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.
326
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

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