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New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn NY

New York Naval Shipyard was established in 1801 and closed in 1966.  It was transferred to the City of New York and leased out in parcels.  Initially the big docks were used by Seatrain Shipbuilding, an affiliate of Seatrain Lines, which built four large tankers there and then folded.  Since then there have been various small repair contractors, none of which have been very successful.  Visit the shipyard's current tenant here and see it from the air on Google here. Comments or queries, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 21 May 2011.

Type # Original Name Type Feet Tons Delivered Disposition
    Peacock Sloop   509 19-Sep-1813 Wrecked on the Columbia bar 1841
    Ohio Ship of the Line   2,724 30-May-1820 Sold 1883
    Savannah Frigate   1,726 1842 Begun in 1820 but not completed until 1842, sold 1883
    Sabine Frigate   1,726 23-Aug-1858 Begun in 1822 but not completed until 1858, sold 1883
    Lexington Sloop   691 11-Jun-1826 Sold 1860
    Vincennes Sloop   700 27-Aug-1826 Sold 1867
    Fairfield Sloop   700 20-Aug-1828 Scrapped 1852
    Enterprise Schooner   194 15-Dec-1831 Sold 1844
    Dolphin Brig   224 6-Sep-1836 Scuttled 1861
    Pilot Schooner   122 Sep-1836 Sold 1838
    Fulton Gunboat   720 13-Dec-1837 Captured by CSN in Pensacola in 1861 and destroyed
    Levant Sloop   792 17-Mar-1838 Lost at sea 1860
    Decatur Sloop   566 1839 Sold 1865
    Missouri Frigate   3,220 1842 Burnt and lost off Gibraltar 1843
    Somers Brig   259 12-May-1842 Foundered off Vera Cruz 1846
    Albany Sloop   1,064 6-Nov-1846 Lost at sea 1854
    San Jacinto Frigate   1,567 18-Nov-1851 Wrecked and lost in the Bahamas 1865
    Niagara Frigate   5,540 6-Apr-1857 Sold 1885
    Iroquois Sloop   1,016 24-Nov-1859 Later "Ionie", wrecked at Port Townsend 1910
    Oneida Sloop   1,488 28-Feb-1862 In collision and sunk off Yokohama 1870
    Octorora Gunboat   829 28-Feb-1862 Sold 1866
    Adirondack Sloop   1,240 30-Jun-1862 Wrecked and lost on Man of War Cay, in the Bahamas 1862
    Lackawanna Sloop   1,533 8-Jan-1863 Sold 1887
    Ticonderoga Sloop   2,526 12-May-1863 Sold 1887
    Mackinaw Gunboat   974 23-Apr-1864 Sold 1867
    Shamrock Gunboat   974 13-Jun-1864 Sold 1868
    Nyack Gunboat   836 28-Sep-1864 Sold 1883
    Maumee Gunboat   593 29-Sep-1864 Sold 1869
    Miantonomoh Monitor   3,401 18-Sep-1865 Scrapped 1875
    Tullahoma Gunboat   1,173 27-Dec-1865  
    Algonquin Gunboat   1,173 Mar-1865 Cancelled, sold 1869
    Kalamazoo Monitor   6,160   Cancelled, later "Colossus", scrapped 1884
    Ontario Frigate   3,953   Cancelled, later "New York", sold 1888
    Madawaska Frigate   4,105 27-Jun-1866 Later "Tennessee" 1869, sold 1886
    Peoria Gunboat   1,173 26-Dec-1866 Sold 1868
    Quinnebaug Sloop   1,113 19-Jul-1867 Scrapped 1871
    Wampanoag Frigate   4,215 17-Sep-1867 Later "Florida" 1969, sold 1885
    Java Sloop       Cancelled
    Kenosha Sloop   1,122 20-Jan-1869 Later "Plymouth" 1869, scrapped 1884
    Mosholu/Severn Sloop   3,003 27-Aug-1869 Sold 1877
    Swatara Sloop   1,900 11-May-1874 Scrapped 1896
    Alarm Torpedo Boat   800 2-Nov-1874 Sold 1898
    Trenton Frigate   3,800 14-Feb-1877 Wrecked in a hurricane in Samoa 1889
    Walter Forward Patrol Craft   580 1882 Later "Patterson" 1912, wrecked off Cape Fairweather, Alaska, 1938
YHT 3   Heating Barge 55   1893  
BM 1 Puritan Monitor   6,060 10-Dec-1896 Sold 1922
BM 4 Terror Monitor   3,990 15-Apr-1896 Scrapped 1921
BM 5 Miantonomah Monitor   3,990 27-Oct-1891 Sold 1922
BB none Maine Battleship   6,682 17-Sep-1895 Destroyed in Havana harbor 1898, wreck scuttled 1912
C 7 Cincinnati Cruiser   3,213 16-Jun-1894 Scrapped 1921
YF 2   Covered Lighter 80 90 1898 Sold 1945
YW 6   Water Barge 40   1898  
AT 6 Penacook  Tug 92 230 7-May-1899 Later YT 6, then YTM 6, sold 1947
YE 20   Ammunition Barge 86   1900  
YE 18   Ammunition Barge 86   1901  
YE 21   Ammunition Barge 90   1901  
YF 7   Covered Lighter 96   1901  
YC 53   Open Lighter 86 100 1902  
YC 54   Open Lighter 86 100 1902  
YE 6   Ammunition Barge 100   1902  
YG 2   Garbage Scow 110 170 1903  
YC 81   Open Lighter 108   1903  
YC 82   Open Lighter 108   1903  
YE 19   Ammunition Barge 86   1903  
YE 9   Ammunition Barge 100   1904  
YF 12   Covered Lighter 86   1904  
YW 11   Water Barge 92   1904  
YC 127   Open Lighter 110 170 1905  
YC 128   Open Lighter 110 170 1905  
YE 11   Ammunition Barge 122   1905  
YFN 231   Covered Lighter 122 270 1905 Ex-YE 11, to MARAD 1948
YHT 1   Heating Barge 55   1905  
YR 2   Repair Barge 114   1905 Ex-Alpha
YC 160   Open Lighter 110 170 1907  
YC 161   Open Lighter 110 170 1907  
YE 12   Ammunition Barge 100   1907  
YW 18   Water Barge 92   1907  
YW 20   Water Barge 92   1907  
YC 168   Open Lighter 110 170 1908  
YC 169   Open Lighter 110 170 1908  
YC 174   Open Lighter 110 170 1908  
YC 175   Open Lighter 110 170 1908 Sunk 1919 but raised and repaired
YC 176   Open Lighter 110 170 1908  
YC 177   Open Lighter 110 170 1908  
YC 178   Open Lighter 110 170 1908 Lost 1942
YC 179   Open Lighter 110 170 1908  
YC 180   Open Lighter 110 170 1908  
YC 181   Open Lighter 110 170 1908 Lost 1942
YC 182   Open Lighter 110 170 1908  
YC 183   Open Lighter 110 170 1908  
YC 184   Open Lighter 110 170 1908  
YC 185   Open Lighter 110 170 1908  
BB 18 Connecticut Battleship   16,000 29-Sep-06 Scrapped 1923
AC 1 Erie Collier   13,000 4-Oct-09 Later "Vestal" (AR 4), scrapped 1950
BB 30 Florida Battleship   21,825 15-Sep-11 Scrapped 1931
YHT 2   Heating Barge 55   1910  
YW 22   Water Barge 102 437 1910  
YFB 1059   Ferry Boat 60   1911 Ex-Launch No. 1059
YC 298   Open Lighter 110 170 1914  
YC 299   Open Lighter 110 170 1914 To MARAD 1948
BB 34 New York Battleship   27,000 15-Apr-14 Sunk as target 1948
BB 39 Arizona Battleship   31,400 17-Oct-16 Sunk at Pearl Harbor 1941
SC 5   Sub Chaser     18-Aug-17 To France as C-5
SC 6   Sub Chaser     19-Aug-17 Sold 1921
SC 7   Sub Chaser     18-Aug-17 To France as C-2
SC 8   Sub Chaser     18-Aug-17 To France as C-1
SC 9   Sub Chaser     18-Aug-17 To France as C-3
SC 10   Sub Chaser     18-Aug-17 To France as C-4
SC 11   Sub Chaser     18-Aug-17 To France as C-6
SC 12   Sub Chaser     29-Sep-17 To France as C-7
SC 13   Sub Chaser     29-Sep-17 To France as C-9
SC 14   Sub Chaser     29-Sep-17 To France as C-10
SC 15   Sub Chaser     29-Sep-17 To France as C-11
SC 16   Sub Chaser     29-Sep-17 To France as C-8
SC 17   Sub Chaser     17-Aug-17 Sold 1921
SC 18   Sub Chaser     11-Oct-17 To USA 1920
SC 19   Sub Chaser     19-Oct-17 Sold 1921
SC 20   Sub Chaser     18-Oct-17 To USA 1920
SC 21   Sub Chaser     19-Oct-17 Sold 1921
SC 22   Sub Chaser     16-Oct-17 To USCG 1919
SC 23   Sub Chaser     16-Oct-17 Lost 1920
SC 24   Sub Chaser     22-Oct-17 Sold 1921
SC 25   Sub Chaser     16-Oct-17 Sold 1921
SC 26   Sub Chaser     19-Oct-17 Sold 1921
SC 27   Sub Chaser     8-Nov-17 To USCG 1919
SC 28   Sub Chaser     22-Dec-17 To France as C-24
SC 29   Sub Chaser     22-Dec-17 To France as C-23
SC 30   Sub Chaser     30-Mar-18 To France as C-33
SC 31   Sub Chaser     18-May-18 To France as C-46
SC 32   Sub Chaser     30-Mar-18 To France as C-41
SC 33   Sub Chaser     5-Oct-18 To France as C-42
SC 34   Sub Chaser     9-Jan-18 Sold 1921
SC 35   Sub Chaser     23-Jan-18 Sold 1921
SC 36   Sub Chaser     23-Jan-18 Sold 1921
SC 37   Sub Chaser     1-Feb-18 Sold 1921
SC 38   Sub Chaser     1-Feb-18 Sold 1921
SC 39   Sub Chaser     2-Mar-18 Sold 1921
SC 40   Sub Chaser     13-Feb-18 Sold 1921
SC 41   Sub Chaser     19-Feb-18 Sold 1921
SC 42   Sub Chaser     2-Mar-18 Sold 1921
SC 43   Sub Chaser     16-May-18 Sold 1921
SC 44   Sub Chaser     3-Apr-18 Sold 1921
SC 45   Sub Chaser     1-Mar-18 Sold 1921
SC 46   Sub Chaser     16-Mar-18 Sold 1921
SC 47   Sub Chaser     27-Mar-18 Sold 1921
SC 48   Sub Chaser     27-Mar-18 Sold 1921
SC 49   Sub Chaser     27-Mar-18 Sold 1921
SC 50   Sub Chaser     19-Apr-18 Sold 1921
SC 51   Sub Chaser     23-Apr-18 Sold 1921
SC 52   Sub Chaser     23-Apr-18 Sold 1921
SC 53   Sub Chaser     30-Apr-18 Lost 1920
SC 54   Sub Chaser     11-May-18 Sold 1921
SC 55   Sub Chaser     3-Nov-17 Sold 1921
SC 56   Sub Chaser     6-May-18 Sold 1921
SC 57   Sub Chaser     6-May-18 Sold 1921
SC 58   Sub Chaser     6-May-18 Lost 1919
SC 59   Sub Chaser     11-May-18 Sold 1921
SC 60   Sub Chaser     11-May-18 Lost 1918
SC 61   Sub Chaser     16-May-18 Sold 1921
SC 62   Sub Chaser     16-May-18 Sold 1921
SC 63   Sub Chaser     16-May-18 Sold 1921
SC 64   Sub Chaser     16-May-18 YW 97 1942, sold 1943
YG 9   Garbage Scow 110 170 1918  
YG 10   Garbage Scow 110 170 1918  
YS 12   Stevedoring Barge 35   1918  
YS 13   Stevedoring Barge 35   1918 To US Army 1921
YS 14   Stevedoring Barge 35   1918  
YS 15   Stevedoring Barge 35   1918 Sold 1921
YD 58   Derrick Barge 120   1920  
BB 40 California/New Mexico Battleship   32,000 20-May-18 Scrapped 1947
BB 43 Tennessee Battleship   32,300 3-Jun-20 Scrapped 1959
BB 49 South Dakota Battleship   43,200   Cancelled 1922
BB 50 Indiana Battleship   43,200   Cancelled 1922
YSP 5   Seaplane Pontoon 32   1926  
YSP 6   Seaplane Pontoon 32   1926  
YSP 7   Seaplane Pontoon 32   1926  
YSP 8   Seaplane Pontoon 32   1926  
YSP 9   Seaplane Pontoon 32   1926  
YSP 10   Seaplane Pontoon 32   1926  
CA 24 Pensacola Cruiser   9,100 6-Feb-30 Sunk as target 1948
YSD 7 Seaplane Derrick 104 240 28-Apr-31  
YF 221   Covered Lighter 110 310 10-Apr-33 Now fishing vessel Rondys
CA 32 New Orleans Cruiser   9,950 18-Apr-34 Scrapped 1959
DD 350 Hull Destroyer   1,395 24-May-35 Sank in typhoon east of Luzon 1944
DD 353 Dale Destroyer   1,395 19-Jul-35 Scrapped 1946
PG 50 Erie Gunboat   2,000 1-Jul-36 Sunk by u-boat off Curacao 1942
WPG 34 Alexander Hamilton Gunboat   2,750 4-Mar-37 Sunk by u-boat off Reykjavik 1942
WPG 36 John C. Spencer Gunboat   2,750 1-Mar-37 Scrapped 1981
CL 40 Brooklyn Cruiser   9,700 18-Jul-38 To Chile 1951 as "O'Higgins" (C 02), foundered en route to breakers 1992
CL 48 Honolulu Cruiser   9,650 7-Sep-38 Scrapped 1959
CL 50 Helena Cruiser   10,000 18-Sep-39 Sunk by Japanese gunfire in the Solomon Islands 1943
YD 79   Derrick Barge 100   1941  
YFN 283   Covered Lighter 110 170 1941  
YR 34   Repair Barge 150 530 1941 To Ecuador 1978
YR 35   Repair Barge 150 530 1941  
BB 55 North Carolina Battleship   45,000 9-Apr-41 Struck 1960, memorial in Wilmington NC
BB 61 Iowa Battleship   45,000 22-Feb-43 Struck 2006, to be memorial in either Stockton CA or San Francisco
BB 63 Missouri Battleship   45,000 11-Jun-44 Struck 1995, memorial in Pearl Harbor HI
BB 69 Maine Battleship   45,000   Cancelled 1943
BB 70 New Hampshire Battleship   45,000   Cancelled 1943
YG 23 No name Garbage Scow   200 1943 Later "Bold Venture", "Fearless" 1990
LST 311 No name Landing Craft   1,625 11-Jan-43 To Britain 1943, scrapped 1947
LST 312 No name Landing Craft   1,625 9-Jan-43 Scrapped 1947
LST 313 No name Landing Craft   1,625 13-Jan-43 Sunk by German aircraft off Sicily 1943
LST 314 No name Landing Craft   1,625 15-Jan-43 Sunk by u-boat off Normandy 1944
LST 315 No name Landing Craft   1,625 3-Feb-43 To Britain 1943, scrapped 1947
LST 316 No name Landing Craft   1,625 3-Feb-43 Sold private 1946
LST 317 No name Landing Craft   1,625 6-Feb-43 Scrapped 1947
LST 318 No name Landing Craft   1,625 8-Feb-43 Sunk by aircraft off Sicily 1943
YC 1149   Open Lighter 110 170 1945 Cancelled
CV 20 Bennington Carrier   27,100 6-Aug-44 Struck 1989
CV 31 Bon Homme Richard Carrier   27,100 26-Nov-44 Scrapped 1992
CV 42 Franklin D. Roosevelt Carrier   27,100 27-Oct-45 Scrapped 1978
CV 33 Kearsarge Carrier   27,100 2-Mar-46 Scrapped 1971
CV 34 Oriskany Carrier   27,100 25-Sep-50 Sunk as reef off Pensacola FL in May 2006
CV 35 Reprisal Carrier   27,100   Cancelled 1945
CV 51   Carrier   27,100   Cancelled 1945
CV 52   Carrier   27,100   Cancelled 1945
CV 60 Saratoga Carrier 81,000 14-Apr-56 Struck 1994: to be museum
CV 62 Independence Carrier 81,000 10-Jan-59 Decommissioned 1998: NISMF Bremerton
CV 64 Constellation Carrier 82,000 27-Oct-61 Decommissioned 2003: NISMF Bremerton
LPD 1 Raleigh Assault Ship 13,745 7-Sep-62 Sunk as target 1994
LPD 2 Vancouver Assault Ship 13,745 10-May-63 NDRF 2001: to be scrapped
LPD 3 La Salle Assault Ship 13,745 21-Feb-64 Now AGF 3:active
LPD 4 Austin Assault Ship 16,900 6-Feb-65 Decommissioned 2006
LPD 5 Ogden Assault Ship 16,900 19-Jun-65 To Mexico 2007
LPD 6 Duluth Assault Ship 16,900 18-Dec-65 Struck 2005

 

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