Bethlehem Steel Company, Wilmington DE

(formerly Harlan & Hollingsworth [1837-1904])

Harlan & Hollingsworth started as a railcar manufacturer in 1837 and expanded into shipbuilding in 1841: it was one of the earliest iron shipbuilders.  It was bought by Bethlehem Steel in 1904 and closed in 1926.  Bethlehem reopened it in WWII to build landing craft but closed it again after the war: part of the yard was subsequently the Wilmington division of Dravo Shipbuilding.  See the site here (all that's left are the whirly cranes).  If anyone can add to the table below, please e-mail it to me at tim@coltoncompany.com 

Hull # Original Name Original Owner Type Tons Delivery Disposition
  Ashland George W. Aspinall Steamboat 182 1844 Abandoned 1858
  Ocean George W. Aspinall Steamboat 191 1844 Abandoned 1847
  Bangor Bangor Steam Navigation Co. Steamboat 212 1844 Sold Foreign 1849
  Wilmon Whillden Anthony Reybold Steamboat 241 1845 Abandoned 1890
  Delaware Winnissimet Ferry Ferry 296 1846 Abandoned 1881
  Willamette George W. Aspinwall Steamship 450 1849  
  Winnissimet Winnissimet Farry, Boston Ferry 272 1850 Abandoned 1879
  Victoria Freeman and Rawdon Steamboat 252 1850 Sold Foreign 1855
  Dido Camden and Philadelphia Ferry Ferry 176 1851 Abandoned 1870
  John M. Clayton Cornelius Vanderbilt Steamboat 150 1851  
  No Name Delaware and Chesapeake Canal Co. Barge 100 1851  
  Sir Henry Bulwer Cornelius Vanderbilt Steamboat 150 1851  
  Major Reybold Reybold Brothers Steamboat 461 1852 Abandoned 1908
  Richard Stockton Camden and Amboy Railroad Steamboat 651 1852 Abandoned 1895
  Wyoming Philadelphia & Havre de Grace Towboat Steamboat 313 1852 Abandoned 1886
  Zephyr   Steamboat 123 1852 Sold To Govt. 1861
  Maryland Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Ferry 1,150 1853 Sunk 1889
  Princess Anne   Ferry 129 1853 Abandoned 1858
  Isaac C. Lee Accessory Transit Company Steamboat 158 1854 Sold Foreign 1855
  Joseph Ogden   Steamboat 150 1854 Sold Foreign 1855
  San Carlos Accessory Transit Company Steamboat 421 1854 Sold Foreign 1855
  Thomas A. Morgan Rockhill, Burden, and others Passenger Steamer 681 1854 Converted 1903
  Thomas Sparks Philadelphia St. Prop. Co. Steamboat 373 1854 Sunk 1866
  Tri-Mountain Winnissimet Ferry Ferry 344 1854 Abandoned 1883
  Kahukee D. Clark, Scotland Neck Steamboat 150 1855 Sold To Govt. 1861
  Logan W. Whillden and others Steamboat 296 1855 Burned 1861
  No Name Delware and Raritan Canal Company Barge 100 1855  
  No Name U.S. Government   40 1855  
  No Name U.S. Government   40 1855  
  No Name U.S. Government   40 1855  
  No Name U.S. Government   40 1855  
  No Name U.S. Government   40 1855  
  Planet Philadelphia Stm. Prop. Co. Barge 282 1855 Sunk 1867
  Richard Willing Baltimore and Philadelphia Steamboat Steamboat 232 1855 Abandoned 1909
  Sophia Philadelphia Stm. Prop. Co. Barge 286 1855 Sunk 1866
  W. W. Harlee Wilmington and Raleigh R.R. Co. Ferry 241 1855 Sold To Govt. 1861
  Amazon John A. Moore Steamboat 372 1856 Snagged 1866