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Vinyard Shipbuilding, Milford DE

Most recent update: July 2, 2011.

Vinyard Shipbuilding was started in 1896 and was noted for its wooden cruisers.  It closed after WWII, was reopened in the 1960s as Delaware Marine & Manufacturing, but closed again in the 1980s.  The yard was at the foot of Columbia Street, on the south bank of the Mispillion River, on the east side of town.  See it from the air on Google here.

Hull # Original Name Original Owner Type Tons Delivery Disposition

Built by Vinyard Shipbuilding
  Mary M. Vinyard     220 1904  
  P. J. Thistlewood     233 1905  
  J. C. Ritchie     173 1906  
  West River     190 1907  
  Laurie     134 1909  
  Edith     117 1907  
  Harbor Tug No. 82 US Navy Tug 106 1919 Sold in the 1920s
  Harbor Tug No. 83 US Navy Tug 106 1919 Sold in the 1920s as NY Marine No. 10
  Seminole US Shipping Board Tug 158 1919  
  Lightning US Shipping Board Tug 183 1919  
  Harry K. Fooks     180 1921  
  Worthington     331 1921  
  R. B. Hawley     117 1923  
  CG 213 US Coast Guard Patrol Boat 37 1925  
  CG 214 US Coast Guard Patrol Boat 37 1925  
  CG 215 US Coast Guard Patrol Boat 37 1925  
  CG 216 US Coast Guard Patrol Boat 37 1925  
  CG 217 US Coast Guard Patrol Boat 37 1925  
  CG 218 US Coast Guard Patrol Boat 37 1925  
  CG 219 US Coast Guard Patrol Boat 37 1925  
  CG 220 US Coast Guard Patrol Boat 37 1925  
  CG 221 US Coast Guard Patrol Boat 37 1925 To USN 1933 as YP 22, to MARAD 1946
  CG 222 US Coast Guard Patrol Boat 37 1925 To USN 1933 as YP 35, to MARAD 1946
  SC 519 US Navy Sub Chaser 136 1-Apr-42 To France 1944
  SC 520 US Navy Sub Chaser 136 1-May-42  
  SC 636 US Navy Sub Chaser 136 1-Jul-42 Lost Sep-45
  SC 637 US Navy Sub Chaser 136 1-Jul-42  
  SC 981 US Navy Sub Chaser 136 1-Oct-42  
  SC 982 US Navy Sub Chaser 136 1-Oct-42 To the Philippines 1948
  SC 983 US Navy Sub Chaser 136 1-Jan-43  
  SC 984 US Navy Sub Chaser 136 1-Jun-43  
  SC 1351 US Navy Sub Chaser 136 1-Apr-43 To the Dominican Republic 1947
  SC 1352 US Navy Sub Chaser 136 1-Jun-43  
  SC 1353 US Navy Sub Chaser 136 1-Aug-43 To the Dominican Republic 1947
  SC 1354 US Navy Sub Chaser 136 1-Sep-43  
  SC 1496 US Navy Sub Chaser 136 1-Apr-44 To the USSR 1945
  SC 1497 US Navy Sub Chaser 136 1-Jul-44 To the USSR 1945

Built by Delaware Marine
113 Mary Ann Timothy Getz Fishing 61 1978 Active
117 Dagwood Rainier Petroleum Tanker 31 1980 Active
119 American Eagle   Fishing 132 1980 Now Jacob Alan
120 Odin EW Holding Corp. Tug 98 1982 Active
124 Kate   Tug 199 1984 Now Peggy H