OTHER PRE-WWI SHIPBUILDERS

IN NEW YORK STATE

Most recent update: May 24, 2016.

This table attempts to cover those other shipbuilders located in New York State that were active in the years between the Civil War and World War One.  If anyone has any data to add to this table, please send it to me at timcolton@aol.com
Shipbuilder
Location Hull # O.N. Original Name Original Owner Type GT Feet Built Disposition
American SB Port Richmond NY     Frostburg   Cargo Ship 927   1884 Later Theodore Weems 1907, in collision and sank off the Mississippi mouth 1915
American SB Port Richmond NY     Red Wing G. C. Harris Jr Schooner 437   1884 Foundered Pensacola 21.11.96
Atlantic Steam IW Brooklyn NY     Pembroke W. E. Coffin and Co. Steamboat 241   1860 Sold foreign 1863
Atlantic Steam IW Brooklyn NY     Novelty     358   1869  
Atlantic Steam IW Brooklyn NY     William Lawrence Baltimore Line   358   1869  
Atlantic Steam IW Brooklyn NY     William M. Flanders     58   1872  
Atlantic Steam IW Brooklyn NY     Shearwater     109   1887  
Atlantic Steam IW Brooklyn NY     Unquowa   Yacht 159   1888  
Atlantic Steam IW Brooklyn NY     Juthniel     140   1889  
Atlantic Steam IW Brooklyn NY     Wild Duck     233   1891  
Atlantic Steam IW Brooklyn NY     Formosa   Yacht 238   1894  
Ayers, Samuel Nyack NY     Presto   Yacht 22   1897  
Ayers, Samuel Nyack NY     Arrow   Yacht 82   1901  
Barnard & Giles Albany NY     John Taylor NY & Albany Prop. Line Steamer 660   1865  
Brown, J.W. Tottenville NY     John B. Collins Madison Tptn Co Tug 325   1901 Scrapped 1937
Columbia EW Linnton NY     Avance   Cargo Ship 662   1919 Later Parthia 1920, Avant 1923, Ruth 1925, Irv 1928, scrapped 1930
Columbia EW Linnton NY     Mildred   Cargo Ship 829   1919 Aux. schooner, later Arenzano 1922, Cabo Guardian 1928, San Luis 1929, in collision and burnt 1929
Continental SB Yonkers NY     Hastnai   Tanker 1111   1919 Later Tiolene 1926, Pure Pep 1928, Pure Fuel Oil 1930, scrapped 1935
Donaldson, T. C. New York NY     City of Hudson Martin, Powers & Co Steamer 512      
Downey Brooklyn NY     Princess   Passenger 251   1913 Later Lake View 1923, wrecked Sydney NS 1952
Fougner Concrete Long Island City NY     Polias   Cargo Ship 2,564   1919 Wrecked Rockland ME 1920
Hathorn, W. H. Williamsburg NY     Petrel US Revenue Service Cutter 120   1867 Sold 1873
Hathorn, W. H. Williamsburg NY     Racer US Revenue Service Cutter 120   1867 Sold 1873
Hathorn, W. H. Greenpoint NY     Wreck of Scotland U.S. Lighthouse Service LV 20 165   1867 Sold 1923
Jonson Foundry New York NY     Lillian     22   1889  
Jonson Foundry New York NY     Mexico     16   1891  
Jonson Foundry New York NY     New Yorker   Specialty 243   1891  
Lawler's Marine Clifton NY     Southfield   Ferry 758   1882 Hulked 1908, scuttled 1923
Leary, J. D. Brooklyn NY     Pollock Rip U.S. Lighthouse Service LV 42 410   1877 Burnt, 4th of July, 1940
Leary, J. D. Brooklyn NY     City of Gloucester   Psgr/Cargo 561   1883 Later Thames 1927, burnt Captain's I, LI Sound, 1930
Magee, P. Athens NY     Rockland Nyack & Tarrytown Ferry Co Ferry 393   1888 Scrapped 1928
Maglehan, Peter Athens NY     Right Arm   Tug 401   1891 To USN 1898 as Pontiac, later Passaic (YT 28) 1918, sold 1922
Mather & Wood Port Jefferson NY     Park City B. & Port Jeff. Co. Passenger 898   1898 Sank 1951 off Manasquan NJ
Murphy, J. Newburgh NY     Dix US Revenue Service Cutter 290   1865 Sold 1872
Murphy, James Brooklyn NY     Chase US Revenue Service Cutter 500   1865 Sold 1875
Neptune Iron Works NY     Santa Marta South America Steamboat     1857  
Neptune Iron Works NY     Serchil La-Tehauntepec Co. Steamboat     1858  
New Burrell Johnson Shelburne NY     Enterprise   Cargo ship 211   1907   
New Burrell Johnson Shelburne NY     Robert G.Cann   Cargo ship 265   1911   
New York Hastings Tompkins Cove NY     Amackassin   Ferry 266   1902   
Ramsey, H. A. Brooklyn NY     Manzania US Light House Service Tender 450   1879 Later Daniel Kern 1908, stripped and burnt 1939
Robins Brooklyn NY     Nokomis   Yacht 303   1914   
Rodermund & Co. Tompkins Cove NY     John Dwight   Tug     1896 To USN 1898 as Pawnee (YT 21), sold 1922
Southern SB Tottenville NY     J. O. Ellison Haverill S.S. Co Cargo Ship 555   1909 Foundered off New Orleans 1914
Tank SB Newburgh NY 112   Bayonne   Tanker 1111   1919 Deleted 1950
Tank SB Newburgh NY 113   Pinthis   Tanker 1111   1919 In collision and blew up off Scituate 1930
Van Loan & Magee Athens NY     City of Catskill NY, Catskill & Athens SS Co Passenger 1,073   1880 Burnt at Roundout NY 1883
Van Loan & Magee Athens NY     Belle Horton Citizens' SB Co Inc Passenger 305   1881 Burnt at Norfolk VA 1922
Van Loan & Magee Athens NY     New Brunswick New Brunswick & NY SB Co Passenger 601   1881 Abandoned 1907
Van Loan & Magee Athens NY     Kaaterskill   Passenger 1,361   1882 Abandoned 1916
Verdon, F. A. W New Brighton NY     Hillsborough J.B.King Tptn Co Cargo Ship 330   1917 Foundered Hudson Heights NJ 1952
Voris Nyack NY     Wilbur A. Heisley   Cargo 537   1883 Later City of Long Branch 1886, burnt Roanoke River 1892
Unknown Brooklyn NY     Underwriter   Psgr/Cargo 341   1852 To USN 1862, burnt 1864
Unknown Brooklyn NY     Bronx (ex-Andrews) U.S. Revenue Service Cutter 220   1863 Acquired 1863, foundered 1873
Unknown Brooklyn NY     Jasmine (ex-Van Houten) U.S. Coast Guard Cutter 120   1866 Acquired from USN 1866, later Chandler, sold 1903
Unknown Brooklyn NY     Accomack Old Dominion SS Co Psgr/Cargo 434   1877 Deleted 1894
Unknown Brooklyn NY     Luray     423   1882 Later Saugerties 1889, burnt at Saugerties NY 1903
Unknown Brooklyn NY     Shenandoah   Passenger 848   1882 Later William Storie 1893, Mediator 1914, abandoned 1921
Unknown Brooklyn NY     Patrol   Passenger 439   1882 Later William Storie 1893, Mediator 1914, abandoned 1921
Unknown Clayton NY     Ontario   Passenger 444   1884 Foundered in Bogue Inlet NC 1908
Unknown Clayton NY     St. Lawrence   Passenger 312   1884 Later Protector 1891, Isla da Cuba 1903, deleted 1913
Unknown East Rockaway NY     Anna E. Combes   Cargo 138   1904 In collision off Mobile Bay 1945
Unknown Kingston NY     Messenger Bird Francis Danielson Clipper Ship 419   1852  
Unknown Newburgh NY     Northerner U.S. Revenue Service Cutter 320     Acquired 1864, later Ewing, to USPHS 1892
Unknown Sag Harbor     Storm Slate, Gardner & Howell Clipper Ship 545   1852  
Unknown Williamsburg NY     Virginia   Steamer 722   1857  
Unknown NY     Marion Bras d'Or SB Co Ltd Passenger 478   1876 Burnt at East Boston 1911
Unknown New York NY     Richard Varick Pennsylvania RR Ferry     1826 Abandoned 1834
Unknown New York NY     William Cutting Union Ferry Co. Ferry 85   1828 Abandoned 1840
Unknown New York NY     General Jackson Navy Yard Ferry Co. Ferry 174   1829 Deleted 1849
Unknown New York NY     Sussex Pennsylvania RR Ferry 290   1834 Abandoned 1834
Unknown New York NY     Essex Pennsylvania RR Ferry 243   1835 To Albany interests 1850, abandoned 1859
Unknown New York NY     Brooklyn Union Ferry Co. Ferry 304   1836 To Canadian interests 1853
Unknown New York NY     New Jersey Pennsylvania RR Ferry 288   1836 Abandoned 1862
Unknown New York NY     Relief Union Ferry Co. Ferry 145   1836 To Albany interests 1842 as Nassau
Unknown New York NY     Jamaica Union Ferry Co. Ferry 73   1837 Sold 1849, abandoned 1868
Unknown New York NY     Fulton Union Ferry Co. Ferry 184   1839 Sold 18??, abandoned 1859
Unknown New York NY     Astoria Astoria Ferry Co. Ferry 102   1840 Abandoned 1865
Unknown New York NY     Newtown Williamsburg Ferries Ferry 12   1842 Abandoned 1876
Unknown New York NY     Suffolk Union Ferry Co. Ferry 266   1842 Barge 1846
Unknown New York NY     Washington Pennsylvania RR Ferry 117   1843 Abandoned 1868
Unknown New York NY     Union Union Ferry Co. Ferry 286   1844 To upstate interests 1861, burnt 1878
Unknown New York NY     Transit Union Ferry Co. Ferry 404   1847 Abandoned 1856
Unknown New York NY     Wyandank Union Ferry Co. Ferry 399   1847 To US Govt 1861, scrapped 1880
Unknown New York NY     Bedford Union Ferry Co. Ferry 425   1848 To Jersey Central RR 1862, barge 1866
Unknown New York NY     Oneida Williamsburg Ferries Ferry 313   1849 Abandoned 1876
Unknown New York NY     California Nassau Ferry Co. Ferry 262   1851 Abandoned 1878
Unknown New York NY     Iola Greenpoint Ferry Co. Ferry 248   1853 Scrapped 1866
Unknown New York NY     Nebraska Williamsburg Ferries Ferry 411   1854 Abandoned 1875
Unknown New York NY     Williamsburgh Astoria Ferry Co. Ferry 255   1856 Scrapped1873
Unknown New York NY     Kill Van Kull Central RR of NJ Ferry 1,463   1858 Burnt 1889
Unknown New York NY     Montague Union Ferry Co. Ferry 449   1859 To East River Ferry Co. 1868, abandoned 1877
Unknown New York NY     Pacific Union Ferry Co. Ferry 596   1859 Abandoned 1898
Unknown New York NY     Queens County Long Island RR Ferry 320   1859 Barge 1887
Unknown New York NY     Manhasset Union Ferry Co. Ferry 462   1860 To Norfolk interests 1874, abandoned 1900
Unknown New York NY     Roslyn Union Ferry Co. Ferry 462   1860 To Weehawken ferry o. 1871, abandoned 1888
Unknown New York NY     Huntington Long Island RR Ferry 552   1861 Previously USS Fort Henry, burnt 1868
Unknown New York NY     Superior Williamsburg Ferries Ferry 570   1862 To Norfolk interests 1900, burnt 1911
Unknown New York NY     Ravenswood Long Island RR Ferry 430   1867 To Florida interests 1886, burnt 1895
Unknown New York NY     Delaware Erie RR Ferry 935   1868 Later Sterlington, Suffern, abandoned 1925
Unknown Brooklyn NY     Olive Branch Union Ferry Co. Ferry 159   1836 Sold 1852, abandoned 1858
Unknown Brooklyn NY     Manhattan Union Ferry Co. Ferry 326   1849 To Philadelpha interests 1863, to US Govt 1864, barge 1867
Unknown Brooklyn NY     Brooklyn Union Ferry Co. Ferry 427   1853 To Camden interests 1868, abandoned 1873
Unknown Brooklyn NY     D. S. Gregory Pennsylvania RR Ferry 578   1853 Abandoned 1890
Unknown Brooklyn NY     Exchange Union Ferry Co. Ferry 438   1853 Sold 1857, abandoned 1858
Unknown Brooklyn NY     Nassau Union Ferry Co. Ferry 504   1854 Barge 1888
Unknown Brooklyn NY     George Law Williamsburg Ferries Ferry 414   1856 To Camden interests 1888, burnt 1901
Unknown Brooklyn NY     America Union Ferry Co. Ferry 650   1857 To US Govt 1863 as Commodore Read, to Maryland interests 1865 as State of Marland, wrecked 1876
Unknown Brooklyn NY     Bergen Point Port Richmond Ferry Co. Ferry 106   1857 Abandoned 1874
Unknown Brooklyn NY     Warren Williamsburg Ferries Ferry 480   1859 To Staten Island Railway 1896, scrapped 1908
Unknown Brooklyn NY     Lark Port Richmond Ferry Co. Ferry 305   1860 Abandoned 1905
Unknown Brooklyn NY     Peconic Union Ferry Co. Ferry 506   1860 To Camden interests 18??, abandoned 1897
Unknown Brooklyn NY     Nuestra Senora De Regla   Ferry 376   1861  
Unknown Brooklyn NY     Hamilton Union Ferry Co. Ferry 584   1862 Abandoned 1918
Unknown Brooklyn NY     Monticello Union Ferry Co. Ferry 538   1862 To City of New York 1922 as Shinnecock, abandoned 1928
Unknown Brooklyn NY     Somerset Union Ferry Co. Ferry 538   1862 To US Govt 1862, returned 1864, abandoned 1914
Unknown Brooklyn NY     New York Union Ferry Co. Ferry 642   1863 Barge 1917
Unknown Brooklyn NY     Arizona Williamsburg Ferries Ferry 496   1864 Barge 1898
Unknown Brooklyn NY     Idaho Williamsburg Ferries Ferry 496   1864 Lost 1895
Unknown Brooklyn NY     Middletown Staten Island R. T. Ferry 641   1864 To City of New York 1906, abandoned 1912
Unknown Brooklyn NY     Columbia Union Ferry Co. Ferry 586   1867 To City of New York 1922, abandoned 1927
Unknown Brooklyn NY     Hudson City Pennsylvania RR Ferry 1,008   1867 To LIRR 1904, abandoned 1913
Unknown Brooklyn NY     Mineola Union Ferry Co. Ferry 620   1868 To City of New York 1922, abandoned 1926
Unknown Brooklyn NY     Alaska Williamsburg Ferries Ferry 730   1872 Deleted 1912
Unknown Brooklyn NY     Montana Williamsburg Ferries Ferry 734   1872 Deleted 1908
Unknown Brooklyn NY     Fanwood Central RR Co of New Jersey Ferry 1,092   1876 Burnt at Wycocomagh NS 1922
Unknown Brooklyn NY     Dakota Williamsburg Ferries Ferry 553   1880 Deleted 1915
Unknown Brooklyn NY     Brooklyn   Ferry 930   1885 Later Irvington 1926, scrapped 1936
Unknown Brooklyn NY     Colonia   Ferry 200   1902  
Unknown Greenpoint NY     Eagle Union Ferry Co. Ferry 392   1852 To Williamsburg Ferries 1859, to US Govt 1861, to Maryland interests 1865 as Baltimore, sank 1866
Unknown Greenpoint NY     Metropolis Union Ferry Co. Ferry 433   1852 To Boston interests 1865, barge 1875
Unknown Greenpoint NY     Clinton Union Ferry Co. Ferry 586   1862 To US Army 1917 as GEN John Simpson, Clinton 1922, abandoned 1931
Unknown Greenpoint NY     Baltic Union Ferry Co. Ferry 642   1863 Barge 1917
Unknown Greenpoint NY     Republic Union Ferry Co. Ferry 539   1863 Abandoned 1918
Unknown Greenpoint NY     Nevada Williamsburg Ferries Ferry 666   1870 Deleted 1912
Unknown Greenpoint NY     North Side Greenpoint Ferry Co. Ferry 567   1871 Later Kentucky, deleted 1913
Unknown Greenpoint NY     Astoria Astoria Ferry Co. Ferry 305   1872 To Port Richmond & Bergen Point Ferry Co. 1891, scrapped 1917
Unknown Tompkins Cove NY     Annex Pennsylvania Annex Ferry 529   1895 To Virginia interests 1911 as Warwick, abandoned 1920