ROBERT PALMER & SON

Noank CT

Most recent update: May 20, 2016.

Robert Palmer & Son started in the 1860s and closed in 1914.  The yard was reactivated for WWI by C. W. Morse, of U.S. Steamship Co., as part of Groton Iron Works.  It closed again in 1928 and was reactivated again for WWII by Noank Shipbuilding.  It is still a boatyard: see it from the air on Google hereIf anyone has any corrections or additions to this table, please send them to timcolton@aol.com.
Hull # O.N. Original Name Original Owner Type GT Feet Built Disposition
Built by Robert Palmer & Son
    Aquopimoquk   Schooner     1862  
  1399 Althea Franklin   Schooner 36   1867  
  75287 James Potter   Schooner 40   1871  
    Angie and Emma   Schooner     1872  
  105601 Ada Bell   Fishing Vsl. 17   1876  
  105675 Annie Godfrey   Fishing Vsl. 21   1877  
  95530 Herman S. Caswell   Passenger 114   1878  
  3198 Bayonne   Tug 122   1882 Later Interboro
  3201 Block Island   Passenger 757   1882  
  145313 T. A. Scott, Jr.   Tug 36   1882  
  150290 Pearl   Sloop 10   1883  
  155098 Ocean View   Tug 73   1884  
  157186 Diver   Sloop 144   1886  
  106476 Atlantis   Sloop 6   1887  
  31580 Binghampton Neptune Line Freight Barge 588   1889  
    Troy Neptune Line Freight Barge 588   1889  
  136152 E. S. Atwood   Tug 94   1890  
  86086 Grace Morgan   Fishing Vsl. 21   1890  
  92419 Musconetcong Morecraft Transp. Schooner Barge 843   1890  
  96168 Hopatcong   Schooner Barge 843   1890  
  130586 Nay Aug Morecraft Transp. Schooner Barge 843   1890  
  150578 Pohatcong   Schooner Barge 843   1890  
  86138 Golden Rod   Tug 35   1891  
  86184 Golden Rule   Tug 39   1891  
  106844 Atalanta   Oyster Boat 6   1891  
  116464 Shickshinny Morecraft Transp. Schooner Barge 836   1891  
  126853 Canisteo   Schooner Barge 671   1891  
  126854 Chemung   Schooner Barge 671   1891  
  126855 Chenango Atlantic Coast Nav. Schooner Barge 671   1891  
  126856 Cohocton Packard Dredging Schooner Barge 671   1891  
  145612 Tobyhanna   Schooner Barge 836   1891  
  145622 Tunkhannock   Schooner Barge 843   1891  
  150580 Pequest Morecraft Transp. Schooner Barge 836   1891  
  126862 C. R. R. Of N. J. No. 1 Central RR of NJ Schooner Barge 852   1892  
  126873 C. R. R. Of N. J. No. 3 Central RR of NJ Schooner Barge 852   1892  
  126890 C. R. R. Of N. J. No. 4 Central RR of NJ Schooner Barge 685   1892  
  126891 C. R. R. Of N. J. No. 5 Central RR of NJ Schooner Barge 685   1892  
  126906 C. R. R. Of N. J. No. 6 Central RR of NJ Schooner Barge 685   1892  
  126907 C. R. R. Of N. J. No. 7 Central RR of NJ Schooner Barge 685   1892  
  126920 C. R. R. Of N. J. No. 9 Central RR of NJ Schooner Barge 685   1892  
  126987 C. R. R. Of N. J. No. 10 Central RR of NJ Schooner Barge 862   1893  
  126997 C. R. R. Of N. J. No. 11 Central RR of NJ Schooner Barge 862   1893  
  127002 C. R. R. Of N. J. No. 12 Central RR of NJ Schooner Barge 862   1893  
  92526 Menantic   Ferry 203   1893  
  116579 Summer Girl   Tug 53   1893  
    Alaska   Barge     1894  
  3629 Burnside Reading Co. Schooner Barge 855   1894  
  27016 Xiphias   Tug 24   1894  
  86303 Glendower Thomas J. Howard Schooner Barge 855   1894  
  92585 Merriam Thomas J. Howard Schooner Barge 855   1894  
  92611 Mahanoy Thomas J. Howard Schooner Barge 855   1894  
  116632 Suffolk   Schooner Barge 855   1894  
  141359 Lincoln Reading Co. Schooner Barge 855   1894  
  150679 Preston Reading Co. Schooner Barge 855   1894  
  157407 Draper Thomas J. Howard Schooner Barge 855   1894  
  3657 Braddock Reading Co. Schooner Barge 678   1895  
  86333 George M. Long   Oyster Boat 98   1895  
  96314 Haverford Morecraft Transp. Schooner Barge 678   1895  
  96319 Hammond Reading Co. Schooner Barge 693   1895  
  111090 Radnor Reading Co. Schooner Barge 678   1895  
  111094 Richardson Reading Co. Schooner Barge 693   1895  
  116690 Strafford   Schooner Barge 678   1895  
  121007 Fulton Market   Passenger 158   1895  
    Otto   Barge     1896  
    Paterson   Barge     1896  
  3670 Bast Reading Co. Schooner Barge 693   1896  
  77224 John A. Bouker   Tug 119   1896  
  96328 Hackensack Atlantic Coast T & T Schooner Barge 875   1896  
  145705 Thomaston Reading Co. Schooner Barge 693   1896  
  155281 Stroudsburg Reading Co. Schooner Barge 693   1896  
  92828 Maple Hill Reading Co. Schooner Barge 911   1897  
  100648 Indian Ridge Reading Co. Schooner Barge 910   1897  
  150767 Pine Forest Phila. Packet Line Schooner Barge 910   1897  
  155308 Oak Hill Phila. Packet Line Schooner Barge 910   1897  
  3745 Bear Ridge Reading Co. Schooner Barge 910   1898  
  3747 Buck Ridge Reading Co. Schooner Barge 915   1898  
  39713 Gordon   Freight Barge 2,172    1898 To USN as YF 117, later YR 12, sold 1929
  107400 Ashland   Schooner Barge 901   1898  
  116834 Silver Brook Thomas J. Howard Schooner Barge 904   1898  
  116849 S. L'Hommedieu   Tug 100   1898  
  121075 Franklin Reading Co. Schooner Barge 910   1898  
  136680 Eagle Hill Reading Co. Schooner Barge 911   1898  
  136691 Enterprise Reading Co. Schooner Barge 901   1898  
  145766 Tunnel Ridge Reading Co. Schooner Barge 911   1898  
  150795 Phoenix Reading Co. Schooner Barge 901   1898  
    Woodbury   Barge     1899  
  3796 Brockton Staples Tptn Co. Schooner Barge 567   1899  
  86490 Guiding Star   Tug 105   1899  
  92048 Marion Reading Co. Schooner Barge 954   1899  
  92930 Monitor Thomas J. Howard Schooner Barge 954   1899  
  111210 Randolph Staples Tptn Co. Schooner Barge 567   1899  
  127316 Canton   Schooner Barge 531   1899  
  127344 Corbin   Schooner Barge 954   1899  
  127357 C. R. R. Of N. J. No. 8 Central RR of NJ Schooner Barge 953   1899  
  127366 C. R. R. Of N. J. No. 14 Central RR of NJ Schooner Barge     1899  
  136727 Easton Staples Tptn Schooner Barge 531   1899  
  136737 Edith Thames Towboat Schooner Barge 516   1899  
  136767 Ephrata   Schooner Barge 954   1899  
  150832 Paxinos   Schooner Barge 954   1899  
  150845 Paxtang Reading Co. Schooner Barge 954   1899  
  161126 Knickerbocker   Schooner Barge 954   1899  
  111266 Remus Staples Tptn Co. Schooner Barge 531   1900  
  127341 Coleraine   Schooner Barge 954   1900  
  127433 C. R. R. Of N. J. No. 15 Central RR of NJ Schooner Barge 953   1900  
  145859 Theodore Palmer Thames Towboat Schooner Barge 1,042   1900  
  161181 Kimberton Reading Co. Schooner Barge 955   1900  
  161867 Virginia Palmer Thames Towboat Schooner Barge 840   1900  
  203402 Cornelia   Freighter 285   1900  
    Charles H. Klinck   Schooner     1901  
  93165 Manheim Reading Co. Schooner Barge 955   1901  
  111341 Rutherford Reading Co. Schooner Barge 955   1901  
  111347 Robesonia Reading Co. Schooner Barge 955   1901  
  117087 Saucon Reading Co. Schooner Barge 955   1901  
  136863 Edna V. Crew   Passenger 161   1901  
  141748 Logan Reading Co. Schooner Barge 955   1901  
  141765 Langhorne Reading Co. Schooner Barge 955   1901  
  3917 Bethayres Reading Co. Schooner Barge 955   1902  
  96609 Herndon   Schooner Barge 1,763   1902  
  111404 Richmond   Passenger 688   1902  
  111422 Robert Palmer   Fishing Vsl. 9   1902  
  111434 Robert Palmer   Tug 112   1902  
  117153 Samuel E. Bouker   Tug 135   1902 Later Dalzelline
  145904 Trevorton   Schooner Barge 1,763   1902  
  157678 David B. Dearborn   Tug 135   1902  
  96684 Huntington H, N & B Ferry Co. Passenger 345   1903 Later Stony Creek 1920, Fairview 1929, Col. Norris Staynton 1941, scrapped 1946
  111448 Rosalie   Passenger 372   1903  
  141863 Leander Wilcox   Fishing Vsl. 205   1903  
  200289 Manager   Freighter  325   1903  
  200291 C. R. R. Of N. J. No. 2 Central RR of NJ Barge 958   1903  
  200348 New York Dock Co   Tug 147   1903  
  200437 Aunt Edie   Fishing Vsl. 14   1903  
  200536 William H. Taylor   Tug 226   1903  
  200543 J. T. Sherman   Tug 89   1903  
  200786 Oley Reading Co. Schooner Barge 1,780   1904  
  200963 Restless   Passenger 475   1904  
  201167 Spring Reading Co. Schooner Barge 1,780   1904  
  201200 Mingo Reading Co. Schooner Barge 954   1904  
  201284 Andrew G. Pierce, Jr.   Schooner 281   1904  
  201365 Barry Reading Co. Schooner Barge 954   1904  
  201557 Nonpareil   Tug 167   1904 To USN 1917 as YT 40, sold 1921
  201603 Molino Reading Co. Schooner Barge 954   1904  
  201673 Cumru Reading Co. Schooner Barge 1,780   1905  
  202143 Gov. Winthrop   Ferry 485   1905  
  202430 Robert W. Johnson   Freighter 204   1905  
  202576 Manatawny Reading Co. Schooner Barge 721   1905  
  202662 Tulpehocken Reading Co. Schooner Barge 721   1905  
  202701 Tamanend Reading Co. Schooner Barge 721   1905  
  202736 John Arbuckle Jay Street Terminal Tug 207   1905  
  202764 Beatrice Bush Bush Terminal Co. Tug 212   1905  
  202810 Pocopson Reading Co. Schooner Barge 721   1906  
  202811 William V. R. Smith   Tug 207   1905  
  202895 Eleanor Bush Bush Terminal Co. Tug 212   1905  
  203183 Gosnold   Passenger 181   1906  
  203304 Neshaminy Reading Co. Schooner Barge 721   1906  
  203387 P. J. T. Co. No. 7   Tug 197   1906  
  203447 Cacoosing Reading Co. Schooner Barge 721   1906  
  203550 Superior   Tug 168   1906  
  204105 McAllister Bros. McAllister Bros. Tug 119   1907  
  204365 Macungie Reading Co. Schooner Barge 956   1907  
  204692 Conewago Reading Co. Schooner Barge 956   1907  
  204763 Wiconisco Reading Co. Schooner Barge 956   1907  
  204779 Perth Amboy Staten Island RR Co. Ferry 618   1907 Scrapped 1948
  204844 Cocalico Reading Co. Schooner Barge 956   1907  
    Knickerbocker NY & Hastings SB Co Freight Barge 310   1907 Later YF 569 1943 
  204990 Perkasie Lehigh Coal & Nav. Schooner Barge 956   1908  
  205045 Cleona Reading Co. Schooner Barge 956   1908  
  205074 Lansford Lehigh Coal & Nav. Schooner Barge 830   1908  
  205150 Hauto Lehigh Coal & Nav. Schooner Barge 830   1908  
  205212 Tamaqua Lehigh Coal & Nav. Schooner Barge 830   1908  
  205241 John J. Timmins   Tug 145   1908  
  205366 Easton Lehigh Coal & Nav. Schooner Barge 830   1908  
  205480 Nesquehoning Lehigh Coal & Nav. Schooner Barge 957   1908  
  205508 Allentown   Schooner Barge 842   1908  
  205552 Greenwood   Schooner Barge 967   1908  
  205668 Henry G. Crew   Tug 94   1908  
  206272 Edward J. McKeever   Fishing Vsl 223   1910  
  207355 Coaldale Lehigh Coal & Nav. Schooner Barge 831   1910  
  207468 William A. Jamison   Tug 229   1910  
  207913 Herbert   Freighter 327   1910  
  208175 Correction   Passenger 778   1910  
    President     730   1910  
  208410 Rowland H. Wilcox   Fishing Vsl 247   1911  
  208447 Stephen W. McKeever   Freighter 223   1911  
  208613 McKeever Brothers   Freighter 223   1911  
    Raymond J. Anderton   Fishing Vsl 290   1911  
    Vitric General Chemical Barge 765   1911  
  209870 Yantic   Passenger     1912  
  210273 Yardley Reading Co. Schooner Barge 963   1912  
  210389 Leesport Reading Co. Schooner Barge 963   1912  
  210613 Temple Reading Co. Schooner Barge 963   1912  
  210791 Pickering Reading Co. Schooner Barge 739   1912  
    Tabor Reading Co. Schooner Barge 963   1912  
    Shetucket   Passenger     1912  
  210959 Tohickon Reading Co. Schooner Barge 739   1913  
  211123 Pennypack Reading Co. Schooner Barge 739   1913  
  211175 B. F. Macomber   Fishing Vsl 180   1913  
  211233 Skippack Reading Co. Schooner Barge 739   1913  
  211387 Ontelaunee Reading Co. Schooner Barge 739   1913  
  211492 Moselem Reading Co. Schooner Barge 963   1913  
  212127 Exeter   Schooner Barge 1,780   1914  
  212557 David Bosman   Tug 130   1914  
    Britannia   Tug 146   1914  
Built by Groton Iron Works in Noank
  215430 Asta Astral Shipping Schooner 1,966   1917  
    Julia Loft   Schooner 886   1917  
  215498 Manuel Caragol   Schooner 880   1917  
  215905 Francis J. Mcdonald   Schooner 1,059   1917  
  216842 Balsto (USSB 125) US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,551   Oct-18 Scrapped 1925
  217508 Berea(USSB 126) US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,551   Jun-19 Scrapped 1925
  216803 Hokah(USSB 127) US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,551   Oct-19 Scrapped 1925
    (USSB 128) US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,551     Cancelled
    (USSB 129) US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,551     Cancelled
  220648 William H. Fancher U. S. Gypsum Barge 2,625   1919  
221356 Lieut. Flaherty City of Boston Ferry 727   1921 Later Beacon 1938, scrapped 1973
  221605 Cohasset Eugene W. Fry Barge 2,226   1921  

Built by Groton Iron Works in Groton

1 217818 Tollard (USSB 372) US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 6,245   Apr-19 Scrapped 1930
2 218715 Nameaug (USSB 373) US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 6,339   Aug-19 Scrapped 1929
3 218232 Worcester (USSB 374) US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 6,239   Jun-19 Scrapped 1930
4 219309 Quinnipiac (USSB 375) US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 6,202   Dec-19 Scrapped 1929
5 219074 Merry Mount (USSB 376) US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 6,226   Oct-19 Scrapped 1929
6 219410 Hartford (USSB 377) US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 6,202   Dec-19 Scrapped 1929
7 220237 Honnedaga (USSB 1542) US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 6,216   Jul-20 Scrapped 1930
8 220625 Provincetown (USSB 1543) US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 6,206   Sep-20 Scrapped 1938
9 220804 Hopatcong (USSB 1544) US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 6,216   Dec-20 Later Harpoon 1931, Empire Tarpon 1940, foundered 1942
10    (USSB 1545) US Shipping Board Cargo Ship       Cancelled
11    (USSB 1546) US Shipping Board Cargo Ship       Cancelled
12    (USSB 1547) US Shipping Board Cargo Ship       Cancelled
Built by Noank Shipbuilding in Noank
  AMc 94 Pluck U.S. Navy Minesweeper 205   6-Oct-42 Sold 1946
  AMc 95 Positive U.S. Navy Minesweeper 205   20-Aug-42 Sold 1946
  AMc 96 Power U.S. Navy Minesweeper 205   14-Nov-42 Sold 1946
  APc 97   U.S. Navy Coastal Tpt 100   1942  
  APc 98   U.S. Navy Coastal Tpt 100   1942