The American Ship Building Company, Chicago IL

(formerly Chicago Shipbuilding [1891-1911])

Chicago Shipbuilding was an offshoot of Cleveland's Globe Iron Works.  It became a subsidiary of The American Ship Building Company in 1898 and a division in 1911.  After WWI, AmShip operated it as a repair yard but closed it in the 1970s.  It was located on the east bank of the Calumet River, at 101st Street, where Morton Salt is now.  See the site from the air on Google here.

Hull # Original Name Type Owner GT DWT Delivery Disposition
  Marina Steamship   2,431   1891 Later George A. Graham, abandoned 1917
  Masaba Steamship   2,431   1891 Scrapped 1923
  Cadillac Steamship   1,263   1892 Later Maplehurst, wrecked 1922
  Maritana Steamship   2,957   1892 Scrapped 1946
  Thomas Maytham Steamship   2,329   1892  
  Arthur Orr Steamship   2,329   1893 Scrapped 1949
  Manitou Steamship   2,944   1893 Later Isle Royale, burnt 1936
  Kearsarge Steamship   3,092   1894 Scrapped 1943
  Malta Steamship   2,237   1895 Later Pinebranch, scrapped 1960
  Marcia Barge   2,237   1895 Later Mitschfibre, scrapped 1966
  Victory Laker   3,774   1895 Later Victorious, sunk as breakwater in Toronto 1969
  Aurania Steamship   3,113   1895 Sunk 1909
  Zenith City Steamship   3,850   1895 Scrapped 1946
  George N. Orr Steamship   2,872   1896 Sunk 1917
  Martha Barge   3,256   1896 Later Owendoc, scrapped 1975
  Manda Barge   3,256   1896 Later Resolute, scrapped 1972
  George E. Hartnell Steamship   3,265   1896 Later Portsmouth, scrapped 1937
  Maricopa Steamship   4,223   1896 Later Altadoc, scrapped 1974
  Magna Barge   3,259   1896 Scrapped 1962
  Alfred Krupp Barge   3,259   1896 Scrapped 1973
  George H. Corliss Barge   3,259   1896 Later Kenordoc, scrapped 1973
  Carrington Barge   3,180   1897 Later Delkote, scrapped 1967
  Crescent City Steamship   4,213   1897 Later Carl W. Meyers, scrapped 1959
  St. Paul Steamship   2,029   1897 Later Bennington
  Minneapolis Steamship   2,029   1897 Later Burlington, abandoned 1936
  Amazon Barge   3,599   1897 Scrapped 1953
  Australia Barge   3,745   1898 Later S. B. Coolidge, scrapped 1948
  William R. Linn Steamship   4,328   1898 Later L. G. Wescoat, scrapped 1964
  Maia Barge   3,804   1898 Scrapped 1962
  Manila Barge   5,039   1899  
  Illinois Steamship   2,427   1899 Scrapped 1947
  Maunaloa Steamship   4,951   1899 Scrapped 1971
  Madeira Barge   5,039   1900 Sunk 1905