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 | ||||