Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Production Record


Part 3: Major "Jumbo" Conversions

This is list of major tanker "jumbo" conversions and other large covnersions carried out by Newport News. These jobs were not assigned conventional hull numbers, but were of sufficiently large scope to justify their listing with the new construction ships.

This list was compiled and is maintained by Andrew Toppan, using sources listed at the bottom of the document.

The first column is the Newport News ship repair number, followed by the vessel's name, the type/size/class of the vessel, the owner/customer for the vessel, the type of work done, the date the vessel was delivered, and the fate or status of the vessel. For ships that remain in existence the current name is listed in the status/fate column; if no name is listed, the vessel retains its original name.


Newport News Production Record
Repair Name Type/Descr. Owner Work Type Delivered Fate or Status
1946-S Amoco Delaware Tanker Amoco Shipping Jumbo Conversion 18 Apr 1957 Unknown
1964-S Amoco Connecticut Tanker Amoco Shipping Jumbo Conversion 8 Oct 1957 Scrapped 1981
1970-S Amoco Virginia Tanker Amoco Shipping Jumbo Conversion 23 Nov 1957 Scrapped 1983
1400-S Ft. Fetterman Tanker Chas. Kurz & Co. Jumbo Conversion 19 June 1958 Unknown
1500-S Atlantic Trader Tanker Atlantic Richfield Jumbo Conversion 22 Sept 1958 Unknown
1101-S Amoco Louisiana Tanker Amoco Shipping Jumbo Conversion 22 Oct 1958 Unknown
1627-S Consolidation Coal Tanker Pocahontas Fuel Co. Jumbo Conversion 23 Oct 1958 Unknown
1407-S Julesburg Tanker Chas. Kurz & Co. Jumbo Conversion 16 May 1959 Unknown
440-S Meadowbrook Tanker Chas. Kurz & Co. Reconstruction & Jumbo Conversion 7 Nov 1962 Scrapped 1983
770-S Texaco Mississippi Tanker Texaco, Inc. Jumbo Conversion 11 Aug 1964 Unknown
780-S Texaco Minnesota Tanker Texaco, Inc. Jumbo Conversion 8 Aug 1964 Unknown
800-S Shenandoah Tanker Keystone Shipping Jumbo Conversion 14 Dec 1964 Unknown
885-S Louisiana Brimstone Tanker Neptune Sulphur Carriers Jumbo Conversion 19 Feb 1965 Unknown
1038-S Rambam Tanker Maimonides Transportation Corp. Jumbo Conversion 20 Aug 1965 Unknown
1020-S Pasadena Tanker Trinidad Corp. Jumbo Conversion 10 Sept 1965 Unknown
1050-S San Antonio Tanker Trinidad Corp. Jumbo Conversion 17 Dec 1965 Unknown
1385-S Trinity Tanker Sabine Towing Jumbo Conversion 1 Aug 1967 Scrapped 1983
1394-S Brazos Tanker Sabine Towing Jumbo Conversion 27 Oct 1967 Unknown
1422-S American Trader Tanker American Trading & Prod. Jumbo Conversion 8 Dec 1967 Unknown
1441-S Fort Worth Tanker Trinidad Corp. Jumbo Conversion 18 Mar 1968 Unknown
1465-S Wilmington Getty Tanker Tidewater Oil Co. Jumbo Conversion 6 Apr 1968 Scrapped 1983
1533-S Louisiana Getty Tanker Tidewater Oil Co. Jumbo Conversion 8 Aug 1968 Unknown
1527-S Marine Eagle Tanker Marine Chemical Carriers Jumbo Conversion 2 Apr 1969 Scrapped 1984
1600-S Texas Trader Tanker American Trading & Prod. Jumbo Conversion 14 Aug 1969 Scrapped 1986
1665-S Monmouth Tanker Keystone Shipping Jumbo Conversion 6 Feb 1970 Unknown
1900-S Baltimore Trader Tanker American Trading & Prod. Jumbo Conversion 25 June 1971 Unknown
101-S Amoco Delware Tanker Delaware Navigation Co. Jumbo Conversion 22 Dec 1971 Unknown
1999-S Colorado Tanker Sabine Towing Jumbo Conversion 12 Feb 1972 Unknown
744-E Exxon Galveston Tanker Exxon Corp. Jumbo Conversion 4 Feb 1978 Unknown
925-E Fredricksburg Tanker Keystone Shipping Jumbo Conversion 9 Dec 1980 Unknown
949-E Charleston Tanker Apex Marine Jumbo Conversion 16 Dec 1980 Unknown
936-E Chilibar Tanker Keystone Shipping Jumbo Conversion 4 May 1981 Unknown
1025-E Arco Texas Tanker Arco Marine Reconstruction & Jumbo Conversion 17 Nov 1981 Unknown
1075-E Chemical Pioneer Tanker Union Carbide Jumbo Conversion 29 Sept 1983 Unknown
Gordon
(T-AKR 296)		 Container Ship Jutlandia Maersk/East Asia Co. for USN/MSC Conversion to Gordon Class Sealift / Prepositioning Ship 23 Aug 1996 In Service
Gilliland
(T-AKR 298)		 Container Ship Selandia Maersk/East Asia Co. for USN/MSC Conversion to Gordon Class Sealift / Prepositioning Ship 24 May 1997 In Service

Major Sources:
Fox, William A. Always Good Ships: Histories of Newport News Ships. Donning Co., Norfolk, 1986.
Newport News Shipbuilding: The First Century. Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News, 1986.
For National Defense. Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News, 1941.

Special thanks to Phil Tuckey for additional information, and to everyone who has provided updated information about these ships.


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