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Consolidated Steel Shipyard, Orange, Texas
http://www.aspen-ridge.net/DE_R_s/Consolidated_Steel_Corp/body_consolidated_steel_corp.html

While working in DeRidder, Louisiana I drove down to Orange, Texas to visit the site of the WW II Consolidated Steel Shipyard or so I thought... As it turned out, it was a little harder than I imagined because Consolidated has been out of business for quite some time, as has every other shipyard in Orange. Today, the town is home to manufacturers of sea-going oil derricks and platforms and small ship repair companies. I drove around the water's edge until and noticed a large number of WW II era Quonset huts and buildings. With street names like "Destroyer Drive", "Farragut Avenue", and "Turret Road" I knew I was close. About to give up, I noticed a guard shack and stopped to ask the guard for directions. Typical of southern hospitality, he gave me a cold soda (it was during the heat wave and the temperature outside was 109 degrees) and we sat down in his air-conditioned building for a lengthy talk about Orange history (he talked, I listened). He had been born and raised in Orange before joining the Army, serving 23 years and retiring.

During WW II, the Consolidated Steel Shipyard was a major player in the shipbuilding business and won several contracts to manufacture battleships and warships, to include Destroyer Escorts. Immediately, Consolidated needed 5,000 skilled welders and laborers to fulfill the orders. Unfortunately for Orange, there weren't 5,000 extra people sitting around counting flies.

At the time, most of the American men were serving in armed forces. The nearest large pool of labor was Beaumont, Texas, about 60 miles away, but few of them had cars to drive. Those that did were subject to gas rationing and couldn't afford to drive the 60 mile round-trip. For those of you that recall, category-A coupons only authorized you to 3-gallons per week! Given the condition of the roads and the inefficiency of gasoline engines, the trip would have required 5-6 gallons of gas per day.

Beaumont is about 60 miles from Orange, TX

Consolidated was determined. After all, there was money to be made. As it happened, a train was procured and carried several thousand workers, mostly women, back and forth between Orange and Beaumont. Each morning the train pulled in and parked along West Front Street (see map above right). When the whistle blew at night, the train took them all home. Many people, families mostly, moved to Orange in search of work and found it at the shipyard. There was not enough housing to handle the sudden influx of so many people, so most of them lived in tents or shacks for most of their time in Orange. At the end of WW II, the Navy canceled many outstanding contracts and most of the wartime workforce moved away, leaving Orange a virtual ghost town.

As I mentioned, many thousands of the shipbuilding workforce were women. At first, the government was hesitant to entrust shipbuilding, welding, riveting and other traditionally "male tasks" to an unproven female workforce. Before long, however, the women proved themselves more than capable. In fact, many of the female welding crews had established reputations for high quality work. For a time following the war Consolidated tried to stay in business by building warships for foreign governments. As the story goes, a representative from Turkey came to Orange to negotiate for construction of a new ship. During the negotiations, the representative insisted that a specific all-female crew perform all welding on the hull and put this contingency into the contract. Since the women specified had long-since quit at the end of the war, they had to be rehired (at greatly increased wages) to perform the work. Talk about a good reputation! A foreign government requesting female welders by name!

After my "history lesson" my guard friend agreed to take me on an "unauthorized" tour of the old shipyard, hence my inability to name him. I was not allowed to take pictures of any modern facility as the oil rig industry apparently has many trade secrets about construction techniques. The piers for "final fitting" were north of Front Street in the gray area (on the map above right). The hulls were assembled on sloped ramps on top of wood skids and "splashed" sideways off the peninsula south of Front Street (in the picture above, it was near the word "Sabine" in the river). While building the Destroyer Escorts, Consolidated tried to launch a ship every Saturday! The entire town turned out to watch the "splashing" of a new ship. What a site it must have been! Just prior to each launch, a woman with a bucket full of pig fat would smear it on each of the skids to help the ship slide into the Sabine river. Now you know the origin of the phrase "grease the skids." The ships were launched as little more than an empty hull. No sooner had the water settled from the launch than a tug hooked up and towed it to the nearby piers for final fitting out. The piers, unfortunately, are long gone but the signs indicating the pier numbers remain to this day.

There is only one ramp left at the old Consolidated Steel Shipyard. At the end of each ramp was the ship foreman's & engineer's office. What an efficient use of space!

This is the bottom of the ramp with the wood skids still visible at the waterline. Imagine what the EPA would say about contaminating the Sabine river with pig fat...

The only remaining concrete pad is covered with junk. I am told it is 325 feet wide the DEs were 306 feet long. The DEs were built at the top next to the railroad track supply line (not the one visible at the right). Once complete, they slid the length of the pad into the river. Ever wonder how many pigs it took to get enough grease to launch 546 DEs?

The inside of the huge workshop visible in the picture above. The train tracks run down the right side and delivered pre-constructed components (like pilothouses, smokestacks, etc) directly from hundreds of subcontractors. DE construction was probably one of the first projects to use Just-In-Time (JIT) construction techniques, a method the Japanese adopted from us in the 60s.

Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Wilmington CA
http://www.coltoncompany.com/shipbldg/ussbldrs/wwii/merchantshipbuilders/consolidatedwilmington.htm

Record of WWII Shipbuilding

Consolidated Steel built a wholly new shipyard in Wilmington in 1941, with 4 ways, in the second wave of shipbuilding expansion, with $13mm invested by the USMC. Its 4 ways were increased to 8 in the third wave of shipbuilding expansion. At its peak, Consolidated Steel's Wilmington shipyard employed 12,000 people. The shipyard also built landing craft. After the war the facility was liquidated: its site was roughly where the automobile terminal at Berths 196 and 197 of the Port of Los Angeles is now.

Hull #

Original Name Type 	MC # 	Delivered

Disposition 156 	Agwimonte 	C1-B 	75 	Sep-41

Torpedoed and lost off South Africa 1943 157 	Agwiprince 	C1-B 	76 	Nov-41

Troopship 1944, scrapped 1965 158 	Alcoa Pennant 	C1-B 	77 	Dec-41

Scrapped 1965 159 	Alcoa Polaris 	C1-B 	78 	Feb-42

Troopship 1944, scrapped 1965 206 	Doyen 	P1-S2-L2 	181 	May-43

To USN 1943 as APA 1, to Mass. Maritime 1961 as Bay State, to NDRF 1973 207 	Feland 	P1-S2-L2 	182 	Jun-43

To USN 1943 as APA 11, scrapped 1964 222 	Mormachawk 	C1-B 	263 	Dec-42 	Troopship 1943-46, scrapped 1964 223 	Mormacwren 	C1-B 	264 	Dec-42 	Troopship 1943-46, scrapped 1965 224 	Mormacdove 	C1-B 	265 	Dec-42 	Troopship 1943-46, scrapped 1965 225 	Mormacgull 	C1-B 	266 	Feb-43 	Scrapped 1970 226 	Mormaclark 	C1-B 	486 	Feb-43 	Scrapped 1970 227 	Mormactern 	C1-B 	487 	Feb-43 	Scuttled with surplus ammo 1968 228 	Nancy Lykes 	C1-B 	488 	Feb-43 	Scrapped 1972 229 	Jean Lykes 	C1-B 	489 	Feb-43 	Scrapped 1972 230 	Fred Morris 	C1-B 	490 	Feb-43 	To USN 1944-46 as Arlington (AP 174), scrapped 1965 231 	Solon Turman 	C1-B 	491 	Feb-43 	Scrapped 1972 232 	Alcoa Planter 	C1-B 	492 	Mar-43 	Burnt 1963, CTL, scrapped 233 	Alcoa Partner 	C1-B 	493 	Mar-43 	To USN 1943-46 as Auriga (AK 98), scrapped 1970 234 	Alcoa Pilgrim 	C1-B 	494 	Mar-43 	Scrapped 1965 235 	Alcoa Puritan 	C1-B 	495 	Mar-43 	Scrapped 1965 236 	Alcoa Pointer 	C1-B 	496 	Apr-43 	Scrapped 1966 237 	Alcoa Pegasus 	C1-B 	497 	Apr-43 	Scrapped 1968 238 	Cape Trinity 	C1-B 	498 	May-43 	Scrapped 1972 239 	Cape San Martin 	C1-B 	499 	Apr-43 	Scrapped 1974 240 	Cape Romain 	C1-B 	500 	Apr-43 	Scrapped 1975 241 	Cape May 	C1-B 	501 	May-43 	Scrapped 1975 242 	Cape Newenham 	C1-B 	502 	Apr-43 	Troopship 1943-46, scrapped 1965 243 	Cape Perpetua 	C1-B 	503 	May-43 	Troopship 1943-46, scrapped 1965 244 	Cape Cleare 	C1-B 	504 	May-43 	Troopship 1943-46, scrapped 1965 245 	Cape Mendocino 	C1-B 	505 	Jun-43 	Troopship 1943-46, scrapped 1965 246 	Cape Ann 	C1-B 	506 	Jun-43 	Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968 247 	Cape Johnson 	C1-B 	507 	May-43 	To USN 1944-46 as troopship (AP 172), scrapped 1963 248 	Cape Elizabeth 	C1-B 	508 	Jun-43 	Scrapped 1978 249 	Cape San Juan 	C1-B 	509 	Jun-43 	Troopship 1943, torpedoed and lost near Fiji 1943 250 	Cape Meares 	C1-B 	510 	Jun-43 	Troopship 1943-46, scrapped 1965 251 	Cape Greig 	C1-B 	511 	Jun-43 	Scrapped 1978 276 	Cape Stephens 	C1-B 	698 	Jun-43 	Scrapped 1974 277 	Cape Sandy 	C1-B 	699 	Jul-43 	Sold private 1947, scrapped 1970 278 	Cape Friendship 	C1-B 	700 	Aug-43 	Scrapped 1970 279 	Cape Meredith 	C1-B 	701 	Sep-43 	Sold private 1948, scrapped 1969 331 	Hope 	C1-B 	1015 	Aug-43 	To USN as AH 7, to USA 1946, to NDRF 1949, scrapped 1975 332 	Cape Orange 	C1-B 	1016 	Mar-43 	Sold private 1947, scrapped 1970 333 	Cape Cumberland 	C1-B 	1017 	Apr-43 	Sold private 1948, scrapped 1971 334 	Cape Martin 	C1-B 	1018 	May-43 	Scrapped 1975 335 	Cape John 	C1-B 	1019 	May-43 	Scrapped 1972 336 	Cape Lambert 	C1-B 	1020 	Jun-43 	Scrapped 1970 337 	Comfort 	C1-B 	1021 	Aug-43 	To USN 1943 as AH 6, to USA 1946, to NDRF 1949, to Maine Maritime 1955 as State of Maine, scrapped 1967 338 	Mercy 	C1-B 	1022 	Aug-43 	To USN 1943 as AH 8, to USA 1946, to NDRF 1949, to NY Maritime 1956 as Empire State III, scrapped 1971 339 	Cape Georgia 	C1-B 	1023 	Jul-43 	Sold private 1949, scrapped 1972 340 	Cape Constance 	C1-B 	1024 	Jul-43 	Sold private 1947, wrecked and abandoned 1947 341 	Cape Victory 	C1-B 	1025 	Jul-43 	Troopship 1944-46, scrapped 1964 342 	Cape Isabel 	C1-B 	1026 	Aug-43 	Scrapped 1968 343 	Cape Alexander 	C1-B 	1027 	Aug-43 	Sold private 1948, scrapped 1970 344 	Cape Chalmers 	C1-B 	1028 	Aug-43 	Sold private 1948, scrapped 1971 345 	Cape Berkeley 	C1-S-AY1 	1029 	Oct-43 	To Britain as Empire Battleaxe, to RN 1944 as HMS Donovan (F 161), laid up 1948, scrapped 1966 346 	Cape Compass 	C1-S-AY1 	1030 	Nov-43 	To Britain as Empire Cutlass, to RN as HMS Sansovino (F 162), laid up 1948, sold private 1960 as Hai Ou, scrapped 1970 347 	Cape Gregory 	C1-S-AY1 	1031 	Nov-43 	To Britain as Empire Halberd, to RN 1944 as HMS Silvio (F 160), laid up 1948, scrapped 1966 348 	Cape Marshall 	C1-S-AY1 	1032 	Dec-43 	To Britain as Empire Broadsword, mined and sunk off Normandy 1944 349 	Cape Pine 	C1-S-AY1 	1033 	Dec-43 	To Britain as Empire Lance, to RN 1944 as HMS Sir Hugo (F ___), laid up 1949, scrapped 1966 350 	Cape St. Roque 	C1-S-AY1 	1034 	Dec-43 	To Britain as Empire Mace, to RN 1944 as HMS Galiteemore (F 171), to Egypt 1947 as pilgrim ship Misr, scrapped 1984 351 	Cape Turner 	C1-S-AY1 	1035 	Dec-43 	To Britain as Empire Rapier, to RN 1944 as HMS Sir Visto (F ___), laid up 1948, scrapped 1966 352 	Cape Argos 	C1-S-AY1 	1036 	Jan-44 	To Britain as Empire Anvil, to RN 1944 as HMS Rocksand (F 184), laid up 1948, sold private 1960 as Hai Ya, scrapped 1974 353 	Cape Lobos 	C1-S-AY1 	1037 	Jan-44 	To Britain as Empire Javelin, torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 1944 354 	Cape Girardeau 	C1-S-AY1 	1038 	Jan-44 	To Britain as Empire Spearhead, to RN 1944 as HMS Ormonde (F 172), laid up 1948, scrapped 1966 355 	Cape St. Vincent 	C1-S-AY1 	1039 	Jan-44 	To Britain as Empire Arquebus, to RN 1944 as HMS Cicero (F 170), to Egypt 1946 as pilgrim ship Al Sudan, scrapped 1984 356 	Cape Comorin 	C1-S-AY1 	1040 	Jan-44 	To Britain as Empire Gauntlet, to RN 1944 as HMS Sefton (F 123), laid up 1947, scrapped 1964 357 	Cape Washington 	C1-S-AY1 	1041 	Jan-44 	To Britain as Empire Crossbow, to RN 1944 as HMS Sainfoin (F 183), laid up 1948, scrapped 1964 358 	Cape Domingo 	C1-B 	1042 	Feb-44 	Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968 359 	Cape Kildare 	C1-B 	1043 	Mar-44 	Sold private 1948, scrapped 1968 360 	Cape Kumukaki 	C1-B 	1044 	Mar-44 	Sold private 1948 as Flying Enterprise, wrecked and sunk 1952 519 	Long Beach 	S2-S1-AQ1 	1445 	8-Sep-43

PF 34, to USSR 1945 as EK-2, to Japan 1953 as Shii (PF 17), scrapped 1970 520 	Belfast 	S2-S1-AQ1 	1446 	24-Nov-43

PF 35, to USSR 1945 as EK-3, lost 1948 521 	Glendale 	S2-S1-AQ1 	1447 	1-Oct-43

PF 36, to USSR 1945 as EK-4, to Thailand 1951 as Tachin (F 1), scrapped 1977 522 	San Pedro 	S2-S1-AQ1 	1448 	23-Oct-43

PF 37, to USSR 1945 as EK-5, to Japan 1953 as Kaya (PF 288), sunk as target 1979 523 	Coronado 	S2-S1-AQ1 	1449 	17-Nov-43

PF 38, to USSR 1945 as EK-6, to Japan 1953 as Sugi (PF 285), scrapped 1970 524 	Ogden 	S2-S1-AQ1 	1450 	20-Dec-43

PF 39, to USSR 1945 as EK-7, to Japan 1953 as Kusu (PF 281), scrapped 1977 525 	Eugene 	S2-S1-AQ1 	1451 	15-Jan-44

PF 40, weather ship 1944, to Cuba 1957 as Jose Marti (F 301), hulked 1976 526 	El Paso 	S2-S1-AQ1 	1452 	1-Dec-43

PF 41, weather ship 1944, scrapped 1947 527 	Van Buren 	S2-S1-AQ1 	1453 	17-Dec-43

PF 42, weather ship 1944, scrapped 1947 528 	Orange 	S2-S1-AQ1 	1454 	1-Jan-44

PF 43, weather ship 1944, scrapped 1947 529 	Corpus Christi 	S2-S1-AQ1 	1455 	29-Jan-44

PF 44, weather ship 1944, scrapped 1947 530 	Hutchinson 	S2-S1-AQ1 	1456 	3-Feb-44

PF 45, weather ship 1944, to Mexico 1947 as General Hermenegildo Galeono, later Golfo de California, scrapped 1964 531 	Bisbee 	S2-S1-AQ1 	1457 	15-Feb-44

PF 46, to USSR 1945 as EK-18, to Colombia 1952 as Capitan Tono (FG 12), scrapped 1962 532 	Gallup 	S2-S1-AQ1 	1458 	29-Feb-44

PF 47, to USSR 1945 as EK-19, to Thailand 1951 as Prasae (F 2), inactive 1972 533 	Rockford 	S2-S1-AQ1 	1459 	6-Mar-44

PF 48, to USSR 1945 as EK-20, to Korea 1950 as Apnok (F 62), sunk as target 1953 534 	Muskogee 	S2-S1-AQ1 	1460 	16-Mar-44

PF 49, to USSR 1945 as EK-21, to Korea 1950 as Du Man (F 61), scrapped 1972 535 	Carson City 	S2-S1-AQ1 	1461 	24-Mar-44

PF 50, to USSR 1945 as EK-22, to Japan 1953 as Sakura (PF 290), hulked 1966 536 	Burlington 	S2-S1-AQ1 	1462 	3-Apr-44

PF 51, to USSR 1945 as EK-23, to Colombia 1953 as Almirante Brion (FG 14), scrapped 1968 537 	Cape Catoche 	C1-B 	1693 	Mar-44 	Scuttled with obsolete ammo 1969 538 	Cape Archway 	C1-B 	1694 	Mar-44 	Sold private 1949, scrapped 1974 539 	Cape Saunders 	C1-B 	1695 	Aug-44 	Scrapped 1970 720 	Gilliam 	S4-SE2-BD1 	1850 	Jul-44

To USN 1944 as APA 57, sunk at Bikini 1946 721 	Appling 	S4-SE2-BD1 	1851 	Aug-44

To USN 1944 as APA 58, scrapped 1969 722 	Audrain 	S4-SE2-BD1 	1852 	Aug-44

To USN 1944 as APA 59, scrapped 1972 723 	Banner 	S4-SE2-BD1 	1853 	Sep-44

To USN 1944 as APA 60, scuttled off Kwajalein 1946 724 	Barrow 	S4-SE2-BD1 	1854 	Sep-44

To USN 1944 as APA 61, scuttled off Kwajalein 1946 725 	Berrien 	S4-SE2-BD1 	1855 	Oct-44

To USN 1944 as APA 62, scrapped 1968 726 	Bladen 	S4-SE2-BD1 	1856 	Oct-44

To USN 1944 as APA 63, scrapped 1960 727 	Bracken 	S4-SE2-BD1 	1857 	Oct-44

To USN 1944 as APA 64, scuttled off Kwajalein 1946 728 	Briscoe 	S4-SE2-BD1 	1858 	Oct-44

To USN 1944 as APA 65, scuttled off Kwajalein 1946 729 	Brule 	S4-SE2-BD1 	1859 	Oct-44

To USN 1944 as APA 66, scuttled off Kwajalein 1946 730 	Burleson 	S4-SE2-BD1 	1860 	Nov-44

To USN 1944 as APA 67, scrapped 1968 731 	Butte 	S4-SE2-BD1 	1861 	Nov-44

To USN 1944 as APA 68, scuttled off Kwajalein 1946 732 	Carlisle 	S4-SE2-BD1 	1862 	Nov-44

To USN 1944 as APA 69, sunk at Bikini 1946 733 	Carteret 	S4-SE2-BD1 	1863 	Nov-44

To USN 1944 as APA 70, sunk as target 1948 734 	Catron 	S4-SE2-BD1 	1864 	Nov-44

To USN 1944 as APA 71, scuttled off Kwajalein 1946 735 	Clarendon 	S4-SE2-BD1 	1865 	Dec-44

To USN 1944 as APA 72, scrapped 1963 736 	Cleburne 	S4-SE2-BD1 	1866 	Dec-44

To USN 1944 as APA 73, scrapped 1965 737 	Colusa 	S4-SE2-BD1 	1867 	Dec-44

To USN 1944 as APA 74, scrapped 1965 738 	Cortland 	S4-SE2-BD1 	1868 	Dec-44

To USN 1944 as APA 75, scrapped 1966 739 	Crenshaw 	S4-SE2-BD1 	1869 	Jan-45

To USN 1944 as APA 76, scrapped 1965 740 	Crittenden 	S4-SE2-BD1 	1870 	Jan-45

To USN 1944 as APA 77, scuttled off San Francisco 1947 741 	Cullman 	S4-SE2-BD1 	1871 	Feb-45

To USN 1944 as APA 78, scrapped 1965 742 	Dawson 	S4-SE2-BD1 	1872 	Feb-45

To USN 1944 as APA 79, scuttled off Kwajalein 1946 743 	Elkhart 	S4-SE2-BD1 	1873 	Feb-45

To USN 1944 as APA 80, scrapped 1964 744 	Fallon 	S4-SE2-BD1 	1874 	Feb-45

To USN 1944 as APA 81, scuttled off Kwajalein 1946 745 	Fergus 	S4-SE2-BD1 	1875 	Feb-45

To USN 1944 as APA 82, scrapped 1965 746 	Fillmore 	S4-SE2-BD1 	1876 	Mar-45

To USN 1944 as APA 83, scrapped 1966 747 	Garrard 	S4-SE2-BD1 	1877 	Mar-45

To USN 1944 as APA 84, scrapped 1963 748 	Gasconade 	S4-SE2-BD1 	1878 	Mar-45

To USN 1944 as APA 85, sunk as target 1948 749 	Geneva 	S4-SE2-BD1 	1879 	Mar-45

To USN 1944 as APA 86, scrapped 1974 750 	Niagara 	S4-SE2-BD1 	1880 	Mar-45

To USN 1944 as APA 87, scrapped 1950 751 	Presidio 	S4-SE2-BD1 	1881 	Apr-45

To USN 1944 as APA 88, scrapped 1965 752 	Cape Lilibeo 	C1-B 	2073 	Mar-44 	Sold private 1947, scrapped 1970 753 	Cape Tryon 	C1-B 	2074 	Apr-44 	Sold private 1947, scuttled with obsolete ammo 1969 754 	Cape Possession 	C1-B 	2075 	May-44 	Sold private 1949, scrapped 1971 755 	Cape Junction 	C1-B 	2076 	Apr-44 	Scrapped 1970 756 	Cape San Diego 	C1-B 	2077 	Aug-44 	Scrapped 1978 757 	Cape Edmont 	C1-B 	2078 	Sep-44 	Scrapped 1975 758 	Cape Spear 	C1-B 	2079 	Nov-44 	Sold private 1948, scrapped 1971 1219 	Diamond Knot 	C1-M-AV1 	2314 	Dec-44 	In collision and sunk 1947 1220 	Timber Hitch 	C1-M-AV1 	2315 	Jan-45 	To USAF 1963, to USN 1964 as T-AGM 17, to NDRF 1968 1221 	Clove Hitch 	C1-M-AV1 	2316 	Jan-45 	Scrapped 1972 1222 	Turk's Head 	C1-M-AV1 	2317 	Feb-45 	Sold private 1957, scrapped 1968 1223 	Star Knot 	C1-M-AV1 	2318 	Feb-45 	Sold private 1948, wrecked and scrapped 1967 1224 	Lanyard Knot 	C1-M-AV1 	2319 	Feb-45 	Sold private 1947, scrapped 1971 1225 	Jumper Hitch 	C1-M-AV1 	2320 	Mar-45 	Scrapped 1972 1226 	Square Knot 	C1-M-AV1 	2321 	Mar-45 	Sold private 1956, scrapped 1970 1227 	Snug Hitch 	C1-M-AV1 	2322 	Mar-45 	Sold private 1957, scrapped 1970 1228 	Maiden's Eye 	C1-M-AV1 	2323 	Apr-45 	To USA 1947 as COL William J. O'Brien, to USN 1950 as AK 246, converted to heavy-lift ship 1954, scrapped 1973 1229 	Sailor's Splice 	C1-M-AV1 	2324 	Apr-45 	Scrapped 1972 1230 	Half Hitch 	C1-M-AV1 	2325 	May-45 	Sold private 1948 1231 	Spar Hitch 	C1-M-AV1 	2326 	May-45 	Sold private 1948, sunk 1975 1232 	Bowline Knot 	C1-M-AV1 	2327 	Jul-45 	Scrapped 1971 1233 	Cat's Paw 	C1-M-AV1 	2328 	Jul-45 	Sold private 1947, scrapped 1970 1234 	Long Splice 	C1-M-AV1 	2329 	Sep-45 	To USA 1947 as PVT Frank J. Petrarca, to USN 1950 as AK 250, NDRF 1973 1235 	Crossing Hitch 	C1-M-AV1 	2330 	Sep-45 	Sold private 1948, scrapped 1971 1236 	Crown Knot 	C1-M-AV1 	2331 	Oct-45 	Sold private 1947, wrecked and sank 1974 1307 	Sheepshank 	C1-M-AV1 	2461 	May-45 	Sold private 1947, wrecked and sank 1961 1308 	Boatswain's Hitch 	C1-M-AV1 	2462 	May-45 	Sold private 1957, scrapped 1971 1309 	Reef Knot 	C1-M-AV1 	2463 	May-45 	Sold private 1974 1310 	Short Splice 	C1-M-AV1 	2464 	May-45 	To USN 1950 as AK 249, converted to heavy-lift ship 1954, scrapped 1973 1311 	Masthead Knot 	C1-M-AV1 	2465 	May-45 	Sold private 1957, caught fire and sank 1969 1312 	Sword Knot 	C1-M-AV1 	2466 	May-45 	To USAF 1963, to USN 1964 as T-AGM 13, scrapped 1973 1313 	Anchor Hitch 	C1-M-AV1 	2467 	Jun-45 	Scrapped 1972 1314 	Hook Hitch 	C1-M-AV1 	2468 	Jun-45 	Sold private 1947, scrapped 1969 1315 	Fisherman's Bend 	C1-M-AV1 	2469 	Jun-45 	Sold private 1947, wrecked and abandoned 1965 1316 	Hickory Knoll 	C1-M-AV1 	2470 	Jun-45 	To Britain 1945-47, disposition unknown 1317 	Hickory Ghyll 	C1-M-AV1 	2471 	Jun-45 	To Britain 1945-47, sold private 1948, scrapped 1968 1318 	Hickory Brook 	C1-M-AV1 	2472 	Jun-45 	To Britain 1945-47, scrapped 1970 1319 	Hickory Crest 	C1-M-AV1 	2473 	Jun-45 	To Britain 1945-47, sold private 1948, wrecked 1963, repaired, scrapped 1974 1320 					1321 	Hickory Glen 	C1-M-AV1 	2563 	Jul-45 	To Britain 1945-47, sold private 1947, wrecked and abandoned 1970 1322 	Hickory Mount 	C1-M-AV1 	2564 	Jul-45 	To Britain 1945-47, sold private 1948, scrapped 1972 1323 	Hickory Isle 	C1-M-AV1 	2565 	Jul-45 	To Britain 1945-47, sold private 1947, scrapped 1974 1324 	Hickory Stream 	C1-M-AV1 	2566 	Jul-45 	To Britain 1945-47, sold private 1948, scrapped 1968 1325 	Hickory Dale 	C1-M-AV1 	2567 	Jul-45 	To Britain 1945-47, sold private 1956, wrecked 1958, repaired 1326 	Hickory Burn 	C1-M-AV1 	2568 	Jul-45 	To Britain 1945-47, sold private 1947, scrapped 1970 1327 	Hickory Bay 	C1-M-AV1 	2569 	Sep-45 	Completed as Coastal Viking, scrapped 1970 1328 	Hickory Coll 	C1-M-AV1 	2570 	Sep-45 	Completed as Coastal Delegate, sold private 1952, converted to laker 1952 1329 	Hickory Cape 	C1-M-AV1 	2571 	Sep-45 	Completed as Coastal Scout, sold private 1947, scrapped 1330 	Hickory Tor 	C1-M-AV1 	2572 	Sep-45 	Completed as Coastal Skipper, sold private 1947, sank 1971 1331 	Hickory Brae 	C1-M-AV1 	2573 	Sep-45 	Completed as Coastal Adventurer, scrapped 1971 1332 	Hickory Bourne 	C1-M-AV1 	2574 	Sep-45 	Completed as Coastal Navigator, sold private 1969, converted to drill ship Navigator 1333 	Hickory Dell 	C1-M-AV1 	2575 	Sep-45 	Completed as Coastal Champion, sold private 1948, scrapped 1970 1334 	Hickory Cairn 	C1-M-AV1 	2576 	Oct-45 	Completed as Coastal Conqueror, sold private 1956, scrapped 1970 1335 	Hickory Dyke 	C1-M-AV1 	2577 	Oct-45 	Completed as Coastal Rider, sold private 1949, scrapped 1969 1336 	Hickory Tarn 	C1-M-AV1 	2578 	Oct-45 	Completed as Coastal Nomad, scrapped 1972 1337 	Hickory Lake 	C1-M-AV1 	2579 	Oct-45 	Completed as Coastal Buccaneer, sold private 1948, scrapped 1968 1338 	Hickory Beck 	C1-M-AV1 	2580 	Nov-45 	Completed as Coastal Cadet, sold private 1948, wrecked and scrapped 1969 1339 	Coastal Rambler 	C1-M-AV1 	2581 	Nov-45 	Scrapped 1972 1340 	Coastal Monarch 	C1-M-AV1 	2582 	Nov-45 	Scrapped 1972 1341 	Coastal Charger 	C1-M-AV1 	2583 	Nov-45 	Sold private 1948, disposition unknown 1342 	Coastal Courser 	C1-M-AV1 	2584 	Nov-45 	Sold private 1948, wrecked and scrapped 1973 1343 	Coastal Monitor 	C1-M-AV1 	2585 	Nov-45 	Sold private 1947, disposition unknown 1344 	Coastal Telegrapher 	C1-M-AV1 	2586 	Dec-45 	Sold private 1948, disposition unknown 1345-1346 	 	C1-M-AV1 	2587-2588 	  	Cancelled 1352-1357 	 	R2-S-BV1 	2811-2816

Cancelled 1358 	Messenger 	C2-S-B1 	2817 	Feb-46

Sold private 1946, scrapped 1969 1359 	Spitfire 	C2-S-B1 	2818 	Feb-46

Sold private 1948, wrecked and scrapped 1975 1360 	Ocean Rover 	C2-S-B1 	2819 	Mar-46

Sold private 1946, wrecked and scrapped 1971 1361 	National Eagle 	C2-S-B1 	2820 	Apr-46

Sold private 1946, scrapped 1978 1362 	Mountain Wave 	C2-S-B1 	2821 	Apr-46

Sold private 1946, scrapped 1972 1363 	Carrier Dove 	C2-S-B1 	2822 	May-46

Sold private 1946, scrapped 1969 1364 	Twilight 	C2-S-B1 	2823 	May-46

Sold private 1946, scrapped 1973 1365 	Wild Ranger 	C2-S-B1 	2824 	Jun-46

Sold private 1947, scrapped 1970 1366 	Crest of the Wave 	C2-S-B1 	2825 	Jul-46

Sold private 1947, scrapped 1970 1367 	Golden Light 	C2-S-B1 	2868 	Jul-46

Sold private 1946, scrapped 1970

Consolidated Steel Corp. Ltd., Orange TX
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Record of WWII Shipbuilding

USS Orleck (DD 886) is being restored. Visit her at her berth on Front Street, in downtown Orange, Texas, or on the web at www.ussorleck.org

Consolidated Steel had a small fabrication yard in Orange in 1940 when the Navy contracted with them to expand it into a yard capable of building surface combatants. At its peak, Consolidated's Orange yard employed 20,000 people. After the war the yard reverted to being a fabricator and was for many years a division of U.S. Steel. It is now a shipyard again, as a division of Signal International. Name 	Navy Type or MC Design 	Pennant # or MC Hull # 	FY 	Keel Laid 	Launched 	Delivered 	Days on Ways 	Days in Water 	Total Days 	Disposition Aulick 	DD 	569 	1940 	5/14/41 	3/2/42 	10/27/42 	292 	239 	531 	To Greece as Sfendooni (D 85) 1959, struck 1991 Charles Ausburne 	DD 	570 	1940 	5/14/41 	3/16/42 	11/24/42 	306 	253 	559 	To Germany as Zerstorer 6 1960, scrapped 1968 Claxton 	DD 	571 	1940 	6/25/41 	4/1/42 	12/8/42 	280 	251 	531 	To Germany as Zerstorer 4 1960, to Greece for spares 1981, struck 1991 Dyson 	DD 	572 	1940 	6/25/41 	4/15/42 	12/30/42 	294 	259 	553 	To Germany as Zerstorer 5 1960, to Greece for spares 1982, struck 1991 Harrison 	DD 	573 	1940 	6/25/41 	5/7/42 	1/25/43 	316 	263 	579 	To Mexico as Cuauhtemoc (E 01) 1968, struck 1982 John Rodgers 	DD 	574 	1940 	6/25/41 	5/7/42 	2/9/43 	316 	278 	594 	To Mexico as Cuitlahac (E 2) 1968, active Mckee 	DD 	575 	1940 	3/2/42 	8/2/42 	3/31/43 	153 	241 	394 	Scrapped 1974 Murray 	DD 	576 	1940 	3/16/42 	8/16/42 	4/20/43 	153 	247 	400 	Scrapped 1966 Sproston 	DD 	577 	1940 	4/1/42 	8/31/42 	5/19/43 	152 	261 	413 	Scrapped 1971 Wickes 	DD 	578 	1940 	4/15/42 	9/13/42 	6/16/43 	151 	276 	427 	Sunk as target 1974 William D. Porter 	DD 	579 	1940 	5/7/42 	9/27/42 	7/6/43 	143 	282 	425 	Sunk by kamikaze off Okinawa 1945 Young 	DD 	580 	1940 	6/15/42 	10/11/42 	7/31/43 	118 	293 	411 	Sunk as target 1970 Edsall 	DE 	129 	1942 	7/2/42 	11/1/42 	4/10/43 	122 	160 	282 	Scrapped 1969 Jacob Jones 	DE 	130 	1942 	6/26/42 	11/29/42 	4/29/43 	156 	151 	307 	Scrapped 1973 Hammann 	DE 	131 	1942 	7/10/42 	12/13/42 	5/17/43 	156 	155 	311 	Scrapped 1974 Robert E. Peary 	DE 	132 	1942 	6/30/42 	1/3/43 	5/31/43 	187 	148 	335 	Scrapped 1967 Pillsbury 	DE 	133 	1942 	7/18/42 	1/10/43 	6/7/43 	176 	148 	324 	Scrapped 1966 Pope 	DE 	134 	1942 	7/14/42 	1/12/43 	6/25/43 	182 	164 	346 	Scrapped 1973 Flaherty 	DE 	135 	1942 	11/7/42 	1/17/43 	6/26/43 	71 	160 	231 	Scrapped 1966 Frederick C. Davis 	DE 	136 	1942 	11/9/42 	1/24/43 	7/14/43 	76 	171 	247 	Sunk by u-boat in the North Atlantic 1945 Herbert C. Jones 	DE 	137 	1942 	11/30/42 	1/19/43 	7/21/43 	50 	183 	233 	Scrapped 1973 Douglas L. Howard 	DE 	138 	1942 	12/8/42 	1/24/43 	7/29/43 	47 	186 	233 	Scrapped 1974 Farquhar 	DE 	139 	1942 	12/14/42 	2/13/43 	8/5/43 	61 	173 	234 	Scrapped 1974 J. R. Y. Blakely 	DE 	140 	1942 	12/16/42 	3/7/43 	8/16/43 	81 	162 	243 	Scrapped 1973 Hill 	DE 	141 	1942 	12/21/42 	2/28/43 	8/16/43 	69 	169 	238 	Scrapped 1974 Fessenden 	DE 	142 	1942 	1/4/43 	3/9/43 	8/25/43 	64 	169 	233 	Sunk as target 1967 Fiske 	DE 	143 	1942 	1/4/43 	3/14/43 	8/25/43 	69 	164 	233 	Sunk by u-boat in the North Atlantic 1944 Frost 	DE 	144 	1942 	1/13/43 	3/21/43 	8/30/43 	67 	162 	229 	Scrapped 1966 Huse 	DE 	145 	1942 	1/11/43 	3/23/43 	8/30/43 	71 	160 	231 	Scrapped 1974 Inch 	DE 	146 	1942 	1/19/43 	4/4/43 	9/8/43 	75 	157 	232 	Scrapped 1974 Blair 	DE 	147 	1942 	1/19/43 	4/6/43 	9/13/43 	77 	160 	237 	Scrapped 1974 Brough 	DE 	148 	1942 	1/23/43 	4/10/43 	9/18/43 	77 	161 	238 	Scrapped 1966 Chatelain 	DE 	149 	1942 	1/25/43 	4/21/43 	9/22/43 	86 	154 	240 	Scrapped 1974 Neunzer 	DE 	150 	1942 	1/29/43 	4/27/43 	9/27/43 	88 	153 	241 	Scrapped 1973 Poole 	DE 	151 	1942 	2/13/43 	5/8/43 	9/29/43 	84 	144 	228 	Scrapped 1974 Peterson 	DE 	152 	1942 	2/28/43 	5/15/43 	9/29/43 	76 	137 	213 	Scrapped 1974 Harveson 	DE 	316 	1942 	3/9/43 	5/22/43 	10/12/43 	74 	143 	217 	Sunk as target 1967 Joyce 	DE 	317 	1942 	3/8/43 	5/26/43 	9/30/43 	79 	127 	206 	Scrapped 1973 Kirkpatrick 	DE 	318 	1942 	3/15/43 	6/5/43 	10/23/43 	82 	140 	222 	Scrapped 1975 Leopold 	DE 	319 	1942 	3/24/43 	6/12/43 	10/18/43 	80 	128 	208 	Sunk by u-boat south of Iceland 1944 Menges 	DE 	320 	1942 	3/22/43 	6/15/43 	10/26/43 	85 	133 	218 	Scrapped 1972 Mosley 	DE 	321 	1942 	4/6/43 	6/26/43 	10/30/43 	81 	126 	207 	Scrapped 1973 Newell 	DE 	322 	1942 	4/5/43 	6/29/43 	10/30/43 	85 	123 	208 	Scrapped 1971 Pride 	DE 	323 	1942 	4/12/43 	7/3/43 	11/13/43 	82 	133 	215 	Scrapped 1974 Falgout 	DE 	324 	1942 	5/24/43 	7/24/43 	11/15/43 	61 	114 	175 	Sunk as target 1977 Lowe 	DE 	325 	1942 	5/24/43 	7/28/43 	11/22/43 	65 	117 	182 	Scrapped 1969 Thomas J. Gray 	DE 	326 	1942 	6/15/43 	8/21/43 	11/27/43 	67 	98 	165 	To Tunisia as Pres. Bourguiba (E 7) 1973, non-operational 1992 Brister 	DE 	327 	1942 	6/14/43 	8/24/43 	11/30/43 	71 	98 	169 	Scrapped 1971 Finch 	DE 	328 	1942 	6/29/43 	8/28/43 	12/13/43 	60 	107 	167 	Scrapped 1974 Kretchmer 	DE 	329 	1942 	6/28/43 	8/31/43 	12/13/43 	64 	104 	168 	Scrapped 1974 O'Reilly 	DE 	330 	1942 	7/29/43 	10/5/43 	12/28/43 	68 	84 	152 	Scrapped 1972 Koiner 	DE 	331 	1942 	7/26/43 	10/10/43 	12/27/43 	76 	78 	154 	Scrapped 1969 Price 	DE 	332 	1942 	8/24/43 	10/30/43 	1/12/44 	67 	74 	141 	Scrapped 1975 Strickland 	DE 	333 	1942 	8/23/43 	11/2/43 	1/10/44 	71 	69 	140 	Scrapped 1974 Forster 	DE 	334 	1942 	8/31/43 	11/13/43 	1/25/44 	74 	73 	147 	To Vietnam as Tran Khanh Du (HQ 04) 1971, struck 1995 Daniel 	DE 	335 	1942 	8/30/43 	11/16/43 	1/24/44 	78 	69 	147 	Scrapped 1974 Roy O. Hale 	DE 	336 	1942 	9/13/43 	11/20/43 	2/3/44 	68 	75 	143 	Scrapped 1975 Dale W. Peterson 	DE 	337 	1942 	10/25/43 	12/22/43 	2/17/44 	58 	57 	115 	Scrapped 1972 Martin H. Ray 	DE 	338 	1942 	10/27/43 	12/29/43 	2/28/44 	63 	61 	124 	Scrapped 1967 John C. Butler 	DE 	339 	1942 	10/5/43 	12/11/43 	3/31/44 	67 	111 	178 	Sunk as target 1971 O'Flaherty 	DE 	340 	1942 	10/4/43 	12/14/43 	4/8/44 	71 	116 	187 	Scrapped 19673 Raymond 	DE 	341 	1942 	11/3/43 	1/8/44 	4/15/44 	66 	98 	164 	Sunk as target 1974 Richard W. Suesens 	DE 	342 	1942 	11/1/43 	1/11/44 	4/26/44 	71 	106 	177 	Scrapped 1973 Abercrombie 	DE 	343 	1942 	11/8/43 	1/14/44 	5/1/44 	67 	108 	175 	Sunk as target 1968 Oberrender 	DE 	344 	1942 	11/8/43 	1/18/44 	5/11/44 	71 	114 	185 	Sunk as target 1945 Robert Brazier 	DE 	345 	1942 	11/16/43 	1/22/44 	5/18/44 	67 	117 	184 	Sunk as target 1969 Edwin A. Howard 	DE 	346 	1942 	11/15/43 	1/25/44 	5/25/44 	71 	121 	192 	Scrapped 1973 Jesse Rutherford 	DE 	347 	1942 	11/22/43 	1/29/44 	5/31/44 	68 	123 	191 	Sunk as target 1968 Key 	DE 	348 	1942 	12/14/43 	2/12/44 	6/5/44 	60 	114 	174 	Scrapped 1972 Gentry 	DE 	349 	1942 	12/13/43 	2/15/44 	6/14/44 	64 	120 	184 	Scrapped 1973 Traw 	DE 	350 	1942 	12/19/43 	2/12/44 	6/20/44 	55 	129 	184 	Sunk as target 1968 Maurice J. Manuel 	DE 	351 	1942 	12/22/43 	2/19/44 	6/30/44 	59 	132 	191 	Sunk as target 1966 Naifeh 	DE 	352 	1942 	12/29/43 	2/29/44 	7/4/44 	62 	126 	188 	Sunk as target 1966 Doyle C. Barnes 	DE 	353 	1942 	1/11/44 	3/4/44 	7/13/44 	53 	131 	184 	Scrapped 1973 Kenneth M. Willett 	DE 	354 	1942 	1/10/44 	3/7/44 	7/19/44 	57 	134 	191 	Sunk as target 1974 Jaccard 	DE 	355 	1942 	1/25/44 	3/18/44 	7/26/44 	53 	130 	183 	Scrapped 1968 Lloyd E. Acree 	DE 	356 	1942 	1/24/44 	3/21/44 	8/1/44 	57 	133 	190 	Scrapped 1973 George E. Davis 	DE 	357 	1942 	2/15/44 	4/8/44 	8/11/44 	53 	125 	178 	Scrapped 1974 Mack 	DE 	358 	1942 	2/14/44 	4/11/44 	8/16/44 	57 	127 	184 	Scrapped 1973 Woodson 	DE 	359 	1942 	3/7/44 	4/29/44 	8/24/44 	53 	117 	170 	Scrapped 1966 Johnnie Hutchins 	DE 	360 	1942 	3/6/44 	5/2/44 	8/28/44 	57 	118 	175 	Scrapped 1974 Walton 	DE 	361 	1942 	3/21/44 	5/20/44 	9/4/44 	60 	107 	167 	Sunk as target 1969 Rolf 	DE 	362 	1942 	3/20/44 	5/23/44 	9/7/44 	64 	107 	171 	Scrapped 1973 Pratt 	DE 	363 	1942 	4/11/44 	6/1/44 	9/18/44 	51 	109 	160 	Scrapped 1973 Rombach 	DE 	364 	1942 	4/10/44 	6/6/44 	9/20/44 	57 	106 	163 	Scrapped 1972 McGinty 	DE 	365 	1942 	5/3/44 	8/5/44 	9/25/44 	94 	51 	145 	Scrapped 1969 Alvin C. Cockrell 	DE 	366 	1942 	5/1/44 	8/8/44 	10/7/44 	99 	60 	159 	Sunk as target 1969 French 	DE 	367 	1942 	5/1/44 	6/17/44 	10/9/44 	47 	114 	161 	Scrapped 1973 Cecil J. Doyle 	DE 	368 	1942 	5/12/44 	7/1/44 	10/16/44 	50 	107 	157 	Sunk as target 1967 Thaddeus Parker 	DE 	369 	1942 	5/23/44 	8/26/44 	10/25/44 	95 	60 	155 	Scrapped 1968 John L. Williamson 	DE 	370 	1942 	5/22/44 	8/29/44 	10/31/44 	99 	63 	162 	Scrapped 1973 Presley 	DE 	371 	1942 	6/6/44 	8/19/44 	11/7/44 	74 	80 	154 	Scrapped 1970 Williams 	DE 	372 	1942 	6/5/44 	8/22/44 	11/11/44 	78 	81 	159 	Sunk as target 1968 William C. Lawe 	DE 	373 	1942 	 	  	  	  	  	  	Cancelled Lloyd Thomas 	DE 	374 	1942 	 	  	  	  	  	  	Cancelled Keppler 	DE 	375 	1942 	 	  	  	  	  	  	Cancelled Kleinsmith 	DE 	376 	1942 	 	  	  	  	  	  	Cancelled Henry W. Tucker 	DE 	377 	1942 	 	  	  	  	  	  	Cancelled Weiss 	DE 	378 	1942 	 	  	  	  	  	  	Cancelled Francovich 	DE 	379 	1942 	 	  	  	  	  	  	Cancelled DE 	380 	1942 	 	  	  	  	  	  	Cancelled DE 	381 	1942 	 	  	  	  	  	  	Cancelled Yokes 	DE 	668 	1942 	8/22/43 	11/27/43 	12/18/44 	97 	387 	484 	Transferred from Dravo, scrapped 1965 Pavlic 	DE 	669 	1942 	9/21/43 	12/18/43 	12/29/44 	88 	377 	465 	Transferred from Dravo, scrapped 1968 Odum 	DE 	670 	1942 	10/15/43 	1/19/44 	1/12/45 	96 	359 	455 	Transferred from Dravo, to Chile as Serrano (F 26) 1966, struck 1984 Jack C. Robinson 	DE 	671 	1942 	11/10/43 	1/8/44 	2/2/45 	59 	391 	450 	Transferred from Dravo, to Chile as Orella (F 27) 1966, struck 1984 Bassett 	DE 	672 	1942 	11/28/43 	1/15/44 	2/23/45 	46 	405 	451 	Transferred from Dravo, to Colombia as Almirante Tono (DT 04) 1967, struck 1977 John P. Gray 	DE 	673 	1942 	12/18/43 	3/18/44 	3/15/45 	91 	363 	454 	Transferred from Dravo, scrapped 1968 Joseph M. Auman 	DE 	674 	1942 	11/8/43 	5/2/44 	4/25/45 	176 	358 	534 	Transferred from Dravo, APD 117, to Mexico as Tehuantepec (B 05) 1963, struck 1989, Don O. Woods 	DE 	721 	1942 	12/1/43 	2/19/44 	5/28/45 	81 	464 	545 	Transferred from Dravo, to Mexico as Usumacinta (B 06) 1963, active Beverly W. Reid 	DE 	722 	1942 	1/5/44 	3/4/44 	6/25/45 	58 	478 	536 	Transferred from Dravo, scrapped 1975 Tatum 	DE 	789 	1942 	4/22/43 	8/7/43 	11/22/43 	107 	107 	214 	APD 81, scrapped 1961 Borum 	DE 	790 	1942 	4/28/43 	8/14/43 	11/30/43 	108 	108 	216 	Scrapped 1966 Maloy 	DE 	791 	1942 	5/10/43 	8/18/43 	12/13/43 	100 	117 	217 	APD 83, scrapped 1966 Haines 	DE 	792 	1942 	5/17/43 	8/26/43 	12/27/43 	101 	123 	224 	APD 84, scrapped 1961 Runels 	DE 	793 	1942 	6/7/43 	9/4/43 	1/3/44 	89 	121 	210 	APD 85, scrapped 1961 Hollis 	DE 	794 	1942 	7/5/43 	9/11/43 	1/24/44 	68 	135 	203 	APD/LPR 86, scrapped 1975 Gunason 	DE 	795 	1942 	8/9/43 	10/16/43 	2/1/44 	68 	108 	176 	Sunk as target 1974 Major 	DE 	796 	1942 	8/16/43 	10/23/43 	2/12/44 	68 	112 	180 	Scrapped 1973 Weeden 	DE 	797 	1942 	8/18/43 	10/27/43 	2/19/44 	70 	115 	185 	Scrapped 1969 Varian 	DE 	798 	1942 	8/27/43 	11/6/43 	2/29/44 	71 	115 	186 	Scrapped 1974 Scroggins 	DE 	799 	1942 	9/4/43 	11/6/43 	3/30/44 	63 	145 	208 	Scrapped 1967 Jack W. Wilke 	DE 	800 	1942 	10/18/43 	12/18/43 	3/7/44 	61 	80 	141 	Scrapped 1974 Hawkins 	DD 	873 	1943 	5/14/44 	10/7/44 	2/10/45 	146 	126 	272 	To Taiwan as Tsu Yang (D 930) 1979, struck 1995 Duncan 	DD 	874 	1943 	5/22/44 	10/27/44 	2/25/45 	158 	121 	279 	Sunk as target 1980 Henry W. Tucker 	DD 	875 	1943 	5/29/44 	11/8/44 	3/12/45 	163 	124 	287 	To Brazil as Marcilio Diaz (D 25) 1973, struck 1995 Rogers 	DD 	876 	1943 	6/3/44 	11/20/44 	3/26/45 	170 	126 	296 	To Korea as Jeong Ju (D 925) 1980, active Perkins 	DD 	877 	1943 	6/19/44 	12/7/44 	4/4/45 	171 	118 	289 	To Argentina as Comodoro Py (D 27) 1973, struck 1984 Vesole 	DD 	878 	1943 	7/3/44 	12/29/44 	4/23/45 	179 	115 	294 	Sunk as target 1983 Leary 	DD 	879 	1943 	8/11/44 	1/20/45 	5/7/45 	162 	107 	269 	To Spain as Langara (D 64) 1973, struck 1992 Dyess 	DD 	880 	1943 	8/17/44 	1/26/45 	5/21/45 	162 	115 	277 	To Greece for parts 1981 Bordelon 	DD 	881 	1943 	9/9/44 	3/3/45 	6/5/45 	175 	94 	269 	To Iran for parts 1977 Furse 	DD 	882 	1943 	9/23/44 	3/9/45 	7/10/45 	167 	123 	290 	To Spain as Gravina (D 62) 1972, struck 1991 Newman K. Perry 	DD 	883 	1943 	10/10/44 	3/17/45 	7/26/45 	158 	131 	289 	To Korea as Kyong Kai (D 923) 1981, active Floyd B. Parks 	DD 	884 	1943 	10/30/44 	3/31/45 	7/31/45 	152 	122 	274 	Scrapped 1974 John R. Craig 	DD 	885 	1943 	11/17/44 	4/14/45 	8/20/45 	148 	128 	276 	Sunk as target 1980 Orleck 	DD 	886 	1943 	11/28/44 	5/12/45 	9/15/45 	165 	126 	291 	To Turkey as Yucetepe (D 345) 1982, memorial in Orange TX 1999 Brinkley Bass 	DD 	887 	1943 	12/20/44 	5/26/45 	10/1/45 	157 	128 	285 	To Brazil as Mariz e Barros (D 26) 1973, struck 1995 Stickell 	DD 	888 	1943 	1/5/45 	6/16/45 	10/31/45 	162 	137 	299 	To Greece as Kanaris (D 212) 1972, struck 1994 O'Hare 	DD 	889 	1943 	1/27/45 	6/22/45 	11/9/45 	146 	140 	286 	To Spain as Mendez Nunez (D 63) 1973, struck 1992 Meredith 	DD 	890 	1943 	1/27/45 	6/28/45 	10/31/45 	152 	125 	277 	To Turkey as Savastepe (D 347) 1979, scrapped 1995 DD 	815 	1943 	 	  	  	  	  	  	Cancelled 1945 DD 	816 	1943 	 	  	  	  	  	  	Cancelled 1945 Corry 	DD 	817 	1943 	4/5/45 	7/28/45 	2/26/46 	114 	213 	327 	To Greece as Kreizis (D 217) 1981, struck 1994 New 	DD 	818 	1943 	4/14/45 	8/18/45 	4/5/46 	126 	230 	356 	To Korea as Taejon (D 919) 1976, active Holder 	DD 	819 	1943 	4/23/45 	8/25/45 	5/18/46 	124 	266 	390 	To Ecuador as Presidente Eloy Alfaro (D 01) 1976, struck 1991 Ric 	DD 	820 	1943 	5/16/45 	10/5/45 	7/3/46 	142 	271 	413 	Scrapped 1979 Johnston 	DD 	821 	1943 	6/5/45 	10/19/45 	8/23/46 	136 	308 	444 	To Taiwan as Chen Yang (D 928) 1981, active Robert H. McCard 	DD 	822 	1943 	6/20/45 	11/9/45 	10/26/46 	142 	351 	493 	To Turkey as Kilic Ali Pasa (D 349) 1980, struck 1998 Samuel B. Roberts 	DD 	823 	1943 	6/27/45 	11/30/45 	12/20/46 	156 	385 	541 	Sunk as target 1971 Basilone 	DD 	824 	1943 	7/21/45 	12/22/45 	7/21/49 	154 	1307 	1461 	Sunk as target 1982 Carpenter 	DD 	825 	1943 	7/30/45 	12/28/45 	12/15/49 	151 	1448 	1599 	To Turkey as Anitepe (D 347) 1981, struck 1997 DD 	894-895 	1945 	 	  	  	  	  	  	Cancelled 1945 DD 	917-926 	1945 	 	  	  	  	  	  	Cancelled 1945 LCI(L) 	61-95 	1942 	 	  	12/42-2/43 	  	  	  	For details, see the LCI(L) page LCI(L) 	943-1012 	1943 	 	  	3/44-6/44 	  	  	  	For details, see the LCI(L) page DPC 	453-469 	 	  	  	  	  	  	  	For details, see the US Army Barges page DPC 	563-569 	 	  	  	  	  	  	  	For details, see the US Army Barges page

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Orange, Texas is the location of a small fabrication yard operated by Consolidated Steel Corporation of Texas before World War II. In 1940, as part of a crash program to build more destroyers, the Navy contracted with the company to expand the yard. The first ships laid down and launched (all in 1942) were DesRon 23’s Aulick, Charles L. Ausburne, Claxton and Dyson. The yard eventually completed 12

Twelve Fletcher-class destroyers were built at Orange, followed by a destroyer escort building program, then twenty-seven Gearing-class destroyers. Of these, DDs 873–890 were completed before DDs 817–825. Keels for all of these ship were laid and thirteen—Hawkins through John R. Craig—were delivered before the end of World War II. Basilone and Carpenter were not delivered until 1949. Gray indicates ship commissioned after World War II. Fletcher-class destroyers, followed by 102 destroyer escorts; then by 27 Gearing-class ships, 14 of which were delivered to the Navy after VJ Day. At its peak, the Orange yard employed 20,000 people. After the war, it reverted to fabrication and for many years was a division of U.S. Steel. Today, a division of Signal International, it builds offshore drilling rigs. On 11 August 2000, Consolidated ’s 14th Gearing-class destroyer, Orleck (DD 886), returned under tow from Turkey after having been in commission in the United States and Turkish Navies since 15 September 1945. Orleck is now being restored at a berth on Front Street in downtown Orange by the Southeast Texas War Memorial & Heritage Foundation.Link: Consolidated Steel Corp. Ltd., Orange TX, including destroyer production record.

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