John W. Lynn
Philadelphia PA
Most recent update: January 14, 2021.
John W. Lynn (a.1827-1890) originally worked at Vaughan & Lynn, which morphed into Birely & Lynn. That yard was at the foot of Hanover Street (now Columbia Avenue) in Kensington, but with the rise of railroad yards near that site, John Lynn and his father, Robert, broke off in 1861 and opened a new yard on land owned by engine builders Merrick & Sons, at the foot of Reed Street in Southwark, where the Comcast building is now. John Lynn is said to have built thirty ocean steamers during his career, but this figure may include those that he built when he was part of Birely & Lynn. The yard closed in February 1870.
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| O/N | Name | Customer | Type | GT | LOA | Built | Notes | |
| 1431 | Wissahickon | US Navy | gunboat | 607 | 158 | 1861 | sold 1865 as Adele, NLD 1885 | |
| 22262 | Saxon | Henry Winsor & Co. | passenger | 1193 | 216 | 1862 | converted to barge 1903, lost 1907 | |
| 13426 | John W. Lynn | tugboat | 44 | 1862 | ||||
| Stephen Flanagan | tugboat | 1862 | ||||||
| Stephen Flanagan | tugboat | 1862 | ||||||
| tugboat | 1862 | |||||||
| 18337 | Norman | Henry Winsor & Co. | steamer | 1191 | 235 | 1862 | converted to barge 1909 | |
| 4886 | Continental | Ocean Steamship Co. | steamer | 1643 | 236 | 1862 | lost 1870 | |
| 214452 | Mahoning | US Revenue Cutter Service | cutter | 350 | 138 | 1863 | later Levi Woodbury 1873, sold 1915 as Laksco, tender for Lake Submarine Co., abandoned 1928 | |
| 57014 | Stephen Flanagan | Delaware Bay Pilots | pilot boat | 108 | 1863 | |||
| 787 | Ashland | Metropolitan SS Co | passenger | 837 | 196 | 1863 | converted to schooner 1894 | |
| 22801 | Thomas A. Scott | 778 | 241 | 1863 | later Saragosa 1865, lost 1887 (may have been Cramp's Hull 112) | |||
| Capt. J. Kirby | barge | 300tb | 1863 | |||||
| Stephen Flanagan | barge | 325tb | 1863 | |||||
| Fuller, Devinney & Co. | barge | 350tb | 1863 | |||||
| 80011 | Marigold | tugboat | 115 | 1863 | later USS Marigold, William A. Hennessy, burned 1875 | |||
| 23006 | Stag | tugboat | 30 | 56 | 1863 | abandoned 1902 | ||
| n/a | America | tugboat | 387 | 135 | Apr 1964 | later USS Periwinkle 1865, USS Polaris 1871, abandoned in Greenland 1872 | ||
| 7291 | Emily B. Souder | E.A. Souder & Co. | 778 | 203 | 1864 | lost 1878 | ||
| 14542 | Liberty | Hargous & Co. | 1250 | 232 | 1864 | NLD 1876 | ||
| Henry Winsor & Co. | tugboat | 132 | 1864 | |||||
| 10946 | George Appold | Merchant & Miners | 1370 | 223 | 1864 | lost 1889 (also credited to Geo. Lynn) | ||
| 22989 | Star of the Union | E.A. Souder & Co. | 1076 | 218 | 1865 | lost 1868 | ||
| 11408 | Henry & Louise | Henry Becker | brig | 376 | 1865 | |||
| Neshannock | E.A. Souder & Co. | 1443 | 256 | 1865 | later Arauca 1866, lost 1871 | |||
| 21537 | Roman | Henry Winsor & Co. | passenger | 1488 | 240 | 1866 | converted to barge 1887 | |
| 11533 | Henry Cope | Harry Virden | pilot boat | 52 | 85 | 1866 | NLD 1900 | |
| 17163 | Mary M. Snee | schooner | 277 | 106 | 1867 | |||
| 105504 | US Revenue Cutter Service | cutter | 120 | 90 | 1867 | sold 1875 as Addie L. Bird | ||
| Resolute | US Revenue Cutter Service | cutter | 120 | 90 | 1867 | sold 1872 | ||
| 21923 | Redowa | Salter & Livermore | brig | 485 | 148 | 1867 | ||
| Sea Weed | Dr. J.H. Schenck | steam yacht | 60 | 1869 | may have been built by John W. Knowlton at John Lynn's yard | |||
| LV-37 | US Lighthouse Service | lightship | 242 | 98 | 1869 | foundered 1893 |