Henry B. Nevins Yacht Builders ~ Shipbuilding History

Henry B. Nevins Yacht Builders

City Island NY

Henry B. Nevins started his career at Consolidated Shipbuilding in Morris Heights. In 1907, he bought the Hansen Boatyard at the foot of Winter Street, on City Island, adding the adjoining Byles yard. Nevins died in 1950 and his widow sold the yard in 1954. It then operated as Nevins Yacht Yard until it folded again in 1962. The site is now occupied by City Island's PS-175.

	O/N	Name	Customer	Type		LOA	Delivered	Notes
36		Dreamer		motor boat		60	1913
37		Solita	Daniel Bacon	yawl		39	1914	later Mischief, Mimi IV, Windward, Americana, Owahgena
67				tender		15	1914
	214102	Seamaid	Herbert Childs	yacht		47	1916	later Caravan
	215028	Saona		yacht		56	1917	later Flying Mist, Ladrona, Neris
		YS-16	US Navy	barge		35	1918
		YS-39-51	US Navy	barge		35	1918	13 boats
186				tender		15	1920
187				launch	21	24	1920	being restored as "Spirit of 1920"
		Blue Jacket		sloop		31	1920
		Soixante-Quinze		sloop		31	1920	later Avanti
217				sloop		38	1921
227				tender		17	1921
226		Grebe		6-meter		36	1921
228		Dagomar		sloop		34	1922
230		Clytie		sloop		31	1922
232				tender		14	1922
233		Viva		6-meter		35	1922
253		Momo		cruiser		40	1923
254		Ingomar		6-meter		33	1923
255		Hawk		6-meter		33	1923
256				launch		22	1923
259				tender		24	1923
261		Cappy Second		catboat		22	1923
262		Miss Columbia		runabout		27	1924
264		Heron		6-meter		32	1924
267		Teaser		runabout		40	1924	at Lake Tahoe Marine Museum
268		Natka		6-meter		40	1924
		Dauphin		6-meter		31	1924
		Po		yacht		29	1925	later Thetis, Broncho, Dita, Wilhelmina, Tangent, Poppy, Argo
270		Baby Bootlegger		runabout		30	1924
272		Dolphin		sloop		27	1924
275		Lanai		6-meter		34	1925
277	224638	Oheka		power boat		61	1925	later Arlis
278		Ardelle		aux. sloop		39	1926	later Jonny, Ardelle
279		Secret		sloop		38	1925
281		Miss Motometer		runabout		27	1924	later Baby Skipalong
282		Adventure		ketch		74	1925
283				tender		25	1926
285				launch		22	1926
287	229590	Analgra III		motor boat		75	1926
288	226009	Nevada		yacht		110	1926
319	226498	Phantom		runabout		66	1927	later Vampire
321				launch		16	1926
322				launch		20	1926
324		Arcadian		tender		34	1926
327		Redhead		6-meter		33	1925
329		Clytie		6-meter		35	1927
330		Priscilla		6-meter		34	1927
331		Picaro		6-meter		33	1927
333				tender		25	1927
336		Janice III		runabout		37	1927
338				launch		32	1927
339				launch		25	1927
340				life boat		28	1927
341				life boat		28	1927
342		Atrocia		6-meter		35	1927
		Frieda		6-meter		34	1927
		Nina		schooner		59	1928
	227417	Cigarette	L. Gordon Hamersley	commuter		73	1928
345		Akaba		6-meter		37	1928
346		Alert IV		sloop		40	1928	total loss 1977
348		Saleema		6-meter		37	1928
349				motor boat		40	1928
		Thisbe	Van S. Merle-Smith	sloop		40	1929	Powered 1950, depowered
351				runabout		40	1929
353	228774	Sazarac		commuter		71	1929	later Souris, Tabasco, Savitar, Saxon III, to USN 1942 as YP-164, sold 1946 as Elysian, Saxon III, Pacmo, Aggie J
		Sally		aux. yawl		46	1929	later Jig Time, Aleada, Arroway, Lazy Eight, Bedouin VIII
358		Chantey		sloop		23	1928
359		Snapshot		cruiser		32	1929
360		Amerind		schooner		92	1930
360				launch		16	1930
362		Golliwog		sloop		31	1930
363		Analgra	Lewis E. Pierson	motor yacht		107	1930	later Tara, Lovely Lady, Norma Jeane
366		Sprig		6-meter		37	1930
368		Mars		6-meter		37	1930
		Alerion		sloop		34	19--	later Priscilla, Pintail, Aloha, Ava
		Souris		yacht			1930	to USN 1942 as YP-454, sold 1946
		Semloh		yacht		82	1931	to USN 1942 as YP-532, sold 1946
		Bob Kat II		aux. sloop		37	1931	later Bob Kat
371				tender		12	1931
375		Miss Philadelphia		Hydroplane		28	1931
	287505	Ayesha		aux. yawl		46	1932
	231472	Brilliant	Walter Barnum	aux. schooner		46	1932	to Mystic Seaport 1953
384		Utility		launch		18	1933
		Orion		yacht		48	1934
		C. F. Roof		aux. sloop		37	1934	later Jack, Altair
	234050	Gipsy	Arthur Iselin	power boat		42	1935
390				launch		18	1934
391		Pendragon		cutter		41	1935
393		Seven Seas	Van S. Merle-Smith	12-meter		68	1935
394		Semloh		yacht		87	1936	to USN 1942 as YP-569, sold 1946, Gypsy Queen, destroyed 2012
394				tender		15	1936
395				launch		26	1936
396		Valencia	John B. Shethar	NY32 # 1		45	1936	later Alar, White Lie, Shady Lady, Whisper III, Goldbrick, Icarus II, Penance, status unknown
397		Apache	Charles F. Havemeyer	NY32 # 2		45	1936
398		Swell	Ralph P. Manny	NY32 # 3		45	1936	later Old Salt, Lord Jom, Revery, Icefire, Ice Fire
399	280299	Geisha	Louis L. Stanton	NY32 # 4		45	1936	later Barquita, Tigress
400	MS3621AD	Esmeralda	John K. Roosevelt	NY32 # 5		45	1936	later Vitesse II, Vitesse, Gaucho
401		Spindrift	Albert E. Peirce	NY32 # 6		45	1936	later French Boy, Falcon II
402	294393	Folly	Junius S. Morgan, Jr.	NY32 # 20		45	1936	later Trig, Half Moon, Dulcinea, Siren
403		Wynfred	Frederick M. Schaefer	NY32 # 8		45	1936	later Arbela, Wynfred, lost to fire during WWII
404		Clotho	Henry H. Anderson	NY32 # 9		45	1936	later Sylvia, Pavana, Salty
405	545165	Larikin	Frederick T. Bedford	NY32 #10		45	1936	later Whisper II, Soubrette, Betise, Flying Tartan, Tenderly, Ibis
406		Mehitabel	Frederick T. Moses	NY32 # 11		45	1936	later Release, Maane, Night Wing, Mehitabel
407		Rampage II	Arthur W. Page	NY32 # 12		45	1936	later Gallivant, Voyager, Raider, Fun
408		Biquette	Byam Stephens	NY32 # 13		45	1936	later Windward, Fun, Gaylark, Proton II, Westral, Magic
409		Ibis II	O'Donnell Iselin	NY32 # 14		45	1936	later Sarbodaya, Ibis
410		Sapphire	Perry McK. Sturges	NY32 # 15		45	1936	later Mallard, Fairwind, Dauntless III, Sapphire
411		Notus II	Frederic Coudert Jr.	NY32 # 16		45	1936	later Ballina, Patriot, Woodwind.later Night Heron
412	281455	Revonoc	Harvey Conover	NY32 # 17		45	1936	later Mustang
413		Gentian	George Nichols	NY32 # 18		45	1936
414		Dolphin		NY32 # 19		45	1936	later Away, Sirius, lost in the Med. 2016
415		Ragamuffin	Johnston de Forest	NY32 # 7		45	1936
417				tender		16	1936
421	236666	Anchorite	Charles McG. Baxter	aux. yawl		50	1937
424	286891	Nancy Lloyd		yacht		41	1938
428				Dinghy		14	1937
		Zaida III	George E. Ratsey	sloop		57	1937	to the USCG-1941 as CGR 3070, Zaida
		Gleam		12-meter		53	1937
	235978	Elizabeth McCaw		aux. yawl		63	1937	later Doris, Athene
437				launch		20	1938
		Blitzen	R. J. Reynolds	cutter		47	1938	later Nimrod V, Blitzen again
	237137	Edlu II		aux. yawl		68	1938	later Tabor Boy, Black Watch
		Nyala		12-meter		55	1938
		Northern Light		12-meter		55	1938
		Odyssey		yacht		74	1938
450				Row boat		16	1939
451				Row boat		16	1939
		Vim		12-meter		55	1939
		White Mist		yacht		39	1939
459		Pomelion		sloop		25	1940
460				launch			1940
461				launch			1940
				crash boat		46	1942
		Puffin		yacht		126	1942
486				pontoon		28
		YMS-1	US Navy	minesweeper		136	25 Mar 1942	struck 1946
		YMS-2	US Navy	minesweeper		136	9 Apr 1942	struck 1946
		YMS-3	US Navy	minesweeper		136	25 Apr 1942	to France 1944 as Heliotrope (D-334), struck 1965
		YMS-4	US Navy	minesweeper		136	1 May 1942	struck 1946
		YMS-5	US Navy	minesweeper		136	19 May 1942	struck 1946
		YMS-7	US Navy	minesweeper		136	4 Jun 1942	struck 1946
		YMS-6	US Navy	minesweeper		136	18 Jun 1942	struck 1946
		YMS-8	US Navy	minesweeper		136	27 Jun 1942	struck 1946
		YMS-9	US Navy	minesweeper		136	11 Jul 1942	struck 1946
		YMS-10	US Navy	minesweeper		136	24 Jul 1942	struck 1946
		YMS-11	US Navy	minesweeper		136	6 Aug 1942	struck 1946
		YMS-397	US Navy	minesweeper		136	25 Jan 1943	struck 1946
		YMS-398	US Navy	minesweeper		136	13 Mar 1943	struck 1946
		YMS-399	US Navy	minesweeper		136	9 Apr 1943	struck 1946
		YMS-400	US Navy	minesweeper		136	14 May 1943	reclassified 1947 as Magpie (AMS-25), mined off Chuksan and lost 1950
		YMS-401	US Navy	minesweeper		136	4 Jun 1943	struck 1946
		YMS-402	US Navy	minesweeper		136	25 Jun 1943	reclassified 1947 as Seagull (AMS-55), struck 1959
		YMS-403	US Navy	minesweeper		136	20 Jul 1943	struck 1946
		YMS-404	US Navy	minesweeper		136	6 Aug 1943	struck 1946
		YMS-308	US Navy	minesweeper		136	27 Jul 1943	struck 1946
		YMS-309	US Navy	minesweeper		136	13 Sep 1943	struck 1946
		YMS-310	US Navy	minesweeper		136	1 Oct 1943	struck 1946
		YMS-311	US Navy	minesweeper		136	5 Nov 1943	reclassified 1947 as Robin (AMS-53), struck 1961
		YMS-312	US Navy	minesweeper		136	4 Dec 1943	reclassified 1947 as Grackle (AMS-13), to Brazil 1965 as Jurvena (M-13), struck 1974
		P-592	US Army	rescue boat		85	Aug 1944
		P-593	US Army	rescue boat		85	Sep 1944
		P-594	US Army	rescue boat		85	Oct 1944
		P-595	US Army	rescue boat		85	Nov 1944
		P-596	US Army	rescue boat		85	Dec 1944
		Polly	H. B. Nevins	sloop		56	1945	being restored
		Pilgrim		yacht		39	1946
		Windblown		aux. sloop		39	1946	later Asenath
		Ku Chu		yacht		38	1947
		Holiday	Louis B. Rosenstiel	yacht		76	1947	later Argosy Venture
		Pacifica		yacht		41	1947
		Bolero		aux. yawl		73	1949
	258754	Seer		aux. ketch		66	1949	later Beatrice
	260537	Burma		aux. cutter		58	1950
	MSC-63	Lier (M-912)	Belgian Navy	minesweeper			22 Jul 1953	to Taiwan 1969 as Yung Shan (M-165): scrapped 1983
	MSC-64	Sint Niklaas (M-918)	Belgian Navy	minesweeper			3 Feb 1954	to Taiwan 1969 as Yung Jen (M-163): struck 1995
	MSC-65	Diksmuide (M-920)	Belgian Navy	minesweeper			30 Mar 1954	to Taiwan 1969 as Yung Sui (M-164): struck 1994
Built by Nevins Yacht Yard
1	271129	Golliwogg	Colin Ratsey	aux. yawl	11	34	1955	later Cicada
2	269960	Bonne Amie	Charles A. Ernst, Jr.	aux. yawl	11	34	1955
3	512603	Halcyon	Parker Heath	aux. yawl	11	34	1955	later Meiga del Mar
4	271417	Indigo	S. K. Wellman	aux. yawl	11	34	1956	later Jessamyn Rose
5	294608	Pipe Dream	J. A. Taylor	aux. yawl	11	34	1956
6	272334	Ca Va	J. W. Hershey	aux. yawl	11	34	1956	later Sea Fever
7		Calluna	Thomas C. Chubb	aux. yawl	11	34	1956	later Victoria
8	273491	Alledra	Alfred Brittain	aux. yawl	11	34	1957	later Ziggurat
9	576789	Prima Donna	Stanley M. Cooper	aux. yawl	11	34	1957
10		Cythlen	Briggs Cunningham	aux. yawl	11	34	1957	later Escapade
11	277382	Fantasy	Horace C. Ford	aux. yawl	11	34	1958
	276795	Columbia	Paul Shields	sloop (12-meter)		55	1958
	286617	Wilda III	Herbert Humphreys	power boat	92	73	1958	later Luna V, Cad II, Pearl