William Rogers & Son ~ Shipbuilding History

William Rogers & Son

Bath, ME

William Rogers was born in Bath in 1824 and worked in the lumber industry before expanding into shipbuilding in 1845. The yard is said to have been where the southern end of Bath Iron Works is now, but I'm not sure of this. Rogers died in 1869 and his son, also named William, took over, operating the yard until 1903, when he sold it to Staples Coal. In total, Rogers built 100 ships, as listed below.

O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	LOA	Built	Notes
	Arlington		ship	570		1847
	Eagle		schooner	135		1848
	Juliet		ship	525		1848
	H. Nason		schooner	164		1849
	Mayflower		ship	720		1851
	Elizabeth		ship	470		1851
	Mary Florence			750		1851
	Osteonthe		ship	1,138		1852
	Favorite		ship	767		1853
	Northern Empire		ship	1,499		1854
	Emily St. Pierre		ship	883		1854
	Wm. M. Rogers		ship	980		1854
	J. L. Warner		ship	895		1855
	Montmorenci		ship	1,086		1856
	Hellespont		bark	454		1857
	Confidence		ship	649		1857
	Missouri		ship	675		1859
	Luzon		bark	489		1860
	S. W. Pike		bark	542		1860
	Sooloo		bark	629		1861
	Bonni Eloise		schooner	47		1862
	Thos. Fletcher		bark	640		1862
	Margaret		schooner	164		1863
	Mercur		bark	763		1863
	Freedom		ship	844		1864
	Ocean Belle		brig	353		1864
	Mayflower		schooner	84		1865
	Ukraine			279		1865
	Wapella		bark	729		1865
	C. S. Rogers		barkentine	392		1866
	Bombay		ship	955		1867
	Omaha		bark	634		1867
11858	Hercules		ship	1,279	194	1868
22163	Seguin		brig	108	92	1868
	Una		bark	793		1869
	Ajax		schooner	319		1873
125169	Colusa		bark	1,189	187	1873	sank off BC 1899
120125	Fresno		bark	1,245	197	1874
	Bessie E. Dickinson		ship	374		1874
95318	Highland Light		ship	1,315	195	1874
2962	Bonanza		ship	1,356	208	1874
	Anita		schooner	211		1875
19450	Oregon	William E. Mighell	ship	1,481	206	1875
	B. F. Watson		bark	993		1875
125565	C. C. Chapman		ship	1,653	222	1875
	Eddie Huck		schooner	394		1877
6937	Daniel Barnes		ship	1,485	219	1877
105759	Antonia Sala		bark	534	141	1878
	James Bailey		ship	1,531		1878
	Levi C. Wade		ship	1,525		1878
	Juno		barge			1879
96535	Havana		bark	640	245	1879
106254	Arthur C. Wade		barkentine	523	160	1879
	Florence L. Schepp		schooner	198		1880
150278	Payson Tucker		barkentine	615	167	1880
76125	John R. Fell		schooner	354	132	1880
115704	Sebenoa		steamer	89	91	1880
105905	Alfaretta S. Snare		schooner	252	122	1880
91301	Messenger		schooner	344	132	1881
	Dakota		ship	1,271		1881
14394	Kanawha	Chesapeake & Ohio RR	steamer	536	173	1881	foundered off Bermuda 1899
110485	Rose Innes	F. D. Colcord	bark	835	163	1881
125952	Charmer	William E. Mighell	ship	1,881	222	1881
3178	Belle O'Neill	James R. Dinks	ship	468	143	1881
76285	June Bright		schooner	346	141	1882
110516	Richard P. Buck	Richard P. Buck & Co.	ship	1,567	220	1882	later Monarch
115836	Sarah D. Fell	John E. Fell	schooner	581	145	1882
135582	E. H. Weaver	E. H. Weaver	schooner	687	154	1882
91469	M. V. B. Chase	F. B. McQuesten	schooner	458	143	1882
95715	Harry Prescott	E. H. Weaver	schooner	437	140	1882
106117	Abner Coburn	Libby, McNeil & Libby	ship	1,879	225	1882	scrapped late-20s
85766	Georgie L. Drake	J. B. Drake	schooner	466	143	1883
85770	Governor Robie	California Shipping	ship	1,627	224	1883
135676	Emma F. Angell	H. H. Church	schooner	819	175	1883
	Mary L. Allen		schooner	329		1883
	Douglas Hovel		schooner	492		1883
14422	Kennebec	George E. Plummer	ship	2,127	238	1883
106254	Arthur C. Wade	M. P. Smith & Sons	barkentine	700	160	1884
81043	Wiwurna		steamer	98	101	1884
110645	Relief	Spreckels & Bros.	schooner	230	104	1884
135860	Edward C. Allen True		schooner	824	168	1885
3353	Benjamin F. Poole	Stillman White	schooner	1,156	202	1886
76805	Jacob S. Winslow	E. W. Clark	schooner	910	180	1889
92132	Matanzas	Charles A. Smith	bark	1,028	196	1889
110852	R. F. Pettigrew		schooner	931	184	1890
76889	Jesse C. Woodhull		schooner	603	158	1890	sank 1898
161005	Kremlin	D. S. Emery	barkentine	787	162	1890
138169	Eleazer W. Clark	E. W. Clark	schooner	934	181	1891
76932	John B. Coyle	E. W. Clark	schooner	685	155	1891
145601	Three Marys	J. B. Manning	schooner	1,152	194	1891
127056	Clara E. Randall	E. W. Clark	schooner	951	183	1894
121000	Forest Belle	Dickson & Eddy	schooner	1,833	225	1895	later schooner barge
	Jersey Belle		schooner barge	1,336		1896
161111	Kentucky	Coastwise SS	schooner barge	1,575	215	1898
81622	West Virginia	Blue Sea Line	schooner barge	1,564	246	1898
	Virginia		schooner barge	1,548		1898
130805	New York	C. W. McCutchen	schooner barge	1,688	245	1899
93003	Marie Palmer	William F. Palmer	schooner	1,904	253	1900
93066	Maude Palmer	William F. Palmer	schooner	1,745	232	1900
127709	City of Georgetown	T. C. Allen	schooner	599	169	1902	sank off NJ 1918