Other Pre-WWI Shipbuilders

In New York State

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.

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

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