Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Inc., Brooklyn NY


The Bushey shipyard was founded before WWI and was active until sold to Amerada Hess in 1977.  It was the parent company of Red Star Towing and was located on Gowanus Creek, in the Red Hook section, at the foot of Court Street: the site is now occupied by the Hess storage terminal and Hornbeck Offshore's yard.  See the shipyard site from the air on Google here.  If anyone can fill any gaps in the table below, please e-mail me at timcolton@aol.com.

Hull # Original Name Original Owner Type GT Delivery Disposition
  Reno James T. O'Donnell Barge   1908  
  Thomas McElroy   Barge   1912  
  P. R. R. No. 469 Pennsylvania R. R. Barge   1913  
  P. R. R. No. 470 Pennsylvania R. R. Barge   1913  
  Phoenix Eastern Transportation Barge   1913  
  Tucson Eastern Transportation Barge   1913  
  Richard Cleary Bros. Barge   1913  
  Stockton Capitol Materials Co Barge   1913  
  Kosciusko James T. O'Donnell Barge   1914  
  Lizzie Harvey Ira S. Bushey & Sons Barge   1914  
  F. W. Gwinn, Jr. James T. O'Donnell Barge   1915  
  Coast Transit No. 5 The Barrett Co. Barge   1916  
  Edward McKenna Cleary Bros. Barge   1916  
  Ideal Michael J Derby Barge   1916  
  John M. Lowe James T. O'Donnell Barge   1916  
  P. R. R. No. 483 Pennsylvania R. R. Barge   1916  
  P. R. R. No. 484 Pennsylvania R. R. Barge   1916  
  P. R. R. No. 485 Pennsylvania R. R. Barge   1916  
  P. R. R. No. 486 Pennsylvania R. R. Barge   1916  
  Thomas Cleary Cleary Bros. Barge   1917  
  Walter C. Witherbee   Tug   1918  
  Ellen Bushey   Barge   1922  
  Loyal   Tug   1926 To USN 1941 as YT 491, returned to owner 1944
  Ira S. Bushey Spentonbush Fuel Tanker 241 1930 Later Mildred 1960, hulked 1968
444 Ellen Bushey Spentonbush Fuel Tanker 373 1931 Later YO 51 1941, Morania Marlin 1946, Albert H Reinauer 1951, Mary Ann McKay 1956, Chem  Trader 1962, active
  V. L. Keegan Spentonbush Fuel Tanker   1931 Sank at pier, raised and reefed off Sandy Hook NJ 1989
  J. A. Cummings Spentonbush Fuel Tanker   1932  
453 Paul Dana Spentonbush Fuel Tanker 374 1934 Deleted 1968
  Cheyenne Ira S. Bushey & Sons Tug 95 1935 Later Russell 12, Alloway (YT-170), Soumatco, Cheyenne, Sandpiper, Mist, Rojowe, now Cheyenne
  Chippewa Ira S. Bushey & Sons Tug 95 1935 Later Russell 15, YNT 18, Annawan (YT 739), Franklin, Mary Ann, Tricia A, Sandy
  J. A. Martin Spentonbush Fuel Tanker   1935  
  J. J. Kelly Spentonbush Fuel Tanker   1935  
  Cayuga Ira S. Bushey & Sons Tug 86 1936 Later Hooper Boys, Arundel
  Choctaw Ira S. Bushey & Sons Tug 84 1936 Later Calatco, Tahchee (YT 736), Calatco, Barbara McAllister, Jonathan, now Sea Horse
  Comanche Ira S. Bushey & Sons Tug 84 1936 Now Kevin Buchanan
460 S. D. Maddock Spentonbush Fuel Tanker 296 1936 Scrapped 1963
  Canandarago Ira S. Bushey & Sons Tug 84 1937 Later Elizabeth Teti, Rainbow, now Patriotic
461 Carmelite Ira S. Bushey & Sons Tug 129 1937 Ex-YNT 1, later Hopocan (YT 728) 1940, Carmelite 1947, Roslyn, H. J. Sheridan, Capt. Cory 1993, Captain C.
  Chemung Ira S. Bushey & Sons Tug 84 1937 Now P. T. Teti
467 Coast Transit No. 4 The Barrett Co Barge   1937  
  Flushing Red Star Towing Tug   1937  
  Cardinal Ira S. Bushey & Sons Tug