JOHN H. DIALOGUE & SON

Camden NJ

Most recent update: May 18, 2016.
John H. Dialogue was a machinist, who started in business repairing engines for locomotives and steamships.  He bought the Elias Kaighn foundry in 1854 and became one of the few licensees of Corliss stationary steam engines.  In 1862 he and some partners founded National Iron Armor & Shipbuilding Co., but this was not successful.  He then worked as a subcontractor before restarting his own business in 1870 as River Iron Works.  His partner died in 1874 and in 1890, he changed the name to John H. Dialogue & Son.  The company went bankrupt in 1913 and the 34-acre site at Kaighn's Point was sold for other uses.  Read more about it here.  See the site from the air on Google here: the shipyard is gone but you can still see the side-launch ways.  If anyone can add to the table below, please e-mail me at timcolton@aol.com.
Hull # O.N. Original Name Original Owner Type GT Feet Delivered

Disposition
1-152             Presumed to be contracts for engines

Built by Wilcox & Whitney
153 4992 Thomas A. P. Champlin   Tug 24   1862  
154 15080 Lookout W. P. Clyde Tug 35   1862 Retired 2001

Built by National Iron Armor & Shipbuilding
155 Edwin Ludlow   Tug 49   1863  
156 Wyoming     799   1863 Rebuilt as barge 1887
157 na Koka U.S. Navy Monitor 614   1865 Not completed, scrapped 1874
158 Uno Solomon Thomas Tug 79   1864 To USN as Juniper 1864, to USLHB as Peter G. Washington 1865
159 J. W. Everman     692   1865 Converted to barge 1887
160 Douglass     49   1866 Lost 1898

Built by River Iron Works
161 Lillie Summers American Dredge Tug 50   1870 Comet 1884
162 na Iris U.S. Lighthouse Service Tender     1871 Sold 1899
163 na Schuyler Colfax U.S. Revenue Service Cutter 369   1871  
164 105105 Aroma Mills Browning Brothers Tug 85   1872  
165 110036 Reba   Tug 36   1872 J. H. Petersen 1906
166 Major   Tug     1872 Later Oceanic, Peter Cahill
167 na Ferdinand R. Hassler U.S. C. & G. S. Survey Vsl 319   1872 Later Clara Nevada, lost in Alaska 1898
168 Frank G. Fowler     49   1872  
169 Agnes   Passenger 448   1872 Barge Israel W. Dunham 1898
170 Charles A Warren   Tug 41   1873  
171 Amanda Powell   Tug 38   1873  
172 Anna J. Kipp Leonard Kipp Tug 43   1873  
173 Samuel Gedney   Tug 49   1873  
174 City Ice Boat No. 3 City of Philadelphia Icebreaker 637   1874  
175 Rebecca   Tug 39   1874  
176 2910 Bachelor   Tug 26   1874  
177 Diamond   Passenger 12   1874  
178 85326 George W. Childs   Tug 98   1874  
179 15969 Lightning   Tug 48   1874  
180 Spring Garden   Tug/Psgr 23   1874  
181 150021 Pennsylvania   Tug 91   1874  
182 Stella   Tug 39   1874  
183 William. F. Havemeyer City of Philadelphia Fireboat 111   1875  
184 Ceres   Passenger 52   1875  
185 105485 Altoona   Tug 64   1875 Senator Penrose 1918
186 General J. S. Schultze   Ferry 536   1875 Tank barge Schuylkill 1910
187 75798 John W. Thompson   Passenger 497   1875 Harry Randall 1893, Capital City 1910
188 Evona   Tug 15   1875  
189 White Water   Passenger 61   1875 To USACOE 1911
190 95443 Hercules James A. Wright Tug 119 111 1876  
191 130057 North America Insurance Co. of N. America Tug 290   1876  
192 105603 Argonauta   Tug 71   1876 To USAQMD 1899
193 75872 Juno   Passenger 63   1876  
194 Shackamaxon   Passenger 383   1877  
195 135317 E. E. Simpson   Passenger 171   1877  
196 95532 Hercules David Tillson Tug 77   1878 Victoria 1884
197 Brazil McKay, Scott & Co. Tug 123   1878  
198 76042 Jennie Wilson Pilots Assoc. of N. O. Pilot Boat 78   1878 First iron pilot boat
199 76024 Juno     84   1878  
200 Inca   Tug 103   1879 To USN 1918 as ID 3219
201 130162 Nellie   Tug/Psgr 61   1879  
202 150185 Pallas   Tug 33   1879 Christiana Baird 1884
203 Phoenix   Tug 95   1879  
204 Italian  J. D. Dailey Tug 58   1879 To USAQMD as Reynolds 1898, J. C. Watson 1906
205 14374 Kate Jones   Tug 123   1879 To USN as Seminole 1898, to USAQMD as General Ayres, Kate Jones 1906 
206 Josiah W. Cloud   Tug 18   1879 Raymond 1906
207              
208 Hercules   Tug 156   1880  
209 140427 Louise   Tug 105   1880  
210 115744 Stella   Tug 80   1880  
211 John M Woodworth Marine Hospital Service Hospital 88   1880  
212 135496 Edwin D. Hartley   Tug 60   1881 Harford 1905, Elise Ann Conners, now in North River Tugboat Museum
213 Gladisfen   Tug 67   1881 Mercedes 1888
214 25239 Underwriter Pilots Assoc. of N. O. Pilot Boat 171   1881 To USN 1918 as ID 1390, Adirondack (YT 44) 1920, sold 1922
215 115791 Samson  Port of New Orleans Passenger 160   1881  
216 100293 Iris   Passenger 66   1881  
217 Ranger American Salt Co Cargo 273   1881 Parole 1887, Presidente Carazo 1890, wrecked on Colorado Bar 1896
218 207767 Samuel G. King   Fireboat 63   1881  
219 105991 Anna   Tug/Psgr 75   1881 Reliance 1893
220 115780 S. J. Lennox   Tug 78   1881 Viking 1893
221              
222 Mexico Sofia Cia. Mexicana de. Nav. Tug 49   1882  
223 Benito Estenger Gallego, Messa & Co. Cargo  371   1882 Deleted 1920
224 106090 Arctic   Tug 33   1882  
225 14407 Kensington   Tug 34   1882 Bauerline 1918
226 Argus Jas. A Wright Tug 171   1882  
227 95727 Hercules   Tug 70 77 1882 To USN as Chickasaw 1898, sold as Ross Reichert 1913; Harry R. Wheeler 1918, Peggy Sheridan 1943, Mae R. Mathiasen 1947, scrapped 1954
228 150255 Protector   Tug 99   1882 To USN 1918 as SP 1242 but not used
229 135624 Emma Kate Ross Ross & Sanford Tug 127   1882 To USN 1918 as SP 2844, Russell 5 1941, Essex 1941, Helen M. Mathiasen 1948
230 126028 Cecilia   Passenger 98   1882  
231 91423 Mary Wittich   Tug 127   1882  
232              
233              
234 135641 Echo   Tug 136   1883  
235 Gladisfen Mrs. M.A. Meyer Tug 118   1883  
236 100323 Ira M. Hedges Washburn SB Co. Tug 76   1883  
237 135671 Edwin Terry Washburn SB Co. Tug 91   1883  
238 135727 Elmer E. Wood   Tug 112   1883 Mongah 1910, Robert H. Lockwood 1936
239              
240              
241 Mexico American Augusto  Mexican Central RR Tug 135   1885 To Venezuela as Augusto, to Mexico 1896 as Tampico
242              
243              
244              
245              
246              
247              
248              
249              
250              
251              
252              
253              
254              
255              
256 126219 Charles H Fox   Tug 41   1884 Walter E. Sutton 1884
257 Governor Safford Gulf Steamboat Co. Passenger 307   1884 Philip J. Kenny 1920, burnt 1923 near Ambrose LS
258 126184 Corsair   Tug 95   1884  
259 Sea Lion Merchants & Shipowners Tug 186   1884  
260              
261              
262              
263              
264 na Madrono U.S. Lighthouse Service Tender 412   1885 To USAT as Col. Charles L. Willard 1941
265 126309 Chicago   Psgr/Tug 89   1885  
266              
267 110691 Rescue   Tug 75   1886  
268              
269 126349 Chauncey M. Depew   Tug 77   1886 NY Central No. 10, J. C. Reichart 1918
270 126401 C. C. Clarke   Tug 150   1886 NY Central No. 3, A. W. Whitman, Susan Elizabeth, scrapped 2008
275   A. H. Whiteman George W. Whiteman Tug 158   1886 Charles Clarke, N. H. De Bardeleben 1941, Shamrock 1962
271 154377 Peerless   Tug 90   1886 Edmund J. Moran 1918
  Ybero   Cargo 300   1886 Foundered 1907
272              
273              
274              
275 155151 Oakland NY Central & H RR  Tug 103   1887 NY Central No. 13, Hay-de, Pier 63 Maritime Museum
276 100415 Interstate NY Central & H RR  Tug 103   1887 NY Central No. 12
277 135958 W. S. Williams Lamberts Point Towing Tug 136   1887 E. V. McCaulley
278 76664 James McCaulley James McCaulley Tug 92   1887 Arabian 1918
279 91969 Mercer Pennsylvania RR Tug 150   1887 St. Lawrence 1936
280              
281 95943 Hercules P. Wright & Son Tug 142 101 1888 To USN 1898, designated YT 13 1920, sold 1937
282              
283 150454 Pocahontas   Tug/Psgr 94   1888  
284 157205 Dandy   Passenger 115   1888  
285              
286 Assistance Henderson Brothers Tug 100   1888 T. F. Richardson, W. H. Williams 1918
287 157229 Douglas H. Thomas Dougherty & Co. Tug 140   1888 To USN 1889 as Triton (YT 10), ID 3312 1918, sold 1930 as Melrose, J. Rich Steers 1945, Gwendoline Steers 1951, sank 1962
288              
289              
290              
291              
292 81249 Western Union Western Union Co. Cable Layer 185   1889  
293 81217 William P. Congdon Savannah Lighterage Tug 69   1889 Later Chesapeake, sank 1995
294              
295              
296 141021 L. Luckenbach Luckenbach Towing Tug 255   1889 Defiance 1905, to USN 1918 as SP 1015, Challenge, (AT 59) 1920, YT 126, YTM 126, to MARAD 1946

Built by John H. Dialogue & Son
297 130500 N. and W. 1 Norfolk & Western Railway Tug 311   1890 Murrell 1906, scrapped 1949
298 130512 N. and W. 2 Norfolk & Western Railway Tug 311   1890 Boswell 1905, scrapped 1963
299 92153 Mars P. F. Martin & Co. Tug 278   1890 To USAT as ST 56
300 na Armeria U.S. Lighthouse Service Tender 1052   1890  
301 126647 Carbonero Export Coal Co. Tug 361   Jul-90 Daniel Williard 1905, Gypsum Queen 1917, to USN 1917 as SP 430, lost off Brest 1919
302              
303 Farniente   Passenger 12   1891  
304 96136 H. M. C. Smith Merchants Mutual Line Tug 98   1891 Jack Scully 1918, to USN 1918 as ID 2289 but not used
305 136168 Enterprise American Towing Co. Tug 214   1890 USN Modoc 1898, YTL 16, Flo
306 136173 Edgar F. Luckenbach Luckenbach Towing Tug 273   May-91 Luckenbach No.2,  Cherokee, to USN 1918 as SP 458, lost 1918
307 106804 Asher J. Hudson Hudson Transportation Tug 136   1891 To USN 1918 as SP 3104, Yuma (YT 37), sold 1921 as Marathon
308 110948 Regis Savannah  Lighterage Psgr/Tow 92   1891  
309 81348 West Jersey   Ferry 13   1891 Millville 1906
310 81456 Walter A. Luckenbach Luckenbach Towing Tug 283   Sep-93 To USN 1898 as Uncas (AT 51), YT 110, struck 1922, Joseph D. Wood, Henry W. Card, Relief
311 157368 Dauntless C. W. Wisbee Tug 153   1893 Later C. H. Hix, Restless 1944
312 na Hudson U.S. Revenue Service Cutter 174   1893 Sold 1942
313 110960 Robert S Bradley Bradley Fertilizer Tug 121   1892  
314 116500 Scranton Del., Lack. & Western RR Tug 300   1892 Clincher 1916, scrapped 1926
315 na General Meigs U.S. Army QMD Passenger 292d   1892  
316 126826 C. N. Kimpland William E. Beard & Co. Tug 132   1892 Susan N Moran 1898, Diamond 8, Natalie, Marion Olsen
317              
318              
319              
320              
321              
322              
323              
324 3588 Beronda   Yacht 17   1893  
325 Delta Mr. E. Lee Cargo/Psgr 466   1893  
326 96227 Hortense   Tug 129   1893 To USN 1893 as Takoma, Sebago (YT 23), scrapped 1937 
327              
328              
329              
330 130672 Nottingham Central RR of New Jersey Tug 408   Jul-94 Burnt and scrapped 1947
331 157403 Dorothy Annan   Tug 99   1894 Geo. D. Kuper, Bulley 1906
332 81493 William F. McCauley Atlantic Towing Tug 149   1894 To USN 1918 as ID 2360, returned 1918, later Captain Collier
333 Rosita   Tug 84   1895  
334 na Tybee U.S. Revenue Service Cutter 28   1895 Sold 1930
335 na Lamont U.S. Army CoE Tug 206   1895 Sold 1936,  John Roen 1944, Samuel E. Bool, Georgia 1972
336 136512 Esther   Tug 27   1895  
337 na Scout U.S. Army CoE Tug 150   1896  
338 136548 Edward Luckenbach Luckenbach Towing Tug 149   1896 To USN 1917 as Tecumseh (YT 24), YTM 24, returned 1946
339              
340 na Princeton (PG 13) U.S. Navy Gunboat 1010   1898 Sold 1919
341 130792 Navigator J. Needham Tug 414   1898 To USN 1918 as ID 2225, later YT 39, sold 1946
342 111172 Robert A. Van Wyck  New York Fire Dept. Fire Boat 203   1898 William L Strong 1902, retired 1948
343              
344 100656 Isis International Elevating Co. Elevator 591   Jun-98  
345 145781 Themis International Elevating Co. Elevator 591   Jun-98  
346              
347              
348              
349              
350 130759 New England New England Fish Co. Fishing Vsl 230   Dec-97  
351              
352              
353              
354              
355 136772 Echo Scully Towing & Tptn Co. Tug 413   Dec-98 John Scully 1903, H. C. Cadmus 1919, to USAT as LT 332 1942, George W. Whiteman 1947, deleted 1954
356              
357 136675 Eugene Grasseli Grasselli Chemical Co. Freight 157   1898 To USQMD as Poe 1898
358 92911 M. E. Luckenbach Edgar F. Lukenbach Tug 439   Dec-98 Luckenbach No.1, Barnegat, to USN 1918 as SP 1232, G. E. Roper 1923, abandoned 1935
359              
  Dauntless No. 7 Dauntless Towing Tug 157   1898 Later John A. Dorgan
360              
361 Despatch   Pass. 21   1899  
362 136724 E. L. Russell Gulf Refining Co. 1916 Passenger 206   1899  
363 77354 Jacob Dykman   Tug 145   1899 S. O. No. 4 1906, Port Covington 1916
364 136743 Eugene Grasseli Grasselli Chemical Co. Freight 157   Jul-99  
365 127365 Charles Clarke Texas Oil & Transit Co Passenger 211   Aug-99  
366              
367              
368 141675 Lackawanna Del., Lack.a & Western RR Tug 340   1900 In collision and lost 1915 
369 81693 Wm. J. Bradley   Tug 81   1900  
370 107539 Abram Minis N.Y., Phila. & Norfolk R.R. Pass. 284   May-00 S. T. Morgan 1910, Salisbury
371 150885 Prudence James McWilliams Tug 292   Dec-19 Later Lawrence H. Shaw
372 Astral Standard Oil Co. Tug 616   Nov-03 Later Standard II
373 96555 Helen Charles Gring Tug 113   1901  
374 150921 Patience Reading Co. Tug 292   Nov-01  
375 200471 Lewis Luckenbach Luckenbach Steamship Cargo Ship 3906   Nov-03 Torpedoed and lost 1917
376 Providence   Sailing Vsl 1651   1902  
377 130958 Newcastle Chas. E. Davis Tug 110   1902  
378 77542 John A. Hughes Asa Hughes Sons & others Tug 157   Aug-02  
379 201528 Lenape H. P. Dilkes Tug 637   Nov-04 E. E. Johnson 1946, Good News 1961, Trident Star 1966, scrapped 1970
380 117224 S. O. Company No. 12 Standard Tptn Co. Tug 158   Feb-03 Later S.T. Co. No. 12
381 141847 L. Y. Schermerhorn American Dredging Co. Tug 174   Mar-03  
382 3949 Bryn Mawr Chas. E. Davis Jr Tug 74   Apr-03 Engine and boiler only
383 93378 Montclair D L & W R R  Tug 130   May-03  
384 155466 Orange D L & W R R  Tug 130   Jun-03  
385 200557 John F. Lewis Chesapeake Co. Tug 160   1904  
386              
387              
388 201458 Blue Bell   Tug 179   1904 Virginian 1910
389 201104 Edgar F. Coney South Atlantic Towboat Tug 153   Jul-04 To USN 1918 as SP 346. returned 1919
390 201359 Columbia Baker-Whiteley Coal Co. Tug 212   1904 Ionian 1916, LT-799, WWII
391 na Lieut. Ord U.S. Army QMD Launch 22   1905 Later Lieut. Augustine
392 na Capt. Hartshorne U.S. Army QMD Launch 22   1905  
393 na Capt. Connell U.S. Army QMD Launch 22   1905  
394 201823 Jack Twohy   Tug 171   1905 To Panama Canal Commission as Bohio
395 203236 M. E. Scully Scully Transportation Tug 272   1906 To Panama Canal Commission as Reliance
396 na Lieut. Bumpus U.S. Army QMD Launch 22   1905  
397 na Cerberus U.S. Army CoE Tug 206   Jul-05 Maurice R Shaw 1933
398 202702 Annie L. Vansciver Phila, Rancocas & Mt Holley Tptn Co. Passenger 194   1905  
399 ? Macadam   Tug 150   1906  
400 ? Concrete   Tug 150   1906  
400 203367 Newburgh NY Trap Rock Co. Tug 234   1906 To Panama Canal Commission as Mariner
401 203366 Haverstraw NY Trap Rock Co. Tug 234   1906 Aurora 1910, to USN 1917 as SP 345, returned 1919
402              
403 203365 Florence   Passenger 20   1906  
404 164433 Managua   Barge 177   1906  
405 164432 Masaya   Barge 177   1906  
406 203766 Pocomoke NY, Phila.  & Norfolk RR Tug 293   1906 To USN 1917 as SP 2265 but not used
407              
408   Tucker & Walker         Engine only
409 Blanca         1906  
410 202890 James N. Knipe American Dredging Co. Tug 109   1906  
411 204384 Patchogue Long Island R R Co. Tug 190   1907  
412 204179 E. G. Reynolds E.G. Reynolds et al Tug 192   1907 To Panama Canal Commission as La Boca
413              
414 204267 Ariosa Henry Dubois Sons Tug 262   Jun-07 Later Brian McAllister
415 203414 U. T. & L. Co. No. 1 United Transportation Co. Tank Barge 138   1906  
416 203457 U. T. & L. Co. No. 2 United Transportation Co. Tank Barge 138   1906  
417              
418 203826 Salutation Charles L. Walker Tug 184   1907 Engine and boiler only
419              
420              
421 204801 Hercules Shipowners & Merchants Towing Co Tug 414 135 Dec-07 Now at the San Francisco Maritime Museum
422 204800 Goliath Shipowners & Merchants Towing Co Tug 414 135 Dec-07 To USN 1917 as SP 1494, sold 1921, scrapped 1952
423 204974 Ontario New York, Ontario & Western Ry.Co. Tug 415   May-08 Scrapped 1948
424 204975 Western New York, Ontario & Western Ry.Co. Tug 415   May-08 Wrecked off Shelburne NS 1926
425 206311 Sarah E. McWilliams C. J. McWilliams Tug 294   Jul-08 Later Resolute 1916
426 206638 J. W. Thompson J W Thompson Tug 186   1909  
427              
428              
429 206818 Parksley Pennsylvania RR Tug 296   1909  
430              
431 207063 La Criada United Fruit Co Tug 185   1909  
432              
433 207774 New York Central No. 27 New York Central RR Tug 231   1910  
434 207392 Cape Charles Pennsylvania RR Co. Tug 296   1910  
435 208158 Rancocas Hainseport Mining & Tptn. Tug 106   1910  
436              
437              
438 208398 The Barnett Jacksonville Towing & Wrecking Co. Tug 194   1910 To USN 1917 as SP 1149, YT 29, sold 1936 as Richard Simmons, Raymond Card 1941, scrapped 1948
439              
440              
441              
442 208565 La Belle Alexander Winton Yacht 165   1911 Later Marold II
443 na Engineer  U.S. Army CoE Tug 152   1911 To Panama Canal Commission 1916
444 208659 Greenwich Pennsylvania RR Co. Tug 88   1911  
445 208809 Vim   Freight 14   1911  
446              
447              
448              
449              
450 210107 John J. Howlett   Tug 66   1912  
451 209518 Caspian P. F. Martin Tug 125   1912 To USN 1917 as ID 1380 but not used, Trojan 1948, Cherokee, Denise E 1993
452 210643 M. Moran Moran Towing Tug 256   Oct-12 Later Foremost, HS 42, M. Moran 1936
453 210901 Thomas J. Scully Edward F. Luckenbach Tug 405   Feb-13 Luckenbach No. 4 1916, Nahant 1917, to USN 1917 as SP 1250, Service No. 3 1920, sold as John F. Harlan 1929, Gotham 1935, W. E. Hunt 1942, Good Fortune 1961, scrapped 1963
454              
455 210488 Willard U. Taylor     244   1913  
456 211597 Senator Bailey    Gulf Refining  Co. Tug 293   Jul-13  
457 211444 S. M. Goucher   Tug 58   1913  
458 165108 Fifty-Eight The Texas Steamship Co. Barge 433   1913  
459 165221 Fifty-Nine The Texas Steamship Co. Barge 398   Mar-13  
460 165346 Sixty The Texas Steamship Co. Barge 433   1913  
461 211727 North American The Texas Steamship Co. Tug 134   1913 Later M. W. Storms