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New York Harbor Dry Dock Co., Port Jefferson NY

(formerly Bayles Shipyard [1830-1917])

Most recent update: April 7, 2011.


The Bayles shipyard was started in 1830 and apparently built over 140 wooden ships, including whalers, cargo ships and luxury yachts, but little is known about its early years.  It was bought by the U.S. Shipping Board in 1917 for $2,225,000 and converted to a steel shipyard, with a new name.  It was located at 101 East Broadway, in what is now Harborfront Park, close to the ferry terminal.  See the site from the air on Google here.  It was closed and sold to Standard Oil of New York in 1921.  If anyone can provide any information about the ships it built, please e-mail it to me at timcolton@aol.com

Hull # USSB # Name Owner Type GT Delivery Disposition
    Horatio   Whaler 348 1877 Wrecked 1898
    Frank T. Lane     169 1907  
    Osiris     137 1911  
    George C. Greer Magnolia Petroleum Tug 426 1919  
    Standtug No. 1   Tug 426 1919  
    City of Bridgeport   Psgr./Cargo 500 Aug-20 Later Rosalie 1899, H. C. Rowe 1906, burnt 1922
135   Anahuac Mexican Owners Tanker 863 Aug-20 Later Brilliant 1923, exploded 1930 and hulked as barge John and Frederick
1 773 Osiris/Canonnier US Shipping Board/Belgium Cargo Ship 3,165 Jul-20 Later Essex Friar, scrapped 1932
2 774 Cloverock/Bombardier US Shipping Board/Belgium Cargo Ship 3,162 Feb-20 Foundered 1921
3 775 Conimicut/Redbird US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 3,286 Nov-21 Later Mundolphin 1930, scrapped 1937
4 776 Beezeelake/Redman US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 3,286 Jun-21 Later Mundixie 1930, Mount Taygetus 1940, torpedoed and lost 1942
425 1390 Basswood US Shipping Board Ocean Tug 426 Dec-19 Later George C. Greer 1923, wrecked 1942
426 1391 Bastrop US Shipping Board Ocean Tug 426 Feb-20 Later Standtug No. 1 and Satoco, scrapped 1953