John F. James & Sons
Essex MA
Most recent update: May 20, 2016.
John F. James started this yard in 1837, partnering first with McKenzie and then with Washington Tarr. It had a long run, finally closing in 1935. The yard was on Main Street, where the Perkins Marine facility is today.
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| O/N | Name | Customer | Type | GT | LOA | Built | Notes | |
| Built by James & Tarr (1885-1912) | ||||||||
| 130448 | Nickerson | schooner | 39 | 1889 | ||||
| 136423 | Effie M. Morrissey | schooner | 120 | 1894 | later Ernestina | |||
| 121146 | Frances Ehalen | schooner | 137 | 1900 | ||||
| 107679 | Arkona | schooner | 133 | 1901 | ||||
| 127544 | Corona | schooner | 119 | 1901 | ||||
| 83161 | monitor | schooner | 137 | 1901 | ||||
| 127625 | Constellation | motor ship | 137 | 1902 | ||||
| 93319 | Matchless | schooner | 107 | 1902 | ||||
| 117120 | Saladin | motor ship | 137 | 1902 | ||||
| 27688 | Yakima | schooner | 108 | 1902 | ||||
| 200056 | Annie Perry | schooner | 116 | 1903 | ||||
| 17858 | Avalon | schooner | 124 | 1903 | ||||
| 200226 | Mary F. Curtis | schooner | 121 | 1903 | ||||
| 200899 | Cavalier | schooner | 135 | 1904 | ||||
| 200668 | Hazel R. Hines | schooner | 121 | 1904 | ||||
| 201102 | Independence II | schooner | 145 | 1904 | ||||
| 200880 | John R. Manta | schooner | 147 | 1904 | ||||
| 201602 | Louisa R. Sylva | schooner | 131 | 1904 | ||||
| 201629 | Mary C. Santos | schooner | 122 | 1904 | ||||
| 201181 | Waldo L. Stream | schooner | 122 | 1904 | ||||
| 291814 | Arthur James | schooner | 133 | 1905 | ||||
| 202127 | Conqueror | schooner | 139 | 1905 | ||||
| 202274 | Jessie Costa | schooner | 130 | 1905 | ||||
| 202525 | Rose Dorothea | schooner | 147 | 1905 | ||||
| 202367 | Thomas S. Gorton | schooner | 140 | 1906 | ||||
| 202965 | Alert | motor ship | 145 | 1906 | ||||
| 203281 | Esperanto | schooner | 140 | 1906 | ||||
| 204604 | Arethusa | schooner | 157 | 1907 | ||||
| 204292 | John Hays Hammond | schooner | 132 | 1907 | ||||
| 205011 | Aspinet | schooner | 126 | 1908 | ||||
| 204881 | Benjamin A. Smith | motor ship | 146 | 1908 | ||||
| 205662 | John J. Fallon | schooner | 125 | 1908 | ||||
| 205385 | Oriole | schooner | 145 | 1908 | ||||
| 207219 | Josephine de Costa | schooner | 114 | 1910 | ||||
| 208250 | Valerie | schooner | 139 | 1910 | ||||
| 207523 | Viola | brigantine | 193 | 1910 | ||||
| 209459 | Alabama | schooner | 120 | 1911 | ||||
| 208437 | Eleanor da Costa | schooner | 114 | 1911 | ||||
| 208640 | Gov. Foss | schooner | 130 | 1911 | ||||
| 208931 | Laverna | schooner | 141 | 1911 | ||||
| 209834 | A. Piatt Andrew | schooner | 141 | 1912 | ||||
| 209738 | Ellen & Mary | schooner | 142 | 1912 | ||||
| 210803 | Gertrude da Costa | motor ship | 105 | 1912 | ||||
| Built by John F. James & Sons (1913-1931) | ||||||||
| 211718 | Commonwealth | motor ship | 141 | 1913 | ||||
| 213267 | J. M. Marshall | schooner | 101 | 1915 | ||||
| 212894 | Robert & Richard | schooner | 140 | 1915 | ||||
| 214416 | Joseph P. Mesquita | schooner | 122 | 1916 | ||||
| 215735 | Angie L. Marshall | motor ship | 109 | 1917 | ||||
| 215589 | Corinthian | motor ship | 161 | 1917 | ||||
| 215482 | Walrus | B. A. Smith | steam ship | 479 | 1917 | deleted 1930 | ||
| 216467 | Helja Silva | motor ship | 140 | 1917 | ||||
| 216799 | Louise B. Marshall | schooner | 120 | 1918 | ||||
| 216647 | Pioneer | motor ship | 233 | 1918 | ||||
| Caroline & Mary | trawler | 144 | 1919 | |||||
| 219272 | Dawn | motor ship | 151 | 1919 | ||||
| 217542 | Ellen T. Marshall | motor ship | 124 | 1919 | ||||
| 218373 | Grand Marshal | motor ship | 128 | 1919 | ||||
| 217833 | Marechal Foch | motor ship | 134 | 1919 | ||||
| 220928 | Governor Marshall | motor ship | 131 | 1921 | ||||
| 221016 | Laura Goulart | motor ship | 143 | 1921 | ||||
| 221202 | Mayflower | schooner | 164 | 1921 | ||||
| 220991 | oretha F. Spinney | schooner | 134 | 1921 | ||||
| 222001 | Puritan | schooner | 149 | 1922 | ||||
| 223032 | Wanderer | motor yacht | 163 | 1923 | ||||
| 223805 | Falmouth | motor ship | 124 | 1924 | ||||
| 224289 | Pilot | motor ship | 140 | 1924 | ||||
| 223569 | Radio | motor ship | 131 | 1924 | ||||
| 225000 | Isabelle Parker | motor ship | 110 | 1925 | ||||
| 226070 | Adventure | motor ship | 130 | 1926 | ||||
| 225321 | Mary Spears | motor ship | 143 | 1926 | ||||
| 225756 | Roseway | motor ship | 112 | 1926 | ||||
| 226917 | Eleanor Nickerson | motor ship | 143 | 1927 | ||||
| 227188 | William L. Putnam | motor ship | 107 | 1927 | ||||
| 228013 | Amelia M. Pereira | motor ship | 106 | 1928 | ||||
| 227946 | Leonora C | motor ship | 107 | 1928 | ||||
| 229196 | Edith & Elinor | motor ship | 134 | 1929 | ||||
| 229041 | Geraldine & Phyllis | motor ship | 112 | 1929 | ||||
| 229241 | Gertrude Parker | motor ship | 115 | 1929 | ||||
| 228227 | Maris Stella | motor ship | 143 | 1929 | ||||
| 229331 | Andover | motor ship | 113 | 1930 | ||||
| 229797 | Antares | motor yacht | 159 | 1930 | ||||
| 230045 | Exeter | motor ship | 114 | 1930 | ||||
| 231139 | Clara C. Raye | motor ship | 171 | 1931 | ||||
| 231164 | Wanderer | motor yacht | 175 | 1931 | ||||