Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh PA


Dravo's Neville Island shipyard, in Pittsburgh, was started in 1919.  It was activated by the Navy for WWII, to build LSTs, with an investment of $12mm.  After the war it was a ship scrapping facility for a few years and then returned to building inland river barges and towboats.  It closed in 1982.  See the site of the shipyard from the air on Google here.  Thanks to Ingo Steller for his contribution to this table.  It is still far from complete, but most of the gaps are probably barges, which are not included here.  Please send any additions and/or corrections to this table to timcolton@aol.com.

Hull # Original Name Original Owner Vessel Type Tons Delivered Disposition
  Peace Dravo Contracting Towboat   1917  
  Diesel   Recreational 52 1926 Now Claire E
539 Setty   Towboat   1927  
614 Mary Alice   Towboat   1929  
  Benwood Wheeling Steel Towboat   1927  
  Wakerobin (WAGL 251) US Coast Guard Tender 622 Apr-27 To Corps of Engineers 1955
  Catherine D Alpha Portland Cement Towboat   1928  
  Nemacolin U.S. Engineers Towboat   1929 Now Laura J
960 Ohio Miss. Valley Barge Line Towboat   Sep-30 Scrapped 1962
961 Tennessee Miss. Valley Barge Line Towboat   Nov-30 Scrapped 1962
1001 Frank L. Blaske      Blaske, Inc., Alton Towboat   Nov-30  
  Mereada   Recreational 32 1930  
  Sewickley Warner & Tamble Towboat 68 1930 Now Reed Lee
  Winifred Dravo Towboat   1930  
1129 Potter     Corps of Engineers Dredge   1932 Active
1130 Ockerson   Corps of Engineers Dredge   1932  
1139 Sainte Genevieve    Corps of Engineers Dredge   1932 Sank 1992
1140 Grafton             Corps of Engineers Dredge   1932  
  Dredge 32 Mike Hooks Inc Dredge 1,209 1933  
1163 Peace Union Barge Line Towboat   Oct-34 Later RT 901
1169 Pioneer Dravo Contracting Towboat 113 Jun-34  
1164 Neville             Union Barge Line Towboat   Apr-35  
1203 Champion Coal   Towboat   Jun-35  
  All American           Tug   May-35  
  Jasmine (WAGL 261) US Coast Guard Buoy Tender 184 May-35 Decommissioned 1965
1244 Ranger      Towboat   Nov-36  
1245 Crescent    Towboat   Mar-37  
1256 Winnie Mae Monongahela & Ohio Dredging Towboat   1936 Still active in Pittsburgh
  William A. Thompson Corps of Engineers Dredge   1937 Retired 2008
  Rock Island Corps of Engineers Dredge   1937  
1385 Dravo 41 Dravo Contracting Towboat   Oct-37 Now Sara
1386 Dravo 42 Dravo Contracting Towboat   Jan-38 Now Beaver
  Dravo 43 Dravo Contracting Towboat   1939  
  Dravo 44 Dravo Contracting Towboat   1939  
1651 Wm. Penn Union Barge Line Towboat   Aug-40  
1674 Ductillite Wheeling Steel Towboat   Oct-40 Now Deborah
1689 Victory Dravo Keystone Towboat   Nov-40 To Argentina 1947
1750 Ernest T. Weir Campbell Transportation Towboat   Apr-41 Later Lea Mae, Alliance Duke, Onward and Mr. Chuck
1751 Albert E. Heekin Campbell Transportation Towboat   May-41  
  Mr Chuck Ozark Transportation Towboat 549 1941  
  Sun State 701 Bama Two, Llc Recreational 404 1942  
  PC 490 U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 284 12-May-42 To Taiwan 1948 as Wu Sung, scrapped 1962
  PC 491 U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 284 13-Apr-42 Sold 1948
  PC 492 U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 284 5-May-42 To Taiwan 1948 as Fu Kiang (PC 105)
  PC 493 U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 284 28-May-42 To Thailand 1947, lost in typhoon 1947
  PC 494 U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 284 23-May-42 Sold 1948
  PC 495 U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 284 23-Apr-42 To Thailand 1951 as Sarasin (PC 1), sunk as target
  PC 573 U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 284 13-Jun-42 Sold 1948
  PC 574 U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 284 2-Jul-42 Sold 1946
  PC 575 U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 284 8-Aug-42 To Thailand 1947 as Thayanchon (PC 2)
  PC 576 U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 284 10-Sep-42 Sold 1947
  PC 577 U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 284 15-Oct-42 Scuttled 1948
  PC 592 U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 284 28-Nov-42 Named Towanda 1956, struck 1959
  PC 593 U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 284 26-Dec-42 To China 1948
  PC 594 U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 284 9-Mar-43 Sold 1947
  PC 595 U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 284 30-Apr-43 To China 1948
  Despite (AM 89) U.S. Navy Minesweeper 295 31-Aug-42 PC 1593, sold 1946
  Direct (AM 90) U.S. Navy Minesweeper 295 31-Aug-42 PC 1594, sold 1946
  Dynamic (AM 91) U.S. Navy Minesweeper 295 15-Sep-42 PC 1595, sold 1946
  Effective (AM 92) U.S. Navy Minesweeper 295 1-Oct-42 PC 1596, sold 1946
  Engage (AM 93) U.S. Navy Minesweeper 295 22-Oct-42 PC 1597, to Dominican Republic 1946 as Cibao (P 103)
  LST 1 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 14-Dec-42 Scrapped 1947
  LST 2 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 9-Feb-43 To Britain, scrapped 1947
  LST 3 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 8-Feb-43 To Britain, scrapped 1947
  LST 4 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 14-Feb-43 To Britain, scrapped 1947
  LST 5 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 22-Feb-43 To Britain, scrapped 1947
  LST 6 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625   Transferred to Dravo Wilmington
  LST 7 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 2-Mar-43 Scrapped 1947
  LST 8 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 22-Mar-43 To Britain, scrapped 1947
  LST 9 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 19-Mar-43 To Britain, scrapped 1947
  LST 10 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 22-Feb-43 Achelous (ARL 1), struck 1973
  LST 11 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 22-Mar-43 To Britain, scrapped 1947
  LST 12 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 22-Mar-43 To Britain, scrapped 1947
  LST 13 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 3-Apr-43 To Britain, scrapped 1947
  LST 14 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 26-Mar-43 Varuna (AGP 5), sold 1947
  LST 15 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 5-Aug-43 Phaon (ARB 3), struck 1961
  LST 16 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625   Transferred to Dravo Wilmington
  LST 17 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 19-Apr-43 Sunk as target 1956
  LST 18 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 26-Apr-43 Sold private 1947
  LST 19 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 15-May-43 Scrapped 1947
  LST 20 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 14-May-43 Scrapped 1947
  LST 21 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625   Transferred to Dravo Wilmington
  LST 22 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 29-May-43 Sold private 1947
  LST 23 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 22-May-43 Scrapped 1947
  LST 24 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 14-Jun-43 Sold private 1947
  LST 25 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625   Transferred to Dravo Wilmington
  LST 26 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 7-Jun-43 Sold private 1947
  LST 27 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 25-Jun-43 Scrapped 1947
  LST 28 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 19-Jun-43 Scrapped 1947
  LST 29 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 10-Jul-43 Scrapped 1947
  LST 30 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 3-Jul-43 Sold private 1947
  LST 31 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 21-Jul-43 Later Addison County, sunk as target 1955
  LST 32 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 12-Jul-43 Later Alameda County, VB 1 1957, to Italy 1962  
  LST 33 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 4-Aug-43 To Greece 1943
  LST 34 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 26-Jul-43 To Riyukyus 1947, lost 1949  
  LST 35 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 18-Aug-43 To Greece 1943 as Samos, scrapped 1997
  LST 36 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 23-Aug-43 To Greece 1943 as Lemnos, scrapped 1997
  LST 37 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 18-Aug-43 To Greece 1943, lost
  LST 38 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 3-Sep-43 Scrapped 1947  
  LST 39 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 8-Sep-43 Sunk 1944, scrapped 1946
  LST 40 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 15-Sep-43 To Korea 1946  
  LST 41 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 24-Sep-43 Scrapped 1947
  LST 42 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 30-Sep-43 Scrapped 1947
  LST 43 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 6-Oct-43 Sunk 1944, in Pearl Harbor
  LST 44 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 22-Oct-43 Scrapped 1947
  LST 45 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 15-Oct-43 To Greece 1958
  LST 46 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 3-Nov-43 Scrapped 1947
  LST 47 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 8-Nov-43 To MSTS 1952, to the Philippines 1972 as Tarlac (LT 500)
  LST 48 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 16-Nov-43 Scrapped 1947
  LST 49 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 20-Nov-43 Scrapped 1947
  LST 50 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 27-Nov-43 To Norway 1953, to Greece 1960
  LST 51 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 8-Dec-43 Scrapped 1947
  LST 52 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 15-Dec-43 Sunk at Bikini 1948
  LST 53 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 21-Dec-43 APL 59 1954, to South Korea 1955 as Jung Su, barracks ship
  LST 54 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 24-Dec-43 Scrapped 1947
  LST 55 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 6-Jan-44 Scrapped 1947
  LST 56 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 10-Jan-44 Scrapped 1947
  LST 57 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 15-Jan-44 Later Armstrong County, sunk as target 1956
  LST 58 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 22-Jan-44 Scrapped 1947
  LST 59 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 31-Jan-44 Scrapped 1947
  LST 60 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 7-Feb-44 Later Atchison County, struck 1958
  Jenks (DE 665) U.S. Navy Destroyer Escort 1,400 19-Jan-44 Scrapped 1968
  Durik (DE 666) U.S. Navy Destroyer Escort 1,400 24-Mar-44 Scrapped 1967
  Wiseman (DE 667) U.S. Navy Destroyer Escort 1,400 4-Apr-44 Scrapped 1974
  DEs 668-674 U.S. Navy Destroyer Escort     Transferred to Consolidated Steel, Orange TX
  DEs 721-722 U.S. Navy Destroyer Escort     Transferred to Consolidated Steel, Orange TX
  DEs 723-738 U.S. Navy Destroyer Escort     Cancelled 1943
  DEs 873-886 U.S. Navy Destroyer Escort     Cancelled 1943
  LST 730 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 30-Mar-44 Scrapped 1947
  LST 731 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 10-Apr-44 Later Douglas County, struck 1958
  LST 732 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 10-Apr-44 To Taiwan 1946 as Chung Shun
  LST 733 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 15-Apr-44 Scrapped 1947
  LST 734 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 22-Apr-44 To Argentina 1946, scrapped 1948
  LST 735 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 26-Apr-44 Later Dukes County, to Taiwan 1946 as Chung Hai
  LST 736 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 2-May-44 Scrapped 1947
  LST 737 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 6-May-44 Later Dunn County, to US Army 1947, to Japan 1959
  LST 738 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 9-May-44 Lost 1944, off Mindoro
  LST 739 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 15-May-44 Scrapped 1947
  LST 740 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 15-May-44 Scrapped 1947
  LST 741 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 19-May-44 Scrapped 1947
  LST 742 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 23-May-44 To US Army 1946, struck 1961
  LST 743 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 23-May-44 Scrapped 1947
  LST 744 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 29-May-44 Scrapped 1947
  LST 745 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 31-May-44 Scrapped 1947
  LST 746 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 3-Jun-44 Scrapped 1947
  LST 747 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 15-Jun-44 Scrapped 1947
  LST 748 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 5-Jun-44 To NDRF 1948
  LST 749 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 23-Jun-44 Lost 1944, off Mindoro
  LST 750 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 29-Jun-44 Lost 1944, in Leyte Gulf
  LST 751 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 26-Jun-44 Scrapped 1947
  LST 752 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 5-Jul-44 Scrapped 1947
  LST 753 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 10-Jul-44 Scrapped 1947
  LST 775 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 15-Jul-44 To NDRF 1948
  LST 776 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 20-Jul-44 Scrapped 1947
  LST 777 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 25-Jul-44 Scrapped 1947
  LST 778 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 31-Jul-44 Scrapped 1947
  LST 779 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 3-Aug-44 Scrapped 1947
  LST 780 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank 1,625 7-Aug-44 Scrapped 1947
  LST 781 U.S. Navy Landing Ship, Tank