Bethlehem Wilmington
Wilmington DE
Most recent update: November 17, 2021.
Bethlehem Steel's shipyard in Wilmington DE started life in 1837 as Betts, Harlan & Hollingsworth, a railcar manufacturer. They expanded into shipbuilding in 1843 and were one of the earliest iron shipbuilders, becoming Harlan & Hollingsworth in 1849. They were bought by Bethlehem Steel in 1904 but did not become known as Bethlehem Steel, Wilmington, until WWI. Bethlehem closed the yard in 1926 and most of the property was sold to Dravo Corporation. At the outset of WWII, Bethlehem reopened the balance of the yard and the two companies teamed up for wartime construction. See Harlan & Hollingsworth's construction record here and Dravo's Wilmington construction record here. See the site of the shipyard from the air on Google here. It is now a public space called Riverfront Wilmington, part of which is called Dravo Plaza: all that's left of the shipyard are two whirly cranes but you can still see the ends of the launchways sticking out into the river.
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O/N | Name | Customer | Type | GT | LOA | Delivered | Notes | |
348 | 201685 | Goshen | Erie RR Co Inc | ferry | 1,457 | 205 | Mar 1905 | to USN 1942 as YFB-48, struck 1946 |
349 | 201355 | Wilkes-Barre | Central RR of New Jersey | ferry | 1,197 | 191 | Sep 1904 | scrapped 1965 |
350 | 201490 | Elizabeth | Central RR of New Jersey | ferry | 1,197 | 191 | Nov 1904 | scrapped 1947 |
351 | Reid Whitford | USACE | dredge | 318 | 1905 | later Cheraw | ||
352 | Immigrant | US Bureau of Immigration | Boarding Vessel | 267 | 1905 | |||
353 | Pure Oil Co. No. 3 | Pure Oil Co. | tank barge | 754 | May 1905 | |||
354 | 202037 | Firefighter | City of Washington DC | fireboat | 192 | 91 | June 1905 | |
355 | 202467 | Virginia | Baltimore S.P.Co | passenger freighter | 2,027 | Oct 1905 | burned 1919 | |
356 | Car Float No. 1 | NY, NH & H RR | car float | 4,304 | 1905 | |||
357 | Car Float No. 2 | NY, NH & H RR | car float | 4,304 | 1905 | |||
358 | Car Float No. 3 | NY, NH & H RR | car float | 4,304 | 1905 | |||
359 | Car Float No. 4 | NY, NH & H RR | car float | 4,304 | 1905 | |||
360 | 202552 | Woodbury | Norfolk & Washington SB Co | ferry | 857 | 177 | Oct 1905 | later Lackawanna 1907, to Delaware interests 1948, scrapped 1983 |
361 | 202704 | Cranford | Central RR Co of New Jersey | ferry | 1,197 | 191 | Dec 1906 | restaurant 1966, reefed off NJ 1981 |
362 | 202713 | Somerville | Central RR Co of New Jersey | ferry | 1,197 | 191 | Jan 1906 | scrapped 1965 |
363 | Sunflower | US Lighthouse Service | tender | 1,100 | 191 | Mar 1907 | sold 1947 | |
364 | 163838 | Silverthorne | Sun Oil. Co. | barge | 191 | 1905 | ||
365 | 203052 | Callahan | Norfolk & Washington SB Co | ferry | 989 | 206 | May 1906 | later Hopatcong 1907, scrapped 1948 |
366 | 203246 | Ashley | Central RR of NJ | tugboat | 240 | 109 | July 1906 | |
367 | 203341 | Bridgeton | Central RR of NJ | tugboat | 240 | 109 | July 1906 | |
368 | 203401 | Sea Bright | Central RR of NJ | tugboat | 240 | 109 | Aug 1906 | |
369 | 203988 | Relief | Merritt & Chapman | salvage tugboat | 828 | 184 | Jan 1907 | scrapped 1953 |
370 | 203468 | Babylon | Long Island RR Co | ferry | 1,310 | 188 | Aug 1906 | later Tenafly 1921, scrapped 1946 |
371 | 203563 | Hempstead | Long Island RR Co | ferry | 1,310 | 188 | Oct 1906 | later Hackensack 1921, Islander 1945, scrapped 1957 |
372 | No. 35 | Central RR of NJ | car float | 850 | 1906 | |||
373 | No. 36 | Central RR of NJ | car float | 850 | 1906 | |||
374 | No. 37 | Central RR of NJ | car float | 850 | 1906 | |||
375 | 203847 | El Toro | Southern Pacific Co. | tugboat | 266 | 81 | Mar 1907 | |
376 | 203846 | El Chico | Southern Pacific Co. | tugboat | 152 | 81 | Feb 1907 | |
377 | 203811 | Delaware | Clyde SS Co | freighter | 1,907 | 250 | Jan 1907 | scrapped 1935 |
378 | 203925 | Pawnee | Clyde SS Co | freighter | 1,908 | 250 | Mar 1907 | later Pan Orleans 1940, Ascona 1948, scrapped 1959 |
379 | 204213 | Bay Ridge | City of NY | ferry | 862 | 182 | July 1907 | later Rappahannock River 1941, scrapped 1948 |
380 | 204339 | Gowanus | City of NY | ferry | 862 | 182 | Aug 1907 | burned 1939 |
381 | 204561 | Nassau | City of NY | ferry | 862 | 182 | July 1907 | burned 1939 |
382 | 204445 | St. Helens | E. J. Dodge Co | freighter | 1,497 | 224 | Aug 1907 | torpedoed and lost 1917 |
383 | 204444 | Olson & Mahony | Olson & Mahony | freighter | 1,497 | 224 | Aug 1907 | later Providencia 1916, Santa Agueda 1940, Rivadavia 1947, barge 1956 |
384 | No. 38 | Central RR of NJ | car float | 850 | Aug 1907 | |||
385 | No. 39 | Central RR of NJ | car float | 850 | Aug 1907 | |||
386 | No. 40 | Central RR of NJ | car float | 850 | Sep 1907 | |||
387 | Elevator No. 2 | Girard Point Storage Co. | Grain Elevator | Sep 1908 | ||||
388 | 205859 | Bayonne | Central RR of NJ | barge | 325 | 100 | Nov 1908 | |
389 | 205883 | Easton | Central RR of NJ | barge | 325 | 100 | Dec 1908 | |
390 | 205898 | Keyport | Central RR of NJ | barge | 325 | 100 | Dec 1908 | |
391 | 205916 | Westfield | Central RR of NJ | barge | 325 | 100 | Dec 1908 | |
392 | 206082 | New London | Central Vermont Tptn Co | passenger freighter | 2,818 | 278 | June 1909 | scrapped 1947 |
393 | 206239 | New York | Central Vermont Tptn Co | passenger freighter | 2,818 | 278 | June 1909 | scrapped 1947 |
394 | 206271 | Georgianna II | Alfred L. Ainscow | yacht | 28 | 1909 | ||
395 | 207201 | City of Philadelphia | Wilm SB Co | passenger freighter | 731 | 193 | Apr 1910 | later Liberty Belle 1938, Asbury Park 1947, Tolchester 1949, Freestone 1957, Potomac 1961, scrapped 1974 |
396 | 207202 | City of Wilmington | Wilm SB Co | passenger freighter | 749 | 193 | Apr 1910 | later Bay Belle 1944, Duchess 1990, deleted 1976, sank 1991 |
397 | 207282 | North Land | Maine SS Co Inc | passenger freighter | 3,282 | 304 | Apr 1910 | scrapped 1934 |
398 | No. 41 | Central RR of NJ | car float | 850 | Dec 1910 | |||
399 | No. 42 | Central RR of NJ | car float | 850 | Dec 1910 | |||
400 | Ellicott Dredge No. 1 | Ellicott Machine Corporation | dredge | 570 | Mar 1910 | |||
401 | No. 167N | Balto & Ohio R.R. Co. | car float | 850 | May 1910 | |||
402 | No. 168N | Balto & Ohio R.R. Co. | car float | 850 | May 1910 | |||
403 | 164503 | Paulus | Del River Lightering | freight barge | 121 | June 1910 | ||
404 | No. 400 | Lehigh Valley R R Co. | car float | 745 | 1911 | |||
405 | No. 401 | Lehigh Valley R R Co. | car float | 745 | 1911 | |||
406 | 208448 | Benjamin B. Odell | Central Hudson SB Co | passenger freighter | 2,011 | 264 | June 1911 | burned 1937 |
407 | 208377 | Northland | Norfolk & Washington SB Co | passenger freighter | 2,055 | 291 | Mar 1911 | later Leyden 1944, Hung Chong 1947, scrapped 1955 |
408 | 208271 | Pure Oil Co. No. 5 | Pure Oil Co. | tank barge | 223 | Dec 1910 | ||
409 | No. 43 | Central RR of NJ | car float | 850 | 1911 | |||
410 | No. 44 | Central RR of NJ | car float | 850 | 1911 | |||
411 | 208674 | Westfield | Central RR of NJ | ferry | 1,238 | 192 | June 1911 | scrapped 1955 |
412 | 209655 | California/Cordova | Alaska SS Co | passenger freighter | 2,273 | 243 | Mar 1912 | later Lee Kung 1947, Cordova 1949, scrapped 1951 |
413 | 209822 | Rose Standish | Nantasket Beach SB Co | passenger freighter | 993 | 205 | May 1912 | burned 1929 |
414 | 209908 | Henry Williams | Baltimore & Carolina SS Co | freighter | 1,861 | 239 | June 1912 | later Constable Hook 1916, Margarcia 1917, Grace 1917, torpedoed and lost 1917 |
415 | 210291 | Columbia | Wilson Bros & Co | freighter | 1,923 | 239 | July 1912 | wrecked 1924 |
416 | 210767 | John A. Hooper | Sudden & Christensen | freighter | 2,244 | 203 | Nov 1912 | later Santa Alicia 1917, Edna Christenson 1922, Kwang Yuan 1937, Edna 1941, Hu Kiang 1946, wrecked 1947 |
417 | 210585 | Mauch Chunk | Central RR of NJ | barge | 287 | Sep 1912 | later Limpet 1915, T.I.C.Limpet 1922, Disperser 1937, scrapped 1953 | |
418 | 210760 | Germantown | Reading Co | tugboat | 619 | 158 | Dec 1912 | scrapped 1936 |
419 | 210869 | Oliver J. Olson | Olson & Mahony | freighter | 1,881 | 239 | Jan 1913 | later El Capitan 1917, Lakina 1926, Ping Hsing 1947, Norbay 1950, Osco 1951, scrapped 1952 |
420 | 211533 | Narragansett | Central Vermont Tptn Co | passenger freighter | 3,539 | 320 | Sep 1913 | later Richelieu 1923, Passenger No. 3 1966, scrapped 1966 |
421 | 211734 | Manhattan | Central Vermont Tptn Co | passenger freighter | 3,539 | 320 | Oct 1913 | later Nopatin 1918, De Witt Clinton 1929, Col. Frederick C. Johnson 1942, Galilah 1948, scrapped 1953 |
422 | 211559 | Bayonne | Central RR of NJ | ferry | 1,344 | 183 | Aug 1913 | scrapped 1947 |
423 | No. 45 | Central RR of NJ | car float | 850 | 1913 | |||
424 | No. 46 | Central RR of NJ | car float | 850 | 1913 | |||
425 | 211805 | Bridgeton | Phila & Camden Ferry Co | ferry | 774 | 143 | Dec 1913 | scrapped 1952 |
426 | 211806 | Salem | Phila & Camden Ferry Co | ferry | 774 | 143 | Dec 1913 | scrapped 1951 |
427 | Lehigh Valley R R Co. | car float | 745 | 1913 | ||||
428 | No. 47 | Central RR of NJ | car float | 850 | 1913 | |||
429 | 212140 | Delaware | Del River Ferry Co of NJ | ferry | 807 | 140 | 1914 | later Atlantic City 1922, scrapped 1952 |
430 | 212235 | Hanover | ferry | 466 | 1914 | |||
431 | 170191 | Commonwealth | barge | 258 | 1914 | |||
432 | 212806 | Weehawken | NY Central RR Co | ferry | 1,402 | 187 | Nov 1914 | foundered 1965 |
433 | 212805 | Francis Hanify | J. R. Hanify Co | tanker | 2,588 | 294 | Nov 1914 | later Freeport Sulphur No. 1 1918, Riva Sarda 1927, Alberto Fassio 1936, mined and lost 1943 |
434 | 213752 | Silver Shell | Shell Co of California | tanker | 5,836 | 412 | Dec 1915 | later Soli 1930, bombed and beached 1942, scrapped 1952 |
435 | 213165 | Marion | Bethlehem Steel Co. | ferry | 146 | 108 | June 1915 | |
436 | 165874 | Pyrrhus | Commercial Co. | barge | 283 | 146 | Mar 1915 | |
437 | 213873 | Gold Shell | Shell Co of California | tanker | 5,614 | 412 | Feb 1916 | later Willy 1929, Itamaraty 1942, exploded 1949 and scrapped |
438 | 213656 | Fort Lee | Riverside & Fort Lee Ferry Co. | ferry | 1,080 | 177 | Oct 1915 | to Norfolk interests 1944, scrapped 1950 |
439 | 213752 | Pearl Shell | Shell Co of California Inc | tanker | 5,845 | 412 | Dec 1916 | scrapped 1932 |
440 | 214161 | George E. Paddleford | Petroleum Tpt Co | tanker | 4,788 | 392 | June 1916 | later Oscar D. Bennett 1921, Henry M. Dawes 1932, Ionian Pioneer 1948, scrapped 1953 |
441 | 215002 | Benjamin Brewster | Standard Oil Co | tanker | 5,580 | 412 | May 1917 | torpedoed and lost 1942 |
3442 | 215856 | W. H. Tilford | Standard Oil Co | tanker | 5,673 | 412 | Dec 1917 | scrapped 1936 |
3443 | 214055 | City of Camden | Wilmington SB Co | passenger | 730 | 193 | May 1916 | later Mount Vernon 1940, Charles S. Zimmerman 1969, River Princess 1987 |
3444 | 214587 | Georgeanna Weems | Baltimore & Carolina SS Co | freighter | 2,089 | 242 | Nov 1916 | later Georgeanna 1931, scrapped 1951 |
3445 | 216608 | J. A. Bostwick | Standard Oil/USSB | tanker | 12,650 | 465 | 5 Aug 2018 | later Cities Service Toledo 1929, torpedoed and lost 1942 |
3446 | 216770 | O. T. Waring | Standard Oil/USSB | tanker | 12,650 | 465 | 24 Sep 2018 | later Maturines 1935, scrapped 1949 |
3447 | 214160 | Georgiana III | William G. Coxe | yacht | 82 | 93 | July 1916 | later Whitemarsh, Rosinco, wrecked off Kenosha WI 1928 |
3448 | 215362 | Olean | Vacuum Oil | tanker | 5,025 | 299 | 23 Jun 2017 | later C. A. Snider 1919, T. A. D. Jones 1929, Neti 1937, Ucayali 1937, El Cholo 1960, scrapped 1962 |
3449 | 217130 | Charles M. Everest | Vacuum Oil/USSB | tanker | 8,650 | 412 | 13 Dec 2018 | later Naeco 1933, torpedoed and lost 1942 |
3450 | 217676 | Cabrille | USSB | tanker | 7,500 | 328 | July 1919 | later Chilbar 1927, scrapped 1947 |
3451 | 218003 | Romulus | USSB | tanker | 7,500 | 328 | July 1919 | later Spencer Kellogg 1929, Rawleigh Warner 1945, scrapped 1955 |
3452 | 215269 | Stony Point | NY Central RR Co | ferry | 1,391 | 196 | June 1917 | scrapped 1963 |
3453 | 215965 | Saetia | United Fruit/USSB | freighter | 2,873 | 309 | Feb 1918 | sunk by a mine 1918 |
3454 | 216079 | Guaro | United Fruit/USSB | freighter | 2,873 | 309 | Apr 1918 | later Isabel Weems 1926, Guaro 1936, scrapped 1937 |
3455 | 216402 | Biran | United Fruit/USSB | freighter | 2,873 | 309 | June 1918 | later Dorothy 1924, in collision and sank 1929 |
3456 | 216488 | Pilon/Garibaldi | United Fruit/USSB | freighter | 2,873 | 309 | June 1918 | later Catherine Weems 1926, Fairfield 1928, Hallfried 1939, torpedoed and lost 1943 |
3457 | 217134 | Tipton | United Fruit/USSB | freighter | 2,873 | 309 | Nov 1918 | later Esther Weems 1923, Admiral Benson 1927, wrecked 1930 |
3458 | 217399 | Norma | United Fruit/USSB | freighter | 2,873 | 309 | Dec 1918 | later Northern Sword 1942, in collision and lost 1943 |
3459 | 220371 | Benwood/Gold Star | USSB | freighter | 4,871 | 392 | July 1919 | later Arcturus (AK-12) 1921, Gold Star (AG-12) 1922, scrapped 1947 |
3460 | 220644 | Benclair/Glenora | USSB | freighter | 4,980 | 392 | Sep 1919 | later Regulus (AK-14) 1921, scrapped 1947 |
3461 | 220819 | Bencarnot/Natirar | USSB | freighter | 4,659 | 392 | Dec 1919 | torpedoed and lost 1943 |
3462 | 218983 | Benbrook/Salem County | USSB | tanker | 5,102 | 392 | Oct 1919 | later Galena 1923, Arizona 1929, scrapped 1950 |
3463 | 218816 | Muskegot/Delco | USSB | freighter | 3,170 | 328 | Sep 1919 | later Domino 1922, scrapped 1950 |
3464 | 219174 | Siasconset/Bethnor | USSB | freighter | 3,482 | 328 | Nov 1919 | later Irene 1922, Nidarholm 1939, torpedoed and lost 1942 |
3465 | 219322 | Macomet | USSB | freighter | 3,483 | 328 | Dec 1919 | later Elizabeth 1922, wrecked 1935 |
3466 | 219715 | Sames/Mason City | USSB | freighter | 3,483 | 328 | Apr 1920 | later Ellenor 1922, Marcella 1946, wrecked 1958 |
3467 | 219716 | Maddequet | USSB | freighter | 3,482 | 328 | May 1920 | later Lillian 1922, in collision and sank 1939 |
3468 | Nanquitt | USSB | freighter | transferred to Elizabethport | ||||
3469 | Nanshun | USSB | freighter | transferred to Elizabethport | ||||
3470 | 219636 | Weweantic/Liberty Minquas | USSB | tanker | 5,056 | 392 | Mar 1920 | later Republic 1923, torpedoed and lost 1942 |
3471 | 219919 | Kehuku | USSB | tanker | 5,107 | 392 | June 1920 | later Chiloil 1926, scrapped 1947 |
3472 | 220686 | Kekoskee | USSB | tanker | 5,124 | 392 | Oct 1920 | later Santa Rita 1948, scrapped 1955 |
3473 | 220907 | Eugene V. R. Thayer | USSB | tanker | 7,138 | 430 | Dec 1920 | shelled and lost 1942 |
3474 | 221038 | Albert E. Watts | Sinclair Refining | tanker | 7,138 | 438 | Feb 1921 | later L. V. Stanford 1941, Sandrift 1953, scrapped 1955 |
3475 | 221107 | E. R. Kemp | Sinclair Refining | tanker | 4,887 | 375 | Mar 1921 | scrapped 1950 |
3476 | 221210 | E. W. Sinclair | Sinclair Refining | tanker | 4,887 | 375 | Apr 1921 | later Daniel Pierce 1941, Shikellamy 1943, Daniel Pierce 1946, beached 1964 |
3477 | 221897 | R. D. Leonard | Atlantic Refining | tanker | 1,778 | 266 | Feb 1922 | scrapped 1947 |
3478 | 222692 | Goodwill | Keith Spalding | yacht | 312 | Dec 1922 | ||
3479 | Bush Terminal | car float | Dec 1922 | |||||
3480 | No. 41 | Bush Terminal | car float | 1923 | ||||
3481 | No. 42 | Bush Terminal | car float | July 1923 | ||||
3482 | No. 117 | Balto & Ohio R.R. Co. | car float | Mar 1923 | ||||
3483 | 223272 | Moby Dick | F. S. Fish | yacht | 198 | Nov 1923 | ||
3484 | USACE | barge | Aug 1923 | |||||
3485 | USACE | barge | Aug 1923 | |||||
3486 | USACE | barge | Aug 1923 | |||||
3487 | USACE | barge | Feb 1924 | |||||
3488 | USACE | barge | Feb 1924 | |||||
3489 | USACE | barge | May 1924 | |||||
3490 | No. 48 | Central RR of NJ | car float | 850 | Aug 1924 | |||
3491 | No. 49 | Central RR of NJ | car float | 850 | Aug 1924 | |||
3492 | 169125 | No. 3724 | Erie R R Co. | car float | 1,052 | 325 | Nov 1924 | |
3493 | 169126 | No. 3824 | Erie R R Co. | car float | 1,052 | 325 | Dec 1924 | |
3494 | No. 43 | Bush Terminal | car float | Nov 1924 | ||||
3495 | No. 44 | Bush Terminal | car float | Jan 1925 | ||||
3496 | 225257 | Newton | Del, Lacka & Western RR Co. | tugboat | 195 | Oct 1925 | (Hull only, subcontract from J.W. Sullivan of NY) | |
3497 | 225256 | Stroudsburg | Del, Lacka & Western RR Co. | tugboat | 195 | Nov 1925 | (Hull only, subcontract from J.W. Sullivan of NY) later Big Mama, reefed off NJ 1995 | |
3498 | D. L. & W. No. 34 | Del, Lacka & Western RR Co. | car float | 1,006 | Aug 1925 | |||
3499 | D. L. & W. No. 35 | Del, Lacka & Western RR Co | car float | 1,006 | Aug 1925 | |||
3500 | 225465 | Port Houston | Houston Port Authority | fireboat | 284 | 118 | June 1926 | |
3501 | 225575 | Cape May | Reading Co. Inc. | ferry | 1,028 | 189 | June 1926 | scrapped 1965 |
3502 | 225813 | Philadelphia | Reading Co. Inc. | ferry | 1,028 | 189 | 1926 | later Thomas N. McCarter 1936, Newport News 1943, beached 1967 |
3503 | Mantua | USACE | dredge | 250 | Mar 1926 | |||
3504 | 226004 | Fishers Island | Fisher's Island Nav. Co. | ferry | 862 | 150 | Aug 1926 | later Col John E. Baxter 1942, Fisher's Island 1957, Block Island 1960, Americana 1988, Lucian Queen 1991, scrapped in 1990s |
3505 | LIRR No. 20 | Long Island R.R. Co. | car float | Aug 1926 | ||||
3506 | LIRR No. 21 | Long Island R.R. Co. | car float | Nov 1926 | ||||
3507 | No. 9 | USACE | barge | 44 | Oct 1926 | |||
3508 | Oil Barge No. 5 | USACE | barge | Oct 1926 | ||||
3509 | derrick Boat No. 5 | USACE | barge | Oct 1926 | ||||
3510 | Southern No. 28 | Southern Tptn Co. | car float | Nov 1926 | ||||
169569 | Seaboard No. 25 | Seaboard Shipping Corp. | scow | 329 | 115 | 1926 | ||
3511 | 169610 | Seaboard No. 55 | Seaboard Shipping Corp. | tank barge | 650 | 170 | Dec 1926 |