mathis yacht building company

.  Then, in mid-1942, John Trumpy, who had been the driving force of Mathis Yacht, took control of the firm and relocated it to Gloucester City NJ under the name John Trumpy & Sons, Inc.: see the table for Mathis Yacht/Trumpy .  The original Mathis yard carried on at Cooper's Point but ceased operations in 1962: it was then sold and the site was sold, but continued to operate under the name of Camden Ship Repair Inc. until 1987, when it was acquired by Weeks Marine.  See the site of the shipyard from the air on Google .  Visit a website featuring the shipyard : this website confuses the two Mathis yards and ignores RTC but it includes some great pictures and a reproduction of a 16-page brochure.  If anyone can fill any of the gaps in the table below, please e-mail me at  

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From Wikipedia:

John H. Mathis & Company was a shipbuilding company founded around 1900, based at Cooper Point in Camden, New Jersey, U.S, on the Delaware River. At their shipyard at Point and Erie Streets, the company built luxury yachts and also commercial ships. During World War II a variety of Naval vessels were built. The Mathis shipyard closed in 1961.

John H. Mathis & Company

The John H. Mathis Company built a variety of commercial and naval vessels, including freighters, ferries and fishing boats, FS ("Freight and Supply") ships for the Army, minesweepers, net tenders, patrol boats, lighthouse tenders, tugs and barges.

Mathis Yacht Building Company

In 1910 Norwegian-born naval architect John Trumpy joined the company in partnership with John H. Mathis, to design and build private yachts. These two companies, the John H. Mathis Company and the Mathis Yacht Building Company operated side-by-side at the Camden yard.

The Mathis Yacht Building Company built houseboats, tenders, and yachts for some of the wealthiest American families, including the Sequoia in 1925, which would later serve as the Presidential yacht between 1933 and 1977. After the death of John H. Mathis in 1939 John Trumpy became sole owner of the Mathis Yacht Building Company.

John Trumpy & Sons

By mid-1942 increased demand meant that the Camden yard capacity was needed for government contracts, so the Mathis Yacht Building Co. relocated to Gloucester City, New Jersey, just downriver of Camden, and was renamed John Trumpy & Sons in 1943. In 1947, the Trumpy company relocated to Annapolis, Maryland.

In 1962 the Annapolis yard was destroyed in a fire and a year later, at the age of 84, John Trumpy died. The company continued under the control his son John Trumpy, Jr., but rising costs, a labor strike, and the advent of cheaper fiberglass hulls, meant that in 1974 the company was wound up.

In February 2009 a new company, Trumpy Yachts, was founded by Jim Ewing, Jock West, and Johan Trumpy (grandson of John Trumpy) to build yachts based on original John Trumpy designs.

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	Designer			Fleet
	John Trumpy, Sr.	1925	104'	Non-Member
		1929	112'	Non-Member
	John Trumpy	1935	85'	Non-Member
		1937	60'	Non-Member
	John Trumpy	1938	61'	Non-Member
	Trumpy	1939	92'	Non-Member
		1940	71'	Non-Member
		1946	55'	Non-Member
		1955	68'	Non-Member
		1965	65'	Non-Member
	Frederick Gieger/John Trumpy Jr.	1969	58'	Northern California
		1970	63'	Non-Member

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John H. Mathis & Company

Most recent update: February 4, 2019.

This shipyard, which was at Cooper's Point in Camden, just upstream of the Ben Franklin Bridge, originated in 1855 as Taylor & Mathis, was renamed Morris & Mathis in 1877 and finally became John H. Mathis & Company in 1903. It was originally a builder and repairer of wooden vessels and during WWI it built work boats, barges and the like. After the war, it switched to steel construction and became a significant producer of tankers and tank barges. A sister shipyard. Mathis Yacht Building Company, with which it is often confused, was started by the same group of businessmen in 1909, in an adjacent facility and incorporated in 1913: using a separate hull numbering system, it built sub chasers, naval tugs and airplane frames in WWI , subsequently returning to the recreational market. In 1939, John H. Mathis and the long serving President of the two firms, William Robinson, both died and in 1940 three key executives left to form a rival firm, RTC Shipbuilding Corporation, on the property immediately to the south. See the table for RTC Shipbuilding here . Then, in mid-1942, John Trumpy, who had been the driving force of Mathis Yacht, took control of the firm and relocated it to Gloucester City NJ under the name John Trumpy & Sons, Inc. The original Mathis yard carried on at Cooper's Point but ceased operations in 1962: it was then sold and the site was sold, but continued to operate under the name of Camden Ship Repair Inc. until 1987, when it was acquired by Weeks Marine. See the site of the shipyard from the air on Google here . Visit a website featuring the shipyard here : this website confuses the two Mathis yards and ignores RTC but it includes some great pictures and a reproduction of a 16-page brochure.

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Mathis Yacht Building, Camden and Gloucester City, NJ

Mathis Yacht Building Company was a spin-off from John H. Mathis Company, operating in an adjacent facility at Cooper Point in Camden, just upstream of the Ben Franklin Bridge. When WWII came, the yachtbuilding operation moved from Cooper Point to Gloucester City, where it was acquired by John Trumpy (who had been its driving force for many years) and renamed John Trumpy & Sons. After the war Trumpy relocated again, to Annapolis MD. If anyone can add to the table below, please e-mail [email protected] .

Most recent update: 14 November 2018.

		Name	Customer	Type			Delivered	Notes
5602	Camden	Camden & Phila. Ferry Co.	ferry	367	147	1865
20238	Philadelphia	Camden & Phila. Ferry Co.	ferry	397	147	Nov 1966
7884	Emily H. Naylor	Naylor & others	schooner	280	117	June 1966
17147	Maggie P. Smith	S. T. Grace	schooner	191	104	Aug 1966
10894	George Taulane	Capt. Steelman & others	schooner	235	110	1866
8310	Emma B. Shaw	Franklin Smith	schooner	248	110	Apr 1967
10837	George H. Squire	Evans, Ball & Co.	schooner	198		May 1967
13783	Joseph W. Wilson	John S. Somers	schooner	271	116	Oct 1967
24648	Taylor & Mathis	Taylor & Mathis	Tern	266	119	June 1968
21901	Rebecca W. Huddell	Capt. J. L. Maley	Tern	256	125	May 1969
2681	Belle Halliday	F. Harrington	schooner	355	128	June 1969
12469	Index	Charles Spooner	Tern	334	116	May 1970
23583	Sarah Wood	Franklin Smith	schooner	272	110	May 1970
23867	Sagua	Somers & others	1/2 Brig	366	127	July 1970
75289	Jennie E. Simmons	Franklin Smith & others	schooner	285	114	May 1971
8736	Emma C. Rommel	Adams & others	schooner	331	122	Sep 1971
110040	Rebecca M. Smith	Capt. R. C. Grace	schooner	318	116	May 1972
75399	John D. Paige	Capt. A. C. Haley & others	Tern	398	127	July 1972
95214	Helen Sharp	Capt. Coleman Sharp	schooner	313	113	1873
105289	Agnes R. Bacon	B. F. Haley & Co.	schooner	396	129	Oct 1973
135007	Elizabeth M. Beuhler	James L. Maloy & others	schooner	491	136	June 1974
110183	Rillie S. Derby	Bartlett, Shepherd & Co.	Tern	419	132	July 1974
75696	John C. Sweeney	Capt. Sommers & others	schooner	397	130	Nov 1974
95366	Henry Davy	J.B. King & others	Tern	537	142	June 1975
115530	Shackamaxon	Kensington & NJ Ferry Co.	ferry	383		1877
85557	George G. Green(ea)	H.L. Burton & others	Tern	673	151	May 1979
80746	William B. Wood	Benjamin F. Haley	Tern	599	146	May 1980
144227	Taylor-Dickson	H.B. Lake & Co	Tern	600	146	July 1980
105950	Annie C. Grace	R.C. Grace & Co.	Tern	516	141	Oct 1980
		Camden & Atlantic Railway	ferry Hull			1881
76259	Joel Cook	J. Smith et al	schooner	393	129	Oct 1981
135570	Edward B. Leisenring	Captain Davidson	Tern	432	138	May 1982
120525	Frank Pratt Lee	Captain R.B. Lee & Co.	Tern	601	144	Nov 1982
106034	Angie L. Green	Charles A Petit	Tern	434	139	Nov 1982
140616	Lewis K. Cottingham	J.D. Whittaker	Tern	524	142	May 1983
115944	Susie H. Davidson	Capt. B. F. Haley	Tern	547	150	Aug 1983
100350	Ida C. Schoolcraft	J.T. Booze	Tern	320	134	Jan 1984
95812	Henry P. Simmons	R.C. Grace	schooner	648	152	June 1984
81054	William H. Shubert	Levi R. King	Tern	643	147	Sep 1984
91720	Mary E. Morris	Franklin Smith	Tern	439	138	Nov 1984
100395	Ida H. Mathis	Capt. Daniel Gifford	Tern	482	140	June 1986
91923	Millville	R.W. Wood & Co.	Tern	347	134	June 1987
92090	Marian	R.W. Wood & Co.	Tern	245	113	May 1989
92223	Mary B. Baird	Jonathan May	Tern	909	170	Sep 1990
76946	Jennie Thomas	Capt. Townsend Young	Tern	692	154	1891
145597	Thomas A. Ward	Capt. Benjamin Tyman	4 masted schooner	805	170	Sep 1991
116514	Sadie A Thompson	Capt. J.W. Mowatt & others	barkentine	686	154	July 1992
51349	Mapleton	Pennsylvania Railroad Co.	derrick barge			1899	later P.R.R. 235
30208	Allaire	Pennsylvania Railroad Co.	derrick barge			1899	later P.R.R. 236
35569	Dunlap	Pennsylvania Railroad Co.	derrick barge			1899	later P.R.R. 237
35573	Dunlo	Pennsylvania Railroad Co.	covered barge			1900	later P.R.R. 415
48653	Lenola	Pennsylvania Railroad Co.	covered barge			1900	later P.R.R. 422
63008	Wyebrook	Pennsylvania Railroad Co.	covered barge			1900	later P.R.R. 417
58602	Stamwick	Pennsylvania Railroad Co.	covered barge			1900	later P.R.R. 418
none	May K. Joret	Joret & Moy	coal barge		130	1902
none		Phila. & Reading Railroad Co.	car float			1904
none		Phila. & Reading Railroad Co.	car float			Apr 1904
none		City of Philadelphia	caisson		50	Apr 1907
none		Pennsylvania Railroad Co.	grain barge		150	1907
none	Schuylkill	Pennsylvania Railroad Co.	grain barge		150	Nov 1907
206746	George R. Murray	George R. Murray	tugboat	55	66	1909
none	Scow No. 12	City of Philadelphia	Coal Scow		70	1910
none	Scow No. 13	City of Philadelphia	deck scow	150	70	1910
Federal	No. 6	USACE	coal & water scow		50	1910
none		Wash. Brick & Terra Cotta	scow			Feb 1911
none		Wash. Brick & Terra Cotta	scow			Feb 1911
none		Wash. Brick & Terra Cotta	dredge			1911
none	Scow No. 10	City of Philadelphia	dump scow		70	1913
none	Scow No. 11	City of Philadelphia	dump scow		70	1913
Federal	Rattler	USACE	hull only		85	1914
none		New Jersey Stockyards	Cattle boat			1915	reconstruction of car float
none		Phila. & Reading RW	car float		250	1916
none		Phila. & Reading RW	car float		250	1916
none		Pennslyvania RR	car float		250	Dec 1917
none		Pennslyvania RR	car float		250	Dec 1917
none			dump barge			1917
	No. 13	US Army Corps of Engrs.	derrick boat		60	1918
	No. 14	US Army Corps of Engrs.	pile driver		60	1918
219696	Whistler (EFC 2704)	USSB	tugboat	188	100	May 1917	later Isabel A. McAllister
219999	Wizard (EFC 2705)	USSB	tugboat	188	100	Sep 1917	later Carrie T. Meseck, Edward A. Meseck, Margaret A. Moran
220000	Talisman (EFC 2706)	USSB	tugboat	188	100	Sep 1917
	EFC 2707	USSB	tugboat				cancelled
	EFC 2708	USSB	tugboat				cancelled
168282	S.C.L. 1	S. C. Loveland Co. (Del.)	barge	229	98	Sep 1917
168276	S.C.L. 2	S. C. Loveland Co. (Del.)	barge	215	98	Sep 1917
518129	Monarch	Oliver Transportation	coal barge	540	150	1922	later Electric 32
279889	Carfloat # 1	Phila. & Reading RW	car float	548	200	1923	later Hughes No. 200
	Carfloat # 2	Phila. & Reading RW	car float	548	200	1923
518130	Port Richmond	Oliver Transportation	coal barge	540	150	1924	later Electric 33
265262	Philadelphia	Phila. & Reading RW	car float	624	150	1925	later B.H. No. 1, Loveland 1
264920	Reading	Phila. & Reading RW	car float	617	150	1925	later B.H. No. 2, Loveland 2, W. M. Davis
	E. E. Walling	Oliver Transportation	coal barge		145	1927	scrapped 2011
228002	Harold J. Taggert	Reading Co. Inc.	tugboat	110	80	1928	later P. M. Arnold
229003	Reliance	Providence Steamboat Co.	tugboat	124	84	1929	later Norshipco Three, Chelsea
229834	Arminia	Mathis Yacht Building Co.	yacht hull	161	100	1930	Subcontract, Mathis Yacht Hull 209, Stella Polaris
515874	Dover	US Army Corps of Engrs.	tender	31	50	1930	later Margaret Barker, Tiger, Arthur
231388	Alamo	Mathis Yacht Building Co.	yacht hull	335	143	1932	Subcontract, Mathis Yacht Hull 214
231793	Bridgeport	Red Star Towing & Nav. Co.	tugboat	160	88	June 1932	later Clayton P. Kehoe, Martin J. Kehoe, Bridgeport
Federal		U.S. Lighthouse Svce.	barge		60	May 1917
230477	Nathan Hayward	American Dredging Co. Inc.	tugboat	124	84	1931
933247	Electric 18	Oliver Transportation	coal barge	916	160	1932	later EMI-3218
280591	Argo (WPC-100)	USCG	patrol boat	337d	165	06-Jan-33	sold 1955 as Sightseer XII, Circle Line XII
	Galatea (WPC-108)	USCG	patrol boat	337d	165	03-Feb-33	sold 1948 as Restauracion, sank 1992
171632	Interstate No. 4	Interstate Oil	tank barge	792	208	1933
171665	Texaco 325	The Texas Co.	tank barge	792	208	1934	later CTCO 180, Fleet 505
171666	Oil Tanker No. 1	The Texas Co.	tank barge	792	208	Mar 1934	later Texaco 326, Casco Bay
171740	Poling Bros. No. 9	Chester A. Poling, Inc.	tank barge	792	208	June 1934	to USN 1941 as YO-155, sold 1947 as tanker, ON 233333
171897	Hygrade No. 12	Hygrade Oil	tank barge	806	208	Oct 1934
171987	Lloyd I. Seaman	St. John's Guild	hospital barge	799	166	May 1935
172012	Hygrade No. 14	Hygrade Oil	tank barge	806	208	1935	later tanker, ON 250807
172290	Hygrade No. 16	Hygrade Oil	tank barge	1,342	214	Apr 1936	later B. No. 16
172323	Poling Bros. No. 12	Chester A. Poling, Inc.	tank barge	1,014	208	Apr 1936	later George K. Hambleton, Val. No 18, Helen A, Allegheny
172436	Hygrade No. 18	Hygrade Oil	tank barge	1,012	208	Aug 1936	later Anne Bray
172469	Cities Service No. 6	Newtown Creek Towing	tank barge	828	208	Sep 1936	later STC-105, Russell Poling 28, Cities Service No. 5, Bruce
235755	Poling Bros. No. 14	Chester A. Poling, Inc.	tanker	295	121	Dec 1936	scrapped
172876	Poling Bros. No. 15	Chester A. Poling, Inc.	tank barge	1,014	208	Mar 1937	later Russel 25
173434	Hygrade No. 20	Hygrade Oil	tank barge	986	208	1937	later Red Star No. 80
173513	Coast Transit No. 2	Coast Transit Co.	tank barge	548	149	June 1937	later Barrett No. 5
236911	Poling Bros. No. 16	Chester A. Poling, Inc.	tanker	395	136	1937	to USN 1942 as YO-137, sold 1946
173641	Tuscarora	Gulf Oil	tank barge	1,032	208	1937	later Interstate 17, HT-17, BA 17
173721	Oil Transfer No. 30	Oil Transfer Co.	tank barge	1,190	215	Oct 1937
173829	Interstate No. 10	Interstate Oil	tank barge	899	208	Jan 1938
237782	S. T. Kiddoo	S. J. Kiddoo, Inc.	tanker	613	166	1938	later Mary A. Whalen, museum in Brooklyn
237903	F. A. Verdon	F. A. Verdon, Inc.	tanker	768	204	1938	scrapped 1976
WLI-238	Narcissus	U.S. Lighthouse Svce.	tender	355d		1939	to Guyana 1971
WLI-255	Zinnia	U.S. Lighthouse Svce.	tender	355d		1939	to USAF-1972
238946	Poling Bros. No. 17	Chester A. Poling, Inc.	tanker	328	121	1939	later ILSO No. 1, Emperador I, Nicodemus III, scuttled 1989
239224	A. H. Dumont	A. H. Dumont, Inc.	tanker	981	213	1940	to USN 1941 as Bailer (YO-54),
WLM-224	Juniper	U.S. Lighthouse Svce.	tender	790d		Oct 1940	sold 1975, Panamanian Flag, Los Roques (Honduras)
241008	Arthur Hoyt Scott	Scott Paper Company	freighter	2,323	257	Oct 1941	to Britain 1941, scrapped 1955
YN--29	Teaberry	US Navy	net layer	560d	162	16 Mar 1942	later AN-34, scrapped 1962
YN--30	Teak	US Navy	net layer	560d	162	7 May 1942	later AN-35, reported scrapped 1976 but later Alaska Mist (ON 586179)
YN--31	Pepperwood	US Navy	net layer	560d	162	8 Jun 1942	later AN-36, to France 1944 as Tarentule (A-729)
YN--32	Yew	US Navy	net layer	560d	162	1 Jul 1942	later AN-37, to France 1944 as Scorpion (A-728), wrecked in Fiji 1978
AM-120	Sway	US Navy	minesweeper	1250d	221	20 Jul 1943	to Mexico 1973 as Ignacio Miguel Altamirano (C-80)
AM-121	Swerve	US Navy	minesweeper	1250d	221	23 Jan 1944	mined off Anzio and lost 1944
AM-122	Swift	US Navy	minesweeper	1250d	221	29 Dec 1943	scrapped 1972
YOG-5	YOG-5	US Navy	gasoline barge	440d	174	1943	later YO-241, sold ~ 2004 Charmer ( Cambodia)
YOG-6	YOG-6	US Navy	gasoline barge	440d	174	1943
YOG-32	YOG-32	US Navy	gasoline barge	440d	174	1943	later YWN-59, scrapped 1975
YOG-33	YOG-33	US Navy	gasoline barge	440d	174	1943
YOG-34	YOG-34	US Navy	gasoline barge	440d	174	1943
YWN-83	YWN-83	US Navy	water barge	440d	174	1944	sunk as target 1989
YWN-84	YWN-84	US Navy	water barge	440d	174	1944	scrapped 1976
	YN--123-126	US Navy	net layer	775			cancelled 3 weeks after order date
FS-309	FS-309	US Army Transportation Corps	freighter	560d	176	Feb 1944	to USN 1950 as AKL-24, struck 1959, sold 1961 Philippines, President Osema
FS-310	FS-310	US Army Transportation Corps	freighter	560d	176	Mar 1944	sold circa 1959 as Don Alfredo (Philippines), scuttled 1980
FS-311	FS-311	US Army Transportation Corps	freighter	560d	176	Mar 1944	to the Philippines as Elizabeth
FS-312	FS-312	US Army Transportation Corps	freighter	560d	176	May 1944	to Korea as City of Chechon
FS-313	FS-313	US Army Transportation Corps	freighter	560d	176	June 1944
FS-314	FS-314	US Army Transportation Corps	freighter	560d	176	July 1944	to the Philippines as Governor Smith
FS-315	FS-315	US Army Transportation Corps	freighter	560d	176	July 1944	to China as Iris
FS-316	FS-316	US Army Transportation Corps	freighter	560d	176	Aug 1944	to USN 1947 as Metomkin (AG-136), AKL-7, to DOI 1951
FS-317	FS-317	US Army Transportation Corps	freighter	560d	176	Aug 1944	to Korea as City of Pyontaek
FS-318	FS-318	US Army Transportation Corps	freighter	560d	176	Sep 1944	to the Philippines as Oriental
FS-319	FS-319	US Army Transportation Corps	freighter	560d	176	Oct 1944	to the Philippines as Elcano
Y-52	Y-52	US Army Transportation Corps	tanker	633d	182	Nov 1944	to Panama Canal Co. as Y-52
Y-53	Y-53	US Army Transportation Corps	tanker	633d	182	Nov 1944	sold circa 1960 as Delbros Mt. Arayayt (Philippines) beached Feb. 1965
Y-54	Y-54	US Army Transportation Corps	tanker	633d	182	Jan 1945	to Russia 1946 as Tanker No. 4, Nercha, scrapped 1960
Y-56	Y-56	US Army Transportation Corps	tanker	633d	182	Jan 1945	sold in Japan, Kowa Maru/Eiwa Maru - 1966 LSCO Marikudo (Philippines)
Y-59	Y-59	US Army Transportation Corps	tanker	633d	182	Jan 1945	to the Philippines 1945
Y-60	Y-60	US Army Transportation Corps	tanker	633d	182	Feb 1945	sold 1960, Delbros Mt. Apo (Philippines)
Y-61	Y-61	US Army Transportation Corps	tanker	633d	182	Feb 1945	sold 1966 to Ecuador as Don Alfredo
Y-62	Y-62	US Army Transportation Corps	tanker	633d	182	Mar 1945	to Paraguay 1946 as Paraguari
249076	Esther M.	trawler Esther M. Co. Inc.	trawler	251	98	Dec 1945	later Rosa B, San Andrea
248981	Bay	O'Hara Bros. Co. Inc.	trawler	250	98	Nov 1945	later (1960) Grand Bay (Canada ON 311838), to US Flag ~1968
249109	Rush	O'Hara Bros. Co. Inc.	trawler	250	98	Dec 1945	later (1960) Grand Duke (Canada ON 311839), to US Flag ~1968, Paul & Maria
250800	Bonnie	trawler Bonnie, Inc.	trawler	264	103	Oct 1946
250464	Pan Trades Andros	Pan Trades, Inc.	trawler	249	98	1946	later Polar Trail, Austholm, Blue Star, Saook Bay
250316	Fearless	Atlantic Coast Fisheries Co.	trawler	398	133	1946	later Blue Foam (Canada ON 178549), Foam V, scrapped 1992
251070	Challenge	Atlantic Coast Fisheries Co.	trawler	398	133	1946	later Blue Spray (Canada ON 178548), Spray V
			trawler	264	99	Dec 1948	started on spec, no trace
253149	George W. Shockley Sr.	George E. Shockley	oyster boat	68	64	1946	later Holly, Hannah Glover
	Victory	Warner Company	tugboat		48	1946
255508	Liberty Belle	Wilson Line, Inc.	passenger	892		May 1947	30' midbody, ex PCE (R) 854, work completed by owner, Isla del Tesoro (Cuba)
255020	Atlantic 25	Atlantic Refining	tank barge	624	177	Apr 1948
255167	Atlantic 26	Atlantic Refining	tank barge	624	177	Apr 1948	later Eastpet 1, Sun State 901, B-9
255482	Atlantic 27	Atlantic Refining	tank barge	624	177	June 1948	later ATC 134
256012	Atlantic 28	Atlantic Refining	tank barge	624	177	July 1948	later Bay Trader 89, KTC 9, NTC 9
257512	City of Portsmouth	Norfolk County Ferries	ferry	773	172	Apr 1949	later Delaware Valley, to USN as Wa'a Hele Honua (YFB-83), sold 2003, barge J-Way SB107, (ON 1185126)
258479	Norfolk County	Norfolk County Ferries	ferry	773	172	Aug 1949	later Buccaneer
258507	Barrett No. 1	Barrett Co.	tank barge	1,262	228	Aug 1949	later Allied Chemical No. 11
		US Army Corps of Engrs.	barge	400		1949
		US Army Corps of Engrs.	barge	400		1949
982366	Elizabeth Monroe Smith	San. Assoc. of Phila.	passenger barge	1,169	160	June 1950	later Majestic
Liberia	Cestos	Farrell Lines (Liberia) Inc.	freighter	238	142	Oct 1950	wrecked 1976
			patrol boat		32	1951
223366	Ocean City	Commonwealth of Virginia	ferry	631	189	1952	conversion to diesels, Pusey & Jones Hull 391, built 1923
264047	Owls Head	New York City	sludge carrier	1,643	268	July 1952	retired 2007, still laid upa
Liberia	Farmington	Farrell Lines (Liberia) Inc.	freighter	238	142	Apr 1951	sunk off Liberia 1990
223222	Warwick	Commonwealth of Virginia	ferry	632	189	June 1952	conversion to diesels, Pusey & Jones Hull 390, built 1923
225813	Newport News	Commonwealth of Virginia	ferry	632	189	1952	conversion to diesels, Harlan Hull 3502, built 1926
226132	Seawells Point	Commonwealth of Virginia	ferry	405	146	1953a	conversion, New York Ship Hull 354, built 1926
226088	Jamestown	Commonwealth of Virginia	ferry	405	146	1953a	conversion, New York Ship Hull 353, built 1926
266094	Warner Company No. 100	Warner Company	barge	381	130	1953
266095	Warner Company No. 101	Warner Company	barge	381	130	1953
	No. 7	Penna. Water & Power Co.	towboat		50	Aug 1953	assembled at Safe Harbor PA.
	C-12731	US Navy	dist. box boat		64	1953
	C-12732	US Navy	dist. box boat		64	1954
	C-12733	US Navy	dist. box boat		64	1954
538487	C-12734	US Navy	dist. box boat		64	1954	later Panacea, Black Horse, Jennifer Miller, Dawn Marie, Mighty Jessie
	C-12735	US Navy	dist. box boat		64	1954
533178	C-12736	US Navy	dist. box boat		64	1954	later Toro, Happy K, H & W S Explorer, William Scandling
	C-12737	US Navy	dist. box boat		64	1954
268629	John D. McKean	New York City (Fire Dept.)	firefighting tugboat	330	117	Sep 1954
FB-812	LT-Samuel S. Coursen	US Army Transportation Corps	ferry	869	172	Feb 1956	sold to Gov. Island, (ON 1138191)
FB-813	PVT Nicholas Minue	US Army Transportation Corps	ferry	869	172	June 1956	retired 1998, derelict at Staten Island
273756	Nantucket	Nantucket SS Auth.	excursion ferry	2,652	213	Apr 1957	later Naushon, Savannah Sun, Bayou Caddy's Jubilation Casino
276460	H. Sylvia A. H. G. Wilks	New York City (Fire Dept.)	fireboat	213	97	May 1958	later Ervin S. Cooper
276928	Harry M. Archer M.D.	New York City (Fire Dept.)	fireboat	213	97	July 1958	later Miriam Walmsley Cooper
279514	Bowery Bay	New York City	sludge carrier	1,578	268	Aug 1959	scrapped 1992
279951	Sen. Robert F. Wagner	New York City (Fire Dept.)	fireboat	213	97	Oct 1959	later Georgia
286653	Gov Alfred E. Smith	New York City (Fire Dept.)	fireboat	213	97	Aug 1961

Hull #	O.N.	Original Name	Original Owner	Type	GT	Ft.	Delivery	Disposition
1	207413	Caliph	M. B. Brigham	Gas Yacht	22	53	1910
2	207587	Dielta	J. J. Ricker	Gas Yacht	79	84	1910	Later Kemah
3	207753	Ocolaqua	A. L. Riker	Gas Yacht	25	52	1909
4	208011	Cocopomelo	William Disston	Gas Yacht	79	70	1910	Later Golden Days
5		Gleam	Arthur C. Riege	Power Boat		36	1910
6		Mascot	E. J. Mickley	Power Boat		36	1910
7	208469	Sybilla II	John F. Betz	Gas Yacht	46	72	1910	To USN 1917 as Tacony (SP-5), returned 1918, later Typee
8		Viola	Robert F. Welsh	Power Boat		17	1910
9		Chelwood	R. K. Lennig	Gas Yacht		40	1911
10			Cramp Shipbuilding				1911
11	209046	Lodona	E. J. Greacen	Gas Yacht	91	71	1911	Later Miss Gray Seas
12	208897	Ednada III	Geo. C. Thomas	Gas Yacht	97	83	1911	Later Zianetta, Bolo, Penguin, Palmetto, Ilah, Charmer
13								Number not used
14	209363	Pauline	William Disston	Gas Yacht	30	54	1911	Millie K, Esther D, Osprey
15	209469	Lunaria	A. J. Quackenbush	Gas Yacht	64	66	1911
16	209514	Lanai	Arthur C. James	Gas Yacht	76	71	1911	Later Argo
17	210142	Nahmeoka	H. N. Baruch	Gas Yacht	115	89	1912	Later Hildebret, Awa, Kama, Kismet, Lady Grace, Colleen
18			G. W. C. Drexel	Tender			1911
19			John F. Betz	Tender			1911
20		Mary C	John J. McHugh	Power Boat			1912
21	231628	Black Duck	Alexander Sellers	Gas Yacht	17	49	1912	Later Pirate
22	210444	Vidi	Glass Bottom Boat Co.	Tour Boat	19	47	1912
23	210459	Inspector	NJ Board of Health	Power Boat	18	39	1912
24	210659	Calabash	W. J. Matheson	Gas Yacht	64	66	1912	To USN 1917 as SP-108, returned 1919, later Mary Ann
25			G. W. C. Drexel	Tender			1912
26			G. W. C. Drexel	Tender			1912
27	210832	Ibis	F. F. Christie	Gas Yacht	64	66	1912
28		Georgena	F. F. Proctor	Power Boat			1912
		Clare III	John H. Drexler	Gas Yacht		40	1912	Later Ma, Mardys, Champ
29	211169	Content	M. B. Megarges	Gas Yacht	26	50	1913
30	211124	Ruffed Grouse	J. H. Carstairs	Gas Yacht	29	56	1912	Later Marybeth
31	211220	Alela	A. E. Disston	Gas Yacht	70	71	1913
32		Gondola	Price & McLanahan	Power Boat			1913
33	211427	Margo	George H. McNeely	Gas Yacht	34	57	1913	To USN 1919 as SP-870, returned 1918, later Pandora III, scrapped 1955
34		Trinitaria	S. H. Clarke	Gas Yacht		40	1913	Later Milani
35	na	Passyunk	City of Philadelphia	Deckhouse			1913
36	na		T. Smith & Son	Dredge Hull			1913
37	na			Pump Houses			1913
38	211847	Nahmeoka	H. W. Baruch	Gas Yacht	84	64	1913	Later Nahmeoka II, Alona, Flamingo
39	na		Bethel	Deckhouse			1913
40	na		Fred Nathan	Deckhouse			1913
41	na	Perry	Corps of Engineers	Towboat			1914
42	na	Skycoak	Corps of Engineers	Launch		60	1914
43		Alice	J. J. Smith	Power Boat		43	1914
44	na	Okisko	Corps of Engineers	Launch	15d	41	1914
	232040	Dorothy	Thomas Mairs, Jr.	Gas Yacht	21	41	1914	Ex-Okisko ?
45		Young America	Boy Scouts	House Boat		46	1914	Later Maggie Jane, Jan Jan
46		Abeona	E. J. Mickey	Power Boat			1914
47	213710	Miakka	T. C. Allison	Gas Yacht	20	40	1915
48		Vira	George N. Degerberg	Power Boat		38	1914	Later Degerberg
49	213334	Akbar	G. W. C. Drexel	Gas Yacht	25	72	1915	To USN 1917 as SP-599, sold 1920
50	213306	Enchantress II	Louis Burke	Gas Yacht	35	74	1915
51	213550	Lady Baltimore	Hall Seeley Motor Co	Gas Yacht	36	77	1915
	213623	Margo II	George H. McNeely	Gas Yacht	19	37	1914	Later Lorowa
52		Ace	G. W. C. Drexel	Gas Yacht		49	1914
53	na		Carman & Bowes	8 small boats			1914
54	na	Mifflin	Corps of Engineers		49d	79	1915
55	213723	Dorinda	H. W. Savage	Gas Yacht	82	73	1915	Later Maybick, to USA as COL C. P. Daly, later Wilamar
56	213913	Palisades	Bessey	Power Boat	209	112	1915	Later Pioneer
57		Adios	Biddle	Power Boat			1915
58				Stock boat			1915
59				Stock boat			1915
	239314	Valkyrie		Gas Yacht	58	72	1915
60	214285	Marpessa	W. J. Matheson	Gas Yacht	17	50	1916	To USN 1917 as SP-787, returned 1919
61	214019	Vigilant	A. H. Martin	Gas Yacht	30	58	1916	Later Reward
62	215230	Inquirer	James Elverson Jr.	Gas Yacht	25	62	1915
63	214866	Ameera	Alexander Sellers	Gas Yacht	28	71	1915	To USN 1917 as SP-453, sold 1920
64	214793	Agnes B	Charles F. Walls	Gas Yacht	24	53	1916	Later A.R.M., Pastime, Muriel
65	214868	Zenith	Charles Longstreth	Gas Yacht	32	73	1916	To USN 1917 as SP-61, returned 1919
66	214601	Jane IV	A. P. Ordway	Gas Yacht	63	67	1916	Later Vasagus, Jane, Loraymo, Sno-Foolin, Virginia J
67	214676	Nepenthe	James Deering	Gas Yacht	84	75	1916	To USN 1917 as SP-112, returned 1917
68	214678	Chieftain	A. W. Armour	Gas Yacht	159	100	1916
	230159	Nancy		Gas Yacht	20	52	1917
	215036	Bud, Jr.		Gas Yacht	19	40	1917	Later Elaine, Alba, Snoopy II
69	215231	Leonie	Murray Guggenheim	Gas Yacht	164	100	1917	To USN 1943 as YHB 19, returned 1946, burned 1961
70	na	SC 65	U.S. Navy	Sub Chaser	85d	110	1-Nov-17	To France as C-13
71	na	SC 66	U.S. Navy	Sub Chaser	85d	110	1-Nov-17	To France as C-14
72	na	SC 67	U.S. Navy	Sub Chaser	85d	110	22-Dec-17	To France as C-22
73	na	SC 68	U.S. Navy	Sub Chaser	85d	110	15-Mar-18	To USCG 1920 as Hansen, sold 1927
74	222725	SC 69	U.S. Navy	Sub Chaser	85d	110	16-Feb-18	Sold 1922 as Walrus
75	227963	SC 70	U.S. Navy	Sub Chaser	85d	110	16-Feb-18	To USCG 1920 as Newbury, sold 1923 as Mary W, burned 1953
76	na	SC 71	U.S. Navy	Sub Chaser	85d	110	28-Mar-18	Sold 1921
77	na	SC 72	U.S. Navy	Sub Chaser	85d	110	21-Mar-18	Sold 1921
78	na	SC 73	U.S. Navy	Sub Chaser	85d	110	20-Mar-18	Sold 1921
79	na	SC 74	U.S. Navy	Sub Chaser	85d	110	20-Mar-18	Sold 1921
80	na	SC 209	U.S. Navy	Sub Chaser	85d	110	18-Mar-18	Sunk off Long Island 1918
81	231254	SC 210	U.S. Navy	Sub Chaser	85d	110	18-Mar-18	Sold 1930, later Sea Rambler
82	na	SC 211	U.S. Navy	Sub Chaser	85d	110	28-Nov-18	Sold 1921
83	223300	SC 212	U.S. Navy	Sub Chaser	85d	110	5-Mar-18	Sold 1921, later M P Co. No. 3
84	na	SC 213	U.S. Navy	Sub Chaser	85d	110	18-Mar-18	Sold 1921
85	na		Standard Aircraft					75 Airplane Hulls
86	na	SC 381	U.S. Navy	Sub Chaser	85d	110	9-Jun-18	To France as C-64
87	na	SC 382	U.S. Navy	Sub Chaser	85d	110	9-Jun-18	To France as C-69
88	na	SC 383	U.S. Navy	Sub Chaser	85d	110	27-Sep-18	To France as C-76
89	na	SC 384	U.S. Navy	Sub Chaser	85d	110	27-Sep-18	To France as C-77
90	na	SC 385	U.S. Navy	Sub Chaser	85d	110	24-Oct-18	To France as C-80
91	na		U.S. Navy					10 Airplane Hulls
92	224144	Harbor Tug No. 75	U.S. Navy	Yard Tug	215d	88	1918	To USCG 1919 as Chowan, sold 1924 as Mary F. Kelley, scrapped 1954
93	222595	Harbor Tug No. 76	U.S. Navy	Yard Tug	215d	88	1918	Sold 1922 as New York Marine Co. No. 8, later Maple Leaf, Kathleen K. Kehoe, scrapped 1962
94	na		U.S. Navy					10 Airplane Hulls
95	na	SC 426	U.S. Navy	Sub Chaser	85d	110	8-Jan-19	Sold 1922
96	na	SC 427	U.S. Navy	Sub Chaser	85d	110	8-Jan-19	Sold 1921
97	258044	SC 428	U.S. Navy	Sub Chaser	85d	110	8-Jan-19	To City of Baltimore 1921 as fireboat Cascade, later Cracker Barrel, scrapped 1975
98	na	SC 429	U.S. Navy	Sub Chaser	85d	110	28-Dec-18	Sold 1921
99	na	SC 430	U.S. Navy	Sub Chaser	85d	110	15-Jan-19	Sold 1921
100	218989	Bilma II	W. G. Selby	Gas Yacht	33	47	1919	Later Tramp 1927, Dorymar, Tramp, to USCS 1943, to USCG 1950s, sold 1970s, now Mariana II
101	219193	Loafalong	John G. King	Gas Yacht	33	47	1919
102	219190	Riette II	Geo. G. Shelton	Gas Yacht	33	47	1919	Later Alexandrea, Edith III, Connie I, Ariadne, Entre Nous, Hapala III, now Grand Lady
103	219191	Scarus	John H. Eastwood	Gas Yacht	33	47	1919	Later Azile, Elsara, So What, Entre Nous, Homeport Too, NLD 1952
104	219296	Zigan	Edward S. Moore	Gas Yacht	33	47	1919
105	219475	Helen Louise	V. B. Hubbell	Gas Yacht	33	47	1919	Later Merrillann, Bobalong, Darian, Kiwi
106		Buzzer	A. J. D. Paul	Gas Yacht		38	1919	Later Bon Doon III
107	213913	ex-Palisades	Van Lear Black	Gas Yacht	136	120	1919	Conversion to Pioneer
108	219424	Nadesah	J. H. Carstairs	Gas Yacht	81	76	1919	Later Sangamo, CG 658, CG 80003, Sangamo, Friendship
109	219427	Osana	Clayton G. Dixon	Gas Yacht	81	76	1919	Later Lena H
110	219426	Kingfisher	E. L. King	Gas Yacht	81	76	1919	Later Mimosa, Spring Lake
111	220262	Tosca	Albert C. Middleton	Gas Yacht	34	47	1919	Later Dorothy, Aileen II, Barbette, Joya, Oluolu, Islander
112		Riposo II	H. B. Baruch	Power Boat		52	1919	Later Riposo
113	220253	Donaldo	Sailing W. Baruch	Gas Yacht	34	47	1920	Later Marylin, Clare, Comfort, Abadab, Albatross, Kings Glory, Helva
114	220395	Reverie	Arthur K. Bourne	Gas Yacht	48	56	1920	Later Reposando, Maroya, Edora II, Maroya, Tropic, Dunvegan
115	220393	Nahmeoka	H. N. Baruch	Gas Yacht	48	56	1920	Later Arline, Anado, Domino II, Vizcaya
116	220394	Cyrene	Robert W. Bond	Gas Yacht	48	56	1921	Later Amril, Surona II, Bee-Cee, Rosalind, Kiyanis
117		Equatorial	Carib Syndicate, Ltd	Power Boat			1921
118	220882	Luneta	S. L. H. Slocum	Gas Yacht	99	80	1921	Later Jane, Lucerne
119	219191	Scarus	John H. Eastwood	Gas Yacht		85	1921
120	220887	Miramar	Edward H. Garcia	Gas Yacht	81	67	1921	Later Bolo, Venetia
	220886	Nahmeoka	Arthur J. Grimes	Gas Yacht	101	80	1921	Later Tred Avon
121	221388	Enchantress III	Louis Burk	Gas Yacht	106	78	1921	Later Jedge II, Mabel Claire
122	222299	Pilgrim	Wm. Elkins	Gas Yacht	106	82	1921	Later Marlen III, Deltra II
123		Seaway	Louis W. Wheelock	Power Boat		30	1921
124	222117	Amitie	C. B. Prettyman	Gas Yacht	93	70	1921	Later Friendship II, Loller, Marana
125	222260	Nedmac	A. C. Middleton	Aux. Sloop	23	39	1922	Later Trade Winds, Sea Castle
126	222261	Snug	Arthur Bloch	Gas Yacht	58	59	1922	Later Renee, Margaret, Marjoclaire, Lazy Me, Tunky Too, Stray Winds II
127	222335	Lazy Lady	Robt. Wolstenholme	Gas Yacht	39	66	1922
128	222463	Elsie	E. B. Bower	Aux. Cutter	45	54	1922	Later CG 73002
129	222952	Emeska	John L. Kemmerer	Gas Yacht	59	62	1923	Later Marylin IV, Priscilla, Charming Alice, Capricorn
130	222954	Minken	Paul A. Schoellkopf	Gas Yacht	59	62	1923	Later True Blue, Moonlight, See-Rest, Sandy Mae
131	223047	Ebenezer	J. Aron	Gas Yacht	69	64	1923	Later Marlen, Mendota II, Shy-Ann II, El-Ja, Agase, Corsair
132	223049	Ocoee	W. S. Milne	Gas Yacht	69	64	1923	Later Pamona, Berto, Onawa
133	223197	Mycelma III	A. W. Atkinson	Gas Yacht	19	50	1923	Later Anjolee
134	223445	Bilma III	W. G. Selby	Gas Yacht	69	64	1923	Later Querida, Pamela II, Helma, Veneck B, Querida II, Morade, Miyo III, Bilma III, Kay-Bob, Lady Fair, Ebenezer II, Mustard Seed, Ebeneezer
135	223476	Mariposa	Geo. D. Rosengarten	Gas Yacht	83	73	1923	Later Charlotte, Olivette, Cintra, Sea Dweller, A-PAC-O, Nadia, Safari, Francis Fayard
136	223788	Conowingo	G. W. Fleming	Gas Yacht	59	62	1924	Later Priscilla, Rosecliff II
	223793	Josephine		Power Boat	128	86	1927
137	223960	Mariska	F. D. Owsley	Gas Yacht	59	63	1924	Later Hiawatha, Elsie, Tahoma, Raymar, Traveler, Lucy II
138		Acomes	A. C. Middleton	Aux. Yawl		36	1926	Later Blue Heron
139	224168	Coconut	W. J. Matheson	Gas Yacht	105	80	1924	Later Tumbler, Virginia J, Virginian
140	224073	Sequoia	Richard Cadwalader	Gas Yacht	91	78	1924	Later Serenia
141	224223	Zenithia	A. J. Fay	Gas Yacht	91	78	1924	Later Heavy Moon, Sylvia, Intrepid
142		CG 100	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Craft	37d	75	1924	To USN 1933 as YP 67, sold 1946
143		CG 101	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Craft	37d	75	1924	To USN 1933 as YP 53, sold 1946
144	176777	CG 102	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Craft	37d	75	1924	To USN 1933 as YP 5, accidentally torpedoed 1938, later barge AMVET, NLD 1956
145		CG 103	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Craft	37d	75	1924	To USN 1933 as YP 48, sold 1946
146	234718	CG 104	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Craft	37d	75	1924	To USN 1933 as YP 219, sold 1946 as Nancy D
147	253262	CG 105	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Craft	37d	75	1924	To USN 1933 as YP 9, sold 1946, later barge Blythe Spirit, abandoned 1968
148	253204	CG 106	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Craft	37d	75	1924	To USN 1933 as YP 24, sold 1946, later A-ONE, burned 1961
149		CG 107	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Craft	37d	75	1924
150		CG 108	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Craft	37d	75	1924	Destroyed 1931
151	237148	CG 109	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Craft	37d	75	1924	Later Racketeer, sank at pier 1942
152		CG 110	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Craft	37d	75	1924
153		CG 111	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Craft	37d	75	1924	Burned 1931
154		CG 112	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Craft	37d	75	1924	To USN 1933 as YP 57, sold 1946 as Donjac III, later Yipee
155		CG 113	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Craft	37d	75	1924	In collision and sank 1928
156		CG 114	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Craft	37d	75	1924	Lost at sea 1925
157	224699	Alscotia	Stricker Coles	Gas Yacht	135	87	1924	Lengthened to 103 ft. 1942, later Triad, Arab, Sirena
158		CG 278	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Craft	37d	75	1925	To USN 1933 as YP 50, sold 1946
159	240817	CG 279	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Craft	37d	75	1925	Later Clara, CG-74347, Clara
160	259041	CG 280	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Craft	37d	75	1925	To USN 1933 as YP 36, sold 1946 as Sandra and Jean, abandoned 1957
161	232737	CG 281	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Craft	37d	75	1925	Sold 1925 as Ethyl Ruth
162		CG 282	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Craft	37d	75	1925
163		CG 283	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Craft	37d	75	1925
164		CG 284	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Craft	37d	75	1925
165		CG 285	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Craft	37d	75	1925
166	251185	CG 286	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Craft	37d	75	1925	To USN 1933 as YP 23, sold 1946 as Bonnie G,
167		CG 287	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Craft	37d	75	1925
168		CG 288	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Craft	37d	75	1925	Later CG 74344
169		CG 289	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Craft	37d	75	1925
170	240054	CG 290	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Craft	37d	75	1925	Sold 1931 as Venture, NLD 1954
171		CG 291	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Craft	37d	75	1925
172		CG 292	U.S. Coast Guard	Patrol Craft	37d	75	1925
173	225101	Samuri	Earl Dodge	Gas Yacht	163	94	1925	Later Eleanor IV, Sydney, Seaplay, Helma, to USN 1942 as YHB 14, sold 1946 as Helma, destroyed by hurricane Donna 1960
174	225115	Sequoia II	Richard Cadwalader	Gas Yacht	163	96	1925	To USN 1931 as Sequoia (AG 23), presidential yacht, sold 1977 as Sequoia II, active
175	225227	Thalia	Thos. M. Howell	Gas Yacht	119	85	1925	Later Yowana, Marion, Shiawassee V, Golden Greek, Private Dancer
176	225226	Troubadour	Webb Jay	Gas Yacht	119	84	1925	Later Ilderim, NLD 1968
177	225498	Riposo	H. B. Baruch	Gas Yacht	121	85	1926	Later Worthwhyle, Minoco, North Star, Margo II, Harmonell
178	234153	H. J. Burlington	Board of Fish & Game	Power Boat	60	67	1926	Later Mayral II, Ruth Jeanne II
179	225758	Pilgrim II	Wm. M. Elkins	Gas Yacht	118	85	1926	To USN 1942 as YFB 30, sold 19?? as Pilgrim II, NLD 1995
180	225966	Trail	Wm. Wallace	Gas Yacht	127	85	1926	Later Southern Trail
181	225797	Freedom	A. J. Fay	Gas Yacht	156	96	1926	Later Sunset
182	226118	Summer Girl	J. G. Roberts	Gas Yacht	127	89	1926	Later Ranora III, Dormar, Americana, Heavy Moon, Nemo, stranded and lost 1958
183	226170	Truant	Truman H. Newberry	Gas Yacht	167	97	1927	Later Nancy IV, Shiawassee III, to USN 1941 as YP 603, sold 1945 as Shiawassee III, foundered 1947 off Bimini
184	226186	Eala	R. W. Bingham	Gas Yacht	127	85	1927	Later Maroc, YP 612, Forevansake II
185	226991	Mariska	F. D. Owsley	Gas Yacht	128	93	1927	Later Heigh-Ho, Truelove, Dolphin, Josephine, Windswept, Helma, Isis, Lady Mary
186	226578	Dixie Belle	Jacob Aron	Gas Yacht	128	86	1927	Later Marybelle, to USN 1942 as YP 574, sold 1946
187	226527	Dream	F. L. DuBosque	Gas Yacht	61	75	1927	Later Impulse II, Jedge II, Luneta II, Rover
188	226761	Bilma IV	W. G. Selby	Gas Yacht	21	44	1927
189	227135	Nicoya	Frederick B. Lovejoy	Diesel Yacht	140	86	1927
190	227642	Day Dream	Wm. H. Reynolds	Diesel Yacht	323	113	1927	Later Niagara, to USN 1942 as YHB 13, sold 1946 to Mexican interests
191	227582	Frolic III	Walter P. Chrysler	Gas Yacht	48	71	1927	To USA as Q-83, later Frolic III, Explorer
192	227581	Waleda II	Walter H. Lippincott	Diesel Yacht	149	113	1928	Later Tyrer, to USCG as WIX 339, Catherine-Tek
		Sea Call II	John Trumpy	Gas Aux. Schooner		30	1928
193	227907	Elsie Fenimore	E. R. F. Johnson	Diesel Yacht	71	76	1928	Later Spendthrift III, Ericka
194	228024	Lanai	Arthur C. James	Gas Yacht	107	80	1927	Later Who Cares, Undine, Vergemere, Vanity Fair, The Midas Touch, Golden Lion, Lady Mary
195	228063	Mariposa	George Rosengarten	Diesel Yacht	142	90	1928
196	228294	Luneta	S. L. H. Slocum	Diesel Yacht	148	90	1928	Later Jedge, Carolyn, YP 572, Azalea Queen, Genie, Regina, Paradise II, Lady Esther, Luneta
197	228120	Saunterer	Jeremiah Milbank	Diesel Yacht	149	90	1928	To USN 1942 as YP 579, sold 1946
198	228292	Viator	Maitland Alexander	Diesel Yacht	164	98	1929	To USN 1942 as YHB 16, sold 1946 to Honduran interests
199	228643	Maemere	DeWitt Page	Diesel Yacht	182	100	1929	To USCG 1941 CGB-30, sold 1946 as Sea Panther, later High Spirits
200	228805	Dream Girl	J. G. Roberts	Diesel Yacht	157	92	1929	Later Big Pebble, to USCG 1941 as CGB-23, to USN 1942 as YHB 23, sold 1946
201	229211	Memory	F. E. Kingston	Diesel Yacht	157	92	1929	Later West Wind, Lela, to USN 1942 as YHB 17, later YAG 21, wrecked 1945
202	229090	Sahlou	C. Sahler Hornbeck	Diesel Yacht	62	76	1929	Later Doreta, Florence, Bangalore, to USN 1942 as YP 458, sold 1946
203	229497	Silver Moon II	John E. Zimmerman	Diesel Yacht	153	92	1930	Later Masquerader, Aras, Fransu, Governor's Lady, Lady Margarert, foundered 1976
204	229886	All Alone	Geo. D. Codrington	Diesel Yacht	65	76	1930	Later Anahita, CG-76002, Minoco, Cleopatra, scrapped 1970
205	229498	Tech, Jr	F. V. DuPont	Diesel Yacht	69	81	1930	Later Tech, St Georges, Admiral Charles H. Lyman
206	229930	Lanakila	Frederick B. Lovejoy	Diesel Yacht	158	94	1930	Later Ellenar, to USN 1942 as YAG 19, sold 1946 to non-US interests
207	229790	Truant	Truman H. Newberry	Diesel Yacht	221	110	1930	Later Idyl, Carnan, to USN 1942 as YHB 9, sold 1946 as Muriel B, North Wales, Carola, Manatee, scrapped 1980
208	229872	Mono	George K. Morrow	Diesel Yacht	161	96	1930	Later Carita, to USN 1942 as YP 602, sold 1946
209	229834	Arminia	William W. Atterbury	Diesel Yacht	161	100	1930	Later Stella Polaris, to USN 1940 as Goldcrest (AM 78), completed as Agate (PYc 4), sold 1946 as Stella Polaris, later Bali, Vallarta Alegre, Nostalgia
210	230414	Minoco	Mills Novelty Co	Diesel Yacht	174	98	1930	Later Idyll, to USN 1942 as YHB 15, later YAG 20, sold 1945 to Honduran interests
211	230897	Captiva	Helen H. Whitney	Diesel Yacht	179	101	1931	Later Columbia
212	230681	Virago	Thos. H. McCarter	Diesel Yacht	142	89	1931
213								Not used
214	231388	Alamo	William F. Ladd	Diesel Yacht	335	143	1932	Later Rellimpa, Ranley, Ronaele, to USN 1942 as Alabaster (PYc 21), Alabaster, sold 1957 as Alamo, Fiesta II (Mexico), burned 1982
	231651			Diesel Yacht		112	1932	Later Babe Rainbow
215	231671	Veruselle	Hopkins	Diesel Yacht	167	98	1932	Later Hielander, Alcedo
216	232258	Seagoin'	William K. Barclay Jr.	Aux. Schooner		34	1933	Later Rambler II
217	232280	Minel	Ritner K. Walling	Aux. Schooner	17	36	1933	Later Margot, Pipe Dream II,
218		Lodsen	Franklin M. Doan	Aux. Cutter	7	25	1933	Later Dipper, Pavanne
219	233593	Elsie Fenimore	Eldridge R. F. Johnson	Aux. Ketch	94	78	1934	Later John M. Howard, Earl of Desmond, Northern Light, Caroline Rose, Kick Back, now Elsie
220	233947	Edrus	Russell L. Heverling	Aux. Sloop	21	38	1935	Later Olive IV, Allegro
221	233946	Alelnansr	Sayre M. Ramsdell	Power Boat	20	42	1935	Later Malihini
222		Stock Boat		Aux. Cutter	7	30	1935
223	538196	Rip Tide	Joseph J. Summerill Jr.	Aux. Cutter	7	30	1935	Now at the Camden Shipyard and Maritime Museum
224		Eugenia	W. Lynn Henderson	Aux. Cutter	7	30	1936	Later Spray
225		Stock Boat		Aux. Cutter	7	30	1935
226	234212	Florence V	William J. McCahan III	Power Boat	74	76	1935	To USCG 1942 as CG-653, CG-79001, Contessa
227		Deep Water	Charles Welsh	Aux. Cutter	7	30	1935	Later Saracen, Deep Water
228	234490	Innisfail	Joseph M. Cudahy	Power Boat	104	75	1935	Later Sea Call, Wadu, Variety, Minerva, Enticer, featured in "Some Like It Hot"
229		Suitsus	F. V. Dupont	Power Boat		36	1936	Later Muja III
230	234913	Consort IV	T. Monroe Dobbins	Power Boat	99	86	1936	To USN 1942 as YP 218, sold 1946 as Jaguar
	235622	Hijac II		Power Boat	19	40	1936
231	236529	Tritona	John H. Ballantine	Power Boat	63	58	1937	Later Mako, Jasuva, Margo, Otsego, Tranquill II
232	236204	We Three	Dr Leon Levy	Power Boat	63	58	1937	Later Ro, Random, Makamor, Dorick, B-Way, Mitzpah, Princess Holly, Swan
233	236691	Blue Heaven	W. W. Trumpy	Power Boat	63	58	1937	Later Inspector, Blue Heaven, Flying Lady
234	236861	Arev	Harold P. Whitmore	Power Boat	19	42	1937	Later Pendula, Sheerwater, Arev
235	236970	Helma	Bruce Dodson	Power Boat	63	58	1938	Later Siren, Marianal III, Sea Tabby
236	237423	Abadab	Max H. Thurnauer	Power Boat	63	58	1938	Later Mariah, Getana (Panama)
237		Egret	Charles P. Schutt	Power Boat		46	1938
238	237648	Far Cry	Edwin M Chance	Sloop	22	43	1938
239	238027	Morning Star	E E Dupont	Power Ketch	102	80	1938	To USN 1942 as YP 241, sold 1946 as Pez Espada IV, later Mirage, Turning Point
240	238567	Halaia	Paige A. Drexel	Cruiser	63	58	1938	Later Alice B IV, Elaine, Sea Dream, White Wing, Curlu, Robert V, Irish Lady, The Lady, now The Washingtonian
241	238675	Nameni	Paige A. Rodman	Power Boat	31	51	1939
242	239004	Innisfail	Joseph Cudahy	Power Boat	114	80	1939	To USN 1942 as YP 354, sold 1946 as Ora B II, Innisfail, El Presidente, now Innisfail
243	240167	Martha	William M Davey	Power Boat	74	67	1940	Later Mystic V, Vita, Agrion, Olustee, Marben, Joint Venture, Barchrisda, now Eleanor
244	239629	Drifter	Frank O. Sherrill	Power Boat	86	72	1939	Later Charmarie, to USN 1942 as YP 412, sold 1946 as Nautilus, later Minerva, Leonie, Lady Marie, Mryann, Martha Ann, Marben Drifter
245	239767	Jinia III	Arthur M. Stoner	Power Boat	73	65	1939	To USN 1942 as YP 541, sold 1946 as Mojo, later Phyllis B, Jamie Lee, Dream Lady, now tour boat Renown
246	239687	Tech, Jr.	Francis V. Dupont	Power Boat	29	44	1939	Burnt 1965 in Shrewsbury NJ
247	240262	Alcy	Howard A. Perkins	Power Boat	39	61	1940	To USN 1942 as YP 390, sold 1946, later Alcy, Mystic
	139641 ?	Sea Call III	John Trumpy	Aux. Cutter		25	1941	Later Bonny
248	240724	Chanticleer	Samuel S. Stanford	Power Boat	54	60	1941	To USN 1942 as YP 403, sold 1946, later Chanticleer, Elizabeth, burned 1957
249	na	SC 507	US Navy	Sub Chaser	148d	110	19-Jan-42	To France 1944 as CH 85
250	na	SC 508	US Navy	Sub Chaser	148d	110	27-Mar-42	To France 1944 as CH 95
251	na	SC 524	US Navy	Sub Chaser	148d	110	13-Apr-42	To France 1944 as Tirailleur (CH 101), scrapped 1967
252	na	SC 525	US Navy	Sub Chaser	148d	110	1-May-42	To France 1944 as CH 102
253	na	SC 526	US Navy	Sub Chaser	148d	110	11-May-42	To France 1944 as CH 114
254	na	SC 527	US Navy	Sub Chaser	148d	110	11-May-42	Sold in the Philippines 1948
255	na	SC 528	US Navy	Sub Chaser	148d	110	12-Jun-42	Sold in the Philippines 1948
256	na	SC 529	US Navy	Sub Chaser	148d	110	26-Jun-42	To France 1944 as CH 84
257		SC 630	US Navy	Sub Chaser	148d	110	6-Aug-42	To NDRF 1948
258		SC 631	US Navy	Sub Chaser	148d	110	19-Aug-42	To NDRF 1948
259	na	SC 632	US Navy	Sub Chaser	148d	110	2-Sep-42	Sunk off Okinawa 1945
260	na	SC 633	US Navy	Sub Chaser	148d	110	9-Sep-42	Destroyed 1946
261	na	SC 634	US Navy	Sub Chaser	148d	110	26-Sep-42	To the USSR 1945 as BO 309
262		SC 635	US Navy	Sub Chaser	148d	110	23-Oct-42	To USCG 1945 as Air Eider (WAVR 419), later Yank, Bronx Queen, sank 1989
263		SC 1023	US Navy	Sub Chaser	148d	110	18-Dec-42	To USCG 1945 as Air Plover (WAVR 453)
264	na	SC 1024	US Navy	Sub Chaser	148d	110	3-Dec-42	In collision and lost off North Carolina 1943
265		SC 1025	US Navy	Sub Chaser	148d	110	23-Jan-43	To NDRF 1948
266		SC 1026	US Navy	Sub Chaser	148d	110	14-Jan-43	To NDRF 1948
267		SC 1027	US Navy	Sub Chaser	148d	110	2-Feb-43	To USCG 1945 as Air Puffin (WAVR 454)
268		SC 1028	US Navy	Sub Chaser	148d	110	27-Mar-43	To USCG 1945 as Air Quail (WAVR 455)
269	na	SC 1067	US Navy	Sub Chaser	148d	110'	3-Apr-43	Foundered off Attu 19-Nov-43
270	263175	SC 1068	US Navy	Sub Chaser	148d	110	13-Apr-43	To USCG 1945 as Air Snipe (WAVR 465), sold 1948 as Air Snipe
271	261371	SC 1069	US Navy	Sub Chaser	148d	110	26-Apr-43	To USCG 1945 as Air Sparrow (WAVR 466), sold 1948 as Get-Along
272		SC 1070	US Navy	Sub Chaser	148d	110	24-May-43	To USCG 1945 as Air Starling (WAVR 467)
273	na	SC 1071	US Navy	Sub Chaser	148d	110	8-Jun-43	Later PGM 6, transferred foreign 1947
274	na	SC 1072	US Navy	Sub Chaser	148d	110	28-Jun-43	Later PGM 7, in collision and lost in the Bismarck Sea 18-Jul-44
275	na	SC 1073	US Navy	Sub Chaser	148d	110	19-Jul-43	To the USSR 1943 as BO 206
276	na	SC 1074	US Navy	Sub Chaser	148d	110	28-Jul-43	To the USSR 1943 as BO 207
277	na	SC 1075	US Navy	Sub Chaser	148d	110	27-Jul-43	To the USSR 1943 as BO 208
278	na	SC 1076	US Navy	Sub Chaser	148d	110	23-Aug-43	To the USSR 1943 as BO 209
	262197	One of the above	US Navy	Sub Chaser	148d	110	1943	Later f/v Cajun Queen
	277293	One of the above	US Navy	Sub Chaser	148d	110	1943	Later f/v Markeva
279	YT 225	Maquinna	US Navy	Tug	260d		19-Sep-44	To Washington DC 1946 as fireboat William T. Belt, retired 1959
280	YT 226	Chaska	US Navy	Tug	260d		23-Nov-44	Sold 1956
281	YT 227	Alamingo	US Navy	Tug	260d		19-Feb-45	Struck 1964
282	YT 228	Alamuchee	US Navy	Tug	260d		4-May-45	Sold 1960
	na	RPC 51-80	US Navy	Crash Boat				Redesignated PTC 37-66
283	na	PTC 37	US Navy	Crash Boat	40d	77	Oct-43	To the USSR 1943
284	na	PTC 38	US Navy	Crash Boat	40d	77	Oct-43	To the USSR 1943
285	na	PTC 39	US Navy	Crash Boat	40d	77	Oct-43	To the USSR 1943
286	na	PTC 40	US Navy	Crash Boat	40d	77	Nov-43	To the USSR 1943
287	na	PTC 41	US Navy	Crash Boat	40d	77	Nov-43	To the USSR 1943
288	na	PTC 42	US Navy	Crash Boat	40d	77	Nov-43	To the USSR 1943
289	na	PTC 43	US Navy	Crash Boat	40d	77	Dec-43	To the USSR 1943
290	na	PTC 44	US Navy	Crash Boat	40d	77	Dec-43	To the USSR 1944
291	na	PTC 45	US Navy	Crash Boat	40d	77	Dec-43	To the USSR 1944
292	na	PTC 46	US Navy	Crash Boat	40d	77	Jan-44	To the USSR 1944
293	na	PTC 47	US Navy	Crash Boat	40d	77	Jan-44	To the USSR 1944
294	na	PTC 48	US Navy	Crash Boat	40d	77	Jan-44	To the USSR 1944
295	na	PTC 49	US Navy	Crash Boat	40d	77	Jan-44	Designated a "small boat"
296	na	PTC 50	US Navy	Crash Boat	40d	77	Feb-44	Designated a "small boat", sold 1958
297	na	PTC 51	US Navy	Crash Boat	40d	77	Feb-44	Designated a "small boat"
298	na	PTC 52	US Navy	Crash Boat	40d	77	Feb-44	Designated a "small boat", sold 1960
299	na	PTC 53	US Navy	Crash Boat	40d	77	Feb-44	Designated a "small boat"
300	na	PTC 54	US Navy	Crash Boat	40d	77	Mar-44	To the USSR 1944
301	na	PTC 55	US Navy	Crash Boat	40d	77	Mar-44	To the USSR 1944
302	na	PTC 56	US Navy	Crash Boat	40d	77	Mar-44	To the USSR 1944
303	na	PTC 57	US Navy	Crash Boat	40d	77	Apr-44	To the USSR 1944
304	na	PTC 58	US Navy	Crash Boat	40d	77	Apr-44	To the USSR 1944
305	na	PTC 59	US Navy	Crash Boat	40d	77	May-44	To the USSR 1944
306	na	PTC 60	US Navy	Crash Boat	40d	77	May-44	To the USSR 1944
307	na	PTC 61	US Navy	Crash Boat	40d	77	May-44	To the USSR 1944
308	na	PTC 62	US Navy	Crash Boat	40d	77	Jun-44	To the USSR 1944
309	na	PTC 63	US Navy	Crash Boat	40d	77	Jun-44	To the USSR 1944
310	na	PTC 64	US Navy	Crash Boat	40d	77	Jul-44	To the USSR 1944
311	na	PTC 65	US Navy	Crash Boat	40d	77	Jul-44	To the USSR 1944
312	na	PTC 66	US Navy	Crash Boat	40d	77	Aug-44	To the USSR 1944
	250099	Makaira	Lester M. Sears	Power Boat	44	61	1946
	250631	Carol Anne	R. Foster Reynolds	Power Boat	57	57	1946
	284432	Andrea		Power Boat	56	55	1946	Later Lady Bay
	251399	Capricorn Lady		Power Boat	75	67	1947	Later Silver Swan
	252222	Marylin		Power Boat	106	76	1947	Later Random
	253074	Gretchen III	William A. DeLaney	Power Boat	57	57	1947	Later Shinnecock, Private Pleasure, now Lady Catherine
	253965	Seaplay	Diesel Towing	Power Boat	110	76	1947	Later Natamor II, Seaway, Beau Rivage, S.S. Sophie, now BB
330	253445	Tomadge III		Power Boat	54	57	1947	Later Southern, Commander, Janirve V, Paradise, Rusty Su, now Adonia

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At the age of 106, Argo is the oldest surviving Trumpy in the world.

“I want her acknowledged because she was the beginning of super yachts,” Mr. Williamson tells The Waterway Guide in an interview. “It was the first time people tried to make a boat home-like, but not a houseboat. They wanted it snazzy.”

Built in 1911 for one of America's richest industrialists, Arthur Curtiss James, Argo represents the genesis of the modern motor/superyacht. However, while tracing the yacht’s pedigree has been completed with a minimum amount of difficulty, Williamson says that navigating the system has been, “like going up the hill with a big rock.”

“I’ve been at this process for about a year with my fiancée, Tall Ship Captain Denise Meagher, leading the process,” he says. “Everything is documented. Unfortunately, the official with the National Historic Register who would normally be handling the case retired just before we sent in our stuff and it seems like they may be left without someone who is an expert.”

Calls to the National Historic Registry in Albany for comment were not returned by press time.

He explained that, even with a boat and not a location like a house, it’s a two-part process. First you apply for a National Historic Place and then you can apply for a Landmark status.

The boat was built under what was originally known as the John H. Mathis & Company, a shipbuilding company founded around 1900, based at Cooper Point in Camden, New Jersey , U.S , on the Delaware River .

Initially, the John H. Mathis Company built a variety of commercial and naval vessels, including freighters, ferries and fishing boats, FS ("Freight and Supply") ships for the Army, minesweepers, net tenders, patrol boats, lighthouse tenders, tugs and barges.

However, in 1910 Norwegian-born naval architect John Trumpy joined the company in partnership with John H. Mathis, to design and build private yachts.

The Mathis Yacht Building Company built houseboats, tenders and yachts for some of the wealthiest American families, including the Sequoia in 1925, which would later serve as the Presidential yacht between 1933 and 1977.

John Trumpy later became sole owner of the Mathis Yacht Building Company in 1939.

Argo was designed by Mathis and John Trumpy Sr. and built in 1911 by the Mathis Company, whose list of clients included: John Wayne, Josephine Baker, Howard Hughes and members of the DuPont, Dodge, and Chrysler families.

Trumpy’s most noteworthy creation was the presidential yacht USS Sequoia, which served nine U.S. presidents from Herbert Hoover to Jimmy Carter.

Originally named The Lanai by railroad magnate Arthur Curtiss James, the vessel was eventually sold to a New York lawyer who changed the name to Argo.

The Argo was built in an era of fine wooden ships. It is an impressive 80 feet long, with a 16-foot-8-inch beam and a three-foot draft.

No expense was spared to provide the yacht's owner and guests with the finest amenities available.

The spacious and well-appointed owner's quarters, reached through an open stairway from the deck house above, were elegantly finished in solid mahogany wood paneling and white and ivory enamel.

Its 18-foot main salon extended the full width of the yacht and led to three staterooms, each fitted with lower and upper Pullman berths, a bureau, full-length wardrobe and a sink.

In the 30's the yacht changed hands to inventor/industrialist Powell Crosley Jr. of radio, television, and automobile fame who gave her a complete refit.

“Crosley even went and built a 32 room mansion and entire marina on the Gulf Coast of Florida to tie her up,” says Williamson. “There are so many stories to tell about the Argo. I’m doing this to get her recognized.”

By the time Powel Crosley acquired Argo in 1932, the ship needed extensive repairs and modernization. The bottom was replaced and new diesel engines were installed.

The Crosleys maintained an opulent lifestyle and used the Argo to entertain friends and prominent guests, such as Robert Ringling; Cmdr. Eugene MacDonald, who was the head of Zenith radio; and Charles W. Deeds, vice president of Pratt & Whitney. Accompanying the guests were the yacht's captain, engineer and at least one steward. After the death of Powel Crosley's wife in 1939, Crosley paid less attention to his Florida homestead and by 1940 the Argo had changed hands again.

Today, Williamson, the former night manager of New York City's legendary Studio 54 disco, has lived aboard Argo in New York Harbor as often as possible, since 1990.

“Back in the day I chartered a lot,” he adds. “I still do it, but only for very special occasions.”

His clientele has included celebrities such as: Paul and Linda McCartney, Meg Ryan, Tom Hanks, the Henry Clay Frick family, Walter Cronkite, Carolyn Bisset and John F. Kennedy, Jr., Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Elle McPherson, Russell Simmons, Charles Gibson, Geraldo Rivera, Dan Rather, Marisa Tomei, Christina Ricci and Woody Allen.

The Argo has also been featured in movies, on TV's "Law & Order" and "Good Morning America," as well as in fashion shoots for Vogue and Bazaar.

It's been seen in fashion shoots for Vogue, Bazaar and Hamptons Magazine, on TV in Law and Order, 48 Hours, Third Watch, ABC News Tonight and Good Morning, America and in film in You've Got Mail and Wasp.

While he loves New York, Williamson says he is thinking about moving Argo because, “the biggest problem with being docked in New York harbor right now is the escalation of ferries and being constantly bombarded with wakes which cause stress fractures in an antique wooden boat.”

“For now I’m just focused on completing the process of getting the landmark status for Argo,” he says. “I’m open to suggestions from anyone who knows how to put a fire under the people up in Albany.”

Anyone interested in assisting Williamson to navigate these governmental waters can email him at [email protected] .

“I just do not want to fail in this quest,” he says wryly. “I do not want to be the guy who screwed up Argo after all those big cats who had her before me. I have no problem taking suggestions at this point.”

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The Unique Burial of a Child of Early Scythian Time at the Cemetery of Saryg-Bulun (Tuva)

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In 1988, the Tuvan Archaeological Expedition (led by M. E. Kilunovskaya and V. A. Semenov) discovered a unique burial of the early Iron Age at Saryg-Bulun in Central Tuva. There are two burial mounds of the Aldy-Bel culture dated by 7th century BC. Within the barrows, which adjoined one another, forming a figure-of-eight, there were discovered 7 burials, from which a representative collection of artifacts was recovered. Burial 5 was the most unique, it was found in a coffin made of a larch trunk, with a tightly closed lid. Due to the preservative properties of larch and lack of air access, the coffin contained a well-preserved mummy of a child with an accompanying set of grave goods. The interred individual retained the skin on his face and had a leather headdress painted with red pigment and a coat, sewn from jerboa fur. The coat was belted with a leather belt with bronze ornaments and buckles. Besides that, a leather quiver with arrows with the shafts decorated with painted ornaments, fully preserved battle pick and a bow were buried in the coffin. Unexpectedly, the full-genomic analysis, showed that the individual was female. This fact opens a new aspect in the study of the social history of the Scythian society and perhaps brings us back to the myth of the Amazons, discussed by Herodotus. Of course, this discovery is unique in its preservation for the Scythian culture of Tuva and requires careful study and conservation.

Keywords: Tuva, Early Iron Age, early Scythian period, Aldy-Bel culture, barrow, burial in the coffin, mummy, full genome sequencing, aDNA

Information about authors: Marina Kilunovskaya (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dvortsovaya Emb., 18, Saint Petersburg, 191186, Russian Federation E-mail: [email protected] Vladimir Semenov (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dvortsovaya Emb., 18, Saint Petersburg, 191186, Russian Federation E-mail: [email protected] Varvara Busova  (Moscow, Russian Federation).  (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation). Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences.  Dvortsovaya Emb., 18, Saint Petersburg, 191186, Russian Federation E-mail:  [email protected] Kharis Mustafin  (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate of Technical Sciences. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.  Institutsky Lane, 9, Dolgoprudny, 141701, Moscow Oblast, Russian Federation E-mail:  [email protected] Irina Alborova  (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate of Biological Sciences. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.  Institutsky Lane, 9, Dolgoprudny, 141701, Moscow Oblast, Russian Federation E-mail:  [email protected] Alina Matzvai  (Moscow, Russian Federation). Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.  Institutsky Lane, 9, Dolgoprudny, 141701, Moscow Oblast, Russian Federation E-mail:  [email protected]

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Inside the last company building boats in Boston

Whenever you drive the Tobin Bridge, just before you leave Charlestown, you’re passing over the last company making boats in Boston.

Along the Mystic River, with several of the Tobin’s trestles planted in the parking lot, Boston Boatworks is continuing a tradition that reaches back centuries. Boston has built boats big and small, from the USS Constitution constructed in the North End, to the clipper ships of Donald McKay’s shipyard in East Boston, to the “unsinkable” Boston Whaler, designed in Braintree.

Walk into Boston Boatworks, and you’re greeted by the smell of the special glue the company uses to make the carbon fiber hulls of its watercraft. Go a little further, and you’ll encounter a half-dozen boats in various stages of construction — including an electric ferry for a popular campground on Three Mile Island in Lake Winnipesaukee.

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Boston Boatworks started life in 1995, as a partnership between Scott Smith, Mark Lindsay, and Geoff Berger. (Lindsay, a renowned designer of sailboats, died in 2019, and Berger is now CEO of Hinckley Yachts, a Rhode Island manufacturer.) The company’s original home was East Boston, in the former Bethlehem Atlantic Works shipyard, which repaired ships for the Navy and Coast Guard.

It outgrew its space there and moved in 2014 to a three-story building with offices on the top, a factory floor, and massive roll-up doors at both ends. One of those roll-up doors faces the Mystic, where docks and a lift allow the company to get boats in and out of the water.

Boston Boatworks first made custom racing sailboats, but eventually concluded that that market was too small. But the company realized that lightweight materials and designs used to make sailboats faster had not penetrated the world of powerboats.

With powerboats, Smith explained, “you can overcome a lot of design deficiencies just by adding more horsepower. Our approach was to take weight out of the boat, use smaller engines — which have less fuel consumption — and materials that don’t fatigue as the boat ages.”

Rather than traditional fiberglass, Boston Boatworks chose to use more expensive carbon fiber — which is lighter, stiffer, and tougher — and borrowed manufacturing techniques from aircraft production, which also uses the material. If you’ve seen the Encore Casino’s water shuttles — built at a cost of about $1 million each — you’ve seen their work.

In the early 2000s, Boston Boatworks was approached by a North Carolina company, MJM Yachts, to build a line of ocean-going yachts; MJM wanted to marry Boston Boatworks’ manufacturing expertise with a sleek, low-slung design from Doug Zurn, a naval architect in Marblehead.

MJM quickly became Boston Boatworks’ largest customer. But in 2019, Boston Boatworks’ relationship with MJM abruptly ended when MJM decided to set up its own factory in North Carolina, citing lower labor and other costs.

That forced Boston Boatworks to scramble. One lifeline came from a $20 million contract to build 10 boats for the Barton & Gray Mariner’s Club, a New Hampshire company that is like Zipcar for the yachting set. Members can reserve a boat and captain in places such as Nantucket, East Hampton, or Boca Raton.

That deal let Barton & Gray design a boat especially for its members, who go out for the day rather than on overnight trips. What had been a sleeping cabin in the Hinckley yachts the club offers became an outdoor space in the bow. The kitchen moved upstairs so that people could more easily gather around the food.

The 48-foot boat, called the Daychaster, is longer, wider, and larger than the Hinckleys, but it is 15 to 20 percent more fuel efficient because of the materials used by Boston Boatworks, said Douglas Gray, Barton & Gray’s cofounder and chief marketing officer.

The Daychaser has become the premium boat in the Barton & Gray’s fleet: members who want access to the Daychaser pay a higher level of annual dues — at least $80,000, in addition to a $20,000 initiation fee. “The Daychaser is very much a competitive advantage for us,” Gray said.

Barton & Gray recently signed a contract for its 16th Daychaser boat; three others have been sold to individual owners.

In 2023, Boston Boatworks announced a new boat that would be the first to bear its name: the Boston Boatworks Offshore Express Cruiser. Three are in various stages of production; a fourth is slated to get started next month.

The first customer in line is Ed Kaye, chief executive of a Bedford biotech company, Stoke Therapeutics. Kaye, who describes himself as “a sailor at heart,” expects to take delivery of the 50-foot craft with twin diesel engines later this year. The base price for that boat, the first model in the company’s Offshore Express Cruiser line, dubbed the BB44, is $2.85 million.

“The design appeals to sailors who are really focused on well-made and functional boats — not just pretty, fast boats,” Kaye said. He also likes the idea of “having a local group of people build something of quality — something that you’ll be proud of.”

Despite a COVID-fueled surge in recent years, sales of boats longer than 35 feet in recent years fell 9 percent in the first four months of this year, according to the National Marine Manufacturers Association. Boston Boatworks has reduced its workforce about 30 percent from its peak of 140 in 2019.

The company is still putting a dozen or so new boats into the water each year. The latest: the Appy, the electric ferry bound for service on Lake Winnipesaukee.

Smith, 66, said he plans to stick around his company as long as he can be useful. Boston Boatworks, he added, has never been about making boats at the lowest possible price, or at the fastest possible rate.

“We want to build the best,” he says. “There has always been an understanding that knowledgeable owners understand the value of what we do — and there’s a limited market of those.”

This story has been updated to correct the spelling of Lake Winnipesaukee.

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