Merchant Shipbuilding Chester, Chester Shipbuilding, Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding & Engine Works, J. Roach & Sons Shipbuilding, Reaney, Son & Archbold

Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding & Engine Works, Chester PA

Merchant Shipbuilding Chester, Chester Shipbuilding, J. Roach & Sons Shipbuilding, Reaney, Son & Archbold

A Philadelphia shipbuilder named Thomas Reaney left Reaney, Neafie & Levy in 1859 to start his own shipyard in Chester, called Reaney, Son & Archbold. Over the next 11 years, he built 6 naval combatants, 20 cargo ships, 17 tugs and 8 smaller craft, an average of almost five boats a year. He was undercapitalized, however and when he ran out of work in the slump that followed the Civil War, he was forced to sell the yard to a New York industrialist named John Roach, who renamed it The Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding & Engine Works, although it was widely known just as Roach's Shipyard and is often referred to as John Roach & Sons, although that was never the name of the shipyard but was the name of its parent company. Roach was an Irish immigrant who had become a major manufacturer of marine engines, owning both Aetna Iron Works and Morgan Iron Works. Roach invested heavily in big cranes, steam engines and state-of-the-art machinery, all of which were intended to lower the cost of building a ship and he started several other companies in the region which could supply the shipyard with most of its material. Throughout the 1870s and into the 1880s, the shipyard was the largest, most modern and most productive in the U.S., but when John Roach died, the company declined and closed in 1908. In 1913, the idle shipyard was bought by a retired US Navy Captain named Charles Jack and reopened as Chester Shipbuilding Company. The onset of World War I made the yard's size and potential capability very attractive, but Jack did not have the money needed to re-equip it and in 1917 he sold it to Averell Harriman's American Ship & Commerce Corporation, which renamed it Merchant Shipbuilding Company and set about turning it into a mass-production ship assembly facility, along the lines of the Hog Island yard in Philadelphia and the Submarine Boat yard in Newark NJ. It is ironic that this approach to shipbuilding, so effective in both WWI and WWII, was quite the opposite of John Roach's approach. In any case, the new owners soon decided that the Chester yard was not nearly as suitable for mass production as they had thought and they set up a wholly new yard upstream, in the Bristol section of Philadelphia. The Chester yard continued in operation, however, closing for good in 1924. The shipyard occupied 23 acres along about 1,200 feet of Chester's industrial waterfront, stretching from Pennell Street to Fulton Street along West Front Street, just north of the present-day Commodore Barry bridge. It had ten building berths and six wet berths, although there is no sign of any of them today. After it closed in 1924, the site was redeveloped as a Ford assembly plant. That plant closed in 1961 and the site has been idle ever since. See the site from the air on Google here. If anyone can fill any of the gaps in the table below, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 20 December 2021.

Hull#	O.N.	Name	Owner	Type	GT	Feet	Delivery	Disposition
Built by Reaney, Son & Archbold (1857-1870)
1	23063	Starlight		Tug	74		1861
2	na							Saw mill engines
3	21798	William B. Reaney	Reaney, Son & Archbold	Tug	104		1861
4		Union		Tug	121		1861
5	na							Engines only
6	292	American Eagle		Tug	63	75	1861	Later Erin
7	5001	Clyde	Thomas Clyde	Tug	96	70	1862
8	na							Engines only
9		James J. Green		Barge			1862
10		Paul Green		Barge			1862
11		William Stroud		Barge			1862
12	na						1862	Engines only
13	na						1862	Engines only
14	na						1862	Engines only
15	na						1862	Engines only
16	na						1862	Engines only
17	183	American Union		Tug	74		1862
18		Caroline		Tug			1862
19		Hope		Tug	111		1862
20	na	Conestoga/Sangamon	U.S. Navy	Monitor	1,875d	200	9-Feb-63	Later Jason 1869, scrapped 1904
21	na	Lehigh	U.S. Navy	Monitor	1,875d	200	15-Apr-63	Scrapped 1904
22	na	Wateree	U.S. Navy	Gunboat	974d	205	20-Jan-64
23	na						1862	Engines only
24	na						1863	Engines only
25	na						1863	Engines only
26	na						1862	Engines only
27	na						1863	Engines only
28	21769	Rebecca Clyde	Thomas Clyde	Psgr./Cargo	446		1863
29	11040	Helen Brook		Tug	26		1863
30	na							Engines only
31	17115	Mayflower		Psgr./Cargo	164		1864
32	na	Tunxis	U.S. Navy	Ironclad	614d	209	12-Jul-64	Later Hydra 1869, Otsego 1869, scrapped 1874
33	na	Suwanee	U.S. Navy	Gunboat	1,370d	255	23-Jan-65
34	na	Shamokin	U.S. Navy	Gunboat	1,370d	255	17-Jul-65
35	na	Olando
36	na							Machine shop engine
37	na	Pinta	U.S. Navy	Tug	420d	137	Oct-65	Struck 1908
38	na	Nina	U.S. Navy	Tug	420d	137	Sep-65
39	11652	Hudson		Tug	163		1864
40		Admiral		Tug			1864
41	15074	Liberty		Tug	150		1864
42	na							Engines only
43	na							Engines only
44		Pawtucket		Barge			1864
45	na							Engines only
46	25616	Wm. P. Clyde	Thomas Clyde	Psgr./Cargo	504		1865
47	4919	Croatan	Norfolk	Tug	22	54	1864
48	na							Engines only
49	na							Engines only
50	na							Engines only
51	7901	Edwin Forrest		Psgr./Cargo	607		1865
52	26625	Washington		Psgr./Cargo	472		1865
53	5003	Commodore		Tug	50		1865
54	967	Alice	Port Deposit Co.	Psgr./Cargo	147		1865
55	na							Reconstruction
56	na							Boiler Shop engine
57	na							Stock engine
58	na							Engines only
59	24039	Thomas Kelso	Baytime SS Co.	Psgr./Cargo	1,430		1865
60	15079	Lamokin	Phil. & Chester	Cargo Ship	167		1865
61	na							Stock engine
62	na							Engines only
63	na							Saw mill engine
64	na							Boilers
65	23000	Samuel M. Felton	P. W. & B. RR	Cargo Ship	671		1866
66	na							Engines only
67	na							Engines only
68	na							Engines only
69	na							Engines only
70	na							Blast engine
71	na							Blast engine
72	na							Repairs only
73	24433	Tioga	Savannah SS Co.	Psgr./Cargo	1,074		1867
74	na							Steam fire engine
75	na							Condensers
76	na							Boilers only
77	na							Boilers only
78	na							Boilers only
79	na							Stock boilers
80	na
81	na							Engines only
82	25776	Volunteer	Jacob Lorillard	Cargo Ship	611		Oct-68
83	18650	Novelty	New York Company	Cargo Ship	303		1870
84	na							Engines only
85	na							Overhaul
86	na							Saw mill engine
87	na							Saw mill engine
88	na							Reconstruction
89	na							Reconstruction
90	na							Reconstruction
91	21903	Rattlesnake	Phila & Reading R.R. Co	Cargo Ship	404	170	Mar-69
92	5753	Centipede	Phila & Reading R.R. Co	Cargo Ship	436	169	Aug-69
93	20357	Panther	Phila & Reading R.R. Co	Cargo Ship	711	190	Mar-70
94	1874	Achilles	Phila & Reading R.R. Co	Cargo Ship	763	200	Feb-70
95	95037	Hercules	Phila & Reading R.R. Co	Cargo Ship	764	200	1870
96	na							Boilers only
97	na							Ruddick's patent
98	na							Reconstruction
99	21916	Regulator	Jacob Lorillard	Cargo Ship	847		Nov-69
100	na							Hoisting engine
101	na							Schooner
102		Millie May		Tug			1869
103	2722	Benefactor	Jacob Lorillard	Schooner	843	173	May-70
104	na							Engines only
105	na							Repairs only
106	na							Repairs only
107	na							Repairs only
108	na							Repairs only
109	na							Repairs only
110	8685	Ella Wood No.2		Tug	44	69	1870	Later Mamie Coyle
111	Foreign	Elizabeth	Central America
112	na						1871	Reconstruction
113	na						1871	Repairs Only
114			Central America	Launch			1871
115	25906	Vindex	R. Center	Yacht	36		1871
116			Central America	Launch			1871
117	na						1871	Repairs Only
118	5931	City of Houston	C H Mallory & Co.	Cargo Ship	1,253		Apr-71
Built by Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding & Engine Works as a subsidiary of J. Roach & Sons (1871-1887)
119	125040	City of San Antonio	C H Mallory & Co.	Cargo Ship	1,605	229	Mar-72
120	85425	Garden City	East River Ferry Co.	Ferry	825	171	Sep-72	Barge 1916
121	na						1873	Engines only
122	125002	City of Chester	Oregon S.S. Co.	Cargo Ship	935	107	Apr-73	In collision and sank 1888
123	125099	Colon	Pacific Mail S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	2,686	292	Nov-73
124	na						1873	Reconstruction
125	na						1873	Repowering
126	na						1873	Repowering
127	na						1873	Repowering
128	125153	Colima	Pacific Mail S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	2,906		Apr-73
129	8930	Erie	Erie Railway Co.	Ferry	981	136	1873	Later Ridgewood, deleted 1915
130	125625	City of Peking	Pacific Mail S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	5,080	403	Aug-74	Scrapped 1910
131	125266	City of Tokio	Pacific Mail S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	5,079	403	May-74	Wrecked off Yokohama 1885
132	115133	Sarah J. Fleming		Barge			1874
133	125177	City of Waco	C H Mallory & Co.	Pass. Cargo	1,486		Aug-73
134	20479	Perkiomen	Phila & Reading R.R. Co.	Cargo Ship	1,035		May-74	In collision and sank 1885
135	2905	Berks	Phila & Reading R.R. Co.	Cargo Ship	565	189	May-74	Later barge W. S. Calvert 1906, En-Ar-Co 1921, scrapped 1969
136	115228	State of Texas	C H Mallory & Co.	Pass. Cargo	1,736	243	Jan-74	Later Idaho
137	125204	City of Panama	Pacific Mail S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	1,490	250	Sep-73	Later Olga M.
138	125211	City of Guatemala	Pacific Mail S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	1,505	250	Dec-73
139	na						1873	Repairs only
140	na						1873	Repairs only
141	85321	George W Elder	Old Dominion S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	1,710	250	Feb-74	Later America 1920, scrapped 1935
142		George E Weed	John Roach & Sons	Tug	30		1874
143	na	Alliance	U.S. Navy	Gunboat	1,020d	175	15-Nov-75	Later Huron
144	na	Alert	U.S. Navy	Gunboat	1,020d	175	27-May-75	Converted 1912 to AS 4, scrapped 1922
145	na						1874	Repairs only
146	na						Nov-76	Repairs only
147	na						1874	Repairs only
148	na						Nov-76	Repowering
149	na						1875	Repowering
150	125445	City of San Francisco	Pacific Mail S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	3,009	339	Jun-75	Foundered off Tartar Shoal 1877
151	125460	City of New York	Pacific Mail S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	3,020	339	Aug-75	Wrecked off Point Bonita CA 1893
152	125470	City of Sydney	Pacific Mail S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	3,017	339	Sep-75	Abandoned by 1930
153	na						Aug-75	Scrapped
154	na						Aug-75	Scrapped
155	na						Aug-75	Scrapped
156	na						Aug-75	Scrapped
157	BM 5	Miantonomoh	U.S. Navy	Monitor	3,990d	263	27-Oct-91	Completed 1891, sold 1922
158	na						1875	Scrapped
159	na	Graciosa	Spanish Navy	Gunboat	72d		1875
160	BM 1	Puritan	U.S. Navy	Monitor	6,060d	296	12-Oct-96	Completed 1896 by NY Navy Yard, sold 1922
161	na						1877	Scrapped
162	130055	New Berne	Old Dominion S S Co.	Cargo Ship	412		1875	Deleted 1910
163	na							Reconstruction
164	na							Reconstruction
165	na							Stock engines
166	na						1882	Scrapped
167	na						1875	Reconstruction
168	110303	Rio Grande	C H Mallory & Co.	Pass. Cargo	2,556	290	Dec-76	Scrapped 1922
169	13098	Niagara	J E Ward & Co.	Pass. Cargo	2,265	275	Jun-77	Later Brunswick 1907, Truxillo 1919, scrapped 1926
170	115543	Saratoga	J E Ward & Co.	Pass. Cargo	2,265	275	Jul-77	Later Africa 1878, scrapped 1925
171			Pensacola NY	Dry-Dock			1877
172	125621	City of Macon	Ocean S S Co	Pass. Cargo	2,093	257	Oct-77	Later Lexington 1877, scrapped 1923
173	80643	Western Texas	C H Mallory & Co.	Cargo Ship	1,121		Aug-77	Later Yaquina 1884, wrecked on Yaquina Bay bar 1887
174	Foreign	Ancon	Pacific Mail S S Co.	Tender	105		1877
175	125625	City of Washington	Alexandre & Sons	Pass. Cargo	2,635	300	Sep-77	Wrecked Craysfort Reef 1917
176	125629	City of Savannah	Ocean S S Co	Pass. Cargo	2,029	381	Nov-77	Wrecked Huntington Island 1893
177	19485	Oregon	Oregon Rly & Nav Co.	Pass. Cargo	2,335	283	Feb-78	Wrecked off Cape Hinchenbrooke 1906
178	125640	City of Rio de Janeiro	U S & Brazil Mail S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	3,548	345	Jun-78	Wrecked at Golden Gate 1901
179	125664	City of Para	U S & Brazil Mail S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	3,532	345	Jun-78	Scrapped 1924
180	76047	Juno		Tug	80		1879
181	115640	Saratoga	J E Ward & Co.	Pass. Cargo	2,426	298	Nov-78	Wrecked Prince William Sound 1908
182	125687	City of Columbus	Ocean S S Co	Pass. Cargo	1,992	254	Jul-78	Wrecked on Devil's Bridge Rock 1884
183	85557	Gate City	Ocean S S Co	Pass. Cargo	1,997	254	Aug-78	Wrecked near Moriches Inlet 1900
184	76307	Juan Mir	Juan Mir	Cargo Ship	423		Oct-78	Later Adela 1885, Rita 1900, burnt 1913
185	125734	Colorado	C H Mallory & Co.	Pass. Cargo	2,705	306	May-79	Later San Saba 1916, mined and lost 1918
186	115663	Santiago	J E Ward & Co.	Pass. Cargo	2,359	269	May-79	Scrapped 1924
187	Foreign	Elias		Passenger	300		Jun-79	For use on the Amazon River
188	125760	City of Alexandria	NY & Cuba Mail S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	2,480	307	Sep-79	Exploded and burnt 1893
189	91194	Manhattan	Old Dominion S S Co.	Cargo Ship	1,525		Nov-79	In collision and sank 1889
190	140890	Louisiana	Cromwell S S Line	Pass. Cargo	2,840	320	Dec-79	Foundered in New Orleans 1905
191	na							Repairs only
192	na							Repairs only
193	125801	Columbia	Oregon S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	2,723	309	May-80	In collision off Eureka and sank 1907
194	130179	Newport	Pacific Mail S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	2,735	326	Aug-80	Scrapped 1930
195	3120	Breakwater	Old Dominion S S Co.	Cargo Ship	1,045	201	May-80	Wrecked near Puerto Mexico 1918
196	27416	Yosemite	William Belden	Yacht	482		Dec-80	Later Acadia 1891, scrapped 1909
197	125868	City of Augusta	Ocean S S Co	Pass. Cargo	2,861	302	Aug-80	Scrapped 1924
198	80808	Willamette	Oregon Rly & Nav Co.	Pass. Cargo	2,269	316	Mar-81	Later Montara 1903, wrecked near Louisburg NS 1920
199	na						1881	Models for steam yacht
200	na						1881	Set of 'blowing engines'
201	25242	Umatilla	Oregon Improvement Co.	Pass. Cargo	2,131	310	Jul-81	Wrecked off Inuboyesaki 1918
202	80839	Walla Walla	Oregon Improvement Co.	Pass. Cargo	2,135	310	Aug-81	In collision off Cape Mendocino 1902 and sank
203	125900	Cygnus	Iron Steamboat Co.	Passenger	857	213	May-81	Scrapped 1935
204	125904	Cepheus	Iron Steamboat Co.	Passenger	882	214	Jun-81	Later Shamrock 1933, scrapped 1935
205	115774	Sirius	Iron Steamboat Co.	Passenger	993	229	Jul-81	Later Ambassador 1933, barge 1940, scrapped 1957
206	85690	Guadalupe	C H Mallory & Co.	Pass. Cargo	2,839	318	Nov-81	Wrecked on Barnegat Shoals 1884
207	150280	Pilgrim	Old Colony Steamboat Co.	Pass. Cargo	3,484	372	Feb-83	Scrapped 1916
208	115813	San Marcos	C H Mallory & Co.	Pass. Cargo	2,839	318	Dec-81	Scrapped 1924
209	85715	Guyandotte	Old Dominion S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	2,351	267	May-82	Later Cretan 1905, scrapped 1927
210	110515	Roanoke	Old Dominion S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	2,354	267	Mar-82	Foundered off San Francisco 1916
211	na						1883	Engines only
212	na						1883	Engines only
213	115845	San Jose	Pacific Mail S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	2,081	283	Jun-82	Wrecked Asuncion Island 1921
214	115863	San Juan	Pacific Mail S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	2,076	283	Jul-82	In collision off Pigeon Point 1929 and sank
215	115873	San Blas	Pacific Mail S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	2,075	283	Aug-82	Wrecked off Libertad 1901
216	145320	Tallahassee	Ocean S S Co	Pass. Cargo	2,677	280	Sep-82	Later Persian 1905, scrapped 1928
217	126076	Chattahoochee	Ocean S S Co	Pass. Cargo	2,676	280	Nov-82	Later Quantico 1909, scrapped 1927
218	130249	Nacoochee	Ocean S S Co	Pass. Cargo	2,676	280	Nov-82	Scrapped 1924
219	120531	Finance	U S & Brazil Mail S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	2,603	295	Jan-83	In collision off Sandy Hook 1908 and sank
220	106145	Advance	U S & Brazil Mail S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	2,605	295	Mar-83	Wrecked off Halifax NS 1923
221	110576	Reliance	U S & Brazil Mail S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	2,604	295	Apr-83	Wrecked off Bahia harbor 1884
222	126131	Cienfuegos	J E Ward & Co.	Pass. Cargo	2,332		May-83	Wrecked near Harbor Island 1895
223	140640	Lampasas	C H Mallory & Co.	Pass. Cargo	2,943	329	Jul-83	Scrapped 1924
224	106198	Alamo	C H Mallory & Co.	Pass. Cargo	2,943	329	Aug-83	Scrapped 1924
225	145333	Tillie E Starbuck	W H Starbuck	Cargo Ship	2,033		Apr-83
226	25281	Utowana	W E Conner	Yacht	141	126	1883	Later Oneida
227	161521	Viking	George S Scott	Yacht	172		1883
228	na	No name	Pacific Mail S S Co.	Barge	170		1883
229	na	No name	Pacific Mail S S Co.	Barge	170		1883
230	na	No name	Pacific Mail S S Co.	Waterboat	170		1883
231	106232	Alaskan	Oregon Rly & Nav Co.	Cargo Ship	1,718		Sep-83	Foundered off Cape Blanco 1889
232	115979	Santa Rosa	Pacific Coast S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	2,417	326	Dec-83	Wrecked Point Arguello 1911
233	126176	City of Palatka	G W Quintard	Cargo Ship	883	200	Oct-83	Later Eastern Oregon 1887, burnt 1891
234	na							Not used
235	115775	Sphinx	H. F. Shoemaker	Yacht	17		1881
236	na	Dolphin	U.S. Navy	Gunboat	1,509d	256	8-Dec-85	Later PG 24, sold 1922 as Plan de Guadelupe
237	na	Atlanta	U.S. Navy	Cruiser	3,240d	288	19-Jul-86	Sold 1912
238	na	Boston	U.S. Navy	Cruiser	3,240d	283	2-May-87	Later Despatch 1940, sunk as target 1946
239	na	Chicago	U.S. Navy	Cruiser	4,842d	342	17-Apr-89	Later Alton 1928, sold 1936
240	Foreign	Amazona	S G de Oliviera & Co.	Pass. Cargo	457		Nov-83	Deleted 1910
241	na						Feb-84	Engines only
242	126241	City of Topeka	Oregon Improvement Co.	Cargo Ship	1,057	198	Jun-84	Later Waimea 1921, scrapped 1932
243	116029	Seneca	Old Dominion S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	2,729	271	Sep-84	In collision off Sandy Hook 1928 and sank
244	126316	Comal	C H Mallory & Co.	Pass. Cargo	2,935	320	Aug-85	Scrapped 1935
245	106443	Allianca	U S & Brazil Mail S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	2,985	320	Sep-86	Scrapped 1923
Built by Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding & Engine Works (1887-1907)
246	130369	Nueces	C H Mallory & Co.	Pass. Cargo	3,367	328	Feb-87	Scrapped 1927
247	116199	Standard	Standard Oil Co.	Tank Barge	598		Apr-88	Later S. O. Co. No. 56 1891, S. T .Co. No. 56, Socony 56, abandoned 1935
248	150471	Puritan	Old Colony Steamboat Co.	Passenger	4,593	403	1889	Scrapped 1913
249	PG 3	Concord	U.S. Navy	Gunboat	1,710d	245	14-Feb-91	To PHS as quarantine ship 1914, sold 1929
250	PG 4	Bennington	U.S. Navy	Gunboat	1,710d	245	20-Jun-91	Sold 1910 (ON 164930), scuttled 1924
251	126512	City of Birmingham	Ocean S S Co	Pass. Cargo	2,066	301	Jun-88	Wrecked off Castle Island 1907
252	126520	Clifton	C H Mallory & Co.	Yacht	154	101	Jun-88
253	141027	Leona	C H Mallory & Co.	Pass. Cargo	3,328	314	Sep-89	Later Sabine 1901, scrapped 1923
254	14488	Kansas City	New England & Savannah S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	3,679	327	Nov-89	Later Alaska 1916, wrecked Blunt's Reef 1921
255	27637	Yumuri	J E Ward & Co.	Pass. Cargo	3,497	336	Jan-90	Later Badger 1898, Lawton 1900, Rose City 1907, barge 1930
256	155177	Orizaba	J E Ward & Co.	Pass. Cargo	3,497	336	Feb-90	Later Northwestern 1906, bombed and lost 1942
257	150502	Plymouth	Old Colony Steamboat Co.	Passenger	3,771	352	Oct-90	Scrapped 1938
258	116344	Seguranca	U S & Brazil Mail S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	4,033	321	Jul-90	Scrapped 1923
259	161643	Vigilancia	U S & Brazil Mail S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	4,115	321	Nov-90	Torpedoed and lost 1917
260	27639	Yucatan	J E Ward & Co.	Pass. Cargo	3,525	336	Sep-90	Later Shinkai Maru 1917, scrapped 1929
261	126719	Concho	C H Mallory & Co.	Pass. Cargo	3,724	329	Apr-91	Scrapped 1928
262	126741	Costa Rica	Pacific Mail S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	1,783	221	Jun-91	Scrapped 1935
263	130547	Nicaragua	Pacific Mail S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	1,783	221	Jul-91
264	na							Reconstruction
265	81386	Washington	Pennsylvania R R Co.	Ferry	1,247	193	Mar-92	To Delaware River interests 1937, scrapped 1952
266	126848	Colombia	Pacific Mail S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	3,617		Mar-92	Wrecked Pigeon Point 1896
267	126860	Columbian	Joy Line	Passenger	704		Jun-92	Later Brookville 1906, Rapids Queen 1909, CD 110 1938, scuttled 1978 as breakwater at Queen City Yacht Club, in Toronto.
268	116528	SO Co of NY No 57	Standard Oil Co.	Tank Barge	1,381		1892
269	136392	Emeline	Stephen W Roach	Yacht	80	101	1893
270	150666	Priscilla	Old Colony Steamboat Co.	Passenger	5,292	426	Dec-93	Scrapped 1938
271	116599	SO Co of NY No 58	Standard Oil Co.	Tank Barge	1,644		1893
272	77127	Jamestown	Old Dominion S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	2,898	299	Mar-94	Scrapped 1926
273	27660	Yorktown	Old Dominion S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	2,898	299	May-94	Later Resolute 1898, Rawlins 1900, Powhatan 1902, Cuba 1920, Seneca 1925, burnt 1927
274	na							Repairs only
275	na							Repairs only
276	na							Repairs only
277	107140	America	Brooklyn & New York Ferry Co.	Ferry	818	156	Jan-95	Burnt 1937
278	127069	Columbia	Brooklyn & New York Ferry Co.	Ferry	810	156	Mar-95	Barge 1935, deleted 1938
279	161750	Vermont	Brooklyn & New York Ferry Co.	Ferry	810	156	May-95	Later Alexandria 1911, Henry J. Joyce, scrapped 1935
280	155275	Oneonta	F C Dinninny Jnr.	Yacht	166	137	Jul-95	Later Norman
281	111098	Riverside	Chester Freight Lines	Cargo Ship	453	141	1895	Later Lillian Anne 1928, to USN 1942 as YFB 41, returned 1943, deleted 1953
282	107206	Aileen	Richard Stevens	Yacht	151		1896	To USN 1898, sold 1920
283	150722	Parthenia	Delaware River Shipbuilding	Yacht	131	124	1896	Later Sayonara, Lucinda
284	92698	Mohawk	New England Steamboat Co.	Passenger	2,784	265	Apr-96	Later Vermont 1937, scrapped 1948
285	92705	Mohegan	New England Steamboat Co.	Passenger	2,784	265	May-96	Scrapped 1937
286	na	No. 1	Panama Railroad Co.	Barge	286		1896
287	na	No. 2	Panama Railroad Co.	Barge	286		1896
288	161775	Virginia	Brooklyn & New York Ferry Co.	Ferry	569	156	Mar-96	Later City of Richmond 1920, scrapped 1953
289	121032	Florida	Brooklyn & New York Ferry Co.	Ferry	818	156	Sep-96	Abandoned 1946
290	77469	John Englis	Maine Steamship Co.	Passenger	3,094	297	Dec-96	Later Relief 1898, Repose 1918, Hai Ning 1923, Mindanao 1937, Lanao 1937, sunk off Cebu 1942
291	150756	Princess Anne	Old Dominion S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	3,079	350	Jul-97	Wrecked Rockaway Inlet 1920
292	77284	Jos J O'Donohue	Brooklyn & New York Ferry Co.	Ferry	901	174	Feb-98	Later Greenpoint 1921, scrapped 1941
293	96401	Horatio Hall	Maine S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	3,168	297	May-98	In collision off Nantucket 1909 and beached
294	100681	Malay	C G Weld	Yacht	173	131	1898	To USN 1917 as SP 735, returned 1919, sold 1921 to Honduran owners
295	229468	Sylph		Yacht	152	124	1898	To USN 1898 as PY 5, later U S Presidential Yacht, sold 1929
296	127281	Cape Charles	Philadelphia & Norfolk R R Co.	Cargo Ship	1,159	221	Sep-98	Later Allan Joy 1899, Naugatuck 1905, scrapped 1955
297	107430	Atlas	Standard Oil Co.	Tanker	1,942	249	Dec-98	Later Las Choapas 1941, sunk by gunfire 1942
298	150806	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania R.R. Co.	Ferry	1,306	191	1899	To Delaware River interests 1948, scrapped 1952
299	96439	Hamilton	Old Dominion S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	3,128	352	Apr-99	Later Saranac 1917, Hamilton 1919, scrapped 1932
300	77356	Jefferson	Old Dominion S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	3,127	352	Jun-99	Later Quinnebaug 1917, Jefferson 1919, scrapped 1933
301	107455	Aileen No. 2	Edwin Gould	Yacht	178		Jul-99
302	100681	Idalia	Eugene Tompkins	Yacht	201	151	1899	Later Malay II, to USN 1942 as Palace (PYc 33), later YAG 13, sunk as target 1944
303	136748	Eugenia	J. G. Cassatt	Yacht	245		1899
304	107474	Alberta	A. E. Tower	Yacht	259		Jul-99
305	86483	Governor Dingley	Portland Steamship Co.	Pass. Cargo	3,826	299	Sep-99	Scrapped 1934
306	na							Repairs only
307	150849	Pennsylvania	NY, Phila & Norfolk R R Co.	Pass. Cargo	1,352	244	Feb-00	Scrapped 1945
308	107591	American	American Hawaiian S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	5,591	407	Oct-00	Later Honolulan 1925, scrapped 1926
309	96534	Hawaiian	American Hawaiian S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	5,597	407	Jan-01	Later Uba 1925, hulked 1936
310	155408	Oregonian	American Hawaiian S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	5,598	407	May-01	Later Coloradan 1925, scrapped 1926
311	130924	North Star	Maine S S Co.	Passenger	3,159	299	Jun-01	Wrecked off Green's Island NS 1919
312	127640	City of Memphis	Ocean S S Co	Pass. Cargo	5,252	377	Apr-02	Sunk by gunfire 1917
313	na	No. ?	Panama Railway Co.	Barge	300		1902
314	na	No. ?	Panama Railway Co.	Barge	300		1902
315	na	No. ?	Panama Railway Co.	Barge	300		1902
316	127620	Chester	Chester Freight Lines	Cargo Ship	419	140	Mar-02	Abandoned 1935
317	na							No details
318	na							Repairs only
319	na							Repairs only
320	127750	City of Macon	Ocean S S Co	Pass. Cargo	5,311	377	May-03	Later Macona 1916, wrecked near Gothenburg 1920
321	200418	San Jacinto	C H Mallory & Co.	Pass. Cargo	6,069	380	Aug-03	Torpedoed and lost 1942
322	200478	William M. Wadley	Ocean S S Co	Tug	154	90	Nov-03
323	200840	City of Columbus	Ocean S S Co	Pass. Cargo	5,433	377	Feb-04	Scrapped 1935
324	201103	City of Atlanta	Ocean S S Co	Pass. Cargo	5,433	377	Apr-04	Torpedoed and lost 1942
325	na	No. 10	Panama Railway Co.	Barge	300		1905
326	na	No. 11	Panama Railway Co.	Barge	300		1905
327	na							Completion of ship started by Trigg
328	na							Reconstruction
329	202254	William Rowland	Old Dominion S S Co.	Tug	129	81	1905
330	202515	Tinicum	Chester Shipping Co.	Cargo Ship	481	140	Oct-05
331	202939	Poquonnock	New England S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	2,930	276	Apr-06	Wrecked Gould Island 1938
332	203584	Governor Cobb	Peninsular & Occidental S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	2,522	289	Oct-06	Later Cobb 1943, Governor Cobb 1946, scrapped 1947
333	204047	Yale	Los Angeles S S Co Inc.	Cargo Ship	3,731	376	Jun-07	To USN 1943 as Greyhound (IX 106), scrapped 1949
334	204372	Harvard	Los Angeles S S Co Inc.	Cargo Ship	3,825	376	Feb-07	Later Charles 1918, Harvard 1920, wrecked off Point Arguello 1931
335	203337	General G M Sorrel	Ocean S S Co	Tug	169	92	1906
336	204437	City of Savannah	Ocean S S Co	Pass. Cargo	5,654	377	Aug-07	Scrapped 1947
337	204200	New Haven	New England S S Co.	Pass. Cargo	2,930	276	Jun-07	Wrecked Fall River 1938
Built by Chester Shipbuilding Co. (1913-1917)
338	Foreign	Malmanger	Norwegian interests	Tanker	5,672		Feb-17	Sunk by a mine 1917
339	Foreign	Golaa	Norwegian interests	Cargo Ship	6,331		May-17	Later Frango 1927, Clifford 1940, Hakko Maru 1941, sunk by a torpedo 1944
340	215991	Sudbury	U.S. Shipping Board	Cargo Ship	4,830	385	Mar-18	Later Munbeaver 1927, Capo Alga 1938, scuttled at St. Nazaire 1944
341	216157	Springleaf/Overbrook	U.S. Shipping Board	Tanker	5,700	400	Apr-18	Exploded and sank 1928
342	216368	Summerleaf/Avondale	U.S. Shipping Board	Tanker	5,700	400	Jun-18	Later Tracy Brothers 1925, Chas. Kurz 1933, scrapped 1948
343	216824	Autumnleaf/Phoenix	U.S. Shipping Board	Tanker	5,700	400	Sep-18	Later Pacific 1942, scrapped 1946
344	217911	Winterleaf/Silverbrook	U.S. Shipping Board	Tanker	5,700	400	May-19	Later David C. Reid 1928, missing 1928
345	218389	Burnwell	U.S. Shipping Board	Tanker	5,700	400	Jul-19	Later Alpha 1925, Captain Theo 1947, scrapped 1955
346	217438	War Gun/Auburn	U.S. Shipping Board	Cargo Ship	5,500	400	Jan-19	Scrapped 1933
347	217725	Salisbury/Mystic	U.S. Shipping Board	Cargo Ship	5,500	400	Apr-19	Later Munmystic 1930, Iberville 1937, Ironclad 1941, Marina Raskova 1944, torpedoed and lost 1944
348	218293	Westfield/Ipswich	U.S. Shipping Board	Cargo Ship	5,500	400	Jul-19	Later Campfire 1942, Surikov 1945, scrapped 1956
Built by Merchant Shipbuilding Co. (1917-1923)
349	219153	Iceland	U.S. Shipping Board	Cargo Ship	5,500	400	Nov-19	Scrapped 1931
350	215758	Hisko	U.S. Shipping Board	Tanker	5,700	400	Oct-19	Later Beta 1925, scrapped 1948
351	219711	Summerleaf	U.S. Shipping Board	Cargo Ship	5,500	400	Mar-19	Scrapped 1938
352	218792	Lockport	U.S. Shipping Board	Cargo Ship	5,500	400	Sep-19	Scrapped 1938
353	219265	Terre Haute	U.S. Shipping Board	Cargo Ship	5,500	400	Nov-19	Later Muntropic 1930, Ioannis Fafalios 1937, torpedoed and lost 1944
354	na							Cancelled
355	na							Cancelled
356	218924	Texarkana	U.S. Shipping Board	Cargo Ship	5,500	400	Oct-19	Scrapped 1931
357	219250	Lansdowne	U.S. Shipping Board	Cargo Ship	5,500	400	Nov-19	Scrapped 1931
358	219397	John Roach	U.S. Shipping Board	Cargo Ship	5,500	400	Dec-19	Scrapped 1930
359	219458	Amcross	U.S. Shipping Board	Cargo Ship	5,500	400	Dec-19	Scrapped 1931
360	219543	William H. Webb	U.S. Shipping Board	Cargo Ship	5,500	400	Feb-20	Later William H. Webb 1920, scrapped 1931
361	219799	Donald McKay	U.S. Shipping Board	Cargo Ship	5,500	400	Jun-20	Scrapped 1931
362	219892	Greenland	U.S. Shipping Board	Cargo Ship	5,500	400	Apr-20	Scrapped 1931
363	219993	Henry Steers	U.S. Shipping Board	Cargo Ship	5,500	400	Apr-20	Scrapped 1930
364	na							Cancelled
365	220203	Loretta	U.S. Shipping Board	Cargo Ship	5,500	400	Jun-20	Scrapped 1931
366	220397	Chester Kiwanis	U.S. Shipping Board	Cargo Ship	5,500	400	Jun-20	Scrapped 1931
367	220545	John Englis	U.S. Shipping Board	Cargo Ship	5,500	400	Aug-20	Scrapped 1931
368	220660	John Stevens	U.S. Shipping Board	Cargo Ship	5,500	400	Sep-20	Scrapped 1931
369	220760	George E. Weed	U.S. Shipping Board	Cargo Ship	5,500	400	Oct-20	Scrapped 1933
370	220889	George Pierce	U.S. Shipping Board	Cargo Ship	5,500	400	Nov-20	Later La Salle 1940, torpedoed and lost 1942
371	AM 13	Turkey	U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	950d	188	13-Dec-18	Later ATO 143, sold 1946
372	AM 14	Woodcock	U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	950d	188	19-Feb-19	Later ATO 145, sold 1948
373	AM 15	Quail	U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	950d	188	29-Apr-19	Scuttled off Corregidor 1942
374	AM 16	Partridge	U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	950d	188	17-Jun-19	Later ATO 138, torpedoed and lost 1944
375	na							Cancelled
376	na							Cancelled
377	na							Cancelled
378	na							Cancelled
379	221132	Mount Carroll	American Shipping	Cargo Ship	7,300	420	Mar-21	Later Maunawili 1925, Socrates 1946, Portaritissa 1955, scrapped 1958
380	221126	Mount Clinton	American Shipping	Cargo Ship	7,300	420	May-21	Later Maunalei 1925, Capo Monara 1948, scrapped 1953
381	221360	Puente	Pure Oil	Tanker	6,800	424	Jun-21	Later W. W. Mills 1922, San Juan I 1947, scrapped 1956
382	221455	Playa	Associated Oil	Tanker	6,800	424	Jul-21	Later Paul Shoup 1922, scrapped 1954
383	221663	Robert E. Hopkins	Tide Water Oil	Tanker	6,600	424	Aug-21	Torpedoed and lost 1943
384	221721	Samuel Q. Brown	Tide Water Oil	Tanker	6,600	424	Nov-21	Torpedoed and lost 1942
385	222054	Californian	America-Hawaiian SS Co.	Cargo Ship	5,900	445	May-22	To Britain 1940 as Empire Kite, torpedoed and lost 1942
386	222236	Missourian	America-Hawaiian SS Co.	Cargo Ship	5,900	445	Jul-22	To Britain 1940 as Empire Swan, Belgian Freighter 1942, Capitain Potie 1946, Genova 1948, Flaminia 1955, King Abdelaziz 1964, scrapped 1970
387	221883	J. Hampton Moore	City of Philadelphia	Fire Boat	292		1922	Retired 1950

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