The Greenport Basin and Construction Company, known by various names throughout its history, but most recently named the Greenport Yacht & Shipbuilding Company, is a shipbuilder in Greenport, Suffolk County, New York. It was established in the 19th century by brothers Pliny C. Brigham and Theodore W. Brigham.Kenneth J. Blume, Historical Dictionary of the U.S. Maritime Industry, p. 203, 2011."Greenport Basin, Greenport NY ," Shipbuildinghistory.com. One local history relates:
The company built dozens of ships for the United States Navy during World War I and World War II, as well as building yachts for private customers. In 1917 the company became involved in a tax case against the United States, in which it protested the assessment of an "excess profits" tax. The case made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, where the company finally lost the decision in 1923.Greenport Basin & Constr. Co. v. United States, 260 U.S. 512 (1923). In 1970, the company was acquired by Stephen Clarke, and thereafter turned its attention from ship construction to ship maintenance and repairs, and historic preservation of ships.
Ships built or converted Notable ships built by the company include:
Ship Type YearUSS Acme (AMc-61) minesweeper 1941USS Adamant (AMc-62) minesweeper 1941USS Advance (AMc-63) minesweeper 1941USS Aggressor (AMc-64) minesweeper 1941USS Alarka (YTB-229) tugboat 1944USS Ardent (SP-680) minesweeper 1902USS Atlantis (SP-40) motorboat 1911USS Avalon (1908) patrol vessel 1908USS Beluga (SP-536) patrol vessel 1911USS Chingachgook (SP-35) motorboat 1916USS Condor (AMS-5) minesweeper 1942USS Fulmar (AMc-46) minesweeper 1941USS Hatak (YTB-219) tugboat 1944USS Iona (YTB-220) tugboat 1944USS Jacamar (AMc-47) tugboat 1941USS Lark (AMS-23) minesweeper 1943USS Limpkin (AMc-48) minesweeper 1941USS Lorikeet (AMc-49) minesweeper 1941USS Patrol No. 10 (SP-85) motorboat 1917USS Perfecto (SP-86) motorboat 1917USS Quest (SP-171) patrol vessel 1916USS Sea Gull (SP-544) yacht 1902USS Uncas (SP-689) motorboat 1917USS Vitesse (SP-1192) patrol vessel 1917USS Vamanosketch1968USS Whippet (SP-89) motorboat 1917
In addition, the USS Patriot (PYc-47), built in 1930 by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company in Bristol, Rhode Island, was converted for Navy service as a submarine chaser by Greenport Basin and Construction Company, in 1940.
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