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John H. Dialogue, National Iron Armor & Shipbuilding, Camden NJ

John H. Dialogue was a machinist, who started in business repairing engines for locomotives and steamships. He bought the Elias Kaighn foundry in 1854 and became one of the few licensees of Corliss stationary steam engines. In 1862 he and some partners founded National Iron Armor & Shipbuilding Co., but this was not successful. He then worked as a subcontractor before restarting his own business in 1870 as River Iron Works. His partner died in 1874 and in 1890, he changed the name to John H. Dialogue & Son. The company went bankrupt in 1913 and the 34-acre site at Kaighn's Point was sold for other uses. Read more about it here. See the site from the air on Google here: the shipyard is gone but you can still see the side-launch ways. If anyone can add to the table below, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 18 May 2016.

Hull# O.N. Original Name Original Owner Type GT Feet Delivered Disposition
1-152 Presumed to be contracts for engines
Built by Wilcox & Whitney
153 4992 Thomas A. P. Champlin Tug 24 1862
154 15080 Lookout W. P. Clyde Tug 35 1862 Retired 2001
Built by National Iron Armor & Shipbuilding
155 Edwin Ludlow Tug 49 1863
156 Wyoming 799 1863 Rebuilt as barge 1887
157 na Koka U.S. Navy Monitor 614 1865 Not completed, scrapped 1874
158 Uno Solomon Thomas Tug 79 1864 To USN as Juniper 1864, to USLHB as Peter G. Washington 1865
159 J. W. Everman 692 1865 Converted to barge 1887
160 Douglass 49 1866 Lost 1898
Built by River Iron Works
161 Lillie Summers American Dredge Tug 50 1870 Comet 1884
162 na Iris U.S. Lighthouse Service Tender 1871 Sold 1899
163 na Schuyler Colfax U.S. Revenue Service Cutter 369 1871
164 105105 Aroma Mills Browning Brothers Tug 85 1872
165 110036 Reba Tug 36 1872 J. H. Petersen 1906
166 Major Tug 1872 Later Oceanic, Peter Cahill
167 na Ferdinand R. Hassler U.S. C. & G. S. Survey Vsl 319 1872 Later Clara Nevada, lost in Alaska 1898
168 Frank G. Fowler 49 1872
169 Agnes Passenger 448 1872 Barge Israel W. Dunham 1898
170 Charles A Warren Tug 41 1873
171 Amanda Powell Tug 38 1873
172 Anna J. Kipp Leonard Kipp Tug 43 1873
173 Samuel Gedney Tug 49 1873
174 City Ice Boat No. 3 City of Philadelphia Icebreaker 637 1874
175 Rebecca Tug 39 1874
176 2910 Bachelor Tug 26 1874
177 Diamond Passenger 12 1874
178 85326 George W. Childs Tug 98 1874
179 15969 Lightning Tug 48 1874
180 Spring Garden Tug/Psgr 23 1874
181 150021 Pennsylvania Tug 91 1874
182 Stella Tug 39 1874
183 William. F. Havemeyer City of Philadelphia Fireboat 111 1875
184 Ceres Passenger 52 1875
185 105485 Altoona Tug 64 1875 Senator Penrose 1918
186 General J. S. Schultze Ferry 536 1875 Tank barge Schuylkill 1910
187 75798 John W. Thompson Passenger 497 1875 Harry Randall 1893, Capital City 1910
188 Evona Tug 15 1875
189 White Water Passenger 61 1875 To USACOE 1911
190 95443 Hercules James A. Wright Tug 119 111 1876
191 130057 North America Insurance Co. of N. America Tug 290 1876
192 105603 Argonauta Tug 71 1876 To USAQMD 1899
193 75872 Juno Passenger 63 1876
194 Shackamaxon Passenger 383 1877
195 135317 E. E. Simpson Passenger 171 1877
196 95532 Hercules David Tillson Tug 77 1878 Victoria 1884
197 Brazil McKay, Scott & Co. Tug 123 1878
198 76042 Jennie Wilson Pilots Assoc. of N. O. Pilot Boat 78 1878 First iron pilot boat
199 76024 Juno 84 1878
200 Inca Tug 103 1879 To USN 1918 as ID 3219
201 130162 Nellie Tug/Psgr 61 1879
202 150185 Pallas Tug 33 1879 Christiana Baird 1884
203 Phoenix Tug 95 1879
204 Italian J. D. Dailey Tug 58 1879 To USAQMD as Reynolds 1898, J. C. Watson 1906
205 14374 Kate Jones Tug 123 1879 To USN as Seminole 1898, to USAQMD as General Ayres, Kate Jones 1906
206 Josiah W. Cloud Tug 18 1879 Raymond 1906
207
208 Hercules Tug 156 1880
209 140427 Louise Tug 105 1880
210 115744 Stella Tug 80 1880
211 John M Woodworth Marine Hospital Service Hospital 88 1880
212 135496 Edwin D. Hartley Tug 60 1881 Harford 1905, Elise Ann Conners, now in North River Tugboat Museum
213 Gladisfen Tug 67 1881 Mercedes 1888
214 25239 Underwriter Pilots Assoc. of N. O. Pilot Boat 171 1881 To USN 1918 as ID 1390, Adirondack (YT 44) 1920, sold 1922
215 115791 Samson Port of New Orleans Passenger 160 1881
216 100293 Iris Passenger 66 1881
217 Ranger American Salt Co Cargo 273 1881 Parole 1887, Presidente Carazo 1890, wrecked on Colorado Bar 1896
218 207767 Samuel G. King Fireboat 63 1881
219 105991 Anna Tug/Psgr 75 1881 Reliance 1893
220 115780 S. J. Lennox Tug 78 1881 Viking 1893
221
222 Mexico Sofia Cia. Mexicana de. Nav. Tug 49 1882
223 Benito Estenger Gallego, Messa & Co. Cargo 371 1882 Deleted 1920
224 106090 Arctic Tug 33 1882
225 14407 Kensington Tug 34 1882 Bauerline 1918
226 Argus Jas. A Wright Tug 171 1882
227 95727 Hercules Tug 70 77 1882 To USN as Chickasaw 1898, sold as Ross Reichert 1913; Harry R. Wheeler 1918, Peggy Sheridan 1943, Mae R. Mathiasen 1947, scrapped 1954
228 150255 Protector Tug 99 1882 To USN 1918 as SP 1242 but not used
229 135624 Emma Kate Ross Ross & Sanford Tug 127 1882 To USN 1918 as SP 2844, Russell 5 1941, Essex 1941, Helen M. Mathiasen 1948
230 126028 Cecilia Passenger 98 1882
231 91423 Mary Wittich Tug 127 1882
232
233
234 135641 Echo Tug 136 1883
235 Gladisfen Mrs. M.A. Meyer Tug 118 1883
236 100323 Ira M. Hedges Washburn SB Co. Tug 76 1883
237 135671 Edwin Terry Washburn SB Co. Tug 91 1883
238 135727 Elmer E. Wood Tug 112 1883 Mongah 1910, Robert H. Lockwood 1936
239
240
241 Mexico American Augusto Mexican Central RR Tug 135 1885 To Venezuela as Augusto, to Mexico 1896 as Tampico
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256 126219 Charles H Fox Tug 41 1884 Walter E. Sutton 1884
257 Governor Safford Gulf Steamboat Co. Passenger 307 1884 Philip J. Kenny 1920, burnt 1923 near Ambrose LS
258 126184 Corsair Tug 95 1884
259 Sea Lion Merchants & Shipowners Tug 186 1884
260
261
262
263
264 na Madrono U.S. Lighthouse Service Tender 412 1885 To USAT as Col. Charles L. Willard 1941
265 126309 Chicago Psgr/Tug 89 1885
266
267 110691 Rescue Tug 75 1886
268
269 126349 Chauncey M. Depew Tug 77 1886 NY Central No. 10, J. C. Reichart 1918
270 126401 C. C. Clarke Tug 150 1886 NY Central No. 3, A. W. Whitman, Susan Elizabeth, scrapped 2008
275 A. H. Whiteman George W. Whiteman Tug 158 1886 Charles Clarke, N. H. De Bardeleben 1941, Shamrock 1962
271 154377 Peerless Tug 90 1886 Edmund J. Moran 1918
Ybero Cargo 300 1886 Foundered 1907
272
273
274
275 155151 Oakland NY Central & H RR Tug 103 1887 NY Central No. 13, Hay-de, Pier 63 Maritime Museum
276 100415 Interstate NY Central & H RR Tug 103 1887 NY Central No. 12
277 135958 W. S. Williams Lamberts Point Towing Tug 136 1887 E. V. McCaulley
278 76664 James McCaulley James McCaulley Tug 92 1887 Arabian 1918
279 91969 Mercer Pennsylvania RR Tug 150 1887 St. Lawrence 1936
280
281 95943 Hercules P. Wright & Son Tug 142 101 1888 To USN 1898, designated YT 13 1920, sold 1937
282
283 150454 Pocahontas Tug/Psgr 94 1888
284 157205 Dandy Passenger 115 1888
285
286 Assistance Henderson Brothers Tug 100 1888 T. F. Richardson, W. H. Williams 1918
287 157229 Douglas H. Thomas Dougherty & Co. Tug 140 1888 To USN 1889 as Triton (YT 10), ID 3312 1918, sold 1930 as Melrose, J. Rich Steers 1945, Gwendoline Steers 1951, sank 1962
288
289
290
291
292 81249 Western Union Western Union Co. Cable Layer 185 1889
293 81217 William P. Congdon Savannah Lighterage Tug 69 1889 Later Chesapeake, sank 1995
294
295
296 141021 L. Luckenbach Luckenbach Towing Tug 255 1889 Defiance 1905, to USN 1918 as SP 1015, Challenge, (AT 59) 1920, YT 126, YTM 126, to MARAD 1946
Built by John H. Dialogue & Son
297 130500 N. and W. 1 Norfolk & Western Railway Tug 311 1890 Murrell 1906, scrapped 1949
298 130512 N. and W. 2 Norfolk & Western Railway Tug 311 1890 Boswell 1905, scrapped 1963
299 92153 Mars P. F. Martin & Co. Tug 278 1890 To USAT as ST 56
300 na Armeria U.S. Lighthouse Service Tender 1052 1890
301 126647 Carbonero Export Coal Co. Tug 361 Jul-90 Daniel Williard 1905, Gypsum Queen 1917, to USN 1917 as SP 430, lost off Brest 1919
302
303 Farniente Passenger 12 1891
304 96136 H. M. C. Smith Merchants Mutual Line Tug 98 1891 Jack Scully 1918, to USN 1918 as ID 2289 but not used
305 136168 Enterprise American Towing Co. Tug 214 1890 USN Modoc 1898, YTL 16, Flo
306 136173 Edgar F. Luckenbach Luckenbach Towing Tug 273 May-91 Luckenbach No.2, Cherokee, to USN 1918 as SP 458, lost 1918
307 106804 Asher J. Hudson Hudson Transportation Tug 136 1891 To USN 1918 as SP 3104, Yuma (YT 37), sold 1921 as Marathon
308 110948 Regis Savannah Lighterage Psgr/Tow 92 1891
309 81348 West Jersey Ferry 13 1891 Millville 1906
310 81456 Walter A. Luckenbach Luckenbach Towing Tug 283 Sep-93 To USN 1898 as Uncas (AT 51), YT 110, struck 1922, Joseph D. Wood, Henry W. Card, Relief
311 157368 Dauntless C. W. Wisbee Tug 153 1893 Later C. H. Hix, Restless 1944
312 na Hudson U.S. Revenue Service Cutter 174 1893 Sold 1942
313 110960 Robert S Bradley Bradley Fertilizer Tug 121 1892
314 116500 Scranton Del., Lack. & Western RR Tug 300 1892 Clincher 1916, scrapped 1926
315 na General Meigs U.S. Army QMD Passenger 292d 1892
316 126826 C. N. Kimpland William E. Beard & Co. Tug 132 1892 Susan N Moran 1898, Diamond 8, Natalie, Marion Olsen
317
318
319
320
321
322
323
324 3588 Beronda Yacht 17 1893
325 Delta Mr. E. Lee Cargo/Psgr 466 1893
326 96227 Hortense Tug 129 1893 To USN 1893 as Takoma, Sebago (YT 23), scrapped 1937
327
328
329
330 130672 Nottingham Central RR of New Jersey Tug 408 Jul-94 Burnt and scrapped 1947
331 157403 Dorothy Annan Tug 99 1894 Geo. D. Kuper, Bulley 1906
332 81493 William F. McCauley Atlantic Towing Tug 149 1894 To USN 1918 as ID 2360, returned 1918, later Captain Collier
333 Rosita Tug 84 1895
334 na Tybee U.S. Revenue Service Cutter 28 1895 Sold 1930
335 na Lamont U.S. Army CoE Tug 206 1895 Sold 1936, John Roen 1944, Samuel E. Bool, Georgia 1972
336 136512 Esther Tug 27 1895
337 na Scout U.S. Army CoE Tug 150 1896
338 136548 Edward Luckenbach Luckenbach Towing Tug 149 1896 To USN 1917 as Tecumseh (YT 24), YTM 24, returned 1946
339
340 na Princeton (PG 13) U.S. Navy Gunboat 1010 1898 Sold 1919
341 130792 Navigator J. Needham Tug 414 1898 To USN 1918 as ID 2225, later YT 39, sold 1946
342 111172 Robert A. Van Wyck New York Fire Dept. Fire Boat 203 1898 William L Strong 1902, retired 1948
343
344 100656 Isis International Elevating Co. Elevator 591 Jun-98
345 145781 Themis International Elevating Co. Elevator 591 Jun-98
346
347
348
349
350 130759 New England New England Fish Co. Fishing Vsl 230 Dec-97
351
352
353
354
355 136772 Echo Scully Towing & Tptn Co. Tug 413 Dec-98 John Scully 1903, H. C. Cadmus 1919, to USAT as LT 332 1942, George W. Whiteman 1947, deleted 1954
356
357 136675 Eugene Grasseli Grasselli Chemical Co. Freight 157 1898 To USQMD as Poe 1898
358 92911 M. E. Luckenbach Edgar F. Lukenbach Tug 439 Dec-98 Luckenbach No.1, Barnegat, to USN 1918 as SP 1232, G. E. Roper 1923, abandoned 1935
359
Dauntless No. 7 Dauntless Towing Tug 157 1898 Later John A. Dorgan
360
361 Despatch Pass. 21 1899
362 136724 E. L. Russell Gulf Refining Co. 1916 Passenger 206 1899
363 77354 Jacob Dykman Tug 145 1899 S. O. No. 4 1906, Port Covington 1916
364 136743 Eugene Grasseli Grasselli Chemical Co. Freight 157 Jul-99
365 127365 Charles Clarke Texas Oil & Transit Co Passenger 211 Aug-99
366
367
368 141675 Lackawanna Del., Lack.a & Western RR Tug 340 1900 In collision and lost 1915
369 81693 Wm. J. Bradley Tug 81 1900
370 107539 Abram Minis N.Y., Phila. & Norfolk R.R. Pass. 284 May-00 S. T. Morgan 1910, Salisbury
371 150885 Prudence James McWilliams Tug 292 Dec-19 Later Lawrence H. Shaw
372 Astral Standard Oil Co. Tug 616 Nov-03 Later Standard II
373 96555 Helen Charles Gring Tug 113 1901
374 150921 Patience Reading Co. Tug 292 Nov-01
375 200471 Lewis Luckenbach Luckenbach Steamship Cargo Ship 3906 Nov-03 Torpedoed and lost 1917
376 Providence Sailing Vsl 1651 1902
377 130958 Newcastle Chas. E. Davis Tug 110 1902
378 77542 John A. Hughes Asa Hughes Sons & others Tug 157 Aug-02
379 201528 Lenape H. P. Dilkes Tug 637 Nov-04 E. E. Johnson 1946, Good News 1961, Trident Star 1966, scrapped 1970
380 117224 S. O. Company No. 12 Standard Tptn Co. Tug 158 Feb-03 Later S.T. Co. No. 12
381 141847 L. Y. Schermerhorn American Dredging Co. Tug 174 Mar-03
382 3949 Bryn Mawr Chas. E. Davis Jr Tug 74 Apr-03 Engine and boiler only
383 93378 Montclair D L & W R R Tug 130 May-03
384 155466 Orange D L & W R R Tug 130 Jun-03
385 200557 John F. Lewis Chesapeake Co. Tug 160 1904
386
387
388 201458 Blue Bell Tug 179 1904 Virginian 1910
389 201104 Edgar F. Coney South Atlantic Towboat Tug 153 Jul-04 To USN 1918 as SP 346. returned 1919
390 201359 Columbia Baker-Whiteley Coal Co. Tug 212 1904 Ionian 1916, LT-799, WWII
391 na Lieut. Ord U.S. Army QMD Launch 22 1905 Later Lieut. Augustine
392 na Capt. Hartshorne U.S. Army QMD Launch 22 1905
393 na Capt. Connell U.S. Army QMD Launch 22 1905
394 201823 Jack Twohy Tug 171 1905 To Panama Canal Commission as Bohio
395 203236 M. E. Scully Scully Transportation Tug 272 1906 To Panama Canal Commission as Reliance
396 na Lieut. Bumpus U.S. Army QMD Launch 22 1905
397 na Cerberus U.S. Army CoE Tug 206 Jul-05 Maurice R Shaw 1933
398 202702 Annie L. Vansciver Phila, Rancocas & Mt Holley Tptn Co. Passenger 194 1905
399 ? Macadam Tug 150 1906
400 ? Concrete Tug 150 1906
400 203367 Newburgh NY Trap Rock Co. Tug 234 1906 To Panama Canal Commission as Mariner
401 203366 Haverstraw NY Trap Rock Co. Tug 234 1906 Aurora 1910, to USN 1917 as SP 345, returned 1919
402
403 203365 Florence Passenger 20 1906
404 164433 Managua Barge 177 1906
405 164432 Masaya Barge 177 1906
406 203766 Pocomoke NY, Phila. & Norfolk RR Tug 293 1906 To USN 1917 as SP 2265 but not used
407
408 Tucker & Walker Engine only
409 Blanca 1906
410 202890 James N. Knipe American Dredging Co. Tug 109 1906
411 204384 Patchogue Long Island R R Co. Tug 190 1907
412 204179 E. G. Reynolds E.G. Reynolds et al Tug 192 1907 To Panama Canal Commission as La Boca
413
414 204267 Ariosa Henry Dubois Sons Tug 262 Jun-07 Later Brian McAllister
415 203414 U. T. & L. Co. No. 1 United Transportation Co. Tank Barge 138 1906
416 203457 U. T. & L. Co. No. 2 United Transportation Co. Tank Barge 138 1906
417
418 203826 Salutation Charles L. Walker Tug 184 1907 Engine and boiler only
419
420
421 204801 Hercules Shipowners & Merchants Towing Co Tug 414 135 Dec-07 Now at the San Francisco Maritime Museum
422 204800 Goliath Shipowners & Merchants Towing Co Tug 414 135 Dec-07 To USN 1917 as SP 1494, sold 1921, scrapped 1952
423 204974 Ontario New York, Ontario & Western Ry.Co. Tug 415 May-08 Scrapped 1948
424 204975 Western New York, Ontario & Western Ry.Co. Tug 415 May-08 Wrecked off Shelburne NS 1926
425 206311 Sarah E. McWilliams C. J. McWilliams Tug 294 Jul-08 Later Resolute 1916
426 206638 J. W. Thompson J W Thompson Tug 186 1909
427
428
429 206818 Parksley Pennsylvania RR Tug 296 1909
430
431 207063 La Criada United Fruit Co Tug 185 1909
432
433 207774 New York Central No. 27 New York Central RR Tug 231 1910
434 207392 Cape Charles Pennsylvania RR Co. Tug 296 1910
435 208158 Rancocas Hainseport Mining & Tptn. Tug 106 1910
436
437
438 208398 The Barnett Jacksonville Towing & Wrecking Co. Tug 194 1910 To USN 1917 as SP 1149, YT 29, sold 1936 as Richard Simmons, Raymond Card 1941, scrapped 1948
439
440
441
442 208565 La Belle Alexander Winton Yacht 165 1911 Later Marold II
443 na Engineer U.S. Army CoE Tug 152 1911 To Panama Canal Commission 1916
444 208659 Greenwich Pennsylvania RR Co. Tug 88 1911
445 208809 Vim Freight 14 1911
446
447
448
449
450 210107 John J. Howlett Tug 66 1912
451 209518 Caspian P. F. Martin Tug 125 1912 To USN 1917 as ID 1380 but not used, Trojan 1948, Cherokee, Denise E 1993
452 210643 M. Moran Moran Towing Tug 256 Oct-12 Later Foremost, HS 42, M. Moran 1936
453 210901 Thomas J. Scully Edward F. Luckenbach Tug 405 Feb-13 Luckenbach No. 4 1916, Nahant 1917, to USN 1917 as SP 1250, Service No. 3 1920, sold as John F. Harlan 1929, Gotham 1935, W. E. Hunt 1942, Good Fortune 1961, scrapped 1963
454
455 210488 Willard U. Taylor 244 1913
456 211597 Senator Bailey Gulf Refining Co. Tug 293 Jul-13
457 211444 S. M. Goucher Tug 58 1913
458 165108 Fifty-Eight The Texas Steamship Co. Barge 433 1913
459 165221 Fifty-Nine The Texas Steamship Co. Barge 398 Mar-13
460 165346 Sixty The Texas Steamship Co. Barge 433 1913
461 211727 North American The Texas Steamship Co. Tug 134 1913 Later M. W. Storms

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