City Point Iron Works
South Boston MA
Most recent update: May 20, 2016.
City Point Iron Works was established by Harrison Loring in 1857, on a site at the end of the South Boston peninsula. The company, which was one of the earliest iron shipbuilders, failed in 1891 and was eventually sold at auction in 1894.
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O/N | Name | Customer | Type | GT | LOA | Delivered | Notes | |
Sestos | steamboat | 522 | 1858 | for owners in the East Indies | ||||
Contest | steamboat | 522 | 1859 | for owners in the East Indies | ||||
Massachusetts | Boston & Southern S.S. Co. | steamship | 1,155 | 1860 | abandoned 1892 | |||
South Carolina | Boston & Southern S.S. Co. | steamship | 1,165 | 1860 | sunk 1902 | |||
Merrimack | Union Steamship Co. | steamship | 1,991 | 1862 | sunk 1887 | |||
Mississippi | Union Steamship Co. | steamship | 2,008 | 1862 | sunk 1869 | |||
Nahant | US Navy | monitor | 1,875 | 29 Dec 1862 | sold 1904 | |||
Canonicus | US Navy | monitor | 2,100 | 16 Apr 1864 | sold 1908 | |||
Winnipec | US Navy | gunboat | 1,370 | 20 Aug 1864 | sold 1869 | |||
LV47 | Great Round Shoal | USCG | lightship | 470 | 1891 | abandoned 1954 | ||
LV48 | Sandy Hook | USCG | lightship | 470 | 1891 | sold 1925 | ||
LV49 | Cape Charles | USCG | lightship | 470 | 1891 | retired 1941 | ||
Wahneta | US Navy | tugboat | 192 | 1892 | later AT-1, YT-1, sold 1922 | |||
Iwana | US Navy | tugboat | 192 | 1892 | later AT-2, YT-2, sold 1946 | |||
Narkeeta | US Navy | tugboat | 192 | 14 Apr 1892 | later AT-3, YT-3, sold 1926 | |||
Marblehead | US Navy | cruiser | 2,089 | 2 Apr 1894 | later C-11, PG-27, sold 1921 |