Perkins & Vaughan was the wartime operator of the Vaughan Shipyard, which was at the end of Steamboat Avenue and is called the Wickford Shipyard today. If anyone can provide any additional information about its ownership, or can add to the table below, please e-mail me at timcolton@aol.com
Hull # O.N. Original Name Original Owner Ship Type LDT Ft. Delivery Disposition SC 1065 US Navy Sub Chaser 136 110 30-Dec-42 Sold 1949 as f/v Nootka Chief (Canada O.N. 192041), Derek Todd 1969 SC 1066 US Navy Sub Chaser 136 110 27-Feb-43 To FLC 1947 SC 1298 US Navy Sub Chaser 136 110 30-Apr-43 Destroyed 1946 SC 1299 US Navy Sub Chaser 136 110 1-Jun-43 To MARAD 1948 255579 SC 1300 US Navy Sub Chaser 136 110 3-Jul-43 Sold 1949 as Effort, scrapped 1970 SC 1301 US Navy Sub Chaser 136 110 3-Aug-43 To Cuba 1948 SC 1510 US Navy Sub Chaser 136 110 18-May-44 To the USSR 1945 as BO-226 SC 1511 US Navy Sub Chaser 136 110 3-Jul-44 To the USSR 1945 as BO-233 SC 1512 US Navy Sub Chaser 136 110 26-Sep-44 To the USSR 1945 as BO-246 SC 1513 US Navy Sub Chaser 136 110 Cancelled SC 1514 US Navy Sub Chaser 136 110 Cancelled SC 1515 US Navy Sub Chaser 136 110 Cancelled SC 1516 US Navy Sub Chaser 136 110 Cancelled Q 1453 US Navy HDML 54 72 24-Jan-45 To RN, later FDB 12, returned 1945, to the Netherlands 1946 as Bever (RP 110), lost 1948 Q 1454 US Navy HDML 54 72 13-Mar-45 To RN, later FDB 24, returned 1945, to the Netherlands 1946 as Luipard (RP 114), to Indonesia 1950 Q 1455 US Navy HDML 54 72 2-Apr-45 To RN, later FDB 25, returned 1945