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 |
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Built by Purdy & Collison (City Island Shipbuilding) |
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| 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 | ||
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Built by Kyle & Purdy |
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| 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 | ||
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