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

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