Newburgh Shipyards ~ Shipbuilding History

Newburgh Shipyards

Newburgh NY

Most recent update: August 24, 2021.

Newburgh Shipyards, Inc., was started in 1918 by Thomas C. Desmond for the WWI emergency shipbuilding program and apparently closed three years later. President Roosevelt attended the launch of #1. The yard was on Water Street, just south of Verplank Avenue and the Global tank farm: you can see the site from the air on Google here. The large building with the rusty roof was the main fab. shop and the four building berths were in the open area just to the south. The facility was briefly reused in WWII by Chicago Bridge, who built some floating docks there. More recently, it was operated by Steel Style Inc. and its successor, Steelways Shipyard, as an adjunct to their main yard, the former T. S. Marvel Shipyard.

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	USSB #	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	Delivered	Notes
Built by Newburgh Shipyards
1	759	217324	Newburgh	USSB	freighter	8,822	Dec 1918	to USN as SP-3768, scrapped 1931
2	760	217618	New Windsor	USSB	freighter	8,822	Apr 1919	later Alcoa Mariner 1940, torpedoed and lost 1942
3	761	217910	Poughkeepsie	USSB	freighter	8,822	May 1919	later Alcoa Partner 1941, torpedoed and lost 1942
4	762	218095	Walden	USSB	freighter	8,822	July 1919	scrapped 1938
5	1365	218518	Cold Spring	USSB	freighter	8,822	Sep 1919	scrapped 1931
6	1366	218697	Firthcliffe	USSB	freighter	8,822	Oct 1919	scrapped 1931
7	1367	219066	Irvington	USSB	freighter	8,822	Nov 1919	scrapped 1935
8	1368	219237	Peakskill	USSB	freighter	8,822	Dec 1919	scrapped 1931
9	1369	219388	Monroe	USSB	freighter	8,752	Apr 1920	scrapped 1954
10	1370	219792	Fishkill	USSB	freighter	8,752	Apr 1920	scrapped 1930
14	2833	220194	Half Moon	USSB	freighter	8,778	Sep 1920	later Exanthia 1928, W. R. Keever 1934, Cheliabinsk 1945, scrapped 1970
15	2834	220777	Storm King	USSB	freighter	8,778	Dec 1920	wrecked off Cape Negre, Tunisia, 1926
16		220895	Herman Frasch	Union Sulphur	freighter	7,200	Dec 1920	later Auctoritas 1946, Auctoritas II 1948, scrapped 1950
17		233732	Olancho	Cuyamel Fruit	freighter	2,500	Feb 1921	torpedoed and lost 1943
18		233737	Choluteca	Cuyamel Fruit	freighter	2,500	Mar 1921	later Tai Ping 1946, in collision in Yangtse River and sank 1949
19		221211	Henry D. Whiton	Union Sulphur	freighter	7,200	May 1921	later Amabilitas 1946, Arcobalena 1951, scrapped 1959
20		233731	Comayagua	Cuyamel Fruit	freighter	2,500	June 1921	torpedoed and lost 1942
Built by Chicago Bridge & Iron
			YFD-7	US Navy	drydock		Apr 1943	to Todd Brooklyn 1943, scrapped 1980
			YFD-10	US Navy	drydock		July 1943	to Bethlehem Boston 1943, AFDM-4 1946, to Mexico 1948