Niagara Shipbuilding ~ Shipbuilding History

Niagara Shipbuilding

Niagara Shipbuilding was started by G. T. Weisbeck and Robert Nelson at the extreme south end of the Buffalo waterfront. It closed after the war.

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Name	Customer	Type		Tons	LOA	Delivered	Notes
	US Navy	tugboat	YTL-247	70		1943	sank south of Oahu, in wartime
	US Navy	tugboat	YTL-248	70		1943	sold 1947
	US Navy	tugboat	YTL-249	70		1943	sold 1947
	US Navy	tugboat	YTL-250	70		1943	sold 1947, Tycho Brahe
	US Navy	tugboat	YTL-251	70		1943	sold 1947
	US Navy	lighter	YF-415	300	132	1943	sunk by explosion 1944
	US Navy	lighter	YF-416	300	132	1943	to USCG 1947 as White Sumac (WAGL/WLM 540); to Dominican Rep as Capotillo (BA 2)
	US Navy	lighter	YF-417	300	132	1943	to USCG 1947 as White Alder (WAGL/WLM 541), sank 1968
	US Navy	lighter	YFR-443	300	132	1943	to Colombia 1964 as Quindo (BO-153)