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Other 19th Century Shipbuilders - Unknown Locations

This table lists self-propelled, oceangoing ships built in the late 19th century and/or the years before World War One, by the smaller shipbuilders of unknown location.  If anyone can tell me anything helpful about any of these shipyards - who owned them, where exactly they were located, what happened to them - or can otherwise add to this table, please e-mail timcolton@aol.com. 

Shipbuilder Location Hull # Original Name Original Owner Vessel Type GT Built Disposition
American Boat Works     Polly   Yacht 50 1899  
American Boiler Works     Gertrude T.     37 1911  
Andrews, J. L.     C. W. Lyon     98 1905  
Babitt, Benjamin T.     Experiment     140 1882  
Baird and Houston     Catharine     60 1876  
Baird and Houston     Elmore A. Kent     87 1877  
Baird and Houston     Joseph Stickney     134 1877  
Baird and Houston     Aguila     99 1878  
Bartlett, Hayward and Co.     Comfort   Yacht 86 1887  
Bateman, John     George Edward     49 1909  
Bateman, John     Lorain     49 1909  
Battee, H. S.     Iyotan   Yacht 12 1900  
Bechtoldt, Edward     Flindt   Yacht 13 1897  
Benson, M. E.     Beatrice     5 1908  
Benson, M. E.     Geneva     33 1912  
Bernhard, John H.     A. & N.O.T. Co. Barge No. 1 A. & N.O.T. Co. Tank Barge 416 1913  
Bernhard, John H.     Halifax   Yacht 142 1914  
Birkbeck and Hodges     No Name   Launch   1850  
Birkbeck and Hodges     Virginia Miss. Sound Co. Steamship 722 1857 Burned 1858
Brand, Robert     Maggie   Yacht 9 1885  
Brown & Sons, William H.     Tamaulipus No. 2     310 1864 Abandoned 1880
Brown & Sons, William H.     John Bigley     27 1871  
Brown & Sons, William H.     N. M. Jones     34 1871  
Brown & Sons, William H.     Cruiser     341 1890  
Brown & Sons, William H.     Troubadour   Yacht 9 1893  
Case Fish Company     Willard L.     46 1910  
Casey, James     W. S. Stratton James Casey   94 1898  
Charles Dirin and Lou     Mohawk   Yacht 20 1909  
Clark and Company, James     Alsenborn     508 1888  
Clark and Company, James     John I. Brady     118 1891  
Clark and Company, James     Lannan     25 1891  
Collyer, George     John Gilpin   Steamboat 57 1844 Abandoned 1849
Columbia Contract Co.     Ensign   Barge 853 1911  
Columbia Contract Co.     Commodore   Barge 961 1911  
Coney, Jabez     McLane U.S. Coast Guard Revenue Cutter 368 1845 Converted 1847
Conklin, S. H.     General Chester A. Arthur   Barge 527 1874  
Connell, L. J.     Redwing     6 1910  
Connelly, John     Connelly Brothers     9 1908  
Constantin, Joseph     Ascension     99 1896  
Cowles Engine Company     Edwin S. Stuart     150 1893  
D. W. C. Carroll & Co.     G. W. T. Bayley     462 1877  
D. W. C. Carroll & Co.     Vanguard     80 1885  
Dahn, S. P.     Alpha     86 1881  
Damante Brothers     Dixie Simms     11 1885  
Damante Brothers     Alert     15 1888  
Damante Brothers     Joseph Rogers     13 1894  
Davidson, I. M.     T. Basco     9 1911  
Davidson, William J.     S.O. Company No. 62 Standard Oil Company Tank Barge 850 1912  
Davis, Gartner and Webb     Codorus John Elgar Steamboat 14 1825 Abandoned 1826
Davis, Pierce O.     Gertrude IV   Yacht 65 1908  
Desmond Brothers     Dunkirk     41 1910  
Donaldson, Larson & Howard     A. A. Eustaphive     23 1867 Abandoned 1915
Douglass, James     Maud Wilmot     57 1878  
Douglass and Sons, W.     J. B. O'Brien     44 1878  
Drake, George B.     Moon   Barge 175 1910  
Drake, George B.     Star   Barge 211 1910  
Drake, George B.     Sun   Barge 211 1910  
Duncan and Barbour     Greyhound     9 1899  
Dusenbury, R. G.     Mitchelle C.     135 1905  
Eaton, Dwight G.     Roland R.     12 1909  
Edward Brothers     Hassayampa     64 1910  
Einfeldt, E. E.     Alice     8 1901  
Elliott, Charles     Dixie     7 1905  
Emerson, Luther E.     El Rio Rey     19 1896  
Farrell, Logan and Sons     S.O. Company No. 5 Standard Oil Company Tank Barge 159 1889  
Ferguson, W.     John C. Barr     546 1898  
Fix Brothers     Seabreeze     87 1907  
Fix Brothers     Clarance Fix     66 1908  
Fluent, W. D.     Tiger   Barge 6 1909  
Fountain, D.     Elwood     16 1900  
Francis Metallic Lifeboat Co.     Fanny Skinner U.S. Navy Specialty   1848  
Frazier, E. H.     E. S. Whitaker     18 1866  
Frazier, E. H.     Laura B. Treusch     36 1874  
Frisbee, A. J.     Harpoon     28 1891  
Furst-Clark Construction Company     Security     14 1911  
Garstang, Richard     Piasa   Yacht 5 1895  
Gile Boat and Engine Co.     Arrow     44 1914  
Gilroy, James J.     Stopawhile   Yacht 48 1907  
Gordon, Richard     J. K. White     50 1868  
Grace, Solomon     Mamie   Barge 30 1914  
Gruendler Machine Co.     Maeanna     12 1910  
Guile Boat Company     Johanna     16 1914  
Gunther Wright Mfg. Company     Dispatch     14 1914  
Hang, John     Benicia     347 1906  
Hay, James     No. 12     418 1907  
Haynes, L. H.     Grinnel     9 1914  
Hess, G. W.     Hazel     8 1902  
Hill, John     McBee   Barge 10 1914  
Hill, Thomas R.     Jennie M.     49 1898  
Hobbs, E. M.     Lucia   Barge 36 1910  
Hodge, Bruce     Hodge   Barge 10 1913  
Hogan, Peter     John J. Hogan     26 1894  
Holden and Gallagher     Wide Awake   Steamboat 57 1857 Abandoned 1869
Holden and Gallagher     Voyageur de la Mer Pasha of Egypt Yacht 1300 1858  
Holland, J. J.     O. & C.R.R. Ferry No. 2 O. & C.R.R. Ferry 414 1879  
Holmes and Company     Josephine Lincoln     18 1875  
Holmes, Samuel     Sidney L. Wright     59 1877 Wrecked on Frying Pan Shoal 1882
Hoppes, John J.     Lagonda   Yacht 62 1902  
Huffstetler, W. I.     Fidelity     14 1910  
Hunter, David     A.N.O.T. Co. Barge No.2 A. & N.O.T. Co. Tank Barge 416 1913  
Hunter, David     A.N.O.T. Co. Barge No.3 A. & N.O.T. Co. Tank Barge 416 1913  
Hunter, David     A.N.O.T. Co. Barge No.4 A. & N.O.T. Co. Tank Barge 416 1913  
Hunter, David     A.N.O.T. Co. Barge No.5 A. & N.O.T. Co. Tank Barge 416 1914  
Hunter, David     A.N.O.T. Co. Barge No.6 A. & N.O.T. Co. Tank Barge 516 1914  
Hunter, David     New Orleans     711 1914  
Hunter, David     Pioneer     277 1914  
Hutchinson, A. C.     Restless     41 1875  
Hutson, S. E.     L. G. Neal     43 1912  
Ingersoll, Oliver R.     Red, White and Blue     2 1866  
Johnson Brothers     Ottawa     75 1914  
Kane, J. J.     C. H. Morse     45 1906  
Kane, J. J.     General Pettibone     775 1912  
Katt, Claus     Brederode     14 1912  
Kidd and Company, Joseph     Gaviota     26 1884  
Kidd and Company, Joseph     Minnie   Yacht 22 1885  
Kidd and Company, Joseph     Sybilla   Yacht 71 1885  
Kidd and Company, Joseph     Sarah A. Jenks     350 1885  
Kirtman, L. H.     Tip     13 1914  
Klauer, Al J.     Moonlight     12 1914  
Kranz, John F.     Frank Kranz     128 1878  
Lake Ship Building Co.     Lamy     12 1910  
Lake Ship Building Co.     Lycora     55 1912  
Lake Ship Building Co.     John Henry     17 1912  
Lake Ship Building Co.     Ox     64 1914  
Larson, Otto     Grizzly Bear     7 1911  
Larson, Otto     Helen W.     8 1913  
Liebeck, E.     Abbie Rowe     15 1898  
Logan, G. W.     Ramona   Yacht 57 1886  
Lombard Iron Works     Augusta     512 1905  
Marine Construction & Dry Dock Co.     Margaret   Yacht 179 1904  
Marine Iron Works     John H. Kirby   Yacht 99 1902  
Marine Iron Works     Fortuna   Yacht 150 1903  
Mason and Son     Kalista   Yacht 9 1892  
Mason and Son     Florence   Yacht 9 1895  
Mason and Son     Outing     8 1903  
Mayjer and Shaffer     Harbinger     31 1869  
McCarthy, Jerry     Old Boy     14 1914  
McCarthy, T. P.     Lucius Jr.     64 1901  
McCutcheon, C. H.     Sam McCutcheon     14 1909  
McDougall and Coles     B. West   Barge 122 1905  
McEntee, John     Lucy B     57 1896  
McFarlane, G. R.     C. Garber Allegheny Portgage Railway Barge   1840  
McIntyre and Henderson     Calvert     160 1911  
McMutrie, L. H.     Alaska     60 1899  
McNeil, Donald     Louise   Yacht 27 1903  
Moon, George     Dorothy     90 1901  
Moon, George     Ruth     70 1903  
Moon, George     Moon     97 1905  
Moon, George     Alert   Barge 107 1912  
Morris Sherman Manufacturing Co.     Dorothy K. James     38 1905  
Muldoon and Killerlane     Eirena   Yacht 38 1882  
Narup, F. J.     Louise Narup     9 1912  
Notter, George A.     Joliet     62 1880  
Notter, George A.     Janie     17 1885  
Notter, George A.     Falcon   Yacht 82 1887  
Oldman, William     T. B. Walker     18 1902  
Packard Company, R. G.     Surveyor   Yacht 16 1911  
Parmalee, Leeman     No Name Leeman Parmalee     1835  
Parson, Peter     Florence     36 1893  
Peterson, A.     Solano SS Solano Co Cargo Ship 943 1913 Later Oregon Coast 1943, burnt Salina Cruz 1946
Peterson, A.     Mukilteo Charles Nelson Co Cargo Ship 1,103 1915 Scrapped 1937
Peterson, J. M. and W. D.     Baton Rouge Belle     39 1871  
Pregnall & Brothers, Samuel J.      John M. Cole     318 1886  
Provercher, John     Handyboy     15 1913  
Ramsay, H. Ashton     Great Western     12 1869  
Ramsey, H. S. & W. F. Carter     Anne Arundel     20 1874  
Ransdell, Ildo     Argonaut     15 1898  
Reber and Connely     Pittsburgh   Barge 633 1903  
Rice, Henry     Grand Island     222 1910  
Richards, Charles W.     Shirnettie     11 1911  
Rodgers, Charles     Allene     17 1891  
Rodgers, Charles     Wenonah   Yacht 10 1894  
Rodgers, Charles     Wanneta   Yacht 10 1901  
Rosedale Machine Co.     Titanic     8 1913  
Rounds, Frank T.     Inquirer     49 1908  
Sanderson, W. C.     Little Joe     6 1898  
Sanderson, W. C.     George Hughes     265 1899  
Sauter, J. B.     Queen     29 1897  
Shover, L. H.     Reliance     8 1911  
Sinclair, Peter     W. J. Olcott     76 1910  
Smith & Watson Iron Works     Tacoma     1362 1884  
Smith & Watson Iron Works     David Campbell     242 1913  
Smith, L. B.     Harry D. Goulder     156 1898  
Stabel, Frank M.     Alfred S.     33 1908  
Stacey Manufacturing Co.     Ottawa     62 1905  
Standard Contracting Co.     James S. Cassidy     110 1912  
Starr Family     Appoquinmink L.R. Titus and J. Wood Steamboat 40 1843 Sold Foreign 1845
Starr Family     Camden Delaware and Raritan Co. Canal Boat 194 1844 Abandoned 1888
Starr Family     Independence Rancocas Steamboat Co. Steamboat 103 1845 Abandoned 1858
Starr Family     Mars Delaware and Raritan Canal Barge 230 1845 Abandoned 1886
Steel & Machinery Co.     Sixty-Five   Barge 221 1910  
Steel & Machinery Co.     Sixty-Six   Barge 221 1910  
Stevenson, Robert     Melba   Yacht 16 1896  
Stolz, O. G.     Advance     12 1904  
Sweeney Brothers     Georgia     57 1891  
Sweeney, A. J. and Sons     Apalachee     161 1891  
Taylor, J. L.     William Edenborn     267 1914  
Tucker, Bernard     Salutation     184 1907  
United Sand & Gravel Co.     McGuire     66 1911  
Unknown     No Name Lehigh Coal and Navigation Barge 20 1829  
Unknown     John Marshall James River - Kanawha Co. Barge   1840 Abandoned 
Unknown     New England   Launch 28 1849 Abandoned 1852
Unknown     Allan Alan McKinley and Co. Launch 10 1850 Unknown 1856
Unknown     Raphael Rivas Panama R.R. Co. Steamboat 104 1850  
Unknown     Eagle Captain W.B. Wells Launch   1850 Abandoned 1871
Unknown     Maunsell White   Launch 36 1850 Abandoned 1852
Unknown     American Eagle   Steamboat 181 1851 Sold foreign 
Unknown     Washington   Launch 17 1851 Sunk 1857
Unknown     Black Hawk   Launch   1851 Abandoned 1852
Unknown     Explorer Lt. Joseph C. Ives Launch   1857 Sunk 1858
Unknown     Patroon   Steamboat 183 1859 Sunk 1863
Unknown     Colonel Rucker     241 1862 Sunk 1890
Unknown     Clarion     16 1867 Abandoned 1877
Unknown     Burlington     814 1869  
Unknown     Lucy     116 1872  
Unknown     Orizaba   Yacht 66 1875  
Unknown     Evona     15 1875  
Unknown     Sea Lion     185 1884  
Unknown     Augusto     136 1885  
Unknown     Erne King     10 1886  
Unknown     Interstate     103 1887  
Unknown     Oakland     103 1887  
Unknown     Mircer     150 1888  
Unknown     Hercules     141 1888  
Unknown     Dandy     115 1888  
Unknown     Samuel H. Asbridge     268 1900  
Ward, A. J.     S. J. Lee     176 1866  
Ward, A. J.     J. S. Sellers     185 1869  
Washington Iron Works     Valley Forge   Steamboat 199 1839 Abandoned 1845
Watt, Archibald     American   Yacht 851 1898  
Welin Marine Equipment Co.     Lundin   Yacht 16 1914  
Wells and Sons, John     Florence     11 1869  
Wells and Miller     Sun   Steamboat 138 1848 Abandoned 1851
Wells and Miller     Patapsco   Tug 62 1853 Abandoned 1865
Wells Brothers     Robert G. Rirman     18 1870  
Westerman, John     Alpha     354 1890  
Widing, Ivar     Wanderer     11 1914  
Wilcox and Whiting     J. W. Everman     692 1865 Converted 1887
Wilcox and Whiting     Douglass     49 1866 Unknown 1898
Wilcox and Whiting     Wyoming     799 1867 Converted 1887
Williams, H. T.     Ruth     89 1888  
Wilson, W. K.     Emma McSweeny     68 1891  
Winans Brothers     Winans Winans Brothers Specialty 306 1859 Abandoned 1863
Winnet, C. H.     Wave   Yacht 80 1864 Abandoned 1898
Winquist, F. O.     Linnea     32 1908  
Winsted, Robert E.     Robert E. W.     7 1913  
Younglove, T. J.     James McMartin     25 1863 Abandoned 1894
Zanoguera, S.     Clarendon     171 1873