The American Ship Building Company, Cleveland OH

(formerly Globe Iron Works [1882-1899] and Cleveland Shipbuilding [1888-1899])

Globe Iron Works was organized in 1853 by Henry Coffinberry, James Wallace and two others, but did not begin building ships until 1880.  In 1887, they acquired the Cleveland Steam Furnace Company and started a second shipyard - Cleveland Shipbuilding - on its site.  In 1897, they built a third shipyard, in Lorain.  In 1898, Wallace led the campaign to rationalize shipbuilding on the Great Lakes, forming The American Ship Building Company and acquiring the competing shipyards in Buffalo NY, Chicago IL, Detroit MI, Superior WI, Toledo OH and West Bay City MI.

Hull # Original Name Original Owner Vessel Type Tons Built Disposition

Built by Presley-Globe Shipbuilding
1 Smith Moore Brown, Pelton et al. Cargo Ship 1,191 1880 In collision and sank 1889
2 Republic Republic Iron Co. Cargo Ship 1,343 1881 Later Marquette 1890, foundered 1903
3 Columbia Lockwood et al. Cargo Ship 1,373 1881 Later Dougaldmac 1920, scrapped 1921

Built by Globe Iron Works
4 Onoko   Steamship 2,164 1882 Sank 1915
7 William Chisholm   Steamship 1,581 1884  
Record   Steamship 59 1884  
9 J. H. Devereux   Steamship 1,618 1885 Later John Mullen, scrapped 1945
10 Darius Cole   Steamship 538 1885 Later Colonial, burnt 1925
11 Spokane   Steamship 1,741 1886 Scrapped 1935
12 Cambria   Steamship 1,878 1887 Later Lakeland, sank 1924
13 Charles J. Sheffield   Steamship 1,699 1887  
14 Ira H. Owens   Steamship 1,753 1887 Aground 1905
15 Corsica   Steamship 2,364 1888 Scrapped 1926
16 E. P. Wilbur   Steamship 2,633 1888 Later Bethlehen, scrapped 1923
17 Northern Light   Steamship 2,476 1888 Sank 1930
18 Corona   Steamship 2,408 1888 Later Paipoonge, scuttled in Dieppe 1940
19 North Wind   Steamship 2,476 1888 Sank 1926
20 Northern King   Steamship 2,476 1888 Scrapped 1926
21 Northern Queen   Steamship 2,476 1889 Scrapped 1925
22 Northern Wave   Steamship 2,476 1889 Scrapped 1926
23 North Star   Steamship 2,476 1889 Collision 1908
24 Cayuga   Steamship 2,669 1889  
25 Seneca   Steamship 2,669 1889 Scrapped 1924
26 Vulcan   Steamship 1,759 1889 Later Vinmount, scrapped 1937
27 Parks Foster   Steamship 1,729 1889 Later Superior, scrapped 1960
28 Castalia   Steamship 2,512 1890 Sank 1919
29 Saranac   Steamship 2,669 1890 Sank 1920
30 Manola   Steamship 2,325 1890  
31 Mariska   Steamship 2,325 1890 Later Quedoc, scrapped 1961
32 Tuscarora   Steamship 2,386 1890 Sank 1917
33 Maruba   Steamship 2,311 1890 Scrapped 1934
34 Matoa   Steamship 2,311 1890 Later Huguenot, scrapped 1937
35 Republic   Steamship 2,316 1890 Later North Pines, scrapped 1925
36 Norman   Steamship 2,304 1890  
37 Saxon   Steamship 2,348 1890 Scrapped 1927
38 German   Steamship 2,348 1890 Collision 1919
39 Briton   Steamship 2,348