Other South Atlantic Shipbuilders

Other pre-WWII shipbuilders, Atlanticcoast south of New York

This table attempts to cover those other shipbuilders located on the Atlantic Coast south of New York 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: 3 May 2016.

Shipbuilder	Location	Original Name	Original Owner	Type	LDT	Built	Disposition
New Jersey
American Dredging	Camden NJ	L. Y. Schermerhorn		Tug	174	1903
Bailey & Co., E. H.	Camden, NJ	Hay De		Tug		1887
Camden SB	Camden NJ	Georgia		Tug		1895
Hillman, B.G.	Camden NJ	Fortuna		Cargo Ship	374	1880	Later Huracan 1900, deleted 1929
Hillman, B.G.	Camden NJ	Ethel		Cargo Ship	570	1883	Later Dessalines 1883, deleted 1909
Hillman, B.G.	Camden NJ	Nantucket		Passenger	629	1886	Later Point Comfort 1915, wrecked Esopus I 1919
Perth Amboy SB	Perth Amboy NJ	Elm City	Long Island Nav Co	Cargo Ship	379	1910	Later Mohican 1917, burnt Alexandretta 1919
Quigley, Davis & Dorp	Camden NJ	Bryn Mawr	Peter Wright & Sons	Tug		1903
Tucker, B.	Cramer Hill NJ	Blue Bell		Tug	179	1904
Tucker, B.	Cramer Hill NJ	Salutation	McWilliams Blue Line	Tug	184	1907
Stevens, Francis B.	Hoboken NJ	Blue Bonnet			169	1870
Stevens, Francis B.	Hoboken NJ	Red Jacket			149	1870
Stevens, Francis B.	Hoboken NJ	Raritan		Steamer	175	1871
Stevens, Francis B.	Hoboken NJ	Renova			194	1875
Stuart, John	Hoboken NJ	Morristown	Hoboken Ferry Co.	Ferry	682	1865	Abandoned 1898
Stuart, John	Hoboken NJ	James Rumsey	Hoboken Ferry Co.	Ferry	671	1867	Scrapped 1907
Stuart, John	Hoboken NJ	Hackensack	Hoboken Ferry Co.	Ferry	917	1871	Deleted 1912
Stuart, John	Hoboken NJ	Moonachie	Hoboken Ferry Co.	Ferry	810	1877	To NY & College Point Ferry Co. 1907 as Queens, burnt 1918
Unknown	Bulls Ferry NJ	Richard Borden	Providence & Newport SS Co	Cargo Ship	892	1874	Later George Weems 1905, burnt off Frying Pan Shoals 1908
Unknown	Camden NJ	Uno (ex-Juniper)	US Revenue Service	Cutter	116		Acquired from USN 1865, sold 1906
Unknown	Cramer Hill NJ	Salutation		Tug	184	1907
Unknown	Elizabethport NJ	Evelyn		Tug	173	1914	Later Macuro, wrecked Puerto Cabello 1970
Unknown	Hoboken NJ	Hoboken	Hoboken Ferry Co.	Ferry	207	1822	Abandoned1856
Unknown	Hoboken NJ	Pioneer	Hoboken Ferry Co.	Ferry	143	1824	Abandoned 1860
Unknown	Hoboken NJ	John Fitch	Hoboken Ferry Co.	Ferry	125	1845	Abandoned 1878
Unknown	Hoboken NJ	Bushwick	Astoria Ferry Co.	Ferry	151	1848	Barge 1872
Unknown	Hoboken NJ	James Rumsey	Hoboken Ferry Co.	Ferry	341	1851	Burnt 1853
Unknown	Hoboken NJ	James Watt	Hoboken Ferry Co.	Ferry	372	1851	Burnt 1870
Unknown	Hoboken NJ	Paterson	Hoboken Ferry Co.	Ferry	360	1854	Abandoned 1874
Unknown	Hoboken NJ	Hoboken	Hoboken Ferry Co.	Ferry	530	1861	Lost 1862
Unknown	Hoboken NJ	Hoboken	Hoboken Ferry Co.	Ferry	551	1864	Abandoned 1880
Unknown	Hoboken NJ	Secaucus	Hoboken Ferry Co.	Ferry	971	1868	To Carteret Ferry Co. 1926, burnt 1935
Unknown	Hoboken NJ	Wiehaeken	Hoboken Ferry Co.	Ferry	724	1868	To NY & College Point Ferry Co. 1887 as College Point, scrapped 1907
Unknown	New Brunswick NJ	Whitehead	US Navy	Gunboat	136	1861	Burnt 1872
Pennsylvania
Baird & Huston	Philadelphia PA	Pansy		Cargo Ship	302	1878
Brown, Thomas	Philadelphia PA	Salmon P. Chase	US Revenue Service	Cutter	142	1878	To USPHS 1907
Chester Iron Works	Chester PA	Manhattan	U.S. Coast Guard	Tug	147	1873
Chester Rolling Mills	Chester PA	Pioneer			43	1885
Chester Rolling Mills	Chester PA	Nearia		Yacht	141	1887
Chester Rolling Mills	Chester PA	Restless		Yacht	88	1887
Chester Rolling Mills	Chester PA	Climax			46	1888
Clinton	Philadelphia PA	Motor Barge No. 30		Tanker	326	1919	Later Poling Bros. No. 6 1931, Michael V. McKay 1960, deleted 1968
Clinton	Philadelphia PA	Motor Barge No. 31		Tanker	326	1919	Scrapped 1981
Houston & Woodbridge	Linwood PA	Winter Quarter Shoal	U.S. Lighthouse Service	LV 45	401	1887	Sold 1927
Houston & Woodbridge	Linwood PA	Cape Charles	U.S. Lighthouse Service	LV 46	401	1887	Sold 1923
Penna RR Company	PA	Jessie			118	1872
Penna RR Company	PA	Overbrook			179	1894
Pioneer Iron Works	Marcus Hook PA	Frey-ja		Yacht	78	1881
Pioneer Iron Works	Marcus Hook PA	Joanna		Yacht	143	1881
Widener, Chas.	Chester PA	Manhattan	US Revenue Service	Cutter	147	1873	Later Arundel, sold 1928
Unknown	Kensington PA	Victoria	US Navy	Gunboat	254	1866	Sold 1875
Delaware
Davidson C.C.	Milton DE	Martha E. McCabe	Bowen & Williams	Cargo Ship	357	1888	Deleted 1899
Moore Sons	Wilmington DE	Albemarle	Old Dominion S.S. Co	Cargo Ship	509	1891	Later Nicholas 1920, foundered Cape Tuzla 1920
Unknown	Wilmington DE	Reliance	Edwards Dredging Co	Tug	784	1887	Later Gedney 1893, scrapped 1930
Maryland
Brewster Bros.	Baltimore MD	Pocomoke	U.S. Navy	Tug		1902	To USN 1917 as YT 43, returned to owner 1918
Clark, J.	Baltimore MD	Alsenborn	NY & Baltimore Tptn Line	Cargo Ship	508	1888	Scrapped 1910
Clark, J.	Baltimore MD	Princess		Cargo Ship	151	1906
Johnson, A. R.	Fort Howard MD	Maggie Duncan	J. Duncan	Cargo Ship	535	1890	Later Mohawk 1906, wrecked Castle Hook NJ 1922
McCosker, T.	Baltimore MD	Choptank		Passenger	346	1883	Scrapped 1924
McCosker, T.	Baltimore MD	Nansemond	Suffolk SB Co	Cargo Ship	309	1887	In collision off Aruba 1895
McCosker, T.	Baltimore MD	Peerless		Tug	102	1900
McCosker, T.	Baltimore MD	Defiance	F. A. Egerton	Tug	154	1903	Later Alexander, Timothy, W. H. McAllister
McCosker, T.	Baltimore MD	Imperial		Tug	160	1904
McCosker, T.	Baltimore MD	Margaret		Cargo Ship	203	1904
McCosker, T.	Baltimore MD	Leader		Tug	106	1904
McCosker, T.	Baltimore MD	Sea King		Cargo Ship	150	1907
Ramsey, H. A.	Baltimore MD	James Guthrie	US Revenue Service	Tug	110	1882	Sold 1942
Ramsey, H. A.	Baltimore MD	Zizania	U.S. Lighthouse Service	Tender	439	1888	Later Adario 1943, sold 1947
Tull, E.J.	Pocomoke City MD	W. R. Rowe		Trawler (FV)	218	1901
Tull, E.J.	Pocomoke City MD	Helen Euphane		Trawler (FV)	168	1902
Tull, E.J.	Pocomoke City MD	John B. Hinton	Seaboard Oil & Guano Co	Trawler (FV)	309	1912	Later Suzann D 1920, Nicolazic 1921, Agnar 1925, foundered off Lindesnes 1928
Tull, E.J.	Pocomoke City MD	Delaware		Trawler (FV)	246	1913
Waite	Baltimore MD	Chesapeake		Passenger	316	1884	Scrapped 1916
Unknown	Baltimore MD	Blake	U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey	Research	349	1874	Later George Weems 1905, burnt off Frying Pan Shoals 1908
Unknown	Baltimore MD	Bush Bluff	U.S. Lighthouse Service	LV 97	87	1876	Sold 1920
Unknown	Baltimore MD	No Name		LV 73	538	1901
Unknown	Baltimore MD	William S. Brusstar		Fishing	202	1902
Unknown	Baltimore MD	Sea King		Cargo	124	1902
Unknown	Baltimore MD	Magnolia	U.S. Coast Guard	WAGL 231	880	1904	Rammed and sunk 1945
Unknown	Baltimore MD	Ivy	U.S. Coast Guard	WAGL	880	1904	Sold 1941
Unknown	Baltimore MD	Wissahickon		Tug	137	1904
Unknown	Baltimore MD	San Pablo		Dredger	700	1916
Unknown	Baltimore MD	Absecon	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	Dredge	603	1914	Later Macuro, wrecked Puerto Cabello 1970
Unknown	Baltimore MD	Agassiz	US Revenue Service	Cutter	62		From Coast Survey 1861, returned 1865
District of Columbia
Unknown	Washington DC	Beaufort		Cargo Ship	385	1883	Barge 1896, burnt at 152nd Street & East River, New York, 1932
Virginia
Colonna, C.J.	Berkley VA	Chas. J. Colonna		Trawler (FV)	265	1904	Later A. Vernon McNeal
Petersburg Iron Works	Petersburg VA	Cape Elizabeth	U.S. Lighthouse Service	LV 74	495	1902	Sold 1934
Smith & McCoy	Norfolk VA	W. L. Messick	Carters Creek Fish Guano Co	Trawler	243	1911	Deleted 1962
Southern Tptn	Norfolk VA	Liberty	Southern Tptn Co	Tug	324	1918	Scrapped 1955
Tredegar Iron Works	Richmond VA	Polk	U.S. Coast Guard	Cutter	400	1844
Tredegar Iron Works	Richmond VA	Tredegar		Steamer	27	1867	Abandoned 1872
Tredegar Iron Works	Richmond VA	Virginia		Steamer	27	1867	Abandoned 1938
Tredegar Iron Works	Richmond VA	W. F. Taylor		Steamer	63	1867	Abandoned 1872
Unknown	Norfolk VA	Rosedale		Passenger	938	1877	Discarded 1907
Unknown	Weems VA	John T. Donohue		Cargo Ship	179	1912
North Carolina
Liberty SB	Wilmington NC	Cape Fear		Cargo Ship	2,795	1919	In collision and sank off Newport RI 1920
Reed, A.	Fort Bragg NC	Sequoia	J. S. Kimball Co	Cargo Ship	411	1898	Wrecked near Humboldt Bar 1907
Unknown	Wilmington NC	Governor Williams	US Revenue Service	Cutter			Acquired from USN 1802, lost 1806
South Carolina
Williams, H.T.	Conway SC	Maggie	B. G. Collins	Passenger	321	1896	Burnt at Conway SC 1897
Unknown	Charleston SC	John M. Cole		Passenger	318	1886	Later Irvington 1928, scrapped 1936
Georgia
Brunswick Marine	Brunswick GA	Rassapeage	East Coast Tptn Corp	Cargo Ship	966	1917	Aux. schooner, burnt in Nipe Bay and scrapped
Brunswick Marine	Brunswick GA	Nisseqogue	East Coast Tptn Corp	Cargo Ship	966	1917	Aux. schooner, Jean 1923, in collision Brigantine Shoals NJ, scrapped 1928
Liberty SB	Brunswick GA	Atlantus		Cargo Ship	2,391	1919	Wrecked off Cape May 1926
Savannah Engr	Savannah GA	Sherewog	East Coast Tptn Co	Cargo Ship	1,353	1917	Aux. schooner, barge 1925
Savannah Engr	Savannah GA	Verdun	Govt of France	Cargo Ship	1,353	1918	Aux. schooner, burnt Rouen 1920
Wilkinson Machine	Savannah GA	Richmond	Augusta-Savannah Nav Co	Passenger	568	1915	Abandoned 1924
Florida
Baxter SY	Jacksonville FL	George H.Barnes	E. G. Potter	Cargo Ship	1,611	1918	Aux. schooner, later Guildford D. Pendleton 1920, scrapped 1927
Bullock & Caldwell	Milton FL	Irages		Cargo Ship	426	1919	Later Bastidas 1927, deleted 1931
De Cottes	Jacksonville FL	Admiral Dewey		Tug	125	1898
Hillyer-Sperring-Dunn	Jacksonville FL	Baxley		Cargo Ship	2,551	1918	Scrapped 1923
Port Inglis Terminal Co.	Yankeetown FL	Ralph Barker			229	1900
Port Inglis Terminal Co.	Yankeetown FL	Withlacoochee		Barge	93	1906
Santa Rosa SB	Milton FL	Ekstrand		Cargo Ship	459	1919	Wrecked near Larvik 1920
Santa Rosa SB	Milton FL	Furustrand		Cargo Ship	454	1919	Aux. schooner, later Alatga 1923, deleted 1931
Other
Graham, H.S.	San Juan PR.	Cerrito		Cargo Ship	490	1918
Cameron, A.	New Jerusalem OH	Music		Cargo Ship	320	1874	Burnt Onekama MI 1899
Gibbs & Co	Galmpton	Chasna		Cargo Ship	202	1904
Hawkes, R.P.	Watertown	Watertown	J.E.Cassidy	Cargo Ship	300	1890	Burnt Boston 1892
Housatonic	Stratford CT	Ganeri		Cargo Ship	2,551	1919	Scrapped 1922
Housatonic	Stratford CT	Fairfield		Cargo Ship	2,551	1919	Wrecked Martha's Vineyard and scrapped 1921
Unknown	East Rockaway NY	Anna E. Combes		Cargo Ship	138	1904
Unknown		Lola	Alegret & Co	Cargo Ship	609	1877	Burnt at Perth Amboy 1906

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