Crowninshield Shipbuilding
South Somerset MA
Most recent update: August 31, 2021.
Crowninshield Shipbuilding was a small shipyard designed for the construction of ocean tugs for the USSB and owned by the super-rich Crowninshield family. Crowninshield kept on building tugs after the war was over and was one of the yards that built "six-bitters" for the Coast Guard in the mid-20s. It closed in 1929. The site, which was formerly used by Reed Brothers Shipyard, was at the south end of Riverway Road, in South Somerset: it is now occupied by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding and its neighbor, Fortier Boats. See it from the air on Google here. Note that between 1920 and 1945 there was another commercial shipyard in Somerset, called Somerset Shipyard: its record is shown below but its location is unclear.
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| O/N | Name | Customer | Type | Tons | LOA | Delivered | Notes | |
| Built by Reed Brothers Shipyard | ||||||||
| 203077 | Crest | Wilfred J. Gladue | passenger | 8 | 31 | 1906 | ||
| 215845 | Luther Little | George D. Rogers | schooner | 1,234 | 204 | 1917 | abandoned 1932 | |
| 216630 | Hesper | Charles F. Webb | schooner | 1,348 | 210 | 1918 | abandoned 1932 | |
| Built by Crowninshield Shipbuilding | ||||||||
| 217494 | Fame (USSB #1233) | USSB | tugboat | 415 | 142 | Jan 1919 | scrapped 1948 | |
| 217642 | Tartar (USSB #1231) | USSB | tugboat | 415 | 142 | Apr 1919 | scrapped 1939 | |
| 217722 | Astrea (USSB #1229) | USSB | tugboat | 415 | 142 | 1919 | ||
| 217795 | Cleopatra (USSB #1230) | USSB | tugboat | 415 | 142 | July 1919 | burned 1933 | |
| 217834 | Quero | USSB | tugboat | 415 | 142 | 1919 | later Mary A. Bickel 1925, Cape Henry 1934, lost 1942 | |
| 217835 | Volant (USSB #1232) | USSB | tugboat | 415 | 142 | Oct 1919 | scrapped 1937 | |
| 217869 | Centurion | USSB | tugboat | 415 | 142 | 1919 | scrapped 1934 | |
| 221021 | Douglas Alexander | USSB | tugboat | 360 | 100 | 1920 | ||
| 221698 | Perseverance | USSB | tugboat | 385 | 142 | 1919 | deleted 1953 | |
| 226123 | H. J. Wheeler | USSB | tugboat | 421 | 142 | 1919 | burned 1949 | |
| 227532 | Glenn-Mayne | USSB | tugboat | 431 | 142 | 1918 | scrapped 1937 | |
| 229147 | Hazard | USSB | tugboat | 433 | 148 | 1919 | later Alphonse G 1923, Warrior 1929, deleted 1943 | |
| CG-130 | USCG | patrol craft | 37 | 75 | 1924-25 | |||
| CG-131 | USCG | patrol craft | 37 | 75 | 1924-25 | |||
| CG-132 | USCG | patrol craft | 37 | 75 | 1924-25 | |||
| CG-133 | USCG | patrol craft | 37 | 75 | 1924-25 | to USN 1934 as YP-45, to MARAD 1946 | ||
| CG-134 | USCG | patrol craft | 37 | 75 | 1924-25 | |||
| CG-135 | USCG | patrol craft | 37 | 75 | 1924-25 | |||
| CG-136 | USCG | patrol craft | 37 | 75 | 1924-25 | |||
| CG-137 | USCG | patrol craft | 37 | 75 | 1924-25 | |||
| CG-138 | USCG | patrol craft | 37 | 75 | 1924-25 | |||
| CG-139 | USCG | patrol craft | 37 | 75 | 1924-25 | |||
| 224598 | Robert C. Bonham | Jersey City Stockyards | tugboat | 113 | 79 | 1925 | ||
| 226881 | Betty | Goodwin-Gallagher | tugboat | 108 | 85 | 1927 | later Catherine Pope, Metropolitan No. 2, Rowen Card, Teresa McAllister | |
| Built by Somerset Shipyard | ||||||||
| 220471 | Fame | J. A. B. Smith, Jr. | yacht | 21 | 55 | 1920 | ||
| 223642 | Catherine | Joseph Andrade | trawler | 12 | 35 | 1924 | ||
| 223926 | Nina | Frank Grinnell | trawler | 17 | 41 | 1924 | ||
| 224877 | Nirvana | Ethel O. Portner | yacht | 24 | 54 | 1925 | ||
| 228761 | Francis and Marion | John G. Russe | trawler | 19 | 44 | 1925 | ||
| 229181 | Monalola | Harry Benette | trawler | 29 | 57 | 1929 | ||
| 229333 | Annabelle R | Harry Shuser | trawler | 34 | 52 | 1930 | ||
| 229839 | Mardelle | Howard Winslow | yacht | 25 | 59 | 1930 | ||
| 230826 | Yvette June | William De Nadal | trawler | 31 | 58 | 1931 | ||
| 232047 | Barbara | Bernard S. Carroll | yacht | 14 | 53 | 1932 | later Usona II | |
| BW-835-838 | US Army | water barge | 120 | 1943 | 4 barges | |||
| BW-1039-1045 | US Army | water barge | 120 | 1943 | 7 barges | |||
| BG-???-??? | US Army | gasoline barge | 120 | 1943 | 21 barges | |||
| 246567 | Rosalie D. Morse | Hosmer Fishing | trawler | 153 | 89 | 1944 | ||
| 246778 | Charles M. Fauci, Jr. | Francis C. Douchy | trawler | 152 | 80 | 1944 | later Brighton | |
| 247037 | Ohio | North Atlantic Fish | trawler | 159 | 89 | 1944 | ||
| 247286 | Texas | North Atlantic Fish | trawler | 159 | 89 | 1945 | ||
| 247675 | Hilda Garston | Samuel Garlitz | trawler | 150 | 89 | 1945 | ||
| 248546 | VE Day | Frank Favoloro | trawler | 159 | 89 | 1945 | later Montreal, Montenegro, Zebroid | |
| 248709 | Florence & Lee | Samuel Abrams | trawler | 159 | 89 | 1945 | ||