John H. Mathis Company, Camden NJ

John H. Mathis Company and Mathis Yacht Building Company operated in adjacent facilities at Cooper Point in Camden, just upstream of the Ben Franklin Bridge.  The former built work boats and the latter yachts and, during WWI, sub chasers.  Mathis Yacht Building relocated to Gloucester City NJ in mid-1942, but this yard carried on at Cooper Point.  The yard closed in the mid-50s, although it was operated for a while by Camden Ship Repair.  Visit the shipyard here: this site seems to confuse the two Mathis yards but it includes some great pictures and a reproduction of a 16-page brochure.  See the site of the shipyard from the air on Google here: it is now used by Weeks Marine.  If anyone can fill any of the gaps in the table below, please e-mail me at timcolton@aol.com  

Hull # Name

Customer

Type

 Tons Delivery Disposition
Whistler U.S. Shipping Board Wooden Tug   1918 Later "Isabel A. McAllister "
Wizard U.S. Shipping Board Wooden Tug   1918 Later "Carrie T. Meseck "
Talisman U.S. Shipping Board Wooden Tug   1918  
Harold J. Taggert Reading Co. Tug 110 1928  
Reliance Providence Steamboat Tug 124 1929 Later "Norshipco Three", "Chelsea"
Arthur Polovic Construction Tug 31 1930 Active
Nathan Hayward American Dredging Tug 124 1931  
EMI-3218 Express Marine Deck Barge 916 1932 Active
99 Bridgeport Red Star Towing Tug 147 1932  
Argo (WPC 100) U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Boat 337 1933 Sold 1955, now "Sightseer XII"
Galatea (WPC 108) U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Boat 337 1933 Sold 1948, sank 1992
105 Interstate No. 4 Interstate Oil Tank Barge 792 1935  
106 Texaco 325 Texaco Tank Barge 792 1934  
107 Texaco 326 Texaco Tank Barge 792 1934  
108 Poling Bros. No. 9 Chester A. Poling, Inc. Tank Barge 792 Jun-34 To USN 1941 as YO 155, sold 1947
109 Hygrade No. 12 Hygrade Oil Tank Barge 906 Oct-34  
110 Lloyd I. Seaman St. John's Guild Hospital Ship 799 May-35  
111 Hygrade No. 14 Hygrade Oil Tank Barge 806 1935  
112 Hygrade No. 16 Hygrade Oil Tank Barge 1,342 Apr-36  
113 Poling Bros. No. 12 Chester A. Poling, Inc. Tank Barge 1,014 Apr-36 Mow "Helen A"
114 Hygrade No. 18 Hygrade Oil Tank Barge 1,012 Aug-36  
115 Cities Service No. 6 Cities Service Oil Tank Barge 828 Sep-36  
116 Poling Bros. No. 14 Chester A. Poling, Inc. Tanker 295 1936 Scrapped
117 Poling Bros. No. 15 Chester A. Poling, Inc. Tank Barge 1,014 Mar-37  
118 Hygrade No. 20 Hygrade Oil Tank Barge 986 1937  
119 Coast Transit No. 2 Coast Transit Co. Tank Barge 548 1937 Later "Barrett No. 5"
120 Poling Bros. No. 16 Chester A. Poling, Inc. Tanker 395 1937 Scrapped
121 Tuscarora Gulf Oil Tank Barge 1,032 1937 Later "HT-17", now "B A 17"
122 Oil Transfer No. 30 Oil Transfer Co. Tank Barge 1,160 Oct-37  
123 Interstate No. 10 Interstate Oil Tank Barge 899 Jan-38  
124 S. T. Kiddoo Ira S. Bushey & Sons Tanker 613 1938 Later "Mary A. Whalen", now a museum in Brooklyn NY
125 F. A. Verdon F. A. Verdon, Inc. Tanker 768 1938 Scrapped 1976
126 Narcissus (WLI 238) U.S. Coast Guard Tender 300 1939 To Guyana 1971
127 Zinnia (WLI 255) U.S. Coast Guard Tender 300 1939 To USAF 1972
128 Poling Bros. No. 17 Chester A. Poling, Inc. Tanker 328 1939 Scuttled 1989
129 A. H. Dumont A.H. Dumont, Inc. Tanker 981 1940 Scuttled 1989
130 Juniper (WLM 224) U.S. Coast Guard Tender 700 1940 Sold 1975
131 Arthur Hoyt Scott Scott Paper Cargo Ship 2,323 1941 Scrapped 1955
132 Teaberry (YN 29) US Navy Net Layer 560 16-Mar-42 Later AN 34, scrapped 1962
133 Teak (YN 30) US Navy Net Layer 560 7-May-42 Later AN 35, scrapped 1976
134 Pepperwood (YN 31) US Navy Net Layer 560 8-Jun-42 Later AN 36, to France 1944 as Tarentule (A 729)
135 Yew (YN 32) US Navy Net Layer 560 1-Jul-42 Later AN 37, to France 1944 as Scorpion (A 728), sank 1978
Alaska Mist Gulf Mist, Inc. Fishing Vessel 916 1942 Active (converted AN?)
C-6974 US Navy Patrol Boat   1941 Now "Retriever"
C-6975 US Navy Patrol Boat   1941  
C-6976 US Navy Patrol Boat   1941  
C-6977 US Navy Patrol Boat   1941 Now "Reliance"
Sway (AM 120) US Navy Minesweeper 1,250 20-Jul-43 To Mexico 1973 as "Ignacio Miguel Altamirano" (C 80), active
Swerve (AM 121) US Navy Minesweeper 1,250 23-Jan-44 Mined off Anzio and lost 1944
Swift (AM 122) US Navy Minesweeper 1,250 29-Dec-43 Scrapped 1972
147 FS 309 US Army Coastal Freighter 560 3/44-10/44 USCG-manned, to USN 1950 as AKL 24, struck 1959
148 FS 310 US Army Coastal Freighter 560 3/44-10/44 USCG-manned
149 FS 311 US Army Coastal Freighter 560 3/44-10/44 USCG-manned, to the Philippines as "Elizabeth"
150 FS 312 US Army Coastal Freighter 560 3/44-10/44 USCG-manned, to Korea as "City of Chechon"
151 FS 313 US Army Coastal Freighter 560 3/44-10/44 USCG-manned
152 FS 314 US Army Coastal Freighter 560 3/44-10/44 USCG-manned, to the Philippines as "Governor Smith"
153 FS 315 US Army Coastal Freighter 560 3/44-10/44 USCG-manned, to China as "Iris"
154 FS 316 US Army Coastal Freighter 560 3/44-10/44 USCG-manned, to USN 1947 as "Metomkin" (AG 136), later AKL 7, to Dept. of Interior 1951
155 FS 317 US Army Coastal Freighter 560 3/44-10/44 USCG-manned, to Korea as "City of Pyontaek"
156 FS 318 US Army Coastal Freighter 560 3/44-10/44 USCG-manned, to the Philippines as "Oriental"
157 FS 319 US Army Coastal Freighter 560 3/44-10/44 USCG-manned, to the Philippines as "Elcano"
158 Y 52 US Army Coastal Tanker 633 10/44-3/45 To Panama Canal Co. as Y 52
159 Y 53 US Army Coastal Tanker 633 10/44-3/45 Disposition unknown
160 Y 54 US Army Coastal Tanker 633 10/44-3/45 To Russia 1946
161 Y 56 US Army Coastal Tanker 633 10/44-3/45 Retired in the 1960s
162 Y 59 US Army Coastal Tanker 633 10/44-3/45 Disposition unknown
163 Y 60 US Army Coastal Tanker 633 10/44-3/45 Retired in the 1960s
164 Y 61 US Army Coastal Tanker 633 10/44-3/45 Retired in the 1960s
165 Y 62 US Army Coastal Tanker 633 10/44-3/45 To Paraguay 1946 as "Paraguari"
166 Esther M.   Fishing Vessel 251 Dec-45 Later "Rosa B"
167 Bay O'Hara Bros. Fishing Vessel 250 Nov-45 Later "Grand Bay"
168 Rush O'Hara Bros. Fishing Vessel 250 Dec-45  
169 Bonnie O'Hara Bros. Fishing Vessel 264 Oct-46  
170 Pan Trades Andros Star Offshore Fishing Vessel 187 1946 Now "Blue Star"
171 Fearless Atlantic Coast Fisheries Fishing Vessel 399 1946 Later "Blue Foam"
172 Challenger Atlantic Coast Fisheries Fishing Vessel 399 1946 Later "Blue Spray"
Hannah Glover Rockmore Co. Passenger 68 1946 Active
176 Atlantic 25 Atlantic Refining Tank Barge 624 Apr-48  
177 Atlantic 26 Atlantic Refining Tank Barge 624 Apr-48  
178 Atlantic 27 Atlantic Refining Tank Barge 624 Jun-48  
179 Atlantic 28 Atlantic Refining Tank Barge 624 Jul-48  
180 City of Portsmouth Norfolk County Ferries Ferry 500 Apr-49 Now "Wa'a Hele Honua" (YFB 83)
181 Norfolk County Norfolk County Ferries Ferry 773 Aug-49 Now "Buccaneer"
182 Barrett No. 1 Barrett Co. Tank Barge 1,262 Aug-49  
J-Way SB107 J-Way Leasing Barge 345 1949 Active
185 Elizabeth Monroe Smith Sanitarium Assoc. of Phila. Passenger Barge 1,169 Jun-50 Now "Majestic"
186 Cestos Farrell Lines Cargo Vessel 238 Oct-50
189 Owls Head New York City Sludge Carrier 1,643 1952 Active
190 Farmington Farrell Lines Cargo Vessel 238 Apr-51
Jenniffer Miller Tug 57 1954 Later "Dawn Marie", now "Mighty Jessie"
H & W S Explorer Colleges of the Seneca Research Vessel 58 1954 Now "William Scandling"
  John D. McKean New York City Firefighting Tug 330 1954 Active
LT Samuel S. Coursen Governors Island Corp. Ferry 761 1956 Active
210 Nantucket Nantucket Steamship Authority Excursion Ferry 2,652 1957 Now "Bayou Caddy's Jubilation Casino"
211 Sylvia A. H. G. Wilks New York City Firefighting Tug 156 1958 Now "Ervin S. Cooper"
212 Harry M. Archer, M.D. New York City Firefighting Tug 213 1958 Now "Miriam Walmsley Cooper"
214 Bowery Bay New York City Sludge Carrier 1,578 Aug-59
215 Senator Robert F. Wagner New York City Firefighting Tug 163 1959 Now "Georgia"
216 Governor Alfred E. Smith New York City Firefighting Tug 213 1961 Active