Continental Iron Works, Greenpoint NY
This yard was established by Samuel Sneeden in 1851, became Sneeden & Rowland in 1858, and then Continental Iron Works, managed by Thomas Rowland, in 1859. The yard was at West and Calyer Streets, in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn: the site is now occupied by a Consolidated Freightways terminal. The company ceased active shipbuilding in 1889. If anyone can provide any additional information about the ships it built, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.
Most recent update: 23 May 2016.
| Hull # | O.N. | Original Name | Original Owner | Type | GT | Feet | Built | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Built by Sneeden & Co. | ||||||||
| William Gibbons | Psgr./Cargo | 294 | 1833 | Stranded 1836 on Body Island | ||||
| Bay State | Psgr./Cargo | 1,600 | 1846 | Abandoned 1864 | ||||
| 7607 | Plymouth Rock | Psgr./Cargo | 1,598 | 1848 | Renamed Empire State, burnt 1887 in Bristol RI | |||
| Cuba | Psgr./Cargo | 508 | 1851 | |||||
| 4855 | California | Psgr./Cargo | 480 | 1852 | Abandoned 1878 | |||
| 4562 | City of Hartford | Hartford & NY SB Co | Psgr./Cargo | 814 | 1852 | Capital City 1883, wrecked 1888 in LI Sound | ||
| 10332 | Granite State | C. W. Chapin | Psgr./Cargo | 887 | 1853 | Burnt 1883 off Goodspeed Landing | ||
| Metacomet | Psgr./Cargo | 395 | 1854 | To USN 1858 as Pulaski | ||||
| 16760 | Metropolis | Bay State SB Co | Psgr./Cargo | 2,210 | 1854 | Barge 1873, wrecked 1878 on Currituck NC | ||
| Christoval Colon | Psgr./Cargo | 450 | 1856 | To Cuba, foundered 1857 | ||||
| Everglade | Psgr./Cargo | 406 | 1856 | CSS Savannah, Oconee 1863, foundered 1863 | ||||
| 7717 | Dawn | Psgr./Cargo | 399 | 1857 | To USN 1861, Eutaw 1865 | |||
| Independence | Capt. Ezra Nye | Psgr./Cargo | 354 | 1857 | To Valparaiso, foundered 1859 | |||
| Built by Sneeden & Rowland | ||||||||
| 22818 | Daylight | Psgr./Cargo | 682 | 1859 | To USN 1861, USS Santee 1865, barge 1886 | |||
| 16761 | Mount Vernon | Psgr./Cargo | 625 | 1859 | To USN 1861, foundered 1869 | |||
| R. R. Cuyler | NY-Havana SS | Psgr./Cargo | 1,202 | 1859 | To USN 1861, wrecked 1867 | |||
| 13452 | John Brooks | Naugatuck TC | Steamer | 780 | 1859 | Broken up about 1897 | ||
| Built by Continental Iron Works | ||||||||
| 1468 | Alabama | I. L. Day and Others | Steamboat | 510 | 1859 | Abandoned 1892 | ||
| Flushing | Flushing Steam Ferry | Ferry | 333 | 1859 | Sold foreign 1863 | |||
| 4631 | Continental | New Haven SB Co | Steamer | 1,139 | 1861 | Abandoned 1902 | ||
| Primero | Pesant Bros. and Co. | Steamer | 331 | 1861 | Sunk 1862 | |||
| 5270 | City of Boston | Norwich & NY TC | Steamer | 1,497 | 1861 | Scrapped 1896 | ||
| 5271 | City of New York | Norwich & NY TC | Steamer | 1,497 | 1862 | Burnt 1866 | ||
| na | Monitor | U.S. Navy | Ironclad | 987 | 25-Feb-62 | Foundered off Cape Hatteras 1862 | ||
| na | Catskill | U.S. Navy | Ironclad | 1,875 | 24-Feb-63 | Sold 1902 | ||
| na | Montauk | U.S. Navy | Ironclad | 1,875 | 14-Dec-62 | Sold 1904 | ||
| na | Passaic | U.S. Navy | Ironclad | 1,875 | 25-Nov-62 | Sold 1899 | ||
| na | Sangamon | U.S. Navy | Ironclad | 1,875 | 1863 | Sold 1905 | ||
| na | Onondaga | U.S. Navy | Ironclad | 2,592 | 24-Mar-64 | Sold to France 1867 | ||
| na | Muscoota | U.S. Navy | Gunboat | 1,370 | 5-Jan-65 | Sold 1869 as Tennessee, burnt 1870 | ||
| na | Puritan | U.S. Navy | Ironclad | 4,912 | 5-Jan-66 | Sold 1922 | ||
| na | Cohoes | U.S. Navy | Ironclad | 1,175 | 19-Jan-66 | Scrapped 1874 | ||
| Nuevo Cubano | Steamer | 42 | 1866 | Foundered 1866 | ||||
| James Fisk, Jr. | Erie RR Co. | Ferry | 755 | 1869 | Later Passaic, Broadway 1910, deleted 1918 | |||
| Fulton | Union Ferry Co. | Ferry | 647 | 1871 | Retired 1917 | |||
| Farragut | Union Ferry Co. | Ferry | 647 | 1871 | Retired 1914 | |||
| Atlantic | Union Ferry Co. | Ferry | 930 | 1885 | Scrapped 1938 | |||
| Brooklyn | Union Ferry Co. | Ferry | 930 | 1885 | Later Irvington 1928, scrapped 1935 | |||
| General | Hudson River SB Co. | Passenger | 332 | 1889 | Scrapped 1934 | |||
| Monadnock | U.S. Navy | Ironclad | 3,990 | 1874 | Hull built KD and shipped to Vallejo CA for assembly and outfitting: not completed until 1896 | |||