Downey Shipbuilding ~ Shipbuilding History

Downey Shipbuilding

Arlington NY

Wallace Downey started this shipyard after selling his yard on Shooters Island. A former steel fabrication plant called Milliken Brothers, it was on Staten Island, where the Howland Hook container terminal is now.

	USSB #	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	Tons	Delivered	Notes
1	216	217381	Abron	USSB	freighter	5,335	Dec 1918	later Point Chico 1931, Alcoa Guard 1940, Saratov 1945, scrapped 1965
2	217	217791	Osakis	USSB	freighter	5,312	May 1919	later Point Brava 1931, Alcoa Guide 1940, shelled and lost 1942
3	218	217890	Dio	USSB	freighter	5,312	May 1919	later Point Caleta 1931, Alcoa Cadet 1940, mined off Murmansk and lost 1942
4	219	218186	Sabotawan	USSB	freighter	5,312	June 1919	later Point Palmas 1931, Alcoa Pilot 1940, Dah Chung Hwa 1946, wrecked 1948
5	220	218390	Dochet	USSB	freighter	5,268	July 1919	later Point Salinas 1931, Alcoa Scout 1940, Arctic 1946, Tabatinguera 1948, Guaramiranga 1951, Santopolis 1959, scrapped 1966
6	221	218477	Strathnaver	USSB	freighter	5,268	July 1919	later American Star 1920, Sonia 1946, Capetan Nicolas 1952, scrapped 1959
7	222	218615	New Britain	USSB	freighter	5,268	July 1919	later Silver Sword 1934, torpedoed and lost 1942
8	223	218731	Richmond Boro	USSB	freighter	5,268	Aug 1919	later Willfaro 1920, Pan-Atlantic 1933, XXI Aprile 1937, torpedoed and lost 1943
9	224	218903	Yaphank	USSB	freighter	5,174	Sep 1919	later Willpolo 1920, Pan-American 1933, Atlas 1937, wrecked 1945
10	225	219134	Waterbury	USSB	freighter	5,174	Nov 1919	later Northern Star 1921, Defacto 1923, Empire Caribou 1940, torpedoed and lost 1941
11		219474	Clarksburg	Coastwise Transportation	freighter	4,821	Jan 1920	later Georgian 1921, San Gabriel 1929, torpedoed and lost 1940
12		222082	El Estero	Southern Pacific Co.	freighter	4,219	Sep 1920	burned and scuttled in New York Bay 1943
14		222910	El Isleo	Southern Pacific Co.	freighter	4,219	1920	wrecked off Iceland 1942
15		911179	El Lago	Southern Pacific Co.	freighter	4,219	1920	torpedoed and lost 1942
16		221024	El Petrolero	Mexican Pet. Corp.	tanker	630	1921	later Esso Ibicuy 1947, scrapped 1986