EASTERN SHORE SHIPBUILDINGSharptown MD |
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Most recent update: August 31, 2021. |
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The shipyard that came to be known as Sharptown Marine Railway was originally established by Matthew Marine in or around 1818 and was primarily a maintenance facility, shifting to new construction, only after the Civil War. It failed just before World War One and, after a very brief spell as White Shipbuilding, was restructured as Eastern Shore Shipbuilding, building harbor tugs. Unfortunately, it had no success in this market and closed after the war. The yard was at the foot of Railway Street, where Cope Bennett Park is now: see the site from the air on Google here. Its record is not well documented and a bit confusing, especially with regard to the wartime output: if anyone can add to or otherwise improve the table below, please send your info to timcolton@aol.com |
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Hull # | O.N. | Original Name | Original Owner | Type | Tons | Ft. | Delivery | Disposition |
Built by Sharptown Marine Railway | ||||||||
106222 | Alice Horner | Schooner | 18 | 45 | 1883 | |||
76764 | John Q. Ferguson | Schooner | 129 | 105 | 1888 | Later Virginia | ||
161006 | Katie Allmond | Schooner | 43 | 66 | 1890 | |||
126732 | Charles L. Rohde | Schooner | 215 | 125 | 1891 | |||
3699 | Bessie May | Freighter | 9 | 41 | 1896 | |||
77514 | J. W. Knowles | Schooner | 57 | 83 | 1901 | |||
Dora | Schooner | 177 | 1903 | |||||
201078 | Nettie M | Freighter | 9 | 41 | 1904 | |||
201918 | Alice P. Turner | Schooner | 192 | 127 | 1905 | |||
203157 | Annapolis | Schooner | 466 | 180 | 1906 | Later Pittston | ||
166280 | Louise O. Crane | Barge | 392 | 1906 | ||||
204036 | Albert W. Robinson | Schooner | 498 | 163 | 1907 | |||
204802 | Severn | Schooner | 780 | 206 | 1907 | |||
205443 | T. J. Hooper | Schooner | 722 | 204 | 1908 | |||
205800 | Nantocoke | Schooner | 771 | 204 | 1908 | |||
206175 | Richmond | Schooner | 288 | 135 | 1909 | |||
206181 | Idyl Wilde | Yacht | 16 | 57 | 1909 | Later Mayme | ||
207312 | Anna R. Hildritter | Schooner | 694 | 185 | 1910 | |||
207735 | Mingarell | Yacht | 13 | 41 | 1910 | Later Elviro | ||
Built by White Shipbuilding | ||||||||
215687 | Purnell T. White | Schooner | 751 | 184 | 1917 | Hulked 1934 | ||
Built by Eastern Shore Shipbuilding | ||||||||
217629 | William M. Mills | William M. Mills | Tug | 207 | 103 | 1919 | Later D. F. McAllister, NLD 1940 | |
217663 | James Dougherty | Erie Basin Towing | Tug | 263 | 121 | 1919 | Abandoned 1941 | |
218875 | Harry G. Lytle | Erie Basin Towing | Tug | 266 | 121 | 1919 | Abandoned 1941 | |
219315 | John Fay | Todd Shipyards | Harbor Tug | 99 | 80 | 1919 | ||
219316 | John E. Dealy | Todd Shipyards | Harbor Tug | 99 | 80 | 1919 | ||
219318 | Anandale | Anandale Corp. | Schooner | 1,630 | 227 | 1919 | ||
Anandale Corp. | Schooner | 1,630 | 227 | No record: cancelled ? | ||||
Anandale Corp. | Schooner | 1,630 | 227 | No record: cancelled ? | ||||
221596 | Vulcan I | Harbor Tug | 173 | 94 | 1919 | Later Seneca, Catherine McAllister, NLD 1960 | ||
221597 | Vulcan II | Harbor Tug | 173 | 94 | 1919 | Later Lafayette, St. Martin, scrapped 1956 | ||
222450 | Harbor Tug No. 57 | U.S. Navy | Harbor Tug | 99 | 80 | 1919 | Later YT 57, sold 1922 as Penn Manor, later Ralph E. Matton | |
223239 | U.S.S.N.Y. 58 | New York State | Harbor Tug | 99 | 80 | 1919 | Later USCGC Chenango, sold as Chesapeake, scrapped 1955 | |
Harbor Tug | Cancelled | |||||||
Harbor Tug | Cancelled |