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Gildersleeve Shipbuilding

Gildersleeve CT

S. Gildersleeve & Sons was started by Sylvester Gildersleeve in 1821, becoming Gildersleeve Shipbuilding Company in 1909 and Gildersleeve Ship Construction Company in 1917. It stopped building ships in 1932 but continued for a while as a repair yard. The yard was on the Connecticut River, just north of Portland CT: the site, which is now occupied by Petzold's Marine Center,

O/N Name Leading Owner Type GT LOA Built Notes
1 Boston Packet Seth Overton sloop 70d 1821
2 Caravan Seth Overton sloop 50d 1823
3 Gordon Gordon Whitmore sloop 80d 1824
4 Stranger Joel Hall schooner 175d 1826
5 Emily Joel Hall sloop 120d 1826
6 Mary Joel Hall sloop 105d 1826
7 Planter Joel Hall sloop 110d 1827
8 Albany Joel Hall sloop 125d 1827
9 China Joel Hall schooner 180d 1828
10 Aspasia Norman Pease schooner 180d 1828
11 Boston Joel Hall schooner 155d 1829
12 Niagara Joel Hall sloop 135d 1829
13 Jane Joel Hall sloop 115d 1830
14 Deborah S. Gildersleeve schooner 135d 1831
15 Jane Maria Joel Hall sloop 115d 1831
16 Frances Ann Norman Pease brig 225d 1831
17 Franklin Allen Stewart sloop 100d 1832
18 Statira S. Gildersleeve brig 190d 1832
19 Mary Henry Churchill schooner 160d 1833
20 Lydia Henry Churchill schooner 160d 1833
21 Mary Shields Levi Stewart schooner 125d 1833
22 Brace Joel Hall schooner 160d 1834
23 Mary Jane Joel Hall schooner 160d 1834
24 Erie Asaph Hall schooner 140d 1834
25 Henrietta Joel Hall schooner 160d 1835
26 Amelia Joel Hall sloop 125d 1835
27 Julia Seth Overton sloop 70d 1835
28 Orion Russell & Hall sloop 125d 1835
29 Henrietta Jane Rain & Morgan schooner 160d 1835
30 16486 Mary Elizabeth Asa Strickland sloop 56 64 1836 later schooner
31 Octavia Henry Churchill schooner 200d 1836
32 Joel Hall Joel Hall sloop 125d 1836
33 Wm. Bryan Wm. Hendley schooner 150d 1836 first to serve the NY-Texas route
34 Marion Russell & Hall schooner 125d 1837
35 Shoal Water S. Johnson schooner 60d 1837
36 Eliot Ebenezer Flower schooner 125d 1838
37 Isabella S. Gildersleeve brig 250d 1838
38 Samuel Hall Joel Hall sloop 100d 1839
39 Phoenix Evelyn White sloop 100d 1839
40 Robert Mills Wm. Hendley schooner 200d 1839
41 Henry Wm. Hendley sloop 100d 1840
42 Sterling Chas. Perry brig 400d 1840
43 Star Brooks, Jackman scow 50d 1841
44 Mary Wm. W. Wakemen brig 280d 1841
45 Cornelia J. W. Davis schooner 250d 1841
46 Star Republic Wm. Hendley bark 476d 1842
47 Middletown Brooks & Davis ferry 25d 1843
48 Lone Star Wm. Hendley sloop 85d 1844
49 Empire Z. B. Wakeman brig 350d 1844
50 Hartford J. Godfrey ship 700d 1845
51 22565 Silas Brainerd E. & S. Brainerd schooner 83 69 1845
52 J. G. McNeil Wm. Hendley schooner 90d 1846
53 Marion Henry Perry ship 600d 1846
54 Nathan Shaler Shaler & Hall schooner 135d 1846
55 Uncle Bill Wm. Hendley schooner 90d 1846
56 Harmonia Dunham & Dimon ship 950d 1847
57 Stephen F. Austin Wm. Hendley ship 625d 1847
58 B. R. Milan Wm. Hendley ship 650d 1848
59 W. B. Travis Wm. Hendley ship 850d 1848
60 J. W. Fanning Wm. Hendley ship 500d 1849
61 Wm. H. Wharton Wm. Hendley ship 1000d 1850
62 Joseph Hall Middlesex Quarry schooner 155d 1850
63 9305 Freestone E. & S. Brainerd schooner 71 73 1850
64 10325 George Gillum Middlesex Quarry schooner 100 73 1851
65 Harvest E. Sherwood bark 550d 1851
66 Frederick Hall Brainerd Quarry schooner 155d 1851
67 7496 E. M. Duffield Brainerd Quarry schooner 108 76 1851 foundered 1908
68 12960 Joseph Rogers Middlesex Quarry schooner 102 77 1851 later a bage
69 Hannah E. Chave Shaler & Hall schooner 135d 1852
70 Ravenswood S. Gildersleeve ship 1000d 1852
71 Lion Whitehead schooner 175d 1853
72 Eagle Whitehead schooner 175d 1853
73 S. N. Williams L. M. Hitchcox pilot boat 75d 1853
74 Jane M. Brainerd Brainerd Quarry schooner 145d 1854
75 S. Gildersleeve S. Gildersleeve ship 1400d 1854 burned by CSS Alabama
76 E. M. Clark O. G. Terry barge 300d 1854
77 James Lawrence J. Godfrey schooner 400d 1855
78 J. Godfrey J. Godfrey bark 600d 1855
79 20269 Parthenia Gleason & Willard propeller 190 1856 burned 1870 off Falkner I.
80 556 Annie J. Russell Middlesex Quarry schooner 110 80 1856
81 National Guard J. H. Brower ship 1500d 1857
82 J. C. Kuhn S. Gildersleeve bark 1100d 1859
83 22574 The Spare boat Middetown ferry ferry 43 1859
84 Free Wind S. Gildersleeve schooner 260d 1860
85 Cayuga US Navy gunboat 500d 1861
86 6265 Dudley Buck Hartford & NY SS Co. propeller 234 1862 abandoned 1879
87 Rival Wm. W. Wakeman brig 600d 1862
88 785 America Wakeman, Dinon & Co. steamship 813 1863
89 25082 United States Wakeman, Dinon & Co. steamship 1289 1864
90 E. F. Meany Middlesex Quarry schooner 200d 1864
91 13471 J. I. Worthington J. I. Worthington schooner 173 108 1864
92 11289 Helen Augusta S. Gildersleeve schooner 141 95 1865
93 Emily S. Gildersleeve H. G. Hubbard schooner 325d 1865
94 Florence H. Allen H. Fuller schooner 500d 1866
95 Henry Harteau Middlesex Quarry schooner 200d 1866
96 6202 David Currie Shaler & Hall schooner 171 100 1866 foundered 1907
97 Mary E. Rankin Lewis Crosby schooner 425d 1867
98 17627 Marcia S. Lewis Enoch Lewis schooner 219 123 1867
99 Savine S. Gildersleeve bark 1300d 1868
100 F. G. Russell Middlesex Quarry schooner 250d 1868
101 2733 Brazos S. Gildersleeve bark 917 168 1870
102 20363 Portland Middletown ferry ferry 329 98 1870
103 54391 Protection Consumers Ice Co. ice barge 636 1871
104 75302 J. W. Allison E. Brainerd steamer 112 94 1871
105 90312 Middlesex Middlesex Quarry freighter 183 124 1871 later Unit, abandoned 1
106 125076 City of Dallas Delamater & Co. steamship 915 184 1872
107 Louise P. Mallory S. Gildersleeve schooner 550d 1873
108 42551 H. J. Bean Consumers Ice Co. ice barge 633d 1873
109 110167 Ruth Robinson S. Gildersleeve schooner 496 140 1874
110 15979 Leona J. H. Brower schooner 202 104 1874
111 105407 Ada G. Shortland S. F. Shortland schooner 227 117 1874
112 50984 Minott F. Winch New York City Ice Co. ice barge 645 1874
113 62745 William Kemp New York City Ice Co. ice barge 602 1875
114 Wm. Nelson National Ice Co. ice barge 800d 1875
115 J. W. Mason National Ice Co. ice barge 800d 1876
116 Robert Burns National Ice Co ice barge 900d 1876
117 LV-41 Vineyard Sound U.S. Lighthouse Service lightship 387 114 1876 wrecked on the Romer Shoal 1899, sold 1934
118 Nameless Chas. Pratt & Co. tank barge 300d 1877
119 110406 Rebecca S. Gildersleeve schooner 142 98 1879
120 Nautilus Chas. Pratt & Co. tank barge 300d 1880
121 Neptune Chas. Pratt & Co. tank barge 300d 1880
122 Navigator Chas. Pratt & Co. tank barge 300d 1880
123 Novelty Chas. Pratt & Co. tank barge 300d 1880
124 Nimrod Chas. Pratt & Co. tank barge 300d 1880
125 Nymph Chas. Pratt & Co.. tank barge 300d 1880
126 34177 Chas. E. Goin C. H. Mallory & Co lighter 111 1880
127 34176 C. F. Deering C. H. Mallory & Co lighter 107 1880
128 54484 P. C. Golder C. H. Mallory & Co lighter 127 1881
129 57900 Samuel Walker C. H. Mallory & Co lighter 120 1881
130 53251 O. M. Hitchcock C. H. Mallory & Co lighter 126 1882
131 135630 Emily Shepard S. Gildersleeve & Sons schooner 179 102 1882
132 57901 Samuel B. Baker Jr. C. H. Mallory & Co lighter 132 1883
133 135732 Emily F. Northam S. Gildersleeve & Sons schooner 332 131 1883
134 S. T. W. Sandford National Ice Co. ice barge 825d 1884
135 Wm. de Groot National Ice Co. ice barge 825d 1884
91730 Mattabessett freight barge 78 1884
61114 Volunteer freight barge 344 1887
85963 Gildersleeve 23 60 1887
3448 Brownstone steamer 253 83 1889
34213 Cactus freight barge 795 1890
42728 H&NYT Co. No. 7 H & NY Transportation freight barge 513 154 1891
42733 H&NYT Co. No. 8 H & NY Transportation freight barge 513 154 1892
35536 David Moore freight barge 270 1893
54520 President freight barge 277 1893
46615 James Wixted freight barge 291 110 1893
51247 Majestic freight barge 286 105 1894
42752 H&NYT Co. No. 10 H & NY Transportation freight barge 525 157 1896
42764 H&NYT Co. No. 11 H & NY Transportation freight barge 575 182 1896
48624 Lizzie S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 261 1897
48623 Lucy S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 170 1897
51279 Mary S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 234 1897
30148 Alice S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 253 1898
48632 Louisa S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 247 1898
51285 Marion S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 383 122 1898
35562 Dorothea S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 287 1899
51338 Mamie S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 283 105 1899
30166 Amelia S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 283 105 1899
30204 Anna S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 284 105 1899
36912 Eva S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 363 109 1899 later Blue Moon
31596 Bessie S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 338 108 1899
39734 Grace S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 341 108 1899
37610 Florence S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 335 1900
39756 Glenwood S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 322 1900
42833 Hattie S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 293 110 1900
48679 Lillian S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 344 1901
51419 Mabel S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 289 110 1901
51412 Madeline S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 343 1901
51420 Martha S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 291 110 1901
39768 Genieve S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 347 108 1901
42853 Hurricane V. Youngman & Co. freight barge 526 135 1901 later Blue Boy
34402 Carrie S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 385 121 1901
30285 Alma S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 385 121 1902
42864 Helen S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 385 121 1901
44345 Ida S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 385 121 1902
46607 Julia S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 385 121 1902 later Blue Ocean
46590 Jennie S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 385 121 1901
46603 Jessie S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 294 110 1902
51445 Myra S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 233 1902
56697 Ruth S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 290 105 1902 later S. E. Vincent
42880 Harry Hudson Smith Keeler Transportation freight barge 321 108 1902
111402 Rocky Hill ferry 33 50 1902
36981 Edna S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 384 121 1903
56708 Richard S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 293 110 1903
162061 Elheurah S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 385 121 1903
162073 Elsie S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 293 110 1903
162119 Barberaux S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 294 110 1903
162040 Clara S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 293 110 1903
37648 Fay S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 256 1903
51454 Marcia S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 292 110 1903 later John McCarthy
48704 Letty S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 383 121 1903
162030 Margaret S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 384 121 1903
162164 Sylvester S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 384 121 1904
162290 Jerry S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 291 110 1904
162308 Henry S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 292 110 1904
162529 Margaret Carbray canal boat 103 1904
162382 Ferdinand S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 397 121 1905
162383 Philip S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 397 121 1905
162428 Oliver S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 305 110 1905
162429 William S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 305 110 1905
162485 Warner S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 291 110 1905
162515 Alfred S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 291 110 1905
162532 Walter S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 291 110 1905
163018 Arthur S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 240 1906
162749 Nelson S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 305 110 1906
162840 Le Roy S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 291 110 1906
162881 Myron S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 291 110 1906
162907 Munsell S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 291 110 1906
162928 Andrew S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 291 110 1906
162961 Willard S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 306 110 1906
162680 Louis S. Gildersleeve & Sons freight barge 396 126 1906 later B. S. Hinckley
163119 H&NYT Co. No. 21 H & NY Transportation freight barge 522 147 1907
163198 H&NYT Co. No. 26 H & NY Transportation freight barge 522 147 1907
162679 Charles Seaboard & inland barge freight barge 396 126 1907
163245 Dan Eastern Transportation freight barge 318 110 1907
163303 Blue Line freight barge 594 131 1907
163347 Peters freight barge 299 110 1907
163348 Frank freight barge 301 110 1907
163383 Raymond freight barge 301 110 1907
163481 No. 10 Robert J. Wright & Son car float 254 140 1907
163486 Robert J Robert J. Wright & Son deck scow 244 110 1908
163327 George freight barge 312 106 1907 to USN 1917 as ID-1725
163391 Robert freight barge 291 110 1907 later Pier Light
205426 Ruth Logan sloop 10 32 1908
163564 Howard freight barge 309 110 1908
163611 Oscar freight barge 308 110 1908
163691 Joel Bertell W. King freight barge 468 121 1908 later Joe Scully, Le Baron S. Willard
163565 John Hall Eastern Transportation freight barge 309 110 1908
163617 James H. Scully Scully's Towing & Transportation coal barge 608 131 1908 later Blue Gown, Lazaretto
163659 Frank P. Scully Scully's Towing & Transportation coal barge 608 131 1908 later Blue Feather
163441 A. E. Mitchell freight barge 593 131 1908 later Blue Jeans
163442 Jack O'Brien Bros. freight barge 291 110 1908 later Park Light
163660 Louis McWilliams Blue Line freight barge 448 116 1908
163687 Stewart McWilliams Blue Line freight barge 448 116 1908
163610 G. K. Mellen McWilliams Blue Line freight barge 448 116 1908
163975 Bill Scully McWilliams Blue Line freight barge 448 116 1908
163826 Joseph McWilliams Blue Line freight barge 448 116 1909
163868 Samuel McWilliams Blue Line freight barge 448 116 1909 later Sarah Scully, Nancy Willard
163886 Egbert McWilliams Blue Line freight barge 448 116 1909
163932 Malcolm McWilliams Blue Line freight barge 448 116 1909
163751 Norman Eastern Transportation freight barge 302 110 1909
163752 Thomas Eastern Transportation freight barge 302 110 1909
163753 Wilbert Eastern Transportation freight barge 302 110 1909
163849 Edward Eastern Transportation freight barge 302 110 1909
163931 Harold Ind. Lighterage Co. freight barge 314 110 1909
164015 David Ind. Lighterage Co. freight barge 314 110 1910
164016 Fred Ind. Lighterage Co. freight barge 314 110 1910
164050 Jerome Ind. Lighterage Co. freight barge 314 110 1910
164114 James Ind. Lighterage Co. freight barge 314 110 1910
164438 Perry Ind. Lighterage Co. freight barge 314 110 1911
164301 Donald McWilliams Blue Line freight barge 451 116 1910
164272 Junior McWilliams Blue Line freight barge 451 116 1910 later Junior McCann
164282 Frances Scully Scully's Towing & Transportation coal barge 931 160 1910 later Blue Crest
Aster U.S. Lighthouse Service tender 179 cancelled
Palmetto U.S. Lighthouse Service tender 84 cancelled
164578 H&NYT Co. No. 30 H & NY Transportation freight barge 550 157 1911
165099 Rita Dempsey Dempsey & Sons bay barge 457 175 1912 later Samuel M
165253 Louis J. Dempsey Dempsey & Sons bay barge 457 175 1913 later Doris
170878 Tom Eastern Transportation freight barge 285 110 1913
165522 Elmer freight barge 282 110 1913
170014 Bump Capital Materials freight barge 279 110 1913
170015 Dutch Capital Materials freight barge 279 110 1913
165453 Frank freight barge 314 110 1913
165488 Harry freight barge 314 110 1913
165607 Dudley freight barge 314 110 1914 later Harry, to USN 1918 as ID-3536, YR-10 1920, sold 1924
165711 Wallace freight barge 314 110 1914 to USAQMD
165749 Eugene freight barge 314 110 1914
165795 Enoch Eastern Transportation freight barge 314 110 1914
165625 Ida Woods McWilliams Blue Line freight barge 524 117 1914 later Blue Diamond
165843 C. I. Shepard McWilliams Blue Line freight barge 450 116 1915
166139 C. R. Gardiner McWilliams Blue Line freight barge 524 116 1915
165854 Alton Capital Materials freight barge 316 110 1915
166174 Justin Capital Materials freight barge 316 110 1915
166027 Ernest Capital Materials freight barge 316 110 1915
166095 Clifford Eastern Transportation freight barge 316 110 1915
165982 Otis Capital Materials freight barge 316 110 1915
166166 Alden Capital Materials freight barge 316 110 1915
166405 Lester freight barge 316 110 1916
166528 Andrew Ind. Lighterage Co. freight barge 316 110 1916
166460 Herman Eastern Transportation freight barge 316 110 1916
166212 Cyrus Boston S. & G. freight barge 316 110 1916 later No. 30
166249 Edgar Boston S. & G. freight barge 316 110 1916 later No. 31
166314 Anson Boston S. & G. freight barge 316 110 1916 later No. 32
166591 Wesley Boston S. & G. freight barge 316 110 1916 later No. 33
166647 William Boston S. & G. freight barge 314 110 1917 later No. 34
166730 Woodrow Boston S. & G. freight barge 314 117 1917 later No. 35
166841 Eads Boston S. & G. freight barge 314 117 1917 later No. 36
167048 Red Feather freight barge 471 112 1917 collision and sank 1922, rebuilt as Blue Eyes
167108 Frank P. Scully Anthony O'Boyle freight barge 521 116 1917
167159 James H. Scully Anthony O'Boyle freight barge 521 116 1918
217054 Battahatchee USSB (#262) freighter 2,551 267 1918 scrapped 1924
221564 Gildersleeve USSB (#263) freighter 2,298 267 1921 completed as schooner barge Allegany, abandoned 1942
YC-600 US Navy coal barge 115 1918
YC-601 US Navy coal barge 115 1918
YC-602 US Navy coal barge 115 1918
321 169192 Louie/Seaboard No. 21 Seaboard S. & G. freight barge 285 110 1925
323 169447 No. 323/Seaboard No. 23 Seaboard S. & G. freight barge 322 110 1926
325 169596 No. 325/Seaboard No. 25 Seaboard S. & G. freight barge 329 110 1926
169648 Thomas W. Willets Nassau S. & G. deck scow 333 116 1927
169653 No. 12 Nassau S. & G. deck scow 333 117 1927
169708 No. 14 Nassau S. & G. deck scow 333 117 1927
169741 No. 16 Nassau S. & G. deck scow 333 117 1927
169742 No. 18 Nassau S. & G. deck scow 333 117 1927
169868 Seaboard No. 15 Seaboard S. & G. freight scow 329 114 1927
169869 Seaboard No. 16 Seaboard S. & G. freight scow 329 114 1927
169842 Seaboard No. 17 Seaboard S. & G. freight scow 329 114 1927
169843 Seaboard No. 18 Seaboard S. & G. freight scow 329 114 1927
169784 Seaboard No. 19 Seaboard S. & G. freight scow 333 117 1927
336 169910 No. 336 Gildersleeve SB Co. freight scow 329 114 1927
339 169965 No. 339 Gildersleeve SB Co. freight scow 329 114 1927 later Jack McMahon
340 169994 No. 340 Gildersleeve SB Co. freight scow 329 114 1927 later Mona
341 169993 No. 341 Gildersleeve SB Co. freight scow 329 114 1928 later Manhattan No. 164
342 170008 No. 342 Gildersleeve SB Co. freight scow 329 114 1928 later Manhattan No. 166
343 170009 No. 343 Gildersleeve SB Co. freight scow 329 114 1928 later Manhattan No. 158
344 170049 No. 344 Gildersleeve SB Co. freight scow 325 114 1928 later Manhattan No. 168
345 170048 No. 345 Gildersleeve SB Co. freight scow 388 114 1928
170070 W. Scott Eames New Haven Trap Rock Co. freight scow 358 125 1928
170094 No. 20 Nassau S. & G. deck scow 348 117 1928
170236 No. 22 Nassau S. & G. deck scow 545 117 1929
170710 Seaboard No. 8 Seaboard S. & G. freight barge 330 114 1929
170717 Seaboard No. 9 Seaboard S. & G. freight barge 330 114 1928
355 170899 No. 355 Gildersleeve SB Co. freight barge 384 120 1930
171249 Nassau No. 28 Nassau S. & G. deck scow 380 116 1931
171291 Seaboard No. 7 Seaboard S. & G. freight barge 355 117 1931
171479 Jack Daly Bartle J. Daly, Jr. freight barge 243 84 1932

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