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A Shipbuilding Legacy

Over its lifetime, New York Ship produced over 670 merchant and naval ships, including 13 aircraft carriers, 26 cruisers, 51 destroyers of all types, 3 nuclear submarines, 12 naval support ships of all types, and 387 civilian merchant vessels. In addition, 9 battleships were constructed for the U.S. Navy, and another one for Argentina, making New York Ship the second largest private shipyard manufacturer in the United States.

List of Contracts

The following list contains almost all of the contracts completed by New York Ship, sorted by hull number.

  1.  J. M. Guffey/M. S. Dollar
  2. Texan
  3. Nevadan
  4. Nebraskan
  5. Mongolia
  6. Manchuria
  7. Massachusetts
  8. Mississippi
  9. Ligonier
  10. Larimer
  11. Mahoning
  12. Neshannock
  13. Abram S. Hewitt
  14. Washington
  15. Barnard
  16. Atlantic
  17. George B. McClellan
  18. Float No. 9
  19. Float No. 10
  20. Ontario
  21. Kansas
  22. Blunts Reef
  23. Cape Lookout Shoal
  24. Five Fathom Bank
  25. Heald Banks
  26. Relief
  27. Pennsylvania Railroad Float No. 69
  28. New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad No. 14 Philadelphia
  29. New Hampshire
  30. George W. Catt
  31. Ontario
  32. Oneida
  33. Magnolia
  34. Float No. 14
  35. Float No. 15
  36. President
  37. Consolidation Coal Co. Barge No. 24
  38. Consolidation Coal Co. Barge No. 25
  39. Consolidation Coal Co. Barge No. 26
  40. Hammonton
  41. Governor
  42. Columbia
  43. Michigan
  44. Brunswick
  45. Nantucket Shoals
  46. Hen & Chickens
  47. Ambrose Channel
  48. Columbia River
  49. Princeton
  50. Standard Oil Company No. 7
  51. Standard Oil Company No. 8
  52. Standard Oil Company No. 9
  53. Oklahoma
  54. Manzanita
  55. Tulip
  56. Cypress
  57. Sequoia
  58. Kukui
  59. Orchid
  60. Hibiscus
  61. Anemone
  62. Preston
  63. Tahoma
  64. Yamacraw (later Rescue)
  65. Lehigh Valley Railroad No. 423
  66. Lehigh Valley Railroad No. 424
  67. Buck Mountain
  68. Bear Creek
  69. Buffalo
  70. Beckton
  71. Bellewood
  72. Bloomsbury
  73. Blackwood
  74. Berkshire
  75. General S. M. Mills
  76. General J. M. Schofield
  77. General R. T. Frank
  78. McCall
  79. Burroughs
  80. Utah
  81. N. Y. C. No. 46
  82. N. Y. C. No. 47
  83. N. Y. C. No. 48
  84. N. Y. C. No. 49
  85. Robert Fulton
  86. Float No. 17
  87. Float No. 18
  88. Railroad Car float No. 16
  89. Standard Oil Co. No. 10
  90. Standard Oil Co. No. 11
  91. Mastodon
  92. Delawanna
  93. Coastwise
  94. Transportation
  95. Ammen
  96. Consolidation Coal Co. Barge No. 27
  97. Arkansas
  98. Float No. 17
  99. Float No. 18
  100. Float No. 17
  101. Float No. 5
  102. Lehigh Valley No. 425
  103. Moreno
  104. Float No. 1
  105. Car Float No. 11
  106. Car Float No. 52
  107. New York Engineering Co. Dredge Hull
  108. Suwannee
  109. Somerset
  110. N. Y. C. No. 50
  111. N. Y. C. No. 51
  112. Jarvis
  113. Suffolk
  114. B. & O. No. 169N
  115. B. & O. No. 170N
  116. Helle
  117. Alameda
  118. Sonoma
  119. Ontario
  120. N. Y. C. No. 22
  121. N. Y. C. No. 52
  122. Downes
  123. Rayo
  124. El Segundo
  125. Gulf Oil
  126. Washington Irving
  127. [Pontoon]
  128. Float No. 14
  129. Middlesex
  130. Oklahoma
  131. Vesta
  132. Norfolk
  133. Float No. 7
  134. Socony
  135. Congress
  136. Float No. D24
  137. Float No. D25
  138. Tyler
  139. Float No. 32
  140. Float No. 33
  141. Ericsson
  142. Car Float No. D53
  143. Car Float No. D54
  144. Santa Clara
  145. Car Float No. 6
  146. Car Float No. 13
  147. Hampden
  148. Mayor Gaynor
  149. Melville
  150. Jacob Jones
  151. Wainwright
  152. Long Island Railroad Car Float No. 16
  153. Long Island Railroad Car Float No. 17
  154. Pennsylvania Railroad Float No. 3
  155. Bay Barge No. 18
  156. Gulflight
  157. Gulfstream
  158. William O’Brien
  159. Gulfcoast
  160. Idaho
  161. Plymouth
  162. Franklin
  163. Cascadas
  164. Virginia
  165. Jonancy
  166. Bylayl
  167. Standard Arrow
  168. Royal Arrow
  169. Bristol
  170. Edward L. Doheny, Jr.
  171. [Pontoon]
  172. Gulfmaid
  173. Gulf Of Mexico
  174. Sylvan Arrow
  175. Broad Arrow
  176. Deepwater
  177. Tidewater
  178. N. Y. C. & H. R. Railroad Float No. 15
  179. N. Y. C. & H. R. Railroad Float No. 16
  180. N. Y. C. & H. R. Railroad Float No. 55
  181. N. Y. C. & H. R. Railroad Float No. 56
  182. Fairmont
  183. Freeman
  184. Sewells Point
  185. Float No. 62
  186. Float No. 60
  187. Float No. 61
  188. Float No. 59
  189. Gulfland
  190. E. L. Doheny 3rd
  191. Glen White
  192. Winding Gulf
  193. M. J. Scanlon
  194. General William M. Graham
  195. William N. Page
  196. Gulf Queen
  197. Santa Elisa
  198. Santa Leonara
  199. Saratoga
  200. Colorado
  201. Washington
  202. Montauk (a.k.a. Champion)
  203. Montana (a.k.a. Defender)
  204. Absecon
  205. Tuckahoe
  206. Santa Tecla
  207. Mineola
  208. Cancelled
  209. Cancelled
  210. Tattnall
  211. Badger
  212. Twiggs
  213. Babbitt
  214. DeLong
  215. Jacob Jones
  216. Dickerson
  217. Leary
  218. Schenck
  219. Herbert
  220. Hatfield
  221. Brooks
  222. Gilmer
  223. Fox
  224. Kane
  225. Humphreys
  226. McFarland
  227. James K. Paulding
  228. Overton
  229. Sturtevant
  230. Childs
  231. King
  232. Sands
  233. Williamson
  234. Reuben James
  235. Bainbridge
  236. Goff
  237. Barry
  238. Hopkins
  239. Lawrence
  240. Wenatchee
  241. Southern Cross
  242. American Legion/Badger State
  243. Scottsburg
  244. Old North State
  245. Creole State
  246. Granite State
  247. Panhandle State
  248. Wolverine State
  249. Centennial State
  250. Blue Hen State
  251. Bay State
  252. Peninsula State
  253. Keystone State
  254. Empire State
  255. Lone Star State
  256. Hoosier State
  257. Nora
  258. Camden
  259. Solana
  260. Yankee Arrow
  261. Empire Arrow
  262. Levant Arrow
  263. Munargo
  264. Eurana (a.k.a. Gulfbreeze)
  265. Priscilla
  266. Dixie Arrow
  267. Kamoi
  268. Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal No. 17
  269. Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal No. 18
  270. Rockland
  271. Rockport
  272. Rockville
  273. Rock Harbor
  274. Rock Haven
  275. Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal No. 19
  276. Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal No. 20
  277. Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal No. 21
  278. Carabobo
  279. Arthur N. Herron
  280. Float No. 6
  281. Float No. 9
  282. Float No. 10
  283. Float No. 13
  284. Float No.16
  285. Float No. 20
  286. Float No. 31
  287. Float No. 82
  288. Float No. 156
  289. Float No. 157
  290. Providence Socony
  291. Hartford Socony
  292. Boston Socony
  293. Harlem Transfer Co. #1
  294. Harlem Transfer Co. #2
  295. New York Central Railroad Co. Float No. D63
  296. New York Central Railroad Co. Float No. D64
  297. New York Central Railroad  Co. Float No. D65
  298. New York Central Railroad  Co. Float No. D66
  299. New York Central Railroad  Co. Float No. D67
  300. Lehigh Valley Railroad 809
  301. Lehigh Valley Railroad 811
  302. Chesapeake & Ohio No. 2
  303. El Morro
  304. Gulf Crest
  305. New York
  306. Reading Co. No. 5
  307. Reading Co. No. 6
  308. Reading Co. No. 7
  309. Reading Co. No. 8
  310. Reading Co. No. 9
  311. Reading Co. No. 10
  312. Crest
  313. Pennsylvania
  314. Pullen
  315. New York Central Railroad Co. Float No. D1
  316. New York Central Railroad Co. Float No. D2
  317. New York Central Railroad Co. Float No. D7
  318. New York Central Railroad Co. Float No. D8
  319. Harriet Lane
  320. Active
  321. Agissig
  322. Alert
  323. Antietam
  324. Bonham
  325. Boutwell
  326. Cahoone
  327. Cartigan
  328. Crawford
  329. Cuyahoga
  330. Diligence
  331. Dix
  332. Ewing
  333. Faunce
  334. Frederick Lee
  335. General Greene
  336. Jackson
  337. Legare
  338. Marion
  339. McLane
  340. Montgomery
  341. Morris
  342. Nemaha
  343. Pulaski
  344. Reliance
  345. Rush
  346. Tiger
  347. Travis
  348. Vigilant
  349. Kimball
  350. Woodbury
  351. Yeaton
  352. Governor Moore
  353. Charles W. Culkin
  354. Greenville Kane
  355. W. A. Baldwin
  356. Frederick Pierce
  357. Frank E. Gannett
  358. Harbor Transfer #1
  359. Harbor Transfer #2
  360. Harbor Transfer #3
  361. Harbor Transfer #4
  362. Venezuela Gulf Oil No. 15
  363. Venezuela Gulf Oil No. 16
  364. Reading Co. No. 15 S
  365. Reading Co. No. 16 S
  366. Reading Co. No. 11 S
  367. Reading Co. No. 12 S
  368. Reading Co. No. 13 S
  369. Reading Co. No. 14 S
  370. Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal No. 22
  371. Pennsylvania Railroad No. 507
  372. Pennsylvania Railroad No. 514
  373. Mariel
  374. P. T. O’Connor
  375. Salt Lake City
  376. Reading Co. No. 17
  377. Reading Co. No. 18
  378. Pennsylvania Railroad No. 152
  379. Pennsylvania Railroad Float No. 22
  380. Chester
  381. Pennsylvania Railroad 515
  382. Pennsylvania Railroad 533
  383. Pennsylvania Railroad 534
  384. Pennsylvania Railroad 556
  385. Pennsylvania Railroad 557
  386. Pennsylvania Railroad 558
  387. Santa Clara
  388. Carfloat
  389. Cancelled
  390. Carfloat
  391. Carfloat
  392. Erie No. 4429
  393. Erie No. 4529
  394. Excalibur
  395. Exochorda
  396. Exeter
  397. Excambion
  398. Lone Star No. 1
  399. Indianapolis
  400. Hercules No. 1
  401. Reading Co. No. 25
  402. Reading Co. No. 26
  403. Reading Co. No. 27
  404. Reading Co. No. 28
  405. Manhattan
  406. Washington
  407. Tuscaloosa
  408. Porter
  409. Selfridge
  410. McDougal
  411. Winslow
  412. Savannah
  413. Nashville
  414. Socony Vacuum
  415. Magnolia
  416. Phoenix
  417. Dixie
  418. Curtiss
  419. Prairie
  420. Albemarle
  421. South Dakota
  422. Vulcan
  423. Cleveland
  424. Columbia
  425. Montpelier
  426. Denver
  427. Independence
  428. Santa Fe
  429. Tallahassee
  430. Currituck
  431. Belleau Wood
  432. Cowpens
  433. Monterey (a.k.a. Dayton)
  434. Cabot (a.k.a. Wilmington)
  435. Alaska
  436. Guam
  437. Hawaii
  438. Philippines
  439. Puerto Rico
  440. Samoa
  441. Bataan
  442. San Jacinto
  443. Langley
  444. 100 boats LCT(5)
  445. 48 boats LCI(L)
  446. Wilkes Barre
  447. Atlanta
  448. Dayton
  449. Bremerton
  450. Macon
  451. Toledo
  452. Unnamed
  453. Fargo
  454. Huntington
  455. Newark
  456. New Haven
  457. Buffalo CL
  458. Wilmington
  459. Vallejo
  460. Helena
  461. Roanoke
  462. Unnamed
  463. Unnamed CL
  464. Worcester
  465. Roanoke
  466. Vallejo
  467. Gary
  468. Saipan
  469. Wright
  470. Cancelled
  471. Cancelled
  472. Cancelled
  473. Cancelled
  474. Erie Railroad Carfloat 5048
  475. Erie Railroad Carfloat 5148
  476. Pennsylvania Railroad Carfloat 522
  477. Pennsylvania Railroad Carfloat 524
  478. Pennsylvania Railroad Carfloat 647
  479. Pennsylvania Railroad Carfloat 648
  480. Captain Edward Richardson, Pennsylvania Railroad Carfloat 601
  481. Atlantic Seaman
  482. Atlantic Engineer
  483. Atlantic Navigator
  484. Barrett
  485. Geiger
  486. Upshur
  487. Norfolk
  488. Aludra
  489. Houseboat
  490. Wilkes Barre
  491. Garden Mariner
  492. Diamond Mariner
  493. Empire State Mariner
  494. Prairie Mariner
  495. Silver Mariner
  496. Design work for conversion of CA69 & 70 to CAG type
  497. Boston
  498. Canberra
  499. Mississinewa
  500. Hassayampa
  501. Kawishiwi
  502. Truckee
  503. Ponchatoula
  504. Columbia
  505. Warner Co. Barge
  506. Warner Co. Barge
  507. Warner Co. Barge
  508. Warner Co. Barge
  509. John Willis
  510. Van Voorhis
  511. Hartley
  512. Joseph K. Taussig
  513. Kitty Hawk
  514. Bonefish
  515. Irwin W. Alcorn
  516. H. S. Cole
  517. Leilani
  518. Atlas
  519. Ocean Ulla
  520. Philine
  521. Philippia
  522. Philadora
  523. Titan
  524. Little Rock
  525. Lawrence
  526. Biddle
  527. Barney
  528. Savannah
  529. Export Ambassador
  530. Export Adventure
  531. Dale
  532. Richmond K. Turner
  533. Pollack
  534. Haddo
  535. Berkeley
  536. Joseph Strauss
  537. Conyngham
  538. Guardfish
  539. Truxton
  540. Pony
  541. Camden