The Boston Naval Shipyard was established in 1800 and closed in 1974. It is now part of Boston National Historic Park, run by the National Park Service. The big graving dock in the South Boston annex is available for commercial use but is not much used. Visit the shipyard here and see it from the air on Google here.
| Navy Type | Pennant # | Original Name |
Type |
Tons | Delivered | Disposition |
| Independence | Ship of the Line | 2,243 | 3-Jul-15 | Sold 1914, burned at Hunters Point 1919 | ||
| Alligator | Schooner | 198 | 26-Mar-21 | Wrecked and lost in Florida 1822 | ||
| Vermont | Ship of the Line | 2,633 | 30-Jan-62 | Sold 1902 | ||
| Virginia | Ship of the Line | 2,633 | Scrapped 1884 | |||
| Boston | Sloop | 700 | 12-Jan-26 | Grounded in the Bahamas and lost 1846 | ||
| Warren | Sloop | 700 | 22-Feb-27 | Sold 1863 | ||
| Falmouth | Sloop | 700 | 20-Jan-28 | Sold 1863 | ||
| Boxer | Schooner | 194 | 14-Dec-32 | Sold 1848 | ||
| No Name | Anchor Hoy | 28-Jul-34 | Unknown | |||
| Porpoise | Brig | 224 | 25-Aug-36 | Lost in a typhoon off China 1854 | ||
| Consort | Brig | 230 | 24-Dec-36 | Sold 1844 | ||
| Pioneer | Brig | 24-Dec-36 | Sold 1884 | |||
| Cyane | Sloop | 792 | 26-May-38 | Sold 1887 | ||
| Marion | Sloop | 566 | 4-Oct-39 | Sold 1907 | ||
| Apprentice | Brig | 1841 | To U.S. Coast Survey 1846 | |||
| Bainbridge | Brig | 259 | 16-Dec-42 | Lost off Cape Hatteras 1863 | ||
| Cumberland | Frigate | 1,726 | 20-Nov-43 | Rammed and sunk by CSS Virginia 1862 | ||
| Plymouth | Sloop | 189 | 3-Apr-44 | Burned 1861 | ||
| John Hancock | Steamer | 230 | 6-Sep-51 | Sold 1865 | ||
| Princeton | Steamer | 1,370 | 18-May-52 | Sold 1866 | ||
| Bibb | Cutter | 1853 | To U.S. Coast Survey 1846 | |||
| Merrimack | Frigate | 3,200 | 20-Feb-56 | Later CSS Virginia, burned at Norfolk NSY 1862 | ||
| LV | 4 | Brilliant | Light Vessel | 1855 | Unknown | |
| Hartford | Sloop | 2,900 | 27-May-59 | Later IX 13, sank in Norfolk NSY 1956 and scrapped | ||
| Narragansett | Sloop | 1,235 | 6-Nov-59 | Sold 1883 | ||
| Housatonic | Sloop | 1,235 | 29-Aug-62 | Rammed by CSS Hunley and lost 1864 | ||
| Wachusett | Sloop | 1,032 | 2-Mar-62 | Sold 1887 | ||
| Canandaigua | Sloop | 1,395 | 1-Aug-62 | Scrapped 1884 | ||
| Maratanza | Gunboat | 800 | 20-Apr-62 | Sold 1868 | ||
| No Name | Powder Boat | 21-Dec-61 | Unknown | |||
| Genesee | Gunboat | 800 | 3-Jul-62 | Sold 1867 | ||
| Tioga | Gunboat | 800 | 30-Jun-62 | Sold 1867 | ||
| Pequot | Gunboat | 600 | 15-Jan-64 | To Haiti 1869 | ||
| Saco | Gunboat | 600 | 11-Jul-64 | Sold 1883 | ||
| Tallapoosa | Gunboat | 600 | 13-Sep-64 | Sold 1892 | ||
| Confiance | Sloop | Cancelled 1866 | ||||
| Meredosia | Sloop | Cancelled 1866 | ||||
| Serapis | Sloop | Cancelled 1866 | ||||