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Luders Marine, Stamford CT

Most recent update: September 4, 2011.

Luders Marine Construction was founded in 1908 but was located from 1911 onwards at the end of Dyke Lane, in Stamford Harbor.  It became well known for its fine custom-built yachts, but closed in 1968.  The yard is now operated by Brewer Yacht Haven Marina: see it from the air on Google here.  If anyone can add to the table below, please e-mail timcolton@aol.com.

Hull # Original Name Original Owner Type Type # Tons Feet Delivery Disposition
  Kathmar I   Yacht       40 1910  
  Arroyo Gus Chesebrough Yacht     12d 48 1913 To USN 1917 as SP 197. Returned 1919
  Minerva Elizabeth C Bowen Yacht     55d 80 1914 To USN 1917 as SP 425. Returned 1919
  Cero R C McCorkle Yacht       40 1915 To USN 1917 as SP 1189. Lost by fire 1918.
  Zigzag   Yacht       44 1916 To USN 1917 as SP 106. Lost in hurricane 1919
  Pattina   Yacht     31d 60 1916 To USN 1917 as SP 675. Returned 1919
  Elithro II John Kelly Robinson Yacht       55 1916 To USN 1917 as SP 15. Returned 1918
  Aurore II   Yacht         1916 To USN 1917 as SP 460. Sold 1919
  C 252   Yacht       67 1917 To USN 1942 as YP 66, sold 1946
  Mystery Ralph Pulitzer Yacht     26d 71 1917 To USN 1917 as SP 428. Returned 1919.
  Kemah  F E Lewis II Yacht     300d 146 1917 To USN 1917 as SP 415. Sold 1920
    U.S. Navy Sub Chaser SC 318 85d 110 22-Dec-17 To France as C-28. Scrapped 1928
    U.S. Navy Sub Chaser SC 319 85d 110 22-Dec-17 To France 1918. Lost 1918
    U.S. Navy Sub Chaser SC 320 85d 110 1-Dec-17 Sold 1927.
    U.S. Navy Sub Chaser SC 321 85d 110 8-Jan-18 Sold 1920 (to Mexico?)
    U.S. Navy Sub Chaser SC 322 85d 110 7-Mar-18 Sold 1922.
  Taylor         104   1918  
    U.S. Navy Seaplane Barge YV 56   58 1918  
    U.S. Navy Seaplane Barge YV 57   58 1918  
    U.S. Navy Seaplane Barge YV 58   58 1918  
    U.S. Navy Seaplane Barge YV 59   58 1918  
    U.S. Navy Seaplane Barge YV 60   58 1918 Later YF 139
    U.S. Army Quartermasters Corps Service boat Q  1   59 1918  
    U.S. Army Quartermasters Corps Service boat Q  2   59 1918  
    U.S. Army Quartermasters Corps Service boat Q  3   59 1918  
    U.S. Army Quartermasters Corps Service boat Q  4   59 1918  
    U.S. Army Quartermasters Corps Service boat Q  5   59 1918  
    U.S. Army Quartermasters Corps Service boat Q  6   59 1918  
    U.S. Army Quartermasters Corps Service boat Q  7   59 1918  
    U.S. Army Quartermasters Corps Service boat Q  8   59 1918  
159   U.S. Army Quartermasters Corps Service boat Q  9  29 59 1918 Later 28-T-873. Sold 194x as Farallone. Active
    U.S. Army Quartermasters Corps Service boat Q  10   59 1918  
    U.S. Army Quartermasters Corps Service boat Q  11   59 1918  
    U.S. Army Quartermasters Corps Service boat Q  12   59 1918  
  Harbor Tug No. 71 U.S. Navy Tug YT 71 215d 88  1919 . 
  Harbor Tug No. 72 U.S. Navy Tug YT 72 215d  88 1919 . 
  Harbor Tug No. 73 U.S. Navy Tug YT 73 215d  88 1919 . 
  Harbor Tug No. 74 U.S. Navy Tug YT 74 215d  88 1919 Sold 1922 as Margaret A. Moran. Scrapped 1950
  Ginger-Dot Frank B Stearns Yacht       86 1922  
  Gilnockie C Prescott Knight Yacht       99 1923  
    U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Craft PC 233 37 75 1924-25  
    U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Craft PC 234 37 75 1924-25  
    U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Craft PC 235 37 75 1924-25  
    U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Craft PC 236 37 75 1924-25  
    U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Craft PC 237 37 75 1924-25  
    U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Craft PC 238 37 75 1924-25  
    U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Craft PC 239 37 75 1924-25  
    U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Craft PC 240 37 75 1924-25  
    U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Craft PC 241 37 75 1924-25  
    U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Craft PC 242 37 75 1924-25  
  Sea Dream Samuel M Nicholson  Yacht       100 1925 To USN 1942 as YP 408, sold 1946
  Ramna Walter P. Lasher Yacht       90 1926  
  Denali   Yacht       78 1926 To USN 1942 as YP 146, sold 1946
  Radiant   Yacht         1926 To USN 1942 as YP 211, sold 1946
  Annio   Yacht         1926 To USN 1942 as YP 577, sold 1946
  Spindrift Carl K Bacon Yacht         1926  
  Sirocco   Yacht       165 1926  
  Idalia   Yacht       62 1927 To USN 1942 as YP 451, sold 1946
  Zapala   Yacht       159 1927 To USN 1942 as YP 217, sold 1946
  Catamount   Yacht       85 1927  
  Robodar   Yacht       138 1928  
337 Bambalina III Theodore Pratt Yacht         1929  
  Annette R   Yacht         1929 To USN 1942 as YP 352, sold 1946
  Spindrift   Yacht       100 1929  
  Martha N   Yacht       97 1930 To USN 1942 as YP 553, sold 1946
  Koranett   Yacht       120 1930  
  Hippocampus   Yacht         1931  
  Doromar   Yacht     160d  111 1931 To USN 1941 as Topaz (PYc 10). Struck 1944
  Sea Owl Carter Lupton Yacht       116 1931 Original owner was CEO of White Owl Cigars
  Challenge   Yacht       c19 1934  
  Fifteen L16 yachts   Yachts       16 1934  
  Bonnie Dundee Clifford D Mallory Sr Yacht       85 1935  
  Mercury IV   Yacht         1936 To USN 1942 as YP 358, sold 1946
  Indian Harbor Town of Greenwich CT Ferry     59 59 1937 Active.
  Escapade Keefe Kaplan Maritime Yacht     43 62 1938 Active.
  Resolute US Naval Academy Yacht       44 1939 Sold 1970. Active
  Frolic US Naval Academy Yacht       44 194x Sold c1970. Active 2003
  Restless US Naval Academy Yacht       44 194x Sold c1970. Scrapped 2005
  Flirt US Naval Academy Yacht       44 194x Sold c1970. Active 2003
  Lively US Naval Academy Yacht       44 194x Sold c1970. Active 2005
  Swift US Naval Academy Yacht       44 194x Sold c1970. Active 2003
  Vigilant US Naval Academy Yacht       44 194x Sold c1970. Active 2008
  [5 more yachts of above class] US Naval Academy Yachts       44 1939-1943  
  Yorel II   Yacht         1940 To USN 1942 as YP 578, sold 1946
  Condesa   Yacht     9 32  1940 Active.
  Cascade   Tug     65 60 1940 Now Wake Island 
    US Navy Sub Chaser PC 449 136 110 25-Sep-40 Sold 1949 to Texas A&M,later accommodation ship. Scrapped 1974
    US Army Dist. Box Boat L 64   64 Sep-40  
    US Army Dist. Box Boat L 65   64 Oct-40  
    US Army Dist. Box Boat L 66   64 Nov-40  
    US Army Dist. Box Boat L 67   64 Dec-40  
    US Army Dist. Box Boat L 78   64 Oct-41  
    US Army Dist. Box Boat L 79   64 Oct-41  
    US Army Dist. Box Boat L 80   64 Nov-41  
    US Army Dist. Box Boat L 81   64 Nov-41  
    US Army Dist. Box Boat L 82   64 Dec-41  
    US Army Dist. Box Boat L 83   64 Dec-41  
476?  [one of above?]      T 476 67g 64 1941 Later passenger Beavertail, now Acushnet
  [one of above?]          69 64  1943 Later fishing Amanda K, now Ali J.
    US Navy Tug YTL 160 47 61  1941 To France 1945 as Le Volontaire, later Pluvier (Y 696), Q 424. Scrapped 1968
    US Navy Tug YTL 161 47 61  1941 To France 1945 as Hirondelle (Y 657), later Q 565. Condemned 1977
    US Navy Tug YTL 162 47 61  1941 To France 1945 as Cacatoès; to Japan 1957
    US Navy Tug YTL 163 47 61  1941 To France 1953 as Sidi Ahmed, later Caille (Y 614), Q 459. Scrapped 1970
    US Navy Tug YTL 164 47 61  1941 Sold 1967 as Pacific Polaris, later Polaris
    US Navy Tug YTL 165 47 61 1941  To France 1945 as Chardonneret (Y 622), later Q 449. Sold 1970, scrapped 1990.
    US Navy Tug YTL 166 47 61  1941 Later MPE 166, now General
    US Navy Tug YTL 167 47 61 1941 To France 1953 as Fauvette; to Japan 1957
    US Navy Tug YTL 168 47 61  1941  
    US Navy Tug YTL 169 47 61  1941 Sold 19xx. Later Daniel A White, Spuyten Duyvil, False Cape, now Daniel di Napoli
    US Navy Sub Chaser SC 505 136d 110 21-Apr-42 To NDRF 1947.
    US Navy Sub Chaser SC 506 136d 110 30-Apr-42 To France 1944 as CH 113.
    US Navy Sub Chaser SC 532 136d 110 20-May-42 To France 1944 as CH 103, later P 729. Condemned 1952
    US Navy Sub Chaser SC 533 136d 110 12-Jun-42 To France 1944 as CH 104, later P 693, Q300. Condemned 1961
    US Navy Sub Chaser SC 534 136d 110 11-Jul-42 To France 1944 as CH 122, later P 709, Q441. Condemned 1968
    US Navy Sub Chaser SC 535 136d 110 21-Jul-42 To France 1944 as CH 143, later P 727. Condemned 1953
    US Navy Sub Chaser PC 556 463d 110 1-Sep-42 To France 1944 as Carabinier (W 16/W 92/P 617), later Uranium, Q135.. Sunk as target 1968
    US Navy Sub Chaser PC 557 463d 110 15-Oct-42 To France 1944 as Dragon (W 83/W 28/P 620), later Q148.  Scrapped 1959
    US Navy Sub Chaser PC 558 463d 110 19-Nov-42 Torpedoed off Salerno and lost Sep-44.
    US Navy Sub Chaser SC 1013 136d 110 21-Sep-42 To USCG 1945 as Air Petrel (WAVR 448), later passenger Mount Independence, laid up in Baltimore. Sank 200x
    US Navy Sub Chaser SC 1014 136d 110 29-Aug-42 Transferred foreign 1947.
    US Navy Sub Chaser SC 1015 136d 110 20-Oct-42 To USCG 1945 as Air Pheasant (WAVR 449). Sold 19xx as cargo Air Pheasant. Scuttled 1982.
    US Navy Sub Chaser SC 1016 136d 110 15-Dec-42 To USCG 1945 as Air Phoebe (WAVR 450)
    US Navy Sub Chaser SC 1017 136d 110 29-Dec-42 To USCG 1945 as Air Pigeon (WAVR 451)
    US Navy Sub Chaser SC 1018 136d 110 22-Jan-43 Transferred foreign 1947.
    US Navy Sub Chaser SC 1019 136d 110 15-Feb-43 To NDRF 1946.
    US Navy Sub Chaser SC 1020 136d 110 20-May-43 To NDRF 1948.
    US Navy Sub Chaser SC 1021 136d 110 29-Apr-43 To the USSR 1945 as BO 328.
    US Navy Sub Chaser SC 1022 136d 110 9-Jun-43 To USCG 1945 as Air Piper (WAVR 452), sold 1947.
    US Navy Sub Chaser PC 604 463d 110 9-Mar-43 To Brazil 1943 as Guaibá (G 3), scrapped 1952.
    US Navy Sub Chaser PC 605 463d 110 28-May-43 To Brazil 1943 as Gurupá (G 4), scrapped 1952
    US Navy Sub Chaser PC 606 463d 110 7-Aug-43 Later Andrews (PC 606), scrapped 1957
    US Navy Sub Chaser PC 607 463d 110 27-Aug-43 To Brazil 1943 as Guajará (G 5)
    US Navy Sub Chaser SC 1355 136d 110 10-Jul-43 To USCG 1945 as Air Tern (WAVR 474), sold 1949 as Chief, later Mount Independence. Fate unknown
    US Navy Sub Chaser SC 1356 136d 110 18-Aug-43 To USCG 1945 as Air Thrush (WAVR 475).
    US Navy Sub Chaser SC 1357 136d 110 31-Aug-43 To USCG 1945 as Air Toucan (WAVR 476)
    US Navy Sub Chaser PC 1211 463d 110 16-Aug-43 Sold as Blue Arrow, to Spain 1956 as Javier Quiroga.  Stricken 1971.
    US Navy Sub Chaser PC 1212 463d 110 18-Sep-43 Later Laurinburg (PC 1212), scrapped 1959.
    US Navy Sub Chaser PC 1213 463d 110 6-Oct-43 Later Louden (PC 1213), scrapped 1960.
    US Navy Sub Chaser PC 1214 463d 110 28-Oct-43 Destroyed 1951.
    US Navy Sub Chaser PC 1215 463d 110 26-Nov-43 To NDRF 1948.
    US Navy Sub Chaser PC 1216 463d 110 31-Dec-43 Later Elkins (PC 1216). Scrapped 1960.
    US Navy Sub Chaser PC 1217 463d 110 27-Apr-44 Sold for scrap 1948, still at Rossville NJ 2008
    US Navy Sub Chaser PC 1218 463d 110 29-May-44 To Thailand 1948 as Sukeip (PC 5),  Struck 1991.
    US Navy Sub Chaser PC 1219 463d 110 1-Jul-44 ? 
    US Navy Sub Chaser PC 1220 463d 110 29-Jul-44 ? 
    US Navy Sub Chaser PC 1255 463d 110 1-Sep-44 Later PGM 18, sunk by a mine off Okinawa and lost Apr-45.
    US Navy Sub Chaser PC 1256 463d 110 27-Oct-44 To Portugal 1948 as Săo Tomé (TM/P 585).. Struck c1969. 
    US Navy Sub Chaser PC 1257 463d 110 21-Dec-44 To Portugal 1948 as Santiago (P 583). Struck 1967.
    US Navy Sub Chaser PC 1258 463d 110 24-Jan-45 Sold 1948 as Boston Belle, resold to Argentina as Ciudad de Rosario, abandoned 1982.
    US Navy Sub Chaser PC 1259 463d 110 6-Mar-45 To Portugal 1948 as Săo Vincente (VC/P 586)
  Onockatin  US Navy Tug YT/YTB 277 397d 110 1-Jun-44 Struck 1960.
  Ossahinta  US Navy Tug YT/YTB 278 397d 110 19-Jul-44 Sold 1960.
  Penacook  US Navy Tug YT/YTB 279 397d 110 26-Sep-44 Sold 1961 as Atlantic, later Whiteman 10. Sank 1969
  Tuscola  US Navy Tug YT/YTB 280 397d 110 28-Apr-44 Struck 1963.
  Cholocco  US Navy Tug YTB 498 397d 110 1944 Later YTM 764, sold 1975 as Robert Henjes?
  Chiquito  US Navy Tug YTB 499 397d 110 Aug-45 Later YTM 765, sold 1965 as Scammon Bay, later Marine Retriever, Cascade, Island Brave, now Marine Retriever.
  Chohonaga  US Navy Tug YTB 500 397d 110 1945 Later YTM 766, sold 1975 as Double Eagle, now Michael Lind,
  Ankachak  US Navy Tug YTB 501 397d 110 5-Nov-45 Later YTM 767, to Greece 1972 as Aias (A-412). Active.
  Apohola  US Navy Tug YTB 502 397d 110 3-Jan-46 Later YTM 768. Scrapped 1987
  Atanus  US Navy Tug YTB 503 397d 110    Cancelled 1945. May have been completed as Yd 530 
  Ayanabi  US Navy Tug YTB 504 397d 110    Cancelled 1945. May have been completed as Yd 531 
  Bocachee  US Navy Tug YTB 505 397d 110    Cancelled 1945. May have been completed as Yd 532 
  Storm   Yacht     11 39  1946 Active 
  Leaf   Yacht       38 1946 Active
530 Orion Boston Towboat Tug     199 94 1946 Later Southport, now Rusty Pelican.
531 Juno Boston Towboat Tug     199 94 Jan-46 Later Ledyard, now Leonard M
532 Triton Boston Towboat Tug     199 94 1946 Active.
  Noble Wood   Yacht       26 1947 Active
  North   Yacht       38 1947 Active
      Yacht       30 1947 Now Leg-A-Sea
900  Selden III State of Connecticut  Ferry      87 65  1949 Active 
  Piquant   Yacht       47 1950 Now Freelance
      Tug         1950 Now G. M. D. I
980 Cable Queen N. Y. Telephone Cable Layer     64 65 1952 Active
  Agile  U.S. Navy Minesweeper AM/MSO 421 744d 172 21-Jun-56 Scrapped 1980
  Aggressive U.S. Navy Minesweeper AM/MSO 422 755d 172 25-Nov-53 Scrapped 1980.
  Avenge  U.S. Navy Minesweeper AM/MSO 423 755d 172 13-May-54 Destroyed by fire 1969, scrapped.
  Rival U.S. Navy Minesweeper AM/MSO 468 775d 172 3-Sep-54 Scrapped 1971.
  Sagacity  U.S. Navy Minesweeper AM/MSO 469 775d 172 20-Jan-55 Scrapped 1971.
  Salute  U.S. Navy Minesweeper AM/MSO 470 775d 172 4-May-55 Scrapped 1971.
  Skill  U.S. Navy Minesweeper AM/MSO 471 775d 172 7-Nov-55 Scrapped 1979.
  Caprice   Yacht     12 38  1956 Active 
  Weatherly Weatherly Inc  Yacht     24 59  1958 (for America’s Cup) Active 
1001  Robin   Yacht     15 40  1958 Active 
  American Eagle American Eagle Charters  Yacht     29 68  1964 (for America’s Cup) Active 
  Adagio   Yacht       26 1965 Active [possibly built elsewhere]