Atlantic Iron Works

East Boston MA

The Atlantic Works, also known as Atlantic Iron Works, was one of the earliest iron shipbuilders, founded in 1853. It grew over the years through acquisition of neighboring facilities, until acquired by Bethlehem Steel, who closed it in 1950. The yard was at the south end of Border Street, from about Maverick Street north to where the Boston East apartment complex is today.

O/N Name Customer Type GT LOA Built Notes
Pembroke Coffin & Co steamer 241 1860
South Carolina passenger freighter 1,165 1860
R. B. Forbes barge 1861
R. B. Forbes barge 1861
R. B. Forbes barge 1861
R. B. Forbes steamer 70 1861
Niphon R. B. Forbes steamer 475
Sagamore US Navy gunboat 507 159 1861 sold to Japanese interests 1867
Nantucket US Navy monitor 1,875 200 1863 scrapped 1900
Casco US Navy monitor 614 209 1864 later Hero, scrapped 1875
80012 William Lawrence Baltimore Line steamer 1,049 208 1869
Novelty steamer 358 1869
Cygnet 94 1869
Astoria 178 1870
Clyde 73 1870
Isis 73 1870
Vista 219 1870
Wave 73 1870
80330 William M. Flanders steamer 58 75 1872
Dexter USCG gunboat 326 1874 sold 1908
Richard Rush USCG gunboat 326 1874 scrapped 1913
Shearwater 109 1887
Unquowa yacht 159 1888
Juthniel 140 1889
145568 Triton Luckenback Towing tugboat 259 114 1890
Wild Duck 233 1891
Formosa yacht 238 1894
Manning USCG revenue cutter 1,150 1898 sold 1930
3835 Buccaneer tugboat 226 114 1900
145841 Tormenter tugboat 226 114 1900 scrapped 1885
204283 Boston Floating Hospital Boston Floating Hospital hospital ship 672 1906 scrapped 1952
Betty Alden Nantasket Beach SB Co. passenger 775 1908 burned 1929
210653 Narragansett 164 1912
226810 Merrimac 386 1927

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