Devine Burtis, New York NY and Brooklyn NY
Divine Burtis started his shipbuilding business in 1840 and closed it in 1905. (Note that reliable sources, including his tombstone, say that his first name was Divine, not Devine, although the latter spelling is common throughout the usual maritime sources.) The yard was originally located in Manhattan but moved in the 1850s to a site at the foot of Conover Street, in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, where Pier 44 is today. The table below is clearly incomplete: did he never build anything that wasn't a ferry? If anyone has any data to add to it, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.
Most recent update: 22 May 2016.
| Hull # | O.N. | Original Name | Original Owner | Type | GT | Feet | Built | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North America | Hudson River Line | Ferry | 499 | 1840 | To USA 1863 | |||
| South America | Hudson River Line | Ferry | 638 | 1840 | Foundered 1864 | |||
| 19919 | Perry | Ferry | 255 | 1846 | Delaware 1882 | |||
| 16663 | Manhattan | Ferry | 447 | 1847 | Abandoned 1869 | |||
| Whitehall | Union Ferry Co. | Ferry | 323 | 1850 | To USN 1861, burnt 1862 off Fort Monroe | |||
| 4857 | Colden | Pennsylvania RR | Ferry | 577 | 1851 | Barge 1891 | ||
| Gowanus | Union Ferry Co. | Ferry | 417 | 1851 | Abandoned 1857 | |||
| Fulton | Union Ferry Co. | Ferry | 410 | 1852 | Sold 1863, abandoned 1867 | |||
| 22095 | Atlantic | Ferry | 650 | 1857 | To USN 1863 as Commodore Read, State of Maryland 1865 | |||
| 13192 | John S. Darcy | Pennsylvania RR | Ferry | 614 | 1857 | Deleted 1903 | ||
| 12982 | John P. Jackson | Pennsylvania RR | Ferry | 777 | 1860 | To US Govt 1860, abandoned 1871 | ||
| 19903 | Pavonia | Erie RR | Ferry | 864 | 1861 | Later Rutherford, abandoned 1911 | ||
| 13158 | Jersey City | Pennsylvania RR | Ferry | 982 | 1862 | Scrapped 1917 | ||
| 4876 | Communipaw | Central RR of NJ | Ferry | 1,028 | 1863 | Deleted 1905 | ||
| 4877 | Central | Central RR of NJ | Ferry | 1,023 | 1863 | Deleted 1903 | ||
| 18277 | New York | Pennsylvania RR | Ferry | 881 | 1863 | Scrapped 1905 | ||
| 18278 | Newark | Pennsylvania RR | Ferry | 661 | 1864 | Amenia 1879, deleted 1903 | ||
| 18295 | New Brunswick | Pennsylvania RR | Ferry | 909 | 1866 | Burnt 1896 | ||
| 8281 | Elizabeth | Central RR of NJ | Ferry | 1,082 | 1867 | Burnt 1901 | ||
| 20296 | Plainfield | Central RR of NJ | Ferry | 1,051 | 1869 | Burnt 1900 | ||
| 150187 | Princeton | Pennsylvania RR | Ferry | 888 | 1879 | Scrapped 1909 | ||
| 116026 | Steinway | Astoria Ferry Co. | Ferry | 354 | 1884 | To City of New York 1922, deleted 1939 | ||
| 86154 | General Slocum | Knickerbocker SS Co | Tour Boat | 1,284 | 1891 | Burnt and sank 1904 | ||
| 150931 | Port Morris | NY & Coll. Pt Ferry Co. | Ferry | 534 | 1901 | Nathan Hale 1920, Ridgefield 1928, Governor King, scrapped 1934 |