Greenport Basin and Construction Company
The Greenport Basin and Construction Company, known by various names throughout its history, but most recently named the Greenport Yacht & Shipbuilding Company, is a
Greenport prospered due to the menhaden industry; 64 boats were in service and seven under construction in 1879. By this time, shipbuilding (pleasure craft, cargo vessels, fishing vessels) boomed in Greenport. The Greenport Basin and Construction Company, famous yacht builders, became a large repair and docking facility for menhaden vessels. (Today, the company is known as Greenport Yacht and Shipbuilding.) Menhaden vessels or "bunker boats" were said to have lined the shoreline along Main and Front Streets.[3]
The company built dozens of ships for the
Ships built or converted
Notable ships built by the company include:
Ship | Type | Year |
---|---|---|
USS Acme (AMc-61) | minesweeper | 1941 |
USS Adamant (AMc-62) | minesweeper | 1941 |
USS Advance (AMc-63) | minesweeper | 1941 |
USS Aggressor (AMc-64) | minesweeper | 1941 |
USS Alarka (YTB-229) |
tugboat | 1944 |
USS Ardent (SP-680) | minesweeper | 1902 |
USS Atlantis (SP-40) |
motorboat | 1911 |
USS Avalon (1908) | patrol vessel |
1908 |
USS Beluga (SP-536) |
patrol vessel | 1911 |
USS Chingachgook (SP-35) |
motorboat | 1916 |
USS Condor (AMS-5) | minesweeper | 1942 |
USS Fulmar (AMc-46) | minesweeper | 1941 |
USS Hatak (YTB-219) |
tugboat | 1944 |
USS Iona (YTB-220) | tugboat | 1944 |
USS Jacamar (AMc-47) | tugboat | 1941 |
USS Lark (AMS-23) | minesweeper | 1943 |
USS Limpkin (AMc-48) | minesweeper | 1941 |
USS Lorikeet (AMc-49) | minesweeper | 1941 |
USS Patrol No. 10 (SP-85) |
motorboat | 1917 |
USS Perfecto (SP-86) |
motorboat | 1917 |
USS Quest (SP-171) | patrol vessel | 1916 |
USS Sea Gull (SP-544) | yacht | 1902 |
USS Uncas (SP-689) | motorboat | 1917 |
USS Vitesse (SP-1192) |
patrol vessel | 1917 |
USS Vamanos | ketch | 1968 |
USS Whippet (SP-89) | motorboat | 1917 |
In addition, the
References
- ^ a b c d Kenneth J. Blume, Historical Dictionary of the U.S. Maritime Industry, p. 203, 2011.
- ^ a b "Greenport Basin, Greenport NY Archived 2013-10-20 at the Wayback Machine," Shipbuildinghistory.com.
- ^ Village of Greenport Local Waterfront Revitalization Program, p. II-4, 1996.
- ^ Greenport Basin & Constr. Co. v. United States, 260 U.S. 512 (1923).