Kyle & Purdy, City Island NY


The predecessor of Kyle & Purdy was Purdy & Collison, who operated at Morris Heights from about 1890 until they bought the Archibald Robertson shipyard at City Island and renamed it City Island Shipbuilding.  In 1910, Purdy & Collison folded and was reorganized and renamed Kyle & Purdy.  The ten tugs that it built for the U.S. Shipping Board during WWI were on a subcontract from Providence Engineering Works, which provided the engines.  In 1923, Kyle & Purdy became the T. A. Kyle Shipyard and in 1927 bought out the adjacent J. P. Hawkins Shipyard and moved.  The old yard then became the Lyon-Tuttle Shipyard and later Murphy Shipyard.  It is now occupied by International Underwater Contractors.  If anyone can provide any information about this yard and the boats it built, please e-mail timcolton@aol.com.

Hull # Original Name Original Owner Type Feet Delivery Disposition

Built by Purdy & Collison (City Island Shipbuilding)

  Virginia Alex K. Smith Schooner 67 1906  
  Odysseus   Sloop 44 1906  
  Ailsa Craig James Craig Yacht 60 1907  
  Nalka F. C. Havens Launch 37 1907  
    James LeBlair Launch 30 1907  
  Columbine C. M. Gould Yacht 70 1907  
  Yaqui Louis M. Josephal Yacht 91 1907  
  Raeo Ralph S. Townsend Motor Sailer 73 1908  
  Gertrude IV G. W. Butts Yacht 94 1908  

Built by Kyle & Purdy

  Elmasada Daniel Good Yacht 110 1912  
  Sapphire John D. Adams Yacht 65 1914  
  Assistant New Orleans Pilots Pilot Boat 57 1914  
  Beth H. A. Walton Launch 33 1915  
  No name Carl Stein Cruiser 40 1916  
  Idylease G. H. Morris Steamer 66 1916  
  Gadfly Robert K. Cassett Houseboat 107 1917  
  Nautilus II George Barr Yacht 66 1917  
  Gloucester John Hayes Hammond Power Boat 50 1917  
  Cruisania John Barr Yacht 49 1917  
  SC 323 U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 110 5-Dec-17 Sold 1921
  SC 324 U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 110 13-Dec-17 Sold 1921
  SC 325 U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 110 13-Dec-17 Sold 1921
  SC 326 U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 110 10-Dec-17 Sold 1935
  SC 327 U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 110 12-Dec-17 To Italy 1919
  SC 376 U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 110 27-Sep-18 To France as C-74
  SC 377 U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 110 9-Jun-18 To France as C-59
  SC 378 U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 110 9-Jun-18 To France as C-63
  SC 379 U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 110 9-Jun-18 To France as C-53
  SC 380 U.S. Navy Sub Chaser 110 27-Sep-18 To France as C-75
  Lizzie XVIII U.S. Navy Patrol Boat 41 1917  
  Roaring Forty   Patrol Boat 41 1917  
  Elsie III Henry Zube Patrol Boat 41 1917  
  Jonah L. Hatch Patrol Boat 41 1917  
  Mitzi Chris Johnson Patrol Boat 41 1917  
  Comanche U.S. Navy Patrol Boat 41 1918  
  Comfort John C. Evans Patrol Boat 41 1918  
  Bathalum US Shipping Board Icebreaking Tug 150 Aug-19  
  Bathgate US Shipping Board Icebreaking Tug 150 Sep-19  
  Battleboro US Shipping Board Icebreaking Tug 150 Oct-19  
  Baymead US Shipping Board Icebreaking Tug 150 Nov-19  
  Bacone US Shipping Board Icebreaking Tug 150 Dec-19  
  Baddacock US Shipping Board Icebreaking Tug 150 Jul-20  
  Bayport US Shipping Board Icebreaking Tug 150 Aug-20  
  Bayside US Shipping Board Icebreaking Tug 150 Sep-20  
  Bayspring US Shipping Board Icebreaking Tug 150 Oct-20 Later "Cahokia" (AT 60), then YNG 19, sold 1947
  Beach Haven US Shipping Board Icebreaking Tug 150 Nov-20 Later AT 61, then YT 135 and YTB 135, sold 1947
  Haida Max Fleischman   145 1920  
  Sea Hornet III U.S. Navy Torpedo Boat   1920  
  Techomate   Tug   1921  
  Toteco Int'l. Petroleum Tug   1921  
  Spare Time Julius Philipson Power Boat   1921  
  Mirimar Louis Eisenlohr Houseboat 101 1922  
  Bird S. Coler City of New York Ferry 90 1922 Later Fordham

Built by T. A. Kyle Shipyard

  Various Various Cruisers 38 1923-24  
  Various Various Sloops 23 1923-24  
  Various Various Rowboats 12 1923-24  
  Various Various Sloops 14 1923-24  
  Various Various Sloops 23 1923-24  
  James V. Crawford   Ferry 95 1925 Later J. N. Lummus and Islander
  Cecile Wallace Collins Cruiser 38 1925  
  Miriam II W. D. Warner Cruiser 38 1925  
  Gleam C. V. Kozlay Yawl 47 1926  
    Harlem Y.C. Launch 31 1926  
  Almanar II Joseph S. Carreau Cruiser 38 1927  
  Valgerda II Mrs. William Isom Sloop 43 1927  
  Alana   Ketch 58 1931 Later Analga and Janane Lee
  Comet W. Lageman Power Boat 30 1932  
  Gosling C. Taylor Cutter 27 1933  
  Various Various Sloops 14 1933  
  Various Various Sloops 18 1933  
  F-50-1073 U.S. Air Force Power Boat 89 1936  
      Sloop 23 1937  
  Nedumo Henry M. Devereux Yawl 46 1938  
  Kildeer John Miegs Ketch 38 1939  

Built by Murphy Shipyard

  YFN 354 U.S. Navy Covered Lighter 109 1943  
  YFN 355 U.S. Navy Covered Lighter 109 1943  
  YFN 356 U.S. Navy Covered Lighter 109 1943  
  YFN 357 U.S. Navy Covered Lighter 109 1943  
  YFN 358 U.S. Navy Covered Lighter 109 1943  
  YFN 394 U.S. Navy Covered Lighter 109 1943  
  YFN 395 U.S. Navy Covered Lighter 109 1943  
  YFN 664 U.S. Navy Covered Lighter 109 1944  
  YFN 665 U.S. Navy Covered Lighter 109 1944  
  YFN 666 U.S. Navy Covered Lighter 109 1944  
  YFN 667 U.S. Navy Covered Lighter 109 1944  
  YFN 824 U.S. Navy Covered Lighter 109 1944  
  YFN 825 U.S. Navy Covered Lighter 109 1944  
  YFN 826 U.S. Navy Covered Lighter 109 1944