Cramp Shipbuilding, Philadelphia PA                                        Most recent update: May 27, 2010.

William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Company was a major shipbuilder with a very distinguished but also very uneven history going back to the 1820s.  It was bought by Averell Harriman's American Ship & Commerce Corporation in 1919 and closed in 1927.  The yard stretched from Norris Street to Lehigh Avenue, on nearly a quarter of a mile of water-front and over 30 acres.  It was revived for the WWII effort, with the encouragement of the Navy, which provided $22mm toward the cost, but with only limited success.  Cramp Shipbuilding closed permanently after the war ended.  See the site from the air on Google here.  If anyone can provide any more information about this yard's early years and the ships it built, please e-mail it to me at timcolton@aol.com

Hull # Original Name Original Owner Vessel Type Navy Type Pennant # Tons Delivery Disposition
  Elizabeth   Sloop       1826  
  Sampson   Tug       1846  
  Aspinwall   Tug       1847  
  War Eagle   Pungy       1848  
  Lehigh   Tug     153 1849  
  Caroline   Passenger Ship       1849  
35 Albatross   Passenger Ship     661 1851  
  Stilwell S. Bishop   Clipper       1851  
56 Mount Savage   Collier     452 1853  
57 Locust Point   Cargo Ship     462 1853  
58 General Armero   Passenger Ship     335 1852  
59 Carolina   Passenger Ship     550 1853  
60 Polynesian   Passenger Ship     475 1853  
61 Underwriter   Tug     433 1854  
62 Liberatador   Gunboat     355 1859  
67 Morning Light   Clipper       1853  
68 Chamberlin   Clipper       1855  
71 Bridgewater   Clipper       1853  
72 Manitou   Clipper       1855  
75 John Trucks   Clipper       1855  
85 Alphonso   Passenger Ship     575 1857  
86 Cardenas   Passenger Ship     575 1857  
87 Comanditaus   Passenger Ship     563 1858  
88 Maisi   Passenger Ship     895 1859  
92 Mobile   Passenger Ship     282 1860  
93 Carolina No.2   Passenger Ship     559 1861  
107 Bahia Honda   Cargo Ship     450 1862  
108 New Ironsides US Navy Battleship     4,120 21-Aug-62 Burned 1866
110 John Rice   Passenger Ship     782 1862  
111 Tonawanda   Passenger Ship     782 1863  
112 Thomas A.Scott   Passenger Ship     1,052 1863  
113 Wyalusing US Navy Gunboat     1,173 8-Feb-64 Scrapped 1867
  Havana   Gunboat     1,400 1863  
118 Charles Thomas   Passenger Ship     1,155 Jan-64  
119 Yazoo US Navy Gunboat     1,175 15-Dec-65 Later Tartar 1869, Yazoo 1869, scrapped 1874
121 Governor Chase   Passenger Ship     750 Feb-64  
126 Chattanooga U.S.Navy Cruiser     3,043 16-May-66 Foundered League Island 1871 and sold
128 Ibiapaba              
131 E.C.Knight   Passenger Ship     421 1864  
132 John Gibson   Passenger Ship     444 1864  
134 Tonawanda No.2   Passenger Ship     844 1863  
135 Emily/Stanton U.S.Army Cargo Ship     311 1864  
136 Welles U.S.Army Cargo Ship     335 1864  
137 Porter U.S.Army Cargo Ship     280 1864  
138 Foote U.S.Army Cargo Ship     319 1864  
142 Moneka   Passenger Ship     549 1865  
143 Agnes   Passenger Ship     448 1865  
  Shackamaxon   Ferry     393 1866 Completed by Neafie & Levy
  William H. Aspinwall   Tug     202 1866 Abandoned 1888
147 City Ice Boat No.1   Icebreaker     325 1866  
  Bruce   Tug     118 1867 Abandoned 1925
153 City Ice Boat No.2   Icebreaker     458 1867 Abandoned 1955
158 Ailanthus US Coast Guard Lighthouse Tender     295 1869  
159 Bessie Morris   Schooner       1869  
160 Clyde Clyde Line Cargo Ship     1,182 Jul-70  
161 Verbena US Coast Guard Lighthouse Tender     294 1870  
  Laura         24 1869  
  Minnie         20 1869  
  Georgia         1,643 1870  
  Bristol   Passenger Ship     152 1871  
  Edith         24 1871  
  Emily         25 1871  
  Mary   Cargo Ship     861 1873  
179 George W.Clyde NY and San Domingo Line Cargo Ship     1,849 Jan-73  
180 Pennsylvania American Line Passenger/Cargo     3,104 May-73  
181 Ohio American Line Passenger/Cargo     3,392 Jul-73  
182 Indiana American Line Passenger/Cargo     3,335 Oct-73  
183 Illinois American Line Passenger/Cargo     3,126 Jan-74  
184 Columbus   Passenger/Cargo     1,583 Sep-73  
185 Crescent City   Passenger Ship       1873  
186 Reading Philadelphia & Reading RR Collier     1,283 Nov-73  
187 Harrisburg Philadelphia & Reading RR Collier     1,283 Mar-74 Barge 1906, scrapped 1924
188 Lancaster Philadelphia & Reading RR Collier     1,204 Jun-74 Barge 1907
189 Williamsport Philadelphia & Reading RR Collier     1,283 Sep-74 In collision and sank off Pollock Rip 1902
190 Allentown Philadelphia & Reading RR Collier     1,285 Oct-74 Foundered off Cohasset 1888
191 Pottsville Philadelphia & Reading RR Collier     1,204 Nov-74 Barge 1904
192 South Carolina           1874  
193 Transport   Ferry     318 1874  
194 Stephens   Tug       1874  
195 Terror U.S. Navy Monitor BM 4 3,990 15-Apr-96 Sold 1921
196 Colonel Thomas A. Scott   Passenger/Cargo     164 1874  
197 Saint Paul Alaskan Fur Co Cargo Ship     889 Aug-75 Wrecked near Point Punos LH 1895
198 William Cramp   Tug     56 1877  
199 Pioneer   Tug     161 1878  
200 State of California/Europe Imperial Russian Navy Cruiser     3,170 1878 Later Yaroslavl 1885, Jaroslaw 1890, Evropa 1895, Europa 1918, scuttled Helsinki 1918
201 Blanche   Tug     94 1878  
202 State of California Pacific Coast SS Co. Passenger Ship     2,266 Mar-79 Wrecked Gambier Bay AK 1913
203 Zabiaca Imperial Russian Navy Cruiser     668 1879  
204 Asia Imperial Russian Navy Corvette     2,490 1897  
205 Africa Imperial Russian Navy Corvette     2,852 1879  
206 Barcelona           1879  
207 Chalmette Morgan Line Passenger/Cargo     2,983 Oct-79 Scrapped 1924
208 Gratitude   River Steamer     214 Feb-80  
209 Confidence   Tug     85 1880  
210 Josephine N. B. Shoe Schooner     366 Jun-80 Barge 1911
211 Corsair C. J. Osborn Yacht     247 Jul-80  
212 Stranger George Osgood Yacht     247 Jul-80 To USN 1898, to Louisiana Naval Militia 1898, sank 1915
213               Cancelled
214               Cancelled
215 Arthur   Lighter       1880  
216 Wilmington   Passenger Ship     161 Mar-82  
217     Scow       1881  
218 Caracas Red D Line Passenger/Cargo     1,589 1881 Wrecked Yaquina Bay 1888
219 Cetus Iron Steamboat Co Passenger Ship     847 1881 Later Reliance 1933, scrapped 1936
220 Pegasus Iron Steamboat Co Passenger Ship     848 1881 Later America 1933, scrapped 1935
221 Perseus Iron Steamboat Co Passenger Ship     848 1881 Later Columbia 1933, scrapped 1935
222 Taurus Iron Steamboat Co Passenger Ship     917 1881 Later Commodore 1933, scrapped 1936
223 Alleghany Merchants' and Miners' Line Passenger/Cargo     2,014 1881 Later Copan 1916, scrapped 1937
224 Berkshire Merchants' and Miners' Line Passenger/Cargo     2,014 1881 Later Luxor 1925, scrapped 1926
225 City Of Puebla   Passenger/Cargo     2,624 1881 Scrapped 1923
226                
227 Queen Of The Pacific Oregon Ry. and Nav. Co. Passenger/Cargo     2,728 1882 Later Queen 1890, scrapped 1935
228 Valencia Red D Line Passenger/Cargo     1,598 1882 Wrecked off Cloose CA 1906
229     Caisson       1881  
230 Tacoma Central Pacific Rwy. Passenger/Cargo     3,119 1882 Wrecked near Umpqua River 1883