Submarine Boat Company (Submarine Boat Corporation) was a large-scale World War I ship manufacturing shipyard, located at Newark, New Jersey's Port of Newark. Submarine Boat Company operated as a subsidiary of the Electric Boat Company, now General Dynamics Electric Boat. Submarine Boat Company was founded in April 1915 to meet the demand for ships for World War I. Submarine Boat Corporation built the Design 1023 ships, this was a steel-hulled cargo ship. Submarine Boat Company built merchant cargo ships from 1917 to 1922. Submarine Boat Company was to able to complete ships quickly as they had other shipyards prefabricate about 80% of the hull. Submarine Boat Company worked with: Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation in Bristol, Pennsylvania, and American International Shipbuilding, in Hog Island, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During World War I, at its peak, the shipbuilding the company employed 25,000 people. The Submarine Boat Company received a 150 shipbuilding contract from the United States Shipping Board (USSB)'s Emergency Fleet Corporation, and 118 ships were completed before the contract was canceled. Submarine Boat Company built and sold the last 32 ships on their own for the Transmarine shipping line. After the war in 1920, Submarine Boat built 30 206-ton barges for Transmarine. With no more contracts, the shipyard closed in 1922 and the company went into receivership in 1929. For World War II the shipyard was reopened by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. Federal Shipbuilding operated its main shipyard north of the Submarine Boat Company shipyard, where Uncommon Carrier Inc. in Kearny, New Jersey is now located. The location of the former Submarine Boat Company shipyard is at the Toyota Logistics Services Inc. automobile terminal, 390 E. Port Street, Newark, just south of Interstate 78.shipbuildinghistory, Submarine Boat, Newark NJshipbuildinghistory.com, American International Shipbuilding Notable ships: , , and SS Coast Farmer.
While Submarine Boat Company ended shipbuilding in 1922, due to its good working with steel, in 1923 it received a construction contract from the Newton Amusement Corporation to build a 1,000-seat stadium theater. Submarine Boat Company supplied 50 tons of steel columns. This was the last project before closing.General Dynamics Electric Boat Historyglobalsecurity.org Newark Bay
Background The Submarine Boat Company did not build any submarines, its name was given from its parent company Electric Boat Company, which was started in 1899 by Isaac Rice. The Electric Boat Company initially built submarines based on John Philip Holland designs. (i.e. The and the A Class.) These submarines were built at Lewis Nixon's Crescent Shipyard in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Electric Boat Company first submarine was the , commissioned by the United States Navy on April 11, 1900, becoming the first US Navy submarine commissioned.The was used in combat during the American Revolutionary War, but it was never officially commissioned into the Navy.Lenton, H. T. American Submarines (Doubleday, 1973), p.37; Friedman, Norman. U.S. Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History (United States Naval Institute Press, 2005), pp. 285–304.shipbuildinghistory.com Electric Boat Company
Transmarine Corporation Submarine Boat Company operated the Transmarine Corporation (Transco) or Transmarine Lines a shipping company from 1922 to 1930, with 32 ships and 29 barges they had built. Providing east coast, west coast, Texas, Cuba and South America with cargo shipping services. With the barges working on the New York State Canal System with five tugboats. Barges moved cargo from New York City to Buffalo, New York in seven to nine days.ovinfo.gov Submarine Boat Company, Transmarine CorporationTRANSMARINE CORPORATION v. CHARLES H. LEVITT & CO., Inc. Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, March 12, 1928Internet Archive, American shipping, page 23, July, 1922
Atlantic Port Railway The Submarine Boat Corporation incorporated, on May 4, 1920, the Atlantic Port Railway Corporation, to move cargo to and from Transmarine Lines. The company was a common carrier rail line, it owned no property right of ways. Atlantic Port Railway operated standard-gage steam railroad, at the Port Newark with rail lines that connected to the Central Railroad of New Jersey and the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to Transmarine docks. Atlantic Port Railway had about of tracks and of yard tracks and sidings.Speed-Up from Submarine Boat Corporation, 1923
Submarine Boat Company ships (Note if the ship as two or more names listed, this means the ship was renamed while under construction)
Cargo ship 3,642 DWT Submarine Boat Company built ship's Cargo 1023 ships with 3,642 DWT: Agawam, Hull # 1, Ship ID # 216996, Delivered: December 18, USSB # 547, Alamosa, Hull # 2, Ship ID # 217244, Delivered: March-19, USSB # 548, Alcona, Hull # 3, Ship ID # 217243, Delivered: March-19, USSB # 549, Ingold, Hull # 4, Ship ID # 217242, Delivered: April-19, USSB # 550, Charlot, Hull # 5, Ship ID # 217253, Delivered: April-19, USSB # 551, Chetopa, Hull # 6, Ship ID # 217623, Delivered: August-19, USSB # 552, renamed Ljubica Matkovic in 1938, torpedoed and sank in 1942 Uboat.net Ljubica Matkovic Cokata, Hull # 7, Ship ID # 217254, Delivered: March-19, USSB # 553, Minnicotta/Decatur Bridge, Hull # 8, Ship ID # 217485, Delivered: April-19, USSB # 554, Minooka/Fort Pitt Bridge, Hull # 9, Ship ID # 217595, Delivered: April-19, USSB # 555, Monana, Hull # 10, Ship ID # 217621, Delivered: August-19, USSB # 556, Phoenix Bridge, Hull # 11, Ship ID # 217241, Delivered: April-19, USSB # 557, Muscado/Chicago Bridge, Hull # 12, Ship ID # 217486, Delivered: April-19, USSB # 558, Chartiers/Mount Vernon Bridge, Hull # 13, Ship ID # 217594, Delivered: April-19, USSB # 559, Panola, Hull # 14, Ship ID # 217251, Delivered: May-19, USSB # 560, Onekama, Hull # 15, Ship ID # 217493, Delivered: August-19, USSB # 561, Jekyl, Hull # 16, Ship ID # 217602, Delivered: May-19, USSB # 562, Ontonagon/Milwaukee Bridge, Hull # 17, Ship ID # 217928, Delivered: May-19, USSB # 563, Renamed SS Malama in 1927, bombed and sank in 1942, Two died and 33 crew with 5 Air Corps taken to POW Camp.armed-guard.com WW2 Sunk Costavailla/Hico, Hull # 18, Ship ID # 217484, Delivered: April-19, USSB # 564, Opelika, Hull # 19, Ship ID # 217483, Delivered: May-19, USSB # 565, Opelousas/Masca, Hull # 20, Ship ID # 217924, Delivered: May-19, USSB # 566, Opequan, Hull # 21, Ship ID # 217925, Delivered: June-19, USSB # 567, Oquawka/Allies, Hull # 22, Ship ID # 217581, Delivered: May-19, USSB # 568, Oriskany/Consort, Hull # 23, Ship ID # 217622, Delivered: May-19, USSB # 569, Decosta/Wisconsin Bridge, Hull # 24, Ship ID # 217929, Delivered: June-19, USSB # 570, Renamed SS Wisconsin Bridge in 1921, wrecked in the Abacos in 1929 Fortesque/Bethlehem Bridge, Hull # 25, Ship ID # 218237, Delivered: Jul-19, USSB # 571, Faraby, Hull # 26, Ship ID # 217640, Delivered: May-19, USSB # 572, Farnam, Hull # 27, Ship ID # 217568, Delivered: May-19, USSB # 573, Fenwick/Jackson, Hull # 28, Ship ID # 218246, Delivered: June-19, USSB # 574, Iberville/Louisville Bridge, Hull # 29, Ship ID # 217997, Delivered: June-19, USSB # 575, Acken/National Bridge, Hull # 30, Ship ID # 217927, Delivered: May-19, USSB # 576, Nesco, Hull # 31, Ship ID # 217601, Delivered: May-19, USSB # 577, Masca, Hull # 32, Ship ID # 217924, Delivered: May-19, USSB # 578, Moela/Knoxville, Hull # 33, Ship ID # 217927, Delivered: June-19, USSB # 579, Fragata/Anniston, Hull # 34, Ship ID # 217998, Delivered: June-19, USSB # 580, Fiaca/Chattanooga, Hull # 35, Ship ID # 217996, Delivered: June-19, USSB # 581, Orancken/Montgomery, Hull # 36, Ship ID # 218208, Delivered: June-19, USSB # 582, Elberon/St. Augustine, Hull # 37, Ship ID # 218242, Delivered: June-19, USSB # 583, Bound Brook, Hull # 38, Ship ID # 218059, Delivered: July-19, USSB # 584, renamed SS China Victor in 1947, sank in 1949wrecksite, SS China Victor Amboy/Glynn County/Brasher, Hull # 39, Ship ID # 218234, Delivered: July-19, USSB # 585, Aruba/Pinellas County/Johnson City, Hull # 40, Ship ID # 218239, Delivered: July-19, USSB # 586, Hamilton County/Shortsville, Hull # 41, Ship ID # 218241, Delivered: August-19, USSB # 587, Ocala/Jefferson County, Hull # 42, Ship ID # 218238, Delivered: July-19, USSB # 588, Allamuchy/Hillsborough County, Hull # 43, Ship ID # 218240, Delivered: June-19, USSB # 589, Oyachita/Dade County, Hull # 44, Ship ID # 218236, Delivered: July-19, USSB # 590, Waacksock/St. Johns County, Hull # 45, Ship ID # 218235, Delivered: August-19, USSB # 591, Watop/Davidson County, Hull # 46, Ship ID # 218456, Delivered: August-19, USSB # 592, Wallkill/Unicoi County, Hull # 47, Ship ID # 218460, Delivered: August-19, USSB # 593, Woodmansie/Mantee County, Hull # 48, Ship ID # 218461, Delivered: September-19, USSB # 594, Wawayanda/Boston Bridge Hull # 49 Ship ID # 218453 Delivered: July-19 USSB # 595 Bay Head, Hull # 50, Ship ID # 218454, Delivered: July-19, USSB # 596, Morris/Pontia, Hull # 51, Ship ID # 218459, Delivered: Aug-19, USSB # 785, Aquahatan/Hopedale/Assinippi, Hull # 52, Ship ID # 218458, Delivered: August-19, USSB # 786, Brookline/Delavan, Hull # 53, Ship ID # 218633, Delivered: Sep-19, USSB # 787, Springfield/Calno, Hull # 54, Ship ID # 218455, Delivered: August-19, USSB # 788, Delcambie/Pawtucket, Hull # 55, Ship ID # 218457, Delivered: August-19, USSB # 789, Haddon, Hull # 56, Ship ID # 218631, Delivered: September-19, USSB # 790, Aquedocton/Cambridge , Hull # 57, Ship ID # 218634, Delivered: August-19, USSB # 791, Bird City/Asquam, Hull # 58, Ship ID # 218691, Delivered: August-19, USSB # 792
Cargo ship 3,545 DWT
Submarine Boat Company built ship's Cargo 1023 ships with 3,545 DWT: City of Fairbury/Ablanset, Hull # 59, Ship ID # 218786, Delivered: September-19, USSB # 793, Acockus/Casper/Lackawanna Valley, Hull # 60, Ship ID # 218789, Delivered: September-19, USSB # 794, Waco, Hull # 61, Ship ID # 218632, Delivered: September-19, USSB # 795, Acockus/Labette/Asabeth, Hull # 62, Ship ID # 218787, Delivered: September-19, USSB # 796, Ashuelot/Minnequa/Lordship Manor, Hull # 63, Ship ID # 218793, Delivered: September-19, USSB # 797, Aspomsok/Tulsa/Parksville, Hull # 64, Ship ID # 218822, Delivered: September-19, USSB # 798, Sevo/Fourth Alabama, Hull # 65, Ship ID # 218788, Delivered: September-19, USSB # 799, Assinippi/Mabel Hunter/Nonantum, Hull # 66, Ship ID # 218794, Delivered: September-19, USSB # 800, Attitash/Corson/Buffalo Bridge, Hull # 67, Ship ID # 218821, Delivered: October-19, USSB # 801, taken by Japan, renamed SS Kosei Maru in 1938, torpedoed and sank in 1943 wrecksite, Buffalo Bridge - Kosei Maru Ancoot/Wheatland/Putnam, Hull # 68, Ship ID # 218795, Delivered: September-19, USSB # 802, Asquam/Stanley/Continental Bridge, Hull # 69, Ship ID # 218945, Delivered: October-19, USSB # 803, renamed SS Dixie Sword in 1937, sank off Cape Cod Nantucket Shoals on Feb. 12, 1942.Official Publication of the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, Vol. so, No. I January 1988 Autopscot/Nobles/Clark Mills, Hull # 70, Ship ID # 218946, Delivered: October-19, USSB # 804, Anaquascut/Deer Lodge/Federal Bridge, Hull # 71, Ship ID # 218944, Delivered: October-19, USSB # 805, Absolona/Tripp/Marsodak, Hull # 72, Ship ID # 218943, Delivered: October-19, USSB # 806, renamed SS Balladier in 1942, torpedoed and sank in 1942 Uboat, Balladier Apautuck/Dewey/Independent Bridge, Hull # 73, Ship ID # 219047, Delivered: October-19, USSB # 807, Jalmar/Kootenai, Hull # 74, Ship ID # 219050, Delivered: November-19, USSB # 808, Jabish/Deuel/Indiana Bridge/Coquitt, Hull # 75, Ship ID # 219242, Delivered: October-19, USSB # 809,