Newburgh Shipyards, Inc., Newburgh NY

(later Chicago Bridge & Iron)

Newburgh Shipyards was started in 1918 by Thomas C. Desmond for the WWI emergency shipbuilding program and apparently closed three years later.  President Roosevelt attended the launch of Hull #1.  You can see the site from the air on Google here: the large building was the plate shop and the four building berths were in the open area just to the south.  Chicago Bridge built three floating docks in this yard at the end of WWII.

Hull # USSB # Original Name Original Owner Type GT Delivery Disposition
Built by Newburgh Shipyards
1 759 Newburgh US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 8,822 Dec-18 To USN as SP 3768, scrapped 1931
2 760 New Windsor US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 8,822 Apr-19 Later  Alcoa Mariner  1940, torpedoed and lost 1942
3 761 Poughkeepsie US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 8,822 May-19 Later  Alcoa Partner  1941, torpedoed and lost 1942
4 762 Walden US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 8,822 Jul-19 Scrapped 1938
5 1365 Cold Spring US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 8,822 Sep-19 Scrapped 1931
6 1366 Firthcliffe US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 8,822 Oct-19 Scrapped 1931
7 1367 Irvington US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 8,822 Nov-19 Scrapped 1935
8 1368 Peakskill US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 8,822 Dec-19 Scrapped 1931
9 1369 Monroe US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 8,752 Apr-20 Scrapped 1954
10 1370 Fishkill US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 8,752 Apr-20 Scrapped 1930
11 2169   US Shipping Board Tug     Cancelled
12 2170   US Shipping Board Tug     Cancelled
13 2171   US Shipping Board Tug     Cancelled
14 2833 Half Moon US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 8,778 Sep-20 Later  Exanthia  1928,  W. R. Keever  1934,  Cheliabinsk  1945, scrapped 1970
15 2834 Storm King US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 8,778 Dec-20 Wrecked off Cape Negre, Tunisia, 1926
16   Herman Frasch Union Sulphur Cargo Ship 7,200 Dec-20 Later  Auctoritas  1946,  Auctoritas II  1948, scrapped 1950
17   Olancho Cuyamel Fruit Cargo Ship 2,500 Feb-21 Torpedoed and lost 1943
18   Choluteca Cuyamel Fruit Cargo Ship 2,500 Mar-21 Later  Tai Ping  1946, in collision in Yangtse River and sank 1949
19   Henry D. Whiton Union Sulphur Cargo Ship 7,200 May-21 Later  Amabilitas  1946,  Arcobalena  1951, scrapped 1959
20   Comayagua Cuyamel Fruit Cargo Ship 2,500 Jun-21 Torpedoed and lost 1942
Built by Chicago Bridge & Iron
  YFD 64 U.S. Navy Dry Dock   Dec-44 Later Richland (ARDM 8), active at Guam Shipyard
  YFD 65 U.S. Navy Dry Dock   Jan-45 Later ARDM 9, sold 1989, disposition unknown
  YFD 67 U.S. Navy Dry Dock   Jan-45 Later Resolute (ARDM 10), active at Todd Seattle