Other Pre-WWI Shipbuilders
In New York State
Most recent update: May 24, 2016.
This table attempts to cover those other shipbuilders located in New York State that were active in the years between the Civil War and World War One.
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| Builder | Location | O/N | Name | Customer | Type | GT | LOA | Built | Notes | |
| American SB | Port Richmond NY | Frostburg | freighter | 927 | 1884 | later Theodore Weems 1907, in collision and sank off the Mississippi mouth 1915 | ||||
| American SB | Port Richmond NY | Red Wing | G. C. Harris Jr | schooner | 437 | 1884 | foundered Pensacola 21.11.96 | |||
| Atlantic Steam IW | Brooklyn NY | Pembroke | W. E. Coffin and Co. | steamboat | 241 | 1860 | sold foreign 1863 | |||
| Atlantic Steam IW | Brooklyn NY | Novelty | 358 | 1869 | ||||||
| Atlantic Steam IW | Brooklyn NY | William Lawrence | Baltimore Line | 358 | 1869 | |||||
| Atlantic Steam IW | Brooklyn NY | William M. Flanders | 58 | 1872 | ||||||
| Atlantic Steam IW | Brooklyn NY | Shearwater | 109 | 1887 | ||||||
| Atlantic Steam IW | Brooklyn NY | Unquowa | yacht | 159 | 1888 | |||||
| Atlantic Steam IW | Brooklyn NY | Juthniel | 140 | 1889 | ||||||
| Atlantic Steam IW | Brooklyn NY | Wild Duck | 233 | 1891 | ||||||
| Atlantic Steam IW | Brooklyn NY | Formosa | yacht | 238 | 1894 | |||||
| Ayers, Samuel | Nyack NY | Presto | yacht | 22 | 1897 | |||||
| Ayers, Samuel | Nyack NY | Arrow | yacht | 82 | 1901 | |||||
| Barnard & Giles | Albany NY | John Taylor | NY & Albany Prop. Line | steamer | 660 | 1865 | ||||
| Brown, J.W. | Tottenville NY | John B. Collins | Madison Tptn Co | tugboat | 325 | 1901 | scrapped 1937 | |||
| Columbia EW | Linnton NY | Avance | freighter | 662 | 1919 | later Parthia 1920, Avant 1923, Ruth 1925, Irv 1928, scrapped 1930 | ||||
| Columbia EW | Linnton NY | Mildred | freighter | 829 | 1919 | aux. schooner, Arenzano 1922, Cabo Guardian 1928, San Luis 1929, in collision and burned 1929 | ||||
| Continental SB | Yonkers NY | Hastnai | tanker | 1111 | 1919 | later Tiolene 1926, Pure Pep 1928, Pure Fuel Oil 1930, scrapped 1935 | ||||
| Donaldson, T. C. | New York NY | City of Hudson | Martin, Powers & Co | steamer | 512 | |||||
| Downey | Brooklyn NY | Princess | passenger | 251 | 1913 | later Lake View 1923, wrecked Sydney NS 1952 | ||||
| Fougner Concrete | Long Island City NY | Polias | freighter | 2,564 | 1919 | wrecked Rockland ME 1920 | ||||
| Hathorn, W. H. | Williamsburg NY | Petrel | US Revenue Service | cutter | 120 | 1867 | sold 1873 | |||
| Hathorn, W. H. | Williamsburg NY | racer | US Revenue Service | cutter | 120 | 1867 | sold 1873 | |||
| Hathorn, W. H. | Greenpoint NY | Wreck of Scotland | U.S. Lighthouse Service | LV-20 | 165 | 1867 | sold 1923 | |||
| Jonson Foundry | New York NY | Lillian | 22 | 1889 | ||||||
| Jonson Foundry | New York NY | Mexico | 16 | 1891 | ||||||
| Jonson Foundry | New York NY | New Yorker | Specialty | 243 | 1891 | |||||
| Lawler's Marine | Clifton NY | Southfield | ferry | 758 | 1882 | hulked 1908, scuttled 1923 | ||||
| Leary, J. D. | Brooklyn NY | Pollock Rip | U.S. Lighthouse Service | LV-42 | 410 | 1877 | burned, 4th of July, 1940 | |||
| Leary, J. D. | Brooklyn NY | City of Gloucester | passenger freighter | 561 | 1883 | later Thames 1927, burned Captain's I, LI Sound, 1930 | ||||
| Magee, P. | Athens NY | Rockland | Nyack & Tarrytown Ferry Co | ferry | 393 | 1888 | scrapped 1928 | |||
| Maglehan, Peter | Athens NY | Right Arm | tugboat | 401 | 1891 | to USN 1898 as Pontiac, Passaic (YT-28) 1918, sold 1922 | ||||
| Mather & Wood | Port Jefferson NY | Park City | B. & Port Jeff. Co. | passenger | 898 | 1898 | sank 1951 off Manasquan NJ | |||
| Murphy, J. | Newburgh NY | Dix | US Revenue Service | cutter | 290 | 1865 | sold 1872 | |||
| Murphy, James | Brooklyn NY | Chase | US Revenue Service | cutter | 500 | 1865 | sold 1875 | |||
| Neptune Iron Works | NY | Santa Marta | South America | steamboat | 1857 | |||||
| Neptune Iron Works | NY | Serchil | La-Tehauntepec Co. | steamboat | 1858 | |||||
| New Burrell Johnson | Shelburne NY | Enterprise | freighter | 211 | 1907 | |||||
| New Burrell Johnson | Shelburne NY | Robert G.Cann | freighter | 265 | 1911 | |||||
| New York Hastings | Tompkins Cove NY | Amackassin | ferry | 266 | 1902 | |||||
| Ramsey, H. A. | Brooklyn NY | Manzania | US Light House Service | tender | 450 | 1879 | later Daniel Kern 1908, stripped and burned 1939 | |||
| Robins | Brooklyn NY | Nokomis | yacht | 303 | 1914 | |||||
| Rodermund & Co. | Tompkins Cove NY | John Dwight | tugboat | 1896 | to USN 1898 as Pawnee (YT-21), sold 1922 | |||||
| Southern SB | Tottenville NY | J. O. Ellison | Haverill S.S. Co | freighter | 555 | 1909 | foundered off New Orleans 1914 | |||
| Tank SB | Newburgh NY | 112 | Bayonne | tanker | 1111 | 1919 | deleted 1950 | |||
| Tank SB | Newburgh NY | 113 | Pinthis | tanker | 1111 | 1919 | collision and blew up off Scituate 1930 | |||
| Van Loan & Magee | Athens NY | City of Catskill | NY, Catskill & Athens SS Co | passenger | 1,073 | 1880 | burned at Roundout NY 1883 | |||
| Van Loan & Magee | Athens NY | Belle Horton | Citizens' SB Co Inc | passenger | 305 | 1881 | burned at Norfolk VA 1922 | |||
| Van Loan & Magee | Athens NY | New Brunswick | New Brunswick & NY SB Co | passenger | 601 | 1881 | abandoned 1907 | |||
| Van Loan & Magee | Athens NY | Kaaterskill | passenger | 1,361 | 1882 | abandoned 1916 | ||||
| Verdon, F. A. | W New Brighton NY | Hillsborough | J.B.King Tptn Co | freighter | 330 | 1917 | foundered Hudson Heights NJ 1952 | |||
| Voris | Nyack NY | Wilbur A. Heisley | freighter | 537 | 1883 | later City of Long Branch 1886, burned Roanoke River 1892 | ||||
| Brooklyn NY | Underwriter | passenger freighter | 341 | 1852 | to USN 1862, burned 1864 | |||||
| Brooklyn NY | Bronx (ex-Andrews) | U.S. Revenue Service | cutter | 220 | 1863 | acquired 1863, foundered 1873 | ||||
| Brooklyn NY | Jasmine (ex-Van Houten) | USCG | cutter | 120 | 1866 | acquired from USN 1866, Chandler, sold 1903 | ||||
| Brooklyn NY | Accomack | Old Dominion SS Co | passenger freighter | 434 | 1877 | deleted 1894 | ||||
| Brooklyn NY | Luray | 423 | 1882 | later Saugerties 1889, burned at Saugerties NY 1903 | ||||||
| Brooklyn NY | Shenandoah | passenger | 848 | 1882 | later William Storie 1893, Mediator 1914, abandoned 1921 | |||||
| Brooklyn NY | patrol boat | passenger | 439 | 1882 | later William Storie 1893, Mediator 1914, abandoned 1921 | |||||
| Clayton NY | Ontario | passenger | 444 | 1884 | foundered in Bogue Inlet NC 1908 | |||||
| Clayton NY | St. Lawrence | passenger | 312 | 1884 | later Protector 1891, Isla da Cuba 1903, deleted 1913 | |||||
| East Rockaway NY | Anna E. Combes | freighter | 138 | 1904 | collision off Mobile Bay 1945 | |||||
| Kingston NY | Messenger Bird | Francis Danielson | clipper ship | 419 | 1852 | |||||
| Newburgh NY | Northerner | U.S. Revenue Service | cutter | 320 | acquired 1864, Ewing, to USPHS 1892 | |||||
| Sag Harbor | Storm | Slate, Gardner & Howell | clipper ship | 545 | 1852 | |||||
| Williamsburg NY | Virginia | steamer | 722 | 1857 | ||||||
| NY | Marion | Bras d'Or SB Co Ltd | passenger | 478 | 1876 | burned at East Boston 1911 | ||||
| New York NY | Richard Varick | Pennsylvania RR | ferry | 1826 | abandoned 1834 | |||||
| New York NY | William Cutting | Union Ferry Co. | ferry | 85 | 1828 | abandoned 1840 | ||||
| New York NY | General Jackson | Navy Yard Ferry Co. | ferry | 174 | 1829 | deleted 1849 | ||||
| New York NY | Sussex | Pennsylvania RR | ferry | 290 | 1834 | abandoned 1834 | ||||
| New York NY | Essex | Pennsylvania RR | ferry | 243 | 1835 | to Albany interests 1850, abandoned 1859 | ||||
| New York NY | Brooklyn | Union Ferry Co. | ferry | 304 | 1836 | to Canadian interests 1853 | ||||
| New York NY | New Jersey | Pennsylvania RR | ferry | 288 | 1836 | abandoned 1862 | ||||
| New York NY | Relief | Union Ferry Co. | ferry | 145 | 1836 | to Albany interests 1842 as Nassau | ||||
| New York NY | Jamaica | Union Ferry Co. | ferry | 73 | 1837 | sold 1849, abandoned 1868 | ||||
| New York NY | Fulton | Union Ferry Co. | ferry | 184 | 1839 | sold 18aa, abandoned 1859 | ||||
| New York NY | Astoria | Astoria Ferry Co. | ferry | 102 | 1840 | abandoned 1865 | ||||
| New York NY | Newtown | Williamsburg Ferries | ferry | 12 | 1842 | abandoned 1876 | ||||
| New York NY | Suffolk | Union Ferry Co. | ferry | 266 | 1842 | barge 1846 | ||||
| New York NY | Washington | Pennsylvania RR | ferry | 117 | 1843 | abandoned 1868 | ||||
| New York NY | Union | Union Ferry Co. | ferry | 286 | 1844 | to upstate interests 1861, burned 1878 | ||||
| New York NY | Transit | Union Ferry Co. | ferry | 404 | 1847 | abandoned 1856 | ||||
| New York NY | Wyandank | Union Ferry Co. | ferry | 399 | 1847 | to US Govt 1861, scrapped 1880 | ||||
| New York NY | Bedford | Union Ferry Co. | ferry | 425 | 1848 | to Jersey Central RR 1862, barge 1866 | ||||
| New York NY | Oneida | Williamsburg Ferries | ferry | 313 | 1849 | abandoned 1876 | ||||
| New York NY | California | Nassau Ferry Co. | ferry | 262 | 1851 | abandoned 1878 | ||||
| New York NY | Iola | Greenpoint Ferry Co. | ferry | 248 | 1853 | scrapped 1866 | ||||
| New York NY | Nebraska | Williamsburg Ferries | ferry | 411 | 1854 | abandoned 1875 | ||||
| New York NY | Williamsburgh | Astoria Ferry Co. | ferry | 255 | 1856 | scrapped1873 | ||||
| New York NY | Kill Van Kull | Central RR of NJ | ferry | 1,463 | 1858 | burned 1889 | ||||
| New York NY | Montague | Union Ferry Co. | ferry | 449 | 1859 | to East River Ferry Co. 1868, abandoned 1877 | ||||
| New York NY | Pacific | Union Ferry Co. | ferry | 596 | 1859 | abandoned 1898 | ||||
| New York NY | Queens County | Long Island RR | ferry | 320 | 1859 | barge 1887 | ||||
| New York NY | Manhasset | Union Ferry Co. | ferry | 462 | 1860 | to Norfolk interests 1874, abandoned 1900 | ||||
| New York NY | Roslyn | Union Ferry Co. | ferry | 462 | 1860 | to Weehawken ferry o. 1871, abandoned 1888 | ||||
| New York NY | Huntington | Long Island RR | ferry | 552 | 1861 | Previously USS Fort Henry, burned 1868 | ||||
| New York NY | Superior | Williamsburg Ferries | ferry | 570 | 1862 | to Norfolk interests 1900, burned 1911 | ||||
| New York NY | Ravenswood | Long Island RR | ferry | 430 | 1867 | to Florida interests 1886, burned 1895 | ||||
| New York NY | Delaware | Erie RR | ferry | 935 | 1868 | later Sterlington, Suffern, abandoned 1925 | ||||
| Brooklyn NY | Olive Branch | Union Ferry Co. | ferry | 159 | 1836 | sold 1852, abandoned 1858 | ||||
| Brooklyn NY | Manhattan | Union Ferry Co. | ferry | 326 | 1849 | to Philadelpha interests 1863, to US Govt 1864, barge 1867 | ||||
| Brooklyn NY | Brooklyn | Union Ferry Co. | ferry | 427 | 1853 | to Camden interests 1868, abandoned 1873 | ||||
| Brooklyn NY | D. S. Gregory | Pennsylvania RR | ferry | 578 | 1853 | abandoned 1890 | ||||
| Brooklyn NY | Exchange | Union Ferry Co. | ferry | 438 | 1853 | sold 1857, abandoned 1858 | ||||
| Brooklyn NY | Nassau | Union Ferry Co. | ferry | 504 | 1854 | barge 1888 | ||||
| Brooklyn NY | George Law | Williamsburg Ferries | ferry | 414 | 1856 | to Camden interests 1888, burned 1901 | ||||
| Brooklyn NY | America | Union Ferry Co. | ferry | 650 | 1857 | to US Govt 1863 as Commodore Read, to Maryland interests 1865 as State of Marland, wrecked 1876 | ||||
| Brooklyn NY | Bergen Point | Port Richmond Ferry Co. | ferry | 106 | 1857 | abandoned 1874 | ||||
| Brooklyn NY | Warren | Williamsburg Ferries | ferry | 480 | 1859 | to Staten Island Railway 1896, scrapped 1908 | ||||
| Brooklyn NY | Lark | Port Richmond Ferry Co. | ferry | 305 | 1860 | abandoned 1905 | ||||
| Brooklyn NY | Peconic | Union Ferry Co. | ferry | 506 | 1860 | to Camden interests 18aa, abandoned 1897 | ||||
| Brooklyn NY | Nuestra Senora De Regla | ferry | 376 | 1861 | ||||||
| Brooklyn NY | Hamilton | Union Ferry Co. | ferry | 584 | 1862 | abandoned 1918 | ||||
| Brooklyn NY | Monticello | Union Ferry Co. | ferry | 538 | 1862 | to City of New York 1922 as Shinnecock, abandoned 1928 | ||||
| Brooklyn NY | Somerset | Union Ferry Co. | ferry | 538 | 1862 | to US Govt 1862, returned 1864, abandoned 1914 | ||||
| Brooklyn NY | New York | Union Ferry Co. | ferry | 642 | 1863 | barge 1917 | ||||
| Brooklyn NY | Arizona | Williamsburg Ferries | ferry | 496 | 1864 | barge 1898 | ||||
| Brooklyn NY | Idaho | Williamsburg Ferries | ferry | 496 | 1864 | lost 1895 | ||||
| Brooklyn NY | Middletown | Staten Island R. T. | ferry | 641 | 1864 | to City of New York 1906, abandoned 1912 | ||||
| Brooklyn NY | Columbia | Union Ferry Co. | ferry | 586 | 1867 | to City of New York 1922, abandoned 1927 | ||||
| Brooklyn NY | Hudson City | Pennsylvania RR | ferry | 1,008 | 1867 | to LIRR 1904, abandoned 1913 | ||||
| Brooklyn NY | Mineola | Union Ferry Co. | ferry | 620 | 1868 | to City of New York 1922, abandoned 1926 | ||||
| Brooklyn NY | Alaska | Williamsburg Ferries | ferry | 730 | 1872 | deleted 1912 | ||||
| Brooklyn NY | Montana | Williamsburg Ferries | ferry | 734 | 1872 | deleted 1908 | ||||
| Brooklyn NY | Fanwood | Central RR Co of New Jersey | ferry | 1,092 | 1876 | burned at Wycocomagh NS 1922 | ||||
| Brooklyn NY | Dakota | Williamsburg Ferries | ferry | 553 | 1880 | deleted 1915 | ||||
| Brooklyn NY | Brooklyn | ferry | 930 | 1885 | later Irvington 1926, scrapped 1936 | |||||
| Brooklyn NY | Colonia | ferry | 200 | 1902 | ||||||
| Greenpoint NY | Eagle | Union Ferry Co. | ferry | 392 | 1852 | to Williamsburg Ferries 1859, to US Govt 1861, to Maryland interests 1865 as Baltimore, sank 1866 | ||||
| Greenpoint NY | Metropolis | Union Ferry Co. | ferry | 433 | 1852 | to Boston interests 1865, barge 1875 | ||||
| Greenpoint NY | Clinton | Union Ferry Co. | ferry | 586 | 1862 | to US Army 1917 as Gen John Simpson, Clinton 1922, abandoned 1931 | ||||
| Greenpoint NY | Baltic | Union Ferry Co. | ferry | 642 | 1863 | barge 1917 | ||||
| Greenpoint NY | Republic | Union Ferry Co. | ferry | 539 | 1863 | abandoned 1918 | ||||
| Greenpoint NY | Nevada | Williamsburg Ferries | ferry | 666 | 1870 | deleted 1912 | ||||
| Greenpoint NY | North Side | Greenpoint Ferry Co. | ferry | 567 | 1871 | later Kentucky, deleted 1913 | ||||
| Greenpoint NY | Astoria | Astoria Ferry Co. | ferry | 305 | 1872 | to Port Richmond & Bergen Point Ferry Co. 1891, scrapped 1917 | ||||
| Tompkins Cove NY | Annex | Pennsylvania Annex | ferry | 529 | 1895 | to Virginia interests 1911 as Warwick, abandoned 1920 |