destroyer | DD | 773 | 2,200 | 28-Oct-44 | DM 34, scrapped 1946 |
| 9023 | Hugh W. Hadley | US Navy | Destroyer | DD | 774 | 2,200 | 25-Nov-44 | Scrapped 1947 |
| 9024 | Willard Keith | US Navy | Destroyer | DD | 775 | 2,200 | 27-Dec-44 | To Colombia as Caldas (D 02) 1972, struck 1977 |
| 9025 | James C. Owens | US Navy | Destroyer | DD | 776 | 2,200 | 17-Feb-45 | To Brazil as Sergipe (D 35) 1973, struck 1995 |
| 9026 | Bristol | US Navy | Destroyer | DD | 857 | 2,200 | 17-Mar-45 | To Taiwan as Hua Yang (D 988) 1969, struck 1993 |
| 9027 | Fred T. Berry | US Navy | Destroyer | DD | 858 | 2,425 | 12-May-45 | Scuttled 1972 |
| 9028 | Norris | US Navy | Destroyer | DD | 859 | 2,425 | 9-Jun-45 | To Turkey as Kocatepe (D 354) 1974, struck 1993 |
| 9029 | McCaffery | US Navy | Destroyer | DD | 860 | 2,425 | 26=Jul-45 | Scrapped 1974 |
| 9030 | Harwood | US Navy | Destroyer | DD | 861 | 2,425 | 8-Sep-45 | To Turkey as Kocatepe (D 354) 1971, sunk 1974 |
| 9031 | Acoma | US Navy |
Yard Tug |
YT | 701 | 260 | 12-Mar-46 | Struck 1985 |
| 9032 | Arawak | US Navy | Yard Tug | YT | 702 | 260 | 12-Mar-46 | Struck 1985 |
| 9033 | Canarsee | US Navy | Yard Tug | YT | 703 | 260 | 16-Apr-46 | Sold 1975 |
| 9034 | Moratok | US Navy | Yard Tug | YT | 704 | 260 | 16-Apr-46 | Sold 1985 |
| 9035 | Pequawtek | US Navy | Yard Tug | YT | 705 | 260 | Cancelled | |
| 9036 | Wailaki | US Navy | Yard Tug | YT | 706 | 260 | Cancelled | |
| 9037 | Sanpoil | US Navy | Yard Tug | YT | 707 | 260 | Cancelled | |
| 9038 | Setauket | US Navy | Yard Tug | YT | 708 | 260 | Cancelled | |
| 9039 | Tocobaga | US Navy | Yard Tug | YT | 709 | 260 | Cancelled | |
| 9040 | Tonkawa | US Navy | Yard Tug | YT | 710 | 260 | Cancelled | |