Robert Palmer & Son

Noank CT

Most recent update: May 20, 2016.

Robert Palmer & Son started in the 1860s and closed in 1914. The yard was reactivated for WWI by C. W. Morse, of U.S. Steamship Co., as part of Groton Iron Works. It closed again in 1928 and was reactivated again for WWII by Noank Shipbuilding. It is still a boatyard. See it from the air on Google here.

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O/N Name Customer Type GT LOA Built Notes
Built by Robert Palmer & Son
Aquopimoquk schooner 1862
1399 Althea Franklin schooner 36 1867
75287 James Potter schooner 40 1871
Angie and Emma schooner 1872
105601 Ada Bell fishing boat 17 1876
105675 Annie Godfrey fishing boat 21 1877
95530 Herman S. Caswell passenger 114 1878
3198 Bayonne tugboat 122 1882 later Interboro
3201 Block Island passenger 757 1882
145313 T. A. Scott, Jr. tugboat 36 1882
150290 Pearl sloop 10 1883
155098 Ocean View tugboat 73 1884
157186 Diver sloop 144 1886
106476 Atlantis sloop 6 1887
31580 Binghampton Neptune Line freight barge 588 1889
Troy Neptune Line freight barge 588 1889
136152 E. S. Atwood tugboat 94 1890
86086 Grace Morgan fishing boat 21 1890
92419 Musconetcong Morecraft Transp. schooner barge 843 1890
96168 Hopatcong schooner barge 843 1890
130586 Nay Aug Morecraft Transp. schooner barge 843 1890
150578 Pohatcong schooner barge 843 1890
86138 Golden Rod tugboat 35 1891
86184 Golden Rule tugboat 39 1891
106844 Atalanta oyster boat 6 1891
116464 Shickshinny Morecraft Transp. schooner barge 836 1891
126853 Canisteo schooner barge 671 1891
126854 Chemung schooner barge 671 1891
126855 Chenango Atlantic Coast Nav. schooner barge 671 1891
126856 Cohocton Packard Dredging schooner barge 671 1891
145612 Tobyhanna schooner barge 836 1891
145622 Tunkhannock schooner barge 843 1891
150580 Pequest Morecraft Transp. schooner barge 836 1891
126862 C. R. R. of N. J. No. 1 Central RR of NJ schooner barge 852 1892
126873 C. R. R. of N. J. No. 3 Central RR of NJ schooner barge 852 1892
126890 C. R. R. of N. J. No. 4 Central RR of NJ schooner barge 685 1892
126891 C. R. R. of N. J. No. 5 Central RR of NJ schooner barge 685 1892
126906 C. R. R. of N. J. No. 6 Central RR of NJ schooner barge 685 1892
126907 C. R. R. of N. J. No. 7 Central RR of NJ schooner barge 685 1892
126920 C. R. R. of N. J. No. 9 Central RR of NJ schooner barge 685 1892
126987 C. R. R. of N. J. No. 10 Central RR of NJ schooner barge 862 1893
126997 C. R. R. of N. J. No. 11 Central RR of NJ schooner barge 862 1893
127002 C. R. R. of N. J. No. 12 Central RR of NJ schooner barge 862 1893
92526 Menantic ferry 203 1893
116579 Summer Girl tugboat 53 1893
Alaska barge 1894
3629 Burnside Reading Co. schooner barge 855 1894
27016 Xiphias tugboat 24 1894
86303 Glendower Thomas J. Howard schooner barge 855 1894
92585 Merriam Thomas J. Howard schooner barge 855 1894
92611 Mahanoy Thomas J. Howard schooner barge 855 1894
116632 Suffolk schooner barge 855 1894
141359 Lincoln Reading Co. schooner barge 855 1894
150679 Preston Reading Co. schooner barge 855 1894
157407 Draper Thomas J. Howard schooner barge 855 1894
3657 Braddock Reading Co. schooner barge 678 1895
86333 George M. Long oyster boat 98 1895
96314 Haverford Morecraft Transp. schooner barge 678 1895
96319 Hammond Reading Co. schooner barge 693 1895
111090 Radnor Reading Co. schooner barge 678 1895
111094 Richardson Reading Co. schooner barge 693 1895
116690 Strafford schooner barge 678 1895
121007 Fulton Market passenger 158 1895
Otto barge 1896
Paterson barge 1896
3670 Bast Reading Co. schooner barge 693 1896
77224 John A. Bouker tugboat 119 1896
96328 Hackensack Atlantic Coast T & T schooner barge 875 1896
145705 Thomaston Reading Co. schooner barge 693 1896
155281 Stroudsburg Reading Co. schooner barge 693 1896
92828 Maple Hill Reading Co. schooner barge 911 1897
100648 Indian Ridge Reading Co. schooner barge 910 1897
150767 Pine Forest Phila. Packet Line schooner barge 910 1897
155308 Oak Hill Phila. Packet Line schooner barge 910 1897
3745 Bear Ridge Reading Co. schooner barge 910 1898
3747 Buck Ridge Reading Co. schooner barge 915 1898
39713 Gordon freight barge 2,172 1898 to USN as YF-117, YR-12, sold 1929
107400 Ashland schooner barge 901 1898
116834 Silver Brook Thomas J. Howard schooner barge 904 1898
116849 S. L'Hommedieu tugboat 100 1898
121075 Franklin Reading Co. schooner barge 910 1898
136680 Eagle Hill Reading Co. schooner barge 911 1898
136691 Enterprise Reading Co. schooner barge 901 1898
145766 Tunnel Ridge Reading Co. schooner barge 911 1898
150795 Phoenix Reading Co. schooner barge 901 1898
Woodbury barge 1899
3796 Brockton Staples Tptn Co. schooner barge 567 1899
86490 Guiding Star tugboat 105 1899
92048 Marion Reading Co. schooner barge 954 1899
92930 monitor Thomas J. Howard schooner barge 954 1899
111210 Randolph Staples Tptn Co. schooner barge 567 1899
127316 Canton schooner barge 531 1899
127344 Corbin schooner barge 954 1899
127357 C. R. R. of N. J. No. 8 Central RR of NJ schooner barge 953 1899
127366 C. R. R. of N. J. No. 14 Central RR of NJ schooner barge 1899
136727 Easton Staples Transportation schooner barge 531 1899
136737 Edith Thames towboat schooner barge 516 1899
136767 Ephrata schooner barge 954 1899
150832 Paxinos schooner barge 954 1899
150845 Paxtang Reading Co. schooner barge 954 1899
161126 Knickerbocker schooner barge 954 1899
111266 Remus Staples Tptn Co. schooner barge 531 1900
127341 Coleraine schooner barge 954 1900
127433 C. R. R. of N. J. No. 15 Central RR of NJ schooner barge 953 1900
145859 Theodore Palmer Thames towboat schooner barge 1,042 1900
161181 Kimberton Reading Co. schooner barge 955 1900
161867 Virginia Palmer Thames towboat schooner barge 840 1900
203402 Cornelia freighter 285 1900
Charles H. Klinck schooner 1901
93165 Manheim Reading Co. schooner barge 955 1901
111341 Rutherford Reading Co. schooner barge 955 1901
111347 Robesonia Reading Co. schooner barge 955 1901
117087 Saucon Reading Co. schooner barge 955 1901
136863 Edna V. Crew passenger 161 1901
141748 Logan Reading Co. schooner barge 955 1901
141765 Langhorne Reading Co. schooner barge 955 1901
3917 Bethayres Reading Co. schooner barge 955 1902
96609 Herndon schooner barge 1,763 1902
111404 Richmond passenger 688 1902
111422 Robert Palmer fishing boat 9 1902
111434 Robert Palmer tugboat 112 1902
117153 Samuel E. Bouker tugboat 135 1902 later Dalzelline
145904 Trevorton schooner barge 1,763 1902
157678 David B. Dearborn tugboat 135 1902
96684 Huntington H, N & B Ferry Co. passenger 345 1903 later Stony Creek 1920, Fairview 1929, Col. Norris Staynton 1941, scrapped 1946
111448 Rosalie passenger 372 1903
141863 Leander Wilcox fishing boat 205 1903
200289 Manager freighter 325 1903
200291 C. R. R. of N. J. No. 2 Central RR of NJ barge 958 1903
200348 New York Dock Co tugboat 147 1903
200437 Aunt Edie fishing boat 14 1903
200536 William H. Taylor tugboat 226 1903
200543 J. T. Sherman tugboat 89 1903
200786 Oley Reading Co. schooner barge 1,780 1904
200963 Restless passenger 475 1904
201167 Spring Reading Co. schooner barge 1,780 1904
201200 Mingo Reading Co. schooner barge 954 1904
201284 Andrew G. Pierce, Jr. schooner 281 1904
201365 Barry Reading Co. schooner barge 954 1904
201557 Nonpareil tugboat 167 1904 to USN 1917 as YT-40, sold 1921
201603 Molino Reading Co. schooner barge 954 1904
201673 Cumru Reading Co. schooner barge 1,780 1905
202143 Gov. Winthrop ferry 485 1905
202430 Robert W. Johnson freighter 204 1905
202576 Manatawny Reading Co. schooner barge 721 1905
202662 Tulpehocken Reading Co. schooner barge 721 1905
202701 Tamanend Reading Co. schooner barge 721 1905
202736 John Arbuckle Jay Street Terminal tugboat 207 1905
202764 Beatrice Bush Bush Terminal Co. tugboat 212 1905
202810 Pocopson Reading Co. schooner barge 721 1906
202811 William V. R. Smith tugboat 207 1905
202895 Eleanor Bush Bush Terminal Co. tugboat 212 1905
203183 Gosnold passenger 181 1906
203304 Neshaminy Reading Co. schooner barge 721 1906
203387 P. J. T. Co. No. 7 tugboat 197 1906
203447 Cacoosing Reading Co. schooner barge 721 1906
203550 Superior tugboat 168 1906
204105 McAllister Bros. McAllister Bros. tugboat 119 1907
204365 Macungie Reading Co. schooner barge 956 1907
204692 Conewago Reading Co. schooner barge 956 1907
204763 Wiconisco Reading Co. schooner barge 956 1907
204779 Perth Amboy Staten Island RR Co. ferry 618 1907 scrapped 1948
204844 Cocalico Reading Co. schooner barge 956 1907
Knickerbocker NY & Hastings SB Co freight barge 310 1907 later YF-569 1943
204990 Perkasie Lehigh Coal & Nav. schooner barge 956 1908
205045 Cleona Reading Co. schooner barge 956 1908
205074 Lansford Lehigh Coal & Nav. schooner barge 830 1908
205150 Hauto Lehigh Coal & Nav. schooner barge 830 1908
205212 Tamaqua Lehigh Coal & Nav. schooner barge 830 1908
205241 John J. Timmins tugboat 145 1908
205366 Easton Lehigh Coal & Nav. schooner barge 830 1908
205480 Nesquehoning Lehigh Coal & Nav. schooner barge 957 1908
205508 Allentown schooner barge 842 1908
205552 Greenwood schooner barge 967 1908
205668 Henry G. Crew tugboat 94 1908
206272 Edward J. McKeever fishing boat 223 1910
207355 Coaldale Lehigh Coal & Nav. schooner barge 831 1910
207468 William A. Jamison tugboat 229 1910
207913 Herbert freighter 327 1910
208175 Correction passenger 778 1910
President 730 1910
208410 Rowland H. Wilcox fishing boat 247 1911
208447 Stephen W. McKeever freighter 223 1911
208613 McKeever Brothers freighter 223 1911
Raymond J. Anderton fishing boat 290 1911
Vitric General Chemical barge 765 1911
209870 Yantic passenger 1912
210273 Yardley Reading Co. schooner barge 963 1912
210389 Leesport Reading Co. schooner barge 963 1912
210613 Temple Reading Co. schooner barge 963 1912
210791 Pickering Reading Co. schooner barge 739 1912
Tabor Reading Co. schooner barge 963 1912
Shetucket passenger 1912
210959 Tohickon Reading Co. schooner barge 739 1913
211123 Pennypack Reading Co. schooner barge 739 1913
211175 B. F. Macomber fishing boat 180 1913
211233 Skippack Reading Co. schooner barge 739 1913
211387 Ontelaunee Reading Co. schooner barge 739 1913
211492 Moselem Reading Co. schooner barge 963 1913
212127 Exeter schooner barge 1,780 1914
212557 David Bosman tugboat 130 1914
Britannia tugboat 146 1914
Built by Groton Iron Works in Noank
215430 Asta Astral Shipping schooner 1,966 1917
Julia Loft schooner 886 1917
215498 Manuel Caragol schooner 880 1917
215905 Francis J. Mcdonald schooner 1,059 1917
216842 Balsto (USSB-125) USSB freighter 2,551 Oct 1918 scrapped 1925
217508 Berea (USSB-126) USSB freighter 2,551 June 1919 scrapped 1925
216803 Hokah (USSB-127) USSB freighter 2,551 Oct 1919 scrapped 1925
220648 William H. Fancher U. S. Gypsum barge 2,625 1919
221356 Lieut. Flaherty City of Boston ferry 727 1921 later Beacon 1938, scrapped 1973
221605 Cohasset Eugene W. Fry barge 2,226 1921
Built by Groton Iron Works in Groton
1 217818 Tollard (USSB-372) USSB freighter 6,245 Apr 1919 scrapped 1930
2 218715 Nameaug (USSB-373) USSB freighter 6,339 Aug 1919 scrapped 1929
3 218232 Worcester (USSB-374) USSB freighter 6,239 June 1919 scrapped 1930
4 219309 Quinnipiac (USSB-375) USSB freighter 6,202 Dec 1919 scrapped 1929
5 219074 Merry Mount (USSB-376) USSB freighter 6,226 Oct 1919 scrapped 1929
6 219410 Hartford (USSB-377) USSB freighter 6,202 Dec 1919 scrapped 1929
7 220237 Honnedaga (USSB-1542) USSB freighter 6,216 July 1920 scrapped 1930
8 220625 Provincetown (USSB-1543) USSB freighter 6,206 Sep 1920 scrapped 1938
9 220804 Hopatcong (USSB-1544) USSB freighter 6,216 Dec 1920 later Harpoon 1931, Empire Tarpon 1940, foundered 1942
Built by Noank Shipbuilding in Noank
AMc-94 Pluck US Navy minesweeper 205 6 Oct 1942 sold 1946
AMc-95 Positive US Navy minesweeper 205 20 Aug 1942 sold 1946
AMc-96 power US Navy minesweeper 205 14 Nov 1942 sold 1946
APc-97 US Navy coastal transport 100 1942
APc-98 US Navy coastal transport 100 1942

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