Matton Shipyard
Cohoes NY
Most recent update: October 22, 2015.
John E. Matton started his original shipyard in 1899, on the Champlain Canal, about three miles north of the Waterford side-cut: he moved to Cohoes in 1916. His son Ralph joined him in 1922 and the company became, first, John E. Matton & Son, and, later, John E. Matton & Sons. The yard closed in 1966 and was sold to Bart Turecamo, who kept the Matton name, operating it as Matton Shipyard Company, until it closed again in 1983. The Cohoes yard was on Van Schaick Island, between Cohoes and Waterford, at the eastern end of the Erie Canal. See the site from the air on Google here - it's the grassy area close to the north end of the island.
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O/N | Name | Customer | Type | GT | Delivered | Notes | |||
Built in Waterford NY | |||||||||
163231 | Edward Mullen | canal boat | 103 | 1907 | |||||
163526 | Wm. L. Sparks | canal boat | 99 | 1907 | |||||
163908 | Clinton Wilson | R. G. Hays | canal boat | 102 | 1909 | ||||
163909 | Helen Janet | R. G. Hays | canal boat | 100 | 1909 | ||||
164455 | John B. Shinners | canal boat | 106 | 1911 | |||||
164456 | John E. Matton | canal boat | 106 | 1911 | |||||
164457 | Thos. J. Smith | canal boat | 103 | 1911 | |||||
164648 | Thompson Smith | Thomas J. Burns | canal boat | 105 | 1911 | ||||
164863 | John D. Coffin | canal boat | 105 | 1912 | |||||
165305 | Dr. G. W. Crissey | Edgar Noel | canal boat | 104 | 1913 | ||||
165306 | Eugene J. Sullivan | canal boat | 103 | 1913 | |||||
165309 | Willie A. Shova | William A. Doyle | canal boat | 104 | 1913 | ||||
165670 | Edna M. Matton | Edmund M. Glode | canal boat | 104 | 1914 | ||||
165671 | Melinda Reilly | canal boat | 104 | 1914 | |||||
165971 | Joseph Glode | Merritt E. LaChance | canal boat | 104 | 1915 | ||||
165972 | Molly D. Roberts | Alexander Robert | canal boat | 104 | 1915 | ||||
166091 | George E. Weightman | Delia McIntyre | canal boat | 108 | 1915 | ||||
166337 | Edward L. Archer | Gabriel Robert | canal boat | 108 | 1915 | later Helen F. Kennedy | |||
166339 | Mary E. Nealer | F. A. Poissant | canal boat | 108 | 1916 | ||||
166340 | Robert B. Weightman | Napoleon Suprenant | canal boat | 108 | 1916 | ||||
Built in Cohoes NY | |||||||||
166751 | Alice Thompson | Murray Lighterage | barge | 247 | 1917 | ||||
166754 | James A. Murray | Murray Lighterage | barge | 247 | 1917 | ||||
166755 | James M. Bussey | Murray Lighterage | barge | 247 | 1917 | ||||
166757 | Margaret Murray | Murray Lighterage | barge | 247 | 1917 | ||||
166951 | George S. Bord | Murray Lighterage | barge | 247 | 1917 | ||||
167022 | Henry & Corine | Oliver Lafontaine | canal boat | 157 | 1917 | ||||
167027 | Catherine | Frank Patnode | canal boat | 108 | 1917 | ||||
167028 | Gwendolyn | Herbert Magraw | canal boat | 108 | 1917 | ||||
167029 | Ignatius | Mary V. Benham | canal boat | 108 | 1917 | ||||
167059 | Leome & Dennis | Marvin H. Lear | canal boat | 108 | 1917 | ||||
167036 | Clara A. Dillon | James Hillis | barge | 254 | 1917 | ||||
167262 | Capt. M. Chapman | Frank J. Lafontaine | barge | 254 | 1918 | ||||
167264 | Major Murray | Murray Lighterage | barge | 253 | 1918 | ||||
167377 | B. A. Murray | Murray Lighterage | barge | 253 | 1918 | ||||
167378 | Sanders A. Wertheim | Murray Lighterage | barge | 253 | 1918 | ||||
167382 | Theodore Miller Jr. | Murray Lighterage | barge | 253 | 1918 | ||||
167383 | Col. Smith | Murray Lighterage | barge | 253 | 1918 | ||||
167391 | Otto Peterson | barge | 247 | 1918 | later Liberty | ||||
167579 | James L. Hines | James M. Tucker | barge | 254 | 1919 | ||||
167580 | Mame A. Murray | Murray Lighterage | barge | 247 | 1919 | ||||
167581 | Ida & Elsie | Joe Allore | canal boat | 106 | 1919 | ||||
167621 | Thomas M. Finnican | George H. Guerrin | canal boat | 166 | 1919 | ||||
167662 | Gertrude Weightman | George Weightman | barge | 254 | 1919 | ||||
167712 | John A. McDonald | William Hanley | barge | 247 | 1919 | ||||
167721 | Edith McCourt | Murray Lighterage | barge | 247 | 1919 | later John H. Murray | |||
167744 | Vincent E. Bird | Thomas A. Tucker | barge | 247 | 1919 | ||||
167745 | Michael J. Byrnes Jr. | Cayuga Shipping | barge | 247 | 1920 | ||||
167888 | Mary L. Raftery | Thomas A. Tucker | barge | 247 | 1920 | ||||
167889 | Lila E. Hanley | R. G. Hays | barge | 247 | 1920 | ||||
167891 | Fred W. Barth | Cayuga Shipping | barge | 247 | 1920 | ||||
167996 | Rose Leary | barge | 247 | 1920 | later Marion Murray | ||||
168214 | William Weightman | George Weightman | barge | 254 | 1921 | ||||
168215 | Admiral Murray | Murray Lighterage | barge | 247 | 1920 | ||||
168216 | Katherine | Murray Lighterage | canal boat | 125 | 1921 | ||||
168218 | Edna Murray | Murray Lighterage | barge | 247 | 1920 | ||||
168219 | Bessie | Murray Lighterage | canal boat | 125 | 1921 | ||||
168221 | Elsie | Murray Lighterage | canal boat | 125 | 1921 | ||||
168222 | Patricia | Murray Lighterage | canal boat | 125 | 1921 | ||||
168223 | Eileen | Murray Lighterage | canal boat | 125 | 1921 | ||||
168247 | Beulah | Murray Lighterage | canal boat | 125 | 1921 | ||||
168277 | Isabella | Murray Lighterage | canal boat | 125 | 1921 | ||||
168639 | Ernest Thurston | barge | 252 | 1923 | later Hanley Line | ||||
168641 | Edward Thurston Jr. | John R. Winslow | barge | 266 | 1923 | ||||
168674 | Emma L. Murray | Murray Lighterage | barge | 247 | 1920 | ||||
168675 | Katie Murray | Murray Lighterage | barge | 247 | 1920 | ||||
168676 | Matie E. Murray | Murray Lighterage | barge | 247 | 1920 | ||||
168918 | Drayton T. Thurston | Marie Tucker | barge | 266 | 1924 | ||||
169484 | Michael A. Nealy | barge | 255 | 1926 | later Melvin J. Chapman | ||||
169008 | Champlain | Flora D. Cunningham | ferry | 22 | 1922 | ||||
175012 | Matton No. 1 | George Weightman | barge | 272 | 1928 | ||||
229155 | Matton | Matton Steamboat | tugboat | 45 | 1929 | ||||
276 | 238495 | John E. Matton | John E. Matton | tugboat | 119 | July 1939 | to USN 1940 as Tamaque (YN-52), sold 1947 as Athena, Jesse D, Atlantic 7 | ||
277 | Tigre | Peruvian Govt. | tugboat | 144 | Dec 1941 | later Franco | |||
278 | Curaray | Peruvian Govt. | tugboat | 144 | Dec 1942 | ||||
SC-985 | US Navy | subchaser | 136 | 19 Dec 1942 | to USCG 1945 as Air Merlin (WAVR-439) | ||||
SC-986 | US Navy | subchaser | 136 | 29 Apr 1943 | to USSR 1945 as BO-305 | ||||
SC-987 | US Navy | subchaser | 136 | 7 Jun 1943 | to USCG 1945 as Air Oriole (WAVR-440), Empress, Lillian B, CTL-1976 | ||||
SC-988 | US Navy | subchaser | 136 | 14 Jul 1943 | to USCG 1945 as Air Owl (WAVR-441) | ||||
SC-989 | US Navy | subchaser | 136 | 2 Aug 1943 | to USCG 1945 as Air Parakeet (WAVR-442) | ||||
600358 | tugboat | 49 | 1943 | later Norene II | |||||
286 | ST-87 | US Army | tugboat | 106 | Feb 1944 | to Finland 1946 as No. 10, DR-10, Halli, Mistral 3, Jean Luc, Jason, scrapped 1986 | |||
287 | ST-88 | US Army | tugboat | 106 | Mar 1944 | to Finland 1946 as No. 1, DR-1, Fulgor, Furius, Furia, Furius | |||
288 | ST-89 | US Army | tugboat | 106 | Apr 1944 | to Finland 1946 as No. 4, Star, Rauma II, Mars II, Fakir, scrapped 1984 | |||
289 | ST-90 | US Army | tugboat | 106 | June 1944 | to Finland 1946 as No. 17, DR-17, Poitsila, Partner, Nina H, Poitsila | |||
290 | YTL-452 | US Navy | tugboat | 70d | 1944 | to Vietnam 1969 as HQ-9508., scrapped 1980s | |||
291 | YTL-453 | US Navy | tugboat | 70d | 1944 | destroyed 1947 | |||
292 | YTL-454 | US Navy | tugboat | 70d | 1944 | to Taiwan 1963 as YTL-11, scrapped 1980s | |||
293 | YTL-455 | US Navy | tugboat | 70d | 1944 | to Venezuela 1963 as '3', scrapped 1990s | |||
294 | YTL-456 | US Navy | tugboat | 70d | 1945 | to Vietnam 1969 as HQ-9509, scrapped 1980s | |||
295 | YTL-457 | US Navy | tugboat | 70d | 1945 | to Vietnam 1971 as HQ-9511, scrapped 1980s | |||
296 | 248591 | John E. Matton | Matton Shipyard | tugboat | 138 | Sep 1945 | later Hollywood, Brevard, in Dom. Rep. | ||
297 | 250507 | Margaret Matton | Matton Shipyard | tugboat | 138 | 1946 | later Fort Lauderdale, Evening Light, Hudson, foundered 2005 | ||
298 | |||||||||
299 | 254293 | Edna M. Matton | Matton Shipyard | tugboat | 142 | 1947 | later Cree II, K-1 | ||
300 | 258944 | Oil Transfer No. 31 | Oil Transfer Corp. | tank barge | 1,194 | Nov 1949 | later Trader II | ||
261925 | Edward Matton | Matton Shipyard | tugboat | 141 | 1951 | later Morania No. 9, Patrick McHugh, reefed off NJ 2000 | |||
BC-6212 | US Army | lighter | 1951 | to USN as YC-1443 | |||||
BC-6449 | US Army | lighter | 1953 | to USN as YON-269, sold 1995 | |||||
BC-6560 | US Army | lighter | 1953 | to USN as YC-1445, sold 1976 | |||||
307 | LT-2095 | US Army | tugboat | 141 | July 1954 | later named Shamokin, to USN 1964 as Kewaunee (YTM-752), scrapped 1976 | |||
308 | LT-2096 | US Army | tugboat | 141 | July 1954 | later named Valley Forge, retired 2011 | |||
Matton took over this 15-boat contract from American Boiler Works, of Erie PA | |||||||||
1054066 | ST-2116 | US Army | tugboat | 122d | 1954 | later named King's Mountain, sold 1997, Orion | |||
ST-2117 | US Army | tugboat | 122d | 1954 | retired 1988 | ||||
1123899 | ST-2118 | US Army | tugboat | 122d | 1954 | later named Guilford Courthouse, sold 2001 | |||
ST-2119 | US Army | tugboat | 122d | 1954 | later named Bennington, retired 1994 | ||||
ST-2120 | US Army | tugboat | 122d | 1954 | retired | ||||
ST-2121 | US Army | tugboat | 122d | 1954 | retired | ||||
ST-2122 | US Army | tugboat | 122d | 1954 | retired | ||||
ST-2123 | US Army | tugboat | 122d | 1954 | later named Ninety-Six, retired | ||||
1142411 | ST-2124 | US Army | tugboat | 122d | 1954 | later named Quaker Hill, sold 2002, Betsy | |||
ST-2125 | US Army | tugboat | 122d | 1954 | later named Sag Harbor, retired 1988 | ||||
ST-2126 | US Army | tugboat | 122d | 1954 | later named Stony Point, sold 2004, yacht Stony Point | ||||
ST-2127 | US Army | tugboat | 122d | 1954 | later named Appomattox, retired 1988 | ||||
ST-2128 | US Army | tugboat | 122d | 1954 | later named Dorchester Heights, retired 1987 | ||||
ST-2129 | US Army | tugboat | 122d | 1954 | later named Bunker Hill, retired 1991 | ||||
1136553 | ST-2130 | US Army | tugboat | 122d | 1954 | later named Fort Mifflin, sold 2001, yacht ST 2130 | |||
588795 | Marine Discoverer | tugboat | 147 | 1954 | later Joseph R, Seana C, Henry Brusco | ||||
322 | 271730 | Matton | Matton Shipyard | tugboat | 141 | 1954 | later Kathleen Turecamo, Troy, reefed off NJ 1990 | ||
323 | 272008 | Matton 25 | Matton Shipyard | tugboat | 141 | 1956 | later Joan Turecamo, Everglades, reefed 2017 | ||
324 | 274648 | Ralph E. Matton | Matton Shipyard | tugboat | 151 | 1957 | later Mary Turecamo, Albany, scrapped 2007 | ||
325 | 276627 | John E. Matton | Matton Shipyard | tugboat | 151 | 1958 | later Morania No. 12, Cissy Reinauer, Cissi, Mischief, Thornton Bros. | ||
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327 | 279577 | Everglades | Port Everglades Towing | tugboat | 166 | 1959 | later Captain Nelson, Manatee | ||
328 | 283882 | Challenger | Port Everglades Towing | tugboat | 166 | 1960 | later Captain Brinn, Captain Bim | ||
329 | 287887 | Margaret Matton | Matton Shipyard | tugboat | 158 | 1962 | later Margaret Turecamo | ||
330 | |||||||||
331 | 293096 | John E. Matton | Matton Shipyard | tugboat | 162 | 1964 | later Helen J. Turecamo, sank 1988 | ||
Built by Matton Shipyard Company | |||||||||
332 | 515484 | Bart J. Turecamo | Turecamo Towing | tugboat | 266 | Aug 1968 | later Bart Turecamo | ||
Launch No. 1 | N.Y.P.D. | launch | 25d | 1966 | |||||
Launch No. 5 | N.Y.P.D. | launch | 25d | 1966 | sold c1996, sank, restored to service 1998 | ||||
Launch No. 9 | N.Y.P.D. | launch | 25d | 1967 | |||||
Launch No. 13 | N.Y.P.D. | launch | 25d | 1967 | sold pre-1998 | ||||
338 | 523580 | James Turecamo | Turecamo Towing | tugboat | 225 | Dec 1969 | |||
339 | 533403 | Mobil 1 | Mobil Shipping | tugboat | 271 | July 1971 | later Tioga, Zachary Reinauer | ||
340 | 544747 | Mary Turecamo | Turecamo Towing | tugboat | 263 | Dec 1972 | later Texaco Capella, John Turecamo | ||
341 | 569612 | Jean Turecamo | Turecamo Towing | tugboat | 289 | 1975 | later Texaco Tampa, Star Tampa, Dolphin, Jean Turecamo | ||
342 | Largo Remo | Refineria Panama | tugboat | 279 | Sep 1976 | later Tridente, Vesca R-18 (Panama) | |||
343 | 591229 | Michael Turecamo | Turecamo Towing | tugboat | 196 | May 1978 | |||
344 | 630426 | Joan Turecamo | Turecamo Towing | tugboat | 192 | Mar 1981 | |||
345 | 653470 | Mary Turecamo | Turecamo Towing | tugboat | 193 | Mar 1983 |