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Rocky River Dry Dock

Rocky River OH

The Rocky River Dry Dock Company was formed in 1914, by Theodore Zickes and N. Simonson: it closed in 1921 and the property was converted into the Rocky River Yacht Club. The yard was located on the west bank of the river, immediately south of the railroad bridge.

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O/N Customer Type Tons LOA Delivered Notes
Miss Gloucester Thomas B. Van Dorn yacht 16 42 1917 220390 later Lotus, Dickens, Lotus again, school ship in Webster NY
SC-142 US Navy subchaser 135 110 30 Mar 1918 to France as C-34
SC-143 US Navy subchaser 135 110 10 Nov 1917 sold 1936
SC-403 US Navy subchaser 135 110 24 Oct 1918 to France as C-87
SC-404 US Navy subchaser 135 110 24 Oct 1918 to France as C-88
SC-405 US Navy subchaser 135 110 24 Oct 1918 Sent to France as C-84, damaged in transit and retained
SC-406 US Navy subchaser 135 110 24 Oct 1918 to France as C-94
SC-437 US Navy subchaser 135 110 1 Mar 1919 to USCG 1919 as Boyce, returned 1921, sold 1947 as Charimar, scrapped 1964
SC-438 US Navy subchaser 135 110 1919 to USCG 1919 as Cook, sold 1936 as Islander, to USCG 1943 as Bonneville, sold 1946 as Victory, scrapped 1947
Capt. Samuel C. Cardwell US Army launch 177 101 1919 to USPHS 1923, scrapped 1934
223433 Lt. Harold B. Douglas US Army launch 177 101 1919 sold 1924 as Douglas, abandoned 1956
Capt. Edwin C. Long US Army launch 177 101 1919 to USLHS 1922 as Sundew, sold 1941, scrapped 1959
Capt. Edward P. Nones US Army launch 177 101 1919 sold to Panamanian interests 1932
Maj. William P. Pence US Army launch 177 101 1919
Capt. Fred L. Perry US Army launch 177 101 1919 sold 1934, barge Consort, scrapped 1947

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