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Detroit Dry Dock, Detroit MI and Wyandotte MI

(formerly Campbell, Wolverton & Co. [1852-1862] and Campbell & Owen [1862-1874],

later Detroit Shipbuilding [1899-1913] and AmShip Detroit [1913-1929],

and also incorporating Wyandotte Shipbuilding [1872-1898])

Most recent update: October 3, 2011.

Detroit Shipbuilding began as Campbell, Wolverton & Co., later becoming Campbell & Owen. It was acquired by Stephen Kirby in 1871 and incorporated as Detroit Dry Dock in 1874.  Nearby Wyandotte Shipbuilding was started by Frank Kirby in 1872 and combined with Detroit Dry Dock in 1878.  Henry Ford worked as an apprentice machinist at Detroit Dry Dock from 1879 to 1882.  The Kirbys sold the company to The American Ship Building Company in 1899, and it was renamed Detroit Shipbuilding, becoming AmShip Detroit in 1913, when AmShip eliminated individual yard identities.  The yard built two lakers after WWI ended and then became a repair facility, finally closing in 1929.  The Detroit yard was at Orleans and Atwater Streets: it was never reutilized and is now St. Aubin Park: see it from the air on Google here.  The Wyandotte yard was between Orchard and Plum Streets: it was never reutilized either and is now the northern end of the Wyandotte Shores Golf Club: see the site from the air on Google here.

Hull # Original Name Original Owner Type GT Delivery Disposition
Built by Campbell & Owen in Detroit
5 Champion   Tug 263 1868  
6 Vulcan   Tug 249 1868  
9 Annie Young   Cargo Ship 1,007 1869  
10 Joseph L. Hurd   Cargo Ship 759 1869  
13 S. C. Baldwin   Bulk Carrier 412 1871  
14 Hope   Ferry 149 1870  
15 Jennie Briscoe   Bulk Carrier 103 1870  
16 Monitor   Bulk Carrier 128 1870  
19 Gordon Campbell   Cargo Ship 996 1871  
  E. B. Ward, Jr.   Tug 454 1872  
21 Niagara   Tug 276 1872  
22 M. F. Merrick   Tug 133 1873  
23 Inter-Ocean C. S. Mahoney Cargo Ship 1,068 1872 Scrapped 1905
24 Victoria Detroit & Windsor Ferry Ferry 192 1872 Scrapped 1925
  Queen of the Lakes   Ferry 260 1872  
  Sport   Tug 86 1873  
Built by Detroit Dry Dock (D) and Wyandotte Shipbuilding (W)
  Michigan James Corrigan Barge   1874 Sank 1901
28D John Owen   Tug 328 1874 Later Columbus 1906, burnt 1909
29D Fortune   Ferry 199 1875 Later Bawating. scrapped 1915
30D Excelsior   Ferry 229 1876  
 31W City of Detroit Detroit & Cleveland Nav Co Ferry 1,095 1878 Later City of the Straits 1893, Liberty 1917, scrapped 1948
 32W City of Cleveland Detroit & Cleveland S.N.Co Ferry 1,221 1880 Later City of Alpena 1885, State of Ohio 1892, abandoned 1929
 33W Grace McMillan   Ferry 312 1879 Later Idlewild 1895, abandoned 1919
 34W Transport Michigan Central Railroad Co Ferry 1,594 1880 Foundered 1942
34D Garland   Ferry 248 1880  
  Robert L. Fryer Winand Schlosser Barge   1880 Scrapped 1934
  Atlantic H. G. Dalton Cargo Ship   1880 Scrapped 1902
 37D Iron Age W. J. Willoughby Cargo Ship 859 1880 Burnt 1909
 38D W. H. Gratwick W.H.Gratwick & Co Cargo Ship 474 1880 Later John C Pringle 1887, Hugh R. Harvey 1910, Peirce McLouth 1918, D. R. Morley 1927, abandoned 1932
 39W Lehigh Anchor Line Cargo Ship 1,704 1880 Later Ponoka 1927, scrapped 1955
 40W Boston Western Transit Co Cargo Ship 1,829 1880 Later Lakeport 1913, scrapped 1941
41D Thomas W. Palmer Michigan Nav Co Cargo Ship 1,096 1880 Later Samoa 1889, burnt 1909
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43D Samuel F. Hodge Detroit & Lake Superior Line Cargo Ship 585 1881 Burnt 1896
 44W City of Milwaukee Goodrich Tptn Co Ferry 1,148 1881 Later Holland 1904, wrecked 1919
 45W Clarion Anchor Line Cargo Ship 1,711 1881 Burned 1909
 46D Iron Duke Detroit Tptn Co Cargo Ship 1,152 1881 Later Henry B. Hall 1906, burnt 1922
  Iron Cliff Ralph W. Jax Barge   1881 Scrapped 1934
48W Michigan Goodrich Tptn Co Ferry 1,183 1881 Foundered 1885
49W Wisconsin Goodrich Transit Ferry 1,181 1881 Later Naomi 1899, E. G. Crosby 1909, Gen Robert M. O'Reilley 1918, Pilgrim 1921, Wisconsin 1924, foundered 1929
 50W Brunswick C.Beweck Cargo Ship 1,120 1881 In collision and sank 1881
 51D Iron Chief James Corrigan Cargo Ship 1,112 1881 Foundered 1904
52D Nellie Torrent J.Torrent Schooner 326 1881 Later Pine Lake 1895, in collision and sank 1912
53D Algomah Mackinaw Tptn Co Ferry 486 1881 Barge 1940, sold 1944
 54D Massachusetts Interocean Tptn Co Cargo Ship 1,415 1882 Later Compton 1913, wrecked 1923
55D Merrimac Inter-Ocean Tptn Co Cargo Ship 1,398 1882 Later Rock Ferry 1911, abandoned 1924
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59D F. & P. M. No. 1 Flint & Pere Marquette RR Ferry 633 1882 Later Wisconsin 1906, abandoned 1934
60D F. & P. M. No. 2 Flint & Pere Marquette RR Ferry 636 1882 Later Pere Marquette 2 1901, Dundurn 1905, foundered 1919
 61W City of Mackinac   Ferry 807 1883 Later State of New York 1892, Florida 1918, clubhouse 1936
62D Walter L. Frost Rutland Transit Cargo Ship 1,322 1883 Wrecked 1903
63D Sappho Detroit & Windsor Ferry Ferry 273 1883 Scrapped 1928
64D E. K. Roberts   Tug 264 1883 Later Michipicoten, burnt 1927
 65W Michigan Central T. L. Durocher Ferry 1,522 1884 Foundered 1926
 66W Lansdowne   Ferry 1,571 1884 Barge 1971
67D William A. Haskell   Cargo Ship 1,530 1884 Later Joyland 1916, wrecked 1931
68W William J. Averell   Cargo Ship 1,603 1884 Later Oatland 1916, scrapped 1931
 69W Albany   Cargo Ship 1,917 1884 In collision and sank 1893
 70W Syracuse   Cargo Ship 1,917 1884 Later Lakewood 1913, K. V. Schwartz 1947, Algonac 1953, scrapped 1975
 71W City of Cleveland   Cargo Ship 1,923 1886 Later City of St. Ignace 1907, Keystone 1926, burnt and hulked 1932, scrapped 1948
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 73W Mascotte   Ferry 137 1885 Later Columbia, scrapped 1939
74D Manhattan J. C. Gilchrist Cargo Ship 1,545 1887 Burnt 1903
 75W Susan E. Peck   Cargo Ship 1,399 1886 Later Lewiston 1895, burnt 1933
76D John F. Eddy Pringle Barge Cargo Ship 1,678 1886 Foundered 1920
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 78W Fayette Brown North Western Tptn Co Cargo Ship 1,740 1887 Later Omega 1910, Glenmount 1917, scrapped 1928
 79W E. M. Peck North Western Tptn Co Cargo Ship 1,809 1888 Later Malton 1914, scrapped 1934
80D Iron King Duluth & Atlantic Tptn Co Cargo Ship 1,748 1887 Later Canoble 1913, burnt 1921
  Iron Queen   Barge   1887 Sank 1926
81D R. P. Fitzgerald R.P.Fitzgerald et al Cargo Ship 1,681 1887 Abandoned 1925
 82W Hudson Western Transit Cargo Ship 2,294 1888 Foundered 1901
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 84W Harlem Western Transit Cargo Ship 2,299 1888 Later Minnesota 1911, Feliciana 1928, scrapped 1931
85D St. Ignace Mackinac Tptn Co Ferry 1,199 1888 Scrapped 1930
86D Charles Stewart Parnell M.J.Cummings & others Cargo Ship 1,739 1888 Burnt 1905
87D J. Emory Owen J.E.Owen Cargo Ship 1,739 1888 Later F. A. Meyer 1905, foundered 1909
 88W City of Detroit Detroit & Cleveland Nav Co Ferry 1,919 1889 Later City of Detroit II 1911, Goodtime 1925, scrapped 1941
89D F. & P. M. No. 4 Flint & Pere Marquette RR Ferry 941 1888 Later Pere Marquette No. 4 1901, in collision and hulked 1923
 90W Thomas W. Palmer William Livingston Cargo Ship 2,134 1889 Lost in collision 1905
 91W Manchester Inter-Ocean Tptn Co Cargo Ship 2,132 1889 Later Joseph W Simpson 1921, Mindemoya 1938, Yankcanuck 1946, scrapped 1959
 92W Livingston Michigan Nav Co Cargo Ship 2,134 1889 Later Westland 1921, scrapped 1933
93D Philip D'Armour R.P.Fitzgerald et al Cargo Ship 1,990 1889 Foundered 1915
94D Charles A. Eddy Eddy Bros Cargo Ship 2,074 1889 Converted to dry-dock 1917
 95W John Owen Owen Transportation Cargo Ship 2,127 1889 Foundered 1919
96D A. G. Lindsay Sulphite Fiber & Tptn Co Cargo Ship 1,067 1889 Later Pavlof 1914, wrecked 1916
97D Governor Smith Ogdensburg Transit Co Cargo Ship 2,044 1889 In collision and sank 1906
98D James R. Langdon Ogdensburg Transit Co Cargo Ship 2,044 1889 Scrapped 1927
99D A. McVittie Ogdensburg Transit Co Cargo Ship 2,047 1890 Scrapped 1924
 100W S. R. Kirby Northwestern Tptn. Cargo Ship 2,338 May-90 Foundered 1916
 101W Frank E. Kirby Ashley & Dustin Ferry 532 May-90 Later Silver Spring 1926, Dover 1927, scrapped 1939
102D F. H. Prince Ogdensburg Transit Co Cargo Ship 2,047 1890 Burnt 1911
 103W Maryland Dakota Transit Cargo Ship 2,419 Jun-90 Sank 1916
104D Henry R. James Ogdensburg Transit Co Cargo Ship 2,048 1890 Later John S. Thom, scrapped 1929
 105W Marigold U.S. Coast Guard Buoy Tender 453 Oct-90 Sold 1945
 106W E. C. Pope Nicholson Transit Cargo Ship 2,637 May-91 Scrapped 1951
 107W Pioneer Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co Cargo Ship 1,123 Jul-92 Later Natironco 1913, Scorpion 1918, San Carlo 1920, in collision and sank 1928
 108W Promise Detroit & Windsor Ferry Co Ferry 473 1892 Scrapped 1935
 109W Wyandotte Asdhley & Detroit Line Ferry 320 Oct-92 Later City of Fort Myers 1925, Dolphin 1933, scrapped 1940
 110W Mahoning Great Lakes Transit Cargo Ship 2,189 Jul-92 Later Guanoco 1920, scrapped 1928
111D Chicora Graham & Morton Tptn Co Ferry 1,123 Jul-92 Foundered 1895
112D Sainte Marie Mackinac Tptn Co Ferry 1,357 Aug-93 Abandoned 1927
 113W Selwyn Eddy Boland & Cornelius Cargo Ship 2,846 Mar-93 Later Hall 1927, Wellhart 1929, scrapped 1945
  Harvey   Cargo Ship   1892 Scrapped 1940
 114W City of Alpena Detroit & Cleveland Nav Co Ferry 1,735 Apr-93 Later City of Alpena II 1912, City of Saugatuck 1922, Leona 1941, Normil 1945, scrapped 1957
 115W Mohawk Western Transit Co Cargo Ship 2,357 May-93 Later America 1917, Bermudez 1921, scrapped 1924
 116W City of Mackinac Detroit & Cleveland Nav Co Ferry 1,749 May-93 Later City of Mackinac II 1912, City of Holland 1922, scrapped 1940
  Pennsylvania   Cargo Ship   1894 Later Erie, scuttled 1975
 118W Harvey H. Brown Northwestern Tptn. Cargo Ship 2,673 Apr-94 Scrapped 1927
 119W Arrow Eugene McFail Ferry 365 Jan-95 Later H-165 1942, Arrow 1946, scrapped 1950
120D Argo Argo S.S.Co Cargo Ship 721 1895 Later Glen 1928, scrapped 1938
 121W City of Buffalo Cleveland & Buffalo Ferry 2,398 Jan-96 Burned 1940
 122W Senator Nicholson Universal Cargo Ship 4,048 1896 Collision 1929
 123W Aragon Argo S.S.Co Cargo Ship 1,450 1896 Later Bayanna 1946, scrapped 1964
 124W Sir William Fairbairn Bessemer S.S.Co Cargo Ship 4,219 Aug-86 Scrapped 1864
 125W Robert Fulton Pittsburgh Steamship Cargo Ship 4,219 Seo-96 Scrapped 1946
 126W City of Erie Cleveland & Buffalo Ferry 2,498 May-98 Scrapped 1941
 127W America US & Dominion Tptn. Ferry 486 Jun-98 Wrecked 1928
 128W Troy Western Transit Co Cargo Ship 3,655 Aug-98 Later Charles Donnelly 1927, scrapped 1961
 129W Pennsylvania New York, Phila & Norfolk RR Co Ferry 747 1899 Later Owana 1902, Erie 1927, T. A. Ivey 1934, Erie 1968, scuttled as a breakwater 1975
Built by Detroit Shipbuilding
130 General John M. Wilson   Tug 106 1899  
131 Tashmoo White Star Line Ferry 1,344 May-00 Wrecked 1936
132 Angeline Presque Isle Tptn Co Laker 4,644 Oct-99 Scrapped 1965
133 Admiral American S.S.Co Laker 4,651 Dec-99 Later J. K. Dimmick 1916, Edward U. Demmer 1920, in collision and sank 1923
134 Harvard Pittsburgh S.S.Co Laker 5,054 Jun-00 Scrapped 1960
135 Simon J. Murphy Eddy-Shaw Transit Co Laker 4,869 Jul-00 Scrapped 1960
136 Howard L. Shaw Eddy-Shaw Tptn Co Laker 4,901 Oct-00 Sunk as breakwater 1969
137 James Battle   Tug 198 1900  
138 David M. Whitney J.C.Gilchrist Laker 4,626 May-01 Later Edwin L. Booth 1913, G. N. Wilson 19cr, Thomas Britt 1928, Buckeye 1943, scrapped 1969
139 Mars J.C.Gilchrist Laker 5,748 Apr-01 Later Martian 1913, scrapped 1937
140 Uranus J.C.Gilchrist Laker 5,748 May-01 Later W. C. Franz 1913, in collision and sank 1934
141 Hugoma Hugoma S.S.Co Cargo Ship 2,182 Oct-01 In collision and sank 1907
142 Colonel Michigan S.S.Co Laker 3,879 Jul-01 Scrapped 1954
143 Yosemite Yosemite S.S.Co Laker 3,879 Sep-01 Scrapped 1954
144 Eastern States Detroit & Buffalo Steamboat Co Ferry 3,077 May-02 Burnt 1956
145 Western States Detroit & Buffalo Steamboat Co Ferry 3,077 May-02 Burnt 1959
146 Greyhound White Star Line Ferry 1,392 Jun-02 Scrapped 1936
147 William F. Fitch Franklin Transit Co Laker 3,629 Apr-02 Scrapped 1951
148 Columbia Detroit, Belle Isle & Windsor Ferry Co Ferry 968 Jun-02 Preserved in Detroit
149 Muncy Erie & Western Tptn Co Ferry 3,863 Oct-02 Later C. T. Jaffray 1927, Roslagen 1948, scrapped 1959
150 Tionesta Erie & Western Tptn Co Ferry 4,329 Jan-03 Later Quintay 1945, wrecked 1949
151 S. N. Parent Great Lakes & St.Lawrence Tptn Co Cargo Ship 1,640 May-03 Later Veulettes 1916, Glenarm 1821, Camrose 1927, Plumleaf 1942, Blanche Hindman 1949, Parkdale 1952, scrapped 1959
152 Albert M. Marshall Great Lakes & St Lawrence Tptn Co Cargo Ship 1,640 Aug-03 Later Brignogan 1916, Fellowcraft 1929, scrapped 1959
153 James H. Reed Great Lakes & St Lawrence Tptn Co Cargo Ship 5,598 Aug-03 Later Arromanches 1916, torpedoed and lost 1916
154 A. D. Davidson Provident S.S.Co Laker 1,640 Jun-03 In collision and sank 1944
155 Western Star M.J.Cummings Laker 4,764 Nov-03 Later Glenisla 1918, Prescott 1926, scrapped 1962
156 Pere Marquette 14 Eastern Eqpt Co Ferry 2,531 1904 Scrapped 1957
157 Utica Western Transit Co Ferry 3,533 May-04 Later Quintay 1945, wrecked 1949
158 Amasa Stone Mesaba S.S.Co Laker 6,282 May-05 Scuttled 1965
159 Lyman C. Smith L.C.Smith Transit Co Laker 6,200 Jun-05 Later Martha Hindman 1966, Lac des Isles 1979, sank under tow 1981
160 Powell Stackhouse Mahoning S.S.Co Laker 6,171 Aug-05 Scrapped 1967
161 W. K. Bixby H.B.McMillan Laker 5,712 Apr-06 Later J. L. Reiss 1921, Sidney E. Smith Jr. 1971, in collision and sank 1972
162 E. D. Carter Carter S.S.Co Laker 6,359 Apr-06 Later Wm. T. Roberts 1916, Dow Chemical 1932, Norman J. Kopmeier 1939, Pinedale 1961, scrapped 1980
163 Harry Coulby L.C.Smith Transit Co Laker 6,495 Apr-06 Later Finland 1927, Peter Robertson 1969, Marinsal 1979, scrapped 1980
164 Sir Thomas Shaughnessey National S.S.Co Laker 6,276 Jun-06 Scrapped 1969
165 Samuel Mather Mesaba S.S.Co Laker 6,751 Aug-06 Later Pathfinder 1926, Goderich 1964, Soo River Trader 1980, Pineglen 1982, scrapped 1984
166 Britannia Detroit, Belle Isle & Windsor Ferry Co Ferry 791 1906 Scrapped 1961
167 W. E. Fitzgerald Chicago Nav Co Laker 4,940 Oct-06 Scrapped 1971
168 City of Cleveland Detroit & Cleveland Nav Co Ferry 4,568 1907 Later City of Cleveland III 1912, in collision 1950 and burnt 1954
169 J. H. Bartow Erie S.S.Co Laker 6,316 Apr-07 Later Pioneer 1919, scrapped 1961
170 Charles O. Jenkins Jenkins S.S.Co Laker 6,285 Jul-07 Later John W. Davin 1943, Michael Gallagher 1956, scrapped 1961
171 Calumet Lackawanna S.S.Co Laker 4,928 Aug-07 Scrapped 1960
172 Edwin N. Ohl Valley S.S.Co Laker 5,141 Oct-07 Later Michael Gallagher 1923, Michael G. Browning 1956, scrapped 1964
173 Caldera Croxton S.S.Co Laker 6,328 Jan-08 Later A. T. Kinney 1919, Hillsdale 1961, scrapped 1968
174 Thomas Barlurn Postal S.S.Co Laker 5,752 May-08 Later Algosteel 1935, scuttled as a breakwater 1967
175 Wainwright Wainwright S.S.Co Laker 4,937 Mar-08 Later W. C. Richardson 1916, scrapped 1992
176 A. E. Nettleton Wilkinson Tptn Co Laker 6,286 May-08 Scrapped 1973
177 Alpena Wyandotte Tptn Co Laker 2,886 May-09 Later Sidney E. Smith Jr. 1968, Alpena 1971, scrapped 1972
178 Benjamin Noble Capitol Tptn Co Cargo Ship 1,481 May-09 Foundered 1914
179 Conemaugh Erie & Western Tptn Co Cargo Ship 3,898 1909 Later W. W. Atterbury 1920, Pankakoski 1947, scrapped 1953
180 Rochester Richelieu & Ontario Nav Co Ferry 1,603 1910 Later Cape Eternity 1920, Georgian 1935, Avalon II 1942, bombed and lost 1944