May Ship Repair
Address:
3075 Richmond Terrace
Kill Von Kull
Staten Island
(718) 442-9700
Category: Shipyards & Industrial Sites
Current use: Active ship repair yard
Historic use:
- Burlee Dry Dock Co. [1885-1907]
- Staten Island Shipbuilding [1907-1929]
- United Drydocks Co. [1929-1938]
- Bethlehem Steel [1938-1960]
Description: The shipyard began as Burlee, a builder of wooden vessels, and merged with Port Richmond Ironworks. A foundry was added in 1916 for the construction of steel ships. United Shipyard built the Gibbs & Cox designed Mahan-class destroyers, Mahan and Cummings(1935) and the modified Dunlap-class, Dunap and Fanning (1936) for the U.S. Navy. As Bethlehem Steel built destroyers, landing craft, cargo vessels and tugs. Between 1950-51, the Merrell Class Staten Island Ferry was constructed here. The yard is stilled for ship repair.
