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New York Naval Shipyard

Brooklyn NY

New York Naval Shipyard was established in 1801 and closed in 1966. It was transferred to the City of New York and leased out in parcels. Initially the big docks were used by Seatrain Shipbuilding, an affiliate of Seatrain Lines, which built four large tankers there and then folded. Since then there have been various small repair contractors, none of which have been very successful. Visit the shipyard's current tenant here.

Name Type LOA Tons Delivered Notes
Peacock sloop 509 19-Sep-1813 wrecked on the Columbia bar 1841
Ohio ship of the line 2,724 30-May-1820 sold 1883 burned & sunk off Long Island NY
Savannah frigate 1,726 1842 begun in 1820 but not completed until 1842, sold 1883
Sabine frigate 1,726 23-Aug-1858 begun in 1822 but not completed until 1858, sold 1883
Lexington sloop 691 11-Jun-1826 sold 1860
Vincennes sloop 700 27-Aug-1826 sold 1867
Fairfield sloop 700 20-Aug-1828 scrapped 1852
Enterprise schooner 194 15-Dec-1831 sold 1844
Dolphin brig 224 6-Sep-1836 scuttled 1861
Pilot schooner 122 Sep 1836 sold 1838
Fulton gunboat 720 13-Dec-1837 captured by CSN in Pensacola in 1861 and destroyed
Levant sloop 792 17-Mar-1838 lost at sea 1860
Decatur sloop 566 1839 sold 1865
Missouri frigate 3,220 1842 burned and lost off Gibraltar 1843
Somers brig 259 12-May-1842 foundered off Vera Cruz 1846
Albany sloop 1,064 6-Nov-1846 lost at sea 1854
San Jacinto frigate 1,567 18-Nov-1851 wrecked and lost in the Bahamas 1865
Niagara frigate 5,540 6-Apr-1857 sold 1885
Iroquois sloop 1,016 24-Nov-1859 later "Ionie", wrecked at Port Townsend 1910
Oneida sloop 1,488 28-Feb-1862 collision and sunk off Yokohama 1870
Octorora gunboat 829 28-Feb-1862 sold 1866
Adirondack sloop 1,240 30-Jun-1862 wrecked and lost on Man of War Cay, in the Bahamas 1862
Lackawanna sloop 1,533 8-Jan-1863 sold 1887
Ticonderoga sloop 2,526 12-May-1863 sold 1887
Mackinaw gunboat 974 23-Apr-1864 sold 1867
Shamrock gunboat 974 13-Jun-1864 sold 1868
Nyack gunboat 836 28-Sep-1864 sold 1883
Maumee gunboat 593 29-Sep-1864 sold 1869
Miantonomoh monitor 3,401 18-Sep-1865 scrapped 1875
Tullahoma gunboat 1,173 27-Dec-1865
Algonquin gunboat 1,173 Mar 1865 cancelled, sold 1869
Kalamazoo monitor 6,160 cancelled, "Colossus", scrapped 1884
Ontario frigate 3,953 cancelled, "New York", sold 1888
Madawaska frigate 4,105 27-Jun-1866 later "Tennessee" 1869, sold 1886
Peoria gunboat 1,173 26-Dec-1866 sold 1868
Quinnebaug sloop 1,113 19-Jul-1867 scrapped 1871
Wampanoag frigate 4,215 17-Sep-1867 later "Florida" 1969, sold 1885
Kenosha sloop 1,122 20-Jan-1869 later "Plymouth" 1869, scrapped 1884
Mosholu/Severn sloop 3,003 27-Aug-1869 sold 1877
Swatara sloop 1,900 11-May-1874 scrapped 1896
Alarm torpedo boat 800 2-Nov-1874 sold 1898
Trenton frigate 3,800 14-Feb-1877 wrecked in a hurricane in Samoa 1889
Walter Forward patrol craft 580 1882 later "Patterson" 1912, wrecked off Cape Fairweather, Alaska, 1938
YHT-3 Heating barge 55 1893
BM-1 Puritan monitor 6,060 10-Dec-1896 sold 1922
BM-4 Terror monitor 3,990 15-Apr-1896 scrapped 1921
BM-5 Miantonomah monitor 3,990 27-Oct-1891 sold 1922
BB Maine battleship 6,682 17-Sep-1895 destroyed in Havana harbor 1898, wreck scuttled 1912
C-7 Cincinnati cruiser 3,213 16-Jun-1894 scrapped 1921
YF-2 covered lighter 80 90 1898 sold 1945
YW-6 water barge 40 1898
AT-6 Penacook tugboat 92 230 7-May-1899 later YT-6, then YTM-6, sold 1947
YE-20 ammunition barge 86 1900
YE-18 ammunition barge 86 1901
YE-21 ammunition barge 90 1901
YF-7 covered lighter 96 1901
YC-53 open lighter 86 100 1902
YC-54 open lighter 86 100 1902
YE-6 ammunition barge 100 1902
YG-2 garbage scow 110 170 1903
YC-81 open lighter 108 1903
YC-82 open lighter 108 1903
YE-19 ammunition barge 86 1903
YE-9 ammunition barge 100 1904
YF-12 covered lighter 86 1904
YW-11 water barge 92 1904
YC-127 open lighter 110 170 1905
YC-128 open lighter 110 170 1905
YE-11 ammunition barge 122 1905
YFN-231 covered lighter 122 270 1905 ex-YE-11, to MARAD 1948
YHT-1 Heating barge 55 1905
YR-2 repair barge 114 1905 ex-Alpha
YC-160 open lighter 110 170 1907
YC-161 open lighter 110 170 1907
YE-12 ammunition barge 100 1907
YW-18 water barge 92 1907
YW-20 water barge 92 1907
YC-168 open lighter 110 170 1908
YC-169 open lighter 110 170 1908
YC-174 open lighter 110 170 1908
YC-175 open lighter 110 170 1908 sunk 1919 but raised and repaired
YC-176 open lighter 110 170 1908
YC-177 open lighter 110 170 1908
YC-178 open lighter 110 170 1908 lost 1942
YC-179 open lighter 110 170 1908
YC-180 open lighter 110 170 1908
YC-181 open lighter 110 170 1908 lost 1942
YC-182 open lighter 110 170 1908
YC-183 open lighter 110 170 1908
YC-184 open lighter 110 170 1908
YC-185 open lighter 110 170 1908
BB-18 Connecticut battleship 16,000 29 Sep 2006 scrapped 1923
AC-1 Erie collier 13,000 4 Oct 2009 later "Vestal" (AR-4), scrapped 1950
BB-30 Florida battleship 21,825 15 Sep 2011 scrapped 1931
YHT-2 Heating barge 55 1910
YW-22 water barge 102 437 1910
YFB-1059 ferry boat 60 1911 ex-Launch No. 1059
YC-298 open lighter 110 170 1914
YC-299 open lighter 110 170 1914 to MARAD 1948
BB-34 New York battleship 27,000 15 Apr 2014 sunk as target 1948
BB-39 Arizona battleship 31,400 17 Oct 2016 sunk at Pearl Harbor 1941
SC-5 subchaser 18 Aug 2017 to France as C-5
SC-6 subchaser 19 Aug 2017 sold 1921
SC-7 subchaser 18 Aug 2017 to France as C-2
SC-8 subchaser 18 Aug 2017 to France as C-1
SC-9 subchaser 18 Aug 2017 to France as C-3
SC-10 subchaser 18 Aug 2017 to France as C-4
SC-11 subchaser 18 Aug 2017 to France as C-6
SC-12 subchaser 29 Sep 2017 to France as C-7
SC-13 subchaser 29 Sep 2017 to France as C-9
SC-14 subchaser 29 Sep 2017 to France as C-10
SC-15 subchaser 29 Sep 2017 to France as C-11
SC-16 subchaser 29 Sep 2017 to France as C-8
SC-17 subchaser 17 Aug 2017 sold 1921
SC-18 subchaser 11 Oct 2017 to USA 1920
SC-19 subchaser 19 Oct 2017 sold 1921
SC-20 subchaser 18 Oct 2017 to USA 1920
SC-21 subchaser 19 Oct 2017 sold 1921
SC-22 subchaser 16 Oct 2017 to USCG, 1919
SC-23 subchaser 16 Oct 2017 lost 1920
SC-24 subchaser 22 Oct 2017 sold 1921
SC-25 subchaser 16 Oct 2017 sold 1921
SC-26 subchaser 19 Oct 2017 sold 1921
SC-27 subchaser 8 Nov 2017 to USCG, 1919
SC-28 subchaser 22 Dec 2017 to France as C-24
SC-29 subchaser 22 Dec 2017 to France as C-23
SC-30 subchaser 30 Mar 2018 to France as C-33
SC-31 subchaser 18 May 2018 to France as C-46
SC-32 subchaser 30 Mar 2018 to France as C-41
SC-33 subchaser 5 Oct 2018 to France as C-42
SC-34 subchaser 9 Jan 2018 sold 1921
SC-35 subchaser 23 Jan 2018 sold 1921
SC-36 subchaser 23 Jan 2018 sold 1921
SC-37 subchaser 1 Feb 2018 sold 1921
SC-38 subchaser 1 Feb 2018 sold 1921
SC-39 subchaser 2 Mar 2018 sold 1921
SC-40 subchaser 13 Feb 2018 sold 1921
SC-41 subchaser 19 Feb 2018 sold 1921
SC-42 subchaser 2 Mar 2018 sold 1921
SC-43 subchaser 16 May 2018 sold 1921
SC-44 subchaser 3 Apr 2018 sold 1921
SC-45 subchaser 1 Mar 2018 sold 1921
SC-46 subchaser 16 Mar 2018 sold 1921
SC-47 subchaser 27 Mar 2018 sold 1921
SC-48 subchaser 27 Mar 2018 sold 1921
SC-49 subchaser 27 Mar 2018 sold 1921
SC-50 subchaser 19 Apr 2018 sold 1921
SC-51 subchaser 23 Apr 2018 sold 1921
SC-52 subchaser 23 Apr 2018 sold 1921
SC-53 subchaser 30 Apr 2018 lost 1920
SC-54 subchaser 11 May 2018 sold 1921
SC-55 subchaser 3 Nov 2017 sold 1921
SC-56 subchaser 6 May 2018 sold 1921
SC-57 subchaser 6 May 2018 sold 1921
SC-58 subchaser 6 May 2018 lost 1919
SC-59 subchaser 11 May 2018 sold 1921
SC-60 subchaser 11 May 2018 sunk off NJ 1918
SC-61 subchaser 16 May 2018 sold 1921
SC-62 subchaser 16 May 2018 sold 1921
SC-63 subchaser 16 May 2018 sold 1921
SC-64 subchaser 16 May 2018 YW-97 1942, sold 1943
YG-9 garbage scow 110 170 1918
YG-10 garbage scow 110 170 1918
YS-12 stevedoring barge 35 1918
YS-13 stevedoring barge 35 1918 to US Army 1921
YS-14 stevedoring barge 35 1918
YS-15 stevedoring barge 35 1918 sold 1921
YD-58 derrick barge 120 1920
BB-40 California/New Mexico battleship 32,000 20 May 2018 scrapped 1947
BB-43 Tennessee battleship 32,300 3 Jun 2020 scrapped 1959
BB-49 South Dakota battleship 43,200 cancelled 1922
BB-50 Indiana battleship 43,200 cancelled 1922
YSP-5 seaplane pontoon 32 1926
YSP-6 seaplane pontoon 32 1926
YSP-7 seaplane pontoon 32 1926
YSP-8 seaplane pontoon 32 1926
YSP-9 seaplane pontoon 32 1926
YSP-10 seaplane pontoon 32 1926
CA-24 Pensacola cruiser 9,100 6 Feb 1930 sunk as target 1948
YSD-7 seaplane derrick 104 240 28 Apr 1931
YF-221 covered lighter 110 310 10 Apr 1933 now fishing vessel Rondys
CA-32 New Orleans cruiser 9,950 18 Apr 1934 scrapped 1959
DD-350 Hull destroyer 1,395 24 May 1935 sank in typhoon east of Luzon 1944
DD-353 Dale destroyer 1,395 19 Jul 1935 scrapped 1946
PG-50 Erie gunboat 2,000 1 Jul 1936 sunk by u-boat off Curacao 1942
WPG-34 Alexander Hamilton gunboat 2,750 4 Mar 1937 sunk by u-boat off Reykjavik 1942
WPG-36 John C. Spencer gunboat 2,750 1 Mar 1937 scrapped 1981
CL-40 Brooklyn cruiser 9,700 18 Jul 1938 to Chile 1951 as "O'Higgins" (C-02), foundered en route to breakers 1992
CL-48 Honolulu cruiser 9,650 7 Sep 1938 scrapped 1959
CL-50 Helena cruiser 10,000 18 Sep 1939 sunk by Japanese gunfire in the Solomon Islands 1943
YD-79 derrick barge 100 1941
YFN-283 covered lighter 110 170 1941
YR-34 repair barge 150 530 1941 to Ecuador 1978
YR-35 repair barge 150 530 1941
BB-55 North Carolina battleship 45,000 9 Apr 1941 struck 1960, memorial in Wilmington NC
BB-61 Iowa battleship 45,000 22 Feb 1943 struck 2006, to be memorial in either Stockton CA or San Francisco
BB-63 Missouri battleship 45,000 11 Jun 1944 struck 1995, memorial in Pearl Harbor HI
BB-69 Maine battleship 45,000 cancelled 1943
BB-70 New Hampshire battleship 45,000 cancelled 1943
YG-23 garbage scow 200 1943 later "Bold Venture", "Fearless" 1990
LST-311 landing craft 1,625 11 Jan 1943 to Britain 1943, scrapped 1947
LST-312 landing craft 1,625 9 Jan 1943 scrapped 1947
LST-313 landing craft 1,625 13 Jan 1943 sunk by German aircraft off Sicily 1943
LST-314 landing craft 1,625 15 Jan 1943 sunk by u-boat off Normandy 1944
LST-315 landing craft 1,625 3 Feb 1943 to Britain 1943, scrapped 1947
LST-316 landing craft 1,625 3 Feb 1943 sold private 1946
LST-317 landing craft 1,625 6 Feb 1943 scrapped 1947
LST-318 landing craft 1,625 8 Feb 1943 sunk by aircraft off Sicily 1943
YC-1149 open lighter 110 170 1945 cancelled
CV-20 Bennington aircraft carrier 27,100 6 Aug 1944 struck 1989
CV-31 Bon Homme Richard aircraft carrier 27,100 26 Nov 1944 scrapped 1992
CV-42 Franklin D. Roosevelt aircraft carrier 27,100 27 Oct 1945 scrapped 1978
CV-33 Kearsarge aircraft carrier 27,100 2 Mar 1946 scrapped 1971
CV-34 Oriskany aircraft carrier 27,100 25 Sep 1950 sunk as reef off Pensacola FL in May 2006
CV-35 Reprisal aircraft carrier 27,100 cancelled 1945
CV-51 aircraft carrier 27,100 cancelled 1945
CV-52 aircraft carrier 27,100 cancelled 1945
CV-60 Saratoga aircraft carrier 81,000 14 Apr 1956 struck 1994: to be museum
CV-62 Independence aircraft carrier 81,000 10 Jan 1959 decommissioned 1998: NISMF Bremerton
CV-64 Constellation aircraft carrier 82,000 27 Oct 1961 decommissioned 2003: NISMF Bremerton
LPD-1 Raleigh assault ship 13,745 7 Sep 1962 sunk as target 1994
LPD-2 Vancouver assault ship 13,745 10 May 1963 NDRF 2001: to be scrapped
LPD-3 La Salle assault ship 13,745 21 Feb 1964 now AGF-3
LPD-4 Austin assault ship 16,900 6 Feb 1965 decommissioned 2006
LPD-5 Ogden assault ship 16,900 19 Jun 1965 to Mexico 2007
LPD-6 Duluth assault ship 16,900 18 Dec 1965 struck 2005

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