Liberty Dry Dock

Liberty Dry Dock, Brooklyn NY

This shipyard was originally started by James A. O'Boyle, who sold it in the 1920s to the Russells of Newtown Creek Towing. It was located at the foot of Quay Street, in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn, on the site once occupied by Continental Iron Works, builder of the Monitor. The company closed in 1955. From the known hull numbers, it must have had more of a production record than is shown here: if anyone can add to the table below, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 24 July 2017.

Hull #	O.N.	Original Name	Original Owner	Type	Tons	Ft.	Built	Disposition
36	239270	J. Raymond Russell	Newtown Creek Towing	Tug	137	78	1939	Later Muriel McAllister, Kinsale
37	239289	Russell 20	Newtown Creek Towing	Tug	137	78	1940	Later Mark Casey
38	240365	Edward Card	Card Towing	Tug	132	78	1941	Later Peter B. McAllister, Groton, Bertha M, Dianne Richards
39	241416	Russell 19	Newtown Creek Towing	Tug	132	78	1942
40	243458	Russell 15	Newtown Creek Towing	Tug	142	78	1943	Later Dennis McAllister, Carmen A
		SC 736	U.S. Navy	Sub Chaser	136	110	27-Feb-43	To the Philippines 1948 as Mountain Province (P-15)
		SC 737	U.S. Navy	Sub Chaser	136	110	20-May-43	To the FLC 1947
44	251600	Harold Reinauer	Reinauer Tptn.	Tanker	950	223	Jun-47	Later Recovery III (Panama)
50	263194	Russell 14	Newtown Creek Towing	Tug	190		1952	Later Roberto G. Maquero (Mexico)
51		Y-487	U.S. Army	Tanker	1,200		1955	Served in Vietnam
52	267604	Sanita	NYC Sanitation Dept.	Tug	76	66	1954	Later Soo Chief, Susan M. Selvick, Nathan S, John M. Perry, Zuccolo, Carla Selvick, now Terry D

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