Shelburne Shipyard (Donovan Contracting), Shelburne VT
The Shelburne Shipyard is one of our oldest, getting started in 1823. Its first vessel was the steamship General Greene, built for the newly chartered Lake Champlain Transportation Company in 1825, which owned the yard for 113 years. When World War II started, it was leased to Donovan Contracting Company, of St. Paul MN. After the war, it was sold to Jerry and Wendell Aske and the yard went from defense work to building private yachts, returning briefly to defense contracting during the Korean War, when they shipped their boats to the West Coast by rail. In 1968, the Askes sold Shelburne Shipyard and in 1971 it was sold again, but it continues in business today. The yard is on Shelburne neck, at the extreme end of Harbor Road. Visit the present-day company at www.shelburneshipyard.com and see it from the air on Google here. Comments or queries, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.
Most recent update: 2010-11-24.
| Hull # | O.N. | Original Name | Original Owner | Vessel Type | GT | Ft. | Delivery | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Built by Shelburne Shipyard | ||||||||
| General Greene | Lake Champlain Tptn. | Psgr. Steamer | 75 | 1825 | ||||
| Winooski | Lake Champlain Tptn. | Psgr. Steamer | 136 | 1832 | ||||
| Burlington | Lake Champlain Tptn. | Psgr. Steamer | 190 | 1837 | ||||
| Saranac | Lake Champlain Tptn. | Psgr. Steamer | 166 | 1842 | ||||
| United States | Lake Champlain Tptn. | Psgr. Steamer | 240 | 1847 | ||||
| Boston | Lake Champlain Tptn. | Psgr. Steamer | 127 | 1851 | ||||
| Montreal | Lake Champlain Tptn. | Psgr. Steamer | 224 | 1856 | ||||
| Adirondack | Lake Champlain Tptn. | Psgr. Steamer | 251 | 1867 | ||||
| 25841 | Vermont | Lake Champlain Tptn. | Psgr. Steamer | 1,125 | 261 | 1871 | ||
| 126487 | Chateaugay | Lake Champlain Tptn. | Psgr. Steamer | 743 | 196 | 1887 | First iron-hulled ferry on Lake Champlain, later Mount Washington | |
| 161944 | Vermont | Lake Champlain Tptn. | Psgr. Steamer | 1,195 | 251 | 1903 | Converted to freighter 1945 | |
| 203172 | Ticonderoga | Lake Champlain Tptn. | Psgr. Steamer | 892 | 212 | 1906 | Now a museum in Shelburne | |
| Built by Donovan Contracting | ||||||||
| SC 1029 | US Navy | Sub Chaser | 148d | 110 | 16-Nov-42 | To Free French 1944 as CH 123 | ||
| SC 1030 | US Navy | Sub Chaser | 148d | 110 | 16-Nov-42 | To Free French 1944 as CH 136 | ||
| 288900 | YFT 3 | US Navy | Torpedo Lighter | 74d | 85 | 1943 | Later Harry J | |
| YFT 4 | US Navy | Torpedo Lighter | 74d | 85 | 1943 | |||
| YFT 5 | US Navy | Torpedo Lighter | 74d | 85 | 1943 | |||
| 261794 | YT 297 | US Navy | Yard Tug | 70d | 66 | 1943-44 | Later YTL 297, sold 1951 as J. T. Spellman, scrapped 1962 | |
| YT 298 | US Navy | Yard Tug | 70d | 66 | 1943-44 | Later YTL 298 | ||
| YT 299 | US Navy | Yard Tug | 70d | 66 | 1943-44 | Later YTL 299 | ||
| YT 300 | US Navy | Yard Tug | 70d | 66 | 1943-44 | Later YTL 300 | ||
| SC 1504 | US Navy | Sub Chaser | 148d | 110 | 31-May-44 | To USSR 1944 as BO 228 | ||
| SC 1505 | US Navy | Sub Chaser | 148d | 110 | 29-Jun-44 | To USSR 1944 as BO 234 | ||
| SC 1506 | US Navy | Sub Chaser | 148d | 110 | 21-Jul-44 | To USSR 1944 as BO 241 | ||
| Built by Shelburne Harbor Ship & Marine Construction Co. | ||||||||
| 253785 | Horace W. Corbin | Lake Champlain Tptn. | Ferry | 446 | 178 | 1947 | Later Valcour 1949 | |
| US Navy | Motor Boat | 8d | 35 | 1952-54 | 73 boats | |||
| US Navy | LCVP | 9d | 36 | 1955-58 | 463 boats (NObs 3655) | |||