OSBORN BOAT WORKS

Croton-on-Hudson NY

Most recent update: July 25, 2017.

Osborn Boat Works was started by William R. Osborn in 1857, in Peekskill, moved to Croton-on-Hudson in 1900 and closed some time in the 1920s.  In Peekskill it was located where Riverfront Green Park is today and in Croton where Senasqua Park is today.  If anyone can add to the table below, please send your info to timcolton@aol.com

Hull # O.N. Original Name Original Owner Ship Type GT Ft. Built Disposition
  93241 Marie J. L. Velez Yacht 44 67 1900  
  150901 Ponce   Tug 26 50 1900 Later Siesta
  121172 Frolic   Passenger 36 64 1901 To USA as Phillips, to USN 1917 as ID 1389, later SP 1389
  127521 Commodore Bartlett   Passenger 58 78 1901  
  136901 Eagle John J. Slater Yacht 49 76 1901  
  207079 Stork   Passenger 7 32 1901  
  208082 Marjorie M   Passenger 12 39 1901  
  25347 Union   Tug 10 41 1901  
  3950 Bonito W. S. Murchison Yacht 159 94 1902  
  200054 Tempest   Freighter 18 45 1903  
  202365 Frolic   Passenger 44 69 1905 To USN as YFB
  202666 Happy Days   Yacht 43 65 1905  
  203339 Pelham James L. Lawler Passenger 46 58 1906  
  203440 Caribe   Passenger 74 70 1906  
  203441 Wm. L. Parkhurst Ella H. Lockhart Ferry 50 70 1906  
  205331 W. C. Baxter   Tug 16 42 1908  
  206304 Edith M III   Motor Boat  22 49 1909 To USN 1917 as SP 196, sold 1919
  206413 Zephyr   Passenger 127 83 1909  
  206540 Ulster Davis American Pipe Tug 26 46 1909  
  206794 Mary Belle Mohawk Dredge Tug 20 45 1909  
  207555 Harry B, Jr. Thomas Ahlquist Freight 14 41 1910  
  208471 Azua   Tug 10 40 1911  
  208622 Chas. H. Pike Julia E. Vandevoort Tug 20 45 1911 Later Comstock
  208874 Frolic Louis Lubchansky Passenger 36 67 1911 Later Michael Howard
  211757 Shady Side Edenton Ferries Ferry 49 85 1913 To USN 1918 as SP 2079, later YFB 2079, sank 1925
  212795 J. Hooker Hammersley City of New York Passenger 70 80 1914 Later Sisco No. 6, Service No. 2
  212850 Dixie   Steamer 128 98 1914 To USA as Col. Barnette
  214641 George C. Van Tuyl   Tug 14 43 1916  Later Murray Vandiver
  233330 Elizabeth K John B. Kappauf Passenger 9 33 1918