Todd Shipyards, Robins Dry Dock

Todd's Brooklyn shipyard was started in 1889, as Robins Dry Dock & Repair Company, itself the successor to Erie Basin Dry Dock Company. William H. Todd had worked for both these companies and, in 1916, he and some associates bought Robins Dry Dock & Repair Company, Tietjen & Lang Dry Dock Company, of Hoboken, and Seattle Dry Dock & Construction Company, to form the William H. Todd Corporation. It became a power in the industry, with multiple construction and repair yards on all three coasts. The Brooklyn yard was closed in 1986 and sold to Rodermond Industries, which failed in the 1990s. You can see it from the air on Google here: note the two floating dry-docks that are apparently sitting on the bottom of the harbor, and a tanker in the graving dock. It was mainly a repair yard but if anyone can add to the table below, please e-mail timcolton@aol.com.

Hull #	Original Name	Original Owner	Type	Tons	Delivery	Disposition
Built by Robins Dry Dock & Repair
	201	American Steel Barge	Whaleback Barge	664	1890	Aground 1917
	202	American Steel Barge	Whaleback Barge	665	1890	Sunk 1908
	Sultana		Yacht	390	1890	Later USN SP-134
	Sovereign		Yacht	627	1896
	Bernice		Yacht	153	1897	Later Oneta, Mary Alice, to USN 1917 as SP-397, lost 5-Oct-1918
	Marietta		Yacht	153	1897
	Felicia		Yacht	213	1898	Later to USN SP-642
	Aloha		Yacht	306	1899
	Hauoli		Yacht	299	1902	Later Seminole, Kajeruna (SP-389)
	Hauoli		Yacht	299	1903	Later California, Hauoli (SP-249)
	Nokomis		Yacht	303	May-14	Later Kwasind (SP-1233), Nokomis, Saelmo, Dupont
Built by Todd Brooklyn
1	Fuel-Oil Barge No. 30	U.S. Navy	Tank Barge	422	1918	Later YO 30 1920
2	Fuel-Oil Barge No. 31	U.S. Navy	Tank Barge	422	1918	Later YO 31 1920; Alan Martin 1947; reefed off NJ 1987
3	Fuel-Oil Barge No. 32	U.S. Navy	Tank Barge	422	1918	Later YO 32 1920
4	Lapwing (AM 1)	U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	950	12-Jun-18	Later AVP 1, sold 1946
5	Owl (AM 2)	U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	950	11-Jul-18	Later ATO 137, sold 1947
6	Robin (AM 3)	U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	950	29-Aug-18	Later ATO 140, sold 1946 as Hyacinth, later Margaret Rose 1951, scrapped 1954
7	Swallow (AM 4)	U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	950	8-Oct-18	Wrecked in Alaska 1938
8	Sanderling (AM 37)	U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	950	4-Dec-18	Sank while under tow1937
9	Auk (AM 38)	U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	950	30-Nov-18	To USC+GS as Discoverer, later ARS 3, back to USC+GS, sold 1947 as Felipe Larrazabal
10	Chewink (AM 39)	U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	950	9-Apr-19	Later ASR 3, sunk as target 1947
11	Cormorant (AM 40)	U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	950	15-May-19	Later ATO 133, sold 1947
12	Gannet (AM 41)	U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	950	7-Oct-19	Later AVP 8, torpedoed and lost 1942
13	Goshawk (AM 42)	U.S. Navy	Minesweeper	950		Cancelled 1918
14	Manuel Rionda		Tanker	1,375	Jun-20	Scrapped 1950
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16	Ormes	American Scantic Line	Cargo Ship	1,394	Dec-20	Later Taku 1939, Lloyd Cuarto 1946, Rio Bravo 1952, Jurandy 1955, Senhor Do Bonfim 1958
17	Oritani	American Scantic Line	Cargo Ship	1,396	Feb-21	Later Tyee 1939, Midway (AG-41) 1942, Panay (AG-41) 1943, Tyee 1946, Lloyd Quinto 1946, Rio Das Antas 1951, Consuelo 1955, Hanna Lilia 1955, Gloria 1956, Tritao 1958, Imperial I, Leblon 1959, scrapped 1961
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19	W. E. Ogilvie		Tanker	1,336	Mar-21	Scrapped 1950
20-24
25	Socony 8	Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.	Tug	215	Sep-23
26	Socony 9	Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.	Tug	215	Oct-23	Later Richard S. Simmons
27-31
32	Murray Hulbert	City of New York	Ferry	593	Jul-25	Later Rockaway 1930, Arrowsic (YFB 59) 1945, Rockaway 1947, hulked 1967
33	Edward Riegelmann	City of New York	Ferry	593	Oct-25	Later Bushwick 1930, scrapped 1949
34	Julius Miller	City of New York	Ferry	593	Aug-25	Later Stuyvesant 1930, YFB-52, scrapped 1948
35	Maurice E. Connelly	City of New York	Ferry	593	Sep-25	Later Elmhurst 1930, hulked 1946
36	John H. McCooey	City of New York	Ferry	593	Oct-25	Later Sea Gate 1930, scrapped 1949
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38
39
	Sumar		Yacht	469	Sep-26	Later Horizonte Azul 1948, Poros 1950, Delphini 1957, Alkion 1961, wrecked off Naxos 1967
	Vidor		Yacht	570	1926	Converted to cargo ship Sevad 1950, Hiesmaro 1928, Hilda 1929, Moana 1933, Velda 1938, Santa Cristina 1950, burnt off Balboa 1950
40	Greenwich Village	City of New York	Ferry	245	1927
41	Mott Haven	City of New York	Ferry	245	Apr-28	To Lake Champlain 1945, to Britain 1951
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45	Yorkville	City of New York	Ferry	593	Apr-29	Scrapped 1960
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48	Melrose	City of New York	Ferry	593	Dec-29	To USA as Col. Robert E. Shannon 1942, scrapped 1964
49	Chelsea	City of New York	Ferry	245	Jun-30	Sold as yacht 1968
50	Murray Hill	City of New York	Ferry	593	Jun-31	Scrapped 1954
51	Washington Square	City of New York	Ferry	593	Jun-31	Later Staten, to USN 1941 as YFB 36, sold 1947
52	John J. Harvey	City of New York	Fireboat	268	17-Dec-31	Restored and at Pier 63 in New York City
53	All American	Texas Co.	Tug	192	May-35
54	Ox	Robins Dry Dock	Derrick	216	Oct-36

Todd Shipyards, Brooklyn NY

Most recent update: October 11, 2011.