William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Company was a major shipbuilder with a very distinguished but also very uneven history, going back to the 1820s. It was bought by Averell Harriman's American Ship & Commerce Corporation in 1919 and closed in 1927. The yard stretched from Norris Street to Lehigh Avenue, on nearly a quarter of a mile of water-front and over 30 acres. It was revived for the WWII effort, with the encouragement of the Navy, which provided $22mm toward the cost, but with only limited success. Cramp Shipbuilding closed permanently after the war ended. See the site from the air on Google here. If anyone can add to the table below, please send your info to timcolton@aol.com
Hull # O.N. Original Name Original Owner Vessel Type Tons Delivery Disposition Elizabeth Sloop 1826 Sampson Tug 1846 Aspinwall Tug 1847 War Eagle Pungy 1848 Lehigh Tug 153 1849 Caroline Passenger 1849 35 Albatross Passenger 661 1851 Stilwell S. Bishop Clipper 1851 56 Mount Savage Collier 452 1853 57 Locust Point Cargo Ship 462 1853 58 General Armero Passenger 335 1852 59 Carolina Passenger 550 1853 60 Polynesian Passenger 475 1853 61 Underwriter Tug 433 1854 62 Liberatador Gunboat 355 1859 67 Morning Light Clipper 1853 68 Chamberlin Clipper 1855 71 Bridgewater Clipper 1853 72 Manitou Bishop, Simons Clipper 1,401 1855 75 John Trucks Clipper 1855 85 Alphonso Passenger 575 1857 86 Cardenas Passenger 575 1857 87 Comanditaus Passenger 563 1858 88 Maisi Passenger 895 1859 92 Mobile Passenger 282 1860 93 Carolina No. 2 Passenger 559 1861 107 Bahia Honda Cargo Ship 450 1862 108 BB New Ironsides US Navy Battleship 4,120 21-Aug-62 Burned 1866 110 John Rice Passenger 782 1862 111 Tonawanda Passenger 782 1863 112 Thomas A. Scott Passenger 1,052 1863 113 PG Wyalusing US Navy Gunboat 1,173 8-Feb-64 Scrapped 1867 PG Havana Gunboat 1,400 1863 118 Charles Thomas Passenger 1,155 Jan-64 119 PG Yazoo US Navy Gunboat 1,175 15-Dec-65 Tartar 1869, Yazoo 1869, scrapped 1874 121 Governor Chase Passenger 750 Feb-64 126 C Chattanooga US Navy Cruiser 3,043 16-May-66 Foundered League Island 1871 and sold 128 Ibiapaba 131 E. C. Knight Passenger 421 1864 132 John Gibson Passenger 444 1864 134 Tonawanda No. 2 Passenger 844 1863 135 Emily/Stanton US Army Cargo Ship 311 1864 136 Welles US Army Cargo Ship 335 1864 137 Porter US Army Cargo Ship 280 1864 138 Foote US Army Cargo Ship 319 1864 142 Moneka Passenger 549 1865 143 Agnes Passenger 448 1865 Shackamaxon Ferry 393 1866 Completed by Neafie & Levy William H. Aspinwall Tug 202 1866 Abandoned 1888 147 City Ice Boat No. 1 Icebreaker 325 1866 Bruce Tug 118 1867 Abandoned 1925 153 City Ice Boat No. 2 Icebreaker 458 1867 Abandoned 1955 2735 Burlington Cargo Ship 814 1869 To USN as Burlington, returned to owner Laura 24 1869 Minnie 20 1869 158 Ailanthus US Coast Guard Tender 295 1869 159 Bessie Morris Schooner 1869 160 Clyde Clyde Line Cargo Ship 1,182 Jul-70 161 Verbena US Coast Guard Tender 294 1870 Georgia 1,643 1870 Bristol Passenger 152 1871 Edith 24 1871 Emily 25 1871 Mary Cargo Ship 861 1873 179 85189 George W. Clyde NY San Dom. Line Cargo Ship 1,849 Jan-73 180 20428 Pennsylvania American Line Psgr/Cargo 3,104 May-73 181 Ohio American Line Psgr/Cargo 3,392 Jul-73 182 Indiana American Line Psgr/Cargo 3,335 Oct-73 183 Illinois American Line Psgr/Cargo 3,126 Jan-74 184 Columbus Psgr/Cargo 1,583 Sep-73 185 Crescent City Passenger 1873 186 Reading Phila. & Reading RR Collier 1,283 Nov-73 187 Harrisburg Phila. & Reading RR Collier 1,283 Mar-74 Barge 1906, scrapped 1924 188 Lancaster Phila. & Reading RR Collier 1,204 Jun-74 Barge 1907 189 Williamsport Phila. & Reading RR Collier 1,283 Sep-74 In collision and sank off Pollock Rip 1902 190 Allentown Phila. & Reading RR Collier 1,285 Oct-74 Foundered off Cohasset 1888 191 Pottsville Phila. & Reading RR Collier 1,204 Nov-74 Barge 1904 192 South Carolina 1874 193 145042 Transport Ferry 318 1874 194 Stephens Tug 1874 195 BM 4 Terror US Navy Monitor 3,990 15-Apr-96 Sold 1921 196 Colonel Thomas A. Scott Psgr/Cargo 164 1874 197 Saint Paul Alaskan Fur Co Cargo Ship 889 Aug-75 Wrecked near Point Punos LH 1895 198 80636 William Cramp Tug 56 1877 199 150132 Pioneer Tug 161 1878 200 Russia Europe Russian Navy Cruiser 3,170 1878 Yaroslavl 1885, Jaroslaw 1890, Evropa 1895, Europa 1918, scuttled 1918 201 3079 Blanche Tug 94 1878 202 115645 State of California Pacific Coast SS Co. Passenger 2,266 Mar-79 Wrecked Gambier Bay AK 1913 203 Russia Zabiaca Russian Navy Cruiser 668 1879 204 Russia Asia Russian Navy Corvette 2,490 1897 205 Russia Africa Russian Navy Corvette 2,852 1879 206 Barcelona 1879 207 125768 Chalmette Morgan Line Psgr/Cargo 2,983 Oct-79 Scrapped 1924 208 85607 Gratitude Riverboat 214 Feb-80 209 Confidence Tug 85 1880 210 Josephine N. B. Shoe Schooner 366 Jun-80 Barge 1911 211 Corsair C. J. Osborn Yacht 247 Jul-80 212 Stranger George Osgood Yacht 247 Jul-80 To USN 1898, to Louisiana Naval Militia 1898, sank 1915 213 Cancelled 214 Cancelled 215 Arthur Lighter 1880 216 80884 Wilmington Passenger 161 Mar-82 Later Pinellas, to USN 1942 as Seabrook (YFB 38), returned to owner 1946 217 Scow 1881 218 Caracas Red D Line Psgr/Cargo 1,589 1881 Wrecked Yaquina Bay 1888 219 125903 Cetus Iron Steamboat Co Passenger 847 1881 Later Reliance 1933, scrapped 1936 220 150214 Pegasus Iron Steamboat Co Passenger 848 1881 Later America 1933, scrapped 1935 221 150213 Perseus Iron Steamboat Co Passenger 848 1881 Later Columbia 1933, scrapped 1935 222 145253 Taurus Iron Steamboat Co Passenger 917 1881 Later Commodore 1933, scrapped 1936 223 106019 Alleghany Merchants & Miners Psgr/Cargo 2,014 1881 Later Copan 1916, scrapped 1937 224 3175 Berkshire Merchants & Miners Psgr/Cargo 2,014 1881 Later Luxor 1925, scrapped 1926 225 125979 City of Puebla Psgr/Cargo 2,624 1881 Scrapped 1923 226 227 20587 Queen of the Pacific Oregon Ry. & Nav. Psgr/Cargo 2,728 1882 Later Queen 1890, scrapped 1935 228 Valencia Red D Line Psgr/Cargo 1,598 1882 Wrecked off Cloose CA 1906 229 Caisson 1881 230 Tacoma Central Pacific Rwy. Psgr/Cargo 3,119 1882 Wrecked near Umpqua River 1883 231 San Pedro Central Pacific Rwy. Cargo Ship 3,119 1882 Wrecked off Victoria BC 1891 232 George W. Pride, Jr. Tug 177 1883 To USN 1898 as Vigilant (YT 25), sold 1928 233 91554 Mariposa Oceanic SS Co. Psgr/Cargo 3,158 Apr-83 Wrecked in Sumner Strait AK 1917 234 106184 Alameda Oceanic SS Co. Psgr/Cargo 3,158 1883 Burnt 1931 235 Atalanta Jay Gould Yacht 509 Jun-83 236 161157 Kinau Wilder SS Co. Psgr/Cargo 993 1883 Wrecked in the Pasig River 1941 237 95771 Hinton Tug 90 1883 238 100340 Ivanhoe 94 1883 239 San Pablo Central Pacific Rwy. Cargo Ship 3,119 1883 Wrecked between Yokohama and Hong Kong 1888 240 95803 H. F. Dimock Metropolitan Line Cargo Ship 2,626 1884 Scrapped 1931 241 136692 Eureka Morgan Line Cargo Ship 3,531 Aug-84 In collision and sank 1888 242 135800 El Paso Morgan Line Psgr/Cargo 3,531 1884 Scrapped 1924 243 135814 El Dorado Morgan Line Psgr/Cargo 3,531 1884 Missing between Cape Hatteras and Galveston 1913 244 110655 Relief Tug 204 1884 245 150344 Philadelphia Red D Line Psgr/Cargo 2,099 Feb-85 Scrapped 1925 246 150371 Peerless Charles W. Harkness Yacht 228 1885 247 91818 Mascotte Plant Line Psgr/Cargo 884 1885 Abandoned 1929 248 John King Erie RR Ferry 1,057 1886 Later Patterson 1898, in collision and sank in North River NY 1906 249 135897 El Monte Morgan Line Cargo Ship 3,531 Aug-86 Wrecked off Le Havre 1924 250 126391 Cherokee Clyde Line Psgr/Cargo 2,557 Nov-86 Later Tampa 1923, Western Wave 1930, Texan 1932, scrapped 1939 251 116132 Seminole Clyde Line Psgr/Cargo 2,557 1886 Wrecked Yuma Bay 1915 252 95903 Herman Winter Metropolitan Line Cargo Ship 2,626 1886 Wrecked 1944 253 155138 Olivette Plant Line Psgr/Cargo 1,678 1887 Wrecked off Havana 1918 254 C 3 Baltimore US Navy Cruiser 4,413 7-Jan-90 Later CM 1, scuttled off Pearl Harbor 1944 255 PG 1 Yorktown US Navy Gunboat 1,700 23-Apr-89 Scrapped 1921 256 CD Vesuvius US Navy Cruiser 930 7-Jun-90 Scrapped 1922 257 C 4 Philadelphia US Navy Cruiser 4,324 28-Jul-90 Later IX 24, scrapped 1927 258 C 1 Newark US Navy Cruiser 4,083 2-Feb-91 Scrapped 1926 259 92022 Monmouth Central RR of NJ Passenger 1,440 Jul-88 Scrapped 1944 260 100438 Iroquois Clyde Line Psgr/Cargo 2,944 Dec-88 Scrapped 1926 261 136064 El Mar Morgan Line Cargo Ship 3,531 Aug-89 Scrapped 1924 262 126576 Caracas Psgr/Cargo 2,584 Sep-89 Scrapped 1926 263 Venezuela Red D Line Psgr/Cargo 2,843 Dec-89 To USN 1898 as Panther, converted 1917 to AD 5, scrapped 1923 264 96039 H. M. Whitney Metropolitan Line Cargo Ship 2,707 Jun-90 Sank while under tow off Horta 1928 265 136138 Essex Merchants & Miners Psgr/Cargo 2,531 Aug-90 Wrecked Block I. 1941 266 106774 Algonquin Clyde Line Passenger 2,833 Sep-90 Scrapped 1924 267 El Sol Morgan Line Cargo Ship 4,523 Oct-90 To USN 1898 as Prairie, converted 1917 to AD 6, scrapped 1923 268 ACR 2 New York US Navy Cruiser 8,150 1-Aug-93 Later Saratoga (CA 2) 1911, Rochester 1917, scuttled in Subic Bay 1941 269 C 12 Columbia US Navy Cruiser 7,375 23-Apr-94 Later CA 16, scrapped 1922 270 BB 1 Indiana US Navy Battleship 10,288 20-Nov-95 Sunk as target 1920 271 BB 2 Massachusetts US Navy Battleship 10,288 10-Jun-96 Sunk as target 1921 272 YD 1 Atlas US Navy Derrick Barge 1892 Burnt 1937 273 C 13 Minneapolis US Navy Cruiser 7,375 13-Dec-94 Later CA 17, scrapped 1921 274 Columbia J. H. Ladew Yacht 780 Feb-94 Later Wasp 1898, Columbia 1926, abandoned 1935 275 ACR 3 Brooklyn US Navy Cruiser 9,215 1-Dec-96 Later CA 3, scrapped 1921 276 BB 4 Iowa US Navy Battleship 11,410 15-Jun-97 Later IX 6, sunk as target 1923 277 116669 St. Louis International Nav. Passenger 11,629 May-95 To USN 1898 as SP 1644, Louisville 1918, St. Louis 1919, burnt 1920 278 116693 St. Paul International Nav. Passenger 11,629 Oct-95 To USN 1898 as SP 1643, Knoxville, scrapped 1923 279 Cancelled 280 Cancelled 281 Cancelled 282 Lebanon Phila. & Reading RR Collier 1,486 Oct-94 Later Taboga 1922, Homestead 1926, foundered in Humber Arm NL 1932 283 127111 Comanche Clyde Line Passenger 3,202 Nov-95 Burnt Mayport 1925 284 Thespia J. H. Ladew Yacht 311 Apr-96 285 127113 Curacao Atlantic & Carib. S.N. Psgr/Cargo 1,503 Dec-96 Later Hellenic Skipper 1940, burnt off Astoria OR 1940 286 145710 Tamaqua Phila. & Reading RR Tug 564 Jan-96 Later Brooklyn 1942, to US Army 1942 as LT 232, deleted 1948 287 107216 Atlanta Southern Rlwy Co Passenger 2,094 May-96 Later Cambridge 1919, wrecked off Sao Luiz de Maranhao 1950 288 WPG 3 Hugh McCulloch US Coast Guard Cutter 1,280 12-Dec-97 Sank 1917 289 150741 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania RR Ferry 1,273 Oct-96 To Delaware River interests 1939, scrapped 1952 290 BB 8 Alabama US Navy Battleship 11,565 16-Oct-00 Sunk as target 1921 291 Japan Kasagi Japanese Navy Cruiser 4,900 Dec-98 Wrecked in Tsugaru Strait 1916 292 92830 Miami Plant Line Passenger 1,741 Dec-97 Later Steel Pier 1932, scrapped 1949 293 Dorothea T. McKean Yacht 420 Dec-98 Abandoned 1926 294 96435 Havana NY & Cuba Mail Passenger 5,667 Jan-99 Later Panama 1905, Aleutian 1926, wrecked Uyak Bay, Amook Is, 1929 295 92936 Mexico NY & Cuba Mail Psgr/Cargo 5,667 Jun-99 Later Colon 1906, Yukon 1923, wrecked Johnstone Bay 1946 296 107417 Admiral Dewey American Mail S.S.Co Psgr/Cargo 2,104 Oct-98 Scrapped 1935 297 107419 Admiral Sampson American Mail S.S.Co Psgr/Cargo 2,104 Nov-98 In collision off Seattle and sank 1914 298 107423 Admiral Schley American Mail S.S.Co Psgr/Cargo 2,104 Dec-98 Scrapped 1935 299 107425 Admiral Farragut American Mail S.S.Co Psgr/Cargo 2,104 Dec-98 Scrapped 1935 300 Russia Retvizan Russian Navy Battleship 12,700 Dec-01 Later Hizen 1905, sunk as target 1924 301 Russia Varyag Russian Navy Cruiser 6,500 Jul-00 Later Soya 1905, Varyag 1916, wrecked under tow off Scotland 1920 302 BB 10 Maine US Navy Battleship 12,500 29-Dec-02 Scrapped 1922 303 93055 Morro Castle NY & Cuba Mail Passenger 6,004 Oct-00 Scrapped 1926 304 116996 Sierra Oceanic S.S.Co Passenger 5,989 Oct-00 Later Gdansk 1821, Sierra 1824, scrapped 1934 305 117009 Sonoma Oceanic S.S.Co Passenger 6,253 Nov-00 Scrapped 1934 306 161871 Ventura Oceanic S.S.Co Passenger 6,253 Dec-00 Scrapped 1934 307 Pontoon 1901 308 Caisson 1901 309 136870 Esperanza NY & Cuba Mail Passenger 4,702 May-01 Wrecked Tampico 1925 310 93132 Monterey NY & Cuba Mail Passenger 4,702 Jun-01 Scrapped 1931 311 Kroonland Intl Merc. Marine Passenger 12,760 Jun-02 Scrapped 1927 312 Finland Intl Merc. Marine Passenger 12,760 Sep-02 Scrapped 1928 313 107652 Apache Clyde Line Passenger 3,378 Jun-01 Scrapped 1928 314 107665 Arapahoe Clyde Line Passenger 3,378 Jul-01 Scrapped 1928 315 Turkey Medjidiye Ottoman Navy Cruiser 3,300 Mar-04 316 ACR 7 Colorado US Navy Cruiser 13,680 19-Jan-05 Later Pueblo (CA 7) 1917, scrapped 1931 317 ACR 4 Nebraska/Pennsylvania US Navy Cruiser 13,680 9-Mar-05 Later Pittsburgh (CA 4) 1912, scrapped 1931 318 127743 Col. E. L. Drake Standard Oil of NY Tanker 4,205 Apr-03 Scrapped 1926 319 96658 Huron Clyde Line Cargo Ship 2,949 Dec-02 Scrapped 1931 320 107848 Asbury Park Central RR Ferry 2,128 May-03 City of Sacramento 1919, Kahloke 1953, Langdale Queen 1963, Lady Grace 1976, sank 2008 321 Kiowa Clyde Line Cargo Ship 2,949 Jun-03 In collision off Boston Light and sank 1903 322 CA 10 Tennessee US Navy Cruiser 14,500 17-Jul-06 Later Memphis (CA 10) 1915, wrecked off Santo Domingo 1916 323 200527 M. S. Quay State of Pennsylvania Tug 133 Feb-04 324 200761 Transfer No. 16 NY, NH & Hford RR Tug 268 Apr-04 NLD 325 200799 Transfer No. 17 NY, NH & Hford RR Tug 268 Apr-04 NLD 326 200844 Transfer No. 18 NY, NH & Hford RR Tug 268 Apr-04 NLD 327 BB 23 Mississippi US Navy Battleship 13,000 1-Feb-08 To Greece 1914 as Kilkis, sunk by German aircraft 1941 328 BB 24 Idaho US Navy Battleship 13,000 1-Apr-08 To Greece 1914 as Lemnos, sunk by German aircraft 1941 329 201311 Mohican Clyde Line Cargo Ship 2,255 Sep-04 Burnt off NE Florida 1925 330 201920 Chippewa Clyde Line Cargo Ship 2,696 May-05 Scrapped 1928 331 201970 Onondaga Clyde Line Cargo Ship 2,696 Jun-05 Wrecked off Watch Hill RI 1918 332 202864 Merida NY & Cuba Mail Psgr/Cargo 6,207 Apr-06 In collision off Cape Charles and sank 1911 333 202800 John Weaver City of Philadelphia Icebreaker 1,769 Mar-06 Scrapped 1953 334 Cancelled 335 203116 Mexico NY & Cuba Mail Psgr/Cargo 6,207 May-06 Later Aleutian 1930, Tradewind 1955, scrapped 1956 336 202631 Transfer No. 19 NY, NH & Hford RR Tug 270 Nov-05 NLD 337 202634 Transfer No. 20 NY, NH & Hford RR Tug 270 Dec-05 NLD 338 203681 Momus Southern Pacific Co Psgr/Cargo 6,878 Nov-06 Scrapped 1935 339 204018 Antilles Southern Pacific Co Psgr/Cargo 6,878 Apr-07 Torpedoed and lost 1917 340 203791 Havana NY & Cuba Mail Psgr/Cargo 6,391 Jan-07 To USN 1917 as Comfort (AH 3), Havana 1927, Yucatan 1935, Agwileon 1941, Shamrock 1943, scrapped 1947 341 204160 Saratoga NY & Cuba Mail Psgr/Cargo 6,391 Jun-07 To USN 1917 as Mercy (AH 4), sold 1925, scrapped 1939 342 204012 Massachusetts New England Nav Co Psgr/Cargo 4,029 Apr-07 To USN 1917 as Shawmut (CM 4), later Oglala 1928, scrapped 1965 343 204264 Bunker Hill New England Nav Co Psgr/Cargo 4,029 Jun-07 To USN 1917 as Aroostock (CM 3), scrapped 1947 344 204528 Old Colony New England Nav Co Psgr/Cargo 4,029 Sep-07 Scrapped 1922 345 203425 Katahdin Clyde Line Cargo Ship 2,696 Sep-06 Scrapped 1928 346 BB 26 South Carolina US Navy Battleship 16,000 1-Mar-10 Scrapped 1924 347 YD 11 Hercules US Navy Derrick Barge 324 Sold 1949 348 205149 Commonwealth New England Nav Co Passenger 5,980 May-08 Scrapped 1938 349 205729 Mohawk Clyde Line Psgr/Cargo 4,623 Nov-08 350 DD 17 Smith US Navy Destroyer 700 26-Nov-09 Scrapped 1921 351 DD 18 Lamson US Navy Destroyer 700 10-Feb-10 Scrapped 1919 352 DD 30 Warrington US Navy Destroyer 742 20-Mar-11 Scrapped 1935 353 DD 31 Myrant US Navy Destroyer 742 12-Jul-11 Scrapped 1935 354 SS 26 Thrasher (G-4) US Navy Submarine 360 22-Jan-14 Scrapped 1920 355 AC 4 Cyclops US Navy Collier 19,360 7-Nov-10 Disappeared 1918 356 Dump Barge 1909 357 Dump Barge 1909 358 Dump Barge 1909 359 Dump Barge 1909