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New York Yacht, Launch & Engine Company

New York Yacht, Launch & Engine Company

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New York Yacht, Launch & Engine Company was a shipyard located on the Harlem River in the Morris Heights neighborhood of the Bronx.[1]

History

The New York Yacht, Launch & Engine Company was active from 1903 until 1931.[1] They built power boats for private owners and smaller ships for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard.[1] In 1917 and 1918, they built 30 of the 110-foot SC-1-class submarine chasers for the U.S. Navy (numbered SC-223 through SC-242 and SC-393 through SC-402).[1] In 1919, they built 5 of the 88-foot YT-46-class harbor tugs for the U.S. Navy (numbered YT-77 through YT-81).[1][2] In 1924 and 1925, they built ten 75-foot patrol boats for the U.S. Coast Guard (numbered CG-160 through CG-169) which were used during Prohibition to intercept rumrunners.[1][3]

  • Lexington II (SP-705) photographed during World War I
  • USS Absegami (SP-371), photographed (circa 1917)

References

  1. [1]
    Colton, Tim (November 7, 2015). "New York Yacht, Launch & Engine Company, Morris Heights, New York". shipbuildinghistory.com.
  2. [2]
    Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, department of the Navy. Government Printing Office. July 1, 1920. pp. 345–347.
  3. [3]
    Flynn, James T. Jr. (23 June 2014), "Birth of the Six Bitters - The Start of Prohibition Enforcement Afloat in Earnest" (PDF), U. S. Coast Guard Small Cutters and Patrol Boats 1915 – 2012: Vessel of less than 100-feet in Length, U.S. Department of Defense, pp. 3–13
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