New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn NY


New York Naval Shipyard was established in 1801 and closed in 1966.  It was transferred to the City of New York and leased out in parcels.  Initially the big docks were used by Seatrain Shipbuilding, an affiliate of Seatrain Lines, which built four large tankers there and then folded.  Since then there have been various small repair contractors, none of which have been very successful.  Visit the shipyard's current tenant here and see it from the air on Google here.

Navy Type Pennant # Original Name Type Tons Delivered Disposition
    Ohio Ship of the Line 2,724 nk Sold 1883
    Savannah Frigate 1,726 nk Sold 1883
    Sabine Frigate 1,726 23-Aug-58 Sold 1883
    Vincennes Sloop 700 27-Aug-26 Sold 1867
    Fairfield Sloop 700 20-Aug-28 Scrapped 1852
    Lexington Sloop 691 11-Jun-26 Sold 1860
    Peacock Sloop      
    Morris Cutter      
    Enterprise Schooner 194 15-Dec-31 Sold 1844
    Dolphin Brig 224 6-Sep-36 Scuttled 1861
    Pilot Schooner 122 nk Sold 1838
    Fulton Gunboat 720 13-Dec-37 Captured by CSN in Pensacola in 1861 and destroyed
    Levant Sloop 792 17-Mar-38 Lost at sea 1860
    Decatur Sloop 566 1839 Sold 1865
    Missouri Frigate 3,220 1842 Burnt and lost off Gibraltar 1843
    Somers Brig 259 12-May-42 Foundered off Vera Cruz 1846
    San Jacinto Frigate 1,567 18-Nov-51 Wrecked and lost in the Bahamas 1865
    Albany Sloop 1,064 6-Nov-46 Lost at sea 1854
    Niagara Frigate 5,540 6-Apr-57 Sold 1885
    Iroquois Sloop 1,016 24-Nov-59 Later "Ionie", struck 1910
    Oneida Sloop 1,488 28-Feb-62 In collision and sunk 1870
    Octorora Gunboat 829 28-Feb-62 Sold 1866
    Adirondack Sloop 1,240 30-Jun-62 Wrecked and lost in the Bahamas 1862
    Lackawanna Sloop 1,533 8-Jan-63 Sold 1887
    Ticonderoga Sloop 2,526 12-May-63 Sold 1887
    Shamrock Gunboat 974 13-Jun-64 Sold 1868
    Mackinaw Gunboat 974 23-Apr-64 Sold 1867
    Peoria Gunboat 974 26-Dec-66 Sold 1868
    Tullahoma Gunboat 974 nk  
    Algonquin Gunboat     Cancelled, sold 1869
    Maumee Gunboat 593 29-Sep-64 Sold 1869
    Nyack Gunboat 836 28-Sep-64 Sold 1883
    Kalamazoo Monitor 6,160   Cancelled, later "Colossus", scrapped 1884
    Ontario Frigate 3,953   Cancelled, later "New York", sold 1888
    Madawaska Frigate 3,281   Cancelled, later "Tennessee", sold 1886
    Wampanoag Frigate 4,215 17-Sep-67 Later "Florida", sold 1885
    Quinnebaug Sloop 1,113 19-Jul-67 Scrapped 1871
    Mosholu/Severn Sloop   27-Aug-69  
    Java Sloop