Jeremiah Simonson, Greenpoint NY
Joseph Bishop & Jeremiah Simonson started this shipyard in 1834, at the foot of Walnut Street, in Manhattan. The partnership broke up in 1849 and Jeremiah Simonson, who was fortunate enough to be Cornelius Vanderbilt's nephew, moved the yard to Greenpoint in 1855, to a site at the foot of Calyer Street. The table below is clearly incomplete: if anyone has any data to add to it, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.
Most recent update: 4 August 2015.
| Original Name | O.N. | Original Owner | Ship Type | GT | Ft. | Built | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Built by Bishop & Simonson in Manhattan | |||||||
| Lexington | C. Vanderbilt | Psgr/Cargo | 488 | 207 | 1835 | Burnt 1840 | |
| Cleopatra | C. Vanderbilt | Psgr/Cargo | 402 | 193 | 1836 | Sold foreign 1852 | |
| Governor Dudley | Psgr/Cargo | 408 | 1838 | Sold 1857 as Catawba, sold foreign 1860 | |||
| Osiris | Psgr/Cargo | 145 | 1838 | Captured 1861 | |||
| Worcester | Psgr/Cargo | 605 | 219 | 1841 | To USA 1861 | ||
| Iolas | Psgr/Cargo | 180 | 135 | 1842 | To USA 1865, sold 1866 as Gipsey | ||
| Traveller | 24269 | Psgr/Cargo | 584 | 225 | 1845 | Deleted 1873 | |
| Atlantic | Psgr/Cargo | 1,112 | 320 | 1846 | Wrecked 1846 | ||
| Antelope | 1212 | Psgr/Cargo | 425 | 1847 | Deleted 1888 | ||
| Commodore | C. Vanderbilt | Psgr/Cargo | 984 | 275 | 1848 | Lost 1866 | |
| State of Maine | 22877 | Psgr/Cargo | 806 | 1848 | Sold foreign 1871 | ||
| Ohio | U.S. Mail SS Co | Psgr/Cargo | 2,432 | 248 | 1849 | Scrapped 1860 | |
| Built by Jeremiah Simonson in Manhattan | |||||||
| Prometheus | C. Vanderbilt | Psgr/Cargo | 1,207 | 1850 | Sold foreign 1857 | ||
| Northern Light | 18204 | C. Vanderbilt | Psgr/Cargo | 1,768 | 1851 | Scrapped 1875 | |
| Hunchback | 10135 | Staten Island R. T. | Ferry | 517 | 1852 | To USN 1861, sold 1866 as General Grant, deleted 1880 | |
| Star of the West | C. Vanderbilt | Psgr/Cargo | 1,172 | 1852 | Captured 1861, renamed CSS St. Philip, scuttled 1863 | ||
| North Star | 18302 | U.S. Mail SS Co | Psgr/Cargo | 1,867 | 270 | 1853 | Scrapped 1865 |
| Plymouth Rock | 20151 | Psgr/Cargo | 1,752 | 330 | 1854 | Deleted 1887 | |
| Ariel | 797 | Psgr/Cargo | 1,295 | 250 | 1855 | Lost 1873 | |
| Granada | Psgr/Cargo | 1,059 | 1855 | Lost 1860 | |||
| Clifton | Staten Island R. T. | Ferry | 117 | 1856 | Deleted 1858 | ||
| Built by Jeremiah Simonson in Greenpoint | |||||||
| Vanderbilt | 24964 | N. Atlantic Mail SS Co | Psgr/Cargo | 3,360 | 331 | 1856 | To USN 1862, sold 1873 as Three Brothers, scrapped 1899 |
| Magnolia | 16989 | Psgr./Cargo | 843 | 1857 | Captured 1862, recaptured 1862, sold 1865, deleted 1866 | ||
| Galveston | Psgr/Cargo | 945 | 1857 | Captured 1862 as General Quitman, burnt 1862 | |||
| Orizaba | Psgr/Cargo | 595 | 1858 | Captured 1862, stranded in Texas 1865 | |||
| Long Island | 22097 | C. Vanderbilt | Psgr/Cargo | 474 | 300 | 1859 | Deleted 1906 |
| Santiago de Cuba | 22825 | Valienti & Co. | Psgr/Cargo | 1,567 | 1861 | Sold 1886 as barge Marion | |
| Seneca | US Navy | Gunboat | 507 | 1861 | Sold 1868 | ||
| Connecticut | 18307 | US Navy | Psgr/Cargo | 2,150 | 1861 | Sold 1865 as South America, deleted 1875 | |
| Westfield | Staten Island R. T. | Ferry | 891 | 1861 | To USN 1861, scuttled in Texas 1863 | ||
| Northfield | 18276 | Staten Island R. T. | Ferry | 855 | 1862 | Lost 1902 | |
| Clifton | 15434 | Staten Island R. T. | Ferry | 700 | 1862 | To USN 1863 as Shokokon, sold 1865 as Lone Star, sunk in Texas 1868 | |
| Westfield | 26504 | Staten Island R. T. | Ferry | 807 | 1862 | To City of New York 1906, deleted 1912 | |
| Union | 18303 | Psgr/Cargo | 2,085 | 1862 | To USN 1863 as Fort Jackson, sold 1865 as North America, deleted 1879 | ||
| Costa Rica | 4882 | C. Vanderbilt | Psgr/Cargo | 984 | 1863 | Sold 1875 as Genaki Maru | |
| Yesso | Dearborn & Co. | Psgr/Cargo | 973 | 1864 | To China 1864 | ||
| Chenango | US Navy | Gunboat | 1,173 | 1864 | Sold 1868 | ||
| New York | 18301 | N. Atlantic Mail SS Co | Psgr/Cargo | 2,217 | 1865 | Sold 1874 as Tokio Maru, scrapped 1880s | |
| Paou Shun | 18305 | Dearborn & Co. | Psgr/Cargo | 1,691 | 1865 | Sold 1867 as Nevada, sold foreign 1877, scrapped 1885 | |
| Susquehanna | 22797 | Erie RR | Ferry | 921 | 1865 | Sold 1912 as Arden, deleted 1924 | |
| Walrus | 26521 | NY & Phila. SB Co. | Psgr/Cargo | 1,633 | 253 | 1866 | To China 1869, later Chusan 1872 |
| Nautilus | 18299 | NY & Phila. SB Co. | Psgr/Cargo | 1,633 | 253 | 1866 | To China 1869, later Fychow 1872 |
| Grampus | 10500 | NY & Phila. SB Co. | Psgr/Cargo | 1,633 | 253 | 1866 | Sold 1868 as Stonington, barge 1894 |
| Manatus | 18475 | NY & Phila. SB Co. | Psgr/Cargo | 1,633 | 253 | 1866 | Sold 1868 as Narragansett, schooner 1901 |