JOHN F. JAMES & SONS Essex MA |
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Most recent update: May 20, 2016. |
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John F. James started this yard in 1837, partnering first with McKenzie and then with Washington Tarr. It had a long run, finally closing in 1935. The yard was on Main Street, where the Perkins Marine facility is today: see it from the air on Google here. If anyone can add to the table below, please send your input to timcolton@aol.com | ||||||||
Hull # | O.N. | Original Name | Original Owner |
Type |
GT | Feet | Built | Disposition |
Built by James & Tarr (1885-1912) | ||||||||
130448 | Nickerson | Schooner | 39 | 1889 | ||||
136423 | Effie M. Morrissey | Schooner | 120 | 1894 | Later Ernestina | |||
121146 | Frances Ehalen | Schooner | 137 | 1900 | ||||
107679 | Arkona | Schooner | 133 | 1901 | ||||
127544 | Corona | Schooner | ``9 | 1901 | ||||
83161 | Monitor | Schooner | 137 | 1901 | ||||
127625 | Constellation | Motor Ship | 137 | 1902 | ||||
93319 | Matchless | Schooner | 107 | 1902 | ||||
117120 | Saladin | Motor Ship | 137 | 1902 | ||||
27688 | Yakima | Schooner | 108 | 1902 | ||||
200056 | Annie Perry | Schooner | 116 | 1903 | ||||
17858 | Avalon | Schooner | 124 | 1903 | ||||
200226 | Mary F. Curtis | Schooner | 121 | 1903 | ||||
200899 | Cavalier | Schooner | 135 | 1904 | ||||
200668 | Hazel R. Hines | Schooner | 121 | 1904 | ||||
201102 | Independence II | Schooner | 145 | 1904 | ||||
200880 | John R. Manta | Schooner | 147 | 1904 | ||||
201602 | Louisa R. Sylva | Schooner | 131 | 1904 | ||||
201629 | Mary C. Santos | Schooner | 122 | 1904 | ||||
201181 | Waldo L. Stream | Schooner | 122 | 1904 | ||||
291814 | Arthur James | Schooner | 133 | 1905 | ||||
202127 | Conqueror | Schooner | 139 | 1905 | ||||
202274 | Jessie Costa | Schooner | 130 | 1905 | ||||
202525 | Rose Dorothea | Schooner | 147 | 1905 | ||||
202367 | Thomas S. Gorton | Schooner | 140 | 1906 | ||||
202965 | Alert | Motor Ship | 145 | 1906 | ||||
203281 | Esperanto | Schooner | 140 | 1906 | ||||
204604 | Arethusa | Schooner | 157 | 1907 | ||||
204292 | John Hays Hammond | Schooner | 132 | 1907 | ||||
205011 | Aspinet | Schooner | 126 | 1908 | ||||
204881 | Benjamin A. Smith | Motor Ship | 146 | 1908 | ||||
205662 | John J. Fallon | Schooner | 125 | 1908 | ||||
205385 | Oriole | Schooner | 145 | 1908 | ||||
207219 | Josephine de Costa | Schooner | 114 | 1910 | ||||
208250 | Valerie | Schooner | 139 | 1910 | ||||
207523 | Viola | Brigantine | 193 | 1910 | ||||
209459 | Alabama | Schooner | 120 | 1911 | ||||
208437 | Eleanor da Costa | Schooner | 114 | 1911 | ||||
208640 | Gov. Foss | Schooner | 130 | 1911 | ||||
208931 | Laverna | Schooner | 141 | 1911 | ||||
209834 | A. Piatt Andrew | Schooner | 141 | 1912 | ||||
209738 | Ellen & Mary | Schooner | 142 | 1912 | ||||
210803 | Gertrude da Costa | Motor Ship | 105 | 1912 | ||||
Built by John F. James & Sons (1913-1931) | ||||||||
211718 | Commonwealth | Motor Ship | 141 | 1913 | ||||
213267 | J. M. Marshall | Schooner | 101 | 1915 | ||||
212894 | Robert & Richard | Schooner | 140 | 1915 | ||||
214416 | Joseph P. Mesquita | Schooner | 122 | 1916 | ||||
215735 | Angie L. Marshall | Motor Ship | 109 | 1917 | ||||
215589 | Corinthian | Motor Ship | 161 | 1917 | ||||
215482 | Walrus | B. A. Smith | Steam Ship | 479 | 1917 | Deleted 1930 | ||
216467 | Helja Silva | Motor Ship | 140 | 1917 | ||||
216799 | Louise B. Marshall | Schooner | 120 | 1918 | ||||
216647 | Pioneer | Motor Ship | 233 | 1918 | ||||
Caroline & Mary | Trawler | 144 | 1919 | |||||
219272 | Dawn | Motor Ship | 151 | 1919 | ||||
217542 | Ellen T. Marshall | Motor Ship | 124 | 1919 | ||||
218373 | Grand Marshal | Motor Ship | 128 | 1919 | ||||
217833 | Marechal Foch | Motor Ship | 134 | 1919 | ||||
220928 | Governor Marshall | Motor Ship | 131 | 1921 | ||||
221016 | Laura Goulart | Motor Ship | 143 | 1921 | ||||
221202 | Mayflower | Schooner | 164 | 1921 | ||||
220991 | Oretha F. Spinney | Schooner | 134 | 1921 | ||||
222001 | Puritan | Schooner | 149 | 1922 | ||||
223032 | Wanderer | Motor Yacht | 163 | 1923 | ||||
223805 | Falmouth | Motor Ship | 124 | 1924 | ||||
224289 | Pilot | Motor Ship | 140 | 1924 | ||||
223569 | Radio | Motor Ship | 131 | 1924 | ||||
225000 | Isabelle Parker | Motor Ship | 110 | 1925 | ||||
226070 | Adventure | Motor Ship | 130 | 1926 | ||||
225321 | Mary Spears | Motor Ship | 143 | 1926 | ||||
225756 | Roseway | Motor Ship | 112 | 1926 | ||||
226917 | Eleanor Nickerson | Motor Ship | 143 | 1927 | ||||
227188 | William L. Putnam | Motor Ship | 107 | 1927 | ||||
228013 | Amelia M. Pereira | Motor Ship | 106 | 1928 | ||||
227946 | Leonora C | Motor Ship | 107 | 1928 | ||||
229196 | Edith & Elinor | Motor Ship | 134 | 1929 | ||||
229041 | Geraldine & Phyllis | Motor Ship | 112 | 1929 | ||||
229241 | Gertrude Parker | Motor Ship | 115 | 1929 | ||||
228227 | Maris Stella | Motor Ship | 143 | 1929 | ||||
229331 | Andover | Motor Ship | 113 | 1930 | ||||
229797 | Antares | Motor Yacht | 159 | 1930 | ||||
230045 | Exeter | Motor Ship | 114 | 1930 | ||||
231139 | Clara C. Raye | Motor Ship | 171 | 1931 | ||||
231164 | Wanderer | Motor Yacht | 175 | 1931 |