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Rice Brothers, East Boothbay ME

Most recent update: July 2, 2011.

Rice Brothers Corporation was established in 1892 and closed in 1956: the site, between Washburn & Doughty and Hodgdon Yachts, is now unoccupied.  If anyone can add to the table below, please e-mail your info to timcolton@aol.com.

Hull # Original Name Original Owner Vessel Type Type # Tons Feet Delivery Disposition
  Edith   Catboat       27 1891  
  Libbie R.   Catboat       26 1892  
  Beatrice   Catboat       30 1893  
  Zeruah   Sloop       44 1895  
  Boojum   Catboat       23 1896  
  Trifiana   Sloop       43 1896  
  Norseman   Yawl       39 1896  
  Swirl   Sloop       49 1896  
  Mary Janee   Cutter       47 1896  
  Mistral   Catboat       20 1896  
  Gaviota   Schooner       61 1897  
  Shechinah   Sloop       57 1897  
  Brynlys   Schooner       60 1897  
  S[pray   Sloop       32 1898  
  Psyche   Sloop       58 1898  
  Halcyon   Schooner       63 1898  
  Gipsy   Yawl       53 1898  
  Siren   Yawl       53 1899  
  Golden Rod   Sloop       41 1899  
  Jungfrau   Raceabout       35 1899  
  Regina   Yawl       78 1899  
  Kasagi   Yacht       67 1901  
  Sunshine   Schooner       64 1901  
  Playmate   Sloop       24 1902  
  Calumet   Yacht       60 1902  
  8 boats American YC One Design       33 1901-02  
  Eleanor I   Launch       22 1901  
  Clarissa   Schooner       79 1901  
  Charmer   Schooner       73 1901  
  Mavis   Schooner       73 1901  
  Louise   Catboat       30 1902  
  Scapegoat   Sloop       31 1902  
  Enola   Sloop       31 1902  
  Constance   Schooner       125 1903  
  Teva   Yawl       57 1903  
  Nereus   Sloop       35 1903  
  Virginia   Schooner       53 1903  
  Carnegie   Ketch       58 1904  
  Truant   Yawl       55 1905  
  Tarbell   Launch       36 1906  
  Siwash   Launch       32 1907  
  Awandra   Launch       42 1908  
  17 boats Manchester YC One Design       25 1908-09  
      Launch       23 1909  
  Black Buck   Schooner       55 1909  
  7 boats North Haven YC One Design       25 1910  
  5 boats New Haven YC One Design       25 1910  
  200 boats   Launch       28 1910-13  
  Seafarer   Aux Yacht       80 1910  
  Heriola   Aux Schooner       47 1910  
  Fame   Aux Schooner       41 1910  
  75 boats   Runabout       24 1910-13  
  8 boats   One Design       40 1911-12  
  Anna Louise   Launch       37 1912  
      Launch       37 1912  
  7 boats   One Design       25 1912-13  
  Adventuress   Aux. Schooner     82 101 1913 Now school ship in Port Townsend WA
  Astro   Aux. Schooner       107 1914  
  Mallard   Aux. Schooner       47 1914  
  Zoruah   Aux. Yawl       43 1915  
  Grayling   Sardine Carrier       65 1915 Active
  11 boats Stamford YC One Design       27 1916  
  Nimble   Sloop       26 1916  
  18 boats Dark Harbor One Design       20 1915-16  
  Crosbeak   Launch       38 1916  
  Poe Reef U.S. Coast Guard Light Vessel LV 99   98 1917 Destroyed in shop fire
      Lighter       107 1918  
  Louis M. Winslow L. M. Winslow Stern Trawler     346 139 1918  
  Alden A. Mills A. A. Mills Stern Trawler     346 139 1919  
  Fabia         248   1920  
  Poe Reef U.S. Coast Guard Light Vessel LV 99   98 21-Jul-21 Later Grays Reef and Overfalls, retired and sold 1956
  Bainbridge Benton Transit Ferry     704 152 1921 Laid down as trawler Arnold T. Rice, later Algomah II 1936, Erie Queen 1962, The Boat at River's Edge 1969, scrapped 1990s
  Eleanor   Motor Boat       21 1922  
  Fisher   Stern Trawler     346 139 1922  
  Seiner   Stern Trawler     346 139 1922  
  18 boats   One Design       25 1923-24  
    Will Daggett Lobster Smack       65 1924  
  Bluewater   Aux. Schooner       56 1924  
  Beacon Rock   Aux. Schooner       56 1924  
    U.S.C.G. Patrol Craft CG 170 37 75 1924/25  
    U.S.C.G. Patrol Craft CG 171 37 75 1924/25  
    U.S.C.G. Patrol Craft CG 172 37 75 1924/25  
    U.S.C.G. Patrol Craft CG 173 37 75 1924/25  
    U.S.C.G. Patrol Craft CG 174 37 75 1924/25  
    U.S.C.G. Patrol Craft CG 175 37 75 1924/25 To USN 1933 as YP 40, sold 1946
    U.S.C.G. Patrol Craft CG 176 37 75 1924/25 To USN 1933 as YP 29, sold 1946
    U.S.C.G. Patrol Craft CG 177 37 75 1924/25 To USN 1933 as YP 19, sold 1946
    U.S.C.G. Patrol Craft CG 178 37 75 1924/25  
    U.S.C.G. Patrol Craft CG 179 37 75 1924/25  
  25 boats NE Harbor YC One Designs       28 1924-28  
  Harvard   Stern Trawler     341 152 1926  
  Starling   Aux. Schooner      158 126 1926  
  D. Clinton   Tug        46 1927  
  Cintra   Cruiser        64 1927  
  Thumbcap   Cruiser        21 1927  
  400 boats   Mahogany OBs       14 1926-35  
  200 boats   Mahogany IBs "A"       18 1927-29  
  90 boats   Mahogany IBs "B"       18 1927-29  
  10 boats   Mahogany IBs "C"       18 1927-29  
  10 boats   Cuisers       18 1929-32  
  Shearwater   Aux. Schooner        67 1929  
  City of Portland   Fireboat      115 90 1931  
  10 boats   Sail Cutters       20 1932  
  Halcyon   Sloop          1935  
  Turecamo Boys   Tug        100 1936  
  Gov. Brann   Ferry        90 1936  
  Jack Bitt   Aux. Sloop        30 1937  
  Cornfield Point U.S. Coast Guard Light Vessel LV 118   114 11-Sep-38 Later Cross Rip and Boston, retired 1972, now museum in Lewes DE
  Dozoraty   Fireboat        90 1939  
  Lenita   Aux. Yawl        35 1939  
  Privateer   Aux. Yawl        35 1939  
  Volana   Aux. Ketch        42 1939  
  Whistler   Aux. Yawl        26 1939  
    US Navy Sub Chaser SC 503 278 136 24-Apr-42 To France 1944 as CH 112
    US Navy Sub Chaser SC 504 278 136 4-May-42 To the NDRF 1946
    US Navy Minesweeper YMS 12 278 136 1-Jul-42 Struck 1946
    US Navy Minesweeper YMS 13 278 136 13-Aug-42 To France 1944 as Basilic (D 317)
    US Navy Minesweeper YMS 14 278 136 7-Oct-42 Sunk in Boston Harbor 1945
    US Navy Minesweeper YMS 15 278 136 5-Dec-42 To France 1944 as Myosotis (D 338)
    US Navy Minesweeper YMS 16 278 136 15-Feb-43 To France 1944 as Capucine (D 322)
    US Navy Minesweeper YMS 17 278 136 26-Apr-43 Struck 1946
    US Navy Minesweeper YMS 303 278 136 11-Aug-43 Struck 1946
    US Navy Minesweeper YMS 304 278 136 1-Oct-43 Mined off Normandy and lost 1944
    US Navy Minesweeper YMS 305 278 136 17-Nov-43 To Norway 1945 as Gaula (M 318)
    US Navy Minesweeper YMS 306 278 136 18-Jan-44 Reclassified 1947 as Goldfinch (AMS 12), to Maine VoTech Inst. 1960, now Aqualab
    US Navy Minesweeper YMS 307 278 136 24-Feb-44 To Turkey 1947 as Kirte, struck 1966
  335 boats   Aluminum Sailboats       12 - 15 1946-48   
  25 boats   Aluminum Sailboats       18 1946-48  
  25 boats   Sail Canoes       18 1946-48  
  55 boats   Sailboats       12 1947-48  
  210 boats   Aluminum Boats       8 - 10 1946-48  
  125 boats   Aluminum Boats       12 1946-48  
  20 boats   Aluminum Boats       16 1947-48  
  160 boats   Aluminum Boats       8 1946-48  
  50 boats   Aluminum Boats       12 1945-48  
  125 boats   Motor Canoes       16 1945-48  
  450 boats   Aluminum Canoes       14 - 16 1945-48  
  75 boats   Aluminum Sailboats        16 1947-48  
  25 boats   Motor Boats        12 1948  
  Columbia River U.S. Coast Guard Light Vessel LV 604   128 1950 Retired 1979, now museum in Astoria OR
  Overfalls U.S. Coast Guard Light Vessel LV 605   128 1950 Later Blunts Reef, West Coast Relief, retired 1975, now museum in San Francisco Bay
  11 boats U.S. Navy Personnel Boat       40 1955