Kyle & Purdy

Kyle & Purdy, City Island, NY

The predecessor of Kyle & Purdy was Purdy & Collison, who operated at Morris Heights from about 1890 until they bought the Archibald Robertson shipyard at City Island and renamed it City Island Shipbuilding. In 1910, Purdy & Collison folded and was reorganized and renamed Kyle & Purdy. The ten tugs that it built for the U.S. Shipping Board during WWI were on a subcontract from Providence Engineering Works, which provided the engines. In 1923, Kyle & Purdy became the T. A. Kyle Shipyard and in 1927 bought out the adjacent J. P. Hawkins Shipyard and moved. The old yard then became the Lyon-Tuttle Shipyard and later Murphy Shipyard. It is now occupied by International Underwater Contractors. If anyone can add to the table below, please send your info to info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 22 March 2020.

Hull #	O.N.	Original Name	Original Owner	Type	*Ft.*	Del'y	Disposition
Built by Purdy & Collison (City Island Shipbuilding)
	203967	Virginia	Alex K. Smith	Schooner	62	1906
		Odysseus		Sloop	44	1906
		Ailsa Craig	James Craig	Yacht	60	1907
		Nalka	F. C. Havens	Launch	37	1907
			James LeBlair	Launch	30	1907
		Columbine	C. M. Gould	Yacht	70	1907	Later San Toy II, to USN 1917 as SP-996, returned 1919
		Yaqui	Louis M. Josephal	Yacht	91	1907
		Raeo	Ralph S. Townsend	Motor Sailer	73	1908	To USN 1917 as SP-588, returned 1919, later Harbor Queen, Kittiwake
	205684	Gertrude IV	G. W. Butts	Yacht	94	1908
Built by Kyle & Purdy
	210311	Elmasada II	Daniel Good	Yacht	110	1912
	212123	Sapphire	John D. Adams	Yacht	65	1914
		Assistant	New Orleans Pilots	Pilot Boat	57	1914
		Beth	H. A. Walton	Launch	33	1915
		No name	Carl Stein	Cruiser	40	1916
		Idylease	G. H. Morris	Steamer	66	1916	To USN 1917 as SP-119, returned 1919
	214777	Gadfly	Robert K. Cassett	Houseboat	107	1917
74		Nautilus II	George Barr	Yacht	66	1917	To USN 1917 as SP-559, returned 1919
		Gloucester	John H. Hammond	Power Boat	50	1917
	na	Cruisania	John Barr	Yacht	49	1917
	224189	No. 860	U.S. Navy	Patrol Boat	41	1917	Later Roaring Forty
	224739	No. 861	U.S. Navy	Patrol Boat	41	1917	Later Elsie III
	221523	No. 865	U.S. Navy	Patrol Boat	41	1917	Later Jonah
	223928	No. 867	U.S. Navy	Patrol Boat	41	1917	Later Mitzi
			U.S. Navy	Patrol Boat	41	1917	Later Lizzie XVIII
			U.S. Navy	Patrol Boat	41	1918	Later Comanche
			U.S. Navy	Patrol Boat	41	1918	Later Comfort
	221458	SC 323	U.S. Navy	Sub Chaser	110	5-Dec-17	Sold 1921 as Ranger
		SC 324	U.S. Navy	Sub Chaser	110	13-Dec-17	Sold 1921
		SC 325	U.S. Navy	Sub Chaser	110	13-Dec-17	Sold 1921
	235650	SC 326	U.S. Navy	Sub Chaser	110	10-Dec-17	Sold 1935 as North Sea
		SC 327	U.S. Navy	Sub Chaser	110	12-Dec-17	To Italy 1919
		SC 376	U.S. Navy	Sub Chaser	110	27-Sep-18	To France as C-74
		SC 377	U.S. Navy	Sub Chaser	110	9-Jun-18	To France as C-59
		SC 378	U.S. Navy	Sub Chaser	110	9-Jun-18	To France as C-63
		SC 379	U.S. Navy	Sub Chaser	110	9-Jun-18	To France as C-53
		SC 380	U.S. Navy	Sub Chaser	110	27-Sep-18	To France as C-75
	218587	Bathalum	U.S. Shipping Board	Icebreaking Tug	150	Aug-19
	218588	Bathgate	U.S. Shipping Board	Icebreaking Tug	150	Sep-19	Sold 1947 as Sea Duke, scrapped 1953
	218908	Battleboro	U.S. Shipping Board	Icebreaking Tug	150	Oct-19
	219142	Baymead	U.S. Shipping Board	Icebreaking Tug	150	Nov-19
		Bacone	U.S. Shipping Board	Icebreaking Tug	150	Dec-19
	219723	Baddacock	U.S. Shipping Board	Icebreaking Tug	150	Jul-20
	219722	Bayport	U.S. Shipping Board	Icebreaking Tug	150	Aug-20
		Bayside	U.S. Shipping Board	Icebreaking Tug	150	Sep-20
		Bayspring	U.S. Shipping Board	Icebreaking Tug	150	Oct-20	Later AT 60, then YNG 19, sold 1947
		Beach Haven	U.S. Shipping Board	Icebreaking Tug	150	Nov-20	Later Cahokia (AT 61), then YT 135 and YTB 135, sold 1947
	223163	Sea Hornet III	U.S. Navy	Torpedo Boat	55	1920	Later Com-An-Go
	219764	Haida	Max Fleischman	Yacht	145	1920
	221363	Techomate		Tug	127	1921
	221364	Toteco	Int'l. Petroleum	Tug	127	1921	Later Walling, to USN 1942 as Accelerate (ARS 30)
	224977	Spare Time	Julius Philipson	Power Boat	53	1921
	222081	Miramar	Louis Eisenlohr	Houseboat	101	1922
	222622	Bird S. Coler	City of New York	Ferry	90	1922	Later Fordham, to USN 1942 as Lacosta (YFB 58)
Built by T. A. Kyle Shipyard
		Various	Various	Cruisers	38	1923-24
		Various	Various	Sloops	23	1923-24
		Various	Various	Rowboats	12	1923-24
		Various	Various	Sloops	14	1923-24
		Various	Various	Sloops	23	1923-24
	225053	James V. Crawford	Peninsula Term. Co.	Ferry	95	1925	Later J. N. Lummus, Islander
		Cecile	Wallace Collins	Cruiser	38	1925
		Miriam II	W. D. Warner	Cruiser	38	1925
	236075	Gleam	C. V. Kozlay	Yawl	47	1926	Later Charlotte II, Gleam
			Harlem Y.C.	Launch	31	1926
		Almanar II	Joseph S. Carreau	Cruiser	38	1927
	na	Valgerda II	Mrs. William Isom	Aux. Cutter	43	1927
		Alana		Ketch	58	1931	Later Analga and Janane Lee
		Comet	W. Lageman	Power Boat	30	1932
		Gosling	C. Taylor	Cutter	27	1933
		Various	Various	Sloops	14	1933
		Various	Various	Sloops	18	1933
		F-50-1073	U.S. Air Force	Power Boat	89	1936
				Sloop	23	1937
		Nedumo	Henry M. Devereux	Yawl	46	1938
	na	Killdeer	John Miegs	Aux. Ketch	38	1939
Built by Murphy Shipyard
		YFN 354	U.S. Navy	Covered Lighter	109	1943
		YFN 355	U.S. Navy	Covered Lighter	109	1943
		YFN 356	U.S. Navy	Covered Lighter	109	1943
		YFN 357	U.S. Navy	Covered Lighter	109	1943
		YFN 358	U.S. Navy	Covered Lighter	109	1943
		YFN 394	U.S. Navy	Covered Lighter	109	1943
		YFN 395	U.S. Navy	Covered Lighter	109	1943
		YFN 664	U.S. Navy	Covered Lighter	109	1944
		YFN 665	U.S. Navy	Covered Lighter	109	1944
		YFN 666	U.S. Navy	Covered Lighter	109	1944
		YFN 667	U.S. Navy	Covered Lighter	109	1944
		YFN 824	U.S. Navy	Covered Lighter	109	1944
		YFN 825	U.S. Navy	Covered Lighter	109	1944
		YFN 826	U.S. Navy	Covered Lighter	109	1944

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