Barrett & Hilp,
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
AGATE (barge)
Yard No.1
Yard No.1
Build: 1943.08.
4.338 grt, 4.096 nrt.
Dim: 108,20 x 16,45 x 9,60 m.
Owners:
1943. To US Army.
CHROMITE (barge)
Yard No.2
Build: 1943.09.
4.338 grt, 4.096 nrt.
Dim: 108,20 x 16,45 x 9,60 m.
Owners:
1943. To US Army
FLINT (barge)
Yard No.3
Build: 1943.09.
4.338 grt, 4.096 nrt.
Dim: 108,20 x 16,45 x 9,60 m.
Owners:
1943. To US Navy, assigned to Bureau of Docks Construction Equipment.
GRANITE (barge)
Yard No.4
Build: 1943.09.
4.338 grt, 4.096 nrt.
Dim: 108,20 x 16,45 x 9,60 m.
Owners:
1943. To US Navy, assigned to Bureau of Docks Construction Equipment.
GRAPHITE (barge) Yard No.5
Build: 1943.10.
4.338 grt, 4.096 nrt.
Dim: 108,20 x 16,45 x 9,60 m.
Owners:
1943. United States Maritime Commission, San Francisco, U.S.A.
1943.
To US Navy, assigned to Bureau of Docks Construction Equipment
In LR 1948.
GYPSUM (barge) Yard No.6
Build: 1943.10.
4.338 grt, 4.096 nrt.
Dim: 108,20 x 16,45 x 9,60 m.
Owners:
1943. United States Maritime Commission, San Francisco, U.S.A.
1943. To US Navy, assigned to Bureau of Docks Construction Equipment
In LR 1948.
MICA (barge) Yard No.7
Build: 1943.11.
4.338 grt, 4.096 nrt.
Dim: 108,20 x 16,45 x 9,60 m.
Owners:
1943. To US Navy, assigned to Bureau of Docks Construction Equipment.
The following were completed as US Navy GSK vessels for use in the South Pacific as floating warehouses. Reclassified IX (miscellaneous)
BAUXITE (IX-154) (barge)
Yard No.8
Build: 1944.06.
4.338 grt, 4.096 nrt.
Dim: 108,20 x 16,45 x 9,60 m.
Owners:
1944. To US Navy
1947.06. Stricken from USN, returned to USMC.
ASPHALT (IX-154) (barge)
Yard No.9
Build: 1944.06.
4.338 grt, 4.096 nrt.
Dim: 108,20 x 16,45 x 9,60 m.
Owners:
1944. To US Navy,
1944.10.06. Stranded and lost in a typhoon at Saipan.
CARMITA (IX-152) (barge)
Yard No.10)
Build: 1944.05.
4.338 grt, 4.096 nrt.
Dim: 108,20 x 16,45 x 9,60 m.
Owners:
Laid down as SLATE
1944. United States Maritime Commission, San Francisco, U.S.A.
1946.09. Stricken from USN
1947.03.24. Reported lost at sea.
In LR 1948.
MIDNIGHT (IX-149) (barge)
Yard No.11
Build: 1944.03.
4.338 grt, 4.096 nrt.
Dim: 108,20 x 16,45 x 9,60 m.
Owners:
1943. To US Navy,
1944.06. Renamed TREFOIL.
1946. Used to house employees building a dry dock at Apra harbour.
1948. Sold to Asia development Co., Shanghai.
QUARTZ (IX-150) (barge) Yard No.12
(See how she looks today (Photo: John Campbell)
Yard No.12
Build: Launch 1943.12.04. Delivered 1944.04.13.
4.338 grt, 4.096 nrt.
Dim: 108,20 x 16,45 x 9,60 m.
Owners:
1944. To US Navy.
1946. Took part in the nucelar weapons test. At Kwajalein she was declared free of contamination and was towed to Pearl
Harbour
and then to Bremerton, Washington, where she was stricken from the Navy List.
1947.10. Sold to Foss Launch & Tug Co., Seattle, for further service. Later she became a part of a breakwater at Powell River, Vancouver, B.C.
SILICA (IX-151) (barge) Yard No.13
Build: 1944.06.
4.338 grt, 4.096 nrt.
Dim: 108,20 x 16,45 x 9,60 m.
Owners:
Laid down as BAUXITE
1943. To US Navy.
1945.10.09. Driven aground at Buckner Bay, Okinawa in a typhoon. Salved, but beyond repair. Towed to sea and sunk in deep water.
CORUNDUM (IX-164) (barge) Yard No. 14.
Build: 1944.07
4.338 grt, 4.096 nrt.
Dim: 108,20 x 16,45 x 9,60 m.
Owners:
Laid down as LIMESTONE
1944. United States Maritime Commission, San Francisco, U.S.A.
194?. Converted for use as landing craft/vehicle spare parts barge.
1946. Stricken from USN, returned to USMC.
In LR 1948.
FELDSPAR (IX-159) (barge) Yard No.15
Build: 1944.08.
4.338 grt, 4.096 nrt.
Dim: 108,20 x 16,45 x 9,60 m.
Owners:
1944. To US Navy
1946.08. Stricken from USN, returned to USMC. Sold
MARL (IX-160) (barge)
Yard No.16
Build: 1944.08.
4.338 grt, 4.096 nrt.
Dim: 108,20 x 16,45 x 9,60 m.
Owners:
1944. To US Navy
1945.09. Sailed in tow from Leyte, for Okinawa. Caught in a typhoon, broke tow. Salved, towed to Subic Bay. Later
Stricken from USN,
returned to USMC.
1948.09.Sold to Asia Development Co., Philippines.
BARITE
(IX-161)(barge) Yard No.17.
Build: 1944.08
4.338 grt, 4.096 nrt.
Dim: 108,20 x 16,45 x 9,60 m.
Owners:
1944. United States Maritime Commission, San Francisco, U.S.A.
1946. Stricken from USN,returned to USMC
In LR 1948.
LIGNITE (barge)
(IX-162) Yard No. 18
Build: 1944.09
4.338 grt, 4.096 nrt.
Dim: 108,20 x 16,45 x 9,60 m.
Owners:
1944. United States Maritime Commission, San Francisco, U.S.A.
1945.10.09. Grounded at Buckner Bay, Okinawa, in a typhoon.
1945.10.16. Refloated
1946.03. Towed to Hong Kong and then to Luzon
1946.08. Stricken from USN and returned to USMC
In LR 1953.
CINNABAR (IX-163) (barge) Yard No.19.
Build: 1944.09.
4.338 grt, 4.096 nrt.
Dim: 108,20 x 16,45 x 9,60 m.
Owners:
1944. United States Maritime Commission, San Francisco, U.S.A.
1945.10.09. Grounded at Baten Ko, Okinawa, in a typhoon.
1946.01. Stricken from USN, nominally returned to USMC. Reported subsequently sold.
In LR 1948.
LIMESTONE (IX-158) (barge) Yard No.20
Build: 1944.10.
4.338 grt, 4.096 nrt.
Dim: 108,20 x 16,45 x 9,60 m.
Owners:
1944. United States Maritime Commission, San Francisco, U.S.A.
1946. Stricken from USN, returned to USMC.
1947. Sold to Foss Launch & Tug Co., Seattle. Wash., USA.
Last update: 2000.12.10.