Other pre-WWII New York state shipbuilders
This table attempts to cover those other shipbuilders located in New York State that were active in the years between the Civil War and World War One. If anyone has any data to add to this table, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.
Most recent update: 24 May 2016.
Shipbuilder |
Location | Hull # | O.N. | Original Name | Original Owner | Type | GT | Feet | Built | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American SB | Port Richmond NY | Frostburg | Cargo Ship | 927 | 1884 | Later Theodore Weems 1907, in collision and sank off the Mississippi mouth 1915 | ||||
| American SB | Port Richmond NY | Red Wing | G. C. Harris Jr | Schooner | 437 | 1884 | Foundered Pensacola 21.11.96 | |||
| Atlantic Steam IW | Brooklyn NY | Pembroke | W. E. Coffin and Co. | Steamboat | 241 | 1860 | Sold foreign 1863 | |||
| Atlantic Steam IW | Brooklyn NY | Novelty | 358 | 1869 | ||||||
| Atlantic Steam IW | Brooklyn NY | William Lawrence | Baltimore Line | 358 | 1869 | |||||
| Atlantic Steam IW | Brooklyn NY | William M. Flanders | 58 | 1872 | ||||||
| Atlantic Steam IW | Brooklyn NY | Shearwater | 109 | 1887 | ||||||
| Atlantic Steam IW | Brooklyn NY | Unquowa | Yacht | 159 | 1888 | |||||
| Atlantic Steam IW | Brooklyn NY | Juthniel | 140 | 1889 | ||||||
| Atlantic Steam IW | Brooklyn NY | Wild Duck | 233 | 1891 | ||||||
| Atlantic Steam IW | Brooklyn NY | Formosa | Yacht | 238 | 1894 | |||||
| Ayers, Samuel | Nyack NY | Presto | Yacht | 22 | 1897 | |||||
| Ayers, Samuel | Nyack NY | Arrow | Yacht | 82 | 1901 | |||||
| Barnard & Giles | Albany NY | John Taylor | NY & Albany Prop. Line | Steamer | 660 | 1865 | ||||
| Brown, J.W. | Tottenville NY | John B. Collins | Madison Tptn Co | Tug | 325 | 1901 | Scrapped 1937 | |||
| Columbia EW | Linnton NY | Avance | Cargo Ship | 662 | 1919 | Later Parthia 1920, Avant 1923, Ruth 1925, Irv 1928, scrapped 1930 | ||||
| Columbia EW | Linnton NY | Mildred | Cargo Ship | 829 | 1919 | Aux. schooner, later Arenzano 1922, Cabo Guardian 1928, San Luis 1929, in collision and burnt 1929 | ||||
| Continental SB | Yonkers NY | Hastnai | Tanker | 1111 | 1919 | Later Tiolene 1926, Pure Pep 1928, Pure Fuel Oil 1930, scrapped 1935 | ||||
| Donaldson, T. C. | New York NY | City of Hudson | Martin, Powers & Co | Steamer | 512 | |||||
| Downey | Brooklyn NY | Princess | Passenger | 251 | 1913 | Later Lake View 1923, wrecked Sydney NS 1952 | ||||
| Fougner Concrete | Long Island City NY | Polias | Cargo Ship | 2,564 | 1919 | Wrecked Rockland ME 1920 | ||||
| Hathorn, W. H. | Williamsburg NY | Petrel | US Revenue Service | Cutter | 120 | 1867 | Sold 1873 | |||
| Hathorn, W. H. | Williamsburg NY | Racer | US Revenue Service | Cutter | 120 | 1867 | Sold 1873 | |||
| Hathorn, W. H. | Greenpoint NY | Wreck of Scotland | U.S. Lighthouse Service | LV 20 | 165 | 1867 | Sold 1923 | |||
| Jonson Foundry | New York NY | Lillian | 22 | 1889 | ||||||
| Jonson Foundry | New York NY | Mexico | 16 | 1891 | ||||||
| Jonson Foundry | New York NY | New Yorker | Specialty | 243 | 1891 | |||||
| Lawler's Marine | Clifton NY | Southfield | Ferry | 758 | 1882 | Hulked 1908, scuttled 1923 | ||||
| Leary, J. D. | Brooklyn NY | Pollock Rip | U.S. Lighthouse Service | LV 42 | 410 | 1877 | Burnt, 4th of July, 1940 | |||
| Leary, J. D. | Brooklyn NY | City of Gloucester | Psgr/Cargo | 561 | 1883 | Later Thames 1927, burnt Captain's I, LI Sound, 1930 | ||||
| Magee, P. | Athens NY | Rockland | Nyack & Tarrytown Ferry Co | Ferry | 393 | 1888 | Scrapped 1928 | |||
| Maglehan, Peter | Athens NY | Right Arm | Tug | 401 | 1891 | To USN 1898 as Pontiac, later Passaic (YT 28) 1918, sold 1922 | ||||
| Mather & Wood | Port Jefferson NY | Park City | B. & Port Jeff. Co. | Passenger | 898 | 1898 | Sank 1951 off Manasquan NJ | |||
| Murphy, J. | Newburgh NY | Dix | US Revenue Service | Cutter | 290 | 1865 | Sold 1872 | |||
| Murphy, James | Brooklyn NY | Chase | US Revenue Service | Cutter | 500 | 1865 | Sold 1875 | |||
| Neptune Iron Works | NY | Santa Marta | South America | Steamboat | 1857 | |||||
| Neptune Iron Works | NY | Serchil | La-Tehauntepec Co. | Steamboat | 1858 | |||||
| New Burrell Johnson | Shelburne NY | Enterprise | Cargo ship | 211 | 1907 | |||||
| New Burrell Johnson | Shelburne NY | Robert G.Cann | Cargo ship | 265 | 1911 | |||||
| New York Hastings | Tompkins Cove NY | Amackassin | Ferry | 266 | 1902 | |||||
| Ramsey, H. A. | Brooklyn NY | Manzania | US Light House Service | Tender | 450 | 1879 | Later Daniel Kern 1908, stripped and burnt 1939 | |||
| Robins | Brooklyn NY | Nokomis | Yacht | 303 | 1914 | |||||
| Rodermund & Co. | Tompkins Cove NY | John Dwight | Tug | 1896 | To USN 1898 as Pawnee (YT 21), sold 1922 | |||||
| Southern SB | Tottenville NY | J. O. Ellison | Haverill S.S. Co | Cargo Ship | 555 | 1909 | Foundered off New Orleans 1914 | |||
| Tank SB | Newburgh NY | 112 | Bayonne | Tanker | 1111 | 1919 | Deleted 1950 | |||
| Tank SB | Newburgh NY | 113 | Pinthis | Tanker | 1111 | 1919 | In collision and blew up off Scituate 1930 | |||
| Van Loan & Magee | Athens NY | City of Catskill | NY, Catskill & Athens SS Co | Passenger | 1,073 | 1880 | Burnt at Roundout NY 1883 | |||
| Van Loan & Magee | Athens NY | Belle Horton | Citizens' SB Co Inc | Passenger | 305 | 1881 | Burnt at Norfolk VA 1922 | |||
| Van Loan & Magee | Athens NY | New Brunswick | New Brunswick & NY SB Co | Passenger | 601 | 1881 | Abandoned 1907 | |||
| Van Loan & Magee | Athens NY | Kaaterskill | Passenger | 1,361 | 1882 | Abandoned 1916 | ||||
| Verdon, F. A. | W New Brighton NY | Hillsborough | J.B.King Tptn Co | Cargo Ship | 330 | 1917 | Foundered Hudson Heights NJ 1952 | |||
| Voris | Nyack NY | Wilbur A. Heisley | Cargo | 537 | 1883 | Later City of Long Branch 1886, burnt Roanoke River 1892 | ||||
| Unknown | Brooklyn NY | Underwriter | Psgr/Cargo | 341 | 1852 | To USN 1862, burnt 1864 | ||||
| Unknown | Brooklyn NY | Bronx (ex-Andrews) | U.S. Revenue Service | Cutter | 220 | 1863 | Acquired 1863, foundered 1873 | |||
| Unknown | Brooklyn NY | Jasmine (ex-Van Houten) | U.S. Coast Guard | Cutter | 120 | 1866 | Acquired from USN 1866, later Chandler, sold 1903 | |||
| Unknown | Brooklyn NY | Accomack | Old Dominion SS Co | Psgr/Cargo | 434 | 1877 | Deleted 1894 | |||
| Unknown | Brooklyn NY | Luray | 423 | 1882 | Later Saugerties 1889, burnt at Saugerties NY 1903 | |||||
| Unknown | Brooklyn NY | Shenandoah | Passenger | 848 | 1882 | Later William Storie 1893, Mediator 1914, abandoned 1921 | ||||
| Unknown | Brooklyn NY | Patrol | Passenger | 439 | 1882 | Later William Storie 1893, Mediator 1914, abandoned 1921 | ||||
| Unknown | Clayton NY | Ontario | Passenger | 444 | 1884 | Foundered in Bogue Inlet NC 1908 | ||||
| Unknown | Clayton NY | St. Lawrence | Passenger | 312 | 1884 | Later Protector 1891, Isla da Cuba 1903, deleted 1913 | ||||
| Unknown | East Rockaway NY | Anna E. Combes | Cargo | 138 | 1904 | In collision off Mobile Bay 1945 | ||||
| Unknown | Kingston NY | Messenger Bird | Francis Danielson | Clipper Ship | 419 | 1852 | ||||
| Unknown | Newburgh NY | Northerner | U.S. Revenue Service | Cutter | 320 | Acquired 1864, later Ewing, to USPHS 1892 | ||||
| Unknown | Sag Harbor | Storm | Slate, Gardner & Howell | Clipper Ship | 545 | 1852 | ||||
| Unknown | Williamsburg NY | Virginia | Steamer | 722 | 1857 | |||||
| Unknown | NY | Marion | Bras d'Or SB Co Ltd | Passenger | 478 | 1876 | Burnt at East Boston 1911 | |||
| Unknown | New York NY | Richard Varick | Pennsylvania RR | Ferry | 1826 | Abandoned 1834 | ||||
| Unknown | New York NY | William Cutting | Union Ferry Co. | Ferry | 85 | 1828 | Abandoned 1840 | |||
| Unknown | New York NY | General Jackson | Navy Yard Ferry Co. | Ferry | 174 | 1829 | Deleted 1849 | |||
| Unknown | New York NY | Sussex | Pennsylvania RR | Ferry | 290 | 1834 | Abandoned 1834 | |||
| Unknown | New York NY | Essex | Pennsylvania RR | Ferry | 243 | 1835 | To Albany interests 1850, abandoned 1859 | |||
| Unknown | New York NY | Brooklyn | Union Ferry Co. | Ferry | 304 | 1836 | To Canadian interests 1853 | |||
| Unknown | New York NY | New Jersey | Pennsylvania RR | Ferry | 288 | 1836 | Abandoned 1862 | |||
| Unknown | New York NY | Relief | Union Ferry Co. | Ferry | 145 | 1836 | To Albany interests 1842 as Nassau | |||
| Unknown | New York NY | Jamaica | Union Ferry Co. | Ferry | 73 | 1837 | Sold 1849, abandoned 1868 | |||
| Unknown | New York NY | Fulton | Union Ferry Co. | Ferry | 184 | 1839 | Sold 18??, abandoned 1859 | |||
| Unknown | New York NY | Astoria | Astoria Ferry Co. | Ferry | 102 | 1840 | Abandoned 1865 | |||
| Unknown | New York NY | Newtown | Williamsburg Ferries | Ferry | 12 | 1842 | Abandoned 1876 | |||
| Unknown | New York NY | Suffolk | Union Ferry Co. | Ferry | 266 | 1842 | Barge 1846 | |||
| Unknown | New York NY | Washington | Pennsylvania RR | Ferry | 117 | 1843 | Abandoned 1868 | |||
| Unknown | New York NY | Union | Union Ferry Co. | Ferry | 286 | 1844 | To upstate interests 1861, burnt 1878 | |||
| Unknown | New York NY | Transit | Union Ferry Co. | Ferry | 404 | 1847 | Abandoned 1856 | |||
| Unknown | New York NY | Wyandank | Union Ferry Co. | Ferry | 399 | 1847 | To US Govt 1861, scrapped 1880 | |||
| Unknown | New York NY | Bedford | Union Ferry Co. | Ferry | 425 | 1848 | To Jersey Central RR 1862, barge 1866 | |||
| Unknown | New York NY | Oneida | Williamsburg Ferries | Ferry | 313 | 1849 | Abandoned 1876 | |||
| Unknown | New York NY | California | Nassau Ferry Co. | Ferry | 262 | 1851 | Abandoned 1878 | |||
| Unknown | New York NY | Iola | Greenpoint Ferry Co. | Ferry | 248 | 1853 | Scrapped 1866 | |||
| Unknown | New York NY | Nebraska | Williamsburg Ferries | Ferry | 411 | 1854 | Abandoned 1875 | |||
| Unknown | New York NY | Williamsburgh | Astoria Ferry Co. | Ferry | 255 | 1856 | Scrapped1873 | |||
| Unknown | New York NY | Kill Van Kull | Central RR of NJ | Ferry | 1,463 | 1858 | Burnt 1889 | |||
| Unknown | New York NY | Montague | Union Ferry Co. | Ferry | 449 | 1859 | To East River Ferry Co. 1868, abandoned 1877 | |||
| Unknown | New York NY | Pacific | Union Ferry Co. | Ferry | 596 | 1859 | Abandoned 1898 | |||
| Unknown | New York NY | Queens County | Long Island RR | Ferry | 320 | 1859 | Barge 1887 | |||
| Unknown | New York NY | Manhasset | Union Ferry Co. | Ferry | 462 | 1860 | To Norfolk interests 1874, abandoned 1900 | |||
| Unknown | New York NY | Roslyn | Union Ferry Co. | Ferry | 462 | 1860 | To Weehawken ferry o. 1871, abandoned 1888 | |||
| Unknown | New York NY | Huntington | Long Island RR | Ferry | 552 | 1861 | Previously USS Fort Henry, burnt 1868 | |||
| Unknown | New York NY | Superior | Williamsburg Ferries | Ferry | 570 | 1862 | To Norfolk interests 1900, burnt 1911 | |||
| Unknown | New York NY | Ravenswood | Long Island RR | Ferry | 430 | 1867 | To Florida interests 1886, burnt 1895 | |||
| Unknown | New York NY | Delaware | Erie RR | Ferry | 935 | 1868 | Later Sterlington, Suffern, abandoned 1925 | |||
| Unknown | Brooklyn NY | Olive Branch | Union Ferry Co. | Ferry | 159 | 1836 | Sold 1852, abandoned 1858 | |||
| Unknown | Brooklyn NY | Manhattan | Union Ferry Co. | Ferry | 326 | 1849 | To Philadelpha interests 1863, to US Govt 1864, barge 1867 | |||
| Unknown | Brooklyn NY | Brooklyn | Union Ferry Co. | Ferry | 427 | 1853 | To Camden interests 1868, abandoned 1873 | |||
| Unknown | Brooklyn NY | D. S. Gregory | Pennsylvania RR | Ferry | 578 | 1853 | Abandoned 1890 | |||
| Unknown | Brooklyn NY | Exchange | Union Ferry Co. | Ferry | 438 | 1853 | Sold 1857, abandoned 1858 | |||
| Unknown | Brooklyn NY | Nassau | Union Ferry Co. | Ferry | 504 | 1854 | Barge 1888 | |||
| Unknown | Brooklyn NY | George Law | Williamsburg Ferries | Ferry | 414 | 1856 | To Camden interests 1888, burnt 1901 | |||
| Unknown | Brooklyn NY | America | Union Ferry Co. | Ferry | 650 | 1857 | To US Govt 1863 as Commodore Read, to Maryland interests 1865 as State of Marland, wrecked 1876 | |||
| Unknown | Brooklyn NY | Bergen Point | Port Richmond Ferry Co. | Ferry | 106 | 1857 | Abandoned 1874 | |||
| Unknown | Brooklyn NY | Warren | Williamsburg Ferries | Ferry | 480 | 1859 | To Staten Island Railway 1896, scrapped 1908 | |||
| Unknown | Brooklyn NY | Lark | Port Richmond Ferry Co. | Ferry | 305 | 1860 | Abandoned 1905 | |||
| Unknown | Brooklyn NY | Peconic | Union Ferry Co. | Ferry | 506 | 1860 | To Camden interests 18??, abandoned 1897 | |||
| Unknown | Brooklyn NY | Nuestra Senora De Regla | Ferry | 376 | 1861 | |||||
| Unknown | Brooklyn NY | Hamilton | Union Ferry Co. | Ferry | 584 | 1862 | Abandoned 1918 | |||
| Unknown | Brooklyn NY | Monticello | Union Ferry Co. | Ferry | 538 | 1862 | To City of New York 1922 as Shinnecock, abandoned 1928 | |||
| Unknown | Brooklyn NY | Somerset | Union Ferry Co. | Ferry | 538 | 1862 | To US Govt 1862, returned 1864, abandoned 1914 | |||
| Unknown | Brooklyn NY | New York | Union Ferry Co. | Ferry | 642 | 1863 | Barge 1917 | |||
| Unknown | Brooklyn NY | Arizona | Williamsburg Ferries | Ferry | 496 | 1864 | Barge 1898 | |||
| Unknown | Brooklyn NY | Idaho | Williamsburg Ferries | Ferry | 496 | 1864 | Lost 1895 | |||
| Unknown | Brooklyn NY | Middletown | Staten Island R. T. | Ferry | 641 | 1864 | To City of New York 1906, abandoned 1912 | |||
| Unknown | Brooklyn NY | Columbia | Union Ferry Co. | Ferry | 586 | 1867 | To City of New York 1922, abandoned 1927 | |||
| Unknown | Brooklyn NY | Hudson City | Pennsylvania RR | Ferry | 1,008 | 1867 | To LIRR 1904, abandoned 1913 | |||
| Unknown | Brooklyn NY | Mineola | Union Ferry Co. | Ferry | 620 | 1868 | To City of New York 1922, abandoned 1926 | |||
| Unknown | Brooklyn NY | Alaska | Williamsburg Ferries | Ferry | 730 | 1872 | Deleted 1912 | |||
| Unknown | Brooklyn NY | Montana | Williamsburg Ferries | Ferry | 734 | 1872 | Deleted 1908 | |||
| Unknown | Brooklyn NY | Fanwood | Central RR Co of New Jersey | Ferry | 1,092 | 1876 | Burnt at Wycocomagh NS 1922 | |||
| Unknown | Brooklyn NY | Dakota | Williamsburg Ferries | Ferry | 553 | 1880 | Deleted 1915 | |||
| Unknown | Brooklyn NY | Brooklyn | Ferry | 930 | 1885 | Later Irvington 1926, scrapped 1936 | ||||
| Unknown | Brooklyn NY | Colonia | Ferry | 200 | 1902 | |||||
| Unknown | Greenpoint NY | Eagle | Union Ferry Co. | Ferry | 392 | 1852 | To Williamsburg Ferries 1859, to US Govt 1861, to Maryland interests 1865 as Baltimore, sank 1866 | |||
| Unknown | Greenpoint NY | Metropolis | Union Ferry Co. | Ferry | 433 | 1852 | To Boston interests 1865, barge 1875 | |||
| Unknown | Greenpoint NY | Clinton | Union Ferry Co. | Ferry | 586 | 1862 | To US Army 1917 as GEN John Simpson, Clinton 1922, abandoned 1931 | |||
| Unknown | Greenpoint NY | Baltic | Union Ferry Co. | Ferry | 642 | 1863 | Barge 1917 | |||
| Unknown | Greenpoint NY | Republic | Union Ferry Co. | Ferry | 539 | 1863 | Abandoned 1918 | |||
| Unknown | Greenpoint NY | Nevada | Williamsburg Ferries | Ferry | 666 | 1870 | Deleted 1912 | |||
| Unknown | Greenpoint NY | North Side | Greenpoint Ferry Co. | Ferry | 567 | 1871 | Later Kentucky, deleted 1913 | |||
| Unknown | Greenpoint NY | Astoria | Astoria Ferry Co. | Ferry | 305 | 1872 | To Port Richmond & Bergen Point Ferry Co. 1891, scrapped 1917 | |||
| Unknown | Tompkins Cove NY | Annex | Pennsylvania Annex | Ferry | 529 | 1895 | To Virginia interests 1911 as Warwick, abandoned 1920 |