Floats and Barges of New York Shipbuilding

	A Place Called YORKSHIP Floats and Barges of New York Shipbuilding Co.
	Last Revised: 12 May 2006

The vessels on this page are, by ordinary measures, the most prosaic and utilitarian produced at New York Shipbuilding. Most were destined to carry a number instead of a name. All were unpowered, condemned to a career of being pushed and prodded by tugboats. But floats and barges were (and still are) an essential part of commerce on America's inland waterways.

Little information is available at this writing about the disposition of these mostly-anonymous vessels. It is by no means.impossible that one or more of them is still in service on the Delaware, the Hudson, in Chesapeake Bay--battered and rusty, perhaps, but not quite used up.

Barges

Contract	Name or Designation	Type	Keel Laid	Ways	Launched	Delivered	Built for	Disposition
67	BUCK MOUNTAIN	Barge	11-Aug-08	K	05-Dec-08	21-Dec-08	Lehigh Valley Transportation Co.
68	BEAR CREEK	Barge	30-Sep-08	J	18-Dec-08	11-Jan-09	Lehigh Valley Transportation Co.
69	BUFFALO	Barge	28-Sep-08	J	24-Dec-08	20-Jan-09	Lehigh Valley Transportation Co.
70	BECKTON	Barge	28-Sep-08	K	31-Dec-08	20-Jan-09	Lehigh Valley Transportation Co.
71	BELLEWOOD	Barge	25-Nov-08	K	02-Mar-09	18-Mar-09	Lehigh Valley Transportation Co.
72	BLOOMSBURY	Barge	21-Nov-08	M	08-Feb-09	22-Feb-09	Lehigh Valley Transportation Co.
73	BLACKWOOD	Barge	24-Feb-08	L	24-Feb-09	18-Mar-09	Lehigh Valley Transportation Co.
74	BERKSHIRE	Barge	19-Dec-08	M	13-Feb-09	27-Feb-09	Lehigh Valley Transportation Co.
362	V. G. O. NO. 15	Barge	19-Oct-26	Shop	13-Nov-26	18-Nov-26	Venezuela Gulf Oil Co.
363	V. G. O. NO. 16	Barge	19-Oct-26	Shop	13-Nov-26	18-Nov-26	Venezuela Gulf Oil Co.
506	WARNER CO. BARGE	Barge		O	30-Dec-54	06-Jan-55	Warner Co.
507	WARNER CO. BARGE	Barge		O	30-Dec-54	06-Jan-55	Warner Co.
508	WARNER CO. BARGE	Barge		O	10-Mar-55	14-Mar-55	Warner Co.
509	WARNER CO. BARGE	Barge		O	10-Mar-55	14-Mar-55	Warner Co.
481	P. R. R. 601	Bay Barge	30-Aug-48	M	16-Dec-48	04-Jan-49	Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
303	EL MORO	Cement Barge	02-Dec-24	M	02-Feb-25	23-Apr-25	International Cement Co.
373	MARIEL	Cement Barge	12-Oct-27	J	17-Dec-27	07-Jan-28	International Cement Co.
398	LONE STAR NO. 1	Cement Barge	22-Jul-29	K	30-Sep-29	03-Oct-29	International Cement Co.
400	HERCULES NO. 1	Cement Barge	18-Nov-29	O	27-Feb-30	16-Mar-30	Hercules Cement Corp.
37	BARGE NO. 24	Coal Barge	28-May-06	J	28-Aug-06	05-Sep-06	Consolidation Coal Co.
38	BARGE NO. 25	Coal Barge	12-Jun-06	J	27-Sep-06	02-Oct-06	Consolidation Coal Co.
39	BARGE NO. 26	Coal Barge	18-Jul-06	J	27-Oct-06	30-Oct-06	Consolidation Coal Co.
96	BARGE NO. 27	Coal Barge	24-Mar-10	J	16-Jun-10	22-Mar-11	Consolidated Coal Co.
155	BAY BARGE NO. 18	Coal Barge	29-Jan-14	K	04-May-14	11-May-14	New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad Co.
270	ROCKLAND	Coal Barge	14-Jun-22	M	07-Sep-22	13-Oct-22	Rockland & Rockport Line
271	ROCKPORT	Coal Barge	19-Jun-22	J	05-Oct-22	25-Oct-22	Rockland & Rockport Line
272	ROCKVILLE	Coal Barge	03-Aug-22	L	28-Oct-22	10-Nov-22	Rockland & Rockport Line
273	ROCK HARBOR	Coal Barge	08-Aug-22	L	13-Nov-22	24-Nov-22	Rockland & Rockport Line
274	ROCK HAVEN	Coal Barge	11-Sep-22	M	06-Dec-22	14-Dec-22	Rockland & Rockport Line
11	MAHONING	Oil Barge	23-Apr-03	L	06-Jun-03	23-Jun-03	Guffey Petroleum Co.
12	NESHANNOCK	Oil Barge	23-Apr-03	L	20-Jun-03	03-Jul-03	Guffey Petroleum Co.
33	MAGNOLIA	Oil Barge	08-Feb-06	K	21-Apr-06	31-May-06	Texas Oil Co.
50	STANDARD OIL COMPANY NO. 7	Oil Barge	13-May-07	M	10-5-19007	21-Oct-07	Standard Oil Co.
51	STANDARD OIL COMPANY NO. 8	Oil Barge	08-May-07	M	19-Oct-07	31-Oct-07	Standard Oil Co.
52	STANDARD OIL COMPANY NO. 9	Oil Barge	10-Jun-07	M	02-Nov-07	09-Nov-07	Standard Oil Co.
89	STANDARD OIL CO. #10	Oil Barge	12-Jul-09	K	16-Oct-09	05-Nov-09	Standard Oil Co.
90	STANDARD OIL CO. #11	Oil Barge	19-Jul-09	K	06-Nov-09	19-Nov-09	Standard Oil Co.
291	HARTFORD SOCONY	Oil Barge	20-Dec-23	K	21-Feb-24	01-May-24	Standard Transportation Co.
292	BOSTON SOCONY	Oil Barge	27-Dec-23	J	05-May-24	13-May-24	Standard Transportation Co.
516	I. W. ALCORN	Water Barge		L	16-Aug-57	10-Oct-57	Coastal Marine Drilling & Construction Co.

Car Floats

Car floats are, in essence, unpowered ferries for railroad cars. Wide enough for two or three tracks, long enough to hold six or eight cars per track, they were the backbone of rail-marine operations in inland ports such as New York and Philadelphia. Most major railroads operated their own terminals in the ports they serviced.

Contract	Name or Designation	Type	Keel Laid	Ways	Launched	Delivered	Built for	Disposition
18	FLOAT NO. 9	Car Float	04-Aug-03	J	01-Oct-03	05-Oct-03	N.Y., N.H., & H. Railroad Co.
19	FLOAT NO. 10	Car Float	12-Aug-03	J	08-Oct-03	16-Oct-03	N.Y., N.H., & H. Railroad Co.
27	FLOAT NO. 69	Car Float	15-Sep-04	J	28-Oct-04	09-Nov-04	Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
28	NO. 14 PHILADELPHIA	Car Float	15-Feb-05	J	13-May-05	31-May-05	New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad Co.
34	FLOAT NO. 14	Car Float	27-Mar-06	J	24-May-06	18-Jun-06	Long Island Railroad Co.
35	FLOAT NO. 15	Car Float	05-Apr-06	J	10-Jul-06	16-Jul-06	Long Island Railroad Co.
65	LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD NO. 423	Car Float	05-Mar-08	K	21-May-08	01-Jun-08	Lehigh Valley Transportation Co.
66	LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD NO. 424	Car Float	26-Mar-08	K	30-Jul-08	05-Aug-08	Lehigh Valley Transportation Co.
81	N. Y. C. NO. 46	Car Float	26-Jan-09	K	29-May-09	31-May-09	N.Y.C. & H.R. Railroad Co.
82	N. Y. C. NO. 47	Car Float	08-Feb-09	K	30-Jun-09	06-Jul-09	N.Y.C. & H.R. Railroad Co.
83	N. Y. C. NO. 48	Car Float	09-Mar-09	L	15-May-09	25-May-09	N.Y.C. & H.R. Railroad Co.
84	N. Y. C. NO. 49	Car Float	19-May-09	L	02-Aug-09	07-Aug-09	N.Y.C. & H.R. Railroad Co.
86	FLOAT NO. 17	Car Float	14-Apr-09	K	26-Jun-09	02-Jul-09	Del. Lacka. & Wstn Railroad
87	FLOAT NO. 18	Car Float	14-Apr-09	J	10-Jul-09	14-Jul-09	Del. Lacka. & Wstn Railroad
88	RAILROAD BARGE #16	Car Float	24-Feb-09	K	07-May-09	01-Jun-09	New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad Co.
91	MASTODON	Car Float	05-Aug-09	M	27-Oct-09	17-Nov-09	Morgans L. & T. Railroad & S. S. Co.
98	FLOAT NO. 17	Car Float	11-Nov-09	M	28-Jan-10	07-Feb-10	N.Y.C. Railroad Co.
99	FLOAT NO. 18	Car Float	29-Dec-09	M	05-Mar-10	09-Mar-10	N.Y.C. Railroad Co.
100	FLOAT NO. 17	Car Float	10-Jan-10	J	18-Mar-10	27-Mar-10	New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad Co.
101	FLOAT NO. 5	Car Float	02-Mar-10	K	20-Apr-10	25-Apr-10	Brooklyn E. D. Terminal
102	LEHIGH VALLEY #425	Car Float	14-Mar-10	M	09-May-10	16-Mar-10	Lehigh Valley Railroad Co.
104	FLOAT NO. 1	Car Float	09-Apr-10	K	21-Jun-10	29-Jun-10	New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad Co.
105	CAR FLOAT NO. 11	Car Float	07-May-10	K	15-Jul-10	24-Jul-10	Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
106	CAR FLOAT NO. 52	Car Float	14-May-10	M	30-Jul-10	05-Aug-10	Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
110	N. Y. C. NO. 50	Car Float	13-Oct-10	M	28-Dec-10	07-Jan-11	N.Y.C. & H.R. Railroad Co.
111	N. Y. C. NO. 51	Car Float	29-Dec-10	M	21-Feb-11	24-Feb-11	N.Y.C. & H.R. Railroad Co.
114	B. & O. NO. 169N	Car Float	05-Apr-11	M	22-Jun-11	27-Jun-11	Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co.
115	B. & O. NO. 170N	Car Float	04-Apr-11	L	19-Jul-11	24-Jul-11	Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co.
120	N. Y. C. NO. 22	Car Float	28-Sep-11	K	23-Nov-11	29-Nov-11	N.Y.C. & H.R. Railroad Co.
121	N. Y. C. NO. 52	Car Float	30-Sep-11	K	07-Dec-11	12-Dec-11	N.Y.C. & H.R. Railroad Co.
128	FLOAT NO. 14	Car Float	01-Feb-12	L	26-Mar-12	03-Apr-12	Brooklyn E. D. Terminal
133	FLOAT NO. 7	Car Float	03-Jul-12	L	30-Sep-12	05-Oct-12	Brooklyn E. D. Terminal
136	FLOAT NO. D24	Car Float	10-Dec-12	J	01-Mar-13	05-Apr-13	N.Y.C. Railroad Co.
137	FLOAT NO. D25	Car Float	06-Feb-13	M	21-May-13	31-May-13	N.Y.C. Railroad Co.
139	FLOAT NO. 32	Car Float	05-Mar-13	J	12-Jul-13	17-Jul-13	Del. Lacka. & Wstn Railroad
140	FLOAT NO. 33	Car Float	23-Apr-13	K	14-Aug-13	15-Sep-13	Del. Lacka. & Wstn Railroad
142	CAR FLOAT NO. D53	Car Float	21-May-13	K	20-Aug-13	24-Aug-13	N.Y.C. & H.R. Railroad Co.
143	CAR FLOAT NO. D54	Car Float	21-Aug-13	K	15-Oct-13	19-Oct-13	N.Y.C. & H.R. Railroad Co.
145	CAR FLOAT NO. 6	Car Float	17-Jul-13	J	13-Sep-13	19-Sep-13	Brooklyn E. D. Terminal
146	CAR FLOAT NO. 13	Car Float	29-Jul-13	J	04-Sep-13	28-Sep-13	Brooklyn E. D. Terminal
152	CAR FLOAT NO. 16	Car Float	28-Feb-14	K	20-Aug-14	29-Aug-14	Long Island Railroad Co.
153	CAR FLOAT NO. 17	Car Float	11-Mar-14	M	25-Jul-14	01-Aug-14	Long Island Railroad Co.
154	FLOAT NO. 3	Car Float	07-Jan-14	J	07-Apr-14	12-Apr-14	Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
179	FLOAT NO. 16	Car Float	09-Feb-16	K	05-Jul-16	10-Jul-16	N.Y.C. & H.R. Railroad Co.
180	FLOAT NO. 55	Car Float	05-Jul-16	K	09-Nov-16	15-Nov-16	N.Y.C. & H.R. Railroad Co.
181	FLOAT NO. 56	Car Float	19-Aug-16	M	05-Dec-16	10-Dec-16	N.Y.C. & H.R. Railroad Co.
182	FAIRMONT	Car Float	13-Feb-17	O	08-Dec-17	05-Feb-18	Coastwise Trans. Co.
186	FLOAT NO. 60	Car Float	06-Dec-16	M	16-May-17	20-May-17	N.Y.C. & H.R. Railroad Co.
187	FLOAT NO. 61	Car Float	19-May-17	K	27-Aug-17	31-Aug-17	N.Y.C. & H.R. Railroad Co.
188	FLOAT NO. 59	Car Float	09-Jul-17	L	27-Sep-17	03-Oct-17	N.Y.C. & H.R. Railroad Co.
268	B. E. D. T. NO. 17	Car Float	06-Apr-22	M	24-May-22	27-May-22	Brooklyn E. D. Terminal
269	B. E. D. T. NO. 18	Car Float	04-May-22	M	31-Jul-22	03-Aug-22	Brooklyn E. D. Terminal
275	B. E. D. T. NO. 19	Car Float	19-Oct-22	M	14-Dec-22	19-Dec-22	Brooklyn E. D. Terminal
276	B. E. D. T. NO. 20	Car Float	21-Nov-22	J	04-Jan-23	04-Jan-23	Brooklyn E. D. Terminal
277	B. E. D. T. NO. 21	Car Float	20-Dec-22	M	01-Feb-23	12-Feb-23	Brooklyn E. D. Terminal
280	FLOAT NO. 6	Car Float	23-Jul-23	M	26-Sep-23	21-Oct-23	Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
281	FLOAT NO. 9	Car Float	11-Aug-23	J	17-Oct-23	06-Nov-23	Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
282	FLOAT NO. 10	Car Float	14-Aug-23	L	25-Oct-23	12-Nov-23	Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
283	FLOAT NO. 13	Car Float	29-Sep-23	M	04-Dec-23	26-Dec-23	Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
284	FLOAT NO. 16	Car Float	18-Oct-23	J	24-Dec-23	08-Jan-24	Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
285	FLOAT NO. 20	Car Float	27-Oct-23	L	31-Dec-23	16-Jan-24	Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
286	FLOAT NO. 31	Car Float	31-Oct-23	L	15-Jan-24	27-Jan-24	Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
287	FLOAT NO. 82	Car Float	06-Dec-23	M	05-Feb-24	17-Feb-24	Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
288	FLOAT NO. 156	Car Float	02-Jan-24	L	21-Feb-24	03-Mar-24	Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
289	FLOAT NO. 157	Car Float	16-Jan-24	L	15-Mar-24	24-Mar-24	Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
293	FLOAT NO. H. T. 1	Car Float	28-Apr-24	L	16-Jul-24	19-Jul-24	Del. Lacka. & Wstn Railroad
294	FLOAT NO. H. T. 2	Car Float	28-Apr-24	L	31-Jul-24	05-Aug-24	Del. Lacka. & Wstn Railroad
295	FLOAT NO. D63	Car Float	08-Apr-24	M	12-Jun-24	04-Jul-24	New York Central Railroad Co.
296	FLOAT NO. D64	Car Float	10-Apr-24	M	30-Jun-24	23-Jul-24	New York Central Railroad Co.
297	FLOAT NO. D65	Car Float	29-May-24	K	28-Aug-24	19-Sep-24	New York Central Railroad Co.
298	FLOAT NO. D66	Car Float	29-May-24	K	11-Sep-24	04-Oct-24	New York Central Railroad Co.
299	FLOAT NO. D67	Car Float	16-Jun-24	M	25-Sep-24	15-Oct-24	New York Central Railroad Co.
300	L. V. 809	Car Float	15-Oct-24	M	26-Nov-24	15-Dec-24	Lehigh Valley Railroad Co.
301	L. V. 811	Car Float	15-Oct-24	L	20-Dec-24	30-Dec-24	Lehigh Valley Railroad Co.
302	C. & O. NO. 2	Car Float	24-Nov-24	L	25-Feb-25	04-Mar-25	Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
306	READING CO. NO. 5	Car Float	18-May-25	L	15-Jul-25	15-Jul-25	Reading Co.
307	READING CO. NO. 6	Car Float	01-Jun-25	L	04-Aug-25	04-Aug-25	Reading Co.
308	READING CO. NO. 7	Car Float	13-May-25	M	07-Jul-25	08-Jul-25	Reading Co.
309	READING CO. NO. 8	Car Float	13-May-25	M	28-Jul-25	28-Jul-25	Reading Co.
310	READING CO. NO. 9	Car Float	09-Jul-25	M	19-Aug-25	19-Aug-25	Reading Co.
311	READING CO. NO. 10	Car Float	18-Jul-25	L	27-Aug-25	27-Aug-25	Reading Co.
315	FLOAT NO. D1	Car Float