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Snow Shipyards, Rockland ME

Most recent update: September 22, 2010.

Snow Shipbuilding was founded in 1862 and closed after WWII.  It was located at the end of Mechanic Street: see it from the air on Google here.  The western half is now the Sail, Power and Steam Museum: visit it here.  The eastern half is still active as Rockland Marine.

Hull # Name Customer Type Navy Type Pennant # Tons Delivery Disposition
William Bisbee         309 1902  
Helvetia         499 1905  
Wawenock         325 1907  
Hugh de Payens         416 1910  
Tarratine         289 1913  
Edith Nute         985 1917  
Dorothea L. Brinkmann         698 1919  
Moby   Fishing Vessel          
    Schooner          
    Oil Carrier       1933  
    Oil Carrier       1934  
    Schooner       1935  
    Yaw       1936  
    Motor Boat       1936  
Mary Jane   Fishing Vessel     118 1936 Later Puffin (AMc 29), Mary Jane, Sea Hawk
Mary Grace   Fishing Vessel       1936  
Muskegon   Fishing Vessel       1937  
    Motor Boat       1937  
    Schooner       1938  
Julia Eleanor   Fishing Vessel     110 1939 Later Egret (AMc 24), IX 181 1944, to MARAD 1945
St. George   Fishing Vessel     176 1940 Later Nogak (WYP 71), St. George
Vigor   Fishing Vessel     179 1941 Later J B Junior, Holy Cross
Belmont   Fishing Vessel     225 1941 Later Natsek (WYP 170), lost 1944
North Star   Fishing Vessel     220 1941 Later Nanok (WYP 169), North Star
Spruce Lake   Tug     233 1941 Scrapped 1972
  Roller US Navy Minesweeper AMc 52 205 12-Aug-41 Sold 1976
  Skimmer US Navy Minesweeper AMc 53 205 26-Aug-41 Sold
  Tapacola US Navy Minesweeper AMc 54 205 20-Sep-41 Sold 1976
  Turaco US Navy Minesweeper AMc 55 205 9-Oct-41 Sold
  Stalwart US Navy Minesweeper AMc 105 205 22-Jan-42 Sold
  Summit US Navy Minesweeper AMc 106 205 29-Jan-42 Sold
  Trident US Navy Minesweeper AMc 107 205 18-Feb-42 Sold 1946
  Valor US Navy Minesweeper AMc 108 205 24-Mar-42 In collision in Buzzard's Bay and lost 1944
  Victor US Navy Minesweeper AMc 109 205 17-Apr-42 Sold 1946, later Sara M, CTL
  Vigor US Navy Minesweeper AMc 110 205 4-May-42 Sold 1946
    US Navy Sub Chaser SC 656 136 1-Aug-42 To US Coast Guard 1946
    US Navy Sub Chaser SC 657 136 1-Aug-42 To the USSR 1945 as BO 307
  Extricate US Navy Rescue Ship ARS 16 1,089 27-Jul-43 Beached in typhoon off Okinawa and destroyed 1946
  Restorer US Navy Rescue Ship ARS 17 1,089 6-Oct-43 To Denmark 1948 as Vitus Bering, scrapped 1951
  Catclaw US Navy Net Tender YN 81 1,100 14-Jan-44 Reclassified AN 60 1944, to China 1947, discarded
  Chinaberry US Navy Net Tender YN 82 1,100 12-Mar-44 Reclassified AN 61 1944, sold 1950
  Hop Tree US Navy Net Tender YN 83 1,100 18-May-44 Reclassified AN 62 1944, sold 1947, scrapped 1954
  Whitewood US Navy Net Tender YN 84 1,100 17-Jul-44 Reclassified AN 63 1944, AG 129 1947, scrapped 1950
  Palo Blanco US Navy Net Tender YN 85 1,100 25-Sep-44 Reclassified AN 64 1944, ATA 214 1944, decommissioned 1945, sold 1947, later Yugoslav tug Radnik, wrecked and lost in Lattakia, Syria, in 1953
  Palo Verde US Navy Net Tender YN 86 1,100 17-Dec-44 Reclassified AN 65 1944, ATA 215 1944, decommissioned 1945, to the Port of Beaumont 1946, sold 1949, later Arctic Sealer