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 |