Niagara Shipbuilding

Buffalo NY

Niagara Shipbuilding was started by G. T. Weisbeck and Robert Nelson at the extreme south end of the Buffalo waterfront. It closed after the war.

Name Customer Type Tons LOA Delivered Notes
US Navy tugboat YTL-247 70 1943 sank south of Oahu, in wartime
US Navy tugboat YTL-248 70 1943 sold 1947
US Navy tugboat YTL-249 70 1943 sold 1947
US Navy tugboat YTL-250 70 1943 sold 1947, Tycho Brahe
US Navy tugboat YTL-251 70 1943 sold 1947
US Navy lighter YF-415 300 132 1943 sunk by explosion 1944
US Navy lighter YF-416 300 132 1943 to USCG 1947 as White Sumac (WAGL/WLM 540); to Dominican Rep as Capotillo (BA 2)
US Navy lighter YF-417 300 132 1943 to USCG 1947 as White Alder (WAGL/WLM 541), sank 1968
US Navy lighter YFR-443 300 132 1943 to Colombia 1964 as Quindo (BO-153)

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