Consolidated Shipbuilding, Morris Heights NY


Consolidated Shipbuilding was a builder of luxury yachts, the result of the merger of Charles L. Seabury Co., originally established in 1885, at Nyack, on the Hudson River, and Gas Engine & Power Co.  The yard was located on Matthewson Road, in the Bronx, in what is now Roberto Clemente State Park.  See the shipyard site from the air on Google here.  After WWII, Consolidated bought the Robert Jacob shipyard on City Island and closed the Morris Heights yard.  It ceased to be an active shipbuilder in 1958 but continues as a yacht repair center.  If anyone can provide any additional information about this yard and the ships it built, please e-mail timcolton@aol.com.

  Name Customer Type Tons Feet Delivery Disposition
  Embla   Steam Yacht 170   1893  
  Huntress F. C. Fowler Steam Yacht 81   1895 To USN 1898, to NJ Naval Militia 1898, to MO Naval Militia 1907, sold 1917
  Hiawatha   Steam Yacht 109   1896  
  Kanawha   Steam Yacht 126   1896  
  Hiawatha   Steam Yacht 219   1897  
  Suffern   Steam Barge 398   1898  
  Margaret   Unknown 59   1898  
  Niagara   Steam Yacht     1898  
  Mayita   Steam Yacht 106   1899  
  Kanawha   Steam Yacht 471   1899  
  Aria   Steam Yacht 119   1899  
  Richard Croker   Unknown 155   1900  
  Saghaya   Steam Yacht 98   1900  
  Elfrida   Steam Yacht 146   1900  
  Irene   Steam Yacht 166   1901  
  Revolution   Steam Yacht 190   1901  
  Bailey (TB 21) US Navy Torpedo Boat 235 205 10-Jun-01 Later CTB 8, sold 1920
  Wilkes (TB 35) US Navy Torpedo Boat 175 165 18-Sep-02 Sunk as target 1914
  Stewart (DD 13) US Navy Destroyer 420 250 17-Dec-02 Scrapped 1920
  Margaret   Steam Yacht 88   1902  
  Helenita   Steam Yacht 304   1902  
  Ridgemont   Steam Yacht 66   1902  
  Chanticleer   Sailing Vessel 108   1902  
  Coranto   Steam Yacht 174   1902  
  Cherokee   Steam Yacht 82   1903  
  Aria   Steam Yacht 192   1903  
  Dubuque (PG 17) US Navy Gunboat 1,085 200 3-Jun-05 Later AG 5 and IX 9, scrapped 1946
  Paducah (PG 18) US Navy Gunboat 1,085 200 2-Sep-05 Later AG 7 and IX 23, scrapped 1950
  Machigonne   Steam Yacht 95   1904  
  Levanter   Steam Yacht 131   1905  
  Galata   Steam Yacht 157   1906  
  Lyndonia   Cargo Vessel 261   1907 Later Florida, to USA as George H. Penrose
  Halcyon   Steam Yacht 161   1907  
  Jemina F. III