Newburgh Shipyards

Newburgh NY

Most recent update: August 24, 2021.

Newburgh Shipyards, Inc., was started in 1918 by Thomas C. Desmond for the WWI emergency shipbuilding program and apparently closed three years later. President Roosevelt attended the launch of #1. The yard was on Water Street, just south of Verplank Avenue and the Global tank farm: you can see the site from the air on Google here. The large building with the rusty roof was the main fab. shop and the four building berths were in the open area just to the south. The facility was briefly reused in WWII by Chicago Bridge, who built some floating docks there. More recently, it was operated by Steel Style Inc. and its successor, Steelways Shipyard, as an adjunct to their main yard, the former T. S. Marvel Shipyard.

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USSB # O/N Name Customer Type GT Delivered Notes
Built by Newburgh Shipyards
1 759 217324 Newburgh USSB freighter 8,822 Dec 1918 to USN as SP-3768, scrapped 1931
2 760 217618 New Windsor USSB freighter 8,822 Apr 1919 later Alcoa Mariner 1940, torpedoed and lost 1942
3 761 217910 Poughkeepsie USSB freighter 8,822 May 1919 later Alcoa Partner 1941, torpedoed and lost 1942
4 762 218095 Walden USSB freighter 8,822 July 1919 scrapped 1938
5 1365 218518 Cold Spring USSB freighter 8,822 Sep 1919 scrapped 1931
6 1366 218697 Firthcliffe USSB freighter 8,822 Oct 1919 scrapped 1931
7 1367 219066 Irvington USSB freighter 8,822 Nov 1919 scrapped 1935
8 1368 219237 Peakskill USSB freighter 8,822 Dec 1919 scrapped 1931
9 1369 219388 Monroe USSB freighter 8,752 Apr 1920 scrapped 1954
10 1370 219792 Fishkill USSB freighter 8,752 Apr 1920 scrapped 1930
14 2833 220194 Half Moon USSB freighter 8,778 Sep 1920 later Exanthia 1928, W. R. Keever 1934, Cheliabinsk 1945, scrapped 1970
15 2834 220777 Storm King USSB freighter 8,778 Dec 1920 wrecked off Cape Negre, Tunisia, 1926
16 220895 Herman Frasch Union Sulphur freighter 7,200 Dec 1920 later Auctoritas 1946, Auctoritas II 1948, scrapped 1950
17 233732 Olancho Cuyamel Fruit freighter 2,500 Feb 1921 torpedoed and lost 1943
18 233737 Choluteca Cuyamel Fruit freighter 2,500 Mar 1921 later Tai Ping 1946, in collision in Yangtse River and sank 1949
19 221211 Henry D. Whiton Union Sulphur freighter 7,200 May 1921 later Amabilitas 1946, Arcobalena 1951, scrapped 1959
20 233731 Comayagua Cuyamel Fruit freighter 2,500 June 1921 torpedoed and lost 1942
Built by Chicago Bridge & Iron
YFD-7 US Navy drydock Apr 1943 to Todd Brooklyn 1943, scrapped 1980
YFD-10 US Navy drydock July 1943 to Bethlehem Boston 1943, AFDM-4 1946, to Mexico 1948

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