Cleveland Shipbuilding ~ Shipbuilding History

Cleveland Shipbuilding

Cleveland and Lorain OH

Most recent update: May 14, 2016.

Cleveland Shipbuilding was started in 1886 by Henry Coffinberry and Robert Wallace on the site of the Cuyahoga Steam Furnace Company, which was roughly where Detroit Avenue meets Center Street. In 1897, they built a new shipyard in Lorain and relocated there, closing the Cleveland yard.

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	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	LOA	Delivered	Notes
Built by Cleveland Shipbuilding in Cleveland
1	140930	Lackawanna	M. M. Drake	laker	2,015		May 1888	scrapped 1930
2	116235	Scranton	M. M. Drake	laker	2,015		Aug 1888	later Ten 1927, Nine 1935, Starbuck 1942, scrapped 1957
3	145503	Transfer	Michigan Central Railroad	ferry	1,511		Jan 1889	scrapped 1940
4	120750	Frontenac	Cleveland Iron Mining Co	laker	2,003		Apr 1889	later Vaudreuil 1919, scrapped 1924
5	150476	Pontiac	Cleveland Iron Mining Co	laker	2,298		Aug 1889	later Goudreau 1917, wrecked 1917
6	141050	La Salle	Lake Superior Iron Co	laker	1,856		Apr 1890	later Eastrich 1928, Howard Hindman 1943, Forestdale 1952, scrapped 1961
7	76873	Joliet	Lake Superior Iron Co	laker	1,921		Feb 1890	collision and sank 1911
8	76884	J. H. Wade	W. Chisholm	laker	1,863		May 1899	scrapped 1926
9	81294	Western Reserve	Minch Transit Co	laker	2,392		Sep 1890	foundered 1892
10	81326	W. H. Gilcher	J. C. Gilchrist	laker	2,415		May 1891	collision and sank 1892
11	81324	Wawatam	Lake Superior Iron Co	laker	1,856		Apr 1891	later Glenlivet 1914, Saskatchewan 1926, scrapped 1937
12	86140	Griffin	Lake Superior Iron Co	dredge	1,856		June 1891	later Joseph S. Scobell 1937, scrapped 1970
13	81346	Wadena	J. H. Wade	yacht	199		1891	to USN 1917 as SP-158, returned 1920, scrapped 1931
14		Amaranth (WAGL-201)	U.S. Light House Service	tender			Apr 1892	later South Wind 1949, Ocean Transport, scrapped 1969
15	126787	Ciscoe	Ranney Fish Co.	tugboat	24		Aug 1991	later Gail K, Capama - S, Jill Marie
16	106926	Andaste	Lake Superior Iron Co	laker	1,573		Apr 1892	foundered 1929
17	126874	Choctaw	Lake Superior Iron Co	laker	1,573		June 1892	collision and sank 1915
18	27655	Yuma	Wilson Transit Co	laker	3,042		Apr 1893	later Blue Hill 1918, Presidente Estrada 1920, Blue Hill 1923, Trader 1925, Cohasset 1930, in collision and sank 1949
19	107034	Alva	M. A. Bradley	laker	2,419		July 1893	later Minnetonka 1911, Glenfinnan 1914, Renfrew 1926, scrapped 1937
20	100589	I. W. Nicholas	The Minch Transit Co	laker	2,624		Sep 1894	later Inland 1914, scrapped 1937
21	127078	Chili	M. M. Drake	laker	2,584		May 1895	later Sarnian 1913, wrecked 1943
22	27665	Yale	R. R. Rhodes	laker	3,453		Aug 1895	later Charlotte Graveraet Breitung 1916, T. K. Maher 1919, D. E. Callendar 1925, wrecked 1934
23	81535	W. D. Rees	Wilson Transit Co	laker	3,760		Mar 1896	later Leetsdale 1951, scrapped 1955
24	20612	Queen City	Zenith Transit Co	laker	3,979		May 1896	scrapped 1946
25	136545	Edna G	Duluth, Missabe RW	tugboat	154		May 1896	to Two Harbors MN as museum 1984
26	77236	James Watt	Bessemer S.S.Co	laker	4,090		Oct 1896	scrapped 1961
27	107267	Andrew Carnegie	Wilson Transit Co	laker	4,106		Mar 1897	later A. W. Osborne 1915, scrapped 1946
28	136623	Empire City	Zenith Transit Co	laker	4,118		Sep 1897	later Sumatra 1930, Dolomite 1962, scrapped 1968
Built by Cleveland Shipbuilding in Lorain
29	116820	Superior City	Zenith Transit Co	laker	4,795		May 1898	collision and sank 1920
30	150786	Presque Isle	W. G. Mather	laker	4,578		July 1898	later E. M. Ford 1956
31	127300	Clarence A. Black	Northern Lakes S.S.Co	laker	4,521		Oct 1898	scrapped 1946
32	96425	Huron	Lower Lake S.S.Co	laker	1,945		Aug 1898	later Huronton 1920, in collision and sank 1923
33	150810	Pennsylvania	A. B. Wolvin	laker	4,840		May 1899	later Mataafa 1899, scrapped 1964
34	96445	Henry W. Oliver	Wilson Transit Co	laker	4,909		May 1899	later S. H. Robins 1915, Burlington 1948, scrapped 1967
Ordered from Cleveland Shipbuilding but Built by American Shipbuilding in Lorain
35	136740	Eureka	Eureka Tptn Co	laker	2,122		June 1899	later Ketchikan 1917, Nezina 1928, scrapped 1937
36	92973	Texas	Cleveland SB Co	laker	5,229		Sep 1899	later Malietowa 1899, scrapped 1963
37	77407	John W. Gates	Pittsburgh S.S.Co	laker	5,946		Mar 1900	scrapped 1961
38	77409	James J. Hill	Pittsburgh S.S.Co	laker	6,025		May 1900	scuttled 1962
39	100707	Isaac L. Elwood	American S.S.Co	laker	5,085		May 1900	subcontracted to West Bay City SB, scrapped 1961
40	81702	William Edenborn	American S.S.Co	laker	5,085		June 1900	subcontracted to West Bay City SB, sunk as breakwater 1962