Neafie and Levy Ship and Engine Building Company

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Neafie & Levy was one of numerous shipyards that made the Philadelphia area a major iron and steel shipbuilding center from the late 19th through the mid-20th century. Founded in 1844 by Thomas Reaney, Jacob Neafie and William Smith, John Levy replaced Smith after his death in 1845. Reaney left in 1859 to start his own shipyard in Chester and from then on it was Neafie & Levy. Hundreds of ships were built by this yard, including the first US destroyer, USS Bainbridge (DD-1).

Neafie & Levy closed in 1907. The site of the shipyard in the Kensington section of Philadelphia is now occupied by a Philadelphia Electric power plant.