Matton Shipyard

Matton Shipyard, Cohoes NY

John E. Matton started his original shipyard in 1899, on the Champlain Canal, about three miles north of the Waterford side-cut: he moved to Cohoes in 1916. His son Ralph joined him in 1922 and the company became, first, John E. Matton & Son, and, later, John E. Matton & Sons. The yard closed in 1966 and was sold to Bart Turecamo, who kept the Matton name, operating it as Matton Shipyard Company, until it closed again in 1983. The Cohoes yard was on Van Schaick Island, between Cohoes and Waterford, at the eastern end of the Erie Canal: see the site from the air on Google here - it's the grassy area close to the north end of the island. If anyone can add to the table below, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 22 October 2015.

Hull #	O.N.	Original Name	Original Owner	Ship Type	GT	Delivery	Disposition
Built in Waterford NY
	163231	Edward Mullen		Canal Boat	103	1907
	163526	Wm. L. Sparks		Canal Boat	99	1907
	163908	Clinton Wilson	R. G. Hays	Canal Boat	102	1909
	163909	Helen Janet	R. G. Hays	Canal Boat	100	1909
	164455	John B. Shinners		Canal Boat	106	1911
	164456	John E. Matton		Canal Boat	106	1911
	164457	Thos. J. Smith		Canal Boat	103	1911
	164648	Thompson Smith	Thomas J. Burns	Canal Boat	105	1911
	164863	John D. Coffin		Canal Boat	105	1912
	165305	Dr. G. W. Crissey	Edgar Noel	Canal Boat	104	1913
	165306	Eugene J. Sullivan		Canal Boat	103	1913
	165309	Willie A. Shova	William A. Doyle	Canal Boat	104	1913
	165670	Edna M. Matton	Edmund M. Glode	Canal Boat	104	1914
	165671	Melinda Reilly		Canal Boat	104	1914
	165971	Joseph Glode	Merritt E. LaChance	Canal Boat	104	1915
	165972	Molly D. Roberts	Alexander Robert	Canal Boat	104	1915
	166091	George E. Weightman	Delia McIntyre	Canal Boat	108	1915
	166337	Edward L. Archer	Gabriel Robert	Canal Boat	108	1915	Later Helen F. Kennedy
	166339	Mary E. Nealer	F. A. Poissant	Canal Boat	108	1916
	166340	Robert B. Weightman	Napoleon Suprenant	Canal Boat	108	1916
Built in Cohoes NY
	166751	Alice Thompson	Murray Lighterage	Barge	247	1917
	166754	James A. Murray	Murray Lighterage	Barge	247	1917
	166755	James M. Bussey	Murray Lighterage	Barge	247	1917
	166757	Margaret Murray	Murray Lighterage	Barge	247	1917
	166951	George S. Bord	Murray Lighterage	Barge	247	1917
	167022	Henry & Corine	Oliver Lafontaine	Canal Boat	157	1917
	167027	Catherine	Frank Patnode	Canal Boat	108	1917
	167028	Gwendolyn	Herbert Magraw	Canal Boat	108	1917
	167029	Ignatius	Mary V. Benham	Canal Boat	108	1917
	167059	Leome & Dennis	Marvin H. Lear	Canal Boat	108	1917
	167036	Clara A. Dillon	James Hillis	Barge	254	1917
	167262	Capt. M. Chapman	Frank J. Lafontaine	Barge	254	1918
	167264	Major Murray	Murray Lighterage	Barge	253	1918
	167377	B. A. Murray	Murray Lighterage	Barge	253	1918
	167378	Sanders A. Wertheim	Murray Lighterage	Barge	253	1918
	167382	Theodore Miller Jr.	Murray Lighterage	Barge	253	1918
	167383	Col. Smith	Murray Lighterage	Barge	253	1918
	167391	Otto Peterson		Barge	247	1918	Later Liberty
	167579	James L. Hines	James M. Tucker	Barge	254	1919
	167580	Mame A. Murray	Murray Lighterage	Barge	247	1919
	167581	Ida & Elsie	Joe Allore	Canal Boat	106	1919
	167621	Thomas M. Finnican	George H. Guerrin	Canal Boat	166	1919
	167662	Gertrude Weightman	George Weightman	Barge	254	1919
	167712	John A. McDonald	William Hanley	Barge	247	1919
	167721	Edith McCourt	Murray Lighterage	Barge	247	1919	Later John H. Murray
	167744	Vincent E. Bird	Thomas A. Tucker	Barge	247	1919
	167745	Michael J. Byrnes Jr.	Cayuga Shipping	Barge	247	1920
	167888	Mary L. Raftery	Thomas A. Tucker	Barge	247	1920
	167889	Lila E. Hanley	R. G. Hays	Barge	247	1920
	167891	Fred W. Barth	Cayuga Shipping	Barge	247	1920
	167996	Rose Leary		Barge	247	1920	Later Marion Murray
	168214	William Weightman	George Weightman	Barge	254	1921
	168215	Admiral Murray	Murray Lighterage	Barge	247	1920
	168216	Katherine	Murray Lighterage	Canal Boat	125	1921
	168218	Edna Murray	Murray Lighterage	Barge	247	1920
	168219	Bessie	Murray Lighterage	Canal Boat	125	1921
	168221	Elsie	Murray Lighterage	Canal Boat	125	1921
	168222	Patricia	Murray Lighterage	Canal Boat	125	1921
	168223	Eileen	Murray Lighterage	Canal Boat	125	1921
	168247	Beulah	Murray Lighterage	Canal Boat	125	1921
	168277	Isabella	Murray Lighterage	Canal Boat	125	1921
	168639	Ernest Thurston		Barge	252	1923	Later Hanley Line
	168641	Edward Thurston Jr.	John R. Winslow	Barge	266	1923
	168674	Emma L. Murray	Murray Lighterage	Barge	247	1920
	168675	Katie Murray	Murray Lighterage	Barge	247	1920
	168676	Matie E. Murray	Murray Lighterage	Barge	247	1920
	168918	Drayton T. Thurston	Marie Tucker	Barge	266	1924
	169484	Michael A. Nealy		Barge	255	1926	Later Melvin J. Chapman
	169008	Champlain	Flora D. Cunningham	Ferry	22	1922
	175012	Matton No. 1	George Weightman	Barge	272	1928
	229155	Matton	Matton Steamboat	Tug	45	1929
276	238495	John E. Matton	John E. Matton	Tug	119	Jul-39	To USN 1940 as Tamaque (YN 52), sold 1947 as Athena, later Jesse D, now Atlantic 7
277	na	Tigre	Peruvian Govt.	Tug	144	Dec-41	Now Franco
278	na	Curaray	Peruvian Govt.	Tug	144	Dec-42	Active
	na	SC 985	US Navy	Sub Chaser	136	19-Dec-42	To USCG 1945 as Air Merlin (WAVR 439)
	na	SC 986	US Navy	Sub Chaser	136	29-Apr-43	To USSR 1945 as BO 305
		SC 987	US Navy	Sub Chaser	136	7-Jun-43	To USCG 1945 as Air Oriole (WAVR 440), later Empress, Lillian B, CTL 1976
	na	SC 988	US Navy	Sub Chaser	136	14-Jul-43	To USCG 1945 as Air Owl (WAVR 441)
	na	SC 989	US Navy	Sub Chaser	136	2-Aug-43	To USCG 1945 as Air Parakeet (WAVR 442)
	600358			Tug	49	1943	Now Norene II
286	na	ST 87	US Army	Tug	106	Feb-44	To Finland 1946 as No. 10, later DR-10, Halli, Mistral 3, Jean Luc, Jason, scrapped 1986
287	na	ST 88	US Army	Tug	106	Mar-44	To Finland 1946 as No. 1, later DR-1, Fulgor, Furius, Furia, now Furius
288	na	ST 89	US Army	Tug	106	Apr-44	To Finland 1946 as No. 4, later Star, Rauma II, Mars II, Fakir, scrapped 1984
289	na	ST 90	US Army	Tug	106	Jun-44	To Finland 1946 as No. 17, later DR-17, Poitsila, Partner, Nina H, now Poitsila
290	na	YTL 452	US Navy	Tug	70d	1944	To Vietnam 1969 as HQ 9508., scrapped 1980s
291	na	YTL 453	US Navy	Tug	70d	1944	Destroyed 1947
292	na	YTL 454	US Navy	Tug	70d	1944	To Taiwan 1963 as YTL 11, scrapped 1980s
293	na	YTL 455	US Navy	Tug	70d	1944	To Venezuela 1963 as "3", scrapped 1990s
294	na	YTL 456	US Navy	Tug	70d	1945	To Vietnam 1969 as HQ 9509, scrapped 1980s
295	na	YTL 457	US Navy	Tug	70d	1945	To Vietnam 1971 as HQ 9511, scrapped 1980s
296	248591	John E. Matton	Matton Shipyard	Tug	138	Sep-45	Later Hollywood, Brevard, now in Dom. Rep.
297	250507	Margaret Matton	Matton Shipyard	Tug	138	1946	Later Fort Lauderdale, Evening Light, Hudson, foundered 2005
298
299	254293	Edna M. Matton	Matton Shipyard	Tug	142	1947	Later Cree II, K-1
300	258944	Oil Transfer No. 31	Oil Transfer Corp.	Tank Barge	1,194	Nov-49	Now Trader II
	261925	Edward Matton	Matton Shipyard	Tug	141	1951	Later Morania No. 9, reefed 2000
	na	BC 6212	U. S. Army	Lighter		1951	To USN as YC 1443
	na	BC 6449	U. S. Army	Lighter		1953	To USN as YON 269, sold 1995
	na	BC 6560	U. S. Army	Lighter		1953	To USN as YC 1445, sold 1976
307	na	LT 2095	U. S. Army	Tug	141	Jul-54	Later named Shamokin, to USN 1964 as Kewaunee (YTM 752), scrapped 1976
308	na	LT 2096	U. S. Army	Tug	141	Jul-54	Later named Valley Forge, retired 2011
Matton took over this 15-boat contract from American Boiler Works, of Erie PA
	1054066	ST 2116	U. S. Army	Tug	122d	1954	Later named King's Mountain, sold 1997, now Orion
		ST 2117	U. S. Army	Tug	122d	1954	Retired 1988
	1123899	ST 2118	U. S. Army	Tug	122d	1954	Later named Guilford Courthouse, sold 2001
		ST 2119	U. S. Army	Tug	122d	1954	Later named Bennington, retired 1994
		ST 2120	U. S. Army	Tug	122d	1954	Retired
		ST 2121	U. S. Army	Tug	122d	1954	Retired
		ST 2122	U. S. Army	Tug	122d	1954	Retired
		ST 2123	U. S. Army	Tug	122d	1954	Later named Ninety-Six, retired
	1142411	ST 2124	U. S. Army	Tug	122d	1954	Later named Quaker Hill, sold 2002, now Betsy
		ST 2125	U. S. Army	Tug	122d	1954	Later named Sag Harbor, retired 1988
		ST 2126	U. S. Army	Tug	122d	1954	Later named Stony Point, sold 2004, now yacht Stony Point
		ST 2127	U. S. Army	Tug	122d	1954	Later named Appomattox, retired 1988
		ST 2128	U. S. Army	Tug	122d	1954	Later named Dorchester Heights, retired 1987
		ST 2129	U. S. Army	Tug	122d	1954	Later named Bunker Hill, retired 1991
	1136553	ST 2130	U. S. Army	Tug	122d	1954	Later named Fort Mifflin, sold 2001, now yacht ST 2130
	588795	Marine Discoverer		Tug	147	1954	Later Joseph R, Seana C, now Henry Brusco
322	271730	Matton	Matton Shipyard	Tug	141	1954	Later Kathleen Turecamo, Troy, reefed 1990
323	272008	Matton 25	Matton Shipyard	Tug	141	1956	Later Joan Turecamo, Everglades, reefed 2017
324	274648	Ralph E. Matton	Matton Shipyard	Tug	151	1957	Later Mary Turecamo, Albany, scrapped 2007
325	276627	John E. Matton	Matton Shipyard	Tug	151	1958	Later Morania No. 12, Cissy Reinauer, Cissi, Mischief, now Thornton Bros.
326
327	279577	Everglades	Port Everglades Towing	Tug	166	1959	Later Captain Nelson, now Manatee
328	283882	Challenger	Port Everglades Towing	Tug	166	1960	Later Captain Brinn, now Captain Bim
329	287887	Margaret Matton	Matton Shipyard	Tug	158	1962	Now Margaret Turecamo
330
331	293096	John E. Matton	Matton Shipyard	Tug	162	1964	Later Helen J. Turecamo, sank 1988
Built by Matton Shipyard Company
332	515484	Bart J. Turecamo	Turecamo Towing	Tug	266	Aug-68	Now Bart Turecamo
		Launch No. 1	N.Y.P.D.	Launch	25d	1966	Active
		Launch No. 5	N.Y.P.D.	Launch	25d	1966	Sold c1996, sank, restored to service 1998
		Launch No. 9	N.Y.P.D.	Launch	25d	1967	Active
		Launch No. 13	N.Y.P.D.	Launch	25d	1967	Sold pre-1998, active
338	523580	James Turecamo	Turecamo Towing	Tug	225	Dec-69	Active
339	533403	Mobil 1	Mobil Shipping	Tug	271	Jul-71	Later Tioga, now Zachary Reinauer
340	544747	Mary Turecamo	Turecamo Towing	Tug	263	Dec-72	Later Texaco Capella, now John Turecamo
341	569612	Jean Turecamo	Turecamo Towing	Tug	289	1975	Later Texaco Tampa, Star Tampa, Dolphin, now Jean Turecamo
342	na	Largo Remo	Refineria Panama	Tug	279	Sep-76	Later Tridente, now Vesca R-18 (Panama)
343	591229	Michael Turecamo	Turecamo Towing	Tug	196	May-78	Active
344	630426	Joan Turecamo	Turecamo Towing	Tug	192	Mar-81	Active
345	653470	Mary Turecamo	Turecamo Towing	Tug	193	Mar-83	Active

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