Kyle & Purdy ~ Shipbuilding History

Kyle & Purdy

City Island NY

Most recent update: March 22, 2020.

The predecessor of Kyle & Purdy was Purdy & Collison, who operated at Morris Heights from about 1890 until they bought the Archibald Robertson shipyard at City Island and renamed it City Island Shipbuilding. In 1910, Purdy & Collison folded and was reorganized and renamed Kyle & Purdy. The ten tugs that it built for the USSB during WWI were on a subcontract from Providence Engineering Works, which provided the engines. In 1923, Kyle & Purdy became the T. A. Kyle Shipyard and in 1927 bought out the adjacent J. P. Hawkins Shipyard and moved. The old yard then became the Lyon-Tuttle Shipyard and later Murphy Shipyard. It is now occupied by International Underwater Contractors.

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	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	LOA	Delivered	Notes
Built by Purdy & Collison (City Island Shipbuilding)
	203967	Virginia	Alex K. Smith	schooner		62	1906
		Odysseus		sloop		44	1906
		Ailsa Craig	James Craig	yacht		60	1907
		Nalka	F. C. Havens	launch		37	1907
			James LeBlair	launch		30	1907
		Columbine	C. M. Gould	yacht		70	1907	later San Toy II, to USN 1917 as SP-996, returned 1919
		Yaqui	Louis M. Josephal	yacht		91	1907
		Raeo	Ralph S. Townsend	motor sailer		73	1908	to USN 1917 as SP-588, returned 1919, Harbor Queen, Kittiwake
	205684	Gertrude IV	G. W. Butts	yacht		94	1908
Built by Kyle & Purdy
	210311	Elmasada II	Daniel Good	yacht		110	1912
	212123	Sapphire	John D. Adams	yacht		65	1914
		Assistant	New Orleans Pilots	pilot boat		57	1914
		Beth	H. A. Walton	launch		33	1915
			Carl Stein	cruiser		40	1916
		Idylease	G. H. Morris	steamer		66	1916	to USN 1917 as SP-119, returned 1919
	214777	Gadfly	Robert K. Cassett	houseboat		107	1917
74		Nautilus II	George Barr	yacht		66	1917	to USN 1917 as SP-559, returned 1919
		Gloucester	John H. Hammond	power boat		50	1917
		Cruisania	John Barr	yacht		49	1917
	224189	No. 860	US Navy	patrol boat		41	1917	later Roaring Forty
	224739	No. 861	US Navy	patrol boat		41	1917	later Elsie III
	221523	No. 865	US Navy	patrol boat		41	1917	later Jonah
	223928	No. 867	US Navy	patrol boat		41	1917	later Mitzi
			US Navy	patrol boat		41	1917	later Lizzie XVIII
			US Navy	patrol boat		41	1918	later Comanche
			US Navy	patrol boat		41	1918	later Comfort
	221458	SC-323	US Navy	subchaser		110	5 Dec 2017	sold 1921 as Ranger
		SC-324	US Navy	subchaser		110	13 Dec 2017	sold 1921
		SC-325	US Navy	subchaser		110	13 Dec 2017	sold 1921
	235650	SC-326	US Navy	subchaser		110	10 Dec 2017	sold 1935 as North Sea
		SC-327	US Navy	subchaser		110	12 Dec 2017	to Italy 1919
		SC-376	US Navy	subchaser		110	27 Sep 2018	to France as C-74
		SC-377	US Navy	subchaser		110	9 Jun 2018	to France as C-59
		SC-378	US Navy	subchaser		110	9 Jun 2018	to France as C-63
		SC-379	US Navy	subchaser		110	9 Jun 2018	to France as C-53
		SC-380	US Navy	subchaser		110	27 Sep 2018	to France as C-75
	218587	Bathalum	USSB	icebreaking tugboat		150	Aug 1919
	218588	Bathgate	USSB	icebreaking tugboat		150	Sep 1919	sold 1947 as Sea Duke, scrapped 1953
	218908	Battleboro	USSB	icebreaking tugboat		150	Oct 1919
	219142	Baymead	USSB	icebreaking tugboat		150	Nov 1919
		Bacone	USSB	icebreaking tugboat		150	Dec 1919
	219723	Baddacock	USSB	icebreaking tugboat		150	July 1920
	219722	Bayport	USSB	icebreaking tugboat		150	Aug 1920
		Bayside	USSB	icebreaking tugboat		150	Sep 1920
		Bayspring	USSB	icebreaking tugboat		150	Oct 1920	later AT-60, then YNG-19, sold 1947
		Beach Haven	USSB	icebreaking tugboat		150	Nov 1920	later Cahokia (AT-61), then YT-135 and YTB-135, sold 1947
	223163	Sea Hornet III	US Navy	torpedo boat		55	1920	later Com-An-Go
	219764	Haida	Max Fleischman	yacht		145	1920
	221363	Techomate		tugboat		127	1921
	221364	Toteco	Int'l. Petroleum	tugboat		127	1921	later Walling, to USN 1942 as Accelerate (ARS-30)
	224977	Spare Time	Julius Philipson	power boat		53	1921
	222081	Miramar	Louis Eisenlohr	houseboat		101	1922
	222622	Bird S. Coler	City of New York	ferry		90	1922	later Fordham, to USN 1942 as Lacosta (YFB-58)
Built by T. A. Kyle Shipyard
		Various	Various	cruisers		38	1923-24
		Various	Various	sloops		23	1923-24
		Various	Various	rowboats		12	1923-24
		Various	Various	sloops		14	1923-24
		Various	Various	sloops		23	1923-24
	225053	James V. Crawford	Peninsula Term. Co.	ferry		95	1925	later J. N. Lummus, Islander
		Cecile	Wallace Collins	cruiser		38	1925
		Miriam II	W. D. Warner	cruiser		38	1925
	236075	Gleam	C. V. Kozlay	yawl		47	1926	later Charlotte II, Gleam
			Harlem Y.C.	launch		31	1926
		Almanar II	Joseph S. Carreau	cruiser		38	1927
		Valgerda II	Mrs. William Isom	aux. cutter		43	1927
		Alana		ketch		58	1931	later Analga and Janane Lee
		Comet	W. Lageman	power boat		30	1932
		Gosling	C. Taylor	cutter		27	1933
		Various	Various	sloops		14	1933
		Various	Various	sloops		18	1933
		F-50-1073	US Air Force	power boat		89	1936
				sloop		23	1937
		Nedumo	Henry M. Devereux	yawl		46	1938
		Killdeer	John Miegs	aux. ketch		38	1939
Built by Murphy Shipyard
		YFN-354	US Navy	covered lighter		109	1943
		YFN-355	US Navy	covered lighter		109	1943
		YFN-356	US Navy	covered lighter		109	1943
		YFN-357	US Navy	covered lighter		109	1943
		YFN-358	US Navy	covered lighter		109	1943
		YFN-394	US Navy	covered lighter		109	1943
		YFN-395	US Navy	covered lighter		109	1943
		YFN-664	US Navy	covered lighter		109	1944
		YFN-665	US Navy	covered lighter		109	1944
		YFN-666	US Navy	covered lighter		109	1944
		YFN-667	US Navy	covered lighter		109	1944
		YFN-824	US Navy	covered lighter		109	1944
		YFN-825	US Navy	covered lighter		109	1944
		YFN-826	US Navy	covered lighter		109	1944