List of ships built at the Fore River Shipyard

Below is an incomplete list of ships built at the Fore River Shipyard:

U.S. Navy warships
Numerous famous warships were built at the Fore River Shipyard. A partial list is below. The date in parentheses indicates the date the ship was commissioned by the U.S. Navy, and not the date of its launch.

Aircraft carriers

 * 1 of 2 Lexington-class aircraft carriers
 * USS Lexington (CV-2) (1927) Battle of the Coral Sea
 * USS Wasp (CV-7) (1940) Guadalcanal Campaign
 * 5 of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers
 * USS Lexington (CV-16) (1943) Battle of the Philippine Sea - Philippines campaign (1944-45)
 * USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) (1943) Battle of the Philippine Sea - Philippines campaign (1944-45) - Battle of Okinawa
 * USS Wasp (CV-18) (1943) Battle of the Philippine Sea - Philippines campaign (1944-45)
 * USS Hancock (CV-19) (1944) Philippines campaign (1944-45) - Battle of Okinawa - Vietnam War
 * USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) (1946) Korean War

Battleships

 * USS New Jersey (BB-16) (1906)
 * USS Rhode Island (BB-17) (1906)
 * USS Vermont (BB-20) (1907)
 * USS North Dakota (BB-29) (1910)
 * USS Nevada (BB-36) (1916) World War I - Attack on Pearl Harbor - Invasion of Normandy and invasions of Southern France and Okinawa
 * USS Massachusetts (BB-59) (1942) Naval Battle of Casablanca - Philippines campaign (1944-45) - invasion of Okinawa

Cruisers

 * USS Birmingham (CL-2) (1908) World War I
 * USS Salem (CL-3) (1907) World War I
 * USS Raleigh (CL-7) (1924) Attack on Pearl Harbor
 * USS Detroit (CL-8) (1923) Attack on Pearl Harbor
 * 1 of 6 Northampton-class cruiser heavy cruisers
 * USS Northampton (CA-26) (1930) Doolittle Raid - Battle of Midway - Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands - Battle of Tassafaronga
 * 1 of 2 Portland-class cruiser heavy cruisers
 * USS Portland (CA-33) (1933) Battle of the Coral Sea - Battle of Midway - Battle of the Eastern Solomons - Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands - Naval Battle of Guadalcanal - Battle of Surigao Strait - invasion of Okinawa
 * 2 of 7 New Orleans-class cruiser heavy cruisers
 * USS Quincy (CA-39) (1936) Battle of Savo Island
 * USS Vincennes (CA-44) (1937) Doolittle Raid - Battle of Midway - Battle of Savo Island
 * 2 of 8 Atlanta-class cruiser light cruisers
 * USS San Diego (CL-53) (1941) Naval Battle of Guadalcanal - Battle of the Philippine Sea - invasion of Okinawa
 * USS San Juan (CL-54) (1941) Guadalcanal Campaign - Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands - Battle of the Philippine Sea - Philippines campaign (1944-45) - Battle of Okinawa
 * 6 of 27 Cleveland-class cruiser light cruisers
 * USS Vincennes (CL-64) (1943) Battle of the Philippine Sea - Philippines campaign (1944-45) - Battle of Okinawa
 * USS Pasadena (CL-65) (1943) Battle of Okinawa
 * USS Springfield (CL-66) (1944) Battle of Okinawa
 * USS Topeka (CL-67) (1944) Battle of Okinawa - Vietnam War
 * USS Providence (CL-82) (1944) Vietnam War
 * USS Manchester (CL-83) (1946) Korean War
 * 8 of 14 Baltimore-class cruiser heavy cruisers
 * USS Baltimore (CA-68) (1942) Battle of the Philippine Sea - Philippines campaign (1944-45) - Battle of Okinawa
 * USS Boston (CA-69) (1942) Battle of the Philippine Sea - Philippines campaign (1944-45) - Vietnam War
 * USS Canberra (CA-70) (1943) Battle of the Philippine Sea - Vietnam War
 * USS Quincy (CA-71) (1943) Invasion of Normandy and invasion of Southern France
 * USS Pittsburgh (CA-72) (1944) Battle of Okinawa
 * USS St. Paul (CA-73) (1944) World War II - Korean War - Vietnam War
 * USS Columbus (CA-74) (1944)
 * USS Helena (CA-75) (1945) Korean War
 * 4 of 4 Oregon City-class cruiser heavy cruisers
 * USS Oregon City (CA-122) (1945)
 * USS Albany (CA-123) (1945)
 * USS Rochester (CA-124) (1945) Korean War
 * USS Northampton (CLC-1) (1953)
 * 2 of 3 Des Moines-class cruiser heavy cruisers
 * USS Des Moines (CA-134) (1946)
 * USS Salem (CA-139) (1949)


 * USS Long Beach (CGN-9) (1961) Vietnam War

Destroyer Leaders

 * USS Willis A. Lee (DL-4) (1954)
 * USS Wilkinson (DL-5) (1954)

Guided Missile Frigates/Cruisers

 * USS Farragut (DLG-6) (1960)
 * USS Luce (DLG-7) (1961)
 * USS Macdonough (DLG-8) (1961)
 * USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25) (1962)

Destroyers

 * 4 of 21 Paulding-class destroyer
 * USS Sterett (DD-27) (1909)
 * USS Perkins (DD-26) (1910)
 * USS Walke (DD-34) (1911)
 * USS Henley (DD-39) (1912)
 * 1 of 4 Cassin-class destroyer
 * USS Duncan (DD-46) (1913)
 * 1 of 6 O'Brien-class destroyer
 * USS Cushing (DD-55) (1915)
 * 1 of 6 Tucker-class destroyer
 * USS Tucker (DD-57) (1916)
 * 2 of 6 Sampson-class destroyer
 * USS Sampson (DD-63) (1916)
 * USS Rowan (DD-64) (1916)
 * 26 of 111 Wickes-class destroyer
 * USS Little (DD-79) (1918) World War I - Guadalcanal campaign
 * USS Kimberly (DD-80) (1918) World War I
 * USS Sigourney (DD-81) (1918) World War I - Destroyers for Bases Agreement
 * USS Gregory (DD-82) (1918) World War I - Guadalcanal campaign
 * USS Stringham (DD-83) (1918) World War I - Guadalcanal campaign - Battle of the Philippine Sea - Battle of Okinawa
 * USS Dyer (DD-84) (1918) World War I
 * USS Colhoun (DD-85) (1918) World War I - Guadalcanal campaign
 * USS Stevens (DD-86) (1918) World War I
 * USS Bell (DD-95) (1918) World War I
 * USS Stribling (DD-96) (1918) World War I
 * USS Murray (DD-97) (1918)
 * USS Israel (DD-98) (1918)
 * USS Luce (DD-99) (1918) World War I
 * USS Maury (DD-100) (1918)
 * USS Lansdale (DD-101) (1918)
 * USS Mahan (DD-102) (1918)
 * USS Palmer (DD-161) (1919) invasion of North Africa - Philippines campaign (1944-45)
 * USS Thatcher (DD-162) (1919) Destroyers for Bases Agreement
 * USS Walker (DD-163) (1919)
 * USS Crosby (DD-164) (1919) Guadalcanal campaign - Philippines campaign (1944-45) - Battle of Okinawa
 * USS Meredith (DD-165) (1919)
 * USS Bush (DD-166) (1919)
 * USS Cowell (DD-167) (1919) Destroyers for Bases Agreement
 * USS Maddox (DD-168) (1919) Destroyers for Bases Agreement
 * USS Foote (DD-169) (1919) Destroyers for Bases Agreement
 * USS Kalk (DD-170) (1919) Destroyers for Bases Agreement
 * 10 of 156 Clemson-class destroyer
 * USS Belknap (DD-251) (1919) Philippines campaign (1944-45)
 * USS McCook (DD-252) (1919) Destroyers for Bases Agreement
 * USS McCalla (DD-253) (1919) Destroyers for Bases Agreement
 * USS Rodgers (DD-254) (1919) Destroyers for Bases Agreement
 * USS Osmond Ingram (DD-255) (1919) World War II
 * USS Bancroft (DD-256) (1919) Destroyers for Bases Agreement
 * USS Welles (DD-257) (1919) Destroyers for Bases Agreement
 * USS Aulick (DD-258) (1919) Destroyers for Bases Agreement
 * USS Turner (DD-259) (1919)
 * USS Gillis (DD-260) (1919) Battle of Okinawa
 * 1 of 8 Farragut-class destroyer
 * USS Farragut (DD-348) (1934) Attack on Pearl Harbor - Battle of the Coral Sea - Battle of the Eastern Solomons - Battle of the Philippine Sea
 * 4 of 8 Porter-class destroyer
 * USS Phelps (DD-360) (1935) Attack on Pearl Harbor - Battle of the Coral Sea - Battle of Midway
 * USS Clark (DD-361) (1935) World War II
 * USS Moffett (DD-362) (1935) World War II
 * USS Balch (DD-363) (1936) Doolittle Raid - Battle of Midway - Guadalcanal campaign
 * 2 of 4 Gridley-class destroyer
 * USS Gridley (DD-380) (1936) Guadalcanal campaign - Battle of the Philippine Sea - Philippines campaign (1944-45)
 * USS Craven (DD-382) (1937) Battle of Vella Gulf - Battle of the Philippine Sea
 * 7 of 30 Benson-class destroyer
 * USS Benson (DD-421) (1939) invasions of Sicily, Italy and Southern France
 * USS Mayo (DD-422) (1940) invasion of Italy
 * USS Bancroft (DD-598) (1941) World War II
 * USS Barton (DD-599) (1942) Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands - Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
 * USS Boyle (DD-600) (1942) invasions of North Africa, Sicily and Southern France
 * USS Champlin (DD-601) (1942) invasion of Sicily
 * USS Nields (DD-616) (1942) invasions of Sicily and Southern France
 * USS Ordronaux (DD-617) (1942) invasions of Sicily and Southern France
 * 4 of 98 Gearing-class destroyer
 * USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (DD-850) (1945) Korean War
 * USS Rupertus (DD-851) (1945) Korean War - Vietnam War
 * USS Leonard F. Mason (DD-852) (1946) Korean War - Vietnam War
 * USS Charles H. Roan (DD-853) (1946)
 * USS Basilone (DDE-824) (1949) (only a conversion... ?)

Destroyer Escorts

 * 9 of 148 Buckley-class destroyer escorts
 * 3 of 22 Rudderow-class destroyer escorts
 * USS DeLong (DE-684), USS Coates (DE-685), USS Eugene E. Elmore (DE-686)
 * 6 of 51 Crosley-class high speed transports
 * USS Kline (APD-120), USS Raymon W. Herndon (APD-121), USS Scribner (APD-122), USS Diachenko (APD-123), USS Horace A. Bass (APD-124), USS Wantuck (APD-125)
 * See also: Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard

Submarines

 * The first five Imperial Japanese Navy submarines, known as the Holland Type VII submarines, built (in relative secrecy) at Fore River in 1904.
 * The first Spanish submarine, Isaac Peral (A-0) (1916)

B class

 * USS Viper (SS-10) (1907)
 * USS Cuttlefish (SS-11) (1907)
 * USS Tarantula (SS-12) (1907)

C class

 * USS Octopus (SS-9) (1908)
 * USS Stingray (SS-13) (1909)
 * USS Tarpon (SS-14) (1909)
 * USS Bonita (SS-15) (1909)
 * USS Snapper (SS-16) (1910)

D class

 * USS Narwhal (SS-17) (1909)
 * USS Grayling (SS-18) (1909)
 * USS Salmon (SS-19) (1910)

E class

 * USS Skipjack (SS-24) (1912)
 * USS Sturgeon (SS-25) (1912)

K class

 * USS Haddock (SS-32) (1914)
 * USS Cachalot (SS-33) (1914)
 * USS K-5 (SS-36) (1914)
 * USS K-6 (SS-37) (1914)

L class

 * USS L-1 (SS-40) (1916)
 * USS L-2 (SS-41) (1916)
 * USS L-3 (SS-42) (1916)
 * USS L-4 (SS-43) (1916)
 * USS L-9 (SS-49) (1916)
 * USS L-10 (SS-50) (1916)
 * USS L-11 (SS-51) (1916)

M class

 * USS M-1 (SS-47) (1918)

O class

 * USS O-3 (SS-64) (1917)
 * USS O-4 (SS-65) (1917)
 * USS O-5 (SS-66) (1917)
 * USS O-6 (SS-67) (1917)
 * USS O-7 (SS-68) (1917)
 * USS O-8 (SS-69) (1917)
 * USS O-9 (SS-70) (1918)
 * USS O-10 (SS-71) (1918)

R class

 * USS R-1 (SS-78) (1918)
 * USS R-2 (SS-79) (1918)
 * USS R-3 (SS-80) (1918)
 * USS R-4 (SS-81) (1918)
 * USS R-5 (SS-82) (1918)
 * USS R-6 (SS-83) (1919)
 * USS R-7 (SS-84) (1919)
 * USS R-8 (SS-85) (1919)
 * USS R-9 (SS-86) (1919)
 * USS R-10 (SS-87) (1919)
 * USS R-11 (SS-88) (1919)
 * USS R-12 (SS-89) (1919)
 * USS R-13 (SS-90) (1919)
 * USS R-14 (SS-91) (1919)

S class

 * USS S-1 (SS-105) (1918)
 * USS S-18 (SS-123) (1918) 8 World War II Pacific patrols
 * USS S-19 (SS-124) (1920)
 * USS S-20 (SS-125) (1920)
 * USS S-21 (SS-126) (1920)
 * USS S-22 (SS-127) (1920)
 * USS S-23 (SS-128) (1920) 7 World War II Pacific patrols
 * USS S-24 (SS-129) (1922)
 * USS S-25 (SS-130) (1922)
 * USS S-26 (SS-131) (1922)
 * USS S-27 (SS-132) (1922) 1 World War II Pacific patrol
 * USS S-28 (SS-133) (1922) sank 1 ship in 7 World War II Pacific patrols
 * USS S-29 (SS-134) (1922)
 * USS S-42 (SS-153) (1923) sank 1 ship in 6 World War II Pacific patrols
 * USS S-43 (SS-154) (1923) 3 World War II Pacific patrols
 * USS S-44 (SS-155) (1923) sank 3 ships in 5 World War II Pacific patrols
 * USS S-45 (SS-156) (1923) 4 World War II Pacific patrols
 * USS S-46 (SS-157) (1923) 5 World War II Pacific patrols
 * USS S-47 (SS-158) (1924) 7 World War II Pacific patrols

T class

 * USS T-1 (SS-52) (1920)
 * USS T-2 (SS-60) (1922)
 * USS T-3 (SS-61) (1920)

Sturgeon class

 * USS Whale (SSN-638) (1968)
 * USS Sunfish (SSN-649) (1969)

Tank Landing Ships
LSTs 361-382 and 1004-1027 (46 total)

Oilers

 * USS Neosho (AO-143) (1954)

L. Y. Spear class

 * USS L. Y. Spear (AS-36) (1970) Named after Electric Boat Company executive, Lawrence York Spear. This ship was launched on 7 September 1967, commissioned in 1970 and decommissioned in 1996.
 * USS Dixon (AS-37) (1971)

Passenger ships

 * SS Borinquen (1931) New York & Porto Rico Line, Caribbean liner
 * SS Mariposa (1932) Matson Line, Hawaiian transPacific liner
 * SS Monterey (1932) Matson Line, Hawaiian transPacific liner
 * SS Lurline (1933) Matson Line, Hawaiian transPacific liner
 * SS Independence (1951) American Export Line, transatlantic liner
 * SS Constitution (1951) American Export Line, transatlantic liner Ss monterey, 1930s.jpg

Other ships

 * Thomas W. Lawson, a seven-masted, steel-hull schooner, the only ship of her kind ever built.
 * William L. Douglas, a six-masted, steel-hull collier
 * Sankaty, a propeller-driven steamer that served as a ferry to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket and as a Canadian minelayer during World War II.
 * ARA Rivadavia, a battleship of the Rivadavia-class battleship for the Argentine Navy; one of the only two foreign battleships built in US.
 * SS Manhattan (1962) - Largest oil tanker in the world when built. Converted to an icebreaker and successfully navigated the Northwest Passage in 1969.
 * 2nd Lieutenant John P. Bobo class of strategic sealift ships