Wheeler Shipbuilding Whitestone

WHEELER SHIPBUILDING Whitestone NY
Most recent update: August 26, 2021.
The Wheeler Yacht Company was founded at the turn of the 19th century by Howard E. Wheeler, in Brooklyn NY. During WWI, like other yacht builders, the yard built sub chasers. When WWII came, the Brooklyn yard, which has its own table here, was dedicated first to minesweepers and then to an astonishing series of 230 patrol craft for the Coast Guard. The company built a second yard, which operated as Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp., at Whitestone NY, which also started out building minesweepers but went on to build tugs and coastal freighters. After the war, the yard returned to pleasure craft construction with production of its "Sunlounge" line, but closed in 1948. See the site from the air on Google here. If anyone can add to the table below, please e-mail me at timcolton@aol.com.
Hull #	O.N.	Original Name	Original Owner	Type	LDT	Ft.	Delivery	Disposition
		YMS 42	US Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	25-Apr-42	To the USSR 1945 as T-582, scrapped 1956
		YMS 43	US Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	11-May-42	To France 1944 as Lotus (D 324), abandoned and sunk in Tahiti 1958
		YMS 44	US Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	25-May-42	Struck 1946
		YMS 45	US Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	5-Jun-42	Reclassified 1947 as Barbet (AMS 41, later MSCO 41), struck 1960
		YMS 46	US Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	20-Jun-42	Struck 1947
		YMS 47	US Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	2-Jul-42	Struck 1945
		YMS 48	US Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	14-Jul-42	Damaged by gunfire at Corregidor and scuttled 1945
		YMS 49	US Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	24-Jul-42	Struck 1946
		YMS 50	US Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	3-Aug-42	Mined off Borneo and lost 1945
		YMS 51	US Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	12-Aug-42	Struck 1947
		YMS 52	US Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	21-Aug-42	Struck 1946
		YMS 53	US Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	31-Aug-42	Struck 1946, later sold as Myrnalynn (ON 258885)
		BYMS 5	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	14-Sep-42	To South Korea 1947 as Kil Chu, scrapped 1956
		BYMS 6	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	28-Sep-42	To South Korea 1947 as Kong City, sunk 1950
		BYMS 7	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	8-Oct-42	Sold 1947
		BYMS 8	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	19-Oct-42	To South Korea 1948 as Yong Kung, scrapped 1955
		BYMS 65	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	22-Jan-43	To Greece 1946 as Karteria, struck 1973
		BYMS 66	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	8-Feb-43	To Greece 1946 as Papalos, struck 1973
		BYMS 67	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	23-Feb-43	To Greece 1946 as Salaminia, struck 1960
		BYMS 68	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	16-Mar-43	To Greece 1946 as Lefkas, struck 1966
		BYMS 69	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	30-Mar-43	To Egypt 1949 as Naharia, discarded 1970
		BYMS 70	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	15-Apr-43	Scrapped 1948
		BYMS 71	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	4-May-43	To Greece 1947 as Kafalinnia, returned 1947 and discarded
		BYMS 72	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	13-May-43	Captured off Kalymnos 1943, later German GD-07, probably sunk 1944
		BYMS 73	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	31-May-43	To Italy 1957 as Begonia, later Oltramonti, deleted 1980s
		BYMS 74	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	8-Jun-43	To Greece 1944 as Kassos, sunk off Piraeus 1944
		BYMS 75	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	18-Jun-43	To Egypt 1949 as Kaisaria, discarded 1970
		BYMS 76	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	29-Jun-43	To Greece 1946 as Prokyon, struck 1968
		BYMS 77	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	6-Jul-43	Mined in the Gulf of Corinth and lost 1944
		BYMS 78	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	14-Jul-43	To Greece 1948 as Vegas, returned 1948
		BYMS 79	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	24-Jul-43	Sold 1948
		BYMS 80	Royal Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	3-Aug-43	Sold 1947
		YMS 363	US Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	12-Aug-43	Struck 1946
		YMS 364	US Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	21-Aug-43	Struck 1946
		YMS 365	US Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	28-Aug-43	Mined off Borneo and lost 1945
		YMS 366	US Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	7-Sep-43	Struck 1946
		YMS 367	US Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	20-Sep-43	To China 1948, struck 1976
		YMS 368	US Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	27-Sep-43	Struck 1946
		YMS 369	US Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	9-Oct-43	Later Heron (AMS 18) 1947, to Japan 1955 as Nuwajima (MCS 657), sunk as target 1967
		YMS 370	US Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	19-Oct-43	Struck 1946
		one of above	US Navy	Minesweeper	278	136	1943	Later Robert H, Nauty Queen
		PCS 1376	US Navy	Sub Chaser	278	136	9-Jul-43	Named Winder 1956, scrapped 1958
		PCS 1377	US Navy	Sub Chaser	278	136	19-Jan-44
		PCS 1378	US Navy	Sub Chaser	278	136	9-Feb-44	Named Provincetown 1956, scrapped 1958
		PCS 1379	US Navy	Sub Chaser	278	136	1-Mar-44
		PCS 1380	US Navy	Sub Chaser	278	136	22-Mar-44	Named Rushville 1956, scrapped 1958
		PCS 1381	US Navy	Sub Chaser	278	136	12-Apr-44
	259604	PCS 1382	US Navy	Sub Chaser	278	136	1-May-44	Named Tuna Shark 1956, sold as Tuna Shark, later Pacific Trawler
		PCS 1383	US Navy	Sub Chaser	278	136	7-Aug-44	Named Attica 1956, sold as Cape Fear
		PCS 1384	US Navy	Sub Chaser	278	136	8-Sep-44	Named Eufala 1956
		PCS 1385	US Navy	Sub Chaser	278	136	5-Oct-44	Named Hollidaysburg 1956, struck 1970
		PCS 1386	US Navy	Sub Chaser	278	136	4-Nov-44	Named Hampton 1956, struck 1959
		PCS 1387	US Navy	Sub Chaser	278	136	27-Nov-44	Named Beaufort 1956, sold 1972
	259946	PCS 1388	US Navy	Sub Chaser	278	136	11-Dec-44	Later Littlehales (AGS 7) 1945, sold 1950 as John-O
		one of above	US Navy		278	136	1944	Later White Plume, Nordic Lady
		ATR 1	US Navy	Tug	850	165	Nov-43	Disposed of 1946
		ATR 2	US Navy	Tug	850	165	Dec-43	To War Dept. 1946
		ATR 3	US Navy	Tug	850	165	Jan-44	To Cuba 1946 as 20 de Mayo, struck 1960
		ATR 4	US Navy	Tug	850	165	Feb-44	To Canada 1946 as ATR 4, later Louise Simard, restaurant Le Bateau Ivre, in Ile-aux-Grues PQ since 1968
		ATR 5	US Navy	Tug	850	165	Feb-44	To Canada 1946 as Algerine, later Arctic Bay, Batalla de Mal Tiempo, scrapped 1987
		ATR 6	US Navy	Tug	850	165	Mar-44	To the Philippines 1946 as Edward R. Grimm, later Wallace R. Gray, Takapuna
		ATR 29	US Navy	Tug	850	165	Apr-44	Disposed of 1946
		ATR 30	US Navy	Tug	850	165	May-44	To Panama 1946 as El Greco
		ATR 60	US Navy	Tug	850	165	31-May-44	Disposed of 1946 as Storebror, later Lenaship II, deleted 1962
	255219	ATR 61	US Navy	Tug	850	165	24-Jun-44	Disposed of 1946 as Alfred M. Carlson
		ATR 62	US Navy	Tug	850	165	Jul-44	Disposed of 1946 as Western Ace
		ATR 63	US Navy	Tug	850	165	Aug-44	Disposed of 1946
		ATR 64	US Navy	Tug	850	165	Aug-44	Sold 1950 as Logmac, later Mogul, Island Monarch, Seaspan Chinook, La Lumiere, sank 1980
		ATR 65	US Navy	Tug	850	165	Sep-44	To Britain 1946 as Grenadier, deleted 1960s
67		FS 253	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	7-May-44	USCG-manned, later P. Aboitiz, Baybay
68		FS 254	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	23-May-44	USCG-manned, to Korea as City of Yoju
69		FS 255	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	6-Jun-44	USCG-manned, torpedoed and sunk off Mindanao 1945
70		FS 256	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	16-Jun-44	USCG-manned, to USN 1950 as AKL 22, struck 1961
71		FS 257	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	24-Jun-44	USCG-manned, to USN 1950 as USS Alhena (AKL 38), to Korea 1951, scrapped 1960
72		FS 258	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	4-Jul-44	USCG-manned
73		FS 259	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	15-Jul-44	USCG-manned, to USN 1950 as AKL 21, sold 1961 as Star 60, now Rio Chagres
74		FS 260	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	26-Jul-44	USCG-manned, to the Philippines as Don Mariano
75		FS 261	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	2-Aug-44	USCG-manned, to China as Peony, later Lucky Trader, Flying Bird, Chiat Min, Perada, Rahmat, scrapped 1978
76		FS 262	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	9-Aug-44	USCG-manned, to China as Lotus
77		FS 263	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	16-Aug-44	USCG-manned, to USN 1947 as Deal (AG 131/AKL 2), sold 1961 as Don Carlos, later Laissez Faire, Princess Olga, now Earl J. Conrad Jr.
78		FS 264	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	24-Aug-44	USCG-manned
79		FS 265	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	1-Sep-44	USCG-manned
80		FS 266	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	8-Sep-33	USCG-manned, to USN 1947 as USS Tingles (AG 144), later AKL 13, sold 1969 as Ran Annim, scrapped 1982
81		FS 267	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	18-Sep-44	USCG-manned, to USN 1947 as USS Elba (AG 132). later AKL 3, to Dept. of Interior 1952
82		FS 268	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	22-Sep-44	USCG-manned, to the Philippines as Virginia VI, later Elena, Don Jose I, scrapped 1986
83		FS 269	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	2-Oct-44	USCG-manned, to the Philippines as Cotabato-J
84		FS 270	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	6-Oct-44	USCG-manned, retained in USA
85		FS 271	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	13-Oct-44	USCG-manned, to the Philippines as General Mojica, later Marcelino, scrapped 1988
86		FS 272	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	22-Oct-44	USCG-manned, to the Philippines as Don Jose I, later Dona Maria, scrapped 1986
87		FS 273	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	6-Nov-44	USCG-manned, to the Philippines as General Roxas, later General del Pilar, General de los Reyes, Sweet trip, Sweet Ride, scrapped 1984
88		FS 274	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	31-Oct-44	USCG-manned, to USN 1947 as USS Errol (AG 133), later AKL 4, to Dept. of Interior 1951, to the Philippines as Baztan, now Don Victoriano
89		FS 275	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	6-Nov-44	USCG-manned, to USN 1947 as USS Estero (AG 134), later AKL 5, struck 1960
90		FS 276	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	13-Nov-44	USCG-manned
91		FS 277	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	20-Nov-44	USCG-manned
92		FS 278	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	25-Nov-44	USCG-manned, to USN 1950 as Range Recoverer (AG 161), later AGM 2, YFRT 524, sold 1974, now Reedville
93		FS 279	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	2-Dec-44	USCG-manned, to the Philippines as General Lukban
94		FS 280	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	9-Dec-44	USCG-manned, to the Philippines as General Mascardo
95		FS 281	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	18-Dec-44	USCG-manned, to Argentina as San Marino, decommissioned 1996
96		FS 282	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	27-Dec-44	USCG-manned, to USN 1947 as USS Jekyl (AG 135). later AKL 6, sold 1960 as Sea Princess II, later Betty K IV, now Hope 1
97		FS 283	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	2-Jan-45	USCG-manned, to USN 1951 as USS Almaack (AKL 39), to Korea 1951, returned 1960, scrapped 1969
98		FS 284	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	12-Jan-45	USCG-manned, to the Philippines as Taype
99		FS 285	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	22-Jan-45	USCG-manned, to Korea as City of Chungju
100		FS 286	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	10-Feb-45	USCG-manned
101		FS 287	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	1-Mar-45	USCG-manned, to France as Girod
102		FS 288	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	10-Mar-45	USCG-manned, to USN 1950 as AKL 23, struck 1959
103		FS 289	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	24-Mar-45	USCG-manned, to USN 1947 as USS New Bedford (AKL 17), later IX 308, sold 1996 as Ghost, now Sea Bird
104		FS 290	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	7-Apr-45	USCG-manned, lost in typhoon off Okinawa 1945
105		FS 291	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	21-Apr-45	Later E-42-1835, sold as John A. Diehl
106		FS 292	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	5-May-45	To Liberia as Joanne, later W. T. James, Jr.
		one of above	US Army	Coastal Freighter	560	176	1944	Later PVT Robert Henry, Kirk Star, Northumberland, exploded and sank 1989
107		ST 859	US Army	Tug		86	Apr-45	To USSR 1940s
108		ST 860	US Army	Tug		86	May-45	Sold 1961 as Judy S, later May, capsized 1992
109		ST 861	US Army	Tug		86	Jun-45	To USSR 1940s
110	249491	ST 862	US Army	Tug		86	Jul-45	Cancelled, built as Metropolitan No. 2, scrapped 1970
111	251162	ST 863	US Army	Tug		86	1946	Cancelled, built as Frederick A. Russell, later Harry R. Conners, Frank L. Coyne, Mid State II, Tekaquitha, sank 1993
112-117		ST 864 to 869	US Army	Tug		86		Cancelled
118
119
120				Cargo Ship			Aug-45	Later Rosemarie
121		Nina B		Fishing Vessel		198	1945	Later Nordeaster II, Nordelfin, Red Diamond VI, Hampton
122
123
124		Marge & Pat II		Fishing Vessel		198	Jul-46	Later Pacific, Cushmere, Evelyn L. Brown, Carlson Fishery III, Aspasia, Eileen Doe, now Concordia
125				Fishing Vessel			Oct-46	Later Josephine Esa
126
127		DB 1	US Army	Derrick Barge			Jul-45
128	254651	DB 2	US Army	Derrick Barge	79	64	Sep-45	Sold as Derrick Barge Gahagan No. 15
129		DB 3	US Army	Derrick Barge			Oct-45
130		DB 4	US Army	Derrick Barge			Oct-45
131		DB 5	US Army	Derrick Barge			Oct-45
132		DB 6	US Army	Derrick Barge			Oct-45
		one of above	US Army	Derrick Barge			1945	Sold as DB Justin, now DB Victory
Fishing Vessels Built in Whitestone After WWII (listed by Official Number)
	248804	Janet & Jean		Fishing Vessel	47	60	1945	Later Valerie C
	249032	Whitestone		Fishing Vessel	47	60	1945	Later Sandra and Cindy
	249282	Arthur L		Fishing Vessel	47	60	1946	Later St. Anna Maria
	249820	Matilda S		Fishing Vessel	47	60	1946	Later Gambler, sank 1994
	250367	Maridor		Fishing Vessel	47	60	1946	Later Alba
Incomplete List of "Sunlounge" and Similar Cruisers Built in Whitestone After WWII (listed by Official Number)
193						40	1946	Later The Wheeler, Atralia, now Catoctin
	248025	Lady Lou II		Passenger	14	42	1945	Later Parable
	253959	Three Jay's		Yacht	30	44	1947
	254661	Serenade		Yacht	21	37	1946	Later Queen Chesapeake, Riff Raff
	256115	Bonnie		Fishing Vessel	33	47	1948
	256123	Jackie		Fishing Vessel	33	47	1948
	256902	Cuquita		Yacht	21	37	1946
	260579	Jodi		Yacht	23	37	1946	Later Donnie B
	265155	Dona Rosa II		Passenger	19	37	1946
	268030	Hurricane		Yacht	29	44	1947
	274926	Hi-Sea		Fishing Vessel	14	30	1946
	277473	Wickie		Yacht	22	37	1947	Later Mr. Lucky
	277777	Electron		Yacht	25	43	1947
	278475	Emma-S		Yacht	22	37	1946
	279252	Civair		Fishing Vessel	12	36	1946	Later Weigle, now Abby
	280201	Najoles		Yacht	22	37	1946
	281605	Helen III		Yacht	21	38	1946	Later Dauntless III, now Men Ehune
	281627	Little Zephyr		Yacht	14	32	1946
	281758	Larc III		Yacht	29	44	1947
	281891	Cricket		Yacht	22	37	1946	Later El Lobo
	281992	Lessew		Yacht	20	37	1946	Later Juniper
	282657	Capodella IV		Passenger	20	38	1946	Later Adria, now We Go It
	283204	Jokial IV		Yacht	22	37	1946	Later Pegasus
	283365	Fair Lady II		Yacht	13	31	1948
	283377	Tibi		Yacht	22	38	1946
	283480	The Packet		Yacht	17	39	1946
	284492	Jessie De		Yacht	22	37	1947
	284574	Mared		Yacht	13	31	1946	Later Leslyn
	285472	Paramour		Yacht	27	44	1947	Later Siliver Cloud
	287391	Rosario		Yacht	21	38	1946	Later Sea Mist
	290800	Sea Horse		Yacht	22	37	1946
	291430	Camilla		Passenger	19	38	1946	Later Scuba Du
	295005	Shee-Gwee		Yacht	23	37	1946	Later Fortune Cookie