Other 19th Century Shipbuilders - Great Lakes and Inland Waterways
This table lists self-propelled, ships built in the late 19th century and/or the years before World War One, by the smaller shipbuilders on the Great Lakes and Inland Waterways. For most of these shipyards I have little or no information, in some cases not even a location. If anyone can tell me anything helpful about any of these yards - who owned them, where exactly they were located, what happened to them - please e-mail timcolton@aol.com.
| Shipbuilder | Location | Hull # | Original Name | Original Owner | Ship Type | GT | Delivery | Disposition |
| Inland New York | ||||||||
| Cowles SY Co. | Buffalo NY | Derek E. | Tug | 1907 | ||||
| Cowles SY Co. | Buffalo NY | John Kelderhouse | 100 | 1907 | ||||
| Cowles SY Co. | Buffalo NY | Erastus C. Knight | 47 | 1908 | ||||
| Cowles SY Co. | Buffalo NY | Walter Mattick | 102 | 1908 | ||||
| Cowles SY Co. | Buffalo NY | Grover Cleveland | 59 | 1908 | ||||
| Cowles SY Co. | Buffalo NY | Lackawanna | Dredge | 331 | 1909 | |||
| Cowles SY Co. | Buffalo NY | Favorite | 155 | 1909 | ||||
| Cowles SY Co. | Buffalo NY | Crescent | 385 | 1910 | ||||
| Cowles SY Co. | Buffalo NY | Erie | Tanker | 14 | 1911 | |||
| Cowles SY Co. | Buffalo NY | Frank Lenahan | 35 | 1911 | ||||
| Cowles SY Co. | Buffalo NY | John Michael | 1913 | |||||
| Cowles SY Co. | Buffalo NY | Hedge Wickwire | 83 | 1913 | ||||
| Cowles SY Co. | Buffalo NY | Colonel Ward | 41 | 1913 | ||||
| Cowles SY Co. | Buffalo NY | Arthur Schoellkopk | 15 | 1914 | ||||
| Cowles SY Co. | Buffalo NY | Samuel J. Dark | 58 | 1914 | ||||
| Dunbar & Sullivan | Buffalo NY | Hurricane | Dredge | 191 | 1909 | |||
| Dunbar, Harris T. | Buffalo NY | No. 1 | 232 | 1895 | ||||
| Dunbar, Harris T. | Buffalo NY | Gold Standard | Barge | 222 | 1895 | |||
| Dunbar, Harris T. | Buffalo NY | Cuba Libre | Barge | 195 | 1895 | |||
| Dunbar, Harris T. | Buffalo NY | Protective Policy | Barge | 339 | 1896 | |||
| Empire SB Co. | Buffalo NY | John A. Baker | Tanker | 11 | 1902 | |||
| Empire SB Co. | Buffalo NY | Kathryn | Barge | 629 | 1904 | |||
| Empire SB Co. | Buffalo NY | Batavia | Cargo Ship | 202 | 1904 | |||
| Empire SB Co. | Buffalo NY | Drill No. 2 | 325 | 1904 | ||||
| Empire SB Co. | Buffalo NY | Pennsylvania | 532 | 1904 | ||||
| Empire SB Co. | Buffalo NY | Mutual | 441 | 1905 | ||||
| Empire SB Co. | Buffalo NY | C. H. Conover | 203 | 1905 | ||||
| Empire SB Co. | Buffalo NY | Erie | 290 | 1906 | ||||
| Empire SB Co. | Buffalo NY | Faith | Barge | 705 | 1906 | |||
| Empire SB Co. | Buffalo NY | No. 9 | Dredge | 959 | 1906 | |||
| Empire SB Co. | Buffalo NY | 352 | 1906 | |||||
| Empire SB Co. | Buffalo NY | B. 2 | 483 | 1906 | ||||
| Empire SB Co. | Buffalo NY | B. 1 | 433 | 1906 | ||||
| Empire SB Co. | Buffalo NY | Myron L. Hyman | D. Hyman Co | Dredge | 404 | 1907 | Foundered in Long Island Sound 1962 | |
| Empire SB Co. | Buffalo NY | America | 297 | 1908 | ||||
| Empire SB Co. | Buffalo NY | Drill No. 5 | 526 | 1908 | ||||
| Empire SB Co. | Buffalo NY | Eureka | 44 | 1909 | ||||
| Empire SB Co. | Buffalo NY | No. 1 | 269 | 1909 | ||||
| Empire SB Co. | Buffalo NY | United Shores | Int'l. Ferry Co | Passenger Ship | 336 | 1911 | Later Sioux 1918, Indian 1944, Sioux 1945, | |
| Hingston & Co. | Buffalo NY | Theodore E. Cowles | 33 | 1905 | ||||
| Hingston & Co. | Buffalo NY | Trenton | 517 | 1905 | ||||
| Hitchcock | Buffalo NY | Keystone | J. S. Duncan | Cargo Ship | 722 | 1880 | Probably a rebuild of a ship built in 1866, burnt near Big Summer I. 1898 | |
| Jones, F. N. | Buffalo NY | Clyde | F. L. Danforth | Cargo Ship | 1,549 | 1881 | Later Stanstead 1914, Colin W 1917, scrapped 1921 | |
| Inland Pennsylvania | ||||||||
| Fort Pitt Foundry | Pittsburgh PA | George M. Bibb | U.S. Coast Guard | Revenue Cutter | 409 | 1845 | ||
| Fort Pitt Foundry | Pittsburgh PA | Jefferson | U.S. Coast Guard | Revenue Cutter | 343 | 1845 | Sunk 1851 | |
| Schultz Bridge | Pittsburgh PA | James Y. Lockwood | 390 | 1896 | ||||
| Schultz Bridge | Pittsburgh PA | Kennard | Barge | 479 | 1896 | |||
| Schultz Bridge | Pittsburgh PA | Kellogg | 1178 | 1898 | ||||
| Stackhouse & Tomlinson | Pittsburgh PA | Michigan | U.S. Navy | Gunboat | 498 | 1843 | ||
| Stackhouse & Tomlinson | Pittsburgh PA | Hunter | Steamboat | 96 | 1845 | |||
| Stackhouse & Tomlinson | Pittsburgh PA | Alleghany | U.S. Navy | Gunboat | 989 | 1847 | Rebuilt as a screw steamer 1852, sold 1869 | |
| Stackhouse & Tomlinson | Pittsburgh PA | Robert J. Walker | U.S. Coast Guard | Revenue Cutter | 400 | 1847 | ||
| Snowden Mason | Pittsburgh PA | Manayunk | U.S. Navy | Monitor | 2,100 | 1865 | Later Ajax 1869, sold 1899 | |
| Snowden Mason | Pittsburgh PA | Umpqua | U.S. Navy | Monitor | 1,175 | 1866 | Later Fury 1869, Umpqua 1869, sold 1874 | |
| Speer | Belle Vernon PA | Lexington | Passenger Ship | 448 | 1860 | |||
| Tomlinson Hartupee | Pittsburgh PA | Marietta | U.S. Navy | Gunboat | 479 | 1865 | Later Circe 1869, Marietta 1869, sold 1873 | |
| Tomlinson Hartupee | Pittsburgh PA | Sandusky | U.S. Navy | Gunboat | 479 | 1865 | Later Minerva 1869, Sandusky 1869, sold 1873 | |
| Unknown | Brownsville PA | Conestoga | Passenger Ship | 572 | 1859 | |||
| Ohio | ||||||||
| Brown, Joseph | Cincinnati OH | Chillicothe | U.S. Navy | Gunboat | 203 | 1862 | Sold 1865 | |
| Brown, Joseph | Cincinnati OH | Indianola | U.S. Navy | Gunboat | 442 | 1863 | Sold 1865 | |
| Cameron, A. | New Jerusalem OH | Music | Cargo Ship | 320 | 1874 | Burnt at Onekama MI 1899 | ||
| Dimmers, Charles | Cleveland, Oh | Grouper | Tug | 1912 | ||||
| Fries, V. | Abbot Bridge OH | William Edwards | V. Fries | Cargo Ship | 1,336 | 1879 | Foundered off Cape Pine NL 1917 | |
| Hambleton | Cincinnati OH | Yuma | U.S. Navy | Monitor | 1,175 | 1866 | Later Tempest 1869, Yuma 1869, sold 1874 | |
| Hambleton | Cincinnati OH | Klamath | U.S. Navy | Monitor | 1,175 | 1866 | Later Harpy 1869, Klamath 1869, sold 1874 | |
| Langell | Cleveland OH | Havana | Cleveland Tptn | Cargo Ship | 1,041 | 1874 | Abandoned 1910 | |
| Litherbury | Cincinnati OH | Tippecanoe | U.S. Navy | Monitor | 2,100 | 1866 | Later Vesuvius 1869, Wyandotte 1869, sold 1899 | |
| Mork, J. E. | Sandusky OH | A. Wehrle, Jr. | A. Wehrle Jr | Passenger Ship | 421 | 1889 | Hulked 1920 | |
| Murphy & Miller | Cleveland OH | Aurora | J. Corrigan | Cargo Ship | 2,282 | 1887 | Burnt Amhurstburg 1898, converted to barge | |
| Presley, G. | Cleveland OH | Colonial | Cargo Ship | 1,501 | 1882 | Wrecked off Rondeau ON 1914 | ||
| Presley, G. | Cleveland OH | Continental | Cargo Ship | 1,586 | 1882 | Wrecked near Twin River LH 1904 | ||
| Presley, G. | Cleveland OH | Specular | Cargo Ship | 1,741 | 1882 | In collision and lost on Lake Erie 1900 | ||
| Radcliff, W. H. | Cleveland OH | Frank L. Vance | Milwaukee S.S. | Cargo Ship | 1,730 | 1887 | Burnt near Ludington MI 1910 | |
| Radcliff, W. H. | Cleveland OH | Wiley M. Egan | Fitzgerald, Armour & Egan | Cargo Ship | 1,677 | 1887 | Scuttled in Shelter Bay QC 1919 | |
| Radcliff, W. H. | Cleveland OH | Maurice B. Grover | A. Bradley | Cargo Ship | 1,995 | 1887 | Abandoned 1915 | |
| Radcliff, W. H. | Cleveland OH | V. Swain | Cargo Ship | 955 | 1874 | Burnt at Superior WI 1907 | ||
| Radcliff, W. H. | Cleveland OH | A. Everett | P. Minch | Cargo Ship | 1,088 | 1880 | Foundered off Point aux Barques 1895 | |
| Radcliff, W. H. | Cleveland OH | Robert Wallace | Cargo Ship | 1,189 | 1882 | Foundered near Two Harbors MN 1902 | ||
| Radcliff, W. H. | Cleveland OH | John N. Glidden | P. Minch | Cargo Ship | 1,322 | 1879 | In collision and lost in St Clair Flats Canal 1903 | |
| Radcliff, W. H. | Cleveland OH | Rufus P. Ranney | A. Bradley | Cargo Ship | 1,392 | 1881 | Later Northwestern 1917, wrecked near Matanzas 1920 | |
| Radcliff, W. H. | Cleveland OH | Gladstone | A. Bradley | Cargo Ship | 2,112 | 1888 | Damaged by ice jams in the Pine River 1919 and scuttled | |
| Radcliff, W. H. | Cleveland OH | Philip Minch | P. Minch | Cargo Ship | 1,988 | 1888 | Burnt at Marblehead LH 1904 | |
| Radcliff, W. H. | Cleveland OH | J. H. Outhwaite | Cargo Ship | 1,304 | 1886 | Wrecked and burnt at Little Point Sable 1905 | ||
| Root, H. D. | Lorain OH | H. Luella Worthington | G. H. & J. M. Worthington | Cargo Ship | 375 | 1880 | Later N. J. Nessen 1903, wrecked in Pigeon Bay, Lake Erie, 1929 | |
| Root, H. D. | Lorain OH | D. Leuty | Cargo Ship | 646 | 1882 | Wrecked Light House Point, Marquette 1911 | ||
| Root, H. D. | Lorain OH | H. S. Hubbell | Cargo Ship | 398 | 1882 | Exploded and burnt off Poverty Island 1888 | ||
| Root, H. D. | Lorain OH | W. P. Thew | Cargo Ship | 139 | 1884 | In collision and lost off Thunder Bay Island 1909 | ||
| Root, H. D. | Cleveland OH | Albert Y. Gowen | Kelley Island Lime & Tpt Co | Cargo Ship | 213 | 1888 | Converted to dredger 1896 | |
| Smith, L. P.& J. A. | Cleveland OH | Margaret Olwill | L. P. & J. A. Smith | Cargo Ship | 925 | 1887 | Capsized and sank off Lorain 1899 | |
| Shipowners DD | Cleveland OH | Pasadena | M. A. Bradley | Cargo Ship | 1,760 | 1889 | Wrecked in Portage Lake Canal 1906 | |
| Shipowners DD | Cleveland OH | Hesper | M. A. Bradley | Cargo Ship | 1,858 | 1890 | Wrecked on Silver Bay Reef 1905 | |
| Toledo Foundry | Toledo OH | Brian Boru | Dredge | 348 | 1889 | |||
| Unknown | Cincinnati OH | Laurent Millaudon | Passenger Ship | 633 | 1856 | |||
| Unknown | Cincinnati OH | A. O. Tyler | Passenger Ship | 575 | 1857 | |||
| Unknown | Cleveland OH | James Pickands | Cargo Ship | 1,545 | 1886 | Abandoned 1914 | ||
| Unknown | Cleveland OH | William A. Field | Tug | 114 | 1909 | |||
| Unknown | Grassy Point OH | Richard F. Young | Cargo Ship | 268 | 1915 | |||
| Indiana | ||||||||
| McCord Junger | New Albany IN | Tuscumbia | Gunboat | 565 | 1863 | Sold 1865 | ||
| Unknown | New Albany IN | Alick Scott | Passenger Ship | 0 | 1858 | |||
| Illinois | ||||||||
| Hambleton Collier | Peoria IL | Ozark | Gunboat | 578 | 1864 | Sold 1865 | ||
| Miller Bros | Chicago IL | Boscobel | The Peshtigo Co | Cargo Ship | 610 | 1881 | Later Ottawa 1904, burnt in Redcliff WI 1909 | |
| Ripley Hardware | Grafton IL | Emma Della | 7 | 1905 | ||||
| Ripley Hardware | Grafton IL | Carrie Lee | 11 | 1906 | ||||
| Ripley Hardware | Grafton IL | Delena | 14 | 1908 | ||||
| Ripley Hardware | Grafton IL | J. Frank Hicks | 11 | 1910 | ||||
| Ripley Hardware | Grafton IL | Jinks | Yacht | 17 | 1910 | |||
| Ripley Hardware | Grafton IL | Hustler | 9 | 1910 | ||||
| Ripley Hardware | Grafton IL | Nixona | 11 | 1910 | ||||
| Ripley Hardware | Grafton IL | Pontiac | 8 | 1910 | ||||
| Ripley Hardware | Grafton IL | War Chief | 10 | 1910 | ||||
| Ripley Hardware | Grafton IL | Dooley | 9 | 1911 | ||||
| Ripley Hardware | Grafton IL | Mira | 18 | 1912 | ||||
| Ripley Hardware | Grafton IL | Doraetta | 8 | 1912 | ||||
| Ripley Hardware | Grafton IL | Sheldonia II | 9 | 1912 | ||||
| Ripley Hardware | Grafton IL | Irene | 9 | 1913 | ||||
| Ripley Hardware | Grafton IL | Redwing | 9 | 1913 | ||||
| Ripley Hardware | Grafton IL | J. B. Haverstick | 10 | 1913 | ||||
| Ripley Hardware | Grafton IL | Kate | 11 | 1914 | ||||
| Ripley Hardware | Grafton IL | Lady | 8 | 1914 | ||||
| Shipowners DD | Chicago IL | Ohio | Tug | 1903 | ||||
| Shipowners DD | Chicago IL | No. 15 - M.F.D. | 194 | 1903 | ||||
| Smith, J. P. | Chicago IL | Vernon | Passenger Ship | 694 | 1886 | Foundered off Two Rivers 1887 | ||
| Springfield Boiler | Springfield IL | Erastus Wells | 541 | 1907 | ||||
| Unknown | Grafton IL | Minneapolis | Tug | 250 | 1915 | Later Bunker Power | ||
| Unknown | Grafton IL | Le Clair | Tug | 175 | 1915 | |||
| Michigan | ||||||||
| Callister, J. W. | Grand Haven MI | Samuel Marshall | T. W. Kirby | Cargo Ship | 775 | 1888 | later Brantford 1921, abandoned 1924 | |
| Clark, J. P. | Detroit MI | Pearl | Passenger Ship | 551 | 1875 | Later Crystal 1901, abandoned Buffalo NY 1907 | ||
| Clark, J. P. | Detroit MI | John Pridgeon, Jr. | J. Pridgeon | Cargo Ship | 1,211 | 1875 | Foundered near Cleveland OH 1909 | |
| Crosthwaite | Bay City MI | Oregon | Cargo Ship | 944 | 1882 | Wrecked and burnt Thessalon ON 1908 | ||
| Crosthwaite | Bay City MI | Queen of the West | J. Kelderhouse | Cargo Ship | 818 | 1881 | Foundered off Fairport OH 1903 | |
| Crosthwaite | Bay City MI | Robert A. Packer | J. Kelderhouse | Cargo Ship | 921 | 1881 | Later Batchwana 1906, burnt Coppermine Point 1907 | |
| Crosthwaite | Bay City MI | Nevada | Cargo Ship | 779 | 1882 | Foundered off Two Rivers 1890 | ||
| Daley | Mount Clemens MI | Virginius | W. Daley & P. Shook | Schooner | 422 | 1881 | Later Thomas D. Stimson 1887, burnt St Clair Flats 1903 | |
| Detroit Boat Works | Detroit MI | Visitor | 70 | 1892 | ||||
| Detroit Boat Works | Detroit MI | Cynthia | Yacht | 103 | 1895 | |||
| Dulac, W. | Mount Clemens MI | A. Weston | Chicago Lumbering Co | Cargo Ship | 672 | 1882 | Later Congercoal 1909, burnt Sodus Bay NY 1917 | |
| Dulac, W. | Mount Clemens MI | Canisteo | Cargo Ship | 595 | 1886 | Stripped and abandoned 1921 | ||
| Dulac, W. | Mount Clemens MI | F. R. Buell | Chicago Lumbering Co | Cargo Ship | 1,438 | 1888 | Later Nagaho 1920, foundered near Port Colborne 1922 | |
| Dulac, W. | Mount Clemens MI | Byron Whitaker | B. Whitaker & Sons | Cargo Ship | 1,539 | 1890 | Later Marian W 1916, burnt Quebec 1920 | |
| Dulac, W. | Mount Clemens MI | Norwalk | Shoal Water Tptn Co | Cargo Ship | 1,007 | 1891 | Foundered near Cozumel 1917 | |
| Elliott, J. | Allegan MI | C. W. Moore | W. Turnbull & C. W. Moore | Passenger | 383 | 1881 | Abandoned 1922 | |
| Elliott, J. | Saugatuck MI | Charles McVea | R. C. Brittain | Passenger | 264 | 1888 | Stripped and abandoned 1928 | |
| Elliott, J. | Saugatuck MI | Frank Woods | R. C. Brittain | Cargo Ship | 269 | 1888 | Abandoned Chicago 1940 | |
| Elliott, J. | Saugatuck MI | R. C. Reid | R. Reid & R. C. Brittain | Passenger | 322 | 1889 | Later City of Louisville 1895, Harriet A. Hart 1902, burnt Detour Village 1905 | |
| Hall Bros | Eagle Harbor MI | Arctic | Cargo Ship | 202 | 1913 | |||
| Heath, E. W. | Benton Harbor MI | Mabel Bradshaw | T. J. Waters & H. E. Bradshaw | Passenger/Cargo | 331 | 1889 | Later Soo City 1907, barge 1917, abandoned 1918 | |
| Hill, J. J. | Marine City MI | Santa Maria | H. B. Ledyard | Cargo Ship | 982 | 1893 | Later L. Edward Hines 1903, foundered off Belize 1916 | |
| Kenyon, A.P. | Saginaw MI | Charles H. Davis | J. H. Price | Barge | 390 | 1881 | Powered 1893, foundered off Cleveland 1903 | |
| King, G. | Marine City MI | Kate Buttironi | K. & H. Buttironi | Cargo Ship | 865 | 1881 | Later Falcon 1901, wrecked on South Fox I. 1909 | |
| Kirby, F. W. | Grand Haven MI | Mark Hopkins | M. Hopkins | Cargo Ship | 732 | 1888 | Later Myron 1902, foundered near Crisp Point, 1919 | |
| Kirby, T. W. | Grand Haven MI | H. S. Pickands | Passenger | 625 | 1884 | Burnt Fairport OH 1912 | ||
| Langell, S. | St Clair MI | D. C. Whitney | Cargo Ship | 1,090 | 1882 | Later Gargantua 1908, barge 1912 | ||
| Langell, S. | St Clair MI | Nipigon | Cargo Ship | 626 | 1883 | Later Maplehill 1918, Maplegrange 1920, hulked 1925, scuttled Lake Ontario 1927 | ||
| Langell, S. | St Clair MI | Oscoda | J. L. Woods | Cargo Ship | 529 | 1878 | Wrecked on Pelky Reef 1914 | |
| Langell, S. | St Clair MI | Ogemaw | Henry Fish | Cargo Ship | 625 | 1881 | Burnt off Herson I 1922 | |
| Langell, S. | St Clair MI | Kalkaska | Cargo Ship | 679 | 1884 | Burnt Marine City 1932 | ||
| Langell, S. | St Clair MI | Simon Langell | Cargo Ship | 845 | 1886 | Burnt Kingston ON 1936 and scuttled | ||
| Langell, S. | St Clair MI | Kaliyuga | St.Clair S.S. | Cargo Ship | 1,941 | 1887 | Foundered off Presque Isle 1905 | |
| Langell, S. | St Clair MI | Oscar T. Flint | Eagle Tptn Co | Cargo Ship | 823 | 1889 | Burnt Thunder Bay I 1909 | |
| Langell, S. | St Clair MI | Langell Boys | Simon Langell & Sons | Cargo Ship | 522 | 1890 | Burnt off Au Sable 1931 | |
| Langell, S. | St Clair MI | Alfred Mitchell | Lakeside S.S. | Cargo Ship | 1,751 | 1900 | Later Ile de la Reunion 1919, scrapped 1924 | |
| Laprise, M. | Mount Clemens MI | R. McDonald | Torrent & Farr | Cargo Ship | 338 | 1881 | Later Ida M. Torrent 1883, Burnt Cross Village MI 1893 | |
| Lester, D. | Marine City MI | C. F. Curtis | Cargo Ship | 691 | 1882 | Foundered near Grand Marais 1914 | ||
| Lester, D. | Marine City MI | Toltec | Marine Transi | Cargo Ship | 767 | 1889 | Burnt at Windmill Point 1919 | |
| Lester, D. | Marine City MI | Aztec | Marine Transit | Cargo Ship | 834 | 1889 | Burnt in the Bell River 1923 | |
| Lester, D. | Marine City MI | Iroquois | M. P. Lester | Cargo Ship | 1,769 | 1892 | Later Windsor 1910, wrecked off Duck I 1920 | |
| Lester, M. P. | Marine City MI | Pawnee | Pawnee Boat Co | Cargo Ship | 821 | 1888 | Later Maplegulf 1920, wrecked Lake Ontario 1920 | |
| Lester, M. P. | Marine City MI | Cherokee | J. Hagan | Cargo Ship | 1,002 | 1889 | Later Maplegrove 1919, Jed 1920, abandoned on Lake Ontario 1921 | |
| Lester, M. P. | Marine City MI | Mohegan | Miami Tptn Co | Cargo Ship | 1,219 | 1894 | Exploded in Rio de Janeiro 1919 | |
| Martell, J. B. | South Haven MI | H. W. Williams | H. W. Williams | Passenger/Cargo | 249 | 1888 | Later Tennessee 1910, Pere Marquette 8 1913, burnt at Manistee 1927 | |
| Martell, J. B. | South Haven MI | City of Kalamazoo | W. H. Williams Tptn Line | Passenger Ship | 728 | 1893 | Burnt at Manistee 1911 | |
| Mechanics DD | Grand Haven MI | J. C. Ford | T. W. Kirby & others | Cargo Ship | 520 | 1889 | Burnt at Detour MI 1924 | |
| Mechanics DD | Grand Haven MI | H. C. Ackley | R. W. Kirby & H. C. Ackley | Cargo Ship | 1,187 | 1881 | Foundered near Holland MI 1983 | |
| Morley & Hill | Marine City MI | John J. Hill | C. T. Morley | Cargo Ship | 974 | 1892 | Burnt 1903 | |
| Morley & Hill | Marine City MI | Northerner | J. M. Nicol & E. B. Ward | Barge | 1,214 | 1876 | Cargo ship 1880, burnt near Kelley's I 1886 | |
| Morley & Hill | Marine City MI | Morley | J. J. Morley | Cargo Ship | 869 | 1879 | Later Grand Traverse 1887, in collision near Colchester Light 1896 | |
| Morley & Hill | Marine City MI | A. L. Hopkins | J. J. & W. B. Morley | Cargo Ship | 756 | 1880 | Foundered off Ontonagon MI 1911 | |
| Morley & Hill | Marine City MI | New Orleans | Cargo Ship | 1,457 | 1885 | In collision Thunder Bay 1906 | ||
| Morley & Hill | Marine City MI | Louisiana | W. B. Morley & others | Cargo Ship | 1,753 | 1887 | Wrecked and burnt Washinga I 1913 | |
| Morley & Hill | Marine City MI | William B. Morley | Morley & Hill | Cargo Ship | 1,846 | 1888 | Later Caledonia 1889, Gale Staples 1916, wrecked near Au Sable Point Light 1918 | |
| Morley & Hill | Marine City MI | Italia | W. C. Morley & others | Cargo Ship | 2,036 | 1889 | Barge 1915 | |
| Morley & Hill | Marine City MI | W. B. Morley | Morley & Hill | Cargo Ship | 1,748 | 1892 | Scrapped 1923 | |
| Morley, C.T. | Marine City MI | St. Lawrence | C. T. Morley | Cargo Ship | 1,437 | 1890 | Wrecked Point Betsie 1898 | |
| Oades, J. | Detroit MI | Charles Hebard | C. Hebard | Cargo Ship | 763 | 1888 | Wrecked Point Mamainse 1902 | |
| Oades, J. | Detroit MI | Minnie M. | Passenger Ship | 447 | 1884 | Later Rising Sun 1913, wrecked off Pyramid Point 1917 | ||
| Oades, J. | Detroit MI | Chenango | C. D. & J. W. Waterman | Cargo Ship | 938 | 1887 | Later Lizzie Madden 1891, burnt Saginaw Bay 1907 | |
| Oades, J. | Detroit MI | John Oades | H. W. Dyas | Cargo Ship | 1,455 | 1890 | Barge 1925, deleted 1931 | |
| Perene, J.C. | South Haven MI | J. D. Marshall | J. C. Perene | Cargo Ship | 531 | 1891 | Capsized near Gary IN 1911 | |
| Port Huron Const. | Port Huron MI | Alfred E. Hunt | Dredge | 510 | 1907 | |||
| Port Huron Const. | Port Huron MI | Cuilene Rhu | 160 | 1907 | ||||
| Randall, J. H. | Benton Harbor MI | City of St. Joseph | Passenger/Cargo | 464 | 1883 | Later S. K. Martin 1888, foundered near Erie PA 1912 | ||
| Randall, J. H. | Benton Harbor MI | Lora | Cargo Ship | 616 | 1882 | Later Alice Stafford 1897, Manistee 1905, burnt Ferrysburg 1914 | ||
| Rieboldt & Wolter | Sheboygan MI | Helena | C. H. Starke | Cargo Ship | 2,083 | 1888 | Wrecked Sunken Chicken Reef 1918 | |
| Rieboldt & Wolter | Sheboygan MI | Marion | J. E. Danaher | Cargo Ship | 1,206 | 1889 | Later Charles Horn 1922, burnt Point Peter 1926 | |
| Rieboldt & Wolter | Sheboygan MI | John Schroeder | J. Schroeder | Cargo Ship | 372 | 1890 | Later William A. Hazard 1911, abandoned 1934 | |
| Rieboldt & Wolter | Sheboygan MI | E. A. Shores, Jr | C. H. Starke | Cargo Ship | 519 | 1892 | Scrapped 1936 | |
| Rogers & Bird | Saugatuck MI | City of Holland | Holland & Chicago Tptn | Passenger | 439 | 1893 | Later Melbourne 1910, Clarence E. LeBeau 1919, burnt Toledo OH 1922 | |
| Unknown | Port Huron MI | Marigold (WAGL 235) | US Coast Guard | Tender | 587 | 1890 | Sold 1946 | |
| Unknown | Wyandotte MI | Hyacinth (WAGL 221) | US Coast Guard | Tender | 950 | 1903 | Sold 1946 | |
| Wisconsin | ||||||||
| Butler, J. | Manitowoc WI | Mystic Star | Michael Cummings | Schooner | 339 | 1873 | ||
| Butler, J. | Manitowoc WI | Rube Richards | J. Richards | Cargo Ship | 815 | 1881 | Abandoned 1911 | |
| Fitzgerald, J. | Milwaukee WI | Geo. C. Markham | Cargo Ship | 304 | 1883 | Later John W. Cullen 1917, abandoned 1932 | ||
| Johnson, A. | Green Bay WI | Philetus Sawyer | Cargo Ship | 449 | 1884 | Burnt Toledo OH 1922 | ||
| Johnson, A. | Green Bay WI | John Duncan | J. Duncan | Cargo Ship | 1,267 | 1891 | Later Howard W 1916, scrapped 1923 | |
| Johnson, S. | Green Bay WI | W. L. Brown | Nat. Finance Co | Cargo Ship | 336 | 1880 | Foundered Peshtigo Reef 1886 | |
| Milwaukee SY | Milwaukee WI | Veronica | Cargo Ship | 1,092 | 1886 | Later Muriel W 1918, wrecked Port Weller ON 1919 | ||
| Milwaukee SY | Milwaukee WI | Josephine | Cargo Ship | 774 | 1886 | In collision Mobile AL 1906 | ||
| Milwaukee SY | Milwaukee WI | Omaha | G. C. Markham | Cargo Ship | 1,251 | 1887 | Later Maplegreen 1921, scuttled Lake Ontario 1925 | |
| Milwaukee SY | Milwaukee WI | May Durr | J. Fitzgerald | Cargo Ship | 582 | 1888 | Later John Spry 1892, Three Brothers 1903, beached South Manitou I 1911 | |
| Milwaukee SY | Milwaukee WI | John Rugee | P. Christianson | Cargo Ship | 1,261 | 1888 | Burnt Ogdensburg 1925 | |
| Milwaukee SY | Milwaukee WI | Topeka | J. B. Merrill | Cargo Ship | 1,376 | 1889 | In collision off Sandwich ON 1916 | |
| Milwaukee SY | Milwaukee WI | Denver | R. P. Fitzgerald | Cargo Ship | 1,295 | 1890 | Later dredger 1907, McMartin 1913, deleted 1938 | |
| Milwaukee SY | Milwaukee WI | Pueblo | R. P. Fitzgerald | Cargo Ship | 1,349 | 1891 | Later Richard W 1916, Pakmbay 1923, scuttled 1927 | |
| Milwaukee SY | Milwaukee WI | C. H. Starke | C. H. Starke | Cargo Ship | 317 | 1881 | Abandoned 1924 | |
| Milwaukee SY | Milwaukee WI | Marshall F. Butters | Cargo Ship | 376 | 1882 | Foundered Lake Erie 1916 | ||
| Milwaukee SY | Milwaukee WI | Louis Pahlow | Cargo Ship | 366 | 1882 | Abandoned 1938 | ||
| Rand & Burger | Manitowoc WI | City of Ludington | Goodrich Tpt | Passenger Ship | 842 | 1880 | Later Georgia 1898, hulked 1924, scuttled 1932 | |
| Rand & Burger | Manitowoc WI | J. C. Perrett | Tug | 537 | 1882 | Later J. C. Ames 1896, scrapped 1923 | ||
| Rieboldt & Wolter | Sturgeon Bay WI | Sturgeon Bay | U.S. Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 2,402 | 1918 | Scrapped 1928 | |
| Thompson, C. | Manitowoc WI | Francis Hinton | H. Truman & others | Cargo Ship | 417 | 1889 | Wrecked near Manitowoc 1909 | |
| Thrall, P. F. | Green Bay WI | Preston | P. F. Thrall | Cargo Ship | 575 | 1891 | Later Harlow 1902, scrapped 1927 | |
| Thrall, P. F. | Green Bay WI | Normandie | P. F. Thrall | Cargo Ship | 567 | 1894 | Later Marysville 1920, foundered near Belle River 1928 | |
| Wisconsin Stm Yacht | Milwaukee WI | James H. Shrigley | J. Cornfield & J. H. Shrigley | Cargo Ship | 459 | 1881 | Beached off Braddock Point I. 1920 | |
| Wolf & Davidson | Milwaukee WI | Progress | W. H. Wolf & T. Davidson | Cargo Ship | 1,596 | 1880 | Barge 1908, deleted 1927 | |
| Wolf & Davidson | Milwaukee WI | Minnesota | Inter Ocean Tptn Co | Cargo Ship | 1,138 | 1880 | Burnt Algonac MI 1903 | |
| Wolf & Davidson | Milwaukee WI | Business | W. H. Wolf & T. Davidson | Cargo Ship | 985 | 1881 | Abandoned 1912 | |
| Wolf & Davidson | Milwaukee WI | Jim Sheriffs | Cargo Ship | 847 | 1883 | Later Peters 1897, Charles Horn 1915, James Dempsey 1920, burnt Manistee 1922 | ||
| Wolf & Davidson | Milwaukee WI | W. J. Carter | Cargo Ship | 317 | 1886 | Foundered off Brighton 1923 | ||
| Wolf & Davidson | Milwaukee WI | Wm. H. Wolf | Wolf & Davidson S.S. | Cargo Ship | 2,265 | 1887 | Burnt Woodtick I 1921 | |
| Wolf & Davidson | Milwaukee WI | Roswell P. Flower | Milwaukee S.S. | Cargo Ship | 1,593 | 1887 | Later Agnes W 1915, wrecked Claude Point 1918 | |
| Wolf & Davidson | Milwaukee WI | George H. Dyer | W. H. Wolf & T. Davidson | Cargo Ship | 1,372 | 1888 | Later Hennepin 1898, barge 1926, foundered 1927 | |
| Wolf & Davidson | Milwaukee WI | Thomas Davidson | Wolf & Davidson S.S. | Cargo Ship | 2,226 | 1888 | Abandoned 1933 | |
| Wolf & Davidson | Milwaukee WI | Fred Pabst | Wolf & Davidson S.S. | Cargo Ship | 2,430 | 1890 | In collision in the St Clair River 1907 | |
| Wolf & Davidson | Milwaukee WI | Ferdinand Schlesinger | T. Davidson | Cargo Ship | 2,607 | 1891 | Foundered off Passage I 1919 | |
| Missouri | ||||||||
| Allen and Blaisdale | South St. Louis MO | Santiago | 168 | 1881 | ||||
| Allen and Blaisdale | South St. Louis MO | Susie Hazard | 98 | 1881 | ||||
| Allen and Blaisdale | South St. Louis MO | Kansas Millers | 34 | 1885 | ||||
| Chouteau, Harrison | St. Louis MO | Bessie | 99 | 1876 | ||||
| Chouteau, Harrison | St. Louis MO | Indianola | 52 | 1877 | ||||
| Chouteau, Harrison | St. Louis MO | Sigma | 36 | 1879 | ||||
| Eads | Carondelet MO | Carondelet | U.S. Navy | Gunboat | 512 | 1862 | Sold 1865 | |
| Eads | Carondelet MO | Louisville | U.S. Navy | Gunboat | 512 | 1862 | Sold 1865 | |
| Eads | Carondelet MO | Pittsburgh | U.S. Navy | Gunboat | 512 | 1862 | Sold 1865 | |
| Eads | Carondelet MO | St. Louis | U.S. Navy | Gunboat | 512 | 1862 | Later Baron De Kalb 18, mined Yazoo City 1863 | |
| Eads | Mound City MO | Cairo | U.S. Navy | Gunboat | 512 | 1862 | Mined Yazoo River 1862 | |
| Eads | Mound City MO | Cincinnati | U.S. Navy | Gunboat | 512 | 1862 | Sold 1866 | |
| Eads | Mound City MO | Mound City | U.S. Navy | Gunboat | 512 | 1862 | Sold 1865 | |
| McCord | St Louis MO | Etlah | U.S. Navy | Monitor | 1,175 | 1866 | Later Hecate 1869, Eilah 1869, sold 1874 | |
| McCord | St Louis MO | Shiloh | U.S. Navy | Monitor | 1,175 | 1866 | Later Iris 1869, sold 1874 | |
| St. Louis Steel Barge | St. Louis MO | A | Barge | 1,162 | 1900 | |||
| St. Louis Steel Barge | St. Louis MO | B | Barge | 1,162 | 1900 | |||
| St. Louis Steel Barge | St. Louis MO | McDougall | Tug | 562 | 1900 | |||
| Union | Carondelet MO | Osage | U.S. Navy | Monitor | 523 | 1863 | Mined in the Blakely River 1865 | |
| Union | Carondelet MO | Neosho | U.S. Navy | Monitor | 523 | 1863 | Later Vixen 1869, Osceola 1869, sold 1873 | |
| Union | Carondelet MO | Chickasaw | U.S. Navy | Monitor | 1,300 | 1864 | Later Samson 1869, Chickasaw 1869, sold 1874 | |
| Union | Carondelet MO | Kickapoo | U.S. Navy | Monitor | 1,300 | 1864 | Later Cyclops 1869, Kewaydin 1869, sold 1874 | |
| Union | Carondelet MO | Milwaukee | U.S. Navy | Monitor | 1,300 | 1864 | Mined in the Blakely River 1865 | |
| Union | Carondelet MO | Winnebago | U.S. Navy | Monitor | 1,300 | 1864 | Later Tornado 1869, Winnebago 1869, sold 1874 | |
| Tennessee | ||||||||
| Shirley | Memphis TN | Arkansas | C.S. Navy | Battleship Ram | 1,500 | 1862 | Scuttled near Baton Rouge 1862 | |
| Southern Boiler | Memphis TN | Iola | Tanker | 14 | 1909 | |||
| Southern Boiler | Memphis TN | Bob Lee, Jr. | Lee Line Steamers | 200 | 1911 | |||