World War I concrete vessels


Title
World War I concrete vessels
Description
Photographic print of four concrete motor vessels docked at the Newport Shipping Corporation shipyard in New Bern, N.C. The two front ships are clearly visible as are workers on one of the ships, and a bridge and smokestacks in background. Handwritten note on verso : "Newport Ship Building Co." along with a list of names and the date "Feb. 1919." Date approximated.
Date
1920
Original Format
photographs
Extent
24cm x 19cm
Local Identifier
0380-b2
Subject(s)
Spatial
Location of Original
East Carolina Manuscript Collection
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Comments

Earl Baim Feb 14 2023

On further research, I belive Freeport Yacht Club's (I'm a member) ship, which was General Rufus Ingalls, had been the USCG Floating Base "Colfax," before the Sagamore Yacht Club in Oyster Bay, LI aquired her, subsequently selling her to Freeport Yacht Club. The ship, which sat in sand, as a club house, in Freeport from the late 1930's to the early 1950's, was a very famous local landmark, While these ships were powered by internal combustion engines, all of the literature on them, including contemporary literature, refers to them as "River Steamers." I'm a marine engineer by profession, and would be very pleased to obtain a set of lines plans, outboard profile, etc. for these ships. The current Freeport Yacht Clubhouse has a very large painting of the ship in the lobby.

Erlend Bonderud Feb 24 2022

Also; These were not steamers, they had 300 HP Union kerosene engines installed. They are Concrete motor vessels.

Erlend Bonderud Feb 24 2022

The first of these 128' ft vessels were launched Oct. 18, 1919, so the written mention of Feb. 1919 cannot pertain to the date of the image. These are most likely to be the first four built vessels at New Berne; Colonel J. E. Sawyer (launched 1919 Oct. 18) Colonel Frank E. Nye (launched 1919 Nov. 4) Colonel WIlliam H. Baldwin (launched 1919 Dec. 10) Major George E. Pickett (launched 1920 Jan. 10) The George E. Pickett became the USCG Argus in 1924, however, the clubhouse at Freeport was the General Rufus Ingalls, a 150' vessel, who was built at New Berne in 1921. The remains of the J. E. Sawyer is visible in Charleston Harbour, between USS Yorktown and the Arthur Ravanel Bridge.

Earl Baim Apr 24 2017

one of these ships became the US Coast Guard cutter Argus during the 1920s. Later, that same ship was aquired by the Sagamore Yacht Club in Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York as a club house. In the late 1930s it was aquired by the Freeport Yacht Club, in Freeport, Long Island, NY, where it was permanently moored in sand on the property. It fell apart in the 1950s and was partially demolished and partially buried in place on the property. There are some good articles and photos on line in Motor Boating Magazine that can be found by Googling Freeport Yacht Club Concrete Ship. Earl Baim, member Freeport Yacht Club

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