Ira S. Bushey & Sons
Brooklyn NY
Most recent update: July 6, 2014.
The Bushey shipyard was founded before WWI and was active until sold to Amerada Hess in 1977. It was the parent company of Red Star Towing and was located on Gowanus Creek, in the Red Hook section, at the foot of Court Street: the site is now occupied by the Buckeye Energy Services storage terminal. See the site from the air on Google here.
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| O/N | Name | Customer | Type | GT | LOA | Delivered | Notes | |
| 166152 | Ivernia | barge | 360 | 1907 | ||||
| 166364 | Reno | James T. O'Donnell | barge | 361 | 1908 | |||
| Thomas McElroy | tanker | 183 | 1912 | |||||
| 165341 | Captain M. Quinn | Cleary Bros. | barge | 462 | 1913 | |||
| 165364 | Shasta | barge | 243 | 1913 | ||||
| 165370 | Richard | Cleary Bros. | barge | 460 | 1913 | |||
| 165396 | Monterey | barge | 229 | 1913 | ||||
| 165451 | Sonoma | barge | 239 | 1913 | ||||
| 165597 | P.R.R. No. 469 | Pennsylvania R. R. | barge | 445 | 1913 | |||
| 165598 | P.R.R. No. 470 | Pennsylvania R. R. | barge | 445 | 1913 | |||
| 165476 | Phoenix | Eastern Transportation | barge | 293 | 1913 | |||
| 165490 | Tucson | Eastern Transportation | barge | 283 | 1913 | |||
| 165411 | Stockton | Capitol Materials Co | barge | 248 | 1913 | |||
| 165802 | Improvement | barge | 480 | 1914 | ||||
| 165656 | Kosciusko | James T. O'Donnell | barge | 365 | 1914 | |||
| 165742 | Lizzie Harvey | Ira S. Bushey & Sons | barge | 426 | 1914 | |||
| 166187 | John H. Flannery | barge | 449 | 1915 | later Blue Cloud, Milton D and Hempstead | |||
| 165844 | F. W. Gwinn, Jr. | James T. O'Donnell | barge | 421 | 1915 | |||
| 166304 | Concord | barge | 404 | 1916 | ||||
| 166530 | Clermont | barge | 323 | 1916 | ||||
| 166541 | Francis S. Bushey | Cleary Bros. | barge | 528 | 1916 | |||
| 166556 | Coast Transit No. 5 | The Barrett Co. | barge | 419 | 1916 | |||
| 166576 | Edward McKenna | Cleary Bros. | barge | 548 | 1916 | |||
| 166425 | Ideal | Michael J Derby | barge | 350 | 1916 | |||
| 166258 | John M. Lowe | James T. O'Donnell | barge | 443 | 1916 | |||
| 166198 | P.R.R. No. 483 | Pennsylvania R. R. | barge | 446 | 1916 | |||
| 166218 | P.R.R. No. 484 | Pennsylvania R. R. | barge | 441 | 1916 | |||
| 166245 | P.R.R. No. 485 | Pennsylvania R. R. | barge | 448 | 1916 | |||
| 166256 | P.R.R. No. 486 | Pennsylvania R. R. | barge | 448 | 1916 | |||
| 166625 | John J. Smith | barge | 561 | 1917 | ||||
| Thomas Cleary | Cleary Bros. | barge | 1917 | |||||
| YF-98 | US Navy | barge | 138 | 1918 | ||||
| YF-99 | US Navy | barge | 138 | 1918 | ||||
| YF-100 | US Navy | barge | 138 | 1918 | ||||
| YF-101 | US Navy | barge | 138 | 1918 | ||||
| YF-102 | US Navy | barge | 138 | 1918 | ||||
| YF-103 | US Navy | barge | 138 | 1918 | ||||
| YF-104 | US Navy | barge | 138 | 1918 | ||||
| YF-105 | US Navy | barge | 138 | 1918 | ||||
| YF-106 | US Navy | barge | 138 | 1918 | ||||
| YF-107 | US Navy | barge | 138 | 1918 | ||||
| YF-108 | US Navy | barge | 138 | 1918 | ||||
| YF-109 | US Navy | barge | 138 | 1918 | ||||
| YF-110 | US Navy | barge | 138 | 1918 | ||||
| 216643 | Walter C. Witherbee | canal boat | 341 | 1918 | later R. Lenahan, to USN 1941 as Chanticleer (AMc-60), YF-318, discarded 1943 | |||
| Ellen Bushey | barge | 1922 | ||||||
| Loyal | tugboat | 1926 | ex-MT 31, YT-491, returned to owner 1944 | |||||
| 230186 | Ira S. Bushey | Spentonbush Fuel | tanker | 241 | 1930 | later Mildred 1960, hulked 1968 | ||
| 444 | 230916 | Ellen Bushey | Spentonbush Fuel | tanker | 373 | 1931 | later YO-51 1941, Morania Marlin 1946, Albert H Reinauer 1951, Mary Ann McKay 1956, Chem Trader 1962 | |
| 231441 | J. A. Cummings | Spentonbush Fuel | tanker | 112 | 1932 | later YO-165 1941, Transoil | ||
| 231375 | V. L. Keegan | Spentonbush Fuel | tanker | 112 | 1932 | later YO-166 1941, sank at pier, raised, reefed off NJ 1989 | ||
| Harvest Queen | barge | 1933 | ||||||
| 453 | 233483 | Paul Dana | Spentonbush Fuel | tanker | 374 | 1934 | deleted 1968 | |
| 454 | 233777 | J. A. Martin | Spentonbush Fuel | tanker | 178 | 1935 | later Margaret T | |
| 455 | 233927 | Chippewa | Ira S. Bushey & Sons | tugboat | 95 | 1935 | later Russell 15, YNT-18, Annawan (YT-739), Franklin, Mary Ann, Tricia A, Sandy | |
| 456 | 234026 | Cheyenne | Ira S. Bushey & Sons | tugboat | 95 | 1935 | later Russell 12, Alloway (YT-170), Soumatco, Cheyenne, Sandpiper, Mist, Rojowe, Cheyenne | |
| 457 | 255610 | J. J. Kelly | Spentonbush Fuel | tanker | 1935 | later YOG-38, then J.J. Kelly again | ||
| 234576 | Cayuga | Ira S. Bushey & Sons | tugboat | 86 | 1936 | later Hooper Boys, Arundel | ||
| 234629 | Choctaw | Ira S. Bushey & Sons | tugboat | 84 | 1936 | later Calatco, Tahchee (YT-736), Calatco, Barbara McAllister, Jonathan, Sea Horse, reefed off NJ 1991 | ||
| 235464 | Comanche | Ira S. Bushey & Sons | tugboat | 84 | 1936 | later Kevin Buchanan | ||
| 460 | 235029 | S. D. Maddock | Spentonbush Fuel | tanker | 296 | 1936 | scrapped 1963 | |
| 461 | 235802 | Carmelite | Ira S. Bushey & Sons | tugboat | 129 | 1937 | to USN 1940 as Hopocan (YN-33, YNT-1, YTB-728), Carmelite 1947, Roslyn, H. J. Sheridan, Capt. Cory 1993, Captain C. | |
| 236068 | Flushing | Red Star Towing | tugboat | 1937 | ||||
| 236253 | Canadargo | Ira S. Bushey & Sons | tugboat | 84 | 1937 | later Elizabeth Teti, Rainbow, Patriotic | ||
| 236707 | Chemung | Ira S. Bushey & Sons | tugboat | 84 | 1937 | later P. T. Teti | ||
| 467 | 173672 | Coast Transit No. 4 | The Barrett Co | barge | 1937 | later Barrett No. 4, then Arlene | ||
| 236965 | Cree | Ira S. Bushey & Sons | tugboat | 86 | 1938 | later Joan Kehoe | ||
| 236966 | Crow | Ira S. Bushey & Sons | tugboat | 86 | 1938 | later Elsa Carroll, Kerry K. Kehoe, Osceola, Kerri K. | ||
| 237773 | Cardinal | Ira S. Bushey & Sons | tugboat | 99 | 1938 | later Magnetic, Rocktow, Carroll Brothers, Laurie Ann Reinauer | ||
| 237774 | Chancellor | Ira S. Bushey & Sons | tugboat | 99 | 1938 | later James J. Kehoe, Chancellor, museum at Waterford NY | ||
| 472 | 238312 | Chaplain | Ira S. Bushey & Sons | tugboat | 127 | 1939 | later Providence, sank | |
| 473 | 545979 | Crusader | Ira S. Bushey & Sons | tugboat | 135 | 1940 | to USN 1940 as Mahaska (YN-36, YNT-4, YTB-730), sold 1970, Thameship | |
| 477 | Consultor | Ira S. Bushey & Sons | tugboat | 135 | 1940 | to USN 1940 as Menewa (YN-34, YNT-2) | ||
| 478 | Counselor | Ira S. Bushey & Sons | tugboat | 135 | 1940 | to USN 1940 as Oneka (YN-35, YNT-3, YTB-729), sold 1963 | ||
| 474 | D. T. Sheridan | Sheridan Towing | tugboat | 1940 | foundered 1948 | |||
| 481 | Carpathian | Ira S. Bushey & Sons | tugboat | 1940 | to USA 1940 as ColAmos W. Kimball, Sherman X, scuttled 1996 | |||
| 482 | Corinthian | Ira S. Bushey & Sons | tugboat | 1940 | to USA 1940 as ColHenry C. Bonnycastle, Star 30 | |||
| 483 | 240284 | Cheyenne II | Ira S. Bushey & Sons | tugboat | 84 | 1941 | later Sally Carroll, Martin J. Kehoe, Jared S, sank | |
| 484 | 240285 | Chippewa II | Ira S. Bushey & Sons | tugboat | 84 | 1941 | ||
| 486 | 240388 | Consultor II | Ira S. Bushey & Sons | tugboat | 182 | 1941 | later Ocean Queen, total loss 1969 | |
| M. J. Derby | Spentonbush Fuel | tanker | 661 | 1941 | to USN 1942 as YO-50 | |||
| Ellen Bushey | Spentonbush Fuel | tanker | 661 | 1941 | to USN 1942 as YO-51 | |||
| 490 | 240792 | American | American Dredging | tugboat | 125 | 1941 | to USA as ST-185, Frank H. Caven, John J. Richards | |
| 493 | 240528 | Crusader II | Ira S. Bushey & Sons | tugboat | 182 | 1941 | later Devon 1958; scrapped 2000 | |
| 494 | 240942 | Stamford | Red Star Towing | tugboat | 125 | 1941 | deleted 1970s | |
| 496 | 241100 | Hartford | Red Star Towing | tugboat | 125 | 1941 | later Cape Florida | |
| 497 | 241312 | Carmelite II | Ira S. Bushey & Sons | tugboat | 119 | 1941 | ||
| 498 | 241767 | M. J. Derby II | Spentonbush Fuel | tanker | 661 | 1942 | later YO-135 1942, M. J. Derby II 1945, Dee Dee 1964, deleted 1993 | |
| 499 | 242484 | Ellen Bushey II | Spentonbush Fuel | tanker | 661 | 1942 | later YO-136 1942, Ellen Bushey II 1945, scrapped 1968 | |
| 500 | Pessacus (YT-192) | US Navy | tugboat | 260 | 1942 | struck 1965 | ||
| 501 | Sassacus (YT-193) | US Navy | tugboat | 260 | 1942 | struck 1963, to Venezuela as Dianca III (R-15) | ||
| 502 | Squanto (YT-194) | US Navy | tugboat | 260 | 1943 | struck 1963 | ||
| 503 | 297837 | Port Chester | U. S. Mar. Comm. | tugboat | 325 | 1942 | to USA 1943 as LT-233, sold 1946 as Capt Ed, Peggy H, Signet Resolute, Bluebird | |
| 504 | Port crane | U. S. Mar. Comm. | tugboat | 325 | 1942 | to USN 1942 as Swatane (YT-344), sold 1964 as Lewis Bourgeois II, scrapped | ||
| 505 | no name (YFD-24) | US Navy | drydock | 1942 | ||||
| 506 | no name (YFD-25) | US Navy | drydock | 1942 | ||||
| Rahway | Pennsylvania RR | tugboat | 213 | 1942 | later Pernell J | |||
| 510 | A. J. Harper | barge | 1942 | |||||
| 511 | Port Henry | U. S. Mar. Comm. | tugboat | 325 | 1943 | sold 1945 as Captain Rodger, wrecked 1947 | ||
| 512 | Port Jervis | U. S. Mar. Comm. | tugboat | 325 | 1943 | sold 1945 as Newport, Felicia, Terror, R. H. Tripp | ||
| 513 | 528417 | Port Kent | U. S. Mar. Comm. | tugboat | 325 | 1942 | to USN 1942 as Oratamin (YT-347), sold 1969 as Martha M, Susan Elizabeth, Lacey von Riedel | |
| 558403 | Iwana (YT-272) | US Navy | tugboat | 260 | 1943 | sold 1974 as George R, Polar Crusader, Skagit Chief | ||
| Tecumseh (YT-273) | US Navy | tugboat | 260 | 1943 | later Olathe (YTM-273), sold 1975 | |||
| Pokagon (YT-274) | US Navy | tugboat | 260 | 1943 | sank 1947 | |||
| Epanow (YT-275) | US Navy | tugboat | 260 | 1943 | ||||
| 525 | 956466 | Apalachee (WYT-71) | USCG | tugboat | 224 | 1943 | decommissioned 1986, scrapped 2018 | |
| 526 | Yankton (WYT-72) | USCG | tugboat | 195 | 1944 | decommissioned 1984, Russell Jr., Cetus, Mike Azzolino | ||
| 527 | Mohican (WYT-73) | USCG | tugboat | 193 | 1944 | decommissioned 1986, Darlene Bisso 1987, Catuan 2001, foundered 2005 | ||
| 528 | Chinook (WYT-96) | USCG | tugboat | 193 | 1944 | decommissioned 1986, Tracie B, Danicia | ||
| 529 | 645787 | Ojibwa (WYT-97) | USCG | tugboat | 147 | 1944 | decommissioned 1980, John G. Amato, Gen. Oglethorpe | |
| 530 | Snohomish (WYT (98) | USCG | tugboat | 195 | 1944 | decommissioned 1986, yacht Sarah Rose, Dami Dew, Snohomish | ||
| 531 | Sauk (WYT-99) | USCG | tugboat | 189 | 1944 | decommissioned 1985, Alison Lake, sank 2003 | ||
| 532 | Waneta (YT-384) | US Navy | tugboat | 260 | 1944 | struck 1974, Jackie B 1975, Taino 1997 | ||
| 533 | Wannalancet (YT-385) | US Navy | tugboat | 260 | 1944 | to Venezuela 1965 as Favio Gallipoli (R-14), decommissioned 1979, fishing vessel | ||
| 534 | Washakie (YT-386) | US Navy | tugboat | 260 | 1944 | struck 1975 | ||
| 535 | Watseka (YT-387) | US Navy | tugboat | 260 | 1944 | sold 1972, Deborah W, Beaver, Seahorse, SB IX, Seahorse, Glen Cove | ||
| 536 | DPC-55 | US Army | tugboat | 146 | 1944 | sold 1946 as Grace No. 2, Dalzellea, Chrisnick, Thomas H, scuttled 1995 | ||
| 537 | 244069 | DPC-56 | US Army | tugboat | 146 | 1944 | sold 1946 as Pennsbury, Nanticoke, Bay Pride, Jordon Pointe, sank 1998 | |
| 538 | 244352 | DPC-51 | US Army | tugboat | 146 | 1944 | to WSA as WSA-6, sold 1946 as Chas. E. Trout, Naomi Marie, South Haven, Becky E, White Lake, NLD | |
| 539 | DPC-52 | US Army | tugboat | 146 | 1944 | to USA as ST-758, sold 1948 as Titan, Titan II, Herkules, sank off Trondheim 1957 | ||
| 540 | DPC-53 | US Army | tugboat | 146 | 1944 | to WSA as WSA-21, sold 1945 as Salutation, Christina, Tanda 10, Delbar | ||
| 541 | DPC-54 | US Army | tugboat | 146 | 1944 | to USA as ST-759, sold 1947 to Greek interests | ||
| 542 | DPC-57 | US Army | tugboat | 146 | 1945 | to USA as ST-770, sold 1947 to Greek interests | ||
| 543 | DPC-58 | US Army | tugboat | 146 | 1944 | to USA as ST-772, sold 1947 as Perseus (Greece), OLP 1 | ||
| 544 | DPC-59 | US Army | tugboat | 146 | 1945 | to USA as ST-781, sold 1951 as Sirius (Greece), Regulus (Yugoslavia)(1968), scrapped 2001 | ||
| 545 | DPC-60 | US Army | tugboat | 146 | 1945 | to USA as ST-794, sunk in Le Havre 1944 | ||
| 548 | 245380 | Boston | Red Star Towing | tugboat | 146 | 1944 | later Norwalk, foundered 1973 | |
| YO-153 | US Navy | tanker | 370 | 1943 | reefed off NJ 2006 | |||
| 597532 | YO-154 | US Navy | tanker | 370 | 1943 | later fishing vessel Aldebaran VII, Pavlof, in Vancouver BC | ||
| 553 | 297901 | YO-167 | US Navy | tanker | 370 | 1943 | later Jet Trader, reefed off NJ 2005 | |
| 554 | 580852 | YO-168 | US Navy | tanker | 370 | 1943 | later fishing vessel Aleut Packer, Blue Gadus | |
| 555 | YO-169 | US Navy | tanker | 370 | 1943 | sold 1974 as Marlin | ||
| 556 | 586415 | YO-170 | US Navy | tanker | 370 | 1943 | later fishing vessel Stormy Sea | |
| 1051398 | Coshecton (YT-404) | US Navy | tugboat | 260 | 1944 | redesignated as small boat 1985, sold as YTM-404 | ||
| 918752 | Cusseta (YT-405) | US Navy | tugboat | 260 | 1944 | sold 1985, Tom Banks, Red Cloud | ||
| Kittaton (YT-406) | US Navy | tugboat | 260 | 1945 | sold 1987, Stingray | |||
| 569316 | Lonoto (YT-407) | US Navy | tugboat | 260 | 1945 | sold 1973, Sea Devil | ||
| Minniska (YT-408) | US Navy | tugboat | 260 | 1945 | sold 1975, Piti | |||
| Anamosa (YT-409) | US Navy | tugboat | 260 | 1945 | sold 1978, Boxer 1982 | |||
| Allamakee (YT-410) | US Navy | tugboat | 260 | 1945 | scuttled 1960s | |||
| Ponkabia (YT-411) | US Navy | tugboat | 260 | 1945 | sank 1945 | |||
| Conchardee (YT-412) | US Navy | tugboat | 260 | 1945 | later Francis W 1945, Umgowa 1989, fishing vessel Icy Point 1993, Enterprise 2004, Tim-Tom 2006, Grace I 2007 | |||
| Portobago (YT-413) | US Navy | tugboat | 260 | 1945 | sold 1985 | |||
| 568 | 246946 | J. A. Cobb | Spentonbush Fuel | tanker | 502 | 1944 | later Savfuel 1964, wrecked 1974 | |
| 569 | 247205 | R. J. Perry | Spentonbush Fuel | tanker | 614 | 1945 | later John J. Tabeling 1966, Patricia N. Gellatly 1992, Nemo, scrapped 2005 | |
| 570 | 247436 | J. F. Gaffney | Spentonbush Fuel | tanker | 614 | 1945 | later Gran Orinoco 1966, deleted 1993 | |
| 571 | Abinago (YT-493) | US Navy | tugboat | 147 | 1945 | sold 1975, Carla | ||
| 572 | Alnaba (YT-494) | US Navy | tugboat | 147 | 1945 | sold 1972, Cape San Juan | ||
| 573 | Barboncito (YT-495) | US Navy | tugboat | 147 | 1945 | sold 1975, Christina | ||
| 574 | Chahao (YT-496) | US Navy | tugboat | 147 | 1946 | struck 1981, sunk as target 1996 | ||
| 575 | Tlingit (YT-497) | US Navy | tugboat | 147 | 1945 | struck 1963 | ||
| 580 | 249281 | F. L. Hayes | Spentonbush Fuel | tanker | 899 | 1946 | later Reliable 1981, Aquarius 1989, Shivani 1997, Victory J. 1999 | |
| 581 | 594470 | YO-210 | US Navy | tanker | 499 | 1945 | sold 1974 as Clifford K, fishing vessel Wizard | |
| 582 | YO-211 | US Navy | tanker | 499 | 1945 | sunk as target 1975 | ||
| 583 | YO-212 | US Navy | tanker | 499 | 1945 | to NDRF 1974 | ||
| 584 | YO-213 | US Navy | tanker | 499 | 1945 | to Colombia as Capitan W. Arvelo (BT 4) | ||
| 585 | YO-214 | US Navy | tanker | 499 | 1945 | later Irving Hemlock, Scotia Trader (Canada) | ||
| 586 | YO-215 | US Navy | tanker | 499 | 1945 | later Capitan Beotegui 1964, to Dominican Republic 1990 | ||
| 587 | 248921 | Chaplain | Ira S. Bushey & Sons | tugboat | 179 | 1945 | later Margaret Sheridan, Ocean King, Carina | |
| 588 | Takos (YT-546) | US Navy | tugboat | 149 | 1945 | struck 1986, reefed off Atlantic Beach NC 2000 | ||
| 589 | Yanaba (YT-547) | US Navy | tugboat | 149 | 1945 | sold 1985, Mar Azul, scrapped 2004 | ||
| 590 | Matunak (YT-548) | US Navy | tugboat | 149 | 1945 | struck 1985 | ||
| 591 | Migadan (YT-549) | US Navy | tugboat | 149 | 1946 | to USAF-1987, sunk as target | ||
| 592 | 252768 | N. W. Gokey | Spentonbush Fuel | tanker | 1,488 | 1947 | later Christian F. Reinauer 1971, Bobby J 1988, Jax Fuel 1994, Stella D 1994 | |
| 593 | 251390 | Philip Lemler | Spentonbush Fuel | tanker | 478 | 1947 | later Sam Berman 1969, reefed off NJ 1987 | |
| 254039 | Ira S. Bushey & Sons No. 2 | Ira S. Bushey & Sons | tugboat | 1947 | ||||
| 600 | 261940 | D. T. Sheridan | Sheridan Towing | tugboat | 383 | 1951 | scuttled 1986 | |
| 602 | 262622 | Huntington | Red Star Towing | tugboat | 144 | 1951 | later Nathan S 2007 | |
| 604 | 263099 | Maurania II | Providence Steamboat | tugboat | 181 | 1952 | later Valiant, Towmaster | |
| 605 | 263602 | Chaplain | Ira S. Bushey & Sons | tugboat | 132 | 1952 | ||
| 606 | 264104 | Hygrade No. 30 | Spentonbush Fuel | tank barge | 1,161 | 1952 | later Hygrade No. 10, Hossl 1 | |
| 609 | 266366 | V. L. Keegan II | Spentonbush Fuel | tanker | 860 | 1955 | later Elliot Poling, scuttled 1990 | |
| 610 | 269146 | Francis S. Bushey | Spentonbush Fuel | tanker | 1,528 | 1955 | reefed off NJ 1986 | |
| 611 | 267113 | Hygrade No. 32 | Spentonbush Fuel | tank barge | 1954 | |||
| 612 | 274512 | Port Jefferson | Red Star Towing | tugboat | 198 | 1957 | later Port Service 2001, Ursa, Austin Krause | |
| 615 | 276461 | Ocean Prince | Red Star Towing | tugboat | 198 | 1959 | later Anne A. Richards 2005 | |
| 616 | 279303 | Chemung | Ira S. Bushey & Sons | tugboat | 152 | 1959 | reefed | |
| 619 | 280837 | Red Star No. 11 | Red Star Towing | tank barge | 1960 | |||
| 620 | 281380 | Red Star No. 12 | Red Star Towing | tank barge | 1960 | |||
| 621 | 282988 | Red Star No. 14 | Red Star Towing | tank barge | 1960 | |||
| 622 | 283258 | Red Star No. 15 | Red Star Towing | tank barge | 1960 | |||
| 623 | 288215 | Red Star No. 20 | Red Star Towing | tank barge | 1962 | |||
| 624 | 288735 | Red Star No. 21 | Red Star Towing | tank barge | 1962 | |||
| 625 | 289089 | Red Star No. 22 | Red Star Towing | tank barge | 1962 | |||
| 626 | 289506 | Red Star No. 23 | Red Star Towing | tank barge | 1962 | |||
| 627 | 290907 | Crow | Ira S. Bushey & Sons | tugboat | 152 | 1963 | ||
| 628 | 297418 | Glenwood | Red Star Towing | tugboat | 152 | 1965 | later Cheyenne 1970 |