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Palmer Scott & Company

New Bedford MA

Most recent update: November 14,2015.

Palmer Scott was an MIT-trained naval architect who started in boatbuilding in 1935, in the former William Hand yard in Fairhaven MA. The yard burned down in 1936, however, and Scott moved his operation to New Bedford, where it stayed until it was destroyed by Hurricane Carol in 1954. The yard was at the foot of Logan Street, on the Acushnet River. See it from the air on Google here.

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O/N Name Customer Type GT LOA Delivered Notes
Commercial Contracts
Atinga aux. sloop 36 1936 later Chinquapin
Spicy Meatball aux. cutter 24 1936 later Serenity, Mytilene
562618 Tar Baby aux. sloop 30 1937
Baltica aux. sloop 30 1937 later Whisker, Bev, Crescent Moon
Cindy II aux. cutter 35 1937 later Kaybee, Sea Wolf
Three Brothers aux. sloop 20 1938 later Shore Lark
Obsession aux. sloop 22 1938 later Abigail
258619 Friendship City of Gloucester police boat 10 36 1939 NLD
296874 Cindy III aux. cutter 35 1939 later Pilgrim, Sea Nymph, Marauder, Viva
546822 Ballerina aux. yawl 26 1939 later Star Wagon, Dorothy, Gandalf
282700 Nighthawk yacht 8 32 1939 NLD
Armah aux. sloop 24 1939 later Lively Lady, Coquette
Sylvia aux. sloop 24 1939 later Bandersnatch, Nanny, Seakay
Gallivant aux. cutter 28 1939 later Misty
Millibar aux. sloop 23 1939 later Muff IV
Grisette aux. sloop 25 1939 later Spindrift
260666 Merdon fishing boat 14 42 NLD
281468 Qohog aux. ketch 8 38 1940 later Balaena
281918 Dox Yot yacht 14 36 1940 NLD
282645 Sea Dragon aux. sloop 8 33 1940 later Lady Gay
288089 Lucy aux. yawl 12 36 1940 later Kokua
1060397 Elvira fishing boat 8 40 1940 NLD
Chee Chee III aux. sloop 23 1940 later Judy II, Mary B, Little Rip
R-Buddy aux. sloop 23 1940 later Trump, Kipper, Carol
Skonnie aux. sloop 23 1940 later Sea Wolf, Windward IV, Temptress II, Dorado
Attu aux. sloop 23 1940 later Black Watch, Sayonara
Kerma aux. sloop 23 1940 later Downwind, Deneb, Sunbeam
Sora aux. sloop 23 1940 later Vagabond
Cygnet aux. sloop 23 1941 later Cricket
Thor aux. sloop 23 1941 later Varuna II, Nereid
Viking aux. sloop 23 1941
We're Here III aux. sloop 27 1941
Windsong aux. sloop 25 1941
250789 Eva Coleburn fishing boat 14 40 1942
257070 Helen yacht 12 40 1942
261318 Freddie Ferrell fishing boat 11 36 1942
261847 Shark fishing boat 11 38 1942
267529 Opal L fishing boat 20 40 1942
Hoyden aux. sloop 27 1942 later Amoret, Flood Tide II, Canty
251580 Hester B speedboat 24 48 1943
277251 Minnie D passenger 14 41 1943 later Little Angler
245312 Three of Us fishing boat 41 56 1943 later Two C's
255932 Sport fishing boat 10 40 1943
259624 Dawn yacht 11 37 1943
254447 Faith fishing boat 7 40 1943
245265 Sea Hawk fishing boat 48 57 1944 later Agda W
246590 Mussel fishing boat 15 43 1944
247021 Adele K fishing boat 66 67 1944 later Tocsin
254928 Everette James B fishing boat 19 50 1944
269144 Miss Jo Ann passenger 12 36 1944
277774 S. E. S. Neptune Boy Scouts school ship 25 50 1944
277712 S. E. S. Viking Boy Scouts school ship 29 50 1944
Amantha II aux. cutter 29 1945
Amantha III aux. cutter 29 1945 later Polaris II
Roarin' Seal aux. cutter 29 1945
Toby aux. cutter 29 1945 later Blue Goose
247599 Venture I fishing boat 66 67 1946
249176 Gail K fishing boat 15 39 1946
296699 Big Ma Moo yacht 20 48 1946
251829 Merry Maiden aux. ketch 18 39 1946
Amantha V aux. sloop 29 1946 later Nan Shan
Souther aux. sloop 29 1946 later Sea Call
Cozy aux. sloop 29 1946 later Tamwock II, Sylph
Nyad II aux. sloop 29 1946 later Tamwock IV
La Laitiere aux. sloop 29 1946 later Truant II, Linda, Truant
258290 Wolf passenger 13 36 1946
281680 Jola aux. sloop 9 34 1946 later Sea Star Two
283693 Sorceress aux. cutter 8 31 1946
285110 Jane Dore III aux. ketch 18 46 1946 later Morosteja, Good Companion, Trumpeter
537275 Wahoo power boat 16 38 1946
Amantha VI aux. cutter 29 1946 later Dikkie, Anibah, Ma'tu, Gungee
Heather aux. sloop 21 1947
255561 Escape aux. cutter 7 30 1948
Amantha VIII aux. cutter 29 1948 later Jabberwock, Nevis V
Amantha X aux. cutter 29 1948 later Amantha
Blue Waters aux. cutter 29 1948
538506 Mitty aux. sloop 27 1948 later Frei Geist, Free Spirit
Julia power boat 68 1948 later Bali-Hai II, destroyed 1992
258103 Cassiar power boat 46 62 1948
258908 Golden Arrow fishing boat 11 35 1949
296687 Kim aux. ketch 20 42 1950 later Lord Nelson, Lady Nelson, Viking
292267 Joan III aux. cutter 8 29 1950 later Momona
262092 Sybil G. Kent aux. ketch 6 24 1951 later Mischief II
US Coast Guard Contracts
CG-38341 USCG picket boat 38 1939 to Boy Scouts 1956
291800 CG-38342 USCG picket boat 38 1939 to USN 1946, Striper
CG-38343 USCG picket boat 38 1939 to USN 1946
CG-38344 USCG picket boat 38 1939 sold 1955
CG-38345 USCG picket boat 38 1939 to USN 1946
CG-38346 USCG picket boat 38 1939 to USN 1946
CG-38347 USCG picket boat 38 1939 to Sea Scouts 1960
CG-38348 USCG picket boat 38 1939 to USN 1946
CG-38349 USCG picket boat 38 1939 to USN 1946
CG-38350 USCG picket boat 38 1939 to USN 1946
CG-38351 USCG picket boat 38 1939 to Princess Ann County 1959
CG-38352 USCG picket boat 38 1939 sold 1957
CG-38353 USCG picket boat 38 1939 to Boy Scouts 1956
CG-38354 USCG picket boat 38 1939 sold 1956
CG-38355 USCG picket boat 38 1939 to USN 1946
CG-38356 USCG picket boat 38 1939 to USN 1946
CG-38357 USCG picket boat 38 1939 to USN 1946
CG-38358 USCG picket boat 38 1939 to USN 1946
CG-38359 USCG picket boat 38 1939 to USN 1946
CG-38360 USCG picket boat 38 1939 to USN 1946
CG-38474 USCG picket boat 38 1942 to Boy Scouts 1955
CG-38475 USCG picket boat 38 1942 to USN 1946
CG-38476 USCG picket boat 38 1942 burned 1958
CG-38477 USCG picket boat 38 1942 struck 1943
CG-38478 USCG picket boat 38 1942 to USN 1946
CG-38479 USCG picket boat 38 1942 to USN 1964
CG-38480 USCG picket boat 38 1942 to USN 1946
CG-38481 USCG picket boat 38 1942 to USN 1946
CG-38482 USCG picket boat 38 1942 to Boy Scouts 1955
291611 CG-38483 USCG picket boat 38 1942 to USN 1946, J. J. J.
282886 CG-38484 USCG picket boat 38 1942 to USN 1946, Sea Beat
CG-38485 USCG picket boat 38 1942 to Sea Scouts 1954
CG-38486 USCG picket boat 38 1942 to USN 1946
286087 CG-38487 USCG picket boat 38 1942 to USN 1946, Took
CG-38488 USCG picket boat 38 1942 struck 1943
CG-38489 USCG picket boat 38 1942 to USN 1946
CG-38490 USCG picket boat 38 1942 to Boy Scouts 1958
CG-38491 USCG picket boat 38 1942 burned 1957
293481 CG-38492 USCG picket boat 38 1942 to USN 1946, Cormorant
CG-38493 USCG picket boat 38 1942 to USN 1946
CG-38494 USCG picket boat 38 1942 to Nat. Av. Fac. 1961
CG-38495 USCG picket boat 38 1942 to USN 1946
CG-38496 USCG picket boat 38 1942 to USN 1946
CG-38497 USCG picket boat 38 1942 to USN 1946
CG-38498 USCG picket boat 38 1942 to USN 1946
280312 CG-38499 USCG picket boat 38 1942 to WSA 1946, Polaris
CG-38500 USCG picket boat 38 1942 to USN 1946
CG-38501 USCG picket boat 38 1942 to Customs 1946
CG-38502 USCG picket boat 38 1942 to Customs 1946
CG-38503 USCG picket boat 38 1942 to DOI 1951
CG-38532 USCG picket boat 38 1942 to USN 1946
CG-38533 USCG picket boat 38 1942 to USN 1946
259245 CG-38534 USCG picket boat 38 1942 to USN 1946, Wilma
CG-38535 USCG picket boat 38 1942 to USN 1946
CG-38536 USCG picket boat 38 1942 to Boy Scouts 1955
CG-38637 USCG picket boat 38 1942 to USN 1946
257422 CG-38638 USCG picket boat 38 1943 to USN 1946, Miss Behave, Wala Wala
CG-38639 USCG picket boat 38 1943 to USN 1946
261008 CG-38640 USCG picket boat 38 1943 sold 1948 as Anna M
CG-38641 USCG picket boat 38 1943 to USN 1946
CG-38642 USCG picket boat 38 1943 to USN 1946
CG-38643 USCG picket boat 38 1943 burned 1958
263520 CG-38644 USCG picket boat 38 1943 to USN 1946, Hobo
CG-38645 USCG picket boat 38 1943 to CG Auxiliary 1950
CG-38646 USCG picket boat 38 1943 burned 1958
CG-38647 USCG picket boat 38 1943 sold 1956
CG-38648 USCG picket boat 38 1943 to USN 1946
CG-38649 USCG picket boat 38 1943 to USN 1946
268904 CG-38650 USCG picket boat 38 1943 sold 1948 as pilot boat
CG-38651 USCG picket boat 38 1943 to Sea Explorers 1954
CG-38652 USCG picket boat 38 1943 to USN 1946
CG-38653 USCG picket boat 38 1943 to Sea Scouts 1954
CG-38654 USCG picket boat 38 1943 sold 1948
CG-38655 USCG picket boat 38 1943 to USN 1946
CG-38656 USCG picket boat 38 1943 burned 1958
CG-38657 USCG picket boat 38 1943 to USN 1946
263908 CG-38658 USCG picket boat 38 1943 to USN 1946, Corkie II
CG-38659 USCG picket boat 38 1943 sold 1950
CG-38660 USCG picket boat 38 1943 to Sea Explorers 1958
CG-38661 USCG picket boat 38 1943 to USN 1946
CG-38662 USCG picket boat 38 1943 sold 1956
CG-38663 USCG picket boat 38 1943 to Boy Scouts 1956
CG-38664 USCG picket boat 38 1943 destroyed 1959
CG-38665 USCG picket boat 38 1943 to USN 1946
CG-38666 USCG picket boat 38 1943 to USN 1946
US Navy Contracts
US Navy crash boat 36 1940 ? boats
271713 C-2109 US Navy crash boat 15 35 1941 later Coho
256694 C-2110 US Navy crash boat 17 36 1941 later Starling
266078 C-4715 US Navy 14 38 1942 later Norma-B
256591 C-5993 US Navy 12 38 1942 later Louella
262100 C-5994 US Navy 16 38 1942 later Elvekeema
261235 C-8068 US Navy 9 35 1942 later Lazy Lady, Seahorse
262954 C-9057 US Navy 8 31 1943 later Marin General
263804 C-16542 US Navy 15 38 1942 later Sinara
279080 C-105102 US Navy 12 36 1942 later Zoemar
US Army Contracts
M-296-299 US Army cable boat 26 1940 4 boats
M-304-306 US Army cable boat 26 1941 3 boats
M-315-322 US Army cable boat 26 Jan 1941 8 boats
M-352-356 US Army cable boat 26 Mar 1941 5 boats
264130 C-11 US Army passenger boat 40 Mar 1941 later DXE-1401
C-12-20 US Army passenger boat 40 Mar 1941 9 boats
J-135-137 US Army passenger boat 40 Mar 1941 3 boats
253713 J-197 US Army passenger boat 50 Dec 1941 later Silk
J-198 US Army passenger boat 50 Dec 1941 1 boat
J-215-216 US Army passenger boat 50 Dec 1941 2 boats
268586 J-574 (wrong # ?) US Army passenger boat 50 1942 later Florana
J-308-322 US Army passenger boat 40 Oct 1942 15 boats
J-340-348 US Army passenger boat 40 Sep 1942 9 boats
267529 J-349 US Army passenger boat 40 Sep 1942 later Opal L
253709 J-350 US Army passenger boat 40 Sep 1942 later Malamo
J-351-357 US Army passenger boat 40 Sep 1942 7 boats
250046 J-358 US Army passenger boat 40 Sep 1942 later Phyllis M
J-359-360 US Army passenger boat 40 Sep 1942 2 boats
J-412-416 US Army passenger boat 40 Feb 1943 5 boats
255525 J-417 US Army passenger boat 40 Feb 1943 later Salty
J-418-428 US Army passenger boat 40 Feb 1943 11 boats
251940 J-429 US Army passenger boat 40 Feb 1943 later Tramp
J-430-433 US Army passenger boat 40 Feb 1943 4 boats
250657 J-434 US Army passenger boat 40 Feb 1943 later Lizzie
J-435-439 US Army passenger boat 40 Feb 1943 5 boats
253877 J-440 US Army passenger boat 40 Feb 1943 later Monica, Kittie M
J-441-444 US Army passenger boat 40 Feb 1943 4 boats
253153 J-445 US Army passenger boat 40 Feb 1943 later Rosalie R
J-446-447 US Army passenger boat 40 Feb 1943 2 boats
250810 J-448 US Army passenger boat 40 Feb 1943 later Claudia D, Captain Deadrick
J-449-452 US Army passenger boat 40 Feb 1943 4 boats
J-501 US Army passenger boat 40 May 1943 1 boat
259382 J-502 US Army passenger boat 40 May 1943 later Grey Mist
273901 J-503 US Army passenger boat 40 May 1943 later Ocean Queen
280183 J-504 US Army passenger boat 40 May 1943 later Wow
J-505-512 US Army passenger boat 40 May 1943 8 boats
247226 J-513 US Army passenger boat 40 May 1943 later Marcella
J-514 US Army passenger boat 40 May 1943 1 boat
256345 J-515 US Army passenger boat 40 May 1943 later Poor Boy
J-516-520 US Army passenger boat 40 May 1943 5 boats
J-835-838 US Army passenger boat 40 Apr 1943 4 boats
263954 J-839 US Army passenger boat 40 Apr 1943 later Mi Chula
256808 J-840 US Army passenger boat 40 Apr 1943 later Linda Gale
J-841-844 US Army passenger boat 40 Apr 1943 4 boats
J-1067-1089 US Army passenger boat 50 Nov 1944 23 boats
250714 J-1090 US Army passenger boat 50 Nov 1944 later Gerry Kay
J-1091-1108 US Army passenger boat 50 Nov 1944 18 boats
J-2005-2012 US Army salvage boat 50 Oct 1944 8 boats
MTL-789-799 US Army tugboat 47 Nov 1943 11 boats
MTL-800-808 US Army tugboat 46 Feb 1944 9 boats

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