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Bethlehem Steel Company, Sparrows Point MD

(formerly Maryland Steel)

Most recent update: June 10, 2011.

Maryland Steel was started in 1887 and began building ships in 1891.  It was bought by Bethlehem Steel in 1916 and was a major merchant shipbuilder in WWI and between the wars, fully operational at the beginning of the WWII emergency.  It continued to build tankers and dry bulk carriers for private-sector customers throughout the war.  It carried on as a merchant shipbuilder after the war but abandoned new construction in 1986.  It continued in the ship repair business, moving a large floating dock from its Key Highway yard to Sparrows Point for this purpose.  Uncompetitive in the repair business because of its high cost structure, Bethlehem sold the shipyard to Veritas Capital in 1997, which renamed it Baltimore Marine Industries.  BMI was not successful, however, filed under Chapter 11 in June 2003 and was liquidated in November 2003.  The yard was then bought by a nitwit from Boston, who used the big graving dock to scrap ships for MARAD, but inevitably defaulted.  It is now idle.  See it from the air on Google here.

Hull # USSB, USMC or MA Hull # Original Name Original Owner Ship Type Type or Design Code Pennant # GT Dispmt. Tons or DWT Price ($mm) Delivered Disposition
Built by Maryland Steel
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3   Penwood J. R. Foard Trans. Co. Tug     156     23-Jan-92 To USN 1898 as Powhatan (YT 12), renamed Cayuga 1917, scrapped 1928
4   Douglass H. Thomas           P. Dougherty & Co. Tug     212     20-Mar-92  
5   Lancaster Weems Trans. Co. Coastal Passenger     919     1-Aug-92 Scrapped 1928
6   Alabama                      Baltimore Steam Packet Co. Coastal Passenger     1,939     10-Apr-93 Later City of Victoria 1928, YHB 24 1943, scrapped 1948
7   Germania Baker-Whiteley Coal Co. Tug     73     10-Dec-92 Later George E. Wood, Russell 9, Martin Kehoe, Peter Spano, Edith Mathiesen, Philip T. Feeney
8   Frances Sanford & Brooks Co. Tug     80     17-Feb-93  
9   Dorothy Maryland Steel Co. Tug     80     28-Jul-93  
10   Gloucester                   Merchants & Mining Tptn. Co. Coastal Passenger     2,542     1-Nov-93 Scrapped 1936
11   Baltimore Baltimore & Ohio R.R. Tug     177     30-May-93  
12   Patrol New York City Police Boat     235     13-Jan-95  
13   Dungeness Mrs. L. C. Carnegie Steam Yacht     143     12-Jun-94  
14   Tivoli Balt., Ches. & Atl. R.R. Coastal Passenger     704     26-Sep-94 Later barge S. W. Burgess 1915, Richmond Cedar Works No. 1, abandoned in Gilverton VA 1955
15   Trinidad Sugar Co. No. 1 Central Trinidad Sugar Co. Barge     84     18-Jan-95  
16   Trinidad Sugar Co. No. 2 Central Trinidad Sugar Co. Barge     84     18-Jan-95  
17   Trinidad Sugar Co. No. 3 Central Trinidad Sugar Co. Barge     97     18-Jan-95  
18   Trinidad Sugar Co. No. 4 Central Trinidad Sugar Co. Barge     97     18-Jan-95  
19   Manati Central Trinidad Sugar Co. Tug     41     18-Jan-95  
20   Potomac Baltimore & Ohio R.R. Lighter     155     18-Jan-95  
21   Truxtun U.S. Navy Destroyer  DD 14   433   14-Aug-02 Sold private 1920 as a banana carrier, scrapped 1956
22   Whipple U.S. Navy Destroyer  DD 15   433   8-Oct-02 Sold private 1920 as a banana carrier, scrapped 1956
23   Worden U.S. Navy Destroyer  DD 16   433   16-Oct-02 Sold private 1920 as a banana carrier, scrapped 1956
24   Chester W. Chapin New Haven Steamboat Co. Coastal Passenger     2,868     2-Dec-99 Later Meteor 1938, scrapped 1949
25   Britannia Baker-Whitely Coal Co. Tug     249     30-Aug-99 Later Alexandrovsk 1917, scrapped 1923
26   Pleiades Boston Towboat Co. Collier     3,754     7-Apr-00 Later Segundo 1923, Cabo Santa Maria 1925, Mina Piquera 1932, scrapped 1950
27   Hyades                       Boston Towboat Co. Collier     3,754     13-Jun-00 Later Feng Ho 1935, Tunehiko Maru 1938, in collision and sank 1939
28   Thomas Metropolitan Dredging Co. Dredge     2,525     20-Dec-00 Later tanker Oleum 1911, scrapped 1935
29   Mills Metropolitan Dredging Co. Dredge     2,525     23-May-01 Later tanker Wellington 1917, Danubio 1925, Volga 1925, burnt 1926
30   Aguirre Central Trinidad Sugar Co. Tug     41     21-Jul-00  
31   No name Central Trinidad Sugar Co. Barge           21-Jul-00  
32   No name Central Trinidad Sugar Co. Barge           21-Jul-00  
33   N.Y.P. & N. RR #3 N.Y.P. & N. R.R. Car Float     1,255     17-Mar-01  
34   Lyra Boston Towboat Co. Cargo Ship     4,417     6-Jun-01 Later Hattie Luckenbach 1915, Primero 1923, Cabo Torres 1924, scrapped 1933
35   Shawmut Kidder, Peabody & Co. Cargo Ship     9,606     29-Mar-02 Later Ancon 1909, Permanente 1941, Tidewater 1946, Continental 1948, scrapped 1950
36   Tremont Kidder, Peabody & Co. Cargo Ship     9,606     1-Jul-02 Later Cristobal 1909, Philippa 1941, Esmerelda 1950, scrapped 1951
37   Missouri Atlantic Transportation Co. Cargo Ship     7,914     10-Dec-03 Later Missourian 1907, sunk by gunfire 1917
38   Maine Atlantic Transportation Co. Cargo Ship     7,914     22-Jun-03 Later Virginian 1907, scrapped 1948
39   Virginia Balt., Ches. & Atl. R.R. Coastal Passenger     868     16-May-03 Later barge Richmond Cedar Works No. 2 1937, foundered in Pasquotank River 1953
40   Crisfield N.Y.P. & N. R.R. Tug     236     17-Nov-03  
41   Conestoga Philadelphia & Reading R.R. Tug     617     6-Feb-04 To USN 1917, AT 54 1920, missing 1921 
42   General Jos. E. Johnston U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tug     349     30-Mar-04 Later Mahogany King 1942, scrapped 1952
43   Manhattan U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Dredge     2,665     29-Oct-04 Later Sandon II 1951, Yau Wing No. 4 1961, scrapped 1974
44   Atlantic U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Dredge     2,674     29-Oct-04  
45   Burton U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Dredge     1,200     6-Jul-04  
46   General G. L. Gillespie U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Dredge     1,200     7-Sep-04 Later Meade
47   Savannah U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Dredge     1,236        
48   P.R.R. #32 Pennsylvania R.R. Tug     201     5-Jul-04  
49   S.O. Co. #1 Standard Oil Co. Tank Barge     526     10-Dec-04  
50   S.O. Co. #2 Standard Oil Co. Tank Barge     526     10-Dec-04  
51   Delaware U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Dredge     2,750     21-Aug-05 Later Sandcaptain 1950, Ezra Sensibar 1961, Hydro Atlantic 1968, sank 1987
52   Manhattan New York City Ferry     1,954     28-Aug-05 Capsized and sank 1944
53   Brooklyn  New York City Ferry     1,954     28-Aug-05 Scrapped 1947
54   Bronx     New York City Ferry     1,954     28-Aug-05 Burnt 1939
55   Queens    New York City Ferry     1,954     28-Aug-05 Scrapped 1947
56   Richmond New York City Ferry     1,954     28-Aug-05 Subcontracted to Burlee DD
57   Monocacy Philadelphia & Reading R.R. Tug     627     10-Sep-05 To USN 1917 as Genesee, AT 55 1920, P No. 107 1944, bombed and lost 1944
58   No name NYC & HR R.R. Car Float           24-Nov-05  
59   No name NYC & HR R.R. Car Float           28-Nov-05  
60   No. 146 Panama R.R. Barge       426   27-Dec-05  
61   No. 147 Panama R.R. Barge       426   27-Dec-05  
62   No. 148 Panama R.R. Barge       426   27-Dec-05  
63   No. 149 Panama R.R. Barge       426   27-Dec-05  
64   No. 150 Panama R.R. Barge       426   10-Jan-06  
65   No. 151 Panama R.R. Barge       426   10-Jan-06  
66   P.R.R. #5 Pennsylvania R.R. Tug     180     28-Jun-06  
67   P.R.R. #153 Pennsylvania R.R. Lighter     547     9-Jun-06  
68   P.R.R. #10 Pennsylvania R.R. Tug     180     14-Jul-06  
69   P.R.R. #14 Pennsylvania R.R. Tug     180     2-Aug-06  
70   N.Y.P. & N. RR #2 N.Y., P. & N. R.R. Car Float     1,257        
71   S.O. Co. #5 Standard Oil Co. Tank Barge     795     2-Oct-06  
72   S.O. Co. #6 Standard Oil Co. Tank Barge     795     29-Oct-06  
73   N.Y.P. & N. RR #4 N.Y., P. & N. R.R. Car Float     1,257        
74   Raleigh Baltimore Steam Packet Co. Cargo Ship     1,185     27-Aug-06 Later Marion 1928, Manryo Maru 1943, torpedoed and lost 1944
75   Tuscan                              Boston & Philadelphia S.S. Co. Cargo Ship     2,415     28-Jan-07 Scrapped 1936
76   Ancon Isthmian Canal Commission Dredge     2,930     26-Jul-07  
77   Culebra Isthmian Canal Commission Dredge     2,930     23-Aug-07  
78   Florida                             Baltimore Steam Packet Co. Coastal Passenger     2,185     29-Nov-07 Later YFB 21 1907, Calistoga 1924, scrapped 1947
79   Maryland                            N.Y., P. & N. R.R. Coastal Passenger     1,369     20-Jul-07 Scrapped 1950
80   No name NYC & HR R.R. Car Float           21-Sep-07  
81   No name NYC & HR R.R. Car Float           21-Sep-07  
82   No. 82 Isthmian Canal Commission Dredge     670     21-Sep-07  
83   No. 83 Isthmian Canal Commission Dredge     670     21-Sep-07  
84   No. 84 Isthmian Canal Commission Dredge     670     21-Sep-07  
85   Sandpiper Isthmian Canal Commission Dredge     670     21-Sep-07  
86   Raritan U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Dredge     3,048     3-Jun-08 Later Sandmate 1950, scrapped 1956
87   Nayesink U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Dredge     3,048     19-Jun-08  
88   No. 121 Isthmian Canal Commission Dump Scow     400     10-Mar-08  
89   No. 122 Isthmian Canal Commission Dump Scow     400     10-Mar-08  
90   No. 123 Isthmian Canal Commission Dump Scow     400     10-Mar-08  
91   Morgan Isthmian Canal Commission Dredge           21-Mar-08  
92   Albatross P. Dougherty & Co. Tug     286     8-Jun-08  
93   P.R.R. #154 Pennsylvania R.R. Lighter     547     18-Jul-08  
94   Galveston U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Dredge      

6,454

   10-Oct-08  
95   Chester Michael Dady Dredge     434     1909  
96   Rock Drill Isthmian Canal Commission Rock Drill     150     1-Dec-08  
97   Mars U.S. Navy Fleet Collier  AC 6 5,451     20-Aug-09 Sold 1923, wrecked 1924
98   Vulcan U.S. Navy Fleet Collier  AC 5 5,451     20-Sep-09 Later Coos Bay 1924, wrecked 1927
99   Hector U.S. Navy Fleet Collier  AC 7 5,451     20-Oct-09 Wrecked 1916
100   Pascagoula U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Dredge     348     17-Apr-09  
101   I. D. Fletcher Barrett Mfg. Co. Tar Barge     1,034     5-Aug-09  
102   Porto Alegre   Dredge     250     1-Sep-09  
103   Three Rivers Md., Del. & Va. R.R. Coastal Passenger     1,110     12-Feb-10 Burnt 1922, barge Richmond Cedar Works No. 6 1924
104   Kentuckian                          American-Hawaiian SS Co. Passenger     6,606     1-Jun-10 Sunk as breakwater off Normandy 1944
105   Georgian American-Hawaiian SS Co. Passenger     6,606     8-Aug-10 Later Kalfarli 1916, scrapped 1924
106   Honolulan American-Hawaiian SS Co. Passenger     7,059     18-Oct-10 Later Thorvald Halvorsen 1916, Argentina 1921, Jacob Luckenbach 1922, wrecked 1927
107   Millinocket                         Bull & Co. Cargo Ship     3,336     17-Jun-10 Torpedoed and lost 1942
108   Neptune (AC 8) U.S. Navy Fleet Collier     10,778     29-Jul-11 Scrapped 1939
109   City of Baltimore                   Baltimore Mail SS Co. Passenger     2,379     6-Oct-11 Burnt 1937
110   City of Norfolk                     Baltimore Mail SS Co. Passenger     2,379     6-Oct-11 Burnt 1966
111   Wahalak U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Dredge     664     1910