Quincy Adams Yacht Yard

Quincy Adams Yacht Yard, Quincy MA

George Lawley's grandson Fred started this yard in Quincy in 1906, calling it F. D. Lawley, Inc. It failed in 1929 and was sold to Harold Noyes, who renamed it the Quincy Adams Yacht Yard. The yard was at 47 Palmer Street, in the Germantown section of Quincy: the site is now home to a block of condos called Clipper Marina. If anyone can add to the table below, please send your info to info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 17 January 2022.

Hull#	O.N.	Name	Customer	Type	GT	Ft.	Del'y	Disposition
Built by F. D. Lawley, Inc.
	205499	Kingfisher		Freight	49	74	1908
	206133	NY Central No.15	NY Central RR	Tug	267	111	1909
		Blue Streak	S. V-H. Waring	Aux. Sloop		25	1914
	212685	Fish Hawk		Yacht	40	71	1914
	221165	Rami		Yacht	40	67	1921
	222913	Le Moine		Yacht	19	49	1923
	223055	Maya		Yacht	27	56	1923	Later Silver Spray
		Beuella		Aux. Sloop		27	1926	Later Galega, Caluna
		Hornet		Aux. Cutter		32	1926
	225775	Whippet		Power Boat	46	66	1926	Later Ida B
	226139	Terradella		Yacht	21	50	1926	Later Delfred, Typhoon
	226301	Maya III		Yacht	48	65	1927	Later Alondra, Sallie B
	226428	Sunny Boy		Power Boat	52	65	1927	Later Harriet, Sanjan, Charmae, Ramaga
	226688	Kyrrah		Fishing	23	54	1927	Later Nnaoj, Souris, Conquest, Banshee, Gypsy IV
	226719	Aloma	Helen M. Woronoff	Power Boat	26	48	1927
	226964	Holama	I. H. Rieke	Power Boat	21	46	1927
	226981	Aries		Power Boat	17	44	1927	Later Thetis III, Marbett
	227032	Maya V		Yacht	54	70	1927
	227451	Onaire II		Yawl	36	48	1928	Later Brandywine, Off Duty
	227493	Seminole		Passenger	10	32	1928
	227544	Seyon		Power Boat	56	72	1928	Later Susannah, Pirate, Jenny III, Larkin W, Garway, Gladys H
	227561	Solitaire		Power Boat	26	48	1928	Later Malacia, Solitaire, Nancy G, Swan-Barr
	227604	Sachem		Yacht	56	70	1928	Later Milady
	228313	Margaret		Yacht	17	47	1929
	228673	Anticosti		Yacht	57	72	1929	Later Jageo III, Bobolink III
	229487	Lindale		Yacht	22	48	1930	Later Zowie III, Manana III
		Ellen	Clifford F. Gray	Sloop		31	1930	Later Pintail
	229447	Eryholme		Power Boat	53	72	1930	Later Dixie Tallyho
	229776	Migrant		Yacht	22	46	1930
	229791	Joan II		Yacht	30	61	1930	Later Seaweed, Swiftsure, Manunaloa, Viveka
	229817	Lydia V		Yacht	18	45	1930	Later Norbador, Betsy Proctor, Heloise, Gentleman's Companion
	230405	Marlin	Arthur J. Houghton	Power Boat	23	50	1930
	231016	Florence B		Misc.	13	39	1931
		Lark	Ralph E. Forbes	Aux. Sloop		30	1932
Built by Quincy Adams Yacht Yard
	233116	Cygnus		Aux. Ketch	21	38	1934	Later Marobsis II, Cygnus
	293565	Riva Santo	George M. Parks	Yacht	10	37	1934
		Dorothy Q	Frank S. Bissell	Aux. Yawl	14	43	1934	Later Courageous III, Firebird
		Arbella	Robert Saltonstall	Power Boat		35	1935	Later Sally K, Weepecket, Wee Pecket
		Lenita		Aux. Ketch		28	1935	Later Dove
	235080	Capella	James W. Hubbell	Aux. Yawl	21	47	1936
	235409	Tioga	Robert F. Johnson	Aux. Ketch	39	69	1936	Later Ticonderoga
		Sirocco	Rodger Robinson	Sloop		44	1936
	236463	Ptarmigan	Joseph H. Cone	Yacht	35	60	1937	Later Hurricane
	236590	Windigo	Realty Corp.	Aux. Yawl	35	60	1937	Later White Cloud II, Windigo
	236523	Evening Star	Louis Zonon	Yacht	21	44	1937
		Aleria	James Jackson, Jr.	Aux. Sloop		31	1937	Later Scotia V, Ingie, Aleria, East Wind, Eastwinds, Eastwind
		Dauntless II	Rufus Cushman	Aux. Yawl		33	1937	Later Dauntless, Adonais
		Halcyone	William G. Burt	Aux. Cutter		33	1937	Later Tusitala II, Skylark, Nomad, Raga
	237348	Baruna	Henry C. Taylor	Aux. Yawl	35	61	1938	Being restored
	280415	Bassana	Willie E. Leach	Aux. Yawl	35	61	1938
	238453	Tioga Too	Harry E. Noyes	Aux. Yawl	18	43	1939	Later Burma, Whistling Swan, Mutiny II, Bellatrix
	239105	Sea Otter	H. W. Cannon	Power Boat	25	45	1939	Later Mary Poppins
		Orion	Nelson Hastings	Aux. Sloop		20	1940
		Claire II (AIC-1)	Thomas S. Burgin	Adams Interclub		17	1938	Now Matoka
		Peanut II (AIC-2)	Hosea D. White	Adams Interclub		17	1938	Now Adamant
		Breezin Thru (AIC-3)	Ralph Richmond	Adams Interclub		17	1938
		Trim Three (AIC-4)	Homer R. Hill	Adams Interclub		17	1938
		Inishowen II (AIC-5)	Harold Brooks	Adams Interclub		17	1938
		AIC-6		Adams Interclub		17	1938
		AIC-7		Adams Interclub		17	1938
		Quad (AIC-8)	William B. Rice	Adams Interclub		17	1938
		AIC-9		Adams Interclub		17	1938
		Amir (AIC-10)	Arvedis Zildjian	Adams Interclub		17	1938
		Little Lady (AIC-11)	Perry Mackay Sturgis Jr.	Adams Interclub		17	1938
		Parthenia (Y8)	Parker Converse	Yankee One Design		24	1940	Later Chanceman, Spook, Priscilla's Woe
		Il Fiddle (Y9)	Samuel C. Register	Yankee One Design		24	1940	Later Snowgoose, Adventure, Sminthian
		Heron (Y10)	Richard Prouty	Yankee One Design		24	1940	Later Mr Hart
		Monsoon (Y11)	R. & S, Wakeman	Yankee One Design		24	1940	Later Half-Mine
		Water Witch (Y12)		Yankee One Design		24	1940	Later Tara. Water Witch
		Seabo (Y13)		Yankee One Design		24	1940	Destroyed during construction
		Sentry (Y13)	W. Fitch Inger	Yankee One Design		24	1940	Later Regardless, Red Jacket II, Crusader
		Honey (Y14)	John D. Rockefeller III	Yankee One Design		24	1940	Later Snow White, Gadfly, now Contessa
		Broomstick (Y15)	Frances A. Countway	Yankee One Design		24	1940	Later Tanya, Anyta, now Broomstick
		Sweet 16 (Y16)	Roger W. Converse	Yankee One Design		24	1940	Later Rogers Peet Co, Stardust, Flying Cloud
		Snafu (Y17)		Yankee One Design		24	1941	Later Saucy Sally, Tother Lady
	239429	Rose	George Gardner	Yawl	30	55	1940
	240756	Gesture	Rufus Cushman	Aux. Sloop	20	49	1941
	241041	Saga		Power Boat	34	51	1941	Later California Saga, Saga
	263467	Buccaneer	Gordon McRae	Passenger	98	107	1941
	261618	Evemar	Eugene W. Purcell	Yacht	38	57	1943
	na	SC 513	US Navy	Sub Chaser	136d	110	28-Mar-42	Sold 1946 as Taurua, wrecked Kaukura Atoll 1958
	na	SC 514	US Navy	Sub Chaser	136d	110	15-Apr-42	To the NDRF 1948
	na	SC 628	US Navy	Sub Chaser	136d	110	29-Apr-42	Later SCC 628, to the NDRF 1947
	na	SC 629	US Navy	Sub Chaser	136d	110	14-May-42	Later SCC 629, to the NDRF 1949
	na	SC 744	US Navy	Sub Chaser	136d	110	10-Jul-42	Kamikazied in Leyte Gulf and lost 27-Nov-44
	na	SC 745	US Navy	Sub Chaser	136d	110	6-Aug-42	Transferred overseas 1947
	na	SC 746	US Navy	Sub Chaser	136d	110	22-Aug-42	Transferred overseas 1947
	na	SC 747	US Navy	Sub Chaser	136d	110	11-Sep-42	To the Philippines 1948 as Surigao (P-17), scrapped
	na	SC 748	US Navy	Sub Chaser	136d	110	28-Sep-42	Transferred overseas 1947
	na	SC 749	US Navy	Sub Chaser	136d	110	27-Oct-42	Transferred overseas 1947
	na	SC 750	US Navy	Sub Chaser	136d	110	12-Nov-42	To the Philippines 1948 as Isabella (P-18), scrapped
	na	SC 1266	US Navy	Sub Chaser	136d	110	13-Feb-43	To the NDRF 1948
	na	SC 1267	US Navy	Sub Chaser	136d	110	27-Feb-43	To the Philippines 1948 as Alert (PY-54), sunk 1956
	252349	SC 1268	US Navy	Sub Chaser	136d	110	9-Apr-43	Sold 1946 as Madonna, later Clearine II, Finalley, Philippa
	na	SC 1269	US Navy	Sub Chaser	136d	110	9-Apr-43	To the Philippines 1948
	na	SC 1270	US Navy	Sub Chaser	136d	110	26-Apr-43	To the NDRF 1946
	na	SC 1271	US Navy	Sub Chaser	136d	110	15-May-43	To the NDRF 1946
	na	SC 1272	US Navy	Sub Chaser	136d	110	4-Jun-43	Later SCC 1272, sold 1947, later Western Dispatcher, scuttled 1978
	na	SC 1273	US Navy	Sub Chaser	136d	110	30-Jun-43	Later SCC 1273, to the NDRF 1947
	na	SC 1274	US Navy	Sub Chaser	136d	110	24-Jul-43	To the Philippines 1948 as Malampay Sound (AF-20)
	na	SC 1275	US Navy	Sub Chaser	136d	110	17-Aug-43	Sunk by the CoE 1950s to stem erosion in the Sacramento River
	na	SC 1474	US Navy	Sub Chaser	136d	110	8-Apr-44	Later SCC 1474, sold 1947
	na	SC 1475	US Navy	Sub Chaser	136d	110	29-Apr-44	To the USSR 1945 as BO 219
	na	SC 1476	US Navy	Sub Chaser	136d	110	17-May-44	To the USSR 1945 as BO 223
	na	SC 1477	US Navy	Sub Chaser	136d	110	9-Jun-44	To the USSR 1945 as BO 230
	na	SC 1478	US Navy	Sub Chaser	136d	110	13-Jul-44	To the USSR 1945 as BO 238
	na	SC 1479	US Navy	Sub Chaser	136d	110	24-Aug-44	To the USSR 1945 as BO 244
	249711	Monarch		Tug	292	117	1944
	249880	Hercules		Tug	275	117	1944
	252183	James M. Curley		Passenger	327	117	1944
	254264	Buena Ventura		Trawler	123	107	1944
	259028	Jebo		Yacht	60	68	1944
				12.5-footer		12.5	1943-48	51 mahogany boats
		Picayune (#8)	Peter Widmer	Alden One-Design	21	38		Later Liz
	248197	Lady Luck (#10)	Cliff Hipkins	Alden One-Design	21	38	1947
		Tontery (#11)	Paul Phoenix	Alden One-Design	21	38	1947	Later Jebarbee II, Flicker, Caris, Sonatina
		Andee (#12)	De Haven Ross	Alden One-Design	21	38		Later Mistress, Lady Jane, Another Girl
		Caprice (#13)	Ron Smith	Alden One-Design	21	38
		Caroline (#15)	Emil Steiger	Alden One-Design	21	38		Later Blitzen
		Mist (#16)	Eddy Jenner	Alden One-Design	21	38
		Vagrant (#18)	Jack Shaeffer	Alden One-Design	21	38		Later Rondo, Satyre
		Kiki (#19)	Ragnar Ness	Alden One-Design	21	38		Later Caper, Dancer
		Off Call (#20)	John Bolton	Alden One-Design	21	38		Later Corrida, Camelot, True Love
		Flaks (#22)	Rasmus Epenes	Alden One-Design	21	38		Later Njaard
		Jones (#23)	Bill Fountain	Alden One-Design	21	38		Later Ajax
		Wasp (#24)	Cal Simons	Alden One-Design	21	38
		Die Fledermaus		Alden One-Design	21	38	1946	Later Lehua, Die Fledermaus
		Iris	B. D. Baker	Alden One-Design	21	38	1946	Later Whitecap, White Caps
		Leenane	Eugene Connolly	Alden One-Design	21	38	1946	Later Talisman
		Nancy III	William B. Welch	Alden One-Design	21	38	1946
		Marianne	J. Phillip Dwyer	Alden One-Design	21	38	1946	Later Salarias, Genie
		Loafer	John H. Blodgett	Alden One-Design	21	38	1946	Later Black Sheep II
		Evanthia	E. Sohier Welch	Alden One-Design	21	38	1946
		Wind	Douglass Russell	Alden One-Design	21	38	1946	Later Rouge
		Sea Saga	Nelson Odman	Alden One-Design	21	38	1946	Later Dabster, Polly II, Anitra
		Jackanapes	Frederick Shepard	Alden One-Design	21	38	1946	Later Sandra, Doxy, Talisman
		Goose	John S. Lawrence	Alden One-Design	21	38	1946
		Gemarda	Dan E. Watson	Alden One-Design	21	38	1946	Later Morning Star
		Jennifer	C. H. W. Foster	Alden One-Design	21	38	1946
		Hell Cat	Clayton Ferrar	Alden One-Design	21	38	1946	Later Au Revoir, Spectre
		Hoo-Doo	W. C. Ware	Alden One-Design	21	38	1946	Later Princess, Vice, Magic, U.S. One, First Lady
		Dilemma	Henry L. Kohn	Alden One-Design	21	38	1946	Later Nemesis
		Miramar	M. R. Lowenstine	Alden One-Design	21	38	1946
		Hi-Ho	Payson Mayhew	Alden One-Design	21	38	1946	Later Flight
		Kutty's Ark	Chester Kuttner	Alden One-Design	21	38	1946
		Iris	Richard Phillips	Alden One-Design	21	38	1946	Later Trim
		Lovilla	E. J. Lange	Alden One-Design	21	38	1946
		Sonata	William Schwalge	Alden One-Design	21	38	1946	Later Safar
		Sapphire	John K. Baker	Alden One-Design	21	38	1946	Later Teal
		Veyu	Albert M. Hatch	Alden One-Design	21	38	1946
		Trey	O. D. Buckner	Alden One-Design	21	38	1946
		Sliver	Otto E. Stossel	Alden One-Design	21	38	1946	Later Flame
		Susantwo	C. W. Gamble	Alden One-Design	21	38	1947	Later Hoyden II, Blitzen, Hoyden
		Merandol	Merle L. Youngs	Alden One-Design	21	38	1947
		Grenadier	James P. Lewis	Alden One-Design	21	38	1947	Later Lively Lady
		Blue Lady	Lincoln Stoddard	Alden One-Design	21	38	1947
		Adonde	John T. Fowkes	Alden One-Design	21	38	1947
		Harmony	George T. Brady	Alden One-Design	21	38	1947	Later Lil'Rista
		Tinker Too	Gertrude Boutell	Alden One-Design	21	38	1947	Later Spirit
		Chimaera	Bradley P. Noyes	Alden One-Design	21	38	1947	Later Woofie, Nike
	264333	Viking	Vacationer, Inc.	Passenger	11	37	1946
	257842	Oil King	Port Oil Co.	Tanker	25	51	1949
	259018	Linda B	Linda B, Inc.	Trawler	27	48	1949
	260087	Sea Blitz		Power Boat	19	41	1950	Later Rock Bottom, Caribeach
		Orion	Pierre S. duPont IV	Sloop		17	1950
	270873	Helen	Arthur A. Davies	Passenger	10	32	1950
	269789	Manana	Shirley M. Reynolds	Passenger	10	31	1952
	MSC 77		U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	390d		9-May-53	To Belgium as Diest (M 910), to Taiwan 1969 as Yung Fu (M 162): struck 1995
	MSC 78		U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	390d		24-Jul-53	To Belgium as Maaseick (M 913), to Taiwan 1969 as Yung Chen (M 168)
	MSC 190	Falcon	U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	390d		24-Nov-54	To Indonesia 1971 as Pulau Aru (M 722): struck 1976
	MSC 191	Frigate Bird	U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	390d		13-Jan-55	To Indonesia 1971 as Pulau Atang (M 721): struck 1976
	MSC 192	Hummingbird	U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	390d		9-Feb-55	To Indonesia 1971 as Pulau Impalasa (M 720): struck 1976
	MSC 193	Jacana	U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	390d		10-Mar-55	To Indonesia 1971 as Pulau Aruan (M 718): struck 1976
	MSC 194	Kingbird	U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	390d		27-Apr-55	Scrapped 1973
	MSC 265		U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	390d		9-Jul-56	To Spain as Ulla (M 24), struck 1993
	MSC 266		U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	390d		25-Oct-56	To Spain as Ulla (M 25), active
	MSC 267		U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	390d		1-Apr-57	To Pakistan as Mahmood (M 160), struck 1995
		Paratus	John Jacobs	Power Boat		49	1956
	270833	Scelp	C. McAleenan	Aux. Ketch	51	65	1956
	271506	Greta	Lewis D. Crusoe	Power Boat	43	56	1956
	271948	Zenooks II	Edward D. Sharman	Power Boat	11	32	1956
	272841	Cecelia J	Joseph H. Plumb	Aux. Schooner	67	72	1956	Later Dorothy G
	189918	Minwassin	Victor van der Linde	Power Boat	31	46	1957	Later Glenantrim II, Penguin, Cairngorm, Rhino
	273064	Jobar II	Harold Widett	Power Boat	31	46	1957	Later Brigadoon, Squire III, Priscilla
	275164	Delia Grace	Frank Elbery	Power Boat	31	46	1957	Later Tusitala IV, Ha-Su III, Fernwood, Gem
		Gay Tyme IV	Ted Shaw	Power Boat	31	46	1957
		Half-O	Gordon Varney	Power Boat		62	1957
	275616	Mercury	Partlow Corp.	Power Boat	73	68	1957
	281840	Barbsy III	Robert H. Sawyer	Power Boat	9	30	1957
	281335	Irene	Frederick W. Fowler	Power Boat	7	28	1958
	275776	Broadview III	Martin Vogel, Jr.	Power Boat	55	58	1958	Later J & B
	277264	Vickwood	Elwood Petersen	Power Boat	63	58	1958	Later Martha K, Odyssey, Zenith, Lazy Corners, Marta, Mimi, now Dogwood
943	278672	Sea Diver	Edwin A. Link	Research	158	84	1959	Later Odyssey
	279793	Nepenthe	Richard A. Saitow	Power Boat	6	29	1959	Later Arbo
	280968	Winner	William A. Clarke	Power Boat	10	39	1960	Later Sinner
	281051	Tanteah II	Lance A. Heston	Power Boat	8	30	1960	Later Moana Nui, Debra D
	282166	Arlene	Fred H. Hersey	Power Boat	9	27	1960
	282167	Fantasy	John F. Behm	Power Boat	9	27	1960
	284554	Kailua	John L. Holbrook	Power Boat	9	30	1960
	285952	Shirmarick	Dorothy A. Praetech	Passenger	14	37	1961	Later Let's Go II
	295798	Charles Olsen	Naushon Trust	Passenger	22	46	1964	Later Edward M Crosby

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