Todd Shipyards, Robins Dry Dock

Todd Shipyards, Robins Dry Dock, Brooklyn NY

Todd Shipyards started life in Brooklyn, in 1869, as Handren and Robins. After Handren's death in 1892, it became the J. N. Robins Co. and then, after merging with the Erie Basin Dry Dock Company, which had been established by Delamater Iron Works, it became the Robins Dry Dock & Repair Company. William H. Todd had worked for both these companies and, in 1916, he and some associates bought Robins Dry Dock & Repair Company, Tietjen & Lang Dry Dock Company, of Hoboken, and Seattle Dry Dock & Construction Company, to form the William H. Todd Corporation, which would later become Todd Shipyards Corporation. A year later they added the Tebo Yacht Basin Company and developed their initial new construction facilities at that location. This yard was closed in 1937, however, and subsequent new construction was carried out in the Erie Basin yard. The Erie Basin yard was closed in 1986 and sold to Rodermond Industries, which failed in the 1990s. You can see the site, basically the Beard Street side of the Erie Basin, from the air on Google here. It was mainly a repair yard but if anyone can add to the table below, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 2014-03-08.

Hull#	O.N.	Original Name	Original Owner	Type	GT	Delivery	Disposition
Built by Handren & Robins
	59439	201	American Steel Barge	Whaleback Barge	664	1890	Aground 1917
	59443	202	American Steel Barge	Whaleback Barge	665	1890	Sunk 1908
	116332	Sultana	Edward H. Harriman	Yacht	390	1890	To USN 1917 as SP-134, returned 1919
Built by J. N. Robins Co.
	116730	Sovereign	M. C. D. Borden	Yacht	627	1896	To USN 1898 as Scorpion, scrapped 1928
	92789	Marietta	R. N. Carson	Yacht	153	1897	Later Oneta, Bernice (converted to gas), Mary Alice, to USN 1917 as SP-397, lost 5-Oct-1918
	121082	Felicia	Jesse H. Metcalf	Yacht	213	1898	To USN 1917 as SP-642, sold 1920
	107487	Aloha	A. Curtis James	Yacht	306	1899	NLD 1912
	96634	Hauoli	F. M. Smith	Yacht	147	1902	Later Seminole, Kajeruna, to USN 1917 as SP-389, returned 1919
	96694	Hauoli	F. M. Smith	Yacht	299	1903	Later California, to USN 1917 as SP-249, sold 1920
Built by Tebo Yacht Basin Co.
	206536	Carnegie	Carnegie Institute	Yacht	323	1909	Wooden vessel, of non- magnetic construction
Built by Robins Dry Dock & Repair Co.
	212143	Nokomis I	Horace Dodge	Yacht	303	May-14	Later Kwasind, to USN 1917 as SP-1233, sold 1920 as Nokomis, later Saelmo, Dupont
Built by Tebo Yacht Basin Co. (as a subsidiary of Todd Shipyards Corp.)
1		Fuel-Oil Barge No. 30	U.S. Navy	SP Tank Barge	422	1918	Later YO 30 1920, disposed of 1947
2		Fuel-Oil Barge No. 31	U.S. Navy	SP Tank Barge	422	1918	Later YO 31 1920; sold 1947 as Alan Martin, reefed off NJ 1987
3		Fuel-Oil Barge No. 32	U.S. Navy	SP Tank Barge	422	1918	Later YO 32 1920, disposed of 1947
4		Lapwing (AM 1)	U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	950	12-Jun-18	Later AVP 1, sold 1946
5		Owl (AM 2)	U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	950	11-Jul-18	Later ATO 137, sold 1947
6		Robin (AM 3)	U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	950	29-Aug-18	Later ATO 140, sold 1946 as Hyacinth, later Margaret Rose 1951, scrapped 1954
7		Swallow (AM 4)	U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	950	8-Oct-18	Wrecked in Alaska 1938
8		Sanderling (AM 37)	U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	950	4-Dec-18	Sank while under tow 1937
9		Auk (AM 38)	U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	950	30-Nov-18	To USC+GS as Discoverer, later ARS 3, back to USC+GS, sold 1947 as Felipe Larrazabal
10		Chewink (AM 39)	U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	950	9-Apr-19	Later ASR 3, sunk as target 1947
11		Cormorant (AM 40)	U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	950	15-May-19	Later ATO 133, sold 1947
12		Gannet (AM 41)	U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	950	7-Oct-19	Later AVP 8, torpedoed and lost 1942
13		Goshawk (AM 42)	U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	950		Cancelled
14	220227	Manuel Rionda	Sinclair Cuba Nav. Co.	Tanker	1,375	Jun-20	Scrapped 1950
15	220567	Virginia		Dispatch Boat	35	1920
16	225292	Ormes	Donald SS Co.	Cargo Ship	1,394	Dec-20	Taku 1939, Lloyd Cuarto 1946, Rio Bravo 1952, Jurandy 1955, Senhor do Bonfim 1958
17	225291	Oritani	Donald SS Co.	Cargo Ship	1,396	Feb-21	Tyee 1939, Midway (AG-41) 1942, Lloyd Quinto 1946, Rio Das Antas 1951, Consuelo 1955, Tritao 1958, scrapped 1961
18	221059	Natalie May		Dispatch Boat	35	1921
19	221095	W. E. Ogilvie	Sinclair Cuba Nav. Co.	Tanker	1,336	Mar-21	Scrapped 1950
20	221984	Maryland	Maryland Pilots Assn.	Pilot Boat	398	1922	Conversion of trawler
21	222354	Cynthia	Merrill B. Mills	Yacht	261	Sep-22
22	222741	NY Central RR No. 30	New York Central RR	Tug	235	Mar-23
23	222786	NY Central RR No. 31	New York Central RR	Tug	235	Apr-23
24	222787	NY Central RR No. 32	New York Central RR	Tug	235	May-23
25	223246	Socony 8	Standard Tptn. Co.	Tug	215	Sep-23
26	223247	Socony 9	Standard Tptn. Co.	Tug	215	Oct-23	Later Richard S. Simmons
27		Lighter No. 4	U.S. Shipping Board	Lighter		Jul-23
28		Lighter No. 5	U.S. Shipping Board	Lighter		Sep-23
29		Lighter No. 6	U.S. Shipping Board	Lighter		Sep-23
30		Lighter No. 7	U.S. Shipping Board	Lighter		Sep-23
31			Asiatic Petroleum	Tank Barge		1924
32	224506	Murray Hulbert	City of New York	Ferry	593	Jul-25	Later Rockaway 1930, Arrowsic (YFB 59) 1945, Rockaway 1947, hulked 1967
33	224504	Edward Riegelmann	City of New York	Ferry	593	Oct-25	Later Bushwick 1930, scrapped 1949
34	224505	Julius Miller	City of New York	Ferry	593	Aug-25	Later Stuyvesant 1930, YFB-52, scrapped 1948
35	224986	Maurice E. Connelly	City of New York	Ferry	593	Sep-25	Later Elmhurst 1930, hulked 1946
36	224984	John H. McCooey	City of New York	Ferry	593	Oct-25	Later Sea Gate 1930, scrapped 1949
Built by Todd Dry-Dock & Repair Co.
37	225958	Sumar	David C. Whitney	Yacht	469	Sep-26	Later Horizonte Azul 1948, Poros 1950, Delphini 1957, Alkion 1961, wrecked off Naxos 1967
38	173840	Oil Barge No. 1	City of New York	Tank Barge	161	1925
39	226065	Vidor	S. P. Davis	Yacht	570	Nov-26	Sevad 1950, Hiesmaro 1928, Hilda 1929, Moana 1933, Velda 1938, Santa Cristina 1950, burnt off Balboa 1950
40	227201	Greenwich Village	City of New York	Ferry	245	Feb-28
41	227200	Mott Haven	City of New York	Ferry	245	Feb-28	To Lake Champlain 1945, to Britain 1951
42	173531	Mileage No. 1	Warner-Quinlan Co.	Tank Barge	233	May-28
43	173505	Mileage No. 2	Warner-Quinlan Co.	Tank Barge	233	May-28
44	174225	No. 146	Standard Dredging	Barge	52	1928
45	228264	Yorkville	City of New York	Ferry	593	Mar-29	Scrapped 1960
46			Todd Shipyards	Dry-dock Gate		1929
47				Barge		1929
48	229173	Melrose	City of New York	Ferry	593	Dec-29	To USA as Col. Robert E. Shannon 1942, scrapped 1964
49	229949	Chelsea	City of New York	Ferry	245	Jun-30	Sold as yacht 1968
50	230778	Murray Hill	City of New York	Ferry	593	Jun-31	Scrapped 1954
51	230782	Washington Square	City of New York	Ferry	593	Jun-31	Later Staten, to USN 1941 as YFB 36, sold 1947
52	231225	John J. Harvey	City of New York	Fireboat	268	17-Dec-31	Restored and at Pier 63 in New York City
Built by Robins Dry-Dock & Repair Co.
53	233890	All American	Texas Co.	Tug	192	May-35
54	235341	Ox	Robins Dry Dock	SP Derrick Barge	216	Oct-36
55		Bull	Robins Dry Dock	Power Barge	216	Dec-38
56	174625	Robins No. 6	Robins Dry Dock	Tank Barge	216	Jan-40
Built by Todd Shipyards Corp.
57-80		LCI(L)	U.S. Navy	Landing Craft	246d	1942-43	Subcontract from New Jersey Shipbuilding
		LCT(6)	U.S. Navy	Landing Craft	143d	1943-44	Subcontract from Bison Shipbuilding
	247583	Brazos	Sabine Tptn. Co.	Tanker		Jun-58	Midbody only
	246672	R. P. Smith	Sabine Tptn. Co.	Tanker		Jul-58	Midbody only
		The Canadian	Freedomland USA	Excursion Vessel		1960	Replica paddlewheeler
		The American	Freedomland USA	Excursion Vessel		1960	Replica paddlewheeler

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