Harlan & Hollingsworth, Wilmington DEBethlehem Steel, Wilmington DE

Harlan & Hollingsworth, Bethlehem Steel, Wilmington DE

Bethlehem Steel's shipyard in Wilmington DE started life in 1837 as Betts, Harlan & Hollingsworth, a railcar manufacturer. They expanded into shipbuilding in 1843 and were one of the earliest iron shipbuilders, becoming Harlan & Hollingsworth in 1849. They were bought by Bethlehem Steel in 1904 but did not become known as Bethlehem Steel, Wilmington, until WWI. Bethlehem closed the yard in 1926 and most of the property was sold to Dravo Corporation. At the outset of WWII, Bethlehem reopened the balance of the yard and the two companies teamed up for wartime construction. See Harlan & Hollingsworth's construction record here and Dravo's Wilmington construction record here. See the site of the shipyard from the air on Google here. It is now a public space called Riverfront Wilmington, part of which is called Dravo Plaza: all that's left of the shipyard are two whirly cranes but you can still see the ends of the launchways sticking out into the river. If anyone can add to the table below, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 17 November 2021.

Hull#	O.N.	Original Name	Original Owner	Type	GT	Ft.	Delivery	Disposition
348	201685	Goshen	Erie RR Co Inc	Ferry	1,457	205	Mar-05	To USN 1942 as YFB 48, struck 1946
349	201355	Wilkes-Barre	Central RR of New Jersey	Ferry	1,197	191	Sep-04	Scrapped 1965
350	201490	Elizabeth	Central RR of New Jersey	Ferry	1,197	191	Nov-04	Scrapped 1947
351	na	Reid Whitford	US Army Corps of Engineers	Dredge	318		1905	Later Cheraw
352	na	Immigrant	US Bureau of Immigration	Boarding Vessel	267		1905
353		Pure Oil Co. No. 3	Pure Oil Co.	Tank Barge	754		May-05
354	202037	Firefighter	City of Washington DC	Fireboat	192	91	Jun-05
355	202467	Virginia	Baltimore S.P.Co	Psgr. Cargo	2,027		Oct-05	Burnt 1919
356	na	Car Float No 1	NY, NH & H RR	Car Float	4,304		1905
357	na	Car Float No 2	NY, NH & H RR	Car Float	4,304		1905
358	na	Car Float No 3	NY, NH & H RR	Car Float	4,304		1905
359	na	Car Float No 4	NY, NH & H RR	Car Float	4,304		1905
360	202552	Woodbury	Norfolk & Washington SB Co	Ferry	857	177	Oct-05	Later Lackawanna 1907, to Delaware interests 1948, scrapped 1983
361	202704	Cranford	Central RR Co of New Jersey	Ferry	1,197	191	Dec-06	Restaurant 1966, scrapped 1981
362	202713	Somerville	Central RR Co of New Jersey	Ferry	1,197	191	Jan-06	Scrapped 1965
363	na	Sunflower	US Lighthouse Service	Tender	1,100	191	Mar-07	Sold 1947
364	163838	Silverthorne	Sun Oil. Co.	Barge	191		1905
365	203052	Callahan	Norfolk & Washington SB Co	Ferry	989	206	May-06	Later Hopatcong 1907, scrapped 1948
366	203246	Ashley	Central RR of NJ	Tug	240	109	Jul-06
367	203341	Bridgeton	Central RR of NJ	Tug	240	109	Jul-06
368	203401	Sea Bright	Central RR of NJ	Tug	240	109	Aug-06
369	203988	Relief	Merritt & Chapman	Salvage Tug	828	184	Jan-07	Scrapped 1953
370	203468	Babylon	Long Island RR Co	Ferry	1,310	188	Aug-06	Later Tenafly 1921, scrapped 1946
371	203563	Hempstead	Long Island RR Co	Ferry	1,310	188	Oct-06	Later Hackensack 1921, later Islander 1945, scrapped 1957
372	na	No 35	Central RR of NJ	Car Float	850		1906
373	na	No 36	Central RR of NJ	Car Float	850		1906
374	na	No 37	Central RR of NJ	Car Float	850		1906
375	203847	El Toro	Southern Pacific Co.	Tug	266	81	Mar-07
376	203846	El Chico	Southern Pacific Co.	Tug	152	81	Feb-07
377	203811	Delaware	Clyde SS Co	Cargo Ship	1,907	250	Jan-07	Scrapped 1935
378	203925	Pawnee	Clyde SS Co	Cargo Ship	1,908	250	Mar-07	Later Pan Orleans 1940, Ascona 1948, scrapped 1959
379	204213	Bay Ridge	City of NY	Ferry	862	182	Jul-07	Later Rappahannock River 1941, scrapped 1948
380	204339	Gowanus	City of NY	Ferry	862	182	Aug-07	Burnt 1939
381	204561	Nassau	City of NY	Ferry	862	182	Jul-07	Burnt 1939
382	204445	St. Helens	E. J. Dodge Co	Cargo Ship	1,497	224	Aug-07	Torpedoed and lost 1917
383	204444	Olson & Mahony	Olson & Mahony	Cargo Ship	1,497	224	Aug-07	Later Providencia 1916, Santa Agueda 1940, Rivadavia 1947, barge 1956
384	na	No 38	Central RR of NJ	Car Float	850		Aug-07
385	na	No 39	Central RR of NJ	Car Float	850		Aug-07
386	na	No 40	Central RR of NJ	Car Float	850		Sep-07
387	na	Elevator No 2	Girard Point Storage Co.	Grain Elevator			Sep-08
388	205859	Bayonne	Central RR of NJ	Barge	325	100	Nov-08
389	205883	Easton	Central RR of NJ	Barge	325	100	Dec-08
390	205898	Keyport	Central RR of NJ	Barge	325	100	Dec-08
391	205916	Westfield	Central RR of NJ	Barge	325	100	Dec-08
392	206082	New London	Central Vermont Tptn Co	Psgr. Cargo	2,818	278	Jun-09	Scrapped 1947
393	206239	New York	Central Vermont Tptn Co	Psgr. Cargo	2,818	278	Jun-09	Scrapped 1947
394	206271	Georgianna II	Alfred L. Ainscow	Yacht	28		1909
395	207201	City of Philadelphia	Wilm SB Co	Psgr. Cargo	731	193	Apr-10	Later Liberty Belle 1938, Asbury Park 1947, Tolchester 1949, Freestone 1957, Potomac 1961, scrapped 1974
396	207202	City of Wilmington	Wilm SB Co	Psgr. Cargo	749	193	Apr-10	Later Bay Belle 1944, Duchess 1990, deleted 1976, sank 1991
397	207282	North Land	Maine SS Co Inc	Psgr. Cargo	3,282	304	Apr-10	Scrapped 1934
398	na	No 41	Central RR of NJ	Car Float	850		Dec-10
399	na	No 42	Central RR of NJ	Car Float	850		Dec-10
400		Ellicott Dredge No 1	Ellicott Machine Corporation	Dredge	570		Mar-10
401	na	No 167N	Balto & Ohio R.R. Co.	Car Float	850		May-10
402	na	No 168N	Balto & Ohio R.R. Co.	Car Float	850		May-10
403	164503	Paulus	Del River Lightering	Freight Barge	121		Jun-10
404	na	No 400	Lehigh Valley R R Co.	Car Float	745		1911
405	na	No 401	Lehigh Valley R R Co.	Car Float	745		1911
406	208448	Benjamin B. Odell	Central Hudson SB Co	Psgr. Cargo	2,011	264	Jun-11	Burnt 1937
407	208377	Northland	Norfolk & Washington SB Co	Psgr. Cargo	2,055	291	Mar-11	Later Leyden 1944, Hung Chong 1947, scrapped 1955
408	208271	Pure Oil Co. No. 5	Pure Oil Co.	Tank Barge	223		Dec-10
409	na	No 43	Central RR of NJ	Car Float	850		1911
410	na	No 44	Central RR of NJ	Car Float	850		1911
411	208674	Westfield	Central RR of NJ	Ferry	1,238	192	Jun-11	Scrapped 1955
412	209655	California/Cordova	Alaska SS Co	Psgr. Cargo	2,273	243	Mar-12	Later Lee Kung 1947, Cordova 1949, scrapped 1951
413	209822	Rose Standish	Nantasket Beach SB Co	Psgr. Cargo	993	205	May-12	Burnt 1929
414	209908	Henry Williams	Baltimore & Carolina SS Co	Cargo Ship	1,861	239	Jun-12	Later Constable Hook 1916, Margarcia 1917, Grace 1917, torpedoed and lost 1917
415	210291	Columbia	Wilson Bros & Co	Cargo Ship	1,923	239	Jul-12	Wrecked 1924
416	210767	John A. Hooper	Sudden & Christensen	Cargo Ship	2,244	203	Nov-12	Later Santa Alicia 1917, Edna Christenson 1922, Kwang Yuan 1937, Edna 1941, Hu Kiang 1946, wrecked 1947
417	210585	Mauch Chunk	Central RR of NJ	Barge	287		Sep-12	Later Limpet 1915, T.I.C.Limpet 1922, Disperser 1937, scrapped 1953
418	210760	Germantown	Reading Co	Tug	619	158	Dec-12	Scrapped 1936
419	210869	Oliver J. Olson	Olson & Mahony	Cargo Ship	1,881	239	Jan-13	Later El Capitan 1917, Lakina 1926, Ping Hsing 1947, Norbay 1950, Osco 1951, scrapped 1952
420	211533	Narragansett	Central Vermont Tptn Co	Psgr. Cargo	3,539	320	Sep-13	Later Richelieu 1923, Passenger No.3 1966, scrapped 1966
421	211734	Manhattan	Central Vermont Tptn Co	Psgr. Cargo	3,539	320	Oct-13	Later Nopatin 1918, De Witt Clinton 1929, Col. Frederick C. Johnson 1942, Galilah 1948, scrapped 1953
422	211559	Bayonne	Central RR of NJ	Ferry	1,344	183	Aug-13	Scrapped 1947
423	na	No 45	Central RR of NJ	Car Float	850		1913
424	na	No 46	Central RR of NJ	Car Float	850		1913
425	211805	Bridgeton	Phila & Camden Ferry Co	Ferry	774	143	Dec-13	Scrapped 1952
426	211806	Salem	Phila & Camden Ferry Co	Ferry	774	143	Dec-13	Scrapped 1951
427	na	Unnamed	Lehigh Valley R R Co.	Car Float	745		1913
428	na	No 47	Central RR of NJ	Car Float	850		1913
429	212140	Delaware	Del River Ferry Co of NJ	Ferry	807	140	1914	Later Atlantic City 1922, scrapped 1952
430	212235	Hanover		Ferry	466		1914
431	170191	Commonwealth		Barge	258		1914
432	212806	Weehawken	NY Central RR Co	Ferry	1,402	187	Nov-14	Foundered 1965
433	212805	Francis Hanify	J. R. Hanify Co	Tanker	2,588	294	Nov-14	Later Freeport Sulphur No. 1 1918, Riva Sarda 1927, Alberto Fassio 1936, mined and lost 1943
434	213752	Silver Shell	Shell Co of California	Tanker	5,836	412	Dec-15	Later Soli 1930, bombed and beached 1942, scrapped 1952
435	213165	Marion	Bethlehem Steel Co.	Ferry	146	108	Jun-15
436	165874	Pyrrhus	Commercial Co.	Barge	283	146	Mar-15
437	213873	Gold Shell	Shell Co of California	Tanker	5,614	412	Feb-16	Later Willy 1929, Itamaraty 1942, exploded 1949 and scrapped
438	213656	Fort Lee	Riverside & Fort Lee Ferry Co.	Ferry	1,080	177	Oct-15	To Norfolk interests 1944, scrapped 1950
439	213752	Pearl Shell	Shell Co of California Inc	Tanker	5,845	412	Dec-16	Scrapped 1932
440	214161	George E. Paddleford	Petroleum Tpt Co	Tanker	4,788	392	Jun-16	Later Oscar D. Bennett 1921, Henry M. Dawes 1932, Ionian Pioneer 1948, scrapped 1953
441	215002	Benjamin Brewster	Standard Oil Co	Tanker	5,580	412	May-17	Torpedoed and lost 1942
3442	215856	W. H. Tilford	Standard Oil Co	Tanker	5,673	412	Dec-17	Scrapped 1936
3443	214055	City of Camden	Wilmington SB Co	Psgr. Ship	730	193	May-16	Later Mount Vernon 1940, Charles S. Zimmerman 1969, River Princess 1987
3444	214587	Georgeanna Weems	Baltimore & Carolina SS Co	Cargo Ship	2,089	242	Nov-16	Later Georgeanna 1931, scrapped 1951
3445	216608	J. A. Bostwick	Standard Oil/US Shipping Board	Tanker	12,650	465	5-Aug-18	Later Cities Service Toledo 1929, torpedoed and lost 1942
3446	216770	O. T. Waring	Standard Oil/US Shipping Board	Tanker	12,650	465	24-Sep-18	Later Maturines 1935, scrapped 1949
3447	214160	Georgiana III	William G. Coxe	Yacht	82	93	Jul-16	Later Whitemarsh, Rosinco, wrecked off Kenosha WI 1928
3448	215362	Olean	Vacuum Oil	Tanker	5,025	299	23-Jun-17	Later C. A. Snider 1919, T. A. D. Jones 1929, Neti 1937, Ucayali 1937, El Cholo 1960, scrapped 1962
3449	217130	Charles M. Everest	Vacuum Oil/US Shipping Board	Tanker	8,650	412	13-Dec-18	Later Naeco 1933, torpedoed and lost 1942
3450	217676	Cabrille	US Shipping Board	Tanker	7,500	328	Jul-19	Later Chilbar 1927, scrapped 1947
3451	218003	Romulus	US Shipping Board	Tanker	7,500	328	Jul-19	Later Spencer Kellogg 1929, Rawleigh Warner 1945, scrapped 1955
3452	215269	Stony Point	NY Central RR Co	Ferry	1,391	196	Jun-17	Scrapped 1963
3453	215965	Saetia	United Fruit/US Shipping Board	Cargo Ship	2,873	309	Feb-18	Sunk by a mine 1918
3454	216079	Guaro	United Fruit/US Shipping Board	Cargo Ship	2,873	309	Apr-18	Later Isabel Weems 1926, Guaro 1936, scrapped 1937
3455	216402	Biran	United Fruit/US Shipping Board	Cargo Ship	2,873	309	Jun-18	Later Dorothy 1924, in collision and sank 1929
3456	216488	Pilon/Garibaldi	United Fruit/US Shipping Board	Cargo Ship	2,873	309	Jun-18	Later Catherine Weems 1926, Fairfield 1928, Hallfried 1939, torpedoed and lost 1943
3457	217134	Tipton	United Fruit/US Shipping Board	Cargo Ship	2,873	309	Nov-18	Later Esther Weems 1923, Admiral Benson 1927, wrecked 1930
3458	217399	Norma	United Fruit/US Shipping Board	Cargo Ship	2,873	309	Dec-18	Later Northern Sword 1942, in collision and lost 1943
3459	220371	Benwood/Gold Star	US Shipping Board	Cargo Ship	4,871	392	Jul-19	Later Arcturus (AK 12) 1921, later Gold Star (AG 12) 1922, scrapped 1947
3460	220644	Benclair/Glenora	US Shipping Board	Cargo Ship	4,980	392	Sep-19	Later Regulus (AK 14) 1921, scrapped 1947
3461	220819	Bencarnot/Natirar	US Shipping Board	Cargo Ship	4,659	392	Dec-19	Torpedoed and lost 1943
3462	218983	Benbrook/Salem County	US Shipping Board	Tanker	5,102	392	Oct-19	Later Galena 1923, Arizona 1929, scrapped 1950
3463	218816	Muskegot/Delco	US Shipping Board	Cargo Ship	3,170	328	Sep-19	Later Domino 1922, scrapped 1950
3464	219174	Siasconset/Bethnor	US Shipping Board	Cargo Ship	3,482	328	Nov-19	Later Irene 1922, Nidarholm 1939, torpedoed and lost 1942
3465	219322	Macomet	US Shipping Board	Cargo Ship	3,483	328	Dec-19	Later Elizabeth 1922, wrecked 1935
3466	219715	Sames/Mason City	US Shipping Board	Cargo Ship	3,483	328	Apr-20	Later Ellenor 1922, Marcella 1946, wrecked 1958
3467	219716	Maddequet	US Shipping Board	Cargo Ship	3,482	328	May-20	Later Lillian 1922, in collision and sank 1939
3468	na	Nanquitt	US Shipping Board	Cargo Ship				Transferred to Elizabethport
3469	na	Nanshun	US Shipping Board	Cargo Ship				Transferred to Elizabethport
3470	219636	Weweantic/Liberty Minquas	US Shipping Board	Tanker	5,056	392	Mar-20	Later Republic 1923, torpedoed and lost 1942
3471	219919	Kehuku	US Shipping Board	Tanker	5,107	392	Jun-20	Later Chiloil 1926, scrapped 1947
3472	220686	Kekoskee	US Shipping Board	Tanker	5,124	392	Oct-20	Later Santa Rita 1948, scrapped 1955
3473	220907	Eugene V. R. Thayer	US Shipping Board	Tanker	7,138	430	Dec-20	Shelled and lost 1942
3474	221038	Albert E. Watts	Sinclair Refining	Tanker	7,138	438	Feb-21	Later L. V. Stanford 1941, Sandrift 1953, scrapped 1955
3475	221107	E. R. Kemp	Sinclair Refining	Tanker	4,887	375	Mar-21	Scrapped 1950
3476	221210	E. W. Sinclair	Sinclair Refining	Tanker	4,887	375	Apr-21	Later Daniel Pierce 1941, Shikellamy 1943, Daniel Pierce 1946, beached 1964
3477	221897	R. D. Leonard	Atlantic Refining	Tanker	1,778	266	Feb-22	Scrapped 1947
3478	222692	Goodwill	Keith Spalding	Yacht	312		Dec-22
3479	na	Unknown	Bush Terminal	Car Float			Dec-22
3480	na	No 41	Bush Terminal	Car Float			1923
3481	na	No 42	Bush Terminal	Car Float			Jul-23
3482	na	No 117	Balto & Ohio R.R. Co.	Car Float			Mar-23
3483	223272	Moby Dick	F. S. Fish	Yacht	198		Nov-23
3484	na	Unnamed	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	Barge			Aug-23
3485	na	Unnamed	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	Barge			Aug-23
3486	na	Unnamed	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	Barge			Aug-23
3487	na	Unnamed	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	Barge			Feb-24
3488	na	Unnamed	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	Barge			Feb-24
3489	na	Unnamed	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	Barge			May-24
3490	na	No 48	Central RR of NJ	Car Float	850		Aug-24
3491	na	No 49	Central RR of NJ	Car Float	850		Aug-24
3492	169125	No 3724	Erie R R Co.	Car Float	1,052	325	Nov-24
3493	169126	No 3824	Erie R R Co.	Car Float	1,052	325	Dec-24
3494	na	No 43	Bush Terminal	Car Float			Nov-24
3495	na	No 44	Bush Terminal	Car Float			Jan-25
3496	225257	Newton	Del, Lacka & Western RR Co.	Tug	195	na	Oct-25	(Hull only, subcontract from J.W. Sullivan of NY)
3497	225256	Stroudsburg	Del, Lacka & Western RR Co.	Tug	195	na	Nov-25	(Hull only, subcontract from J.W. Sullivan of NY)
3498	na	D. L. & W. No. 34	Del, Lacka & Western RR Co.	Car Float	1,006		Aug-25
3499	na	D. L. & W. No. 35	Del, Lacka & Western RR Co	Car Float	1,006		Aug-25
3500	225465	Port Houston	Houston Port Authority	Fireboat	284	118	Jun-26
3501	225575	Cape May	Reading Co. Inc.	Ferry	1,028	189	Jun-26	Scrapped 1965
3502	225813	Philadelphia	Reading Co. Inc.	Ferry	1,028	189	1926	Later Thomas N. McCarter 1936, Newport News 1943, beached 1967
3503	na	Mantua	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	Dredge	250		Mar-26
3504	226004	Fishers Island	Fisher`s Island Nav. Co.	Ferry	862	150	Aug-26	Later COL John E. Baxter 1942, Fisher's Island 1957, Block Island 1960, Americana 1988, Lucian Queen 1991, scrapped in 1990s
3505	na	L I R R No 20	Long Island R.R. Co.	Car Float			Aug-26
3506	na	L I R R No 21	Long Island R.R. Co.	Car Float			Nov-26
3507	na	No 9	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	Barge	44		Oct-26
3508	na	Oil Barge No 5	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	Barge			Oct-26
3509	na	Derrick Boat No 5	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	Barge			Oct-26
3510	na	Southern No. 28	Southern Tptn Co.	Car Float			Nov-26
	169569	Seaboard No. 25	Seaboard Shipping Corp.	Scow	329	115	1926
3511	169610	Seaboard No. 55	Seaboard Shipping Corp.	Tank Barge	650	170	Dec-26

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