Robert Palmer, Noank CT
Robert Palmer & Son started in the 1860s and closed in 1914. The yard was reactivated for WWI by C. W. Morse, of U.S. Steamship Co., as part of Groton Iron Works. It closed again in 1928 and was reactivated again for WWII by Noank Shipbuilding. It is still a boatyard: see it from the air on Google here. If anyone has any corrections or additions to this table, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.
Most recent update: 20 May 2016.
| Hull# | O.N. | Original Name | Original Owner | Type | GT | Feet | Built | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Built by Robert Palmer & Son | ||||||||
| Aquopimoquk | Schooner | 1862 | ||||||
| 1399 | Althea Franklin | Schooner | 36 | 1867 | ||||
| 75287 | James Potter | Schooner | 40 | 1871 | ||||
| Angie and Emma | Schooner | 1872 | ||||||
| 105601 | Ada Bell | Fishing Vsl. | 17 | 1876 | ||||
| 105675 | Annie Godfrey | Fishing Vsl. | 21 | 1877 | ||||
| 95530 | Herman S. Caswell | Passenger | 114 | 1878 | ||||
| 3198 | Bayonne | Tug | 122 | 1882 | Later Interboro | |||
| 3201 | Block Island | Passenger | 757 | 1882 | ||||
| 145313 | T. A. Scott, Jr. | Tug | 36 | 1882 | ||||
| 150290 | Pearl | Sloop | 10 | 1883 | ||||
| 155098 | Ocean View | Tug | 73 | 1884 | ||||
| 157186 | Diver | Sloop | 144 | 1886 | ||||
| 106476 | Atlantis | Sloop | 6 | 1887 | ||||
| 31580 | Binghampton | Neptune Line | Freight Barge | 588 | 1889 | |||
| Troy | Neptune Line | Freight Barge | 588 | 1889 | ||||
| 136152 | E. S. Atwood | Tug | 94 | 1890 | ||||
| 86086 | Grace Morgan | Fishing Vsl. | 21 | 1890 | ||||
| 92419 | Musconetcong | Morecraft Transp. | Schooner Barge | 843 | 1890 | |||
| 96168 | Hopatcong | Schooner Barge | 843 | 1890 | ||||
| 130586 | Nay Aug | Morecraft Transp. | Schooner Barge | 843 | 1890 | |||
| 150578 | Pohatcong | Schooner Barge | 843 | 1890 | ||||
| 86138 | Golden Rod | Tug | 35 | 1891 | ||||
| 86184 | Golden Rule | Tug | 39 | 1891 | ||||
| 106844 | Atalanta | Oyster Boat | 6 | 1891 | ||||
| 116464 | Shickshinny | Morecraft Transp. | Schooner Barge | 836 | 1891 | |||
| 126853 | Canisteo | Schooner Barge | 671 | 1891 | ||||
| 126854 | Chemung | Schooner Barge | 671 | 1891 | ||||
| 126855 | Chenango | Atlantic Coast Nav. | Schooner Barge | 671 | 1891 | |||
| 126856 | Cohocton | Packard Dredging | Schooner Barge | 671 | 1891 | |||
| 145612 | Tobyhanna | Schooner Barge | 836 | 1891 | ||||
| 145622 | Tunkhannock | Schooner Barge | 843 | 1891 | ||||
| 150580 | Pequest | Morecraft Transp. | Schooner Barge | 836 | 1891 | |||
| 126862 | C. R. R. Of N. J. No. 1 | Central RR of NJ | Schooner Barge | 852 | 1892 | |||
| 126873 | C. R. R. Of N. J. No. 3 | Central RR of NJ | Schooner Barge | 852 | 1892 | |||
| 126890 | C. R. R. Of N. J. No. 4 | Central RR of NJ | Schooner Barge | 685 | 1892 | |||
| 126891 | C. R. R. Of N. J. No. 5 | Central RR of NJ | Schooner Barge | 685 | 1892 | |||
| 126906 | C. R. R. Of N. J. No. 6 | Central RR of NJ | Schooner Barge | 685 | 1892 | |||
| 126907 | C. R. R. Of N. J. No. 7 | Central RR of NJ | Schooner Barge | 685 | 1892 | |||
| 126920 | C. R. R. Of N. J. No. 9 | Central RR of NJ | Schooner Barge | 685 | 1892 | |||
| 126987 | C. R. R. Of N. J. No. 10 | Central RR of NJ | Schooner Barge | 862 | 1893 | |||
| 126997 | C. R. R. Of N. J. No. 11 | Central RR of NJ | Schooner Barge | 862 | 1893 | |||
| 127002 | C. R. R. Of N. J. No. 12 | Central RR of NJ | Schooner Barge | 862 | 1893 | |||
| 92526 | Menantic | Ferry | 203 | 1893 | ||||
| 116579 | Summer Girl | Tug | 53 | 1893 | ||||
| Alaska | Barge | 1894 | ||||||
| 3629 | Burnside | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 855 | 1894 | |||
| 27016 | Xiphias | Tug | 24 | 1894 | ||||
| 86303 | Glendower | Thomas J. Howard | Schooner Barge | 855 | 1894 | |||
| 92585 | Merriam | Thomas J. Howard | Schooner Barge | 855 | 1894 | |||
| 92611 | Mahanoy | Thomas J. Howard | Schooner Barge | 855 | 1894 | |||
| 116632 | Suffolk | Schooner Barge | 855 | 1894 | ||||
| 141359 | Lincoln | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 855 | 1894 | |||
| 150679 | Preston | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 855 | 1894 | |||
| 157407 | Draper | Thomas J. Howard | Schooner Barge | 855 | 1894 | |||
| 3657 | Braddock | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 678 | 1895 | |||
| 86333 | George M. Long | Oyster Boat | 98 | 1895 | ||||
| 96314 | Haverford | Morecraft Transp. | Schooner Barge | 678 | 1895 | |||
| 96319 | Hammond | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 693 | 1895 | |||
| 111090 | Radnor | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 678 | 1895 | |||
| 111094 | Richardson | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 693 | 1895 | |||
| 116690 | Strafford | Schooner Barge | 678 | 1895 | ||||
| 121007 | Fulton Market | Passenger | 158 | 1895 | ||||
| Otto | Barge | 1896 | ||||||
| Paterson | Barge | 1896 | ||||||
| 3670 | Bast | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 693 | 1896 | |||
| 77224 | John A. Bouker | Tug | 119 | 1896 | ||||
| 96328 | Hackensack | Atlantic Coast T & T | Schooner Barge | 875 | 1896 | |||
| 145705 | Thomaston | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 693 | 1896 | |||
| 155281 | Stroudsburg | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 693 | 1896 | |||
| 92828 | Maple Hill | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 911 | 1897 | |||
| 100648 | Indian Ridge | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 910 | 1897 | |||
| 150767 | Pine Forest | Phila. Packet Line | Schooner Barge | 910 | 1897 | |||
| 155308 | Oak Hill | Phila. Packet Line | Schooner Barge | 910 | 1897 | |||
| 3745 | Bear Ridge | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 910 | 1898 | |||
| 3747 | Buck Ridge | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 915 | 1898 | |||
| 39713 | Gordon | Freight Barge | 2,172 | 1898 | To USN as YF 117, later YR 12, sold 1929 | |||
| 107400 | Ashland | Schooner Barge | 901 | 1898 | ||||
| 116834 | Silver Brook | Thomas J. Howard | Schooner Barge | 904 | 1898 | |||
| 116849 | S. L'Hommedieu | Tug | 100 | 1898 | ||||
| 121075 | Franklin | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 910 | 1898 | |||
| 136680 | Eagle Hill | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 911 | 1898 | |||
| 136691 | Enterprise | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 901 | 1898 | |||
| 145766 | Tunnel Ridge | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 911 | 1898 | |||
| 150795 | Phoenix | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 901 | 1898 | |||
| Woodbury | Barge | 1899 | ||||||
| 3796 | Brockton | Staples Tptn Co. | Schooner Barge | 567 | 1899 | |||
| 86490 | Guiding Star | Tug | 105 | 1899 | ||||
| 92048 | Marion | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 954 | 1899 | |||
| 92930 | Monitor | Thomas J. Howard | Schooner Barge | 954 | 1899 | |||
| 111210 | Randolph | Staples Tptn Co. | Schooner Barge | 567 | 1899 | |||
| 127316 | Canton | Schooner Barge | 531 | 1899 | ||||
| 127344 | Corbin | Schooner Barge | 954 | 1899 | ||||
| 127357 | C. R. R. Of N. J. No. 8 | Central RR of NJ | Schooner Barge | 953 | 1899 | |||
| 127366 | C. R. R. Of N. J. No. 14 | Central RR of NJ | Schooner Barge | 1899 | ||||
| 136727 | Easton | Staples Tptn | Schooner Barge | 531 | 1899 | |||
| 136737 | Edith | Thames Towboat | Schooner Barge | 516 | 1899 | |||
| 136767 | Ephrata | Schooner Barge | 954 | 1899 | ||||
| 150832 | Paxinos | Schooner Barge | 954 | 1899 | ||||
| 150845 | Paxtang | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 954 | 1899 | |||
| 161126 | Knickerbocker | Schooner Barge | 954 | 1899 | ||||
| 111266 | Remus | Staples Tptn Co. | Schooner Barge | 531 | 1900 | |||
| 127341 | Coleraine | Schooner Barge | 954 | 1900 | ||||
| 127433 | C. R. R. Of N. J. No. 15 | Central RR of NJ | Schooner Barge | 953 | 1900 | |||
| 145859 | Theodore Palmer | Thames Towboat | Schooner Barge | 1,042 | 1900 | |||
| 161181 | Kimberton | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 955 | 1900 | |||
| 161867 | Virginia Palmer | Thames Towboat | Schooner Barge | 840 | 1900 | |||
| 203402 | Cornelia | Freighter | 285 | 1900 | ||||
| Charles H. Klinck | Schooner | 1901 | ||||||
| 93165 | Manheim | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 955 | 1901 | |||
| 111341 | Rutherford | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 955 | 1901 | |||
| 111347 | Robesonia | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 955 | 1901 | |||
| 117087 | Saucon | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 955 | 1901 | |||
| 136863 | Edna V. Crew | Passenger | 161 | 1901 | ||||
| 141748 | Logan | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 955 | 1901 | |||
| 141765 | Langhorne | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 955 | 1901 | |||
| 3917 | Bethayres | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 955 | 1902 | |||
| 96609 | Herndon | Schooner Barge | 1,763 | 1902 | ||||
| 111404 | Richmond | Passenger | 688 | 1902 | ||||
| 111422 | Robert Palmer | Fishing Vsl. | 9 | 1902 | ||||
| 111434 | Robert Palmer | Tug | 112 | 1902 | ||||
| 117153 | Samuel E. Bouker | Tug | 135 | 1902 | Later Dalzelline | |||
| 145904 | Trevorton | Schooner Barge | 1,763 | 1902 | ||||
| 157678 | David B. Dearborn | Tug | 135 | 1902 | ||||
| 96684 | Huntington | H, N & B Ferry Co. | Passenger | 345 | 1903 | Later Stony Creek 1920, Fairview 1929, Col. Norris Staynton 1941, scrapped 1946 | ||
| 111448 | Rosalie | Passenger | 372 | 1903 | ||||
| 141863 | Leander Wilcox | Fishing Vsl. | 205 | 1903 | ||||
| 200289 | Manager | Freighter | 325 | 1903 | ||||
| 200291 | C. R. R. Of N. J. No. 2 | Central RR of NJ | Barge | 958 | 1903 | |||
| 200348 | New York Dock Co | Tug | 147 | 1903 | ||||
| 200437 | Aunt Edie | Fishing Vsl. | 14 | 1903 | ||||
| 200536 | William H. Taylor | Tug | 226 | 1903 | ||||
| 200543 | J. T. Sherman | Tug | 89 | 1903 | ||||
| 200786 | Oley | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 1,780 | 1904 | |||
| 200963 | Restless | Passenger | 475 | 1904 | ||||
| 201167 | Spring | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 1,780 | 1904 | |||
| 201200 | Mingo | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 954 | 1904 | |||
| 201284 | Andrew G. Pierce, Jr. | Schooner | 281 | 1904 | ||||
| 201365 | Barry | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 954 | 1904 | |||
| 201557 | Nonpareil | Tug | 167 | 1904 | To USN 1917 as YT 40, sold 1921 | |||
| 201603 | Molino | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 954 | 1904 | |||
| 201673 | Cumru | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 1,780 | 1905 | |||
| 202143 | Gov. Winthrop | Ferry | 485 | 1905 | ||||
| 202430 | Robert W. Johnson | Freighter | 204 | 1905 | ||||
| 202576 | Manatawny | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 721 | 1905 | |||
| 202662 | Tulpehocken | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 721 | 1905 | |||
| 202701 | Tamanend | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 721 | 1905 | |||
| 202736 | John Arbuckle | Jay Street Terminal | Tug | 207 | 1905 | |||
| 202764 | Beatrice Bush | Bush Terminal Co. | Tug | 212 | 1905 | |||
| 202810 | Pocopson | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 721 | 1906 | |||
| 202811 | William V. R. Smith | Tug | 207 | 1905 | ||||
| 202895 | Eleanor Bush | Bush Terminal Co. | Tug | 212 | 1905 | |||
| 203183 | Gosnold | Passenger | 181 | 1906 | ||||
| 203304 | Neshaminy | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 721 | 1906 | |||
| 203387 | P. J. T. Co. No. 7 | Tug | 197 | 1906 | ||||
| 203447 | Cacoosing | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 721 | 1906 | |||
| 203550 | Superior | Tug | 168 | 1906 | ||||
| 204105 | McAllister Bros. | McAllister Bros. | Tug | 119 | 1907 | |||
| 204365 | Macungie | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 956 | 1907 | |||
| 204692 | Conewago | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 956 | 1907 | |||
| 204763 | Wiconisco | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 956 | 1907 | |||
| 204779 | Perth Amboy | Staten Island RR Co. | Ferry | 618 | 1907 | Scrapped 1948 | ||
| 204844 | Cocalico | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 956 | 1907 | |||
| Knickerbocker | NY & Hastings SB Co | Freight Barge | 310 | 1907 | Later YF 569 1943 | |||
| 204990 | Perkasie | Lehigh Coal & Nav. | Schooner Barge | 956 | 1908 | |||
| 205045 | Cleona | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 956 | 1908 | |||
| 205074 | Lansford | Lehigh Coal & Nav. | Schooner Barge | 830 | 1908 | |||
| 205150 | Hauto | Lehigh Coal & Nav. | Schooner Barge | 830 | 1908 | |||
| 205212 | Tamaqua | Lehigh Coal & Nav. | Schooner Barge | 830 | 1908 | |||
| 205241 | John J. Timmins | Tug | 145 | 1908 | ||||
| 205366 | Easton | Lehigh Coal & Nav. | Schooner Barge | 830 | 1908 | |||
| 205480 | Nesquehoning | Lehigh Coal & Nav. | Schooner Barge | 957 | 1908 | |||
| 205508 | Allentown | Schooner Barge | 842 | 1908 | ||||
| 205552 | Greenwood | Schooner Barge | 967 | 1908 | ||||
| 205668 | Henry G. Crew | Tug | 94 | 1908 | ||||
| 206272 | Edward J. McKeever | Fishing Vsl | 223 | 1910 | ||||
| 207355 | Coaldale | Lehigh Coal & Nav. | Schooner Barge | 831 | 1910 | |||
| 207468 | William A. Jamison | Tug | 229 | 1910 | ||||
| 207913 | Herbert | Freighter | 327 | 1910 | ||||
| 208175 | Correction | Passenger | 778 | 1910 | ||||
| President | 730 | 1910 | ||||||
| 208410 | Rowland H. Wilcox | Fishing Vsl | 247 | 1911 | ||||
| 208447 | Stephen W. McKeever | Freighter | 223 | 1911 | ||||
| 208613 | McKeever Brothers | Freighter | 223 | 1911 | ||||
| Raymond J. Anderton | Fishing Vsl | 290 | 1911 | |||||
| Vitric | General Chemical | Barge | 765 | 1911 | ||||
| 209870 | Yantic | Passenger | 1912 | |||||
| 210273 | Yardley | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 963 | 1912 | |||
| 210389 | Leesport | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 963 | 1912 | |||
| 210613 | Temple | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 963 | 1912 | |||
| 210791 | Pickering | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 739 | 1912 | |||
| Tabor | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 963 | 1912 | ||||
| Shetucket | Passenger | 1912 | ||||||
| 210959 | Tohickon | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 739 | 1913 | |||
| 211123 | Pennypack | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 739 | 1913 | |||
| 211175 | B. F. Macomber | Fishing Vsl | 180 | 1913 | ||||
| 211233 | Skippack | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 739 | 1913 | |||
| 211387 | Ontelaunee | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 739 | 1913 | |||
| 211492 | Moselem | Reading Co. | Schooner Barge | 963 | 1913 | |||
| 212127 | Exeter | Schooner Barge | 1,780 | 1914 | ||||
| 212557 | David Bosman | Tug | 130 | 1914 | ||||
| Britannia | Tug | 146 | 1914 | |||||
| Built by Groton Iron Works in Noank | ||||||||
| 215430 | Asta | Astral Shipping | Schooner | 1,966 | 1917 | |||
| Julia Loft | Schooner | 886 | 1917 | |||||
| 215498 | Manuel Caragol | Schooner | 880 | 1917 | ||||
| 215905 | Francis J. Mcdonald | Schooner | 1,059 | 1917 | ||||
| 216842 | Balsto (USSB 125) | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 2,551 | Oct-18 | Scrapped 1925 | ||
| 217508 | Berea(USSB 126) | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 2,551 | Jun-19 | Scrapped 1925 | ||
| 216803 | Hokah(USSB 127) | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 2,551 | Oct-19 | Scrapped 1925 | ||
| (USSB 128) | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 2,551 | Cancelled | ||||
| (USSB 129) | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 2,551 | Cancelled | ||||
| 220648 | William H. Fancher | U. S. Gypsum | Barge | 2,625 | 1919 | |||
| 221356 | Lieut. Flaherty | City of Boston | Ferry | 727 | 1921 | Later Beacon 1938, scrapped 1973 | ||
| 221605 | Cohasset | Eugene W. Fry | Barge | 2,226 | 1921 | |||
| Built by Groton Iron Works in Groton | ||||||||
| 1 | 217818 | Tollard (USSB 372) | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 6,245 | Apr-19 | Scrapped 1930 | |
| 2 | 218715 | Nameaug (USSB 373) | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 6,339 | Aug-19 | Scrapped 1929 | |
| 3 | 218232 | Worcester (USSB 374) | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 6,239 | Jun-19 | Scrapped 1930 | |
| 4 | 219309 | Quinnipiac (USSB 375) | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 6,202 | Dec-19 | Scrapped 1929 | |
| 5 | 219074 | Merry Mount (USSB 376) | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 6,226 | Oct-19 | Scrapped 1929 | |
| 6 | 219410 | Hartford (USSB 377) | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 6,202 | Dec-19 | Scrapped 1929 | |
| 7 | 220237 | Honnedaga (USSB 1542) | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 6,216 | Jul-20 | Scrapped 1930 | |
| 8 | 220625 | Provincetown (USSB 1543) | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 6,206 | Sep-20 | Scrapped 1938 | |
| 9 | 220804 | Hopatcong (USSB 1544) | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 6,216 | Dec-20 | Later Harpoon 1931, Empire Tarpon 1940, foundered 1942 | |
| 10 | (USSB 1545) | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | Cancelled | ||||
| 11 | (USSB 1546) | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | Cancelled | ||||
| 12 | (USSB 1547) | US Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | Cancelled | ||||
| Built by Noank Shipbuilding in Noank | ||||||||
| AMc 94 | Pluck | U.S. Navy | Minesweeper | 205 | 6-Oct-42 | Sold 1946 | ||
| AMc 95 | Positive | U.S. Navy | Minesweeper | 205 | 20-Aug-42 | Sold 1946 | ||
| AMc 96 | Power | U.S. Navy | Minesweeper | 205 | 14-Nov-42 | Sold 1946 | ||
| APc 97 | U.S. Navy | Coastal Tpt | 100 | 1942 | ||||
| APc 98 | U.S. Navy | Coastal Tpt | 100 | 1942 | ||||