American Car & Foundry
Wilmington DE
Most recent update: March 25, 2017.
Jackson & Sharp was founded in 1863 by Job A. Jackson and Jacob F. Sharp, as a builder of passenger railroad cars: in 1875, they bought the Christina River Shipyards in order to diversify. American Car & Foundry bought the company in 1901. During the 1920s and 1930s, they built a range of standard-design power cruisers. The shipyard closed in 1945, while the parent company is now called ACF Industries. It was located on what is now called the Kalmar Nyckel site, home to the replica Kalmar Nyckel and the Kalmar Nyckel Foundation Museum & Shipyard, the spot where it is believed that Wilmington's original Swedish settlers came ashore. See it from the air on Google here.
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| O/N | Name | Customer | Type | GT | LOA | Built | Notes | |
| Built by Jackson & Sharp | ||||||||
| LV-40 | Pollock Rip (LV-40) | U.S. Lighthouse Service | lightship | 349 | 1875 | sold 1905 | ||
| Caibarien | N. Cubias | freighter | 484 | 1878 | burned at sea 1895 | |||
| Annex No. 2 | Penna. Annex | ferry | 367 | 1878 | deleted 1890 | |||
| 105841 | Annex No. 3 | Penna. Annex | ferry | 367 | 128 | 1879 | deleted 1895 | |
| 115966 | Startle | tugboat | 54 | 1883 | ||||
| 135758 | Eaglet | freighter | 386 | 1884 | last trace 1917 | |||
| 126369 | Conanicot | freighter | 353 | 1886 | ||||
| City of St. Augustine | W. Ray | freighter | 564 | 1890 | burned off Cape Hatteras 1895 | |||
| barge Seven | barge | 1890 | to USN 1917 as YFN-155 | |||||
| 106795 | Annex No. 4 | Penna. Annex | ferry | 501 | 1890 | scrapped 1911 | ||
| 106860 | Annex No. 5 | Penna. Annex | ferry | 507 | 1891 | later George W. Loft 1914, to Cuba 1916 as Casablanca | ||
| 126701 | Colon | Spanish Am. Iron Co | tugboat | 104 | 1891 | deleted 1930 | ||
| 126929 | Chelsea | Norwich & NY Prop. | passenger | 565 | 1892 | barge 1937 | ||
| 77004 | John G. Christopher | Merchants SS Co | freighter | 1,682 | 1892 | later Winyah 1894, lighter 1913 | ||
| 161731 | Viking | freighter | 234 | 1894 | ||||
| 219 | 127465 | City of Philadelphia | Commonwealth Transportation | passenger | 543 | 1896 | burned at Punta Rasa, Florida 1919 | |
| 127167 | City of Englewood | Riverside & Fort Lee Fy | ferry | 484 | 1896 | later Englewood 1922, scrapped 1941 | ||
| 3684 | Beaver Tail | freighter | 285 | 1896 | ||||
| 107325 | Alice | C. & O. RR | tugboat | 116 | 1897 | |||
| Major Barrett | Barrett Mfg. Co. | tanker | 738 | 1900 | burned N Cape Hatteras 1902 | |||
| 86488 | Gerry | tanker | 273 | 1900 | ||||
| 107567 | Atlantic | National Lead Co. | freighter | 157 | 1900 | |||
| 127458 | City of Salem | ferry | 195 | 1900 | ||||
| 136778 | Elizabeth | schooner | 228 | 1900 | ||||
| 136782 | Eli B. Conine | tugboat | 117 | 1900 | ||||
| Built by American Car & Foundry | ||||||||
| 137005 | Ethel | freighter | 266 | 1902 | ||||
| 203321 | L. B. Shaw | 330 | 1906 | |||||
| 203811 | Delaware | Clyde Steamship | freighter | 1,907 | 1907 | |||
| 206834 | Gillen Brothers | Gillen Brothers | freighter | 181 | 1909 | |||
| 208460 | Storm King | Catskill & NY SB | freighter | 1,076 | 1911 | foundered 1935 | ||
| 208631 | John A. Palmer, Jr. | Davis Packing | trawler | 282 | 1911 | to USN 1919 as SP-319, Pequot 1919, sold 1944 | ||
| 432 | 209735 | B. H. B. Hubbard, Jr. | Taft Fish Factory | trawler | 276 | 1912 | to USN 1917 as SP-416, returned 1919, abandoned 1962 | |
| 433 ? | 209778 | W. T. James | Taft Fish Factory | trawler | 276 | 1912 | to USN 1917 as SP-429, sank 1919 returning from France | |
| 209878 | Warren J. Courtney | trawler | 276 | 1912 | ||||
| 488 | 210028 | Frank Somers | Atlantic Fisheries | trawler | 309 | 1912 | later Bjornongen 1918, Elven 1938, foundered 1938 | |
| 210608 | Otis W. Douglas | trawler | 295 | 1912 | ||||
| 210847 | York | C. S. Carroll | yacht | 1,132 | 1912 | later Green Island 1927, Louise 1933, deleted 1941 | ||
| 211345 | A. Brooke Taylor | Colonna's SY | trawler | 295 | 1913 | |||
| 211560 | Altamaha | Emory Sexton | schooner | 944 | 1913 | |||
| 211612 | Belfast | Emory Sexton | schooner | 944 | 1913 | |||
| 211787 | Chehaw | Emory Sexton | schooner | 944 | 1913 | |||
| 211872 | Satilla | Emory Sexton | schooner | 944 | 1913 | |||
| 212138 | Vale Royal | Emory Sexton | schooner | 944 | 1914 | |||
| 212410 | Darien | Emory Sexton | schooner | 944 | 1914 | |||
| 212550 | Savannah | Emory Sexton | schooner | 944 | 1914 | |||
| 212607 | Beaufort | Emory Sexton | schooner | 944 | 1914 | |||
| 212620 | Ceres | Int'l Elevating | unspecified | 611 | 1914 | |||
| Helen C. Juilliard | hospital ship | 1915 | ||||||
| 213593 | Wilmington | schooner | 1,371 | 1915 | ||||
| 213744 | Montauk | schooner | 1,371 | 1915 | ||||
| Raleigh | schooner | 1,371 | 1916 | |||||
| Baltimore | schooner | 1,371 | 1916 | |||||
| 214209 | Delaware | schooner | 1,371 | 1916 | ||||
| 214687 | Maryland | schooner | 1,371 | 1917 | ||||
| 215749 | Providence | schooner | 1,371 | 1917 | ||||
| 216084 | Annapolis | schooner | 1,371 | 1918 | ||||
| SC-339 | US Navy | subchaser | 16 Feb 2018 | sold 1921 | ||||
| SC-340 | US Navy | subchaser | 16 Feb 2018 | burned 1922 | ||||
| SC-341 | US Navy | subchaser | 22 Mar 2018 | sold 1927 | ||||
| SC-342 | US Navy | subchaser | 15 Mar 2018 | sold 1921 | ||||
| SC-343 | US Navy | subchaser | 15 Mar 2018 | burned 1919 | ||||
| SC-344 | US Navy | subchaser | 23 Mar 2018 | sold 1921 | ||||
| SC-345 | US Navy | subchaser | 25 Mar 2018 | sold 1921 | ||||
| SC-346 | US Navy | subchaser | 25 Mar 2018 | sold 1920 | ||||
| Gladiator | Long Island RR | 1918 | ||||||
| Wrestler | Long Island RR | 1919 | ||||||
| 217845 | Cutchogue | Long Island RR | tugboat | 183 | 1918 | |||
| 219419 | Quogue | Long Island RR | tugboat | 183 | 1919 | |||
| Dorothea L. Brinkman | schooner | |||||||
| Charles D. Stanford | schooner | |||||||
| 219185 | Charles S. Gawthrop | schooner | 1,488 | 1919 | later G. A. Kohler 1923, wrecked 1933 | |||
| 217768 | W. H. Woodin | schooner | 1,488 | 1919 | ||||
| E. I. DuPont | yacht | 1921 | ||||||
| Bessie | schooner | 1921 | ||||||
| Lathrop | schooner | |||||||
| A. Ernest Mills | schooner | 1921 | ||||||
| 222620 | Charles W. Galloway | Staten Island Railway | ferry | 587 | 1922 | |||
| 222104 | Nememoosha | Ellwood R. Kirby | yacht | 113 | 1922 | |||
| Camilla Mary Page | schooner | 1922 | ||||||
| Josephine II | recreational | 1926 | ||||||
| Jersey City Dry Dock | drydock | 1927 | ||||||
| 227134 | Hermit | Grover A. Magnin | yacht | 34 | 1927 | to USN 1941 as YP-142, to MARAD 1947 | ||
| Neptune | tugboat | 1928 | ||||||
| 171177 | Blinker Light | O'Brien Bros. | barge | 301 | 1928 | |||
| 228522 | Linda II | Edward F. Hainke | yacht | 18 | 1929 | NLD | ||
| 228696 | Frolic | Stephen H. Hunt | yacht | 23 | 1929 | NLD | ||
| 228844 | Jador III | yacht | 23 | 1929 | ||||
| 229218 | Galen L. Stone | Eastern SS Lines | freighter | 151 | 1929 | |||
| 229864 | Dayton | Erie RR | freighter | 172 | 1930 | to USN 1943 as YF-848, returned 1947 | ||
| Nimrif | F. V. Deslodge, Sr. | yacht | 1934 | |||||
| 235618 | Marmot | Lammot du Pont | yacht | 152 | 1934 | to USN 1942 as YP-540, to MARAD 1947 | ||
| 233005 | Miramar | Roland West | yacht | 44 | 1934 | to USN 1942 as YP-221, to MARAD 1947 | ||
| 236608 | Jett Stream | Catherine Adkinson | yacht | 51 | 1937 | |||
| 557162 | Fire Cracker VIII | Robert M. Maguire | yacht | 24 | 1939 | NLD | ||
| PC-450 | US Navy | subchaser | 120d | 6 May 1940 | prototype, SC-450, to MARAD 1947 | |||
| TLK-1-8 | US Army | Tank Lighters | 29d | June 1941 | 8 boats | |||
| BYMS-1 | US Navy | minesweeper | 278d | 30 May 1942 | to Britain as J-801, BYMS-2001, returned 1946, sold 1948 | |||
| BYMS-2 | US Navy | minesweeper | 278d | 22 Jun 1942 | to Britain as J-802, BYMS-2002, returned 1947 and sold to Greece | |||
| BYMS-3 | US Navy | minesweeper | 278d | 13 Jul 1942 | to Britain as J-803, BYMS-2003, returned 1947 and sold to Greece | |||
| BYMS-4 | US Navy | minesweeper | 278d | 1 Aug 1942 | to Britain as J-804, BYMS-2004, returned 1947 and sold to Greece | |||
| BTL-398-437 | US Army | LCM(3) | 26d | June 1943 | 40 boats | |||
| BTL-873-912 | US Army | LCM(3) | 26d | July 1943 | 40 boats | |||
| 501754 | C-24479 (an LCM3a) | Richard A. Benner Sr. | freighter | 34g | 1943 | sold 1946 as Linda, NLD | ||
| J-801-804 | US Navy | launch | 1943 | 4 boats | ||||
| J-831-834 | US Navy | launch | 1943 | 4 boats | ||||
| BYMS-31 | US Navy | minesweeper | 278d | 12 Mar 1943 | to Britain as J-831, BYMS-2031, returned 1947, sold 1947 as Nanredi, Monte Carmelo | |||
| BYMS-32 | US Navy | minesweeper | 278d | 9 Apr 1943 | to Britain as J-832, BYMS-2032, to Finland 1948, to the Finnish Navy 1951 as Tammenpaa, scrapped 1958 | |||
| BYMS-33 | US Navy | minesweeper | 278d | 1 Jun 1943 | to Britain as J-833, BYMS-2033, to Greece 1946 as Kalymnos (M-201), struck 1973 | |||
| BYMS-34 | US Navy | minesweeper | 278d | 28 Jun 1943 | to Britain as J-834, BYMS-2034, to Greece 1947 | |||
| BYMS-35 | US Navy | minesweeper | 278d | 13 Aug 1943 | to Britain as J-835, BYMS-2035, to Egypt 1949 as Malek Fouad, discarded 1970 | |||
| BYMS-36 | US Navy | minesweeper | 278d | 18 Sep 1943 | to Britain as J-836, BYMS-2036, returned 1947, scuttled 1948 | |||
| Plymouth Salvor (BARS-7) | US Navy | rescue ship | 1,089d | 14 Aug 1943 | intended for Britain but retained as USS Weight (ARS-35), sold 1947 | |||
| York Salvor (BARS-8) | US Navy | rescue ship | 1,089d | 5 Jun 1943 | intended for Britain but retained as USS Swivel (ARS-36), sold 1947 | |||
| Pinon (YN-87/AN-66) | US Navy | net layer | 1,100d | 31 Mar 1944 | sold 1946 as Alaska Reefer, lost 1961 | |||
| Prefect (YN-88/AN-75) | US Navy | net layer | 1,100d | 8 Mar 1944 | to RN 1944 as Prefect (Z-263), returned 1947, sold | |||
| Satinwood (YN-89/AN-76) | US Navy | net layer | 1,100d | 23 May 1944 | to RN 1944 as Pretext (Z-284), John Briscoe 1947, Endeavour 1956, Arctic Endeavour 1962, sank 1982 | |||
| Seagrape (YN-90/AN-77) | US Navy | net layer | 1,100d | 9 Aug 1944 | to RN 1944 as Preventer (Z-265), returned 1947, sold | |||