Abbott Shipbuilding
Milford DE
Most recent update: December 24, 2020.
James W. Abbott started this shipyard in Milford in 1869: his son, William, took over in 1883 and ran it until it closed in the 1930s. The yard was on the south side of the Mispillion River, at the foot of McColley Street, next door to the Vinyard shipyard. See it from the air on Google here. As usual with the older yards, Abbott Shipbuilding's construction record is seriously incomplete.
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| O/N | Name | Customer | Type | GT | LOA | Built | Notes | |
| 111372 | Robert Jno. Beswick | Daniel Walls | freighter | 105 | 80 | 1901 | ||
| 201541 | Charles J. Dumas | freighter | 697 | 1904 | wrecked off Pea Island 1911 | |||
| 202432 | J. Lloyd Hawkridge | Irving E. DeWick | freighter | 121 | 90 | 1905 | ||
| 202913 | City of Milford | passenger | 264 | 127 | 1906 | |||
| 204223 | William Numsen | Foam Corp. | freighter | 111 | 110 | 1907 | later James W. Johnson | |
| 205278 | Calhoun E. Ross | Benjamin S. Coulbourn | schooner | 438 | 160 | 1908 | ||
| 206347 | LaForrest L. Simmons | Charles D. Luther | schooner | 132 | 89 | 1909 | ||
| 207707 | May | Charles Gring | tugboat | 121 | 88 | 1910 | later Mary C. McNally, Dewey | |
| 208804 | G. H. McNeal | McNeal Dodson & Co. | fishing boat | 244 | 128 | 1911 | ||
| 209954 | City of Lewes | Lewes Fisheries | freighter | 254 | 136 | 1912 | ||
| 210784 | F. Mansfield & Sons | F. Mansfield & Sons | freighter | 214 | 100 | 1912 | to USCG as Shrub | |
| 212471 | George F. Pierce | Balto. & Phila. SS Co. | freighter | 252 | 121 | 1912 | later Betterton | |
| 210331 | Henlopen | Lewes Fisheries | fishing boat | 254 | 136 | 1912 | ||
| 211786 | Despatch | Southern Pacific Co. | tugboat | 195 | 100 | 1913 | ||
| 211510 | Edith B | Steamer H. C. Rowe | freighter | 196 | 100 | 1913 | later Catherine Johnson, Vera Gordon Rowe | |
| 211326 | Rehoboth | Lewes Fisheries | fishing boat | 273 | 136 | 1913 | ||
| 212389 | David W. Burbage | Kilmarnock Fish Prod. | fishing boat | 286 | 140 | 1914 | later Pocahontas | |
| 213637 | George H. Johnson | Newark Terminal Co. | lighter | 172 | 100 | 1915 | later Belleville | |
| 214286 | Caesar A. Grasselli | Grasselli Chemical Co. | tugboat | 183 | 102 | 1916 | ||
| 215151 | Shenandoah | Baltimore & Ohio RR Co. | tugboat | 183 | 102 | 1916 | ||
| 215632 | Albert F. Paul | C. C. Paul & Co. | schooner | 735 | 174 | 1917 | ||
| 216453 | E. Warren Edwards | Edwards Co. | tugboat | 214 | 125 | 1918 | ||
| 217915 | Collora | Ford Motor Co. | tugboat | 190 | 125 | 1919 | later Ford No. 1 | |
| 218139 | John Baylis | McNeal Co. | fishing boat | 226 | 124 | 1919 | later Henry W. Conant | |
| 219026 | Socony 24 | Standard Oil Co. of NY | tugboat | 115 | 78 | 1919 | ||
| 219027 | Socony 25 | Standard Oil Co. of NY | tugboat | 115 | 78 | 1919 | ||
| 222416 | Louise | Marine Products | fishing boat | 530 | 167 | 1922 | ||
| 223752 | express | Southern Pacific Co. | freighter | 194 | 105 | 1922 | ||
| 225206 | Charles H. Markham | Ocean SS Co. of Savannah | tugboat | 108 | 79 | 1925 | ||
| 224695 | Maurania | Providence SB Co. | tugboat | 169 | 91 | 1925 | ||
| 226212 | G. & E. No. 1 | Consol. Gas & Elec. | tugboat | 113 | 79 | 1926 | ||
| 230330 | Venus | Mystic Steamship | tugboat | 165 | 89 | 1930 |