THE DELAWARE RIVER IRON SHIPBUILDING & ENGINE WORKS

Chester PA

Most recent update: December 20, 2021.

A Philadelphia shipbuilder named Thomas Reaney left Reaney, Neafie & Levy in 1859 to start his own shipyard in Chester, called Reaney, Son & Archbold.  Over the next 11 years, he built 6 naval combatants, 20 cargo ships, 17 tugs and 8 smaller craft, an average of almost five boats a year.  He was undercapitalized, however and when he ran out of work in the slump that followed the Civil War, he was forced to sell the yard to a New York industrialist named John Roach, who renamed it The Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding & Engine Works, although it was widely known just as Roach's Shipyard and is often referred to as John Roach & Sons, although that was never the name of the shipyard but was the name of its parent company.  Roach was an Irish immigrant who had become a major manufacturer of marine engines, owning both Aetna Iron Works and Morgan Iron Works.  Roach invested heavily in big cranes, steam engines and state-of-the-art machinery, all of which were intended to lower the cost of building a ship and he started several other companies in the region which could supply the shipyard with most of its material.  Throughout the 1870s and into the 1880s, the shipyard was the largest, most modern and most productive in the U.S., but when John Roach died, the company declined and closed in 1908. 

In 1913, the idle shipyard was bought by a retired US Navy Captain named Charles Jack and reopened as Chester Shipbuilding Company.  The onset of World War I made the yard's size and potential capability very attractive, but Jack did not have the money needed to re-equip it and in 1917 he sold it to Averell Harriman's American Ship & Commerce Corporation, which renamed it Merchant Shipbuilding Company and set about turning it into a mass-production ship assembly facility, along the lines of the Hog Island yard in Philadelphia and the Submarine Boat yard in Newark NJ.  It is ironic that this approach to shipbuilding, so effective in both WWI and WWII, was quite the opposite of John Roach's approach.  In any case, the new owners soon decided that the Chester yard was not nearly as suitable for mass production as they had thought and they set up a wholly new yard upstream, in the Bristol section of Philadelphia.  The Chester yard continued in operation, however, closing for good in 1924. 

The shipyard occupied 23 acres along about 1,200 feet of Chester's industrial waterfront, stretching from Pennell Street to Fulton Street along West Front Street, just north of the present-day Commodore Barry bridge.  It had ten building berths and six wet berths, although there is no sign of any of them today.  After it closed in 1924, the site was redeveloped as a Ford assembly plant.  That plant closed in 1961 and the site has been idle ever since.  See the site from the air on Google here.  If anyone can fill any of the gaps in the table below, please e-mail me at timcolton@aol.com
Hull # O.N. Name Owner Type GT Feet Delivery Disposition

Built by Reaney, Son & Archbold (1857-1870)
1 23063 Starlight   Tug 74   1861  
2 na             Saw mill engines
3 21798 William B. Reaney Reaney, Son & Archbold Tug 104   1861  
4   Union   Tug 121   1861  
5 na             Engines only
6 292 American Eagle   Tug 63 75 1861 Later Erin
7 5001 Clyde Thomas Clyde Tug 96 70 1862  
8 na             Engines only
9   James J. Green   Barge     1862  
10   Paul Green   Barge     1862  
11   William Stroud   Barge     1862  
12 na           1862 Engines only
13 na           1862 Engines only
14 na           1862 Engines only
15 na           1862 Engines only
16 na           1862 Engines only
17 183 American Union   Tug 74   1862  
18   Caroline   Tug     1862  
19   Hope   Tug 111   1862  
20 na Conestoga/Sangamon U.S. Navy Monitor 1,875d 200 9-Feb-63 Later Jason 1869, scrapped 1904
21 na Lehigh U.S. Navy Monitor 1,875d 200 15-Apr-63 Scrapped 1904
22 na Wateree U.S. Navy Gunboat 974d 205 20-Jan-64  
23 na           1862 Engines only
24 na           1863 Engines only
25 na           1863 Engines only
26 na           1862 Engines only
27 na           1863 Engines only
28 21769 Rebecca Clyde Thomas Clyde Psgr./Cargo 446   1863  
29 11040 Helen Brook   Tug 26   1863  
30 na             Engines only
31 17115 Mayflower   Psgr./Cargo 164   1864  
32 na Tunxis U.S. Navy Ironclad 614d 209 12-Jul-64 Later Hydra 1869, Otsego 1869, scrapped 1874
33 na Suwanee U.S. Navy Gunboat 1,370d 255 23-Jan-65  
34 na Shamokin U.S. Navy Gunboat 1,370d 255 17-Jul-65  
35 na Olando            
36 na             Machine shop engine
37 na Pinta U.S. Navy Tug 420d 137 Oct-65 Struck 1908
38 na Nina U.S. Navy Tug 420d 137 Sep-65  
39 11652 Hudson   Tug 163   1864  
40   Admiral   Tug     1864  
41 15074 Liberty   Tug 150   1864  
42 na             Engines only
43 na             Engines only
44   Pawtucket   Barge     1864  
45 na             Engines only
46 25616 Wm. P. Clyde Thomas Clyde Psgr./Cargo 504   1865  
47 4919 Croatan Norfolk Tug 22 54 1864  
48 na             Engines only
49 na             Engines only
50 na             Engines only
51 7901 Edwin Forrest   Psgr./Cargo 607   1865  
52 26625 Washington   Psgr./Cargo 472   1865  
53 5003 Commodore   Tug 50   1865  
54 967 Alice Port Deposit Co. Psgr./Cargo 147   1865  
55 na             Reconstruction
56 na             Boiler Shop engine
57 na             Stock engine
58 na             Engines only
59 24039 Thomas Kelso Baytime SS Co. Psgr./Cargo 1,430   1865  
60 15079 Lamokin Phil. & Chester Cargo Ship 167   1865  
61 na             Stock engine
62 na             Engines only
63 na             Saw mill engine
64 na             Boilers
65 23000 Samuel M. Felton P. W. & B. RR Cargo Ship 671   1866  
66 na             Engines only
67 na             Engines only
68 na             Engines only
69 na             Engines only
70 na             Blast engine
71 na             Blast engine
72 na             Repairs only
73 24433 Tioga Savannah SS Co. Psgr./Cargo 1,074   1867  
74 na             Steam fire engine
75 na             Condensers
76 na             Boilers only
77 na             Boilers only
78 na             Boilers only
79 na             Stock boilers
80 na              
81 na             Engines only
82 25776 Volunteer Jacob Lorillard Cargo Ship 611   Oct-68  
83 18650 Novelty New York Company Cargo Ship 303   1870  
84 na             Engines only
85 na             Overhaul
86 na             Saw mill engine
87 na             Saw mill engine
88 na             Reconstruction
89 na             Reconstruction
90 na             Reconstruction
91 21903 Rattlesnake Phila & Reading R.R. Co Cargo Ship 404 170 Mar-69  
92 5753 Centipede Phila & Reading R.R. Co Cargo Ship 436 169 Aug-69  
93 20357 Panther Phila & Reading R.R. Co Cargo Ship 711 190 Mar-70  
94 1874 Achilles Phila & Reading R.R. Co Cargo Ship 763 200 Feb-70  
95 95037 Hercules Phila & Reading R.R. Co Cargo Ship 764 200 1870  
96 na             Boilers only
97 na             Ruddick's patent
98 na             Reconstruction
99 21916 Regulator Jacob Lorillard Cargo Ship 847   Nov-69  
100 na             Hoisting engine
101 na             Schooner
102   Millie May   Tug     1869  
103 2722 Benefactor Jacob Lorillard Schooner 843 173 May-70  
104 na             Engines only
105 na             Repairs only
106 na             Repairs only
107 na             Repairs only
108 na             Repairs only
109 na             Repairs only
110 8685 Ella Wood No.2   Tug 44 69 1870 Later Mamie Coyle
111 Foreign Elizabeth Central America          
112 na           1871 Reconstruction
113 na           1871 Repairs Only
114     Central America Launch     1871  
115 25906 Vindex R. Center Yacht 36   1871  
116     Central America Launch     1871  
117 na           1871 Repairs Only
118 5931 City of Houston C H Mallory & Co. Cargo Ship 1,253   Apr-71  

Built by Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding & Engine Works as a subsidiary of J. Roach & Sons (1871-1887)
119 125040 City of San Antonio C H Mallory & Co. Cargo Ship 1,605 229 Mar-72  
120 85425 Garden City East River Ferry Co. Ferry 825 171 Sep-72 Barge 1916
121 na           1873 Engines only
122 125002 City of Chester Oregon S.S. Co. Cargo Ship 935 107 Apr-73 In collision and sank 1888
123 125099 Colon Pacific Mail S S Co. Pass. Cargo 2,686 292 Nov-73  
124 na           1873 Reconstruction
125 na           1873 Repowering
126 na           1873 Repowering
127 na           1873 Repowering
128 125153 Colima  Pacific Mail S S Co. Pass. Cargo 2,906   Apr-73  
129 8930 Erie Erie Railway Co. Ferry 981 136 1873 Later Ridgewood, deleted 1915
130 125625 City of Peking Pacific Mail S S Co. Pass. Cargo 5,080 403 Aug-74 Scrapped 1910
131 125266 City of Tokio Pacific Mail S S Co. Pass. Cargo 5,079 403 May-74 Wrecked off Yokohama 1885
132 115133 Sarah J. Fleming   Barge     1874  
133 125177 City of Waco C H Mallory & Co. Pass. Cargo 1,486   Aug-73  
134 20479 Perkiomen Phila & Reading R.R. Co. Cargo Ship 1,035   May-74 In collision and sank 1885
135 2905 Berks Phila & Reading R.R. Co. Cargo Ship 565 189 May-74 Later barge W. S. Calvert 1906, En-Ar-Co 1921, scrapped 1969
136 115228 State of Texas C H Mallory & Co. Pass. Cargo 1,736 243 Jan-74 Later Idaho
137 125204 City of Panama Pacific Mail S S Co. Pass. Cargo 1,490 250 Sep-73 Later Olga M.
138 125211 City of Guatemala Pacific Mail S S Co. Pass. Cargo 1,505 250 Dec-73  
139 na           1873 Repairs only
140 na           1873 Repairs only
141 85321 George W Elder Old Dominion S S Co. Pass. Cargo 1,710 250 Feb-74 Later America 1920, scrapped 1935
142   George E Weed John Roach & Sons Tug 30   1874  
143 na Alliance U.S. Navy Gunboat 1,020d 175 15-Nov-75 Later Huron
144 na Alert U.S. Navy Gunboat 1,020d 175 27-May-75 Converted 1912 to AS 4, scrapped 1922
145 na           1874 Repairs only
146 na           Nov-76 Repairs only
147 na           1874 Repairs only
148 na           Nov-76 Repowering
149 na           1875 Repowering
150 125445 City of San Francisco Pacific Mail S S Co. Pass. Cargo 3,009 339 Jun-75 Foundered off Tartar Shoal 1877
151 125460 City of New York Pacific Mail S S Co. Pass. Cargo 3,020 339 Aug-75 Wrecked off Point Bonita CA 1893
152 125470 City of Sydney Pacific Mail S S Co. Pass. Cargo 3,017 339 Sep-75 Abandoned by 1930
153 na           Aug-75 Scrapped
154 na           Aug-75 Scrapped
155 na           Aug-75 Scrapped
156 na           Aug-75 Scrapped
157 BM 5 Miantonomoh U.S. Navy Monitor  3,990d 263 27-Oct-91 Completed 1891, sold 1922
158 na           1875 Scrapped
159 na Graciosa Spanish Navy Gunboat 72d   1875  
160 BM 1 Puritan U.S. Navy Monitor  6,060d 296 12-Oct-96 Completed 1896 by NY Navy Yard, sold 1922
161 na           1877 Scrapped
162 130055 New Berne Old Dominion S S Co. Cargo Ship 412   1875 Deleted 1910
163 na             Reconstruction
164 na             Reconstruction
165 na             Stock engines
166 na           1882 Scrapped
167 na           1875 Reconstruction
168 110303 Rio Grande C H Mallory & Co. Pass. Cargo 2,556 290 Dec-76 Scrapped 1922
169 13098 Niagara J E Ward & Co. Pass. Cargo 2,265 275 Jun-77 Later Brunswick 1907, Truxillo 1919, scrapped 1926
170 115543 Saratoga J E Ward & Co. Pass. Cargo 2,265 275 Jul-77 Later Africa 1878, scrapped 1925
171     Pensacola NY Dry-Dock     1877  
172 125621 City of Macon Ocean S S Co Pass. Cargo 2,093 257 Oct-77 Later Lexington 1877, scrapped 1923
173 80643 Western Texas C H Mallory & Co. Cargo Ship 1,121   Aug-77 Later Yaquina 1884, wrecked on Yaquina Bay bar 1887
174 Foreign Ancon Pacific Mail S S Co. Tender 105   1877  
175 125625 City of Washington Alexandre & Sons Pass. Cargo 2,635 300 Sep-77 Wrecked Craysfort Reef 1917
176 125629 City of Savannah Ocean S S Co Pass. Cargo 2,029 381 Nov-77 Wrecked Huntington Island 1893
177 19485 Oregon Oregon Rly & Nav Co. Pass. Cargo 2,335 283 Feb-78 Wrecked off Cape Hinchenbrooke 1906
178 125640 City of Rio de Janeiro U S & Brazil Mail S S Co. Pass. Cargo 3,548 345 Jun-78 Wrecked at Golden Gate 1901
179 125664 City of Para U S & Brazil Mail S S Co. Pass. Cargo 3,532 345 Jun-78 Scrapped 1924
180 76047 Juno   Tug 80   1879  
181 115640 Saratoga J E Ward & Co. Pass. Cargo 2,426 298 Nov-78 Wrecked Prince William Sound 1908
182 125687 City of Columbus Ocean S S Co Pass. Cargo 1,992 254 Jul-78 Wrecked on Devil's Bridge Rock 1884
183 85557 Gate City Ocean S S Co Pass. Cargo 1,997 254 Aug-78 Wrecked near Moriches Inlet 1900
184 76307 Juan Mir Juan Mir Cargo Ship 423   Oct-78 Later Adela 1885, Rita 1900, burnt 1913
185 125734 Colorado C H Mallory & Co. Pass. Cargo 2,705 306 May-79 Later San Saba 1916, mined and lost 1918
186 115663 Santiago J E Ward & Co. Pass. Cargo 2,359 269 May-79 Scrapped 1924
187 Foreign Elias   Passenger 300   Jun-79 For use on the Amazon River
188 125760 City of Alexandria NY & Cuba Mail S S Co. Pass. Cargo 2,480 307 Sep-79 Exploded and burnt 1893
189 91194 Manhattan Old Dominion S S Co. Cargo Ship 1,525   Nov-79 In collision and sank 1889
190 140890 Louisiana Cromwell S S Line Pass. Cargo 2,840 320 Dec-79 Foundered in New Orleans 1905
191 na             Repairs only
192 na             Repairs only
193 125801 Columbia Oregon S S Co. Pass. Cargo 2,723 309 May-80 In collision off Eureka and sank 1907
194 130179 Newport Pacific Mail S S Co. Pass. Cargo 2,735 326 Aug-80 Scrapped 1930
195 3120 Breakwater Old Dominion S S Co. Cargo Ship 1,045 201 May-80 Wrecked near Puerto Mexico 1918
196 27416 Yosemite William Belden Yacht 482   Dec-80 Later Acadia 1891, scrapped 1909
197 125868 City of Augusta Ocean S S Co Pass. Cargo 2,861 302 Aug-80 Scrapped 1924
198 80808 Willamette Oregon Rly & Nav Co. Pass. Cargo 2,269 316 Mar-81 Later Montara 1903, wrecked near Louisburg NS 1920
199 na           1881 Models for steam yacht
200 na           1881 Set of �blowing engines�
201 25242 Umatilla Oregon Improvement Co. Pass. Cargo 2,131 310 Jul-81 Wrecked off Inuboyesaki 1918
202 80839 Walla Walla Oregon Improvement Co. Pass. Cargo 2,135 310 Aug-81 In collision off Cape Mendocino 1902 and sank
203 125900 Cygnus Iron Steamboat Co. Passenger 857 213 May-81 Scrapped 1935
204 125904 Cepheus Iron Steamboat Co. Passenger 882 214 Jun-81 Later Shamrock 1933, scrapped 1935
205 115774 Sirius Iron Steamboat Co. Passenger 993 229 Jul-81 Later Ambassador 1933, barge 1940, scrapped 1957
206 85690 Guadalupe C H Mallory & Co. Pass. Cargo 2,839 318 Nov-81 Wrecked on Barnegat Shoals 1884
207 150280 Pilgrim Old Colony Steamboat Co. Pass. Cargo 3,484 372 Feb-83 Scrapped 1916
208 115813 San Marcos C H Mallory & Co. Pass. Cargo 2,839 318 Dec-81 Scrapped 1924
209 85715 Guyandotte Old Dominion S S Co. Pass. Cargo 2,351 267 May-82 Later Cretan 1905, scrapped 1927
210 110515 Roanoke Old Dominion S S Co. Pass. Cargo 2,354 267 Mar-82 Foundered off San Francisco 1916
211 na           1883 Engines only
212 na           1883 Engines only
213 115845 San Jose Pacific Mail S S Co. Pass. Cargo 2,081 283 Jun-82 Wrecked Asuncion Island 1921
214 115863 San Juan Pacific Mail S S Co. Pass. Cargo 2,076 283 Jul-82 In collision off Pigeon Point 1929 and sank
215 115873 San Blas Pacific Mail S S Co. Pass. Cargo 2,075 283 Aug-82 Wrecked off Libertad 1901
216 145320 Tallahassee Ocean S S Co Pass. Cargo 2,677 280 Sep-82 Later Persian 1905, scrapped 1928
217 126076 Chattahoochee Ocean S S Co Pass. Cargo 2,676 280 Nov-82 Later Quantico 1909, scrapped 1927
218 130249 Nacoochee                  Ocean S S Co Pass. Cargo 2,676 280 Nov-82 Scrapped 1924
219 120531 Finance U S & Brazil Mail S S Co. Pass. Cargo 2,603 295 Jan-83 In collision off Sandy Hook 1908 and sank
220 106145 Advance U S & Brazil Mail S S Co. Pass. Cargo 2,605 295 Mar-83 Wrecked off Halifax NS 1923
221 110576 Reliance U S & Brazil Mail S S Co. Pass. Cargo 2,604 295 Apr-83 Wrecked off Bahia harbor 1884
222 126131 Cienfuegos J E Ward & Co. Pass. Cargo 2,332   May-83 Wrecked near Harbor Island 1895
223 140640 Lampasas C H Mallory & Co. Pass. Cargo 2,943 329 Jul-83 Scrapped 1924
224 106198 Alamo C H Mallory & Co. Pass. Cargo 2,943 329 Aug-83 Scrapped 1924
225 145333 Tillie E Starbuck W H Starbuck Cargo Ship 2,033   Apr-83  
226 25281 Utowana W E Conner Yacht 141 126 1883 Later Oneida
227 161521 Viking George S Scott Yacht 172   1883  
228 na No name Pacific Mail S S Co. Barge 170   1883  
229 na No name Pacific Mail S S Co. Barge 170   1883  
230 na No name Pacific Mail S S Co. Waterboat 170   1883    
231 106232 Alaskan Oregon Rly & Nav Co. Cargo Ship 1,718   Sep-83 Foundered off Cape Blanco 1889
232 115979 Santa Rosa Pacific Coast S S Co. Pass. Cargo 2,417 326 Dec-83 Wrecked Point Arguello 1911
233 126176 City of Palatka G W Quintard Cargo Ship 883 200 Oct-83 Later Eastern Oregon 1887, burnt 1891
234 na             Not used
235 115775 Sphinx H. F. Shoemaker Yacht 17   1881  
236 na Dolphin U.S. Navy Gunboat 1,509d 256 8-Dec-85 Later PG 24, sold 1922 as Plan de Guadelupe
237 na Atlanta U.S. Navy Cruiser 3,240d 288 19-Jul-86 Sold 1912
238 na Boston U.S. Navy Cruiser 3,240d 283 2-May-87 Later Despatch 1940, sunk as target 1946
239 na Chicago U.S. Navy Cruiser 4,842d 342 17-Apr-89 Later Alton 1928, sold 1936
240 Foreign Amazona S G de Oliviera & Co. Pass. Cargo 457   Nov-83 Deleted 1910
241 na           Feb-84 Engines only
242 126241 City of Topeka Oregon Improvement Co. Cargo Ship 1,057 198 Jun-84 Later Waimea 1921, scrapped 1932
243 116029 Seneca Old Dominion S S Co. Pass. Cargo 2,729 271 Sep-84 In collision off Sandy Hook 1928 and sank
244 126316 Comal C H Mallory & Co. Pass. Cargo 2,935 320 Aug-85 Scrapped 1935
245 106443 Allianca U S & Brazil Mail S S Co. Pass. Cargo 2,985 320 Sep-86 Scrapped 1923

Built by Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding & Engine Works (1887-1907)
246 130369 Nueces C H Mallory & Co. Pass. Cargo 3,367 328 Feb-87 Scrapped 1927
247 116199 Standard Standard Oil Co. Tank Barge 598   Apr-88 Later S. O. Co. No. 56 1891, S. T .Co. No. 56, Socony 56, abandoned 1935
248 150471 Puritan Old Colony Steamboat Co. Passenger 4,593 403 1889 Scrapped 1913
249 PG 3 Concord U.S. Navy Gunboat  1,710d 245 14-Feb-91 To PHS as quarantine ship 1914, sold 1929
250 PG 4 Bennington U.S. Navy Gunboat  1,710d 245 20-Jun-91 Sold 1910 (ON 164930), scuttled 1924
251 126512 City of Birmingham Ocean S S Co Pass. Cargo 2,066 301 Jun-88 Wrecked off Castle Island 1907
252 126520 Clifton C H Mallory & Co. Yacht 154 101 Jun-88  
253 141027 Leona C H Mallory & Co. Pass. Cargo 3,328 314 Sep-89 Later Sabine 1901, scrapped 1923
254 14488 Kansas City New England & Savannah S S Co. Pass. Cargo 3,679 327 Nov-89 Later Alaska 1916, wrecked Blunt's Reef 1921
255 27637 Yumuri J E Ward & Co. Pass. Cargo 3,497 336 Jan-90 Later Badger 1898, Lawton 1900, Rose City 1907, barge 1930
256 155177 Orizaba J E Ward & Co. Pass. Cargo 3,497 336 Feb-90 Later Northwestern 1906, bombed and lost 1942
257 150502 Plymouth Old Colony Steamboat Co. Passenger 3,771 352 Oct-90 Scrapped 1938
258 116344 Seguranca U S & Brazil Mail S S Co. Pass. Cargo 4,033 321 Jul-90 Scrapped 1923
259 161643 Vigilancia U S & Brazil Mail S S Co. Pass. Cargo 4,115 321 Nov-90 Torpedoed and lost 1917
260 27639 Yucatan J E Ward & Co. Pass. Cargo 3,525 336 Sep-90 Later Shinkai Maru 1917, scrapped 1929
261 126719 Concho C H Mallory & Co. Pass. Cargo 3,724 329 Apr-91 Scrapped 1928
262 126741 Costa Rica Pacific Mail S S Co. Pass. Cargo 1,783 221 Jun-91 Scrapped 1935
263 130547 Nicaragua Pacific Mail S S Co. Pass. Cargo 1,783 221 Jul-91  
264 na             Reconstruction
265 81386 Washington Pennsylvania R R Co. Ferry 1,247 193 Mar-92 To Delaware River interests 1937, scrapped 1952
266 126848 Colombia Pacific Mail S S Co. Pass. Cargo 3,617   Mar-92 Wrecked Pigeon Point 1896
267 126860 Columbian Joy Line Passenger 704   Jun-92 Later Brookville 1906, Rapids Queen 1909, CD 110 1938, scuttled 1978 as breakwater at Queen City Yacht Club, in Toronto.
268 116528 SO Co of  NY No 57 Standard Oil Co. Tank Barge 1,381   1892  
269 136392 Emeline Stephen W Roach Yacht 80 101 1893  
270 150666 Priscilla Old Colony Steamboat Co. Passenger 5,292 426 Dec-93 Scrapped 1938
271 116599 SO Co of  NY No 58 Standard Oil Co. Tank Barge 1,644   1893  
272 77127 Jamestown Old Dominion S S Co. Pass. Cargo 2,898 299 Mar-94 Scrapped 1926
273 27660 Yorktown Old Dominion S S Co. Pass. Cargo 2,898 299 May-94 Later Resolute 1898, Rawlins 1900, Powhatan 1902, Cuba 1920, Seneca 1925, burnt 1927
274 na             Repairs only
275 na             Repairs only
276 na             Repairs only
277 107140 America Brooklyn & New York Ferry Co. Ferry 818 156 Jan-95 Burnt 1937
278 127069 Columbia Brooklyn & New York Ferry Co. Ferry 810 156 Mar-95 Barge 1935, deleted 1938
279 161750 Vermont Brooklyn & New York Ferry Co. Ferry 810 156 May-95 Later Alexandria 1911, Henry J. Joyce, scrapped 1935
280 155275 Oneonta F C Dinninny Jnr. Yacht 166 137 Jul-95 Later Norman
281 111098 Riverside Chester Freight Lines Cargo Ship 453 141 1895 Later Lillian Anne 1928, to USN 1942 as YFB 41, returned 1943, deleted 1953
282 107206 Aileen Richard Stevens Yacht 151   1896 To USN 1898, sold 1920
283 150722 Parthenia Delaware River Shipbuilding Yacht 131 124 1896 Later Sayonara, Lucinda
284 92698 Mohawk New England Steamboat Co. Passenger 2,784 265 Apr-96 Later Vermont 1937, scrapped 1948
285 92705 Mohegan New England Steamboat Co. Passenger 2,784 265 May-96 Scrapped 1937
286 na No. 1 Panama Railroad Co. Barge 286   1896  
287 na No. 2 Panama Railroad Co. Barge 286   1896  
288 161775 Virginia Brooklyn & New York Ferry Co. Ferry 569 156 Mar-96 Later City of Richmond 1920, scrapped 1953
289 121032 Florida Brooklyn & New York Ferry Co. Ferry 818 156 Sep-96 Abandoned 1946
290 77469 John Englis Maine Steamship Co. Passenger 3,094 297 Dec-96 Later Relief 1898, Repose 1918, Hai Ning 1923, Mindanao 1937, Lanao 1937, sunk off Cebu 1942
291 150756 Princess Anne Old Dominion S S Co. Pass. Cargo 3,079 350 Jul-97 Wrecked Rockaway Inlet 1920
292 77284 Jos J O�Donohue Brooklyn & New York Ferry Co. Ferry 901 174 Feb-98 Later Greenpoint 1921, scrapped 1941
293 96401 Horatio Hall Maine S S Co. Pass. Cargo 3,168 297 May-98 In collision off Nantucket 1909 and beached
294 100681 Malay C G Weld Yacht 173 131 1898 To USN 1917 as SP 735, returned 1919, sold 1921 to Honduran owners
295 229468 Sylph   Yacht 152 124 1898 To USN 1898 as PY 5, later U S Presidential Yacht, sold 1929
296 127281 Cape Charles Philadelphia & Norfolk R R Co. Cargo Ship 1,159 221 Sep-98 Later Allan Joy 1899, Naugatuck 1905, scrapped 1955
297 107430 Atlas Standard Oil Co. Tanker 1,942 249 Dec-98 Later Las Choapas 1941, sunk by gunfire 1942
298 150806 Philadelphia Pennsylvania R.R. Co. Ferry 1,306 191 1899 To Delaware River interests 1948, scrapped 1952
299 96439 Hamilton Old Dominion S S Co. Pass. Cargo 3,128 352 Apr-99 Later Saranac 1917, Hamilton 1919, scrapped 1932
300 77356 Jefferson Old Dominion S S Co. Pass. Cargo 3,127 352 Jun-99 Later Quinnebaug 1917, Jefferson 1919, scrapped 1933
301 107455 Aileen No. 2 Edwin Gould Yacht 178   Jul-99  
302 100681 Idalia Eugene Tompkins Yacht 201 151 1899 Later Malay II, to USN 1942 as Palace (PYc 33), later YAG 13, sunk as target 1944
303 136748 Eugenia J. G. Cassatt Yacht 245   1899  
304 107474 Alberta A. E. Tower Yacht 259   Jul-99  
305 86483 Governor Dingley Portland Steamship Co. Pass. Cargo 3,826 299 Sep-99 Scrapped 1934
306 na             Repairs only
307 150849 Pennsylvania NY, Phila & Norfolk R R Co. Pass. Cargo 1,352 244 Feb-00 Scrapped 1945
308 107591 American American Hawaiian S S Co. Pass. Cargo 5,591 407 Oct-00 Later Honolulan 1925, scrapped 1926
309 96534 Hawaiian American Hawaiian S S Co. Pass. Cargo 5,597 407 Jan-01 Later Uba 1925, hulked 1936
310 155408 Oregonian American Hawaiian S S Co. Pass. Cargo 5,598 407 May-01 Later Coloradan 1925, scrapped 1926
311 130924 North Star Maine S S Co. Passenger 3,159 299 Jun-01 Wrecked off Green's Island NS 1919
312 127640 City of Memphis Ocean S S Co Pass. Cargo 5,252 377 Apr-02 Sunk by gunfire 1917
313 na No. ? Panama Railway Co. Barge 300   1902  
314 na No. ? Panama Railway Co. Barge 300   1902  
315 na No. ? Panama Railway Co. Barge 300   1902  
316 127620 Chester Chester Freight Lines Cargo Ship 419 140 Mar-02 Abandoned 1935
317 na             No details
318 na             Repairs only
319 na             Repairs only
320 127750 City of Macon Ocean S S Co Pass. Cargo 5,311 377 May-03 Later Macona 1916, wrecked near Gothenburg 1920
321 200418 San Jacinto C H Mallory & Co. Pass. Cargo 6,069 380 Aug-03 Torpedoed and lost 1942 
322 200478 William M. Wadley Ocean S S Co Tug 154 90 Nov-03  
323 200840 City of Columbus Ocean S S Co Pass. Cargo 5,433 377 Feb-04 Scrapped 1935
324 201103 City of Atlanta Ocean S S Co Pass. Cargo 5,433 377 Apr-04 Torpedoed and lost 1942
325 na No. 10 Panama Railway Co. Barge 300   1905  
326 na No. 11 Panama Railway Co. Barge 300   1905  
327 na             Completion of ship started by Trigg
328 na             Reconstruction
329 202254 William Rowland Old Dominion S S Co. Tug 129 81 1905  
330 202515 Tinicum Chester Shipping Co. Cargo Ship 481 140 Oct-05  
331 202939 Poquonnock New England S S Co. Pass. Cargo 2,930 276 Apr-06 Wrecked Gould Island 1938
332 203584 Governor Cobb Peninsular & Occidental S S Co. Pass. Cargo 2,522 289 Oct-06 Later Cobb 1943, Governor Cobb 1946, scrapped 1947
333 204047 Yale Los Angeles S S Co Inc. Cargo Ship 3,731 376 Jun-07 To USN 1943 as Greyhound (IX 106), scrapped 1949 
334 204372 Harvard Los Angeles S S Co Inc. Cargo Ship 3,825 376 Feb-07 Later Charles 1918, Harvard 1920, wrecked off Point Arguello 1931
335 203337 General G M Sorrel Ocean S S Co Tug 169 92 1906  
336 204437 City of Savannah Ocean S S Co Pass. Cargo 5,654 377 Aug-07 Scrapped 1947
337 204200 New Haven New England S S Co. Pass. Cargo 2,930 276 Jun-07 Wrecked Fall River 1938

Built by Chester Shipbuilding Co. (1913-1917)
338 Foreign Malmanger Norwegian interests Tanker 5,672   Feb-17 Sunk by a mine 1917
339 Foreign Golaa Norwegian interests Cargo Ship 6,331   May-17 Later Frango 1927, Clifford 1940, Hakko Maru 1941, sunk by a torpedo 1944
340 215991 Sudbury U.S. Shipping Board Cargo Ship 4,830 385 Mar-18 Later Munbeaver 1927, Capo Alga 1938, scuttled at St. Nazaire 1944
341 216157 Springleaf/Overbrook U.S. Shipping Board Tanker 5,700 400 Apr-18 Exploded and sank 1928
342 216368 Summerleaf/Avondale U.S. Shipping Board Tanker 5,700 400 Jun-18 Later Tracy Brothers 1925, Chas. Kurz 1933, scrapped 1948
343 216824 Autumnleaf/Phoenix U.S. Shipping Board Tanker 5,700 400 Sep-18 Later Pacific 1942, scrapped 1946
344 217911 Winterleaf/Silverbrook U.S. Shipping Board Tanker 5,700 400 May-19 Later David C. Reid 1928, missing 1928
345 218389 Burnwell U.S. Shipping Board Tanker 5,700 400 Jul-19 Later Alpha 1925, Captain Theo 1947, scrapped 1955
346 217438 War Gun/Auburn U.S. Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 400 Jan-19 Scrapped 1933
347 217725 Salisbury/Mystic U.S. Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 400 Apr-19 Later Munmystic 1930, Iberville 1937, Ironclad 1941, Marina Raskova 1944, torpedoed and lost 1944
348 218293 Westfield/Ipswich U.S. Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 400 Jul-19 Later Campfire 1942, Surikov 1945, scrapped 1956

Built by Merchant Shipbuilding Co. (1917-1923)
349 219153 Iceland U.S. Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 400 Nov-19 Scrapped 1931
350 215758 Hisko U.S. Shipping Board Tanker 5,700 400 Oct-19 Later Beta 1925, scrapped 1948
351 219711 Summerleaf U.S. Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 400 Mar-19 Scrapped 1938
352 218792 Lockport U.S. Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 400 Sep-19 Scrapped 1938
353 219265 Terre Haute U.S. Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 400 Nov-19 Later Muntropic 1930, Ioannis Fafalios 1937, torpedoed and lost 1944
354 na             Cancelled
355 na             Cancelled
356 218924 Texarkana U.S. Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 400 Oct-19 Scrapped 1931
357 219250 Lansdowne U.S. Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 400 Nov-19 Scrapped 1931
358 219397 John Roach U.S. Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 400 Dec-19 Scrapped 1930
359 219458 Amcross U.S. Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 400 Dec-19 Scrapped 1931
360 219543 William H. Webb U.S. Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 400 Feb-20 Later William H. Webb 1920, scrapped 1931
361 219799 Donald McKay U.S. Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 400 Jun-20 Scrapped 1931
362 219892 Greenland U.S. Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 400 Apr-20 Scrapped 1931
363 219993 Henry Steers U.S. Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 400 Apr-20 Scrapped 1930
364 na             Cancelled
365 220203 Loretta U.S. Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 400 Jun-20 Scrapped 1931
366 220397 Chester Kiwanis U.S. Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 400 Jun-20 Scrapped 1931
367 220545 John Englis U.S. Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 400 Aug-20 Scrapped 1931
368 220660 John Stevens U.S. Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 400 Sep-20 Scrapped 1931
369 220760 George E. Weed U.S. Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 400 Oct-20 Scrapped 1933
370 220889 George Pierce U.S. Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,500 400 Nov-20 Later La Salle 1940, torpedoed and lost 1942
371 AM 13 Turkey U.S. Navy Minesweeper 950d 188 13-Dec-18 Later ATO 143, sold 1946
372 AM 14 Woodcock U.S. Navy Minesweeper 950d 188 19-Feb-19 Later ATO 145, sold 1948
373 AM 15 Quail U.S. Navy Minesweeper 950d 188 29-Apr-19 Scuttled off Corregidor 1942
374 AM 16 Partridge U.S. Navy Minesweeper 950d 188 17-Jun-19 Later ATO 138, torpedoed and lost 1944
375 na             Cancelled
376 na             Cancelled
377 na             Cancelled
378 na             Cancelled
379 221132 Mount Carroll American Shipping Cargo Ship 7,300 420 Mar-21 Later Maunawili 1925, Socrates 1946, Portaritissa 1955, scrapped 1958
380 221126 Mount Clinton American Shipping Cargo Ship 7,300 420 May-21 Later Maunalei 1925, Capo Monara 1948, scrapped 1953
381 221360 Puente Pure Oil Tanker 6,800 424 Jun-21 Later W. W. Mills 1922, San Juan I 1947, scrapped 1956
382 221455 Playa Associated Oil Tanker 6,800 424 Jul-21 Later Paul Shoup 1922, scrapped 1954
383 221663 Robert E. Hopkins Tide Water Oil Tanker 6,600 424 Aug-21 Torpedoed and lost 1943
384 221721 Samuel Q. Brown Tide Water Oil Tanker 6,600 424 Nov-21 Torpedoed and lost 1942
385 222054 Californian America-Hawaiian SS Co. Cargo Ship 5,900 445 May-22 To Britain 1940 as Empire Kite, torpedoed and lost 1942
386 222236 Missourian America-Hawaiian SS Co. Cargo Ship 5,900 445 Jul-22 To Britain 1940 as Empire Swan, Belgian Freighter 1942, Capitain Potie 1946, Genova 1948, Flaminia 1955, King Abdelaziz 1964, scrapped 1970
387 221883 J. Hampton Moore City of Philadelphia Fire Boat 292   1922 Retired 1950