William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilders

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	Bishop, Simons & Co.	Clipper			1,401	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
	Burlington					814	1869
	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	Later Pinellas, to USN 1942 as Seabrook (YFB 38), returned to owner 1946
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
231	San Pedro	Central Pacific Rwy.	Cargo Ship			3,119	1882	Wrecked off Victoria BC 1891
232	George W. Pride, Jr.		Tug			177	1883	To USN 1898 as Vigilant (YT 25), sold 1928
233	Mariposa	Oceanic Steamship Co.	Passenger/Cargo			3,158	Apr-83	Wrecked in Sumner Strait AK 1917
234	Alameda	Oceanic Steamship Co.	Passenger/Cargo			3,158	1883	Burnt 1931
235	Atalanta	Jay Gould	Yacht			509	Jun-83
236	Kinau	Wilder SS Co.	Passenger/Cargo			993	1883	Wrecked in the Pasig River 1941
237	Hinton		Tug			90	1883
238	Ivanhoe					94	1883
239	San Pablo	Central Pacific Rwy.	Cargo Ship			3,119	1883	Wrecked between Yokohama and Hong Kong 1888
240	H.F.Dimock	Metropolitan Line	Cargo Ship			2,626	1884	Scrapped 1931
241	Eureka	Morgan Line	Cargo Ship			3,531	Aug-84	In collision and sank 1888
242	El Paso	Morgan Line	Passenger/Cargo			3,531	1884	Scrapped 1924
243	El Dorado	Morgan Line	Passenger/Cargo			3,531	1884	Missing between Cape Hatteras and Galveston 1913
244	Relief		Tug			204	1884
245	Philadelphia	Red D Line	Passenger/Cargo			2,099	Feb-85	Scrapped 1925
246	Peerless	Charles W. Harkness	Yacht			228	1885
247	Mascotte	Plant Line	Passenger/Cargo			884	1885	Abandoned 1929
248	John King	Erie RR	Ferry			1,057	1886	Later Patterson 1898, in collision and sank in North River NY 1906
249	El Monte	Morgan Line	Cargo Ship			3,531	Aug-86	Wrecked off Le Havre 1924
250	Cherokee	Clyde Line	Passenger/Cargo			2,557	Nov-86	Later Tampa 1923, Western Wave 1930, Texan 1932, scrapped 1939
251	Seminole	Clyde Line	Passenger/Cargo			2,557	1886	Wrecked Yuma Bay 1915
252	Herman Winter	Metropolitan Line	Cargo Ship			2,626	1886	Wrecked 1944
253	Olivette	Plant Line	Passenger/Cargo			1,678	1887	Wrecked off Havana 1918
254	Baltimore	US Navy	Cruiser	C	3	4,413	7-Jan-90	Later CM 1, scuttled off Pearl Harbor 1944
255	Yorktown	US Navy	Gunboat	PG	1	1,700	23-Apr-89	Scrapped 1921
256	Vesuvius	US Navy	Cruiser	CD		930	7-Jun-90	Scrapped 1922
257	Philadelphia	US Navy	Cruiser	C	4	4,324	28-Jul-90	Later IX 24, scrapped 1927
258	Newark	US Navy	Cruiser	C	1	4,083	2-Feb-91	Scrapped 1926
259	Monmouth	Central RR of New Jersey	Passenger Ship			1,440	Jul-88	Scrapped 1944
260	Iroquois	Clyde Line	Passenger/Cargo			2,944	Dec-88	Scrapped 1926
261	El Mar	Morgan Line	Cargo Ship			3,531	Aug-89	Scrapped 1924
262	Caracas		Passenger/Cargo			2,584	Sep-89	Scrapped 1926
263	Venezuela	Red D Line	Passenger/Cargo			2,843	Dec-89	To USN 1898 as Panther, converted 1917 to AD 5, scrapped 1923
264	H.M.Whitney	Metropolitan Line	Cargo Ship			2,707	Jun-90	Sank while under tow off Horta 1928
265	Essex	Merchants' and Miners' Line	Passenger/Cargo			2,531	Aug-90	Wrecked Block Is 1941
266	Algonquin	Clyde Line	Passenger Ship			2,833	Sep-90	Scrapped 1924
267	El Sol	Morgan Line	Cargo Ship			4,523	Oct-90	To USN 1898 as Prairie, converted 1917 to AD 6, scrapped 1923
268	New York	US Navy	Cruiser	ACR	2	8,150	1-Aug-93	Later Saratoga (CA 2) 1911, Rochester 1917, scuttled in Subic Bay 1941
269	Columbia	US Navy	Cruiser	C	12	7,375	23-Apr-94	Later CA 16, scrapped 1922
270	Indiana	US Navy	Battleship	BB	1	10,288	20-Nov-95	Sunk as target 1920
271	Massachusetts	US Navy	Battleship	BB	2	10,288	10-Jun-96	Sunk as target 1921
272	Atlas	US Navy	Derrick Barge	YD	1		1892	Burnt 1937
273	Minneapolis	US Navy	Cruiser	C	13	7,375	13-Dec-94	Later CA 17, scrapped 1921
274	Columbia	J. H. Ladew	Yacht			780	Feb-94	Later Wasp 1898, Columbia 1926, abandoned 1935
275	Brooklyn	US Navy	Cruiser	ACR	3	9,215	1-Dec-96	Later CA 3, scrapped 1921
276	Iowa	US Navy	Battleship	BB	4	11,410	15-Jun-97	Later IX 6, sunk as target 1923
277	St.Louis	International Nav.	Passenger Ship			11,629	May-95	To USN 1898 as SP 1644, later Louisville 1918, St. Louis 1919, Burnt Hoboken NJ 1920
278	St.Paul	International Nav.	Passenger Ship			11,629	Oct-95	To USN 1898 as SP 1643, later Knoxville, capsized New York 1918, scrapped 1923
279								Cancelled
280								Cancelled
281								Cancelled
282	Lebanon	Philadelphia & Reading RR	Collier			1,486	Oct-94	Later Taboga 1922, Homestead 1926, foundered in Humber Arm NL 1932
283	Comanche	Clyde Line	Passenger Ship			3,202	Nov-95	fire off Mayport 17.10.25 & beached 20.10.25
284	Thespia	J. H. Ladew	Yacht			311	Apr-96
285	Curacao	Atlantic & Caribbean S.N.	Passenger/Cargo			1,503	Dec-96	Later Hellenic Skipper 1940, burnt off Astoria OR 1940
286	Tamaqua	Philadelphia & Reading RR	Tug			564	Jan-96	Later Brooklyn 1942, to US Army 1942 as LT 232, deleted 1948
287	Atlanta	Southern Rlwy Co	Passenger Ship			2,094	May-96	Later Cambridge 1919, wrecked off Sao Luiz de Maranhao 1950
288	Hugh McCulloch	US Coast Guard	Cutter	WPG	3	1,280	12-Dec-97	Sank 1917
289	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania RR	Ferry			1,273	Oct-96	To Delaware River interests 1939, scrapped 1952
290	Alabama	US Navy	Battleship	BB	8	11,565	16-Oct-00	Sunk as target 1921
291	Kasagi	Imperial Japanese Navy	Cruiser			4,900	Dec-98	Wrecked in Tsugaru Strait 1916
292	Miami	Plant Line	Passenger Ship			1,741	Dec-97	Later Steel Pier 1932, scrapped 1949
293	Dorothea	Estate of T. McKean	Yacht			420	Dec-98	Abandoned 1926
294	Havana	New York & Cuba Mail	Passenger Ship			5,667	Jan-99	Later Panama 1905, Aleutian 1926, wrecked Uyak Bay, Amook Is, 1929
295	Mexico	New York & Cuba Mail	Passenger/Cargo			5,667	Jun-99	Later Colon 1906, Yukon 1923, wrecked Johnstone Bay, Prince William Sound 1946
296	Admiral Dewey	American Mail S.S.Co	Passenger/Cargo			2,104	Oct-98	Scrapped 1935
297	Admiral Sampson	American Mail S.S.Co	Passenger/Cargo			2,104	Nov-98	In collision off Seattle and sank 1914
298	Admiral Schley	American Mail S.S.Co	Passenger/Cargo			2,104	Dec-98	Scrapped 1935
299	Admiral Farragut	American Mail S.S.Co	Passenger/Cargo			2,104	Dec-98	Scrapped 1935
300	Retvizan	Imperial Russian Navy	Battleship			12,700	Dec-01	Later Hizen 1905, sunk as target 1924
301	Varyag	Imperial Russian Navy	Cruiser			6,500	Jul-00	Later Soya 1905, Varyag 1916, wrecked under tow off Scotland 1920
302	Maine	US Navy	Battleship	BB	10	12,500	29-Dec-02	Scrapped 1922
303	Morro Castle	New York & Cuba Mail	Passenger Ship			6,004	Oct-00	Scrapped 1926
304	Sierra	Oceanic S.S.Co	Passenger Ship			5,989	Oct-00	Later Gdansk 1821, Sierra 1824, scrapped 1934
305	Sonoma	Oceanic S.S.Co	Passenger Ship			6,253	Nov-00	Scrapped 1934
306	Ventura	Oceanic S.S.Co	Passenger Ship			6,253	Dec-00	Scrapped 1934
307			Pontoon				1901
308			Caisson				1901
309	Esperanza	New York & Cuba Mail	Passenger Ship			4,702	May-01	Wrecked Tampico 1925
310	Monterey	New York & Cuba Mail	Passenger Ship			4,702	Jun-01	Scrapped 1931
311	Kroonland	Intl Mercantile Marine	Passenger Ship			12,760	Jun-02	Scrapped 1927
312	Finland	Intl Mercantile Marine	Passenger Ship			12,760	Sep-02	Scrapped 1928
313	Apache	Clyde Line	Passenger Ship			3,378	Jun-01	Scrapped 1928
314	Arapahoe	Clyde Line	Passenger Ship			3,378	Jul-01	Scrapped 1928
315	Medjidiye	Ottoman Navy	Cruiser			3,300	Mar-04
316	Colorado	US Navy	Cruiser	ACR	7	13,680	19-Jan-05	Later Pueblo (CA 7) 1917, scrapped 1931
317	Nebraska/Pennsylvania	US Navy	Cruiser	ACR	4	13,680	9-Mar-05	Later Pittsburgh (CA 4) 1912, scrapped 1931
318	Col.E.L.Drake	Standard Oil of New York	Tanker			4,205	Apr-03	Scrapped 1926
319	Huron	Clyde Line	Cargo Ship			2,949	Dec-02	Scrapped 1931
320	Asbury Park	Central RR	Ferry			2,128	May-03	Later City of Sacramento 1919, Kahloke 1953, Langdale Queen 1963, Lady Grace 1976, hulked 1988, sank 2008, salvaged 2009
321	Kiowa	Clyde Line	Cargo Ship			2,949	Jun-03	In collision off Boston Light and sank 1903
322	Tennessee	US Navy	Cruiser	CA	10	14,500	17-Jul-06	Later Memphis (CA 10) 1915, wrecked off Santo Domingo 1916
323	M.S.Quay	State of Pennsylvania	Tug			133	Feb-04
324	Transfer No.16	NY, NH & Hartford RR	Tug			268	Apr-04
325	Transfer No.17	NY, NH & Hartford RR	Tug			268	Apr-04
326	Transfer No.18	NY, NH & Hartford RR	Tug			268	Apr-04
327	Mississippi	US Navy	Battleship	BB	23	13,000	1-Feb-08	To Greece 1914 as Kilkis, sunk by German aircraft 1941
328	Idaho	US Navy	Battleship	BB	24	13,000	1-Apr-08	To Greece 1914 as Lemnos, sunk by German aircraft 1941
329	Mohican	Clyde Line	Cargo Ship			2,255	Sep-04	Burnt off NE Florida 1925
330	Chippewa	Clyde Line	Cargo Ship			2,696	May-05	Scrapped 1928
331	Onondaga	Clyde Line	Cargo Ship			2,696	Jun-05	Wrecked off Watch Hill RI 1918
332	Merida	New York & Cuba Mail	Passenger/Cargo			6,207	Apr-06	In collision off Cape Charles and sank 1911
333	John Weaver	City of Philadelphia	Icebreaker			1,769	Mar-06	Scrapped 1953
334								Cancelled
335	Mexico	New York & Cuba Mail	Passenger/Cargo			6,207	May-06	Later Aleutian 1930, Tradewind 1955, scrapped 1956
336	Transfer No.19	NY, NH & Hartford RR	Tug			270	Nov-05
337	Transfer No.20	NY, NH & Hartford RR	Tug			270	Dec-05
338	Momus	Southern Pacific Co	Passenger/Cargo			6,878	Nov-06	Scrapped 1935
339	Antilles	Southern Pacific Co	Passenger/Cargo			6,878	Apr-07	Torpedoed and lost 1917
340	Havana	New York & Cuba Mail	Passenger/Cargo			6,391	Jan-07	To USN 1917 as Comfort (AH 3), later Havana 1927, Yucatan 1935, Agwileon 1941, Shamrock 1943, scrapped 1947
341	Saratoga	New York & Cuba Mail	Passenger/Cargo			6,391	Jun-07	To USN 1917 as Mercy (AH 4), sold 1925, scrapped 1939
342	Massachusetts	New England Nav Co	Passenger/Cargo			4,029

Cramp Shipbuilding, Philadelphia PA

Most recent update: May 27, 2010.