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Rice Brothers, East Boothbay, Maine

Frank, William and Henry Rice started building boats in East Boothbay in 1894 and incorporated as Rice Brothers Company in 1903. It closed in 1956: the site, between Washburn & Doughty and Hodgdon Yachts, is now unoccupied. If anyone can add to the table below, please e-mail info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 28 July 2016.

Hull # O.N. Original Name Original Owner Vessel Type GT Ft. Delivery Disposition
Edith Catboat 27 1891
Libbie R. Catboat 26 1892
Beatrice Catboat 30 1893
28133 Zeruah Sloop 11 36 1895
Boojum Catboat 23 1896
Trifiana Sloop 43 1896
Norseman Yawl 39 1896
Swirl Sloop 49 1896
Mary Janee Cutter 47 1896
Mistral Catboat 20 1896
3713 Brynlis Schooner 18 48 1897 Later Half Moon, Gaviota
Shechinah Sloop 57 1897
Spray Sloop 32 1898
Psyche Sloop 58 1898
Halcyon Schooner 63 1898
Gipsy Yawl 53 1898
116968 Syren Yawl 16 42 1899
Golden Rod Sloop 41 1899
Jungfrau Raceabout 35 1899
111237 Regina Yawl 51 61 1899 Later Sita, Ilikamo
Kasagi Yacht 67 1901
117051 Sunshine Schooner 41 53 1901
Playmate Sloop 24 1902
127643 Calumet Yacht 17 50 1902
The Kid Oliver Harriman Jr. AYC One Design 33 1902 Later Cliphora, now The Kid again
7 other boats AYC One Design 33 1901-02
Eleanor I Launch 22 1901
127632 Clarissa Schooner 43 67 1901
Charmer Schooner 73 1901
93204 Mavis Schooner 32 59 1901
Louise Catboat 30 1902
Scapegoat Sloop 31 1902
Enola Sloop 31 1902
Constance Schooner 125 1903
145972 Teva Yawl 24 51 1903
Nereus Sloop 35 1903
Virginia Schooner 53 1903
Carnegie Ketch 58 1904
202034 Truant Yawl 21 49 1905 Later Asahi, Tudor Rose
Tarbell Launch 36 1906
Siwash Launch 32 1907
Awandra Launch 42 1908
na 17 boats Manchester YC One Design 25 1908-09
Launch 23 1909
206597 Black Duck Schooner 22 59 1909
na 7 boats N. Haven YC One Design 25 1910
na 5 boats New Haven YC One Design 25 1910
na 200 boats Launch 28 1910-13
Seafarer Aux Yacht 80 1910
Heriola Aux Schooner 47 1910
Fame Aux Schooner 41 1910
na 75 boats Runabout 24 1910-13
na 8 boats One Design 40 1911-12
210611 Annie Louise Launch 22 46 1912
Launch 37 1912
na 7 boats One Design 25 1912-13
208520 Alice Yacht 23 52 1911
210877 Adventuress Aux. Schooner 78 85 1913 Now school ship in Port Townsend WA
212053 Astra Aux. Schooner 94 92 1914
Mallard Aux. Schooner 47 1914
Zoruah Aux. Yawl 43 1915
213271 Grayling Sardine Carrier 28 59 1915 Active
na 11 boats Stamford YC One Design 27 1916
Nimble Sloop 26 1916
na 18 boats Dark Harbor One Design 20 1915-16
Grosbeak R. C. Robbins Launch 38 1916 Later Mohican
LV 99 Poe Reef USLHS Light Vessel 98 1917 Destroyed in shop fire
Lighter 107 1918
101 217733 Louis M Winslow L. M. Winslow Stern Trawler 346 139 1918 Scrapped 1939
102 218880 Alden A. Mills A. A. Mills Stern Trawler 346 139 1919 Scrapped 1941
219577 Fabia Stern Trawler 248 132 1920
LV 99 Poe Reef USLHS Light Vessel 98 21-Jul-21 Replacement, later Grays Reef, Overfalls, sold 1956
222185 Bainbridge Benton Transit Ferry 606 139 1921 Later Algomah II 1936, Erie Queen 1962, The Boat at River's Edge 1969, scrapped 1990s
Eleanor Motor Boat 21 1922
222429 Fisher Stern Trawler 346 139 1922
222449 Seiner Stern Trawler 346 139 1922
na 18 boats One Design 25 1923-24
223530 Willard Daggett Will Daggett Lobster Smack 39 58 1924
223822 Blue Water M. R. Smith Schooner 21 48 1924 Later La Dahana
224017 Beacon Rock Marion Eppley Schooner 21 48 1924 Later Bagheera
na CG 170 U.S.C.G. Patrol Craft 37 75 1924/25
na CG 171 U.S.C.G. Patrol Craft 37 75 1924/25
na CG 172 U.S.C.G. Patrol Craft 37 75 1924/25
na CG 173 U.S.C.G. Patrol Craft 37 75 1924/25
na CG 174 U.S.C.G. Patrol Craft 37 75 1924/25
na CG 175 U.S.C.G. Patrol Craft 37 75 1924/25 To USN 1933 as YP 40, sold 1946
na CG 176 U.S.C.G. Patrol Craft 37 75 1924/25 To USN 1933 as YP 29, sold 1946
na CG 177 U.S.C.G. Patrol Craft 37 75 1924/25 To USN 1933 as YP 19, sold 1946
na CG 178 U.S.C.G. Patrol Craft 37 75 1924/25
na CG 179 U.S.C.G. Patrol Craft 37 75 1924/25
na 25 boats NE Harbor YC One Designs 28 1924-28
224561 Annie Louise Fishing Vessel 31 54 1925
226105 Harvard Stern Trawler 341 139 1926
Starling George F. Tyler Schooner 158 126 1926
226111 Dewitt Clinton NY State Tug 30 42 1926
226412 Cintra Cruiser 26 62 1927
Thumbcap Joseph Plumb Yawl 21 1927 Later Storm Beater, Hawk, Dolphin, Priscilla
na 400 boats Mahog. OBs 14 1926-35
na 200 boats Mahog. IBs A 18 1927-29
na 90 boats Mahog. IBs B 18 1927-29
na 10 boats Mahog. IBs C 18 1927-29
na 10 boats Cruisers 18 1929-32
228487 Shearwater Charles Dunlap Schooner 36 67 1929 Tamarit 1939, Shearwater 1969, now a tour boat in NYC
231416 City of Portland Fireboat 115 87 1931
na 10 boats Sail Cutters 20 1932
Halcyon Sloop 1935
234737 Turecamo Boys Tug 169 92 1936
234794 Gov. Brann Ferry 122 84 1936
Jack Bitt Aux. Sloop 30 1937
LV 118 Cornfield Point USLHS Light Vessel 114 11-Sep-38 Later Cross Rip, Boston, retired 1972, museum in Lewes DE
Dozoraty Fireboat 90 1939
Lenita Aux. Yawl 35 1939
Privateer Aux. Yawl 35 1939
Volana Aux. Ketch 42 1939
Whistler Aux. Yawl 26 1939
na SC 503 US Navy Sub Chaser 278 136 24-Apr-42 To France 1944 as CH 112
na SC 504 US Navy Sub Chaser 278 136 4-May-42 To the NDRF 1946
na YMS 12 US Navy Minesweeper 278 136 1-Jul-42 Struck 1946
na YMS 13 US Navy Minesweeper 278 136 13-Aug-42 To France 1944 as Basilic (D 317)
na YMS 14 US Navy Minesweeper 278 136 7-Oct-42 Sunk in Boston Harbor 1945
na YMS 15 US Navy Minesweeper 278 136 5-Dec-42 To France 1944 as Myosotis (D 338)
na YMS 16 US Navy Minesweeper 278 136 15-Feb-43 To France 1944 as Capucine (D 322)
na YMS 17 US Navy Minesweeper 278 136 26-Apr-43 Struck 1946
na YMS 303 US Navy Minesweeper 278 136 11-Aug-43 Struck 1946
na YMS 304 US Navy Minesweeper 278 136 1-Oct-43 Mined off Normandy and lost 1944
na YMS 305 US Navy Minesweeper 278 136 17-Nov-43 To Norway 1945 as Gaula (M 318)
285446 YMS 306 US Navy Minesweeper 278 136 18-Jan-44 Goldfinch (AMS 12) 1947, to Maine 1960, now Aqualab
na YMS 307 US Navy Minesweeper 278 136 24-Feb-44 To Turkey 1947 as Kirte, struck 1966
na 335 boats Al. Sailboats 14 1946-48
na 25 boats Al. Sailboats 18 1946-48
na 25 boats Sail Canoes 18 1946-48
na 55 boats Sailboats 12 1947-48
na 210 boats Al. Boats 9 1946-48
na 125 boats Al. Boats 12 1946-48
na 20 boats Al. Boats 16 1947-48
na 160 boats Al. Boats 8 1946-48
na 50 boats Al. Boats 12 1945-48
na 125 boats Motor Canoes 16 1945-48
na 450 boats Al. Canoes 15 1945-48
na 75 boats Al. Sailboats 16 1947-48
na 25 boats Motor Boats 12 1948
LV 604 Columbia River USLHS Light Vessel 128 1950 Retired 1979, now museum in Astoria OR
LV 605 Overfalls USLHS Light Vessel 128 1950 Later Blunts Reef, West Coast Relief, now museum in SF Bay
na 11 boats US Navy Pers'l Boat 40 1955

 

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