OTHER PRE-WWI SHIPBUILDERS

ON THE ATLANTIC COAST SOUTH OF NEW YORK

Most recent update: May 3, 2016.
This table attempts to cover those other shipbuilders located on the Atlantic Coast south of New York 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 LDT Feet Built Disposition
New Jersey
American Dredging Camden NJ     L. Y. Schermerhorn   Tug 174   1903   
Bailey & Co., E. H. Camden, NJ     Hay De   Tug     1887  
Camden SB Camden NJ     Georgia   Tug     1895  
Hillman, B.G. Camden NJ     Fortuna   Cargo Ship 374   1880 Later Huracan 1900, deleted 1929
Hillman, B.G. Camden NJ     Ethel   Cargo Ship 570   1883 Later Dessalines 1883, deleted 1909
Hillman, B.G. Camden NJ     Nantucket   Passenger 629   1886 Later Point Comfort 1915, wrecked Esopus I 1919
Perth Amboy SB Perth Amboy NJ     Elm City Long Island Nav Co Cargo Ship 379   1910 Later Mohican 1917, burnt Alexandretta 1919
Quigley, Davis & Dorp Camden NJ     Bryn Mawr Peter Wright & Sons Tug     1903  
Tucker, B. Cramer Hill NJ     Blue Bell   Tug 179   1904  
Tucker, B. Cramer Hill NJ     Salutation McWilliams Blue Line Tug 184   1907  
Stevens, Francis B. Hoboken NJ     Blue Bonnet   169   1870  
Stevens, Francis B. Hoboken NJ     Red Jacket     149   1870  
Stevens, Francis B. Hoboken NJ     Raritan   Steamer 175   1871  
Stevens, Francis B. Hoboken NJ     Renova     194   1875  
Stuart, John Hoboken NJ     Morristown Hoboken Ferry Co. Ferry 682   1865 Abandoned 1898
Stuart, John Hoboken NJ     James Rumsey Hoboken Ferry Co. Ferry 671   1867 Scrapped 1907
Stuart, John Hoboken NJ     Hackensack Hoboken Ferry Co. Ferry 917   1871 Deleted 1912
Stuart, John Hoboken NJ     Moonachie Hoboken Ferry Co. Ferry 810   1877 To NY & College Point Ferry Co. 1907 as Queens, burnt 1918
Unknown Bulls Ferry NJ     Richard Borden Providence & Newport SS Co Cargo Ship 892   1874 Later George Weems 1905, burnt off Frying Pan Shoals 1908
Unknown Camden NJ     Uno (ex-Juniper) US Revenue Service Cutter 116     Acquired from USN 1865, sold 1906
Unknown Cramer Hill NJ     Salutation   Tug 184   1907  
Unknown Elizabethport NJ     Evelyn   Tug 173   1914 Later Macuro, wrecked Puerto Cabello 1970
Unknown Hoboken NJ     Hoboken Hoboken Ferry Co. Ferry 207   1822 Abandoned1856
Unknown Hoboken NJ     Pioneer Hoboken Ferry Co. Ferry 143   1824 Abandoned 1860
Unknown Hoboken NJ     John Fitch Hoboken Ferry Co. Ferry 125   1845 Abandoned 1878
Unknown Hoboken NJ     Bushwick Astoria Ferry Co. Ferry 151   1848 Barge 1872
Unknown Hoboken NJ     James Rumsey Hoboken Ferry Co. Ferry 341   1851 Burnt 1853
Unknown Hoboken NJ     James Watt Hoboken Ferry Co. Ferry 372   1851 Burnt 1870
Unknown Hoboken NJ     Paterson Hoboken Ferry Co. Ferry 360   1854 Abandoned 1874
Unknown Hoboken NJ     Hoboken Hoboken Ferry Co. Ferry 530   1861 Lost 1862
Unknown Hoboken NJ     Hoboken Hoboken Ferry Co. Ferry 551   1864 Abandoned 1880
Unknown Hoboken NJ     Secaucus Hoboken Ferry Co. Ferry 971   1868 To Carteret Ferry Co. 1926, burnt 1935
Unknown Hoboken NJ     Wiehaeken Hoboken Ferry Co. Ferry 724   1868 To NY & College Point Ferry Co. 1887 as College Point, scrapped 1907
Unknown New Brunswick NJ     Whitehead US Navy Gunboat 136   1861 Burnt 1872
Pennsylvania
Baird & Huston Philadelphia PA     Pansy   Cargo Ship 302   1878   
Brown, Thomas Philadelphia PA     Salmon P. Chase  US Revenue Service Cutter 142   1878 To USPHS 1907
Chester Iron Works Chester PA     Manhattan U.S. Coast Guard Tug 147   1873  
Chester Rolling Mills Chester PA     Pioneer     43   1885  
Chester Rolling Mills Chester PA     Nearia   Yacht 141   1887  
Chester Rolling Mills Chester PA     Restless   Yacht 88   1887  
Chester Rolling Mills Chester PA     Climax     46   1888  
Clinton Philadelphia PA     Motor Barge No. 30   Tanker 326   1919 Later Poling Bros. No. 6 1931, Michael V. McKay 1960, deleted 1968
Clinton Philadelphia PA     Motor Barge No. 31   Tanker 326   1919 Scrapped 1981
Houston & Woodbridge Linwood PA     Winter Quarter Shoal U.S. Lighthouse Service LV 45 401   1887 Sold 1927
Houston & Woodbridge Linwood PA     Cape Charles U.S. Lighthouse Service LV 46 401   1887 Sold 1923
Penna RR Company PA     Jessie     118   1872  
Penna RR Company PA     Overbrook     179   1894  
Pioneer Iron Works Marcus Hook PA     Frey-ja   Yacht 78   1881  
Pioneer Iron Works Marcus Hook PA     Joanna   Yacht 143   1881  
Widener, Chas. Chester PA     Manhattan US Revenue Service Cutter 147   1873 Later Arundel, sold 1928
Unknown Kensington PA     Victoria US Navy Gunboat 254   1866 Sold 1875
Delaware
Davidson C.C. Milton DE     Martha E. McCabe Bowen & Williams Cargo Ship 357   1888 Deleted 1899
Moore Sons Wilmington DE     Albemarle Old Dominion S.S. Co Cargo Ship 509   1891 Later Nicholas 1920, foundered Cape Tuzla 1920
Unknown Wilmington DE     Reliance Edwards Dredging Co Tug 784   1887 Later Gedney 1893, scrapped 1930
Maryland
Brewster Bros. Baltimore MD     Pocomoke U.S. Navy Tug     1902 To USN 1917 as YT 43, returned to owner 1918
Clark, J. Baltimore MD     Alsenborn NY & Baltimore Tptn Line Cargo Ship 508   1888 Scrapped 1910
Clark, J. Baltimore MD     Princess   Cargo Ship 151   1906  
Johnson, A. R. Fort Howard MD     Maggie Duncan J. Duncan Cargo Ship 535   1890 Later Mohawk 1906, wrecked Castle Hook NJ 1922
McCosker, T. Baltimore MD     Choptank   Passenger 346   1883 Scrapped 1924
McCosker, T. Baltimore MD     Nansemond Suffolk SB Co Cargo Ship 309   1887 In collision off Aruba 1895
McCosker, T. Baltimore MD     Peerless   Tug 102   1900  
McCosker, T. Baltimore MD     Defiance F. A. Egerton Tug 154   1903 Later Alexander, Timothy, W. H. McAllister
McCosker, T. Baltimore MD     Imperial   Tug 160   1904  
McCosker, T. Baltimore MD     Margaret   Cargo Ship 203   1904  
McCosker, T. Baltimore MD     Leader   Tug 106   1904  
McCosker, T. Baltimore MD     Sea King   Cargo Ship 150   1907  
Ramsey, H. A. Baltimore MD     James Guthrie US Revenue Service Tug 110   1882 Sold 1942
Ramsey, H. A. Baltimore MD     Zizania U.S. Lighthouse Service Tender 439   1888 Later Adario 1943, sold 1947
Tull, E.J. Pocomoke City MD     W. R. Rowe   Trawler (FV) 218   1901   
Tull, E.J. Pocomoke City MD     Helen Euphane   Trawler (FV) 168   1902   
Tull, E.J. Pocomoke City MD     John B. Hinton Seaboard Oil & Guano Co Trawler (FV) 309   1912 Later Suzann D 1920, Nicolazic 1921, Agnar 1925, foundered off Lindesnes 1928
Tull, E.J. Pocomoke City MD     Delaware   Trawler (FV) 246   1913   
Waite Baltimore MD     Chesapeake   Passenger 316   1884 Scrapped 1916
Unknown Baltimore MD     Blake U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Research 349   1874 Later George Weems 1905, burnt off Frying Pan Shoals 1908
Unknown Baltimore MD     Bush Bluff U.S. Lighthouse Service LV 97 87   1876 Sold 1920
Unknown Baltimore MD     No Name   LV 73 538   1901  
Unknown Baltimore MD     William S. Brusstar   Fishing 202   1902  
Unknown Baltimore MD     Sea King   Cargo 124   1902  
Unknown Baltimore MD     Magnolia U.S. Coast Guard WAGL 231 880   1904 Rammed and sunk 1945
Unknown Baltimore MD     Ivy U.S. Coast Guard WAGL 880   1904 Sold 1941
Unknown Baltimore MD     Wissahickon   Tug 137   1904  
Unknown Baltimore MD     San Pablo   Dredger 700   1916  
Unknown Baltimore MD     Absecon U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Dredge 603   1914 Later Macuro, wrecked Puerto Cabello 1970
Unknown Baltimore MD     Agassiz US Revenue Service Cutter 62     From Coast Survey 1861, returned 1865
District of Columbia
Unknown Washington DC     Beaufort   Cargo Ship 385   1883 Barge 1896, burnt at 152nd Street & East River, New York, 1932
Virginia
Colonna, C.J. Berkley VA     Chas. J. Colonna   Trawler (FV) 265   1904 Later A. Vernon McNeal
Petersburg Iron Works Petersburg VA     Cape Elizabeth U.S. Lighthouse Service LV 74 495   1902 Sold 1934
Smith & McCoy Norfolk VA     W. L. Messick Carters Creek Fish Guano Co Trawler 243   1911 Deleted 1962
Southern Tptn Norfolk VA     Liberty Southern Tptn Co Tug 324   1918 Scrapped 1955
Tredegar Iron Works Richmond VA     Polk U.S. Coast Guard Cutter 400   1844  
Tredegar Iron Works Richmond VA     Tredegar   Steamer 27   1867 Abandoned 1872
Tredegar Iron Works Richmond VA     Virginia   Steamer 27   1867 Abandoned 1938
Tredegar Iron Works Richmond VA     W. F. Taylor   Steamer 63   1867 Abandoned 1872
Unknown Norfolk VA     Rosedale   Passenger 938   1877 Discarded 1907
Unknown Weems VA     John T. Donohue   Cargo Ship 179   1912   
North Carolina
Liberty SB Wilmington NC     Cape Fear   Cargo Ship 2,795   1919 In collision and sank off Newport RI 1920
Reed, A. Fort Bragg NC     Sequoia J. S. Kimball Co Cargo Ship 411   1898 Wrecked near Humboldt Bar 1907
Unknown Wilmington NC     Governor Williams US Revenue Service Cutter       Acquired from USN 1802, lost 1806
South Carolina
Williams, H.T. Conway SC     Maggie B. G. Collins Passenger 321   1896 Burnt at Conway SC 1897
Unknown Charleston SC     John M. Cole   Passenger 318   1886 Later Irvington 1928, scrapped 1936
Georgia
Brunswick Marine Brunswick GA     Rassapeage East Coast Tptn Corp Cargo Ship 966   1917 Aux. schooner, burnt in Nipe Bay and scrapped
Brunswick Marine Brunswick GA     Nisseqogue East Coast Tptn Corp Cargo Ship 966   1917 Aux. schooner, Jean 1923, in collision Brigantine Shoals NJ, scrapped 1928
Liberty SB Brunswick GA     Atlantus   Cargo Ship 2,391   1919 Wrecked off Cape May 1926
Savannah Engr Savannah GA     Sherewog East Coast Tptn Co Cargo Ship 1,353   1917 Aux. schooner, barge 1925 
Savannah Engr Savannah GA     Verdun Govt of France Cargo Ship 1,353   1918 Aux. schooner, burnt Rouen 1920
Wilkinson Machine Savannah GA     Richmond Augusta-Savannah Nav Co Passenger 568   1915 Abandoned 1924
Florida
Baxter SY Jacksonville FL     George H.Barnes E. G. Potter Cargo Ship 1,611   1918 Aux. schooner, later Guildford D. Pendleton 1920, scrapped 1927
Bullock & Caldwell Milton FL     Irages   Cargo Ship 426   1919 Later Bastidas 1927, deleted 1931
De Cottes Jacksonville FL     Admiral Dewey   Tug 125   1898  
Hillyer-Sperring-Dunn Jacksonville FL     Baxley   Cargo Ship 2,551   1918 Scrapped 1923
Port Inglis Terminal Co. Yankeetown FL     Ralph Barker     229   1900  
Port Inglis Terminal Co. Yankeetown FL     Withlacoochee   Barge 93   1906  
Santa Rosa SB Milton FL     Ekstrand   Cargo Ship 459   1919 Wrecked near Larvik 1920
Santa Rosa SB Milton FL   Furustrand   Cargo Ship 454   1919 Aux. schooner, later Alatga 1923, deleted 1931
Other
Graham, H.S. San Juan PR.     Cerrito   Cargo Ship 490   1918   
Cameron, A. New Jerusalem OH     Music   Cargo Ship 320   1874 Burnt Onekama MI 1899
Gibbs & Co Galmpton     Chasna   Cargo Ship 202   1904   
Hawkes, R.P. Watertown     Watertown J.E.Cassidy Cargo Ship 300   1890 Burnt Boston 1892
Housatonic Stratford CT     Ganeri   Cargo Ship 2,551   1919 Scrapped 1922
Housatonic Stratford CT     Fairfield   Cargo Ship 2,551   1919 Wrecked Martha's Vineyard and scrapped 1921
Unknown East Rockaway NY     Anna E. Combes   Cargo Ship 138   1904   
Unknown       Lola Alegret & Co Cargo Ship 609   1877 Burnt at Perth Amboy 1906