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A. C. Brown & Son

Tottenville NY

Most recent update: July 3, 2014.

This yard was started in 1873 by A. C. Brown, a fourth-generation shipbuilder and appears to have closed in the early 1930s. It was both a significant yacht builder and a major builder of tugs and other commercial craft, located at the foot of Amboy Road. There were several other small shipyards in Tottenville, but the only one to come close to competing with Brown was J. S. Ellis & Son. The table below includes all vessels listed in MVUS as having been built in Tottenville, with the builder identified where known - B for Brown, O for others.

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Yard hull # O/N Name Customer Type GT LOA Built Notes
Commercial Vessels
25226 Undine passenger 12 1875
115685 Sadie E. Ellis Glen Cove Marine tugboat 37 1879
130169 Nellie M. Tyorell tugboat 10 1879
140377 Lydia Van Name August Larson fishing boat 12 1879
20582 Queen Mab Martha Johnson tugboat 19 1880
155020 Orcadia Wat 31 1880
125920 Cornelia tugboat 41 1881
95650 Harry freighter 77 1881
95642 Hessie passenger 54 1881
85734 George B. Roe Androvett Towing tugboat 42 1882
85763 Glen Cove tugboat 47 1882
140548 Lizzie H Long Island Oyster oyster boat 34 1882
76416 Americus Gowanus Towing tugboat 22 1883 later John Sparks
106178 Allie and Evie tugboat 27 1883 later Sprite
106204 A. and W. Manee Pearsall & Son tugboat 11 1883
115962 Sarah Ann Carpenter Robert T. Cooper schooner 65 1883
B I. J. Merritt Merritt & Chapman salvage tugboat 354 1884 deleted 1917
76578 John Hagerty Norfolk Lighterage schooner 235 1885
B 91823 Mystery T-Wharf Boat Co. miscellaneous 55 1886 to USN 1918 as ID-2744, returned 1919
157310 Domino George Schultz passenger 14 1886
130386 Nonpareil NY & NJ SS Co. freighter 53 1887 later Holbrook, G. J. Conroy
135933 E. Helpershausen tugboat 111 1887 later Minot I. Wilcox
92070 Mabel tugboat 26 1888 later St. John
116190 Sterling tugboat 61 1888 later William A. Carroll
106527 Annie L Harbor towboat tugboat 65 1888 later F. Y. Robertson
145480 Theodore Smith Ellis E. Howard tugboat 33 1888
B J. D. Jones Merritt & Chapman salvage tugboat 650d 1889 to USN 1898 as Apache, renamed Aspinet 1918, YF-176 1920, sold 1925
96030 H. B. Rawson tugboat 54 1889
76810 Automatic Fred B. Dalzell tugboat 94 1889
81245 Wonder Newtown Creek Towing tugboat 34 1889
81296 West Farms Red Star Towing freighter 39 1890 later East Chester
81302 Windsor freighter 102 1890 later Francis E. Kelly, Stapleton
B 96095 Henry Seymour Merritt & Chapman salvage tugboat 169 1890 to USN 1917 as ID-3225, returned 1919
141134 Laurel Standard Oyster oyster boat 51 1891
141171 Lola M Charles Beckwith tugboat 45 1891
155201 Oriole fishing boat 26 1891 later Mercedes
130532 NY Central No. 19 NY Central RR tugboat 85 1891 later Catherine T, Rose McNeill
77020 John Lundy oyster boat 27 1892
E 81396 White Rose tugboat 74 1892 later Willet
120904 Flushing Red Star Towing tugboat 49 1892
B 126909 C. Offerman tugboat 51 1892 later Chas P. Kuper, to USN 1917 as SP-1235, returned 1919, Rose Reichert
111051 Robert E. Petty M. B. Phelps tugboat 60 1893 later Shirley Keller, Jack, George A. Keogh
157390 D. S. Arnott tugboat 93 1893 later Laura M. Keeler
3642 Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin Transportation passenger 489 1894
145600 Thos. F. Gilroy ferry 24 1894
107160 Annie E. Edwards Robert Ferguson oyster boat 61 1895
81510 Widgeon miscellaneous 9 1895
96345 H. B. Moore, Jr. Sivert J. Kron tugboat 52 1896 later Dorothy
161087 Kathryn Meseck Towing tugboat 84 1896 later Edward P. Meseck
157447 Daisy ferry 47 1896 later William L. Strong, The Bronx
136606 Edith tugboat 37 1897 later St. George
B Gaivota tugboat 74 1897 to USN 1917 as SP-436, returned 1919
107294 A. C. Brown passenger 22 1897
107424 Adam Weber Warren Critchlow freighter 64 1898 sank 1938 in Greenport NY
145791 Thomas Flannery tugboat 77 1898 later Thomas H
155321 Ocracoke Old Dominion S.S. Co passenger 421 1898 later Westover 1923, scrapped 1933
161816 Vigil Charles T. Caine passenger 26 1898
B Rescue Merritt & Chapman salvage tugboat 538 1899 to USN 1918 as ID-3209, returned 1919, Fillet 1927, foundered off Montauk Point 1928
116913 Stamford Red Star Towing tugboat 55 1899
B 127335 Champion Merritt & Chapman salvage tugboat 342 1899 scuttled 1937
B Jack T. Scully Neptune Line tugboat 220 1899 to USN 1917 as Mariner (SP-1136), foundered 1918
157563 Dictator Hudson Towing tugboat 96 1899 later Gerard H. Keller, III
93013 Martha oyster boat 16 1900
B 77438 John W. Chittenden Merritt & Chapman salvage tugboat 235 1900 to USN 1918 as ID-3224, returned 1919
B 169693 S. B. Greacen Newark Express Co. freighter 130 1900 later Kearny
B 77463 John B. Collins O. A. Gilbert freighter 325 1901
B 111334 Ruth E. Pember schooner 95 1901
B 157626 Dubois tugboat 223 1901
141747 Lottie B Newport Oil tanker 27 1901
136901 Earle Andrew Radel Oysters oyster boat 14 1901
107663 Agnes H. White tugboat 39 1901 later W. A. Forman
B 155420 O'Brien Brothers O'Brien Brothers tugboat 108 1901
93193 Margaret Gowanus Towing tugboat 40 1901 later Hesperus
130992 New Jersey Sandy Hook Pilots' Assn pilot boat 478 1902 collision off Sandy Hook, 1914
137049 Edenia Erie Basin Towing freighter 52 1902 later Billy
150983 Port Chester tugboat 138 1902
77530 John Douglass Reichert Towing tugboat 52 1902 later Frederick Reichert
B 77546 John K. Gilkinson Shamrock Towing tugboat 108 1902 later Gerard H. Keller, Fortuna, Robert J. McGuirl
117136 Stapleton George W. Stapleton passenger 38 1902
86640 Gladys Valvoline Oil tanker 10 1902
B 3916 Bouker Fred B. Dalzell tugboat 125 1902 later Dalzelline
E 96672 H. C. Ellis tugboat 13 1903
B 96681 Henry O'Brien Tug Henry O'Brien tugboat 64 1904
200187 George P. Taylor Atlantic Transport tugboat 64 1903 later Ashland
200449 Frank Steers tugboat 52 1903 later Donald G, St. Helen
B 200506 Hiawatha tugboat 69 1903 to USN 1918 as ID-2892, returned 1919, Thomas A. Meseck
B 200944 Robert Rogers tugboat 179d 1904 later Bouker No. 2, to USN 1917 as ID-1275, YT-30, sold 1922 to City of Norfolk VA
201349 Stranger James Heeling Co. freighter 40 1904
201357 Henry Maurer William E. Burke tugboat 46 1904
201842 Triumph Harlem River Towing tugboat 77 1904 later Convoy
201495 Novia Southern Menhaden fishing boat 46 1904
201665 Arthur Kill Quantico Co. tugboat 95 1905 later Jessie Morse, Jas. A. McKenna, Quantico
B 201699 John M. Worth New England Nav Co freighter 442 1905 deleted 1939
B 201711 William M. Dailey tugboat 161 1905 later Cristobal, Phoenix, Charles Henry McWilliams, Bouker No. 3, Charles D. McAllister
B 201862 Edwin Brandow tugboat 124 1905 later Walter L. Meseck, Margaret Olsen
202081 Dorothy miscellaneous 14 1902
E 202405 Downer Downer Towing tugboat 65 1906 later Russell 18
B 202692 Thomas C. Millard John E. Moore Co passenger 356 1905 later Owana 1929, abandoned 1937
B 202732 Ideal Newport News SB tugboat 149 1906
B 202855 I. E. Brown Frederick F. Brown oyster boat 133 1906
202886 Nelson Oskar G. Hokanson fishing boat 34 1906
203036 Americus American Oyster oyster boat 73 1906
203037 Columbia Long Island Oysters oyster boat 78 1906
203139 Greenwich Red Star Towing tugboat 70 1906
203421 William J. Dalley Dalley's Towing tugboat 80 1906
203642 delivery II Standard Vacuum Oil tanker 45 1906
B 203647 Comport Atlantic Lighterage tugboat 180 1906 later Kookaburra
203666 Lieutenant J. & J. W. Ellsworth fishing boat 21 1906
B 203724 Standard freighter 299 1906 later Roy B. White
B 203851 NY Central No. 24 NY Central RR tugboat 215 1907 later Pontin Brothers
203985 New Rochelle New Haven Towing tugboat 54 1907 later Wm. F. Meseck, Edward P. Avery
204077 Charles A. Fox Fred B. Dalzell tugboat 67 1907 later Clifford G. Dalzell
204081 Thos. W. Rogers Red Star Towing tugboat 54 1907 later Pelham
204135 Alice Standard Oyster oyster boat 37 1907
204418 Amy B Phoenix Fuel freighter 37 1907
204513 Osceola Champlain Transportation freighter 32 1906
B 204539 Port Chester freighter 373 1907 later Ruth
204898 Socony 10 Standard Oil of NY tugboat 91 1907
204967 Pawnee tugboat 112 1908 later Helen B. Moran, McGuirl Bros.
B 205195 Norwalk Red Star Towing tugboat 110 1908
E 205319 W. H. Childs Barrett Co. tugboat 98 1908
B 205624 Addie L. Lowndes 131 1908
B 205835 Wm. J. Conway Stanwood Towing tugboat 65 1908
205966 Gladys L tugboat 26 1909 later Abiworks No. 3
B 206169 Ambrose Keeler Elmer A. Keeler tugboat 168 1909 later J. S. Packard
B 206616 Goodwin No. 14 Goodwin-Gallagher tugboat 143 1909
B 207144 Chancellor Merritt & Chapman salvage tugboat 383 1910 burned 1928
207186 Resolute Sea Coast Oysters oyster boat 47 1910
207240 Alice George L. Schmidt passenger 20 1910
207299 Robert C. Clowry Western Union cable ship 532 1910 later Telegraph 1926, Salvor 1930, scrapped 1938
207302 C. S. Sofield James J. Murray freighter 40 1910
B 207481 Henry N. DuBois tugboat 164 1910 later William F. Meseck
208067 Huntington Red Star Towing tugboat 85 1910
208099 Egerton tugboat 81 1910 later Louis O'Donnell
E 208572 Edward S. Atwood Clyde-Mallory Lines tugboat 111 1911
B 208824 Fulton NY & NJ SS Co. freighter 158 1911
208991 Downer IX Downer Towing tugboat 70 1911
209256 Downer X Downer Towing tugboat 69 1911
209269 Herbert E. Keller Hudson Towing tugboat 57 1911
209698 Westerly Merritt Chapman tugboat 68 1912
209933 Admiral Halsey Wright passenger 14 1912
210002 Peconic Sea Coast Oysters oyster boat 48 1912
B 210350 Silouan 201 1912
B 210516 Pequot U.S. Gypsum Transportation freighter 199 1912
E 210565 W. F. Dalzell Fred B. Dalzell tugboat 147 1912
B 210568 Matchless 163 1912
B 210880 Howard C. Moore John E. Moore passenger 158 1913 to USN 1918 as ID-2872 but never commissioned
B 210886 Industry NY & NJ SB Co. freighter 443 1912
211015 Napeague Cedar Island Oysters oyster boat 50 1913
B 211143 Alex Brown Aransas Dock tugboat 119d 1912 to USN 1918 as ID-2725, Saco (YT-31), sold 1927
211528 Bronx Red Star Towing tugboat 51 1913
B 211687 William J. Gillen Gillen Towing tugboat 203 1913 later C. Blaine Warner, Gypsum
B 211820 David H tugboat 208 1913 later August Johnson, Stephen Guardino, Windsor
211946 A. Lincoln Ford Sea Riders, Inc. freighter 19 1913
212250 Thomas F. O'Brien tugboat 86 1914 later Gustav Ackerman, Harlem River No. 1, Downer XV
B 212343 Fred B. Dalzell Baker-Whiteley Coal tugboat 159 1914 later Britannia
B 212346 C. G. Ackerman Manhattan Oil Transit tugboat 99 1913 later Viatic
B 212427 Danna passenger 34 1914 later Lady Anne, to USN 1917 as SP-154, returned 1920, Talofa
212567 Downer V Downer Towing tugboat 61 1914 later Russell 14
212814 Bivalve Cold Spring Oysters oyster boat 14 1914
B 213536 Hudson Hudson Towing tugboat 130 1915
213795 Herbert F. Black Meseck Towing tugboat 50 1915 later Joseph Meseck
B Manatee motor boat 1915 to USN 1917 as SP-51, returned 1919
Virginia Virginia Pilots' Assn pilot boat 1916 sold 1939
214021 Carrollton tugboat 83 1916 later Madeline Meseck
214025 delivery No. 4 Socony-Vacuum tugboat 64 1916
214314 Marlenita William Capek passenger 11 1916
214377 Downer XII Downer Towing tugboat 74 1916
B 214489 Maren Lee tugboat 132 1916
214590 Socony No. 4 Socony-Vacuum tugboat 97 1916 later Bangor Socony
B 215612 Henry Gillen Gillen Towing tugboat 149 1917
215634 Portchester Red Star Towing tugboat 86 1917
B 215894 Old Dominion Bayonne & NH Transportation freighter 157 1917 later Edward J. Barton, Jr., Jessie C. Williams, Marjorie
B 216077 Ackerman Brothers Manhattan Oil Transit tanker 147 1918
B 219281 Evelyn Ackerman Manhattan Oil Transit tugboat 99 1919 later Socony 26
B 219487 I. J. Merritt Merritt & Chapman salvage tugboat 794 1919 to USN 1918 as ID-3780, returned 1919, scuttled 1935
B 220001 Persistence USSB harbor tugboat 181 1920 later Allentown, A. E. Ackerman, Socony 27, St. Thomas
B 220002 Prowess USSB harbor tugboat 181 1920 later Belmar, Madelyne J. Meseck
B 220018 USSB harbor tugboat 181 1920 later America
B 220239 Force USSB harbor tugboat 181 1920 later Salisbury Park, George A. Keogh, Asbury Park
B 220240 Valor USSB harbor tugboat 181 1920 later Cavalier, Thomas F. O'Brien
B 220712 Socony 28 Standard Oil of NY tugboat 204 1919
221396 Seaboard M. & J. Tracy tugboat 41 1921
B 221462 Walter L. Meseck Meseck Towing tugboat 76 1921 later Patapsco
221516 Catherine Carroll Carroll Towing tugboat 85 1921
221517 Joseph F. Carroll Carroll Towing tugboat 85 1921
221518 M. J. Carroll Carroll Towing tugboat 85 1921
221535 Downer XIV Downer Towing tugboat 74 1921
B 222640 Hempstead Meseck Towing tugboat 128 1922
B 222680 Bessie C. Meseck Meseck Towing tugboat 89 1922 later Old Dominion
B 222728 Carrie T. Meseck Meseck Towing tugboat 89 1922 later Norfolk
223229 Nautic Fred B. Dalzell tugboat 96 1922
B 223544 Ideal Arthur Ackerman tugboat 147 1924
B 223597 Bessie C. Meseck Meseck Towing tugboat 103 1924
223637 Authentic Fred B. Dalzell tugboat 94 1924
B 223658 Mary E. Meseck Meseck Towing tugboat 103 1924
B 223814 Russell 18 tugboat 104 1924 later Downer VIII
B 224959 Pan-Am Mexican Petroleum tugboat 148 1925
B 225028 Russell 17 tugboat 103 1925 later Thomas Tracy
B 225344 William Simmons Simmons Lee Corp. tugboat 133 1926
225617 John Morrissey tugboat 64 1926 later Gramercy
B 226163 Helen B. Moran Moran Towing tugboat 118 1926
B 226256 Joseph F. Meseck Meseck Towing tugboat 174 1927
B 226261 Systematic Fred B. Dalzell tugboat 130 1927
226615 John W. Van Pelt John H. Van Pelt tugboat 22 1927
B 226902 New Rochelle Red Star Towing tugboat 105 1927
227108 Dynamic Dynamic Corp. tugboat 69 1927
B 229081 Maren Lee Simmons-Lee Corp. tugboat 140 1929
B 229111 Marion A. C. Meseck Meseck Towing tugboat 89 1929
B 229856 Frederick E. Meseck Meseck Towing tugboat 206 1930
B 229858 Eugene T. Meseck Meseck Towing tugboat 206 1930
B 230145 Barney Turecamo M. Turecamo tugboat 111 1930
230419 Better Time Howland Towing tugboat 13 1930
B 230779 Patrick J. McGuirl Shamrock Towing tugboat 110 1931
B 231022 Walter L. Meseck Meseck Towing tugboat 100 1931
Sailing Vessels and Yachts
B J. P. Musere Ralph M. Munroe yacht 1878a
125636 El Dorado sloop 14 1882
B Anemone Gilbert Haight yacht 1882
B Kingfish Ralph M. Munroe yacht 1883
B Pelican Edward & Thomas Hine yacht 1885
B Presto Ralph M. Munroe yacht 1885
B Egret Ralph M. Munroe yacht 1886
126429 Carrie Israel J. Merritt schooner 27 1887
B Holgazana Walter H. Browne yacht 1887
B Allapatta Kirk Munroe yacht 1888
B Nethla Edward & Thomas Hine yacht 1888
B Oriole Commodore T. B. Austen yacht 1888
B Egret William E. Nichols yacht 188x
B Nicketti Count Jean d'Hedouville yacht 1889
136113 Emma B schooner 56 1890
B Numa H. G. Seguine yacht 1890
B Micco Arthur M. Merriam yacht 1891
B Wabun R. R. McCormick yacht 1892
B Utilis Ralph M. Munroe yacht 1894
B 86296 Glendoveer O. K. Dimock schooner yacht 42 1894 later Lorowa II
B 100642 Irex yacht 16 1897 later White Heather
25314 Uncas schooner 30 1898 later Wal Gar, Bonnie Doone, Diosa del Mar, sank off Catalina 1990
B 127540 Cachalot Theodore E. Ferris yacht 41 1899
B Cero Henry Hovey yacht 1899
B Crescent Crescent Bicycle Co. yacht 1899
B 93030 Myeera B. A. Halperin yacht 18 1900 later Circe
B Hydraulic Max Zickel yacht 30 1900 to USN 1918 as SP-2584, returned 1919
B 117061 Savalo F. Gray Griswold yacht 45 1901
B Granatza N. M. George yacht 1902
B 200147 Normona S. M. Taylor yacht 52 1903
B 202920 Turtle yacht 163 1906
B Dragon H. L. Park yacht 1907
B Totem Thomas A. Hine yacht 1907
B 225356 Pabineau F. H. Loweree yacht 17 1909
206373 Osceola yacht 22 1909
B 207207 Vagabond Wallace T. Foote Jr. ketch 85 1910 later Iris
207503 Tottenville Brooks-Scanlon Co. schooner 643 1910
B 208984 George B. Cluett Grenfell Mission schooner 210 1911
B 224219 Alice Henry Howard ketch 20 1924
B 224254 Carib II M. (Max) Mauran ketch 20 1924
Barges
51316 Marlon National Lighterage freight barge 178 1898
58128 Stranger freight barge 302 1900
67489 Newport News freight barge 157 1899
162170 Red Star No. 19 Red Star Towing freight barge 271 1904
162278 Red Star No. 20 Red Star Towing freight barge 287 1904
162378 O. D. No. 26 Chatham Lighterage freight barge 172 1905
162389 O. D. No. 27 Chatham Lighterage freight barge 165 1905
162391 Penoles freight barge 163 1905 later tug R. M. Shanklin
162419 O. D. No. 28 Chatham Lighterage freight barge 167 1905
162521 Arcadia houseboat 98 1905
162689 Edward freight barge 160 1906
162932 No. 17 freight barge 210 1906
162933 No. 18 freight barge 210 1906
162934 No. 19 freight barge 210 1906
162935 No. 20 freight barge 210 1906
163190 Elmsford freight barge 166 1907
163225 Kendall freight barge 168 1907
163266 Morton freight barge 168 1907
163314 Appleton houseboat 432 1907
163387 Fancher freight barge 431 1907
163415 Richland freight barge 214 1907
163433 Stafford freight barge 218 1908
163483 Red Star No. 25 Red Star Towing freight barge 301 1908
163484 Red Star No. 26 Red Star Towing freight barge 300 1908
163543 Brooklyn Union No. 2 Brooklyn Union Coal freight barge 208 1908
163544 Brooklyn Union No. 4 Brooklyn Union Coal freight barge 208 1908
163705 Carteret freight barge 397 1908
163748 Garwood freight barge 169 1909
163749 Marlboro freight barge 169 1909
163781 Richmond Valley freight barge 235 1909
163782 Ridgway freight barge 211 1909
163852 Brooklyn Union No. 6 Brooklyn Union Coal freight barge 208 1908
163851 Brooklyn Union No. 8 Brooklyn Union Coal freight barge 208 1908
163638 Red Star No. 27 Red Star Towing freight barge 282 1908
163704 Allentown freight barge 397 1908
163864 O. D. No. 29 Chatham Lighterage freight barge 362 1909
163865 O. D. No. 30 Chatham Lighterage freight barge 362 1909
163879 O. D. No. 31 Chatham Lighterage freight barge 362 1909
165865 Phillie Clyde Steamship freight barge 305 1915
166759 Rockledge Clyde Steamship freight barge 297 1916
167295 Leesburg Clyde Steamship freight barge 286 1916
O barge No. 66 Moran Towing freight barge 674 1918 to USN 1918 as ID-2604, YF-92
O barge No. 70 Moran Towing freight barge 674 1918 to USN 1918 as ID-2678, YF-93
O barge No. 72 Moran Towing freight barge 674 1918 to USN 1918 as ID-2986, YF-94
O barge No. 76 Moran Towing freight barge 674 1918 to USN 1918 as ID-3030, YF-95
O barge No. 84 Moran Towing freight barge 674 1918 to USN 1918 as ID-3168, YF-96
169413 F. C. Schneider NY Trap Rock Corp. freight barge 306 1924
169425 W. Frederick Starks NY Trap Rock Corp. freight barge 306 1924
169426 Irving Demarest NY Trap Rock Corp. freight barge 306 1924

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