JULIUS PETERSEN INC.

Upper Nyack NY

Most recent update: March 22, 2020.
This shipyard was started by John Van Houten in 1798: a marine railway was added in 1834.  It was sold to the Voorhis family after the Civil War, and then to Samuel Ayres & Son in 1893.   The Ayres died in 1904 and 1905, however, and the yard was sold in 1909 to B. W. Church, who renamed it Hudson Yacht & Boat Company.  This entity folded in 1913 and the yard was sold to Julius Petersen, a Danish immigrant who had previously built boats on Staten Island and in Tarrytown.  Then, in 1928, Petersen bought the yard established for wartime construction by International Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering.  The main yard was at the foot of Spear Street, on the south side of Burd Street: it is still operating as a boatyard, although it stopped building boats after Petersen died in 1949.  It was damaged by Hurricane Sandy but has been rebuilt and is now called North River Shipyard.  Visit it at www.northrivershipyard.com.  See it from the air on Google here.
Hull # O.N. Original Name Original Owner Vessel Type GT Ft. Built Disposition
Built by Van Houten (1798-1870s)
                 
Built by Voorhis (1870s-1893)
  25894 Virginia Rulon Jacob E. Ridgeway Schooner 280 130 1874  
  80979 Wilbur A. Heisley Long Branch & Seabright Steam Boat Co. Steamer 537 185 1883 Later City of Long Branch, burnt 1892
Built by Samuel Ayres & Son (1893-1906)
  161046 Keystone   Yacht 21 53 1893 Abandoned 1927
  25306 Utopian John Jacob Astor Yacht 35 68 1896 Later Xylophone
  150764 Presto J. Adooph Mollenhauer Yacht 22 72 1896  
    Ellide E. Burgess Warner Yacht   80 1897 To USG 1898, later returned and abandoned
    Viper Francis P. Magoun Yacht     1897 Lost 1901
  3788 Bonnie Bairn Malcolm Graham Jr. Sloop 15 34 1897  
    Enaj   Yacht   52 1899 Later Quo Vadis
  107691 Arrow Charles R. Flint Yacht 82 127 1901  
  111369 Rancocas   Yacht 151 117 1901 Later Marjorie, Swordfish
  127548 Cachalot   Yacht 174 91 1901  
  117202 Scat   Yacht 20 68 1902 Abandoned 1923
  201983 Edithia   Yacht 124   1904 Later Sea Gannet, burned 1910
  202990 Nerita   Yacht 27 69 1906 Burned 1940
Built by Hudson Yacht & Boat (1909-1913)
  207485 Grayling Theodore Cooke Motor Yacht 16 50 1909  
  207423 Kelpie II Carlton M. Prankhard Motor Yacht 26 55 1910 Later Mahana, foundered 1948
  208065 Benitez Jose Benitez Motor Yacht 23 52 1910 (Puerto Rico), abandoned 1948
  208817 Itasca II A. G. Thomas Motor Yacht 85 100 1911 To USN 1918 as SP-803, returned 1919, later Getaway, Mimspearl, Donaldo, to USN 1943
  209314 Gladiola   Motor Yacht 43 69 1911 Later Milben, Dawn, Stalwart
  210008 Lotowana II J. O. Segura Motor Yacht 25 55 1912  
  210294 Apache L. F. Robinson Motor Yacht 73 90 1912 Later Arev
  210497 Manita II K. Keyward Motor Yacht 23 52 1912 To USN 1917 as SP-262, later Shirley I, abandoned 1949
Built by Julius Petersen (1898-1949)
  201109 Whileaway J. Herbert Carpenter Yacht 49 54 1904 Built in Tarrytown, NLD 1951
  221801     Yacht 21 42 1905 Built in Tarrytown, later Iris
    Gayety   Yacht     1906 Built in Tarrytown
    Wanderer   Motor Launch   29 1907 Built in Tarrytown
    Caprice       45 1908  
    Tortoise   House Boat   37 1909  
  207485 Graham   Yacht 16 50 1909 Later Grayling, to USN 1917 as SP-289, returned 1919, abandoned 1948
    North Pole   Motor Yacht 2,147 113 1913 To USN 1918 as YD 45, sold 1929
    To-Whee E. K. Hardy Yacht   40 1916  
210       Motor Yacht 26 60 1917 To USN 1917 as SP 907, lost 1918
212 220472 Yank N Ackerman Motor Yacht 26 60 1917 To USN 1917 as SP 908, returned 1919
  218826 Ortolan Maynard Lawrence Motor Yacht 23 54 1919  
  223486 Effort II Russell C. Bonfield Passenger 49 76 1923 To USN 1942 as YP 175, to MARAD 1946
  223487 Elmar II J. R. Brazelle Tug 49 76 1923  
  225681 Brook II Percy R. Pyne II Motor Yacht 21 56 1926 Later Rocket, Cannon Ball, foundered 1941
  226423 Navajo George N. Ray Motor Yacht 52 73 1927 To USN 1942 as YP 564, to MARAD 1946
    Lottie K Adolph Zukor Yacht     1928  
  227727 Possum Louis Weiss Motor Yacht 31 61 1928 Later Rujopa
  227761 Gaetana Alfred J. Pote Motor Yacht 90 91 1928 Later Maicaway, Blackbird
  228691 Saga John Vanneck Motor Yacht 82 85 1929 Later Amphitrite
  229667 Sabiha III Lucien H. Tyng Motor Yacht 98 91 1930 To USN 1942 as YP 205, lost 1943
  230678 Zamette III Zalmon G. Simmons Motor Yacht 148 98 1931 Later Genzam, to USN 1942 as YP 203, to MARAD 1946
  232356 Clumber Oliver Gould Jennings Motor Yacht 55 65 1933 Later Sirocco, Willow Dean, Calypso, Tul-E
  233229 Binker Donaldson & Co. Motor Yacht 9 40 1934  
  235011 Panda Frank E. Wolcott Motor Yacht 26 50 1936 To USCG 1942 as CG-7248, later CG-52021, CG-52025, sold 1945 as Panda
  235085 Missy Howard Raymond Motor Yacht 30 50 1936  
  235114 Floenna Charles Brahs Motor Yacht 30 50 1936 Later Phalarope II, Damfino, Ariel III, The Squire's Lady
  235241 Libra II Graham Thomson Motor Yacht 50 62 1936 To USN 1942 as YP 512, small boat 1946
  236022 Amici II Walter Friend Motor Yacht 31 50 1937 To USG 1941
  236107 Pelham Gulf Gulf Oil Corp. Tanker 34 53 1937 To USN 1943 as YOG 81
  236391 Gretchen II Gertrude H. Zinn Motor Yacht 32 31 1937 Later Picalede, Victoria
  236682 Bettina L. L. Warriner Motor Yacht 30 50 1937 Later Confusion II, Ilona, to USG 1943
  237489 Pan-Air II-A Pan-American Air Passenger 9 31 1938 NLD 1957
    Rose John John B. Hoover Motor Yscht   42 1938  
  237526 Sandra II Henry Ickelheimer Motor Yacht 23 47 1938 To USCG 1942 as CG-48024, sold 1945 as Banshee IV
  238781 Besnhari Harry Thoens Motor Yacht 21 40 1939 Later Serendipity
  239054 Pan-Air XV-P Pan-American Air Passenger 14 35 1939 NLD 1957
  239184 Pan-Air XXI Pan-American Air Passenger 14 35 1939  
  239875 Pan-Air XVII-P Pan-American Air Passenger 14 35 1940  
  240157 Pan-Air XVIII-P Pan-American Air Passenger 14 35 1940 NLD 1944
  240745 Pan-Air XIX-P Pan-American Air Passenger 14 35 1941 To New Zealand 1949
  240746 Pan-Air XX-P Pan-American Air Passenger 14 35 1941  
  240438 Wego Powell Crosley Motor Yacht 54 57 1941 To USN 1942 as YP 536, sold 1946 as Magna-Mar, later Spartan
    Padisa Richard Southgate Motor Yacht   38 1941  
  241180 Paratus David C. Gerli Motor Yacht 68 74 1941 Later Bink II, Wasp
  241229 Pan-Air XIII-A Pan-American Air Passenger 14 35 1941 NLD 1954
  241280 Pan-Air XIV-A Pan-American Air Passenger 14 35 1941 To Portugal 1948
  241304 Pan-Air XV-A Pan-American Air Passenger 14 35 1942 NLD 1954
  241340 Pan-Air XVI-A Pan-American Air Passenger 14 35 1942 NLD 1954
  241366 Pan-Air XVII-A Pan-American Air Passenger 14 35 1942 NLD 1954
  241434 Pan-Air XVIII-A Pan-American Air Passenger 14 35 1943 NLD 1954
  244411 Pan-Air XXVIII-A Pan-American Air Passenger 14 35 1943 NLD 1954
  na SC 652 US Navy Sub Chaser 136d 110 18-Jun-42 Transferred overseas 1947
  na SC 653 US Navy Sub Chaser 136d 110 8-Jul-42 To USCG 1945 as Air Falcon (WAVR 421)
  na SC 738 US Navy Sub Chaser 136d 110 21-Oct-42 Transferred overseas 1947
  na SC 739 US Navy Sub Chaser 136d 110 31-Oct-42 To the Philippines 1948 as Ilocos Sur (P 16), scrapped
  na SC 740 US Navy Sub Chaser 136d 110 13-Nov-42 Wrecked on the Great Barrier Reef 17-Jun-43
  na SC 741 US Navy Sub Chaser 136d 110 15-Dec-42 Transferred overseas 1947 
  na SC 742 US Navy Sub Chaser 136d 110 1-Jan-43 To the Philippines 1948
  na SC 743 US Navy Sub Chaser 136d 110 27-Feb-43 To the Philippines 1948
  520881 SC 1315 US Navy Sub Chaser 136d 110 9-Jun-43 Later SCC 1315, sold as Wee-Te, later Wakamian, NLD 1976
  na SC 1316 US Navy Sub Chaser 136d 110 19-Jun-43 Later SCC 1316, to US Army 1946, sold as Helen E, wrecked 1951
  na SC 1317 US Navy Sub Chaser 136d 110 6-Jul-43 Sold 1946 as Atlantic 114, later David H, NLD 1971
  na SC 1318 US Navy Sub Chaser 136d 110 10-Aug-43 Sold 1946 as Atlantic 115, to Indonesia as Bhayamkara 1 
  na SC 1319 US Navy Sub Chaser 136d 110 28-Aug-43 Sold 1946 as Del Mar
  na SC 1320 US Navy Sub Chaser 136d 110 24-Sep-43 Sold 1946 as Golden Spade
  na QS 13 US Army Boat, Quick Supply   104 2/43-3/43  
  na QS 14 US Army Boat, Quick Supply   104 2/43-3/43  
  na QS 15 US Army Boat, Quick Supply   104 2/43-3/43  
  na QS 16 US Army Boat, Quick Supply   104 3/44-1/45  
  260017 QS 17 US Army Boat, Quick Supply   104 Apr-44 Later P-752, sold as Bali Hai
  na QS 18 US Army Boat, Quick Supply   104 3/44-1/45  
  na QS 19 US Army Boat, Quick Supply   104 3/44-1/45  
  na QS 20 US Army Boat, Quick Supply   104 3/44-1/45  
  na QS 21 US Army Boat, Quick Supply   104 3/44-1/45  
  na QS 22 US Army Boat, Quick Supply   104 3/44-1/45  
  na QS 23 US Army Boat, Quick Supply   104 3/44-1/45  
  na QS 24 US Army Boat, Quick Supply   104 3/44-1/45  
  na P 355 US Army Boat, Rescue 379d 85 3/44-1/45 To USAAF as R-1-652, to Japan 1946
  na P 356 US Army Boat, Rescue 379d 85 3/44-1/45 To USAAF as R-1-653
  na P 357 US Army Boat, Rescue 379d 85 3/44-1/45 To USAAF as R-1-654
  na P 358 US Army Boat, Rescue 379d 85 3/44-1/45 To USAAF as R-1-655
  na P 359 US Army Boat, Rescue 379d 85 3/44-1/45 To USAAF as R-1-656
  na P 440 US Army Boat, Rescue 379d 85 3/44-1/45  
  na P 441 US Army Boat, Rescue 379d 85 3/44-1/45  
  na P 442 US Army Boat, Rescue 379d 85 3/44-1/45  
  na P 443 US Army Boat, Rescue 379d 85 3/44-1/45  
  251348 P 444 US Army Boat, Rescue 379d 85 3/44-1/45 Later Ukulele Lady, Big Flamingo, Peconic Star II,
  na P 445 US Army Boat, Rescue 379d 85 3/44-1/45  
  na P 446 US Army Boat, Rescue 379d 85 3/44-1/45  
  na P 447 US Army Boat, Rescue 379d 85 3/44-1/45  
  259980 P 448 US Army Boat, Rescue 379d 85 3/44-1/45 Later Tide, yacht Penthouse
  na P 449 US Army Boat, Rescue 379d 85 3/44-1/45  
  265881 one of the above?     98 82 1945 Later Q-213, Stardust, passenger vessel Challenger, NLD 1979
  249369 Martha J Delta and Pine Land Co. Yacht 66 67 1946 Later The Yankee Clipper, Yankee Clipper, Greetings III
  249988 Day Dreams Henry L. Crowley & Co. Yacht 59 62 1946 Later Pairdice, Marett III, Taurus, High Tide, Easy Living, NLD 1991
  250957 Nambay Cyrus McCormick House Boat 128 82 1946  
Other Ships Built in Nyack
  213034 Magnet   Psgr. Vessel 14 37 1914
  213948 Mary H   Freighter 24 45 1916 Later Bessie
  214057 Winifred   Oyster Catcher 25 45 1916 To Venezuela
  214788 Mars   Freighter 47 58 1916 Later Gladys
  237898 C. H. Fisher E. I. DuPont Freighter 32 60 1918 Built by Nyack SB
  220206 Ojai U.S. Diesel Motor Yacht 17 52 1920  
  220349 Island Beach Town of Greenwich Ferry 58 61 1920 Built by Nyack SB
  225633 Munevitas V. Turecamo Tug 74 79 1921  
  222759 Marlon K Alfred D. Carman Tug 49 63 1923  
  223228 Oriole   Motor Yacht 36 70 1923 Later Chee Kee II, NLD 1952
  223266 Roosevelt Champlain Tptn. Ferry 126 108 1923 Built by Simpson
  224316 Antlers R. T. Hull Tug 8 34 1924 To USCS, abandoned 1948
  224939 Topaz X Rudolph Hicht Motor Yacht 36 62 1925 Burned 1925
  226409 Ojai II Leroy Frost Motor Yacht 26 60 1927 Later Tyee
  238340 Gold Arrow Earl W. Crosby Passenger 14 47 1927 Later Lake Pancoast II
  236636 Quisseta II Corwin Wickersham Motor Yacht 41 56 1937 Later Victory, Dicklebird, Glori-Bee IV
  238340 Karan Roy E. Larsen Motor Yacht 14 47 1927 Later All-Alone, Somoria, Tebwinc, Benrue, Audriell, Sable Vert
  258410     Motor Yacht 14 36 1928 Later Sea Doll
  251581     Motor Yacht 9 28 1934 Later Playmate