Bethlehem Steel Company, Staten Island NY

(formerly Burlee Dry Dock [1895-1907], Staten Island Shipbuilding [1907-1929], United Drydocks [1929-1934] and United Shipyards [1934-1938], now May Ship Repair)

Burlee Dry Dock was started by William Burlee in 1895 and in 1898 took over the Port Richmond Iron Works.  The name was changed to Staten Island Shipbuilding in 1907 and the yard switched from wood to steel in 1916.  In 1925, they moved the yard from Port Richmond to Mariners Harbor and in 1929 they merged with another shipyard (presumably Alex McDonald's) and changed the name to United Drydocks, later changed again to United Shipyards.  Bethlehem Steel bought the company in 1938 and expanded its capabilities for the WWII effort, with the aid of $6mm from the Navy.  The yard closed in 1960.  The site is now occupied by May Ship Repair: see it from the air on Google here.   If anyone can fill any of the many gaps in the table below, please e-mail me at timcolton@aol.com

Hull # Name Original Owner Ship Type Govt. Type # Tons Delivered Disposition
Built by Burlee Dry Dock
112 Georges Creek Black, Sheridan, Wilson Co Tug     434 Mar-99 Scrapped 1935
118 Gypsum King J. B. King Tptn Co Tug     563 Jun-99 Wrecked 1906
145 Powel Baker Tptn Co Barge     1,204 Jan-00 Foundered 1920
152 Lehigh Easton & Amboy RR Co Tug     446 1900 Later Joseph V. Hogan 1936, scrapped 1953
  Admiral Dewey Berwind White Coal Tug     152 1900 Later Georgetown, now Helen McAllister, preserved in New York
177 Chicago Pennsylvania RR Co Ferry     1,334 1901 Scrapped 1952
200 Standard Standard Oil Co Tug     374 May-01 Later Tuarrbu 1927, scrapped 1934
234 Rheclair D.G.Reid Yacht     539 Jul-02 Later Nirvana 1915, Druid 1916, .to USN 1917 as SP 321, sold 1919, then Maracay 1921, deleted 1927
235 Noma W.B.Leeds Yacht     763 Jul-02 To USN 1917 as SP 131, returned 1919, later tug Vega 1927, Salvatore Primo 1933, torpedoed and lost 1943
261 Cheektowaga Easton & Amboy RR Co Tug     331 Sep-02 Later Progress No. 9 1938
232 Larkspur U.S. Lighthouse Service Tender WAGL   703 Feb-03 Foundered 1948
238 Sumac U.S. Lighthouse Service Tender WAGL   582 1903 Later Oscar Lehtinenbu 1940, scrapped 1957
293 Arlington Erie RR Co Ferry     1,446 1903 Scrapped 1959
315 Wellington Cook-Cummer S.S.Co Tug     334 Aug-04 In collision and sank 1926
326 Elmer A. Keeler   Tug     236 1904  
  LS-76 U.S. Lighthouse Service Lightship LS 76 450 May-04  
  Waverly   Tug     217 1904  
  T. J. Scully   Tug     130 1904  
  Nanuet   Tug     217 1904  
340 Richmond City of New York Ferry     2,006 Oct-05 Scrapped 1949
    New York Board of Health Launch       1906  
346 Riverside City of New York Ferry     300 1906 Deleted 1954
360 Watuppa   Cargo ship     190 1906  
373 Gypsum King J. B. King Tptn Co Tug     581 Oct-06 Later Brooks Scanlon 1926, Samson 1935, deleted 1955
390 Industry Havemyer & Elder  Tug     163 1906 Later Carrie T. Meseck, Delaware, Manie L. Piner, Bull, Sea Star, existence in doubt 2002
  Bernardsville   Cargo ship     181 1906  
  New York Central No.5 New York Central Ferry     410 1906  
399 Wyoming Lehigh Valley RR Co Tug     398 Jan-07 Later Joseph J. Hockbu 1936, scrapped 1955
400 Irvington Lehigh Valley RR Co Tug     398 Mar-07 Wrecked 1914
413 Standard II/Security J. Sealy & Co Tug     397 1907 Later Foundation Security 1943, scrapped 1951
423 Jamestown Erie RR Co Ferry     1,538 Dec-07 Scrapped 1959
  Packerton   Ferry     430 1907  
Built by Staten Island Shipbuilding
  No Name Holland Tunnel Caisson       1908 The New York end of the tunnel
  Powerful   Tug     176 1908  
374 Mary F. Scully Scully Towing & Tptn Line Tug     723 Jan-09 Later tanker Huasteca Grande 1916, foundered 1920
449 P.I.T. Co. No. 8   Tug     236 1909 Later Empire, Titan, reefed 2004
489 Fulton   Tug     229 1909 To USN 1917 as SP 247, returned 1919 
  Clermont Hudson-Fulton Comm. Steamboat       1909 Replica of Fulton's steamboat
502 Fleetwood M. P. Smith & Sons Co Floating crane     403 Apr-10 Later Commissioner 1912, Holdfast 1915, scrapped 1923
  Auburn Lehigh Valley RR Co Tug       1910  
532 Wildwood Pennsylvania RR Co Ferry     809 1911 Scrapped 1958
535 Karina Robert E. Tod 3-masted Schooner     590 1911 Later Undaunted 1920, Dauntless 1923, G. K. Dauntless 1942, wrecked 1951
553 Frederick D. Underwood   Tug     217 1911  
  John C. Stuart   Tug     250 1911  
  P.R.R.No.1   Tug     117 1911  
  Perth Amboy   Tug     221 1911  
  S. Q. Brown   Tug     165 1911 Later S. H. Edwards, Ticeline, Robert Aikman 1940
  Slatington   Tug     221 1911  
  New York Central No.28   Tug     508 1912  
563 Perth Amboy Lehigh Valley RR Co Tug     452 Dec-12 Later Nancy Moran 1936, in collision and sank 1946
576 Pan-American The Texas Co Tug     344 Feb-13 Later Susan Moran 1924, Thomas Suri Salcedo 1940, wrecked 1943
601 Dolphin   Tug     288 1913 Later Bronx, Cove Point, now Verona
609 W. B. Keene Hilton-Dodge Lumber Co Tug     396 Oct-13 Sunk by mine 1942
623 Albert J. Stone Erie R.R. Co Tug     306 Nov-13 Later Planet 1923, Joseph J. O'Brien 1927, scrapped 1954
636 Bristol   Tug     284 1914  
  Black Diamond   Tug     243 1914  
  William J. Davidson   Tug       1914 Later Akron
642 Petrel Erie RR Co Tug     428 May-15 Later Chantecleer 1921, scrapped 1936
643 Gorgona Isthmian Canal Comm. Tug     351 1915 Later Equatorial 1949, deleted 65
645 Mexpet Mexican Petroleum Tug     238 1915 Later George F. McGraw 1954, active
650 D. E. McAllister McAllister Bros. Tug     202 1915 Later Angela M, Sissy Watson, existence in doubt 2009 
  Charles P. Crawford Erie Railroad Tug       1915 To USN 1917 as SP 366, returned 1919, later Binghampton
  Margaret Erie Railroad Tug       1915 Reefed off New Jersey
  New York Central No. 14 NY Central RR Tug     556 1916 Scuttled in the 1960s
688 War Captain U.K. Shipping Controller Cargo Ship     2,385 Jul-17 Wrecked 1917
689 War Plane/Snug Harbor U.S. Shipping Board Cargo Ship     2,420 Nov-17 In collision and sank 1920
692 War Post/Mariners Harbor U.S. Shipping Board Cargo Ship     2,420 Jun-18 Later Sagn 1929, Sirehav 1933, Terek 1933, foundered 1945
693 War Toiler/Sag Harbor U.S. Shipping Board Cargo Ship     2,420 Aug-18 Scrapped 1937
694 War Trader/Bar Harbor U.S. Shipping Board Cargo Ship     2,420 Dec-18 Later Straum 1930, Balkhash 1933, sunk by a mine 1941
695 War Tramp/George Harbor U.S. Shipping Board Cargo Ship     2,420 19-Jun Later Astra 1930, Ringen 1946, scrapped 1959
696 Tanager U.S. Navy Minesweeper AM 5 950 28-Jun-18 Shelled and lost 1942
697 Cardinal U.S. Navy Minesweeper AM 6 950 23-Aug-18 Lightship NY-2 until 1919, wrecked 1923
698 Oriole U.S. Navy Minesweeper AM 7 950 5-Nov-18 Later AT/ATO 136, scrapped 1952
699 Curlew U.S. Navy Minesweeper AM 8 950 7-Jan-19 Wrecked 1925
700 Grebe U.S. Navy Minesweeper AM 43 950 1-May-19 Later AT 134, wrecked 1942
701 Mallard U.S. Navy Minesweeper AM 44 950 25-Jun-19 Later ASR 4, sunk as target 1947
702 Ortolan U.S. Navy Minesweeper AM 45 950 17-Sep-19 Later ASR 5, sold 1947
703 Peacock U.S. Navy Minesweeper AM 46 950 27-Dec-19 In collision and sank 1940
704 Algorma U.S. Navy Tug AT 34 998 15-May-20 Later ATO 34, to NDRF 1947
705 Carrabasset U.S. Navy Tug AT 35 998 30-Jun-20 To USCG 1924 as WAT 35, struck 1946
706 Contocook U.S. Navy Tug AT 36 998 20-Aug-20 Later Sea Giant 1938, to Royal Navy 1940 as Sea Giant (W 125), returned 1946, deleted 1950s
707 Iuka U.S. Navy Tug AT 37 998 29-Oct-20 Later ATO 37, sold 1948 as Iuka
708 Keosanqua U.S. Navy Tug AT 38 998 9-Dec-20 Later ATO 38, Edward J. Coyle 1948, Commodore Straits 1960, scrapped 1968
709 Kineo/Montcalm U.S. Navy Tug AT 39 998 19-Jan-21 Later ATO 39, sold 1947
710-715   U.S. Navy Tug AT 40-45 998   Cancelled
724 Veedol   Tanker     1,224 Oct-20 Scrapped 1956
725 Franklin   Tanker     2,842 Apr-21 Later Maine 1932, Pleiades 1956, scrapped 1968
726 Dixiano   Tanker     4,323 Jul-21 Scrapped 1950
736 Wellfleet   Tug     430 1921 In collision and sank 1943
737 President Roosevelt New York City  Ferry     2,481 1921 Scrapped 1956
740 Youngstown New York City Ferry     1,553 1922 Later Chatham 1957, scrapped 1961
741 William Randolph Hearst New York City Ferry     875 1923 Later Whitehall 1930, scrapped 1938
742 Rodman Wanamaker New York City Ferry     875 1923 Scrapped 1949
743 George W. Loft New York City Ferry     875 1923 Later West Brighton 1930, scrapped 1949
747 Catskill   Passenger ship     652 Aug-23 Later COL G. M. Grimes 1942, Catskill 1947, burnt 1970
750 Van Dyke 1   Tug     138 1924 Later Jered A McAllister, existence in doubt 2001
751 Van Dyke 2   Tug     137 1924  
752 Van Dyke 3   Tug     137 1924 Later Marjorie McAllister, Reid McAllister, existence in doubt 2009 
754 Henry Bruckner New York City Ferry     593 Aug-25 Later Tremont 1930, scrapped 1948
755 GEN William H. Hart New York City Ferry     593 Jul-25 Later John A. Lynch, Harlem 1930, preserved at South Street Seaport 1968
756 Albany New York Central RR Ferry     1,389 Nov-25 Scrapped 1965
757 Frank A. Cunningham New York City Ferry     593 Dec-25 Later Flatbush 1930, foundered 1938
758 Henry A. Meyer New York City Ferry     593 Dec-25 Later Williamsburg 1930, scrapped 1960
  America Int'l. Elevating Co. Grain Elevator       1927  
  Socony 1   Tug     215 1927  
764 American Legion New York City Ferry     2,089 Feb-27 Hulked 1963
765 New York Central No. 33 New York Central RR Tug     260 1926 Later Thomas E Moran, existence in doubt 1991.
Built by United Drydocks
781 Dongan Hills New York City Ferry     2,029 Jun-29 Scrapped 1967
  Socony 23 Socony Mobil Oil Co. Tug     170 1929 Later Bruce A. McAllister, Killarney
792 Du Bois II Henry Du Bois Sons Co Inc. Tug     301 1930 Deleted 1968
795 Tompkinsville City of New York Ferry     2,045 Sep-30 Foundered 1966
  Devoe and Harold   Tug     284 1930  
798 Knickerbocker City of New York Ferry     2,045 Oct-31 Scrapped 1973
  Cayuga U.S.Coast Guard Gunboat     1,546 Mar-32 Later Totland 1941, Mocoma 1946, sold 1955
814 Wm. F. Kenny T.A.Kenny Co. Cargo ship     1,169 May-33 Later Andree 1935, Tong Cheong 1955
  Wistaria U.S.Coast Guard Buoy/LH tender     275 Mar-33  
822 New Haven Socony Standard-Vacuum Tptn Co. Tanker     1,242 Jul-34 Later Poling Bros. No. 9 1955, burnt 1982
823 Plattsburgh Socony Standard-Vacuum Tptn Co. Tanker     1,242 Aug-34 Later Mobil Albany 1962, Chester A. Poling 1968, sank 1977
824 Poughkeepsie Socony Standard-Vacuum Tptn Co. Tanker     1,235 Aug-34 Lengthened 1957. Later Mobil New York 1962, Captain Sam 1971, now Kristin Poling
Built by United Shipyards