Seatrain Shipbuilding, Brooklyn NY


Seatrain Shipbuilding was established by Seatrain Lines in 1968, to lease the big docks and surrounding area of the recently closed New York Naval Shipyard.  It was a dismal failure in almost every way and folded in 1981.  See it from the air on Google here.

Hull # Original Name Original Owner Vessel type MARAD Design MARAD # GT Delivered Disposition
100 Brooklyn Seatrain Lines Crude Carrier T10-S-92a 268 110,500 31-Dec-73 Sold foreign: scrapped
101 Williamsburg Seatrain Lines Crude Carrier T10-S-92a 272 110,500 31-Dec-74 Sold foreign: scrapped
102 Stuyvesant Seatrain Lines Crude Carrier T10-S-92a 273 117,300 31-Dec-75 Sold foreign: scrapped
103 Bay Ridge Seatrain Lines Crude Carrier T10-S-92a 305 117,300 17-May-79 Sold foreign: now "Kuito"
104 Crown Heights Seatrain Lines Crude Carrier T10-S-92a 320 117,300   Cancelled
105 America/Caroline Coord. Carib. Tpt. Trailer Barge IB5-MT-121a 323 14,000 27-Jan-82 Completed by Norshipco, now "Strong American"
106 Unnamed Coord. Carib. Tpt. Trailer Barge IB5-MT-121a 324 14,000   Not completed: scrapped
107 Unnamed Cumberland Container Barge C2-S-125a 331     Cancelled
23 BB-110 Newport Petroleum Tank Barge     4,754 1976 Active
25 Morris J. Berman New England Marine Tank Barge     5,377 1976 Scuttled 1994
26 Burke F   Deck Barge     2,974 1976 Now "Nehalem"
28 Antone F   Deck Barge     5,339 1977 Now "Nestucca"
29 Arctic Challenger   Deck Barge     4,717 1976 Active
33 McAllister Transporter McAllister Lines Deck Barge     3,397 1977 Now "Atlantic Trader"
38 USL-502   Dry Bulk Barge     11,556 1979 Now "Doris Guenther"
39 GCS 230 Gellatly & Criscione Tank Barge     2,167 1979 Active
  Mary Cecilia Dixie Fuels Deck Barge     9,259 1979 Now "Katy-B"