Biddeford History & Heritage Project

Following the war a handful of builders produced few ships in Biddeford, and there seemed to be only one major shipbuilder remaining on the Saco side of the river after this time as well. After this Biddeford would build one last big ship.
During the First World War, with its great demand for emergency tonnage, a four-masted schooner was built as a speculative enterprise on the site of the old Perkins yard at Biddeford.