New York Shipbuilding, Camden NJ

New York Ship was established in 1900 by Henry G. Morse, with the financial support of Andrew Mellon and Henry Frick.  It was designed as a state-of-the-art shipyard and was called New York Shipbuilding because it was originally intended to be located on Staten Island.   In 1916, it was bought by American International Corp. and W. R. Grace, and expanded for the war effort, but it struggled in the post-war years and was sold to American Brown Boveri in 1925.  The yard was fully operational as World War II approached and the Navy invested $25 million to expand its capability.  At its peak, New York Ship employed 30,000 people.  It continued in both naval and merchant shipbuilding after WWII but closed in 1967.  The shipyard was just upstream from the Walt Whitman Bridge: it is now part of the Port of Camden.  See the site from the air on Google here.
Hull # USSB, USMC or MARAD Hull # Original Name Original Owner Ship Type Gov't. Type or Design Code Pennant # GT (d=LDT) Delivered Disposition
1   M. S. Dollar/J. M. Guffey Dollar Line Cargo Ship     2,520 2-Jun-02 Converted to tanker before delivery,  to USN as SP 1279, later Meloria 1926, scrapped 1935
2   Texan American Hawaiian S.S. Co. Cargo Ship     8,515 29-Oct-02 Torpedoed and lost 1942
3   Nevadan American Hawaiian S.S. Co. Cargo Ship     4,409 19-Apr-02 Later Alamance 1916, torpedoed and lost 1918
4   Nebraskan American Hawaiian S.S. Co. Cargo Ship     4,409 12-Jul-02 Later Rockingham 1916, torpedoed and lost 1917
5   Minnelora/Mongolia Pacific Mail S.S. Co. Passenger/Cargo     13,639 8-Feb-04 Later President Fillmore 1929, Panamanian 1940, scrapped 1949
6   Minnekahda/Manchuria Pacific Mail S.S. Co. Passenger/Cargo     13,639 25-May-04 Later President Johnson 1928, Santa Cruz 194, scrapped 1952
7   Massachusetts Atlantic Transport Co. Passenger/Cargo     7,913 5-Feb-03 Later Kansan 1911, sunk by a mine 1917
8   Mississippi Atlantic Transport Co. Passenger/Cargo     7,913 9-Apr-03 Later Samland 1906, Belgic 1911, Samland 1913, scrapped 1931
9   Ligonier Guffey Petroleum Co. Tanker     3,737 18-May-03 Scrapped 1937
10   Larimer Guffey Petroleum Co. Tanker     3,738 23-Jun-03 Missing off Sand Key FL 1919
11   Mahoning Guffey Petroleum Co. Tank Barge       23-Jun-03  
12   Neshannock Guffey Petroleum Co. Tank Barge       3-Jul-03  
13   Abram S. Hewitt City Of New York Fire Boat     320 20-Oct-03  
14   Washington U. S. Navy Cruiser CA 11 14,500d 30-Jul-06 Later Seattle (IX 39) 1916, scrapped 1946
15   Barnard U. S. War Dept. Dredge     760 28-Jun-04  
16   Atlantic North American Dredging Co. Dredge     500 6-Nov-03 Later Megas 1918, Landemar 1924, scrapped 1968
17   George B. McClellan City of New York Fire Boat     320 27-Apr-04  
18   Float No. 9 N.Y., N.H., & H. Railroad Co. Car Float       5-Oct-03  
19   Float No. 10 N.Y., N.H., & H. Railroad Co. Car Float       16-Oct-03  
20   Ontario Merchants & Miners Trans. Co. Passenger Ship     3,082 6-Aug-04 Shelled and lost 1942
21   Kansas U. S. Navy Battleship BB 21 16,000d 5-Apr-07 Scrapped 1924
22   Blunts Reef U. S. Dept. of Commerce & Labor Lightship LV 78 470d 8-Dec-04 Later WAL 505, rammed and sunk 1960
23   Cape Lookout Shoal U. S. Dept. of Commerce & Labor Lightship LV 79 470d 1-Dec-04 Later WAL 506, to Philadelphia 1970 as museum
24   Five Fathom Bank U. S. Dept. of Commerce & Labor Lightship LV 80 470d 8-Dec-04 Sold 1934
25   Heald Banks U. S. Dept. of Commerce & Labor Lightship LV 81 470d 11-Jan-05 Later WAL 507, sold 1955
26   Relief U. S. Dept. of Commerce & Labor Lightship LV 83 470d 22-Dec-04 Later WAL 508, to Seattle 1963 as museum
27   Float No. 69 Pennsylvania Railroad Co. Car Float       9-Nov-04  
28   No. 14 Philadelphia N.Y.P. & Norfolk Railroad Co. Car Float