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Other Pre-WWI Shipbuilders

On The Atlantic Coast South of New York

Most recent update: May 3, 2016.

This table attempts to cover those other shipbuilders located on the Atlantic Coast south of New York 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 LDT LOA Built Notes
New Jersey
American Dredging Camden NJ L. Y. Schermerhorn tugboat 174 1903
Bailey & Co., E. H. Camden, NJ Hay De tugboat 1887
Camden SB Camden NJ Georgia tugboat 1895
Hillman, B.G. Camden NJ Fortuna freighter 374 1880 later Huracan 1900, deleted 1929
Hillman, B.G. Camden NJ Ethel freighter 570 1883 later Dessalines 1883, deleted 1909
Hillman, B.G. Camden NJ Nantucket passenger 629 1886 later Point Comfort 1915, wrecked Esopus I 1919
Perth Amboy SB Perth Amboy NJ Elm City Long Island Nav Co freighter 379 1910 later Mohican 1917, burned Alexandretta 1919
Quigley, Davis & Dorp Camden NJ Bryn Mawr Peter Wright & Sons tugboat 1903
Tucker, B. Cramer Hill NJ Blue Bell tugboat 179 1904
Tucker, B. Cramer Hill NJ Salutation McWilliams Blue Line tugboat 184 1907
Stevens, Francis B. Hoboken NJ Blue Bonnet 169 1870
Stevens, Francis B. Hoboken NJ Red Jacket 149 1870
Stevens, Francis B. Hoboken NJ Raritan steamer 175 1871
Stevens, Francis B. Hoboken NJ Renova 194 1875
Stuart, John Hoboken NJ Morristown Hoboken Ferry Co. ferry 682 1865 abandoned 1898
Stuart, John Hoboken NJ James Rumsey Hoboken Ferry Co. ferry 671 1867 scrapped 1907
Stuart, John Hoboken NJ Hackensack Hoboken Ferry Co. ferry 917 1871 deleted 1912
Stuart, John Hoboken NJ Moonachie Hoboken Ferry Co. ferry 810 1877 to NY & College Point Ferry Co. 1907 as Queens, burned 1918
Bulls Ferry NJ Richard Borden Providence & Newport SS Co freighter 892 1874 later George Weems 1905, burned off Frying Pan Shoals 1908
Camden NJ Uno (ex-Juniper) US Revenue Service cutter 116 acquired from USN 1865, sold 1906
Cramer Hill NJ Salutation tugboat 184 1907
Elizabethport NJ Evelyn tugboat 173 1914 later Macuro, wrecked Puerto Cabello 1970
Hoboken NJ Hoboken Hoboken Ferry Co. ferry 207 1822 Abandoned1856
Hoboken NJ Pioneer Hoboken Ferry Co. ferry 143 1824 abandoned 1860
Hoboken NJ John Fitch Hoboken Ferry Co. ferry 125 1845 abandoned 1878
Hoboken NJ Bushwick Astoria Ferry Co. ferry 151 1848 barge 1872
Hoboken NJ James Rumsey Hoboken Ferry Co. ferry 341 1851 burned 1853
Hoboken NJ James Watt Hoboken Ferry Co. ferry 372 1851 burned 1870
Hoboken NJ Paterson Hoboken Ferry Co. ferry 360 1854 abandoned 1874
Hoboken NJ Hoboken Hoboken Ferry Co. ferry 530 1861 lost 1862
Hoboken NJ Hoboken Hoboken Ferry Co. ferry 551 1864 abandoned 1880
Hoboken NJ Secaucus Hoboken Ferry Co. ferry 971 1868 to Carteret Ferry Co. 1926, burned 1935
Hoboken NJ Wiehaeken Hoboken Ferry Co. ferry 724 1868 to NY & College Point Ferry Co. 1887 as College Point, scrapped 1907
New Brunswick NJ Whitehead US Navy gunboat 136 1861 burned 1872
Pennsylvania
Baird & Huston Philadelphia PA Pansy freighter 302 1878
Brown, Thomas Philadelphia PA Salmon P. Chase US Revenue Service cutter 142 1878 to USPHS 1907
Chester Iron Works Chester PA Manhattan USCG tugboat 147 1873
Chester Rolling Mills Chester PA Pioneer 43 1885
Chester Rolling Mills Chester PA Nearia yacht 141 1887
Chester Rolling Mills Chester PA Restless yacht 88 1887
Chester Rolling Mills Chester PA Climax 46 1888
Clinton Philadelphia PA motor barge No. 30 tanker 326 1919 later Poling Bros. No. 6 1931, Michael V. McKay 1960, deleted 1968
Clinton Philadelphia PA motor barge No. 31 tanker 326 1919 scrapped 1981
Houston & Woodbridge Linwood PA Winter Quarter Shoal U.S. Lighthouse Service LV-45 401 1887 sold 1927
Houston & Woodbridge Linwood PA Cape Charles U.S. Lighthouse Service LV-46 401 1887 sold 1923
Penna RR Company PA Jessie 118 1872
Penna RR Company PA Overbrook 179 1894
Pioneer Iron Works Marcus Hook PA Frey-ja yacht 78 1881
Pioneer Iron Works Marcus Hook PA Joanna yacht 143 1881
Widener, Chas. Chester PA Manhattan US Revenue Service cutter 147 1873 later Arundel, sold 1928
Kensington PA Victoria US Navy gunboat 254 1866 sold 1875
Delaware
Davidson C.C. Milton DE Martha E. McCabe Bowen & Williams freighter 357 1888 deleted 1899
Moore Sons Wilmington DE Albemarle Old Dominion S.S. Co freighter 509 1891 later Nicholas 1920, foundered Cape Tuzla 1920
Wilmington DE Reliance Edwards Dredging Co tugboat 784 1887 later Gedney 1893, scrapped 1930
Maryland
Brewster Bros. Baltimore MD Pocomoke US Navy tugboat 1902 to USN 1917 as YT-43, returned to owner 1918
Clark, J. Baltimore MD Alsenborn NY & Baltimore Tptn Line freighter 508 1888 scrapped 1910
Clark, J. Baltimore MD Princess freighter 151 1906
Johnson, A. R. Fort Howard MD Maggie Duncan J. Duncan freighter 535 1890 later Mohawk 1906, wrecked Castle Hook NJ 1922
McCosker, T. Baltimore MD Choptank passenger 346 1883 scrapped 1924
McCosker, T. Baltimore MD Nansemond Suffolk SB Co freighter 309 1887 collision off Aruba 1895
McCosker, T. Baltimore MD Peerless tugboat 102 1900
McCosker, T. Baltimore MD Defiance F. A. Egerton tugboat 154 1903 later Alexander, Timothy, W. H. McAllister
McCosker, T. Baltimore MD Imperial tugboat 160 1904
McCosker, T. Baltimore MD Margaret freighter 203 1904
McCosker, T. Baltimore MD Leader tugboat 106 1904
McCosker, T. Baltimore MD Sea King freighter 150 1907
Ramsey, H. A. Baltimore MD James Guthrie US Revenue Service tugboat 110 1882 sold 1942
Ramsey, H. A. Baltimore MD Zizania U.S. Lighthouse Service tender 439 1888 later Adario 1943, sold 1947
Tull, E.J. Pocomoke City MD W. R. Rowe trawler 218 1901
Tull, E.J. Pocomoke City MD Helen Euphane trawler 168 1902
Tull, E.J. Pocomoke City MD John B. Hinton Seaboard Oil & Guano Co trawler 309 1912 later Suzann D 1920, Nicolazic 1921, Agnar 1925, foundered off Lindesnes 1928
Tull, E.J. Pocomoke City MD Delaware trawler 246 1913
Waite Baltimore MD Chesapeake passenger 316 1884 scrapped 1916
Baltimore MD Blake U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey research 349 1874 later George Weems 1905, burned off Frying Pan Shoals 1908
Baltimore MD Bush Bluff U.S. Lighthouse Service LV-97 87 1876 sold 1920
Baltimore MD LV-73 538 1901
Baltimore MD William S. Brusstar fishing boat 202 1902
Baltimore MD Sea King freighter 124 1902
Baltimore MD Magnolia USCG WAGL-231 880 1904 rammed and sunk 1945
Baltimore MD Ivy USCG WAGL 880 1904 sold 1941
Baltimore MD Wissahickon tugboat 137 1904
Baltimore MD San Pablo dredger 700 1916
Baltimore MD Absecon USACE dredge 603 1914 later Macuro, wrecked Puerto Cabello 1970
Baltimore MD Agassiz US Revenue Service cutter 62 from Coast Survey 1861, returned 1865
District of Columbia
Washington DC Beaufort freighter 385 1883 barge 1896, burned at 152nd Street & East River, New York, 1932
Virginia
Colonna, C.J. Berkley VA Chas. J. Colonna trawler 265 1904 later A. Vernon McNeal
Petersburg Iron Works Petersburg VA Cape Elizabeth U.S. Lighthouse Service LV-74 495 1902 sold 1934
Smith & McCoy Norfolk VA W. L. Messick Carters Creek Fish Guano Co trawler 243 1911 deleted 1962
Southern Transportation Norfolk VA Liberty Southern Tptn Co tugboat 324 1918 scrapped 1955
Tredegar Iron Works Richmond VA Polk USCG cutter 400 1844
Tredegar Iron Works Richmond VA Tredegar steamer 27 1867 abandoned 1872
Tredegar Iron Works Richmond VA Virginia steamer 27 1867 abandoned 1938
Tredegar Iron Works Richmond VA W. F. Taylor steamer 63 1867 abandoned 1872
Norfolk VA Rosedale passenger 938 1877 discarded 1907
Weems VA John T. Donohue freighter 179 1912
North Carolina
Liberty SB Wilmington NC Cape Fear freighter 2,795 1919 collision and sank off Newport RI 1920
Reed, A. Fort Bragg NC Sequoia J. S. Kimball Co freighter 411 1898 wrecked near Humboldt Bar 1907
Wilmington NC Governor Williams US Revenue Service cutter acquired from USN 1802, lost 1806
South Carolina
Williams, H.T. Conway SC Maggie B. G. Collins passenger 321 1896 burned at Conway SC-1897
Charleston SC John M. Cole passenger 318 1886 later Irvington 1928, scrapped 1936
Georgia
Brunswick Marine Brunswick GA Rassapeage East Coast Tptn Corp freighter 966 1917 aux. schooner, burned in Nipe Bay and scrapped
Brunswick Marine Brunswick GA Nisseqogue East Coast Tptn Corp freighter 966 1917 aux. schooner, Jean 1923, in collision Brigantine Shoals NJ, scrapped 1928
Liberty SB Brunswick GA Atlantus freighter 2,391 1919 wrecked off Cape May 1926
Savannah Engr Savannah GA Sherewog East Coast Tptn Co freighter 1,353 1917 aux. schooner, barge 1925
Savannah Engr Savannah GA Verdun Govt of France freighter 1,353 1918 aux. schooner, burned Rouen 1920
Wilkinson Machine Savannah GA Richmond Augusta-Savannah Nav Co passenger 568 1915 abandoned 1924
Florida
Baxter SY Jacksonville FL George H.Barnes E. G. Potter freighter 1,611 1918 aux. schooner, Guildford D. Pendleton 1920, scrapped 1927
Bullock & Caldwell Milton FL Irages freighter 426 1919 later Bastidas 1927, deleted 1931
De Cottes Jacksonville FL Admiral Dewey tugboat 125 1898
Hillyer-Sperring-Dunn Jacksonville FL Baxley freighter 2,551 1918 scrapped 1923
Port Inglis Terminal Co. Yankeetown FL Ralph Barker 229 1900
Port Inglis Terminal Co. Yankeetown FL Withlacoochee barge 93 1906
Santa Rosa SB Milton FL Ekstrand freighter 459 1919 wrecked near Larvik 1920
Santa Rosa SB Milton FL Furustrand freighter 454 1919 aux. schooner, Alatga 1923, deleted 1931
Other
Graham, H.S. San Juan PR. Cerrito freighter 490 1918
Cameron, A. New Jerusalem OH Music freighter 320 1874 burned Onekama MI 1899
Gibbs & Co Galmpton Chasna freighter 202 1904
Hawkes, R.P. Watertown Watertown J.E.Cassidy freighter 300 1890 burned Boston 1892
Housatonic Stratford CT Ganeri freighter 2,551 1919 scrapped 1922
Housatonic Stratford CT Fairfield freighter 2,551 1919 wrecked Martha's Vineyard and scrapped 1921
East Rockaway NY Anna E. Combes freighter 138 1904
Lola Alegret & Co freighter 609 1877 burned at Perth Amboy 1906

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