American Car & Foundry

Wilmington DE

Most recent update: March 25, 2017.

Jackson & Sharp was founded in 1863 by Job A. Jackson and Jacob F. Sharp, as a builder of passenger railroad cars: in 1875, they bought the Christina River Shipyards in order to diversify. American Car & Foundry bought the company in 1901. During the 1920s and 1930s, they built a range of standard-design power cruisers. The shipyard closed in 1945, while the parent company is now called ACF Industries. It was located on what is now called the Kalmar Nyckel site, home to the replica Kalmar Nyckel and the Kalmar Nyckel Foundation Museum & Shipyard, the spot where it is believed that Wilmington's original Swedish settlers came ashore. See it from the air on Google here.

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O/N Name Customer Type GT LOA Built Notes
Built by Jackson & Sharp
LV-40 Pollock Rip (LV-40) U.S. Lighthouse Service lightship 349 1875 sold 1905
Caibarien N. Cubias freighter 484 1878 burned at sea 1895
Annex No. 2 Penna. Annex ferry 367 1878 deleted 1890
105841 Annex No. 3 Penna. Annex ferry 367 128 1879 deleted 1895
115966 Startle tugboat 54 1883
135758 Eaglet freighter 386 1884 last trace 1917
126369 Conanicot freighter 353 1886
City of St. Augustine W. Ray freighter 564 1890 burned off Cape Hatteras 1895
barge Seven barge 1890 to USN 1917 as YFN-155
106795 Annex No. 4 Penna. Annex ferry 501 1890 scrapped 1911
106860 Annex No. 5 Penna. Annex ferry 507 1891 later George W. Loft 1914, to Cuba 1916 as Casablanca
126701 Colon Spanish Am. Iron Co tugboat 104 1891 deleted 1930
126929 Chelsea Norwich & NY Prop. passenger 565 1892 barge 1937
77004 John G. Christopher Merchants SS Co freighter 1,682 1892 later Winyah 1894, lighter 1913
161731 Viking freighter 234 1894
219 127465 City of Philadelphia Commonwealth Transportation passenger 543 1896 burned at Punta Rasa, Florida 1919
127167 City of Englewood Riverside & Fort Lee Fy ferry 484 1896 later Englewood 1922, scrapped 1941
3684 Beaver Tail freighter 285 1896
107325 Alice C. & O. RR tugboat 116 1897
Major Barrett Barrett Mfg. Co. tanker 738 1900 burned N Cape Hatteras 1902
86488 Gerry tanker 273 1900
107567 Atlantic National Lead Co. freighter 157 1900
127458 City of Salem ferry 195 1900
136778 Elizabeth schooner 228 1900
136782 Eli B. Conine tugboat 117 1900
Built by American Car & Foundry
137005 Ethel freighter 266 1902
203321 L. B. Shaw 330 1906
203811 Delaware Clyde Steamship freighter 1,907 1907
206834 Gillen Brothers Gillen Brothers freighter 181 1909
208460 Storm King Catskill & NY SB freighter 1,076 1911 foundered 1935
208631 John A. Palmer, Jr. Davis Packing trawler 282 1911 to USN 1919 as SP-319, Pequot 1919, sold 1944
432 209735 B. H. B. Hubbard, Jr. Taft Fish Factory trawler 276 1912 to USN 1917 as SP-416, returned 1919, abandoned 1962
433 ? 209778 W. T. James Taft Fish Factory trawler 276 1912 to USN 1917 as SP-429, sank 1919 returning from France
209878 Warren J. Courtney trawler 276 1912
488 210028 Frank Somers Atlantic Fisheries trawler 309 1912 later Bjornongen 1918, Elven 1938, foundered 1938
210608 Otis W. Douglas trawler 295 1912
210847 York C. S. Carroll yacht 1,132 1912 later Green Island 1927, Louise 1933, deleted 1941
211345 A. Brooke Taylor Colonna's SY trawler 295 1913
211560 Altamaha Emory Sexton schooner 944 1913
211612 Belfast Emory Sexton schooner 944 1913
211787 Chehaw Emory Sexton schooner 944 1913
211872 Satilla Emory Sexton schooner 944 1913
212138 Vale Royal Emory Sexton schooner 944 1914
212410 Darien Emory Sexton schooner 944 1914
212550 Savannah Emory Sexton schooner 944 1914
212607 Beaufort Emory Sexton schooner 944 1914
212620 Ceres Int'l Elevating unspecified 611 1914
Helen C. Juilliard hospital ship 1915
213593 Wilmington schooner 1,371 1915
213744 Montauk schooner 1,371 1915
Raleigh schooner 1,371 1916
Baltimore schooner 1,371 1916
214209 Delaware schooner 1,371 1916
214687 Maryland schooner 1,371 1917
215749 Providence schooner 1,371 1917
216084 Annapolis schooner 1,371 1918
SC-339 US Navy subchaser 16 Feb 2018 sold 1921
SC-340 US Navy subchaser 16 Feb 2018 burned 1922
SC-341 US Navy subchaser 22 Mar 2018 sold 1927
SC-342 US Navy subchaser 15 Mar 2018 sold 1921
SC-343 US Navy subchaser 15 Mar 2018 burned 1919
SC-344 US Navy subchaser 23 Mar 2018 sold 1921
SC-345 US Navy subchaser 25 Mar 2018 sold 1921
SC-346 US Navy subchaser 25 Mar 2018 sold 1920
Gladiator Long Island RR 1918
Wrestler Long Island RR 1919
217845 Cutchogue Long Island RR tugboat 183 1918
219419 Quogue Long Island RR tugboat 183 1919
Dorothea L. Brinkman schooner
Charles D. Stanford schooner
219185 Charles S. Gawthrop schooner 1,488 1919 later G. A. Kohler 1923, wrecked 1933
217768 W. H. Woodin schooner 1,488 1919
E. I. DuPont yacht 1921
Bessie schooner 1921
Lathrop schooner
A. Ernest Mills schooner 1921
222620 Charles W. Galloway Staten Island Railway ferry 587 1922
222104 Nememoosha Ellwood R. Kirby yacht 113 1922
Camilla Mary Page schooner 1922
Josephine II recreational 1926
Jersey City Dry Dock drydock 1927
227134 Hermit Grover A. Magnin yacht 34 1927 to USN 1941 as YP-142, to MARAD 1947
Neptune tugboat 1928
171177 Blinker Light O'Brien Bros. barge 301 1928
228522 Linda II Edward F. Hainke yacht 18 1929 NLD
228696 Frolic Stephen H. Hunt yacht 23 1929 NLD
228844 Jador III yacht 23 1929
229218 Galen L. Stone Eastern SS Lines freighter 151 1929
229864 Dayton Erie RR freighter 172 1930 to USN 1943 as YF-848, returned 1947
Nimrif F. V. Deslodge, Sr. yacht 1934
235618 Marmot Lammot du Pont yacht 152 1934 to USN 1942 as YP-540, to MARAD 1947
233005 Miramar Roland West yacht 44 1934 to USN 1942 as YP-221, to MARAD 1947
236608 Jett Stream Catherine Adkinson yacht 51 1937
557162 Fire Cracker VIII Robert M. Maguire yacht 24 1939 NLD
PC-450 US Navy subchaser 120d 6 May 1940 prototype, SC-450, to MARAD 1947
TLK-1-8 US Army Tank Lighters 29d June 1941 8 boats
BYMS-1 US Navy minesweeper 278d 30 May 1942 to Britain as J-801, BYMS-2001, returned 1946, sold 1948
BYMS-2 US Navy minesweeper 278d 22 Jun 1942 to Britain as J-802, BYMS-2002, returned 1947 and sold to Greece
BYMS-3 US Navy minesweeper 278d 13 Jul 1942 to Britain as J-803, BYMS-2003, returned 1947 and sold to Greece
BYMS-4 US Navy minesweeper 278d 1 Aug 1942 to Britain as J-804, BYMS-2004, returned 1947 and sold to Greece
BTL-398-437 US Army LCM(3) 26d June 1943 40 boats
BTL-873-912 US Army LCM(3) 26d July 1943 40 boats
501754 C-24479 (an LCM3a) Richard A. Benner Sr. freighter 34g 1943 sold 1946 as Linda, NLD
J-801-804 US Navy launch 1943 4 boats
J-831-834 US Navy launch 1943 4 boats
BYMS-31 US Navy minesweeper 278d 12 Mar 1943 to Britain as J-831, BYMS-2031, returned 1947, sold 1947 as Nanredi, Monte Carmelo
BYMS-32 US Navy minesweeper 278d 9 Apr 1943 to Britain as J-832, BYMS-2032, to Finland 1948, to the Finnish Navy 1951 as Tammenpaa, scrapped 1958
BYMS-33 US Navy minesweeper 278d 1 Jun 1943 to Britain as J-833, BYMS-2033, to Greece 1946 as Kalymnos (M-201), struck 1973
BYMS-34 US Navy minesweeper 278d 28 Jun 1943 to Britain as J-834, BYMS-2034, to Greece 1947
BYMS-35 US Navy minesweeper 278d 13 Aug 1943 to Britain as J-835, BYMS-2035, to Egypt 1949 as Malek Fouad, discarded 1970
BYMS-36 US Navy minesweeper 278d 18 Sep 1943 to Britain as J-836, BYMS-2036, returned 1947, scuttled 1948
Plymouth Salvor (BARS-7) US Navy rescue ship 1,089d 14 Aug 1943 intended for Britain but retained as USS Weight (ARS-35), sold 1947
York Salvor (BARS-8) US Navy rescue ship 1,089d 5 Jun 1943 intended for Britain but retained as USS Swivel (ARS-36), sold 1947
Pinon (YN-87/AN-66) US Navy net layer 1,100d 31 Mar 1944 sold 1946 as Alaska Reefer, lost 1961
Prefect (YN-88/AN-75) US Navy net layer 1,100d 8 Mar 1944 to RN 1944 as Prefect (Z-263), returned 1947, sold
Satinwood (YN-89/AN-76) US Navy net layer 1,100d 23 May 1944 to RN 1944 as Pretext (Z-284), John Briscoe 1947, Endeavour 1956, Arctic Endeavour 1962, sank 1982
Seagrape (YN-90/AN-77) US Navy net layer 1,100d 9 Aug 1944 to RN 1944 as Preventer (Z-265), returned 1947, sold

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