Henry B. Nevins Yacht Builders

Shipbuilding History

Henry B. Nevins, yacht builders, City Island, NY

Most recent update: 14 May 2023.

Henry B. Nevins (1878-1950) started his career at Gas Engine and Power Company & Charles L. Seabury Company (later Consolidated Shipbuilding) in Morris Heights. In 1907, he bought the Hansen Boatyard at the foot of Winter Street, on City Island, later adding the adjoining Byles yard. Nevins died in 1950, after a fall in his yard in 1949, and his widow sold the yard in 1954. It then operated as Nevins Yacht Yard until it folded again in 1962. The site is now occupied by City Island's PS 175. If anyone has any corrections or additions to this table, please send them to info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Hull#	O.N.	Original Name	Original Owner	Type		Ft.	Del'y	Disposition
36		Dreamer		Motor Boat		60	1913	Swasey, Raymond & Page design.
37		Solita	Daniel Bacon	Yawl		39	1914	John G. Alden design #45. Later Mischief, Mimi IV, Windward, Americana, Owahgena
67				Tender		15	1914	Probably Henry B. Nevins Inc. design #67
	214102	Seamaid	Herbert Childs	Yacht		47	1916	Later Caravan
	215028	Saona		Yacht		56	1917	Later Flying Mist, Ladrona, now Neris
		YS 16	U.S. Navy	Barge		35	1918
		YS 39-51	U.S. Navy	Barge		35	1918	13 boats
186				Tender		15	1920	Henry B. Nevins Inc.design #186, tender for Jeannette
187				Launch	21	24	1920	Being restored as "Spirit of 1920"
		Blue Jacket		Sloop		31	1920
		Soixante-Quinze		Sloop		31	1920	Later Avanti
217				R-class sloop		38	1921	William Gardner & Co. design #317
227				Tender		17	1921	Henry B. Nevins Inc. design #227, tender for Porpoise
226		Grebe		6-meter		36	1921	Frederick M. Hoyt design #319
228		Dagomar		Sloop		34.25	1922	Charles D. Mower design #672
230		Clytie		6 Metre sloop		31.08	1922	Frederick M. Hoyt design #102
232				Tender		14	1922	Henry B. Nevins Inc. design #232 for "power tender"
233		Viva		6-meter		35.33	1922	Frederick M. Hoyt design #103
253		Momo		Cruiser		40	1923	Tams & King Inc. design #H-261, 40' LWL
254		Ingomar		6-meter		32.66	1923	Frederick M. Hoyt design #107
255		Hawk		6-meter		32.75	1923	Henry J. Gielow Inc. design #662
256				Launch		22	1923	Henry J. Gielow, Inc. design #641, owner’s launch for Moby Dick
259				Tender		24	1923	Tams & King, Inc. design #C-310-A
261		Cappy Second		Catboat		21.96	1923	Henry J. Gielow Inc. design #668
262		Miss Columbia		Gold Cup runabout		26.79	1924	George F. Crouch design #203;
264		Heron		6-meter		32	1924	Clinton H. Crane design;
267		Teaser		Sweep-stakes runabout		49.92	1924	George F. Crouch design #207. Active at Lake Tahoe Marine Museum.
268		Natka		6-meter		39.83	1924	Frederick M. Hoyt design #120
		Dauphin		6-meter		31.5	1924	Designed by William Gardner, sail #US26. Erroneously attributed to S & S. (founded 1929).
		Po		Yacht		29	1925	Later Thetis, Broncho, Dita, Wilhelmina, Tangent, Poppy, Argo
270		Baby Bootlegger		Gold Cup runabout		29.83	1924	George F. Crouch design #206. Active
272		Dolphin		Aux. sloop		26.66	1924	Roger M. Haddock design #207-A
275		Lanai		6-meter		34.5	1925	Clinton H. Crane design #1 (significant).
277	224638	Oheka		Power Boat		60.66	1925	Tams & King Inc. design #H-407. Later Arlis
278		Ardette		R-class sloop		39	1926	Charles D. Mower design #725. Later Jonny, Ardelle
279		Secret		R-class sloop		38	1925	William Gardner & Co. design #324
281		Miss Motometer		Runabout		27.5	1924	Frederick K. Lord design. Now Baby Skipalong
282		Adventure		Aux. ketch		74.25	1925	Henry J. Gielow Inc. design #673C.
283				Tender		25	1926	Henry J. Gielow Inc. design #698, "power yacht tender"
285				Launch		22	1926	Henry J. Gielow Inc.design #641, as "fishing and crew’s launch".
287	229590	Analgra III		Motor Boat		75	1926	Design modified by John G. Alden.
288	226009	Nevada		Yacht		110	1926	Tams & King Inc. design #H-415
293		Frieda		6 metre sloop		34.16	1927	Clinton H. Crane design #3
319	226498	Phantom		Express runabout		66	1927	Tams & King Inc. design #H-604. Later Vampire
321				Launch		16	1926	Tams & King Inc. design #H-415, launch for NEVADA
322				Launch		20	1926	Tams & King Inc. design #H-415, second launch for NEVADA
324		Arcadian		Tender		34	1926	George F. Crouch design (# unknown)
327		Redhead		6-meter		33	1925	Clinton H. Crane design #3
329		Clytie		6-meter		34.58	1927	Clinton H. Crane design #5.
330		Priscilla		6-meter		33.92	1927	Clinton H. Crane design #4.
331		Picaro		6-meter		33.16	1927	Frederick M. Hoyt design #134.
333				Tender		25	1927	Henry J. Gielow Inc. design #411, for unnamed power yacht.
336		Janice III		Runabout		37.16	1927	George F. Crouch design (# unknown)
338				Launch		32	1927	Henry J. Gielow Inc. design #711, for "owner"
339				Launch		25	1927	Henry J. Gielow Inc. design #711, for "crew"
340				Life Boat		28	1927	Henry J. Gielow Inc. design #711, as "lifeboat"
341				Life Boat		28	1927
342		Atrocia		6-meter		34.83	1927	Henry J. Gielow Inc. design #710
		Frieda		6-meter		34	1927
		Nina		Schooner		59	1928
	227417	Cigarette	L. Gordon Hamersley	Commuter		73	1928	Active
345		Akaba		6-meter		37.5	1928	Clinton H. Crane design #8;
346	na	Alert IV		R-class sloop		40.25	1928	Charles D. Mower design #754. Total loss 1977
348		Saleema		6-meter		36.75	1928	Henry J. Gielow Inc. design #737
349				Motor Boat		40	1928	Charles D. Mower design #756
		Thisbe	Van S. Merle-Smith	Sloop		40	1929	Powered 1950, later depowered
351				Runabout		39.86	1929	George F. Crouch design #207
353	228774	Sazarac		Commuter		71.37	1929	Eldredge-McInnis Inc. design #156. Later Souris, Tabasco, Savitar, Saxon III, to USN 1942 as YP 164, sold 1946 as Elysian, Saxon III, Pacmo, Aggie J
	na	Sally		Aux. Yawl		46	1929	Later Jig Time, Aleada, Arroway, Lazy Eight, Bedouin VIII
358		Chantey		Sloop		23	1928	Philip L. Rhodes design #940
359		Snapshot		Cruiser		32	1929	Charles D. Mower design #763
360		Amerind		Schooner		92	1930	Tams & King Inc. design #H-802
360				Launch		16	1930	Charles D. Mower design for the Amerind
362		Golliwog		Sloop		31.5	1930	Chester A. Nedwidek design #500
363		Analgra	Lewis E. Pierson	Motor Yacht		120	1930	Charles D. Mower design #363 (confirmed Mystic Seaport spc28). Later Tara, Lovely Lady, now Norma Jeane
363			Lewis E. Pierson	Launch		18.92	1930	Charles D. Mower design 18.92 ft. owner’s launch for Analgra above.
366		Sprig		6-meter		37	1930
368		Mars		6-meter		36.75	1930	Clinton H. Crane design #8
	na	Alerion		Sloop		34	19--	Later Priscilla, Pintail, Aloha, Ava
		Souris		Yacht			1930	To USN 1942 as YP 454, sold 1946
		Semloh		Yacht		82	1931	To USN 1942 as YP 532, sold 1946
	na	Bob Kat II		Aux. Sloop		37	1931	Later Bob Kat
371		Sazarac		Express cruiser		81.62	1931	John H. Wells Inc. design #147
371-R				Tender		12	1931	Howard M. Smith design for Sazarac (1931)
375		Miss Philadelphia		Hydroplane		28.5	1931	Frederick K. Lord design
	287505	Ayesha		Aux. Yawl		46	1932
	231472	Brilliant	Walter Barnum	Aux. Schooner		46	1932	To Mystic Seaport 1953, active
384		Utility		Launch		18	1933	George F. Crouch design
		Stormy Weather	Philip LeBoutellier	Yawl		54	1934	Sparkman & Stephens design #27 (1933). Active. See the history of this yawl.
		Orion		Yacht		48	1934	Active
		C. F. Roof		Aux. Sloop		37	1934	Later Jack, Altair
	234050	Gipsy	Arthur Iselin	Power Boat		42	1935	Active
390				Launch		18	1934	George F. Crouch design, starboard launch for Countess
391		Pendragon		Cutter		40.75	1935	Ford & Payne & W. J. Roué design #716
393		Seven Seas	Van S. Merle-Smith	12-meter		68.16	1935	Clinton H. Crane design #12; Sparkman & Stephens design #293
394		Semloh		Motor yacht		93.25	1936	George F. Crouch design. To USN 1942 as YP 569, sold 1946, Gypsy Queen, destroyed 2012
394				Fishing tender		15	1936	George F. Crouch design, for Semloh
395				Launch		26	1936	George F. Crouch design, launch for yacht Vema
396	na	Valencia	John B. Shethar	NY32 # 1		45	1936	Later Alar, White Lie, Shady Lady, Whisper III, Goldbrick, Icarus II, Penance, status unknown
397	na	Apache	Charles F. Havemeyer	NY32 # 2		45	1936	Active
398	na	Swell	Ralph P. Manny	NY32 # 3		45	1936	Later Old Salt, Lord Jom, Revery, Icefire, now Ice Fire
399	280299	Geisha	Louis L. Stanton	NY32 # 4		45	1936	Later Barquita, now Tigress
400	MS3621AD	Esmeralda	John K. Roosevelt	NY32 # 5		45	1936	Later Vitesse II, Vitesse, now Gaucho
401	na	Spindrift	Albert E. Peirce	NY32 # 6		45	1936	Later French Boy, now Falcon II
402	294393	Folly	Junius S. Morgan, Jr.	NY32 # 20		45	1936	Later Trig, Half Moon, Dulcinea, now Siren
403	na	Wynfred	Frederick M. Schaefer	NY32 # 8		45	1936	Later Arbela, Wynfred, lost to fire during WWII
404	na	Clotho	Henry H. Anderson	NY32 # 9		45	1936	Later Sylvia, Pavana, now Salty
405	545165	Larikin	Frederick T. Bedford	NY32 #10		45	1936	Later Whisper II, Soubrette, Betise, Flying Tartan, Tenderly, now Ibis
406	na	Mehitabel	Frederick T. Moses	NY32 # 11		45	1936	Later Release, Maane, Night Wing, now Mehitabel
407	na	Rampage II	Arthur W. Page	NY32 # 12		45	1936	Later Gallivant, Voyager, Raider, now Fun
408	na	Biquette	Byam Stephens	NY32 # 13		45	1936	Later Windward, Fun, Gaylark, Proton II, Westral, now Magic
409	na	Ibis II	O'Donnell Iselin	NY32 # 14		45	1936	Later Sarbodaya, now Ibis
410	na	Sapphire	Perry McK. Sturges	NY32 # 15		45	1936	Later Mallard, Fairwind, Dauntless III, now Sapphire
411	na	Notus II	Frederic Coudert Jr.	NY32 # 16		45	1936	Later Ballina, Patriot, Woodwind. now Night Heron
412	281455	Revonoc	Harvey Conover	NY32 # 17		45	1936	Now Mustang
413	na	Gentian	George Nichols	NY32 # 18		45	1936	Active
414	na	Dolphin		NY32 # 19		45	1936	Later Away, Sirius, lost in the Med. 2016
415	na	Ragamuffin	Johnston de Forest	NY32 # 7		45	1936	Active
417				Tender		16	1936	George F. Crouch design, tender for Mayhap
421	236666	Anchorite	Charles McG. Baxter	Aux. Yawl		49.75	1937	Owen P. Merrill design #40, shoal draft
424	286891	Nancy Lloyd		Yacht		41	1938	Active
428				Dinghy		14	1937	Owen P. Merrill design for Countess
		Zaida III	George E. Ratsey	Sloop		57	1937	To the USCG 1941 as CGR 3070, now Zaida, active
		Gleam		12-meter		53	1937	Active
	235978	Elizabeth McCaw		Aux. Yawl		63	1937	Later Doris, Athene
437				Launch		20	1938	George F. Crouch design for schooner Valor
		Blitzen	R. J. Reynolds	Cutter		47	1938	Later Nimrod V, now Blitzen again, active
	237137	Edlu II		Aux. Yawl		68	1938	Later Tabor Boy, Black Watch
		Nyala		12-meter		55	1938	Active
		Northern Light		12-meter		55	1938	Active
		Odyssey		Yacht		74	1938	Active
450				Row Boat		16	1939	George F. Crouch design for the yacht Intrepid
451				Row Boat		16	1939	George F. Crouch design for the yacht Intrepid
		Vim		12-meter		55	1939	Active
		White Mist		Yacht		39	1939	Active
459		Pomelion		Sloop		25	1940	Marjorie Young design #38
460				Launch			1940
461				Launch			1940
				Crash Boat		46	1942
		Puffin		Yacht		126	1942	Active
486				Pontoon		28
		YMS 1	U. S. Navy	Minesweeper		136	25-Mar-42	Struck 1946
		YMS 2	U. S. Navy	Minesweeper		136	9-Apr-42	Struck 1946
		YMS 3	U. S. Navy	Minesweeper		136	25-Apr-42	To France 1944 as Heliotrope (D 334), struck 1965
		YMS 4	U. S. Navy	Minesweeper		136	1-May-42	Struck 1946
		YMS 5	U. S. Navy	Minesweeper		136	19-May-42	Struck 1946
		YMS 7	U. S. Navy	Minesweeper		136	4-Jun-42	Struck 1946
		YMS 6	U. S. Navy	Minesweeper		136	18-Jun-42	Struck 1946
		YMS 8	U. S. Navy	Minesweeper		136	27-Jun-42	Struck 1946
		YMS 9	U. S. Navy	Minesweeper		136	11-Jul-42	Struck 1946
		YMS 10	U. S. Navy	Minesweeper		136	24-Jul-42	Struck 1946
		YMS 11	U. S. Navy	Minesweeper		136	6-Aug-42	Struck 1946
		YMS 397	U. S. Navy	Minesweeper		136	25-Jan-43	Struck 1946
		YMS 398	U. S. Navy	Minesweeper		136	13-Mar-43	Struck 1946
		YMS 399	U. S. Navy	Minesweeper		136	9-Apr-43	Struck 1946
		YMS 400	U. S. Navy	Minesweeper		136	14-May-43	Reclassified 1947 as Magpie (AMS 25), mined off Chuksan and lost 1950
		YMS 401	U. S. Navy	Minesweeper		136	4-Jun-43	Struck 1946
		YMS 402	U. S. Navy	Minesweeper		136	25-Jun-43	Reclassified 1947 as Seagull (AMS 55), struck 1959
		YMS 403	U. S. Navy	Minesweeper		136	20-Jul-43	Struck 1946
		YMS 404	U. S. Navy	Minesweeper		136	6-Aug-43	Struck 1946
		YMS 308	U. S. Navy	Minesweeper		136	27-Jul-43	Struck 1946
		YMS 309	U. S. Navy	Minesweeper		136	13-Sep-43	Struck 1946
		YMS 310	U. S. Navy	Minesweeper		136	1-Oct-43	Struck 1946
		YMS 311	U. S. Navy	Minesweeper		136	5-Nov-43	Reclassified 1947 as Robin (AMS 53), struck 1961
		YMS 312	U. S. Navy	Minesweeper		136	4-Dec-43	Reclassified 1947 as Grackle (AMS 13), to Brazil 1965 as Jurvena (M 13), struck 1974
		P 592	U.S. Army	Rescue Boat		85	Aug-44
		P 593	U.S. Army	Rescue Boat		85	Sep-44
		P 594	U.S. Army	Rescue Boat		85	Oct-44
		P 595	U.S. Army	Rescue Boat		85	Nov-44
		P 596	U.S. Army	Rescue Boat		85	Dec-44
		Polly	H. B. Nevins	Sloop		56	1945	The shipyard owner's personal boat. Being restored
		Pilgrim		Yacht		39	1946	Active
	na	Windblown		Aux. Sloop		39	1946	Later Asenath
		Ku Chu		Yacht		38	1947	Active
		Holiday	Louis B. Rosenstiel	Yacht		76	1947	Later Argosy Venture
		Pacifica		Yacht		41	1947	Active
	na	Bolero		Aux. Yawl		73	1949	Active
	258754	Seer		Aux. Ketch		66	1949	Later Beatrice
	260537	Burma		Aux. Cutter		58	1950	Active
	MSC 63	Lier (M 912)	Belgian Navy	Minesweeper			22-Jul-53	To Taiwan 1969 as Yung Shan (M 165): scrapped 1983
	MSC 64	Sint Niklaas (M 918)	Belgian Navy	Minesweeper			3-Feb-54	To Taiwan 1969 as Yung Jen (M 163): struck 1995
	MSC 65	Diksmuide (M 920)	Belgian Navy	Minesweeper			30-Mar-54	To Taiwan 1969 as Yung Sui (M 164): struck 1994
Built by Nevins Yacht Yard
1	271129	Golliwogg	Colin Ratsey	Aux. Yawl	11	34	1955	Later Cicada
2	269960	Bonne Amie	Charles A. Ernst, Jr.	Aux. Yawl	11	34	1955	Active
3	512603	Halcyon	Parker Heath	Aux. Yawl	11	34	1955	Now Meiga del Mar
4	271417	Indigo	S. K. Wellman	Aux. Yawl	11	34	1956	Later Jessamyn Rose
5	294608	Pipe Dream	J. A. Taylor	Aux. Yawl	11	34	1956
6	272334	Ca Va	J. W. Hershey	Aux. Yawl	11	34	1956	Now Sea Fever
7		Calluna	Thomas C. Chubb	Aux. Yawl	11	34	1956	Later Victoria
8	273491	Alledra	Alfred Brittain	Aux. Yawl	11	34	1957	Later Ziggurat
9	576789	Prima Donna	Stanley M. Cooper	Aux. Yawl	11	34	1957	Active
10		Cythlen	Briggs Cunningham	Aux. Yawl	11	34	1957	Later Escapade
11	277382	Fantasy	Horace C. Ford	Aux. Yawl	11	34	1958	Active
12			David McCargo	Aux. Yawl	11	34	1958	Not built ?
13			Stanley Dunton	Aux. Yawl	11	34	1960	Not built ?
	276795	Columbia	Paul Shields	Sloop (12-meter)		55	1958	Active
	286617	Wilda III	Herbert Humphreys	Power Boat	92	73	1958	Later Luna V, Cad II, now Pearl

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