Simms Bros.
Dorchester MA
Most recent update: August 26, 2021.
William E. and Eric J. Simms started this fine yachtbuilding yard on Freeport Street, in Dorchester, in 1933, on the site previously occupied by G. F. Lawson & Son. Unfortunately, it had to close in 1957 when the site was compulsorily acquired by the D.P.W. to make room for the Southeast Expressway.
If you have an addition or correction for this page, please send it in.
| O/N | Name | Customer | Type | Tons | LOA | Delivered | Notes |
| Built by G. F. Lawson & Son | |||||||
| 262191 | 9 | 31 | 1925 | later Bigelow 1951 | |||
| 281480 | yacht | 10 | 34 | 1927 | later Albigor 1960 | ||
| 260360 | yacht | 14 | 41 | 1930 | later Altura 1950 | ||
| 274487 | passenger | 13 | 41 | 1930 | later Crosswinds 1957 | ||
| 230693 | Mahdee | Alexander Moffat | yacht | 28 | 47 | 1931 | later Pandora II, Privateer, Mahdee |
| Built by Simms Bros. | |||||||
| 233751 | Espada | Henry Warren | yacht | 16 | 36 | 1935 | later Griquet, High Seas, H B Gan, Espada, High Seas |
| Moosebec | A. S. Nielsen | sloop | 7 | 34 | 1937 | later Atea | |
| 286774 | Milky Way | yacht | 8 | 37 | 1937 | ||
| 270829 | Ben Gunn | bugeye | 8 | 37 | 1938 | ||
| 237590 | Mercury | James J. Storrow | yacht | 17 | 46 | 1938 | to UK, to Spain as Dama Espanola |
| 239013 | Tyrone | A. C. Tener | yacht | 29 | 56 | 1939 | later William H. Thorndike, Tyrone |
| US Navy | Mine Yawl | 1940 | ? boats | ||||
| 240451 | William Underwood | William Underwood | freighter | 42 | 66 | 1941 | later Marion H, William Underwood |
| US Navy | Harbor barge | 1941 | 5 barges | ||||
| 251479 | T-1 | US Army | utility boat | 46 | 65 | Sep 1942 | sold 1947 as Rockaway Belle, sunk off NJ, date unknown |
| 298162 | T-2 | US Army | utility boat | 40 | 65 | Sep 1942 | sold 1965 as Carol T, Mystic Miss |
| T-3 | US Army | utility boat | 65 | Sep 1942 | |||
| T-4 | US Army | utility boat | 65 | Sep 1942 | |||
| SC-977 | US Navy | subchaser | 136 | 110 | 19 Nov 1942 | to Free French 1944 as CH-94, P 702 1951, scrapped 1959 | |
| SC-978 | US Navy | subchaser | 136 | 110 | 8 Dec 1942 | to Free French 1944 as CH-145 | |
| SC-979 | US Navy | subchaser | 136 | 110 | 9 Jan 1943 | to Free French 1944 as CH-146, P 697 1951, scrapped 1958 | |
| 251482 | SC-980 | US Navy | subchaser | 136 | 110 | 5 Feb 1943 | to MARAD 1946, Conroe 1947 |
| 255555 | SC-1329 | US Navy | subchaser | 136 | 110 | 8 May 1943 | to USCG 1945 as Air Scoter (WAVR-482), sold as Elmar, sank in Jax 1979 |
| 255918 | SC-1330 | US Navy | subchaser | 136 | 110 | 29 May 1943 | sold 1948 as Signal III, Wanderer 1955, Kings Pointer 1964, El Pronto II 1973, Orion 1975 |
| SC-1331 | US Navy | subchaser | 136 | 110 | 2 Jul 1943 | to Free French 1944 as CH-6 | |
| 256749 | SC-1332 | US Navy | subchaser | 136 | 110 | 6 Aug 1943 | sold 1948 as Dinky |
| SC-1492 | US Navy | subchaser | 136 | 110 | 22 Apr 1944 | to the USSR 1944 as BO-218 | |
| SC-1493 | US Navy | subchaser | 136 | 110 | 22 Jun 1944 | to the USSR 1944 as BO-231 | |
| P-576 | US Army | boat, rescue | 85 | 1944 | |||
| 284990 | P-577 | US Army | boat, rescue | 85 | 1944 | later Q 215, Pami 1961, Galaxie 1963 | |
| P-578 | US Army | boat, rescue | 85 | 1944 | |||
| P-579 | US Army | boat, rescue | 85 | 1944 | to USAF as R-1-683 | ||
| P-580 | US Army | boat, rescue | 85 | 1944 | |||
| P-581 | US Army | boat, rescue | 85 | 1945 | to USAF as R-1-684, museum | ||
| P-582 | US Army | boat, rescue | 85 | 1945 | to USAF as R-1-685 | ||
| P-583 | US Army | boat, rescue | 85 | 1945 | to USAF as R-1-686, destroyed 1952 | ||
| 248978 | Tautog | W. H. Forbes | freighter | 35 | 60 | 1945 | |
| 286131 | yacht | 11 | 31 | 1946 | later Elaine 1961 | ||
| 261694 | yacht | 17 | 45 | 1947 | later Stormy Petrel 1951 | ||
| 282994 | yacht | 10 | 31 | 1948 | later Hago 1960, Happy Fellas 1964 | ||
| 255099 | Argyll | William T. Moore | yacht | 20 | 49 | 1948 | |
| 255701 | Gaffir | Richard E. Danielson | yacht | 22 | 39 | 1948 | NLD 1993 |
| 256350 | Katuna | Mrs Gilbert Verney | yacht | 16 | 44 | 1948 | later Sagola, Amigo, Kim |
| 260945 | Versatile | Harold S. Vanderbilt | yacht | 119 | 81 | 1950 | later Windroad, sunk in Colombia |
| Venture III | George Ford | yacht | 15 | 45 | 1950 | later Magic Venture 1962, Bounty | |
| MSB-10 | US Navy | Minesweeping boat | 42 | 57 | 1954 | ||
| MSB-11 | US Navy | Minesweeping boat | 42 | 57 | 1954 | later Junie B 1971, foundered 1976 | |
| 503629 | MSB-12 | US Navy | Minesweeping boat | 42 | 57 | 1954 | later MS-12 1966, Flamingo, NLD 1990 |
| MSB-13 | US Navy | Minesweeping boat | 42 | 57 | 1954 | ||
| MSB-40 | US Navy | Minesweeping boat | 42 | 57 | 1954 | ||
| MSB-41 | US Navy | Minesweeping boat | 42 | 57 | 1954 | to Panama 1993 as Bastimentos (L-17), retired 2003 | |
| MSB-42 | US Navy | Minesweeping boat | 42 | 57 | 1954 | ||
| MSB-43 | US Navy | Minesweeping boat | 42 | 57 | 1954 | ||
| MSB-44 | US Navy | Minesweeping boat | 42 | 57 | 1954 | ||
| C-25701 | US Navy | ASR boat | 46 | 1956 | |||
| C-2571 | US Navy | ASR boat | 46 | 1956 | |||
| C-2572 | US Navy | ASR boat | 46 | 1956 | |||
| C-2573 | US Navy | ASR boat | 46 | 1956 | |||
| C-2574 | US Navy | ASR boat | 46 | 1956 | |||
| C-2575 | US Navy | ASR boat | 46 | 1956 | |||
| C-2576 | US Navy | ASR boat | 46 | 1956 | |||
| C-2577 | US Navy | ASR boat | 46 | 1956 | |||
| C-2578 | US Navy | ASR boat | 46 | 1956 | |||
| C-2579 | US Navy | ASR boat | 46 | 1956 | |||