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Bethlehem Steel Company, Baltimore MD

(formerly Skinner & Sons [1827-1872], Maister & Reaney [1872-1880], Columbian Iron Works & Dry Dock Company [1880-1899], Baltimore Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company [1899-1906], Skinner Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company [1906-1915] and Baltimore Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company [1915-1922])

Most recent update: July 31, 2010.

This shipyard was at the foot of Federal Hill and subsequently became Bethlehem's Key Highway repair yard, which is still in operation as General Ship Repair.  (Note that several sources say that it subsequently became Bethlehem's Fairfield yard, but this is clearly incorrect, as the Fairfield yard was the other side of the harbor from Federal Hill.)  See the shipyard from the air on Google here.  If anyone can provide any information about these yards or add to the table below, please e-mail it to me at timcolton@aol.com

Yard # USSB # Original Name Original Owner Type Tons Delivered Disposition
Built by Maister & Reaney
    Tench Coxe U.S. Coast Guard Revenue Cutter 39 23-Oct-76 Sold 1893
    Alexander Jones     133 1877  
    Camilla     40 1877  
    Chronometer   Yacht 8 1878  
    Enoch Pratt     571 1878  
    Canton     62 1879  
    F. C. Latrobe     726 1879  
13   Robert Garrett Broadway & Locust Point Ferry 437 1881  
Built by Columbian Iron Works
    Britannia     66 1883  
    Robert Garrett Staten Island Rapid Transit Ferry 1,592 1888 Later Stapleton 1906, Express 1915, York River 1940, scrapped 1956
    Erastus Winan Staten Island Rapid Transit Ferry 1,587 1888  
    Annapolis City of Baltimore Icebreaker 877 1889 Scrapped 1961
    Petrel (PG 2) US Navy Gunboat 890 10-Dec-89 Sold 1920
74   Maverick S.O. Co. of NY Tanker 1,721 May-90 Sank 1917
    Montgomery (C 9) US Navy Cruiser 2,089 21-Jun-94 Later Anniston 1918, sold 1919
    Detroit (C 10) US Navy Cruiser 2,089 20-Jul-93 Sold 1910
    Plunger (SS 0) US Navy Submarine 149   Cancelled 1900 after trials
    Foote (TB 3) US Navy Torpedo Boat 142 7-Aug-97 Later CTB 1 1918, sold 1920
    Rodgers (TB 4) US Navy Torpedo Boat 142 2-Apr-98 Later CTB 2 1918, sold 1920
    Winslow (TB 5) US Navy Torpedo Boat 142 29-Dec-97 Sold 1911
    McKee (TB 18) US Navy Torpedo Boat 65 16-May-98 Scuttled 1920
    Argonaut     15 1897  
84   Cumberland Consolidation Coal Tug 377 Jun-98 Later John Roen V 1950, Trio Bravo 1981, scuttled 1981
85   Piedmont Consolidation Coal Tug 391 Jan-99 Later Harry F. Keeler 1928, scrapped 1935
87   Savage Consolidation Coal Tug 410 1899 Scrapped 1939
88   Hartford Hartford & NY Tptn. Passenger Ship 1,488 Sep-99 Scrapped 1937
  Queen Anne Queen Anne Ferry Co. Passenger Ship 651 1899 Later Rockaway 1925, scrapped 1930
90   Sachem   Tug 195 1900  
Built by Baltimore Shipbuilding & Dry Dock
    Seminole U.S. Coast Guard Revenue Cutter 845 3-Sep-00 To FERA 1935
  Queen Caroline Queen Anne Ferry Co. Passenger Ship 641 1902  
  Magnolia     560 1903  
  Ivy     560 1903  
    Winnebago     1,091 1903  
    John C. Howard     1,244 1903  
  Anne Arundel     630 1904  
    Tingey (TB 34) US Navy Torpedo Boat 165 7-Jan-04 Later CTB 17 1918, sold 1920
  Ludington Patton   Tug   2-Apr-05 Later Bouker No. 6 and U. E. Empire
  George F. Randolph     175 1905  
  Hugh L. Bond, Jr.     201 1905  
Built by Skinner Shipbuilding
      Tug   1906  
      Tug   1906  
      Tug   1906  
  Ohio   Derrick Lighter 250 1907  
  Baltimore   Tug 81 1907  
  S. O. Co. No. 16 Standard Oil   175 1907  
  S. O. Co. No. 17 Standard Oil   175 1907  
  S. O. Co. No. 18 Standard Oil   175 1907  
  S. O. Co. No. 19 Standard Oil   175 1907  
      Open Lighter   1908  
      Open Lighter   1908  
      Covered Lighter   1908  
      Covered Lighter   1908  
44   McAllister 44 McAllister Towing Tug 191 1908 Later Roderick McAllister 1955, now Carla Ann Selvick, active
  George L. Potter   Tug 220 1909  
  Lynnhaven   Tug 145 1910  
  Comet   Tug 104 1910  
  Deluge   Fireboat 330 1910  
      Derrick Lighter 326 1910  
      Derrick Lighter 326 1910  
      Derrick Lighter 326 1910  
      Derrick Lighter 326 1910  
      Derrick Lighter 326 1910  
      Derrick Lighter 326 1910  
  B. & O. RR Co. No. 75 B. & O. RR Co. Car Float 518 1910  
  B. & O. RR Co. No. 77 B. & O. RR Co. Car Float 518 1910  
    Deluge     313 1911  
55   Spartan   Tug 226 Jun-12  
    Radium                  Gulf Refining Tug 339 Dec-12 Converted to cargo ship Virginian 1957, Islander 1979, scrapped 1990
  Invincible   Tug 231 1913  
  Newark   Tug 231 1913  
      Tug 135 1913  
      Tug 135 1913  
Built by Baltimore Dry Dock & Shipbuilding
74   Bramell Point Vacuum Oil Co. Tanker 3,250 Nov-16 Later Los Alamos, R. W. McIlvain, Aztec and Azteca, scrapped 1963
75   Pennant        Pierce Oil Corp. Tanker 3,250 Dec-16 Later Purol and Murmanil, scrapped 1959
76   Holden Evans Continental Tptn. Tanker 3,250 Feb-17 Later Oilvigor, Celia Campanela, Empire Prize and Bankivia, scrapped 1949
77   Charles Braley   American Italian Comm'l. Corp. Tanker 3,250 Apr-17 Burnt 1922
78 Req. William Isom US Shipping Board Tanker 3,250 Nov-17 Later Edwin B. de Golia and Demosthenes, scrapped 1955
79   Joseph Cudahy Sinclair Gulf Corp. Tanker 3,250 Jul-17 Sunk 1918
80   Albert Watts Sinclair Gulf Corp. Tanker 3,250 May17 Sunk 1917
81 Req. General de Castelnau/Elinor US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 4,280 Mar-18 Scrapped 1930
82 Req. War Whale/Luella US Shipping Board Cargo Ship  4,153 27-May-18 Scrapped 1933
83 Req. North Pole US Shipping Board Refrigerator Cargo Ship  4,131 14-Jan-19 Scrapped 1935
84 Req. South Pole US Shipping Board Refrigerator Cargo Ship  4,116 2-Dec-18 Scrapped 1935
85   Howard Greene   Tug 147 1917 To USN as Catawba (YT 32), sold 1946
86 Req. Warrenton/Polar Sea US Shipping Board Refrigerator Cargo Ship  4,111 23-Oct-18 Scrapped 1935
87 Req. Polar Land US Shipping Board Refrigerator Cargo Ship  4,297 5-Nov-18 Foundered 1919
88 Req. War Neptune/Polar Bear US Shipping Board Refrigerator Cargo Ship  4,297 3-Dec-18 Scrapped 1930
89 Req. War Venus/Polar Star US Shipping Board Refrigerator Cargo Ship  4,297 4-Jan-19 Scrapped 1930
90   Ludington Patton   Tug 285 1919 Now "Ascension", still active in Lutcher LA
91 Req. Laurel    US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 4,296 Mar-19 Scrapped 1930
92 Req. Calvert   US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 4,071 May-19 Scrapped 1930
93   Avocet (AM 19) US Navy Minesweeper 950 17-Sep-19 Later AVP 4, struck 1962
94   Bobolink (AM 20) US Navy Minesweeper 950 28-Jan-19 Later ATO 131, struck 1946
95   Lark (AM 21) US Navy Minesweeper 950 12-Apr-19 Later ATO 168, struck
96 192 Naiwa US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 6,240 4-Nov-18 Scrapped 1929
97 193 Namekagon US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 6,231 27-Dec-18 Later Fort Wayne, scrapped 1929
98 194 Osawatomie                      US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,720 Jan-19 Scrapped 1934
99 195 Oscoda                          US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,780 Mar-19 Scrapped 1929
100 196 Galahad                         US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,728 Apr-19 Scrapped 1930
101 197 Yesoking                        US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,749 May-19 Scrapped 1929
102 198 Benoni                          US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 6,330 Jul-19 Scrapped 1930
103 199 Dauperata                       US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,720 Sep-19 Scrapped 1930
104   Pigeon (AM 47) US Navy Minesweeper 950 15-Jul-19 Later ASR 6, sunk 1942
105   Redwing (AM 48) US Navy Minesweeper 950 17-Oct-19 Later ARS 4, sunk 1943
106   Raven (AM 49) US Navy Minesweeper 950   Cancelled 1918
107   Shrike (AM 50) US Navy Minesweeper 950   Cancelled 1918
108 1244 Bethelridge US Shipping Board Tanker 7,366 Jan-20 Later Malacca and Ponca City, scrapped 1947
109 1245 Betterton US Shipping Board Tanker 7,366 Mar-20 Later Tide Penn and Brezza, scrapped 1963
110 1246 Berington/Miller County US Shipping Board Tanker 7,366 May-20 Later Aurora, Jamestown and Mariveles (IX 197), scrapped 1948
111 1247 Begbee/Cecil County US Shipping Board Tanker 7,641 Jul-20 Later Cities Service Kansas, Mosoil and Matapan, scrapped 1954
112 1248 Bidwell US Shipping Board Tanker 7,641 Sep-20 Scrapped 1965
113 1249 Hampton Roads US Shipping Board Tanker 7,641 Dec-20 Later Cities Service Oklahoma and Victoria, scrapped 1953
114 2858 District of Columbia  US Shipping Board Tanker 7,641 Feb-21 Later Serapis and District of Columbia, scrapped 1947
115 2859 Tuxpanoil US Shipping Board Tanker 7,245 Mar-21 Later Herman Falk and Cities Service Ohio, scrapped 1947
116 2860 Tulsagas US Shipping Board Tanker 7,245 May-21 Later Tydolgas and Aurora, scrapped 1955
117 2861 Lio US Shipping Board Tanker 7,245 Aug-21 Scrapped 1937
118 1254 Clement Smith US Shipping Board Tanker 7,506 Oct-20 Completed privately, later Cities Service Missouri, sunk 1943
119 1255   US Shipping Board Tanker      
120 1337 Dannedaike US Shipping Board Tanker 4,311 Dec-21 Scrapped 1946
121 1338 Danville US Shipping Board Tanker 4,310 Apr-20 Later Ministro Lobos, scrapped 1960
122 1339 City of Freeport US Shipping Board Tanker 4,469 Sep-20 Later Pueblo, scrapped 1954
123 1340 Warwick US Shipping Board Tanker 4,469 Jan-21 Later Santa Maria, scrapped 1951
124   S.O. Co. No. 7 S.O. Co. of NJ Tanker 292 Jul-21 Later Petrolia No. 7 and Esso Delivery No. 7, scrapped 1958
125 1341 Fort McHenry US Shipping Board Tanker 4,218 Aug-22 Completed privately, later Vacoil, Schulau and Eocene, sunk 1942
126 1342 Macy Willis US Shipping Board Tanker 7,096 Feb-22 Completed privately, later Francis E. Powell, sunk 1942
  Torrent City of Baltimore Ferry 340 1921