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Dawn Cruisers, Clason Point NY

(later Wheeler Yachts)

Most recent update: July 22, 2010.

Dawn Cruisers was established in 1906, by three members of the Donnelly family, who were active members of the Bayside Yacht Club.  The yard was in the South Bronx, at the east end of Patterson Avenue, where Pugsley Creek Park is today, but there's absolutely no sign of it in the satellite photos.  In addition to the army boats listed below, they built small craft for the Navy, but the Navy's wartime construction of small craft is one of the black holes in this database.  The company was acquired by the Wheeler family in 1948, when they closed their yards in Brooklyn and Whitestone, and renamed Wheeler Yachts, but it was destroyed by fire in 1963.  If anyone has any additional information either about the boats it built, please send it to me at timcolton@aol.com.

Hull # Customer Type Type Pennant # Feet Delivery Disposition
US Army Tug MTL 266 46 4/43-5/43  
US Army Tug MTL 267 46 4/43-5/43  
US Army Tug MTL 268 46 4/43-5/43  
US Army Tug MTL 269 46 4/43-5/43  
US Army Tug MTL 270 46 4/43-5/43  
US Army Tug MTL 620 47 9/43-12/43  
US Army Tug MTL 621 47 9/43-12/43  
US Army Tug MTL 622 47 9/43-12/43  
US Army Tug MTL 623 47 9/43-12/43  
US Army Tug MTL 624 47 9/43-12/43  
US Army Tug MTL 625 47 9/43-12/43  
US Army Tug MTL 626 47 9/43-12/43  
US Army Tug MTL 627 47 9/43-12/43  
US Army Tug MTL 628 47 9/43-12/43  
US Army Tug MTL 629 47 9/43-12/43  
US Army Psgr. Boat J 1163 36 10/43-4/44  
US Army Psgr. Boat J 1164 36 10/43-4/44  
US Army Psgr. Boat J 1165 36 10/43-4/44  
US Army Psgr. Boat J 1166 36 10/43-4/44  
US Army Psgr. Boat J 1167 36 10/43-4/44  
US Army Psgr. Boat J 1168 36 10/43-4/44  
US Army Psgr. Boat J 1169 36 10/43-4/44  
US Army Psgr. Boat J 1170 36 10/43-4/44  
US Army Psgr. Boat J 1171 36 10/43-4/44  
US Army Psgr. Boat J 1172 36 10/43-4/44  
US Army Psgr. Boat J 1173 36 10/43-4/44  
US Army Psgr. Boat J 1174 36 10/43-4/44  
US Army Psgr. Boat J 1175 36 10/43-4/44  
US Army Psgr. Boat J 1176 36 10/43-4/44  
US Army Psgr. Boat J 1177 36 10/43-4/44  
US Army Psgr. Boat J 1178 36 10/43-4/44  
US Army Psgr. Boat J 1179 36 10/43-4/44  
US Army Psgr. Boat J 1180 36 10/43-4/44  
US Army Tug MTL 630 46 12/43-3/44  
US Army Tug MTL 631 46 12/43-3/44  
US Army Tug MTL 632 46 12/43-3/44  
US Army Tug MTL 633 46 12/43-3/44  
US Army Tug MTL 634 46 12/43-3/44  
US Army Tug MTL 635 46 12/43-3/44  
US Army Tug MTL 636 46 12/43-3/44  
US Army Tug MTL 637 46 12/43-3/44  
US Army Tug MTL 638 46 12/43-3/44  
US Army Tug MTL 639 46 12/43-3/44  
US Army Tug MTL 640 46 12/43-3/44  
US Army Tug MTL 641 46 12/43-3/44  
US Army Tug MTL 642 46 12/43-3/44