Pusey & Jones, Wilmington DE


Pusey & Jones started in business in 1848, organized by Joshua Pusey and John Jones and was a major 19th-century shipbuilder.  A second shipyard was added for the WWI effort, in Gloucester City NJ: see its table here.  It was an early participant in the WWII shipbuilding program, its 2 ways being increased to 3 in the second wave of shipbuilding expansion.  After WWII, Pusey & Jones converted the shipyard's facilities for the manufacture of paper-making machinery but the company closed in 1959.  The shipyard was located between the Christina River and the main line of the Pennsylvania Rail Road.  See it from the air on Google here.  If anyone can provide any additional information about either the yard or the ships it built, please e-mail it to me at tim@coltoncompany.com

Hull # Original Name Original Owner Type Tons Delivery Disposition
1 Gilpin   Sidewheeler 92 1851  
2 Spray   Sidewheeler 108 1852  
3 James Porter   Sidewheeler 73 1852 Engine and boiler only
4 Flora McDonald Cape Fear Shipping Sidewheeler 95 1853 Sold to Confederate Govt. 1861
5   U.S. Government Tug   1853 Engine and boiler only
6 Caledonia James C. Johnson Tug 85 1854 Converted 1878
7 Mahlon Betts M. Betts and others Schooner 216 1854 Burned 1863 but salvaged and rebuilt
8 Queen Capt. A. Michener Sidewheeler 199 1854 Engine only
9 J. W. Bass   Propeller   1854 Engine and boiler only
10 Diamond State Leipsic Steamboat Co. Propeller 141 1854 Engine and boiler only
11 Robert Waterman   Propeller 199 1856 Sunk 1859
12 J. L. Pusey   Steam Tug 58 1857 Abandoned 1907
13 Southern Star   Propeller 545 1858 Engine and boiler only
14 Delaware Trenton Tptn. Co. Propeller 167 1858 Lost 1909
15 Raritan Trenton Tptn. Co. Propeller 167 1858 Abandoned 1917
16 Tuscarora S. J. R. Flanigen Propeller 162 1859 Engine and boiler only
17 Mary T. McCallum Propeller 58 1859 Engine only
18 Mount Vernon H. B. Cromwell & Co. Propeller 625 1859 Engine and boiler only
19 Monticello H. B. Cromwell & Co. Propeller 655 1859 Engine and boiler only
20 E. O. Sewell Joseph Marvel & Co. Sidewheeler 33 1859 Engine only
21 E. Chamberlain Henry DeVinney Propeller 128 1860 Engine and boiler only
22 John F. Starr Geo. Wood & Geo. Fisher Propeller 78 1860 Engine only
23 A. P. Hurt Cape Fear Steamboat Co. Sternwheeler 81 1860 Abandoned 1905
24 General Flores   Propeller 175 1861 Engine and boiler only, for Ecuador
25 James Petteway James Pettaway & Co. Sidewheeler   1861  
26 Captain Lee   Sidewheeler   1861 For Ecuador
27 Smyrck   Sidewheeler 120 1861 For Ecuador
28 Keystone   Propeller 36 1861 Engine and boiler only
29 Joseph Baker Joseph Baker Propeller 62 1862 Engine and boiler only
30 Juniata U. S. Navy Propeller 1,934d 1862 Engine and boiler only
31 George Washington H. B. Cromwell & Co. Propeller 804 1862 Engine and boiler only
32 George Cromwell H. B. Cromwell & Co. Propeller 802 1862 Engine and boiler only
33 Boston Joseph Baker Propeller 74 1862 Engine and boiler only
34 J. K. Kirkman Joseph Baker Propeller 76 1862 Engine and boiler only
35 Empire Thomas Clyde Propeller 416 1862 Engine and boiler only
36 Fahkee   Propeller 699 1863 Engine and boiler only
37 Wyalusing U. S. Navy Sidewheeler