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Cleveland Shipbuilding, Cleveland OH

Most recent update: October 3, 2011.

Cleveland Shipbuilding was started in 1886 by Henry Coffinberry and Robert Wallace on the site of the Cuyahoga Steam Furnace Company, which was roughly where Detroit Avenue meets Center Street.  In 1897, they built a new shipyard in Lorain and relocated there, closing the Cleveland yard.

Hull # Original Name Original Owner Type GT Delivery Disposition
Built in Cleveland
1 Lackawanna M. M. Drake Laker 2,015 1888 Scrapped 1930
2 Scranton M. M. Drake Laker 2,015 1888 Later Ten 1927, Nine 1935, Starbuck 1942, scrapped 1957
3 Transfer Michigan Central Railroad Railroad Ferry 1,511 1888 Scrapped 1940
4 Frontenac Cleveland Iron Mining Co Laker 2,003 1889 Later Vaudreuil 1919, scrapped 1924
5 Pontiac Cleveland Iron Mining Co Laker 2,298 1889 Later Goudreau 1917, wrecked 1917
6 La Salle Lake Superior Iron Co Laker 1,856 Apr-90 Later Eastrich 1928, Howard Hindman 1943, Forestdale 1952, scrapped 1961
7 Joliet Lake Superior Iron Co Laker 1,921 Feb-90 In collision and sank 1911
8 J. H. Wade W. Chisholm Laker 1,863 May-99 Scrapped 1926
9 Western Reserve Minch Transit Co Laker 2,392 1890 Foundered 1892
10 W. H. Gilcher J. C. Gilchrist Laker 2,415 May-91 In collision and sank 1892
11 Wawatam Lake Superior Iron Co Laker 1,856 Apr-91 Later Glenlivet 1914, Saskatchewan 1926, scrapped 1937
12 Griffin Lake Superior Iron Co Dredge 1,856 Jun-91 Later Joseph S. Scobell 1937, scrapped 1970
13 Wadena   Yacht      
14 Amaranth (WAGL 201) U.S.Light House Service Lighthouse Tender   Apr-92 Later South Wind 1949, Ocean Transport no. 451957, scrapped 1969
15 Ciscoe   Tug 13    
16 Andaste Lake Superior Iron Co Laker 1,573 Apr-92 Foundered 1929
17 Choctaw Lake Superior Iron Co Laker 1,573 Jun-92 In collision and sank 1915
18 Yuma Wilson Transit Co Laker 3,042 Apr-93 Later Blue Hill 1918, Presidente Estrada 1920, Blue Hill 1923, Trader 1925, Cohasset 1930, in collision and sank 1949
19 Alva M. A. Bradley Laker 2,419 Jul-93 Later Minnetonka 1911, Glenfinnan 1914, Renfrew 1926, scrapped 1937
20 I. W. Nicholas The Minch Transit Co Laker 2,624 Sep-94 Later Inland 1914, scrapped 1937
21 Chili M. M. Drake Laker 2,584 May-95 Later Sarnian 1913, wrecked 1943
22 Yale R. R. Rhodes Laker 3,453 Aug-95 Later Charlotte Graveraet Breitung 1916, T. K. Maher 1919, D. E. Callendar 1925, wrecked 1934
23 W. D. Rees Wilson Transit Co Laker 3,760 Mar-96 Later Leetsdale 1951, scrapped 1955
24 Queen City Zenith Transit Co Laker 3,979 May-96 Scrapped 1946
25 Edna G   Tug 154   To Two Harbors MN as museum 1984
26 James Watt Bessemer S.S.Co Laker 4,090 Oct-96 Scrapped 1961
27 Andrew Carnegie Wilson Transit Co Laker 4,106 Mar-97 Later A. W. Osborne 1915, scrapped 1946
28 Empire City Zenith Transit Co Laker 4,118 Sep-97 Later Sumatra 1930, Dolomite 1962, scrapped 1968
Built in Lorain
29 Superior City Zenith Transit Co Laker 4,795 May-98 In collision and sank 1920
30 Presque Isle W. G. Mather Laker 4,578 Jul-98 Later E. M. Ford 1956
31 Clarence A. Black Northern Lakes S.S.Co Laker 4,521 Oct-98 Scrapped 1946
32 Huron Lower Lake S.S.Co Laker 1,945 Aug-98 Later Huronton 1920, in collision and sank 1923
33 Pennsylvania A. B. Wolvin Laker 4,840 May-99 Later Mataafa 1899, scrapped 1964
34 Henry W. Oliver Wilson Transit Co Laker 4,909 May-99 Later S. H. Robins 1915, Burlington 1948, scrapped 1967
35 Eureka Eureka Tptn Co Laker 2,122 Jun-99 Later Ketchikan 1917, Nezina 1928, scrapped 1937
36 Texas Cleveland SB Co Laker 5,229 Sep-99 Later Malietowa 1899, scrapped 1963
37 John W. Gates Pittsburgh S.S.Co Laker 5,946 Mar-00 Scrapped 1961
38 James J. Hill Pittsburgh S.S.Co Laker 6,025 May-00 Scuttled 1962
39 Isaac L. Elwood American S.S.Co Laker 5,085 May-00 Subcontracted to West Bay City SB, scrapped 1961
40 William Edenborn American S.S.Co Laker 5,085 Jun-00 Subcontracted to West Bay City SB, sunk as breakwater 1962