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Rice Brothers

East Boothbay ME

Frank, William and Henry Rice started building boats in East Boothbay in 1894 and incorporated as Rice Brothers Company in 1903. It closed in 1956. The site, between Washburn & Doughty and Hodgdon Yachts, is now unoccupied.

O/N Name Customer Type GT LOA Delivered Notes
Edith catboat 27 1891
Libbie R. catboat 26 1892
Beatrice catboat 30 1893
28133 Zeruah sloop 11 36 1895
Boojum catboat 23 1896
Trifiana sloop 43 1896
Norseman yawl 39 1896
Swirl sloop 49 1896
Mary Janee cutter 47 1896
Mistral catboat 20 1896
3713 Brynlis schooner 18 48 1897 later Half Moon, Gaviota
Shechinah sloop 57 1897
Spray sloop 32 1898
Psyche sloop 58 1898
Halcyon schooner 63 1898
Gipsy yawl 53 1898
116968 Syren yawl 16 42 1899
Golden Rod sloop 41 1899
Jungfrau raceabout 35 1899
111237 Regina yawl 51 61 1899 later Sita, Ilikamo
Kasagi yacht 67 1901
117051 Sunshine schooner 41 53 1901
Playmate sloop 24 1902
127643 Calumet yacht 17 50 1902
The Kid Oliver Harriman Jr. AYC one design 33 1902 later Cliphora, The Kid again
7 other boats AYC one design 33 1901-02
Eleanor I launch 22 1901
127632 Clarissa schooner 43 67 1901
Charmer schooner 73 1901
93204 Mavis schooner 32 59 1901
Louise catboat 30 1902
Scapegoat sloop 31 1902
Enola sloop 31 1902
Constance schooner 125 1903
145972 Teva yawl 24 51 1903
Nereus sloop 35 1903
Virginia schooner 53 1903
Carnegie ketch 58 1904
202034 Truant yawl 21 49 1905 later Asahi, Tudor Rose
Tarbell launch 36 1906
Siwash launch 32 1907
Awandra launch 42 1908
17 boats Manchester YC one design 25 1908-09
launch 23 1909
206597 Black Duck schooner 22 59 1909
7 boats N. Haven YC one design 25 1910
5 boats New Haven YC one design 25 1910
200 boats launch 28 1910-13
Seafarer aux yacht 80 1910
Heriola aux schooner 47 1910
Fame aux schooner 41 1910
75 boats runabout 24 1910-13
8 boats one design 40 1911-12
210611 Annie Louise launch 22 46 1912
launch 37 1912
7 boats one design 25 1912-13
208520 Alice yacht 23 52 1911
210877 Adventuress aux. schooner 78 85 1913 later school ship in Port Townsend WA
212053 Astra aux. schooner 94 92 1914
Mallard aux. schooner 47 1914
Zoruah aux. yawl 43 1915
213271 Grayling sardine carrier 28 59 1915
11 boats Stamford YC one design 27 1916
Nimble sloop 26 1916
18 boats Dark Harbor one design 20 1915-16
Grosbeak R. C. Robbins launch 38 1916 later Mohican
LV-99 Poe Reef USLHS lightship 98 1917 destroyed in shop fire
lighter 107 1918
101 217733 Louis M Winslow L. M. Winslow trawler 346 139 1918 scrapped 1939
102 218880 Alden A. Mills A. A. Mills trawler 346 139 1919 scrapped 1941
219577 Fabia trawler 248 132 1920
LV-99 Poe Reef USLHS lightship 98 21 Jul 2021 replacement, Grays Reef, Overfalls, sold 1956
222185 Bainbridge Benton Transit ferry 606 139 1921 later Algomah II 1936, Erie Queen 1962, The Boat at River's Edge 1969, scrapped 1990s
Eleanor motor boat 21 1922
222429 Fisher trawler 346 139 1922
222449 seiner trawler 346 139 1922
18 boats one design 25 1923-24
223530 Willard Daggett Will Daggett lobster smack 39 58 1924
223822 Blue Water M. R. Smith schooner 21 48 1924 later La Dahana
224017 Beacon Rock Marion Eppley schooner 21 48 1924 later Bagheera
CG-170 U.S.C.G. patrol craft 37 75 1924/25
CG-171 U.S.C.G. patrol craft 37 75 1924/25
CG-172 U.S.C.G. patrol craft 37 75 1924/25
CG-173 U.S.C.G. patrol craft 37 75 1924/25
CG-174 U.S.C.G. patrol craft 37 75 1924/25
CG-175 U.S.C.G. patrol craft 37 75 1924/25 to USN 1933 as YP-40, sold 1946
CG-176 U.S.C.G. patrol craft 37 75 1924/25 to USN 1933 as YP-29, sold 1946
CG-177 U.S.C.G. patrol craft 37 75 1924/25 to USN 1933 as YP-19, sold 1946
CG-178 U.S.C.G. patrol craft 37 75 1924/25
CG-179 U.S.C.G. patrol craft 37 75 1924/25
25 boats NE Harbor YC one designs 28 1924-28
224561 Annie Louise trawler 31 54 1925
226105 Harvard trawler 341 139 1926
Starling George F. Tyler schooner 158 126 1926
226111 Dewitt Clinton NY State tugboat 30 42 1926
226412 Cintra cruiser 26 62 1927
Thumbcap Joseph Plumb yawl 21 1927 later Storm Beater, Hawk, Dolphin, Priscilla
400 boats Mahog. OBs 14 1926-35
200 boats Mahog. IBs A 18 1927-29
90 boats Mahog. IBs B 18 1927-29
10 boats Mahog. IBs C 18 1927-29
10 boats cruisers 18 1929-32
228487 Shearwater Charles Dunlap schooner 36 67 1929 Tamarit 1939, Shearwater 1969, a tour boat in NYC
231416 City of Portland fireboat 115 87 1931
10 boats sail cutters 20 1932
Halcyon sloop 1935
234737 Turecamo Boys tugboat 169 92 1936
234794 Gov. Brann ferry 122 84 1936
Jack Bitt aux. sloop 30 1937
LV-118 Cornfield Point USLHS lightship 114 11 Sep 1938 later Cross Rip, Boston, retired 1972, museum in Lewes DE
Dozoraty fireboat 90 1939
Lenita aux. yawl 35 1939
Privateer aux. yawl 35 1939
Volana aux. ketch 42 1939
Whistler aux. yawl 26 1939
SC-503 US Navy subchaser 278 136 24 Apr 1942 to France 1944 as CH-112
SC-504 US Navy subchaser 278 136 4 May 1942 to the NDRF 1946
YMS-12 US Navy minesweeper 278 136 1 Jul 1942 struck 1946
YMS-13 US Navy minesweeper 278 136 13 Aug 1942 to France 1944 as Basilic (D-317)
YMS-14 US Navy minesweeper 278 136 7 Oct 1942 sunk in Boston Harbor 1945
YMS-15 US Navy minesweeper 278 136 5 Dec 1942 to France 1944 as Myosotis (D-338)
YMS-16 US Navy minesweeper 278 136 15 Feb 1943 to France 1944 as Capucine (D-322)
YMS-17 US Navy minesweeper 278 136 26 Apr 1943 struck 1946
YMS-303 US Navy minesweeper 278 136 11 Aug 1943 struck 1946
YMS-304 US Navy minesweeper 278 136 1 Oct 1943 mined off Normandy and lost 1944
YMS-305 US Navy minesweeper 278 136 17 Nov 1943 to Norway 1945 as Gaula (M-318)
285446 YMS-306 US Navy minesweeper 278 136 18 Jan 1944 Goldfinch (AMS-12) 1947, to Maine 1960, Aqualab
YMS-307 US Navy minesweeper 278 136 24 Feb 1944 to Turkey 1947 as Kirte, struck 1966
335 boats Al. sailboats 14 1946-48
25 boats Al. sailboats 18 1946-48
25 boats sail canoes 18 1946-48
55 boats sailboats 12 1947-48
210 boats Al. boats 9 1946-48
125 boats Al. boats 12 1946-48
20 boats Al. boats 16 1947-48
160 boats Al. boats 8 1946-48
50 boats Al. boats 12 1945-48
125 boats motor canoes 16 1945-48
450 boats Al. Canoes 15 1945-48
75 boats Al. sailboats 16 1947-48
25 boats motor boats 12 1948
LV-604 Columbia River USLHS lightship 128 1950 retired 1979, museum in Astoria OR
LV-605 Overfalls USLHS lightship 128 1950 later Blunts Reef, West Coast Relief, museum in SF Bay
11 boats US Navy personell boat 40 1955

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