Spedden Shipbuilding

SPEDDEN SHIPBUILDING

Baltimore MD

Most recent update: January 14, 2017.

R. M. Spedden started in business around 1880 as a machine shop and boiler manufacturer. In 1883, he began building sets of machinery for shipyards and incorporated as R. M. Spedden & Company. In 1886, Spedden took on a partner and operated as Spedden & McClymount until 1890 when a new partnership, Spedden & Burch, was formed. In 1892, the firm was reorganized again and renamed R. M. Spedden Company. The yard was in the Fells Point neighborhood of Baltimore, at 1707 Thames Street, immediately to the east of South Broadway: see it from the air on Google here. In 1897, the company purchased Brusstar Shipbuilding Company, which had gone bankrupt, and incorporated the new enterprise as Spedden Shipbuilding Company. The Brusstar yard was on Boston Street in the Canton district, close enough to the Spedden yard for the two to be worked as one. Spedden died in 1911 and the company was bought by A. W. Gieske. It was sold again in 1925 and reorganized as Spedden Shipbuilding Corporation, the name it held until 1948, when it became Wills-Spedden Shipyard, Inc. Finally, it was sold in 1950 to the Chesapeake Marine Railway Company, which only lasted until 1952. Note that, at this company, what we call hull numbers are really project numbers: the sequence of numbers used for ships is also used for engines and boilers, as a result of which only about a third of the hull numbers listed here involve new vessels built by Spedden. In addition, no original records of this company have been found and, as a result, this list has been built from newspapers, magazines and registers of the relevant period, and many of the hull numbers are speculative. If anybody can add to the table below, or correct any errors, please e-mail timcolton@aol.com

Hull # O.N. Name Customer Type GT Feet Built Disposition

Built by R. M. Spedden

101-128 1880-83 Small engines & boilers

Built by R. M. Spedden & Company

129 106164 Annie Michael & Wm. Maloney Tug 28 57 Jun-83 Hull built by Brusstar Bros.

130 81001 Wm. A. Johnson S.M. Johnson & Coal Co. Tug 25 55 Oct-83 Engine only: hull built by Ruark Co.

131 Baltimore Wrecking Company Derrick 1883 Engine and boiler only: hull built by Brusstar Bros.

132 Hygeia US Quarantine Hospital Service Tug 60 1884 Engine and boiler only: hull built by Brusstar Bros.

133 135831 Edna Capt. R. M. Spedden Tug 33 62 1885 Hull built by Brusstar Bros.

134 75341 John A. McDougall Tug 33 63 1885 Engine and boiler only: reconstruction of burned vessel, originally built 1870 in Buffalo NY

135 105323 Anna Belle Jones's fleet Tug 45 69 1886 Boiler only: originally built in 1873 in Baltimore, later Anita, second boiler installed by Spedden in 1910

Built by Spedden & McClymount

136 Gedney US Coast Survey Survey 133 121 1887 Boiler only: originally built in 1875 in New York

137 81154 William M. Dove Captain John T. Lewis Tug 19 50 1887 Engine and boiler only: hull built by Thomas McCosker & Co.

138 115233 Spring Garden Tug 23 58 1887 Boiler only: originally built 1874 Camden NJ

139 140946 Lauretta Spedden Capt. Luther M. Spedden Tug 27 56 1888 Engine and boiler only: hull built by Thomas McCosker & Co.

140 150195 Parole Tug 24 55 1888 Boiler only: originally built 1880 Baltimore

141 110375 Reuben Foster Tug 17 47 1888 Boiler only: originally built 1878 Baltimore

142 3422 Bertha Capt. Luther M. Spedden Tug 12 36 1889 Engine and boiler only: hull built by Thomas McCosker & Co.

143 135496 Edwin D. Hartley Capt. R.T. Smith Tug 60 73 1889 Boiler only: originally built 1879 Camden NJ

Built by Spedden & Burch

144 14374 Kate Jones Alexander Jones Towing Co. Tug 123 102 1890 Boiler only: originally built 1881 Camden NJ

145 81297 William S. Brusstar P.Dougherty & Co. Tug 45 63 1890 Engine and boiler only: hull built by Brusstar Bros.

146 126618 Cynthia P.Dougherty & Co. Tug 32 56 1890 Engine and boiler only: built by H. Brusstar & Bros. to USACOE 1897, same name

147 81278 Walter Eldridge Barge Transportation Co. Tug 32 54 Jun-90 Engine and boiler only: built by H. Brusstar & Bros.

148 91650 Minerva Capt. Vivian Phillips Tug 21 55 1890 Boiler only: originally blt 1883 Baltimore as Mary

149 110920 Rescue Capt. R. M. Spedden Tug 47 69 1891 Engine and boiler only: built by H. Brusstar & Bros.

150 4995 Col. C.G. Sawtelle Capt. Anderson Tug 47 69 1891 Boiler only: originally built 1862 at Philadelphia

Built by R. M. Spedden Company

151 85600 George S. Rieman Capt. Robert Freeburger Tug 21 54 Jul-92 Boiler only: originally built 1879 Baltimore

152 Zephyr Harbor Ferry 1892 Boiler only

153 75094 John Taxis Captain Phillips Tug 23 52 1892 Boiler only: hull rebuilt by Joseph W. Brooks at Madison MD, originally built 1869 at Chester PA.

154 91135 Minnie Maythem Tug 13 42 1892 Boiler only: originally built 1879, Buffalo NY

155 7058 Emma American Towing Co. Tug 52 70 1892 Engine only: originally built 1862 Baltimore

156 4064 Caroline Baltimore & Ohio RR Co. Tug 50 79 1892 Boiler only: originally built 1862 New Brunswick NJ

157 4996 Commodore S. F. Dupont American Towing Co. Tug 95 80 1892 Engine only: originally built 1862 Wilmington, later Sandow (rebuilt 1898 as well)

158 136368 Elsie Baltimore Steam Packet Co. Tug 39 58 Jun-93 Later Robin

159 141283 Lucille Ross W. M. Ross Tug 49 71 Jul-93 Engine and boiler only: built by Wm. Brusstar & Bros. (Hull 54)

160 92553 Maude H. E.M. Hoffman Tug 74 73 Oct-93 To USACOE 1903 as General Abbot, later Marengo

161 92855B Earnwell Earnwell S.S. Co. Freighter 1323 280 1893 Boiler only: built at Jarrow England 1887

162 81278 Walter El Barge Transportation Co. Tug 32 54 1894 Boiler only: built by H. Brusstar & Bros.

163 116629 St. Michaels Eastern Bay & Miles River SB Co. Tug 283 118 Jun-94 Engine and boiler only: hull built by Woodall

164 77124 J. W. Banning Tug 32 54 1894 Boiler only: vessel built at Portsmouth VA.

165 241525 James Guthrie US Revenue Service Cutter 149d 87 Jul-95 Sold ~1941 as MacArthur, to USN 1942 as YHT 7, sold 1947, later Elma M. Kennedy

166 157436 Defender Burleigh Brothers Tug 88 85 Oct-95 Built for stock

167 115212 Success Phillips Tug 29 63 1895 Boiler only: originally built 1873 Baltimore

168 95595 Hercules American Towing Co. Tug 156 108 1896 Boiler only: originally built 1880 Camden by J. Dialogue

169 75594 J. Alvah Clark Tug 43 61 1896 Boiler only: originally built 1873 Philadelphia

170 Castle US Army Corps of Engineers Tug 85d 95 1897

171 76949 John I Bardy Tug 119 97 1897 Boiler only: originally built 1891 Baltimore

172 110920 Rescue Phillip Weaver Tug 46 69 1897 Engine only: originally built 1891 Baltimore by Brusstar and engined by Spedden

173 217359 Sentinel US Army Corps of Engineers Tug 116 90 1897 Sold private same name

174 92824 M. Mitchell Davis Capt. Jack Taylor Tug 85 87 1897 Engine and boiler only: built by M. M. Davis & Sons

175 New York Owner 1897 Boiler only

176 New York Owner 1897 Boiler only

177 American Mining Company 1897 Boiler only

178 96391 Harvey E. Birch Capt. L. Collison Tug 19 45 1898 Built at Bear Creek site of Spedden Marine Railway Co., later Solicitor

179 96174 Highland Baltimore Yacht Club Dispatch 21 57 May-98 Boiler only: originally built 1892 Baltimore

180 100651 Isabella T. Dempsey   Dempsey, Son & Co. Tug 113 85 May-98 To USACOE 1899 as Gen. A. A. Humphreys, later Tunica

181 252061 Vidette US Army Corps of Engineers Tug 200d 99 Aug-98 Later Mars (possibly repowered by Spedden in 1914)

182 130801 Neptune Atlantic Land & Improvement Co. Tug. 117 94 Dec-98 To US Marine Hospital Service 1902, later Neptune III, active

183 116867 Scandinavia Baker & Whiteley Coal Co. Tug 55 70 1898 Engine and boiler only: hull built by Brusstar Sbdg.Co.

184 116874 Solicitor Louis Waggner Lumber Co. Tug 56 70 1898 Hull built at Canton yard

185 127282 Curtin C. Gring Tug 85 86 1898 Engine and boiler only: built at Cramer Hill NJ by Curtin & Rickenbach.

Built by Spedden Shipbuilding Company

186 105323 Anita ex Anna Belle Sheriff Hoffman Tug 45 69 Jan-99 Engine and boiler only: vessel rebuilt following fire

187 150841 Peerless P.Dougherty & Co. Tug 102 85 1899 Engine and boiler only: hull built by Thomas McCosker & Co

188 234204 General Hunt US Army Quartermasters Dept. Tug 121 93 1899 Later Lt. Alonzo H. Cushing (1909), Albert G. Thomas (USACOE), sold 1935 as Frank H. Tremble

189 77375 Joseph M Clark J. M. Clark & Co. Tug 93 86 Aug-99 To USN 1917 as SP/ID 1244

190 R.M. Spedden Company Launch 1899 Shipyard use

191 135958 E. V. McCaulley Tug 136 96 1900 New boiler and steel deckhouse: originally built 1887 Camden by Dialogue (?)

192 77419 John K. Cowen Baltimore & Ohio RR Co. Tug 160 105 Jun-00

193 107550 Aguirre M. Mendia Tug 41 69 Jul-00 For Cuban waters, subcontract from Maryland Steel Co.

194 155394 Oscar G. Murray Baltimore & Ohio RR Co. Tug 165 100 Dec-00

195 161574 Volunteer P.Dougherty & Co. Tug 97 85 Dec-00 Boiler only: originally built 1887 Philadelphia

196 150948 Pilot Maryland Pilot's Assoc. Pilot Boat 193 115 1901 Boiler only: originally built 1880 at Wilmington by H&H.

197 Skinner & Sons SB & DD Co. Caisson Gate Apr-01 For new Skinner graving dock

198 81757 William H. Yerkes Jr. Capt. Stonewall Jackson Taylor Tug 59 73 Jun-01 Engine and boiler only: built by M. M. Davis & Sons

199 130931 Neptune American Towing & Lighterage Tug 144 99 Aug-01 To US Marine Hospital Service 1902, same name, later Walter Wyman

200 LV 73 Lightship No. 73 US Light House Board Lightship 693d 124 1901 Pollock Rip Shoals, lost in hurricane 1944

201 3227 Corona F.D. Underwood Yacht 42 91 May-01 Boiler only: originally built 1882 Providence RI

202 107661 Alpha Howard Higgins Tug 35 58 Jun-01 Engine and boiler only: built by M. M. Davis & Sons

203 157637 Dauntless P.Dougherty & Co. Tug 123 97 Nov-01 Engine and boiler only: built by Thomas McKosker

204 93262 M. Mitchell Davis A.J. Taylor & Bros. Tug 116 92 1902 Engine and boiler only: built by M. M. Davis & Sons

205 85636 Charles J. Baker Atlantic Transport Company Tug 19 52 1903 Boiler only: originally built 1880 Baltimore as George J. Norris

206 250881 Winnisimmet US Revenue Service   Tug 140 92 1903 To USN 1917, to USCG as CG 9, later WYT 84, sold 1946 as Sophia, then Bullhead, David C Winslow, sank 1991

207 237102 Wissahickon US Revenue Service   Tug 137 92 Nov-04 To PoNY 1923, sold 1936 as Atlas, deleted c1980

208 121276 Fireproofer National Fireproofing Tug 173 103 Jun-03 Later Wm. J. Donaldson

209 L. Broom 1903 Boiler only

210 130500 Murrell Baltimore & Boston Barge Co. Tug 311 125 1903 Boiler only: originally built 1890 Camden NJ

211 232726 Juniper US Light House Board Tender 95 91 Sep-03 Sold 1932 as cargo vessel, same name, later tanker Aubrey L. Hudgins

212 200713 Neptune American Towing & Lighterage Tug 188 109 Apr-04 To USPHS 1905 as Argonaut, W. F. Woodward 1923, sold 1934 as Neptune, Wedell Foss 1945, Fannie Mc 1970, Maggie F , sunk

213 81001 William A. Johnson Tug 25 56 Nov-03 Engine and boiler only: originally built by Spedden 1883

214 85858 Governor R. M. McLane Maryland State Fishery Force Patrol 144 114 Dec-04 Boiler only: built by Neafie & Levy 1884, to USN as SP 1328

215 Potomac Dredging Company Dredge 1905

127236 Chilhowee W. H. Evans Yacht 95 110 1905

166899 A-5 M. W. Adams Covered Lighter 160 94 1905 Documented 1917, RFR 1942

165966 A-6 M. W. Adams Covered Lighter 127 90 1905 Documented 1915, abandoned 1916

166131 A-7 M. W. Adams Covered Lighter 131 90 1905 Documented 1915, exempt 1919

165967 A-9 M. W. Adams Covered Lighter 123 91 1905 Documented 1915, exempt 1923

216 125182 Convoy Baltimore & Ohio RR Co. Tug 78 89 May-05 Boiler only: originally built 1873 Philadelphia

217 141283 Lucille Ross W. M. Ross Tug 49 71 Dec-05 Boiler only: originally built by Wm. Brusstar & Bros. (Hull 54) 1893

218 203112 Robert H. Smith American Towing & Lightering Tug 227 108 Jun-06 To Panama Canal 1907 as Porto Bello, sold c1928, returned to U.S. flag under original name, abandoned 1938

219 1906 Engine built for stock

220 125638 Camilla A.J. Taylor & Bros 40 68 Mar-06 Boiler only: originally built 1877 Baltimore

221 81278 Walter Chesapeake Towing Co. Tug 32 54 1905 Boiler only: originally built 1890 Baltimore

222 203735 Capt. Toby A.J. Taylor & Bros. Tug 20 47 1906 Boiler only: built by M. M. Davis & Son

223 85869 Gov. P. F. Thomas Maryland State Fishery Force Patrol 144 114 1906 Boiler only: built by Neafie & Levy 1884, re-documented as Mary L Potter 1918 , later (1937) Dauntless 6

224 105618 Calvin Whitely Tug 21 56 1906 Boiler only: built 1876 Philadelphia as A. Somers Kapella

M. W. Adams Lighter 60 Dec-06 Built on spec.

Open Lighter 90 1908

No. 17 Atlas Coal & Coke Company Open Lighter 92 1909

225 Kennedy Maryland Dredging & Contracting Dredge 1909 Boiler only: origin unknown

226 105323 Anita Southern Transportation Company Tug 45 69 Apr-10 Boiler only: ex Anna Belle, built Baltimore 1873, boiler also replaced in 1886 and 1899 by Spedden

227 Federal Sentinel US Army Corps of Engineers Tug 116 90 1910 Boiler only: built by Spedden 1898

228 136368 Elsie Old Bay Line Tug 39 58 1910 Boiler only: built by Spedden 1893

229 107583 Ada Arundel Sand & Gravel Company Tug 35 55 1910 Boiler only: originally built 1900 Madison Md.

230 208275 Neptune Curtis Bay Towing Co. Tug 237 113 Jan-11 To USACOE as San Luis 1915

231 208633 Waldo Newcomer The Edwards Co. (Inc.) Fishing Vessel 338 145 May-11 Later Toltec (Russia) 1916, Batareynyi 1917, Pomor 1925, Menzul 1932, foundered 1939

232 164617 Argo Independent Pier Co. Covered Lighter 853 120 Sep-11

233 209242 Louise Philip Weaver& Sons Tug 46 68 Sep-11 Engine only: hull built by Joseph P. Brooks Madison Md.

234 126696 Curtis Bay Tug 133 90 1911 Boiler only: originally built 1890 Newburgh NY as Chauncey M. Depew

86091 Starlight Passenger 335 151 1911 Lengthening of ex Granite City, built 1890 Stonington CT

136872 E. W. Edwards Fishing Vessel 181 122 1911 Lengthened: originally built 1901 Baltimore

235 211538 Falcon Maryland Transportation Company Tug 50 60 1913 Engine and boiler only: hull built by Charles L. Rhode & Sons Co.

236 211348 Kenneth L. McNeal Capt. Andrew McNeal Fishing Vessel 331 147 Jun-13 Engine and boiler only, hull built by M. M. Davis & Sons

237 211941 Cataract City of Baltimore Fireboat 185 89 Feb-14 Later tug Wm J Taylor, Lucy Watson, Stacey Fackrell, scrapped 1987

Fish Lighter 1914

238 233976 Laurel US Light House Board Tender 288 100 May-15 Sold 1931, documented as Lake George, repowered as motor vessel

239 Minquas US Army Corps of Engineers Dredger 978d 192 1915 Rebuilt 1941 as barge

240 213570 Sam Weller Maryland Dredging Company Tug 99 71 1915

241 252061 Vidette US Army Corps of Engineers Tug 105 1914 Later Mars

242 115554 S.W. Smith Ferry 320 119 1916 Boiler only: originally built 1877 at Baltimore

243 205640 Mary P. Rheil Atlantic Transport Company Tug 47 59 1916 Boiler only: originally built 1908 Solomons Md.

244 215393 Gypsum Prince J.B. King Trans. Co. Tug 299 118 Jul-17 To Federal Government (IWC) in WWI, sold commercial service 1931, later Whiteman 1963

245 214530 Efficient Standard Oil Company Tanker 43 60 Jun-16 Later Petrolia No. 1

93287 Maryland/Northern No. 5 Barge Reconstruction as barge after fire: originally built 1902 Wilmington DE

75798 Capital City Barge Conversion: originally built 1875 Camden NJ as John A, Thompson, then Harry Randall

107520 Augusta West India Sugar Co. Cargo 1968 246 Aug-17 Conversion: originally built 1900 Neafie & Levy

246 130801 Neptune Atlantic Coast Line Railway Tug 117 94 1916 Boiler only: built by Spedden 1898

247 221145 T.J. Hooper Eastern Transportation Company Tug 459 142 Jun-21 Engine and boiler only: built by Charles L. Rohde & Sons

248 215201 Freeport Sulphur No. 2 Freeport Sulphur Transp. Co. Tug 488 152 Aug-17 Later Sabine 1930, scrapped 1950

249 217811 Norfolk Northern Barge Corp.(Del.) Tug 343 126 1919 Later Henry Steers 1928, scrapped 1961

250 218224 Boston Northern Barge Corp.(Del.) Tug 343 126 1919 Later Wathen 1941, wrecked 1944

251 220484 Jacob France Standard Transportation Co. Tug 336 127 Sep-20 Later Esso Aladdin 1938, Aladdin 1949, scrapped 1962

252 168190 S. O. Co. No. 5 Standard Oil Co. Tank Barge 962 199 May-21 Later Standoil No. 5, Esso Barge No. 5, B No. 15

253 221057 Anna Marie II August C. Stenger Tug 9 39 Feb-21

254 Cuba James R. Biggar Central Teresa Sugar Company Launch 50 Mar-21

255 298069 Capain A. Canfield US Army Corps of Engineers Tender / Tug 18d 50 1923 Later Julie Dee, Wilhelm Baum, active

256 254686 Frankford US Army Corps of Engineers Tender/ Tug 40d 50 1924 Later T.D. Wescoat

257 Lewes US Army Corps of Engineers Tender/ Tug 40d 53 1924

258 268151 Menominee US Army Corps of Engineers Tender/ Tug 40d 50 1924 Later Buddy

259 500147 Col. J.D. Graham US Army Corps of Engineers Tender/ Tug 40d 53 1924 Later Nicholson, Magnetic, now J D Graham

260 224329 Grace Grace S.S. Co. Tug 86 72 1924 Later Dalzellynx, Dalzellable

Built by Spedden Shipbuilding Corporation

261 225036 York W. T. Ashe Ferry 260 106 Sep-25 To Mexico as Yucatan, later York

262 226060 Samson Diamond 'P' Transp. Co. Tug 138 83 Oct-26 Later River Rat

263 225918 Dan Hardie Peninsula Terminal Co. Ferry 234 106 Jul-26 Later Galveston, to Mexico 1957

264 228157 Charles A. Evans District of Columbia Patrol/Fireboat 25 53 1929 Later Kanak, NLD 2005

265 271528 Argus US Army Corps of Engineers Tug 248 114 1930 Later fishing vessel Smith Point

266 268018 G. B. Loring US Public Health Service, Boston Tug 147 84 Jun-30 Later Pilot, now Hamatra I

267 229835 K. Whittelsey Oil Transfer Corp. NY Tug 185 91 Jun-30 Late Grace Moran, Hercules, Sakonnet, abandoned 1982, scrapped 2008

268 229354 Irma Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Co. NY Tug 32 55 1930

269 230568 Gilbert Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Co. NY Tug 32 55 1931

270 230797 Kennedy Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Co. NY Tug 10 34 Mar-31 To USN 1945

271 Walter Wyman US Public Health Service Boarding Tug 193 100 Mar-32 Later Marmer 1957, retired 1968

272 288528 Active US Army Corps of Engineers Tug 234 114 Oct-32 Later Sea Eagle

273 294817 Joseph Goldberger US Public Health Service Boarding Tug 85 66 1933 Later Julie J

274 W.H. Welch US Public Health Service Boarding Tug 186 101 1934

275 Salem US Army Corps of Engineers Tug 28 53 Aug-35

276 234382 May Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Co. Dredge Tender 32 55 Oct-35

277 B W Brown US Public Health Service Launch 36d 60 Mar-37

278 Roanoke US Army Corps of Engineers Derrick Boat 150 100 Oct-37 Ex Derrick Boat No. 14, new/rebuilt hull & relocated equipment

279 270563 Stephen F. Austin US Army Corps of Engineers Tug 166 96 Dec-37 To US Army as LT 800., later Lt. Thomas D. Sollom, later Maryland

280 238137 Ann Walter Sawyer Tanker 32 49 1938

281 Maj. Gen. Harry L Rogers US Army QM Corps SP Lighter 425 125 Dec-39

282 239957 Chas. D. Gaither City of Baltimore Police Boat 23 48 1940 Sold 1972, to Baltimore & Chesapeake SB Co. 2011, active

283 240982 Palua Iron Mines Co. of Venezuela Tug 32 54 Sep-41

284 L 68 US Army QM Corps Dist. Box Boat 65d 64 Jan-42

285 L 69 US Army QM Corps Dist. Box Boat 65d 64 Feb-42

286 L 70 US Army QM Corps Dist. Box Boat 65d 64 Feb-42

287 L 71 US Army QM Corps Dist. Box Boat 65d 64 Mar-42

288 L 72 US Army QM Corps Dist. Box Boat 65d 64 Mar-42

289 244316 Cardenas Panama Canal Commission Tug 323 118 Sep-43

290 244520 San Pablo Panama Canal Commission Tug 323 118 1943 Later San Pablo I 1990, Aquilon 1997, Red Sea 1998, reefed 2007

291 245190 Culebra Panama Canal Commission Tug 321 118 Mar-43

292 291882 BSP 1799 US Army SP Derrick Barge 296 120 Aug-44 Later trawler Iron Head, now Notorious

293 248753 Spedship Spedden Shipbuilding Company Launch 12 37 1945 Later Curlew (1952)

Built by Wills-Spedden Shipyard, Inc.

Liberia Mesurado Farrell Lines (Liberia) Inc. Cargo Ship 238 115 1949

294 Driftmaster US Army Corps of Engineers Debris Collector 225d 99 1949 Active

295 258603 J. C. Stephens Magnolia Petroleum Crewboat 85 76 1949 Now Linda

296 259284 Maury Johns Hopkins Univ. Research Vessel 33 58 1950 For sale 2013

Built by Chesapeake Marine Railway Company

151 261303 G. and E. No. 3 Consolidated Gas & Electric Tug 120 79 1951 Later Chesapeake Coast, now American

152 501445 Langley Nat'l Adv. Comm. for Aeronautics Ferry 109 76 Jun-52 Later r/v Langley, ferry Charlotte 1980, Bayfield, active (appears to have been lengthened)

264125 Mr. Van Gahagan Overseas Constn. Dredge Tender 26 47 1952

SPEDDEN SHIPBUILDING Baltimore MD
Most recent update: January 14, 2017.
R. M. Spedden started in business around 1880 as a machine shop and boiler manufacturer. In 1883, he began building sets of machinery for shipyards and incorporated as R. M. Spedden & Company. In 1886, Spedden took on a partner and operated as Spedden & McClymount until 1890 when a new partnership, Spedden & Burch, was formed. In 1892, the firm was reorganized again and renamed R. M. Spedden Company. The yard was in the Fells Point neighborhood of Baltimore, at 1707 Thames Street, immediately to the east of South Broadway: see it from the air on Google here. In 1897, the company purchased Brusstar Shipbuilding Company, which had gone bankrupt, and incorporated the new enterprise as Spedden Shipbuilding Company. The Brusstar yard was on Boston Street in the Canton district, close enough to the Spedden yard for the two to be worked as one. Spedden died in 1911 and the company was bought by A. W. Gieske. It was sold again in 1925 and reorganized as Spedden Shipbuilding Corporation, the name it held until 1948, when it became Wills-Spedden Shipyard, Inc. Finally, it was sold in 1950 to the Chesapeake Marine Railway Company, which only lasted until 1952. Note that, at this company, what we call hull numbers are really project numbers: the sequence of numbers used for ships is also used for engines and boilers, as a result of which only about a third of the hull numbers listed here involve new vessels built by Spedden. In addition, no original records of this company have been found and, as a result, this list has been built from newspapers, magazines and registers of the relevant period, and many of the hull numbers are speculative. If anybody can add to the table below, or correct any errors, please e-mail timcolton@aol.com
Hull #	O.N.	Name	Customer	Type	GT	Feet	Built	Disposition
Built by R. M. Spedden
101-128							1880-83	Small engines & boilers
Built by R. M. Spedden & Company
129	106164	Annie	Michael & Wm. Maloney	Tug	28	57	Jun-83	Hull built by Brusstar Bros.
130	81001	Wm. A. Johnson	S.M. Johnson & Coal Co.	Tug	25	55	Oct-83	Engine only: hull built by Ruark Co.
131			Baltimore Wrecking Company	Derrick			1883	Engine and boiler only: hull built by Brusstar Bros.
132		Hygeia	US Quarantine Hospital Service	Tug		60	1884	Engine and boiler only: hull built by Brusstar Bros.
133	135831	Edna	Capt. R. M. Spedden	Tug	33	62	1885	Hull built by Brusstar Bros.
134	75341	John A. McDougall		Tug	33	63	1885	Engine and boiler only: reconstruction of burned vessel, originally built 1870 in Buffalo NY
135	105323	Anna Belle	Jones's fleet	Tug	45	69	1886	Boiler only: originally built in 1873 in Baltimore, later Anita, second boiler installed by Spedden in 1910
Built by Spedden & McClymount
136		Gedney	US Coast Survey	Survey	133	121	1887	Boiler only: originally built in 1875 in New York
137	81154	William M. Dove	Captain John T. Lewis	Tug	19	50	1887	Engine and boiler only: hull built by Thomas McCosker & Co.
138	115233	Spring Garden		Tug	23	58	1887	Boiler only: originally built 1874 Camden NJ
139	140946	Lauretta Spedden	Capt. Luther M. Spedden	Tug	27	56	1888	Engine and boiler only: hull built by Thomas McCosker & Co.
140	150195	Parole		Tug	24	55	1888	Boiler only: originally built 1880 Baltimore
141	110375	Reuben Foster		Tug	17	47	1888	Boiler only: originally built 1878 Baltimore
142	3422	Bertha	Capt. Luther M. Spedden	Tug	12	36	1889	Engine and boiler only: hull built by Thomas McCosker & Co.
143	135496	Edwin D. Hartley	Capt. R.T. Smith	Tug	60	73	1889	Boiler only: originally built 1879 Camden NJ
Built by Spedden & Burch
144	14374	Kate Jones	Alexander Jones Towing Co.	Tug	123	102	1890	Boiler only: originally built 1881 Camden NJ
145	81297	William S. Brusstar	P.Dougherty & Co.	Tug	45	63	1890	Engine and boiler only: hull built by Brusstar Bros.
146	126618	Cynthia	P.Dougherty & Co.	Tug	32	56	1890	Engine and boiler only: built by H. Brusstar & Bros. to USACOE 1897, same name
147	81278	Walter	Eldridge Barge Transportation Co.	Tug	32	54	Jun-90	Engine and boiler only: built by H. Brusstar & Bros.
148	91650	Minerva	Capt. Vivian Phillips	Tug	21	55	1890	Boiler only: originally blt 1883 Baltimore as Mary
149	110920	Rescue	Capt. R. M. Spedden	Tug	47	69	1891	Engine and boiler only: built by H. Brusstar & Bros.
150	4995	Col. C.G. Sawtelle	Capt. Anderson	Tug	47	69	1891	Boiler only: originally built 1862 at Philadelphia
Built by R. M. Spedden Company
151	85600	George S. Rieman	Capt. Robert Freeburger	Tug	21	54	Jul-92	Boiler only: originally built 1879 Baltimore
152		Zephyr		Harbor Ferry			1892	Boiler only
153	75094	John Taxis	Captain Phillips	Tug	23	52	1892	Boiler only: hull rebuilt by Joseph W. Brooks at Madison MD, originally built 1869 at Chester PA.
154	91135	Minnie Maythem		Tug	13	42	1892	Boiler only: originally built 1879, Buffalo NY
155	7058	Emma	American Towing Co.	Tug	52	70	1892	Engine only: originally built 1862 Baltimore
156	4064	Caroline	Baltimore & Ohio RR Co.	Tug	50	79	1892	Boiler only: originally built 1862 New Brunswick NJ
157	4996	Commodore S. F. Dupont	American Towing Co.	Tug	95	80	1892	Engine only: originally built 1862 Wilmington, later Sandow (rebuilt 1898 as well)
158	136368	Elsie	Baltimore Steam Packet Co.	Tug	39	58	Jun-93	Later Robin
159	141283	Lucille Ross	W. M. Ross	Tug	49	71	Jul-93	Engine and boiler only: built by Wm. Brusstar & Bros. (Hull 54)
160	92553	Maude H.	E.M. Hoffman	Tug	74	73	Oct-93	To USACOE 1903 as General Abbot, later Marengo
161	92855B	Earnwell	Earnwell S.S. Co.	Freighter	1323	280	1893	Boiler only: built at Jarrow England 1887
162	81278	Walter	El Barge Transportation Co.	Tug	32	54	1894	Boiler only: built by H. Brusstar & Bros.
163	116629	St. Michaels	Eastern Bay & Miles River SB Co.	Tug	283	118	Jun-94	Engine and boiler only: hull built by Woodall
164	77124	J. W. Banning		Tug	32	54	1894	Boiler only: vessel built at Portsmouth VA.
165	241525	James Guthrie	US Revenue Service	Cutter	149d	87	Jul-95	Sold ~1941 as MacArthur, to USN 1942 as YHT 7, sold 1947, later Elma M. Kennedy
166	157436	Defender	Burleigh Brothers	Tug	88	85	Oct-95	Built for stock
167	115212	Success	Phillips	Tug	29	63	1895	Boiler only: originally built 1873 Baltimore
168	95595	Hercules	American Towing Co.	Tug	156	108	1896	Boiler only: originally built 1880 Camden by J. Dialogue
169	75594	J. Alvah Clark		Tug	43	61	1896	Boiler only: originally built 1873 Philadelphia
170		Castle	US Army Corps of Engineers	Tug	85d	95	1897
171	76949	John I Bardy		Tug	119	97	1897	Boiler only: originally built 1891 Baltimore
172	110920	Rescue	Phillip Weaver	Tug	46	69	1897	Engine only: originally built 1891 Baltimore by Brusstar and engined by Spedden
173	217359	Sentinel	US Army Corps of Engineers	Tug	116	90	1897	Sold private same name
174	92824	M. Mitchell Davis	Capt. Jack Taylor	Tug	85	87	1897	Engine and boiler only: built by M. M. Davis & Sons
175			New York Owner				1897	Boiler only
176			New York Owner				1897	Boiler only
177			American Mining Company				1897	Boiler only
178	96391	Harvey E. Birch	Capt. L. Collison	Tug	19	45	1898	Built at Bear Creek site of Spedden Marine Railway Co., later Solicitor
179	96174	Highland	Baltimore Yacht Club	Dispatch	21	57	May-98	Boiler only: originally built 1892 Baltimore
180	100651	Isabella T. Dempsey	Dempsey, Son & Co.	Tug	113	85	May-98	To USACOE 1899 as Gen. A. A. Humphreys, later Tunica
181	252061	Vidette	US Army Corps of Engineers	Tug	200d	99	Aug-98	Later Mars (possibly repowered by Spedden in 1914)
182	130801	Neptune	Atlantic Land & Improvement Co.	Tug.	117	94	Dec-98	To US Marine Hospital Service 1902, later Neptune III, active
183	116867	Scandinavia	Baker & Whiteley Coal Co.	Tug	55	70	1898	Engine and boiler only: hull built by Brusstar Sbdg.Co.
184	116874	Solicitor	Louis Waggner Lumber Co.	Tug	56	70	1898	Hull built at Canton yard
185	127282	Curtin	C. Gring	Tug	85	86	1898	Engine and boiler only: built at Cramer Hill NJ by Curtin & Rickenbach.
Built by Spedden Shipbuilding Company
186	105323	Anita ex Anna Belle	Sheriff Hoffman	Tug	45	69	Jan-99	Engine and boiler only: vessel rebuilt following fire
187	150841	Peerless	P.Dougherty & Co.	Tug	102	85	1899	Engine and boiler only: hull built by Thomas McCosker & Co
188	234204	General Hunt	US Army Quartermasters Dept.	Tug	121	93	1899	Later Lt. Alonzo H. Cushing (1909), Albert G. Thomas (USACOE), sold 1935 as Frank H. Tremble
189	77375	Joseph M Clark	J. M. Clark & Co.	Tug	93	86	Aug-99	To USN 1917 as SP/ID 1244
190			R.M. Spedden Company	Launch			1899	Shipyard use
191	135958	E. V. McCaulley		Tug	136	96	1900	New boiler and steel deckhouse: originally built 1887 Camden by Dialogue (?)
192	77419	John K. Cowen	Baltimore & Ohio RR Co.	Tug	160	105	Jun-00
193	107550	Aguirre	M. Mendia	Tug	41	69	Jul-00	For Cuban waters, subcontract from Maryland Steel Co.
194	155394	Oscar G. Murray	Baltimore & Ohio RR Co.	Tug	165	100	Dec-00
195	161574	Volunteer	P.Dougherty & Co.	Tug	97	85	Dec-00	Boiler only: originally built 1887 Philadelphia
196	150948	Pilot	Maryland Pilot's Assoc.	Pilot Boat	193	115	1901	Boiler only: originally built 1880 at Wilmington by H&H.
197			Skinner & Sons SB & DD Co.	Caisson Gate			Apr-01	For new Skinner graving dock
198	81757	William H. Yerkes Jr.	Capt. Stonewall Jackson Taylor	Tug	59	73	Jun-01	Engine and boiler only: built by M. M. Davis & Sons
199	130931	Neptune	American Towing & Lighterage	Tug	144	99	Aug-01	To US Marine Hospital Service 1902, same name, later Walter Wyman
200	LV 73	Lightship No. 73	US Light House Board	Lightship	693d	124	1901	Pollock Rip Shoals, lost in hurricane 1944
201	3227	Corona	F.D. Underwood	Yacht	42	91	May-01	Boiler only: originally built 1882 Providence RI
202	107661	Alpha	Howard Higgins	Tug	35	58	Jun-01	Engine and boiler only: built by M. M. Davis & Sons
203	157637	Dauntless	P.Dougherty & Co.	Tug	123	97	Nov-01	Engine and boiler only: built by Thomas McKosker
204	93262	M. Mitchell Davis	A.J. Taylor & Bros.	Tug	116	92	1902	Engine and boiler only: built by M. M. Davis & Sons
205	85636	Charles J. Baker	Atlantic Transport Company	Tug	19	52	1903	Boiler only: originally built 1880 Baltimore as George J. Norris
206	250881	Winnisimmet	US Revenue Service	Tug	140	92	1903	To USN 1917, to USCG as CG 9, later WYT 84, sold 1946 as Sophia, then Bullhead, David C Winslow, sank 1991
207	237102	Wissahickon	US Revenue Service	Tug	137	92	Nov-04	To PoNY 1923, sold 1936 as Atlas, deleted c1980
208	121276	Fireproofer	National Fireproofing	Tug	173	103	Jun-03	Later Wm. J. Donaldson
209			L. Broom				1903	Boiler only
210	130500	Murrell	Baltimore & Boston Barge Co.	Tug	311	125	1903	Boiler only: originally built 1890 Camden NJ
211	232726	Juniper	US Light House Board	Tender	95	91	Sep-03	Sold 1932 as cargo vessel, same name, later tanker Aubrey L. Hudgins
212	200713	Neptune	American Towing & Lighterage	Tug	188	109	Apr-04	To USPHS 1905 as Argonaut, W. F. Woodward 1923, sold 1934 as Neptune, Wedell Foss 1945, Fannie Mc 1970, Maggie F , sunk
213	81001	William A. Johnson		Tug	25	56	Nov-03	Engine and boiler only: originally built by Spedden 1883
214	85858	Governor R. M. McLane	Maryland State Fishery Force	Patrol	144	114	Dec-04	Boiler only: built by Neafie & Levy 1884, to USN as SP 1328
215			Potomac Dredging Company	Dredge			1905
	127236	Chilhowee	W. H. Evans	Yacht	95	110	1905
	166899	A-5	M. W. Adams	Covered Lighter	160	94	1905	Documented 1917, RFR 1942
	165966	A-6	M. W. Adams	Covered Lighter	127	90	1905	Documented 1915, abandoned 1916
	166131	A-7	M. W. Adams	Covered Lighter	131	90	1905	Documented 1915, exempt 1919
	165967	A-9	M. W. Adams	Covered Lighter	123	91	1905	Documented 1915, exempt 1923
216	125182	Convoy	Baltimore & Ohio RR Co.	Tug	78	89	May-05	Boiler only: originally built 1873 Philadelphia
217	141283	Lucille Ross	W. M. Ross	Tug	49	71	Dec-05	Boiler only: originally built by Wm. Brusstar & Bros. (Hull 54) 1893
218	203112	Robert H. Smith	American Towing & Lightering	Tug	227	108	Jun-06	To Panama Canal 1907 as Porto Bello, sold c1928, returned to U.S. flag under original name, abandoned 1938
219							1906	Engine built for stock
220	125638	Camilla	A.J. Taylor & Bros		40	68	Mar-06	Boiler only: originally built 1877 Baltimore
221	81278	Walter	Chesapeake Towing Co.	Tug	32	54	1905	Boiler only: originally built 1890 Baltimore
222	203735	Capt. Toby	A.J. Taylor & Bros.	Tug	20	47	1906	Boiler only: built by M. M. Davis & Son
223	85869	Gov. P. F. Thomas	Maryland State Fishery Force	Patrol	144	114	1906	Boiler only: built by Neafie & Levy 1884, re-documented as Mary L Potter 1918 , later (1937) Dauntless 6
224	105618	Calvin Whitely		Tug	21	56	1906	Boiler only: built 1876 Philadelphia as A. Somers Kapella
			M. W. Adams	Lighter		60	Dec-06	Built on spec.
				Open Lighter		90	1908
		No. 17	Atlas Coal & Coke Company	Open Lighter		92	1909
225		Kennedy	Maryland Dredging & Contracting	Dredge			1909	Boiler only: origin unknown
226	105323	Anita	Southern Transportation Company	Tug	45	69	Apr-10	Boiler only: ex Anna Belle, built Baltimore 1873, boiler also replaced in 1886 and 1899 by Spedden
227	Federal	Sentinel	US Army Corps of Engineers	Tug	116	90	1910	Boiler only: built by Spedden 1898
228	136368	Elsie	Old Bay Line	Tug	39	58	1910	Boiler only: built by Spedden 1893
229	107583	Ada	Arundel Sand & Gravel Company	Tug	35	55	1910	Boiler only: originally built 1900 Madison Md.
230	208275	Neptune	Curtis Bay Towing Co.	Tug	237	113	Jan-11	To USACOE as San Luis 1915
231	208633	Waldo Newcomer	The Edwards Co. (Inc.)	Fishing Vessel	338	145	May-11	Later Toltec (Russia) 1916, Batareynyi 1917, Pomor 1925, Menzul 1932, foundered 1939
232	164617	Argo	Independent Pier Co.	Covered Lighter	853	120	Sep-11
233	209242	Louise	Philip Weaver& Sons	Tug	46	68	Sep-11	Engine only: hull built by Joseph P. Brooks Madison Md.
234	126696	Curtis Bay		Tug	133	90	1911	Boiler only: originally built 1890 Newburgh NY as Chauncey M. Depew
	86091	Starlight		Passenger	335	151	1911	Lengthening of ex Granite City, built 1890 Stonington CT
	136872	E. W. Edwards		Fishing Vessel	181	122	1911	Lengthened: originally built 1901 Baltimore
235	211538	Falcon	Maryland Transportation Company	Tug	50	60	1913	Engine and boiler only: hull built by Charles L. Rhode & Sons Co.
236	211348	Kenneth L. McNeal	Capt. Andrew McNeal	Fishing Vessel	331	147	Jun-13	Engine and boiler only, hull built by M. M. Davis & Sons
237	211941	Cataract	City of Baltimore	Fireboat	185	89	Feb-14	Later tug Wm J Taylor, Lucy Watson, Stacey Fackrell, scrapped 1987
				Fish Lighter			1914
238	233976	Laurel	US Light House Board	Tender	288	100	May-15	Sold 1931, documented as Lake George, repowered as motor vessel
239		Minquas	US Army Corps of Engineers	Dredger	978d	192	1915	Rebuilt 1941 as barge
240	213570	Sam Weller	Maryland Dredging Company	Tug	99	71	1915
241	252061	Vidette	US Army Corps of Engineers	Tug		105	1914	Later Mars
242	115554	S.W. Smith		Ferry	320	119	1916	Boiler only: originally built 1877 at Baltimore
243	205640	Mary P. Rheil	Atlantic Transport Company	Tug	47	59	1916	Boiler only: originally built 1908 Solomons Md.
244	215393	Gypsum Prince	J.B. King Trans. Co.	Tug	299	118	Jul-17	To Federal Government (IWC) in WWI, sold commercial service 1931, later Whiteman 1963
245	214530	Efficient	Standard Oil Company	Tanker	43	60	Jun-16	Later Petrolia No. 1
	93287	Maryland/Northern No. 5		Barge				Reconstruction as barge after fire: originally built 1902 Wilmington DE
	75798	Capital City		Barge				Conversion: originally built 1875 Camden NJ as John A, Thompson, then Harry Randall
	107520	Augusta	West India Sugar Co.	Cargo	1968	246	Aug-17	Conversion: originally built 1900 Neafie & Levy
246	130801	Neptune	Atlantic Coast Line Railway	Tug	117	94	1916	Boiler only: built by Spedden 1898
247	221145	T.J. Hooper	Eastern Transportation Company	Tug	459	142	Jun-21	Engine and boiler only: built by Charles L. Rohde & Sons
248	215201	Freeport Sulphur No. 2	Freeport Sulphur Transp. Co.	Tug	488	152	Aug-17	Later Sabine 1930, scrapped 1950
249	217811	Norfolk	Northern Barge Corp.(Del.)	Tug	343	126	1919	Later Henry Steers 1928, scrapped 1961
250	218224	Boston	Northern Barge Corp.(Del.)	Tug	343	126	1919	Later Wathen 1941, wrecked 1944
251	220484	Jacob France	Standard Transportation Co.	Tug	336	127	Sep-20	Later Esso Aladdin 1938, Aladdin 1949, scrapped 1962
252	168190	S. O. Co. No. 5	Standard Oil Co.	Tank Barge	962	199	May-21	Later Standoil No. 5, Esso Barge No. 5, B No. 15
253	221057	Anna Marie II	August C. Stenger	Tug	9	39	Feb-21
254	Cuba	James R. Biggar	Central Teresa Sugar Company	Launch		50	Mar-21
255	298069	Capain A. Canfield	US Army Corps of Engineers	Tender / Tug	18d	50	1923	Later Julie Dee, Wilhelm Baum, active
256	254686	Frankford	US Army Corps of Engineers	Tender/ Tug	40d	50	1924	Later T.D. Wescoat
257		Lewes	US Army Corps of Engineers	Tender/ Tug	40d	53	1924
258	268151	Menominee	US Army Corps of Engineers	Tender/ Tug	40d	50	1924	Later Buddy
259	500147	Col. J.D. Graham	US Army Corps of Engineers	Tender/ Tug	40d	53	1924	Later Nicholson, Magnetic, now J D Graham
260	224329	Grace	Grace S.S. Co.	Tug	86	72	1924	Later Dalzellynx, Dalzellable
Built by Spedden Shipbuilding Corporation
261	225036	York	W. T. Ashe	Ferry	260	106	Sep-25	To Mexico as Yucatan, later York
262	226060	Samson	Diamond 'P' Transp. Co.	Tug	138	83	Oct-26	Later River Rat
263	225918	Dan Hardie	Peninsula Terminal Co.	Ferry	234	106	Jul-26	Later Galveston, to Mexico 1957
264	228157	Charles A. Evans	District of Columbia	Patrol/Fireboat	25	53	1929	Later Kanak, NLD 2005
265	271528	Argus	US Army Corps of Engineers	Tug	248	114	1930	Later fishing vessel Smith Point
266	268018	G. B. Loring	US Public Health Service, Boston	Tug	147	84	Jun-30	Later Pilot, now Hamatra I
267	229835	K. Whittelsey	Oil Transfer Corp. NY	Tug	185	91	Jun-30	Late Grace Moran, Hercules, Sakonnet, abandoned 1982, scrapped 2008
268	229354	Irma	Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Co. NY	Tug	32	55	1930
269	230568	Gilbert	Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Co. NY	Tug	32	55	1931
270	230797	Kennedy	Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Co. NY	Tug	10	34	Mar-31	To USN 1945
271		Walter Wyman	US Public Health Service	Boarding Tug	193	100	Mar-32	Later Marmer 1957, retired 1968
272	288528	Active	US Army Corps of Engineers	Tug	234	114	Oct-32	Later Sea Eagle
273	294817	Joseph Goldberger	US Public Health Service	Boarding Tug	85	66	1933	Later Julie J
274		W.H. Welch	US Public Health Service	Boarding Tug	186	101	1934
275		Salem	US Army Corps of Engineers	Tug	28	53	Aug-35
276	234382	May	Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Co.	Dredge Tender	32	55	Oct-35
277		B W Brown	US Public Health Service	Launch	36d	60	Mar-37
278		Roanoke	US Army Corps of Engineers	Derrick Boat	150	100	Oct-37	Ex Derrick Boat No. 14, new/rebuilt hull & relocated equipment
279	270563	Stephen F. Austin	US Army Corps of Engineers	Tug	166	96	Dec-37	To US Army as LT 800., later Lt. Thomas D. Sollom, later Maryland
280	238137	Ann	Walter Sawyer	Tanker	32	49	1938
281		Maj. Gen. Harry L Rogers	US Army QM Corps	SP Lighter	425	125	Dec-39
282	239957	Chas. D. Gaither	City of Baltimore	Police Boat	23	48	1940	Sold 1972, to Baltimore & Chesapeake SB Co. 2011, active
283	240982	Palua	Iron Mines Co. of Venezuela	Tug	32	54	Sep-41
284		L 68	US Army QM Corps	Dist. Box Boat	65d	64	Jan-42
285		L 69	US Army QM Corps	Dist. Box Boat	65d	64	Feb-42
286		L 70	US Army QM Corps	Dist. Box Boat	65d	64	Feb-42
287		L 71	US Army QM Corps	Dist. Box Boat	65d	64	Mar-42
288		L 72	US Army QM Corps	Dist. Box Boat	65d	64	Mar-42
289	244316	Cardenas	Panama Canal Commission	Tug	323	118	Sep-43
290	244520	San Pablo	Panama Canal Commission	Tug	323	118	1943	Later San Pablo I 1990, Aquilon 1997, Red Sea 1998, reefed 2007
291	245190	Culebra	Panama Canal Commission	Tug	321	118	Mar-43
292	291882	BSP 1799	US Army	SP Derrick Barge	296	120	Aug-44	Later trawler Iron Head, now Notorious
293	248753	Spedship	Spedden Shipbuilding Company	Launch	12	37	1945	Later Curlew (1952)
Built by Wills-Spedden Shipyard, Inc.
	Liberia	Mesurado	Farrell Lines (Liberia) Inc.	Cargo Ship	238	115	1949
294		Driftmaster	US Army Corps of Engineers	Debris Collector	225d	99	1949	Active
295	258603	J. C. Stephens	Magnolia Petroleum	Crewboat	85	76	1949	Now Linda
296	259284	Maury	Johns Hopkins Univ.	Research Vessel	33	58	1950	For sale 2013
Built by Chesapeake Marine Railway Company
151	261303	G. and E. No. 3	Consolidated Gas & Electric	Tug	120	79	1951	Later Chesapeake Coast, now American
152	501445	Langley	Nat'l Adv. Comm. for Aeronautics	Ferry	109	76	Jun-52	Later r/v Langley, ferry Charlotte 1980, Bayfield, active (appears to have been lengthened)
	264125	Mr. Van	Gahagan Overseas Constn.	Dredge Tender	26	47	1952