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Southern Shipbuilding, Slidell LA

(formerly Canulette Shipbuilding)

Most recent update: June 6, 2011.

The shipyard in Slidell was originally established by Fritz Salmen in the 1880s: it became Slidell Shipbuilding in 1914, Louisiana Shipbuilding in 1916, and Canulette Shipbuilding in 1919.  It was sold in 1954 and renamed J. & S. Shipbuilding, then sold again in 1957 and renamed Southern Shipbuilding.  Southern Shipbuilding closed in 1993 and the facility has been razed.  See the site from the air on Google here.

Hull # Original Name Original Owner Ship Type MC or Navy Type # GT or Disp. (d) Feet  Delivery Disposition
Built by Slidell Shipbuilding            
  S. L. Elam         272   1913  
  Baltic 1/Flush Bulk Oil Transport Cargo Ship     1,474 228 1917 Wrecked 1919
  Baltic 2/Flirt Bulk Oil Transport Cargo Ship     1,474 228 1917 Burnt 1919
  Baltic 3/Ferm D/S A/S Bing Cargo Ship     1,579 247 1918 Wrecked 1921
  Baltic 4/Fulvia Newfoundland SB Cargo Ship     1,579 247 1918 Foundered 1920
  Maple C. L. Dimon Cargo Ship     1,098 172 1919 Scrapped 1931
Built by Louisiana Shipbuilding            
  Buckhannon   Cargo Ship     2,469   1919  
  Campello   Cargo Ship     2,469   1919  
Built by Canulette Shipbuilding            
  Salvation         359   1923  
  Not known Capt. George Prince Ferry     244   1923 Later Ollie K. Wilds. Laid up 1983
  St. Tammany         103   1924  
  V. J. Kurzweg         250   1925  
  Hiway         147   1926  
  Geo. A. Bisso         160   1927  
  American         326   1930  
  Jennie Barbour LA TX Waterways Tug      130 100 1932  
  Noydena   Tug      122  99 1932 Active 
  Kaitlyn Mai   Fishing     31 53 1933  
  Rowen Card Card Towing Tug     263 105 1936 To USN 1940 as Tamaha (YN 44), later YNT 12, sold 1947 as A. J. McAllister. Scuttled 2003
  Huck Finn Inland Waterways Corp. Towboat         1939 Burnt and sank 1980: photo here
  A. D. Canulette Canulette Shipbuilding Tug     129   1939 To USN 1940 as Katlian (YN 48), later YNT 16, sold private 1948, later Captain Rudy, A. D. Canulette and Ethel McDermott
1 Port Allen U.S. Mar Comm Tug V2-ME-A1 438 237d 100 Mar-43 To US Navy 1942 as YT/YTB 723, to MARAD 1945, sold 1945 as Port Allen, later Ed Colle, scrapped
2 Port Barre U.S. Mar Comm Tug V2-ME-A1 439 237d 100 Mar-43 Sold 1946 as Standard No. 2, scrapped
3 Port Hudson U.S. Mar Comm Tug V2-ME-A1 440 237d 100 Apr-43 (intended YTB 724 Wabaquasset). Sold 1946 as Port Hudson, active
4 Port Vincent U.S. Mar Comm Tug V2-ME-A1 441 237d 100 May-43 Sold 1946 as Standard No. 3, later Port Vincent 1993, Thunderbird 1996, scrapped
  Crescent State of Louisiana? Ferry     477 142 1943 Now Thomas Jefferson.
  Palo Blanco U.S. Navy Net Tender AN 64 1100d 194 25-Sep-44 (intended YN 85)  Reclassified ATA 214 1944, Sold 1947 as Radnik. Lost 1953.
  Palo Verde U.S. Navy Net Tender AN 65 1100d 194 17-Dec-44 (intended YN 86)  Reclassified ATA 215 1944,, later The Port of Beaumont.Sold 1949
  Shellbark U.S. Navy Net Tender AN 67 1100d 194 12-Apr-44 (intended YN 91)  To China 1946
  Silverleaf U.S. Navy Net Tender AN 68 1100d 194 26-May-44 (intended YN 92)  Scrapped 1947
  Stagbush U.S. Navy Net Tender AN 69 1100d 194 30-Aug-44 (intended YN 93)  Sold 1947, burned 1954
  Allthorn U.S. Navy Net Tender AN 70 1100d 194 30-Oct-44 (intended YN 94)  Reclassified ATA 216 1944, Sold 1948 as Kara Gay, later El Sol.
  Tesota U.S. Navy Net Tender AN 71 1100d 194 16-Jan-45 (intended YN 95)  Reclassified ATA 217 1944, Sold 1947 as Del Mar. Burnt 1949.
  Yaupon U.S. Navy Net Tender AN 72 1100d 194 10-Mar-45 (intended YN 96)  Reclassified ATA 218 1944, decommissioned 1945, scrapped 1947
  [one of above]         853g 168 1944 Sold as Kuo Foo. Existence in doubt
Built by Southern Shipbuilding            
  Diamond Dredge No. 6 Diamond Services Supply Boat     341 130 1957 Active.
  Ajax Bisso Towing Deck Barge     679 121 1957 Active
  Iberville Louisiana DoT Ferry     223 97 1958 Active.
    U.S. Navy Landing Craft LCU 1620 172d 134 1959 Now YFU 92
    U.S. Navy Landing Craft LCU 1621 172d 134 1959 Later ASDV 1. Sold 2006, now Tilloo.
    U.S. Navy Landing Craft LCU 1622 172d 134 1959 Later YFU 99, scrapped 1977
16 Hollywood 1301 Kirby Inland Marine Tank Barge     677 140 1959 Active.
18 Assistant Proteus Corp. Pilot Boat     26 46 1959 Now Cape Lookout.
  CBC 132 Canal Barge Co. Tank Barge     810 123 1959 Active.
  Star Shamrock   Tank Barge     1,040 210 1959 Now Naocl.
29 Esso Pelham Esso Shipping Tug     175 80 1960 Later Exxon Pelham, MPT Pelham, now Tucana
30 Bobcat Thomas Pet.  Transit Towboat     14 33 1959 Later Newter, now H. C. Landing
    U.S. Navy Barge YRBM 7 236 112 15-Jul-61 Sold 1997
34 Pontiac  U.S. Navy Yard Tug YTB 756 356d 102 11-Jan-61 Sold 2000, now Kaleen McAllister
35 Oshkosh U.S. Navy Yard Tug YTB 757 356d 102 20-Jan-61 Sold 1999, now Oshkosh
36 Paducah U.S. Navy Yard Tug YTB 758 356d 102 24-Feb-61 Sold 2001, now Patricia Ann 
37 Bogalusa U.S. Navy Yard Tug YTB 759 356d 102 24-Feb-61 To MARAD 1996, active
38 Natick U.S. Navy Yard Tug YTB 760 356d 102 30-Jun-61 Built by Jakobson?, sold 2005
39 Ottumwa U.S. Navy Yard Tug YTB 761 356d 102 9-Oct-61 Built by Jakobson?, sold 2004. now Holly Ann
40 Tuscumbia  U.S. Navy Yard Tug YTB 762 356d 102 14-Nov-61 To MARAD 1995, active
41 Muskegon U.S. Navy Yard Tug YTB 763 356d 102 19-Apr-63 Active
42 Mishawaka U.S. Navy Yard Tug YTB 764 356d 102 19-Apr-63 Sold 2002, now Alois.
43 Okmulgee U.S. Navy Yard Tug YTB 765 356d 102 25-Jul-63 Sold 2006, now Steven McAllister
44 Wapakoneta  U.S. Navy Yard Tug YTB 766 356d 102 25-Jul-63 Sold 2001, now Hercules
45                  
46 Albatross IV  N.O.A.A. Research R 342 1,089d 187 15-May-63 Laid up 2008.
47 Lehigh No. 1 Lehigh Portland Cement Cement Barge     1,775 270 Nov-61 Active.
48 Pitcairn Capital Towing Tug     154 66 1962 Later Shellen R, now Bonnie Pertsch
49? Leonidas Polk Canal Barge Co. Towboat     481 135 1961 Later Big D, now Accu II
50? Ned Merrick Canal Barge Co. Towboat     481 135 1961 Active.
  DT-1 Central Oil Tank Barge     1,131 174 1962 Later CENCO 11
57 Margaret Moran Moran Towing Tug     289 136 Sep-63 Later Gale B., now Guardian
58 Betty Moran Moran Towing Tug     194 136 Nov-63 Later Albert J, Ocean Gulf, Polar Viking, now John Brix
61 Ipac No. 2 Iran Pan American Tug & Barge Tug     196 98 1964 Now Maryam.
  Clarke Berry Langenfelder & Son Tug     196 81 1964 Now Sharps Island.
    U.S. Navy Landing Craft LCU 1625 172d 134 1964 Now YFU 93. Sold 1979?, as YFU 93
    U.S. Navy Landing Craft LCU 1626 172d 134 1964 Active
69 Manta G. & H. Towing Tug     299 109 1965 Now Baton Rouge.
70 Hugh Rodman  Coastal Tug & Barge Tug     304 88 1966 Later Cristobal I, Coastal Savaneta, Alpha Bravo, now Cecilia S.
71 Gulf King   Tug     190 121 1967 Later Howard H, now Tamayo.
72 Gulf Explorer   Tug     190 121 1967 Later Patrice McAllister, Columbia,  Patrice McAllister. Lost 2009
73 Harry Russeau   Tug     219 108 1967 Later Balboa, VB Balboa. Scrapped 2004
74   U.S. Navy Landing Craft LCU 1629 190d 120 1968 Active
75   U.S. Navy Landing Craft LCU 1630 190d 120 1968 Active
76 Trinidad II Panama Canal Commission Tug     310   1968 Active.
77 Schley Panama Canal Commission Tug     310   1968 Active.
78 Walton   Tug     181 89 Oct-68 Now Jason Reinauer.
79 Natchitoches U.S. Navy Yard Tug YTB 799 356d  107 22-May-69 To Corps of Engineers 1995 as D L Billmaier.
80 Eufaula U.S. Navy Yard Tug YTB 800 356d 107 3-Jul-69 To NDRF 1992
81 Palatka U.S. Navy Yard Tug YTB 801 356d 107 25-Nov-69 Now Maverick
82 Cheraw U.S. Navy Yard Tug YTB 802 356d  107 29-Jan-70 To US Army Corps of Engineers 1996 as Cheraw, active
83 Gatco Florida Gatco Tug     190 107 Jul-69 Later Mobile Pride, now Ernest Campbell
84                  
85 Chippy T.   Tug     189 136 Feb-70 Later Elizabet Adams, now La Marie
86 Billy B.   Tug     193 106 Apr-70 Later Elizabeth Turecamo, Bay Titan, Fournier Boys, now Crosby Power
87 Rusty B.   Tug     193 106 Jun-70 Later Roderick McAllister, now American Eagle
88 Robert Alario Nolty J Theriot Tug     189 141 Aug-70 Later Morania No.6, Now Penn No. 6.
89 Chester Harding Panama Canal Commission Tug     277 92 1970 Active.
90 McHaffey Panama Canal Commission Tug     277 92 1970 Active.
91 Martha R. Ingram Ingram Ocean Systems Tug     989 144 1971 Later Discovery. Scrapped 1996
92 Morrow Panama Canal Commission Tug     277 92 1970 Active.
93 Quality Surinam Aluminium Towboat     337 85 1972 Now Kite
94 Carole G. Ingram Ingram Ocean Systems Tug     193 129 Mar-72 Later Constitution,, now OSG Constitution
95 Cabot   Tug     181 89 Mar-72 Now Harold A. Reinauer II.
96 Daley   Tug     181 89 Apr-72 Now Vincent D. Tibbetts, Jr..
97                  
98 Agria   Tug     953 125 1972 Now B. T. Frederick
99                  
100 Acadian Freedom Kemar Shipping  Supply Boat     199 180 1973 Active.
101 Acadian Victory Kemar Shipping  Supply Boat     487 208 Apr-73 Later Alaskan Victory, now C-Truc No. 4
102 Melvin E. Lemmirhirt Great Lakes Dredge Tug     173 117 Jun-73 Active.
103 Defender   Supply Boat     199 180 1974 Now fishing vessel Defender
104 Volunteer   Supply Boat     199 180 Mar-74 Later fishing Prosperity, Alaska Destiny, now Global Explorer
105 Mobil 2 Mobil Shipping Tug     191 101 Oct-73 Later Tahchee, S/R Albany, now Baltic Sea
106 Acadian Defender Kemar Shipping  Supply Boat     199 197 Jul-74 Later Hawaiian Victory, now C-Truc No. 5
107 Acadian Valor Kemar Shipping  Supply Boat     199 180 Oct-74 Later Jaramac 67, now Cashat Tide
108 Acadian Patriot Kemar Shipping Supply Boat     199 180 Oct-74 Active.
109 Acadian Liberty Kemar Shipping  Supply Boat     199 180 Jun-75 Later Recovery VII, now Old de Mar
110 Jaramac 46 J. Ray McDermott  Supply Boat     199 157 Sep-75 Later Pete Tide III, now Nashwan
111 Jaramac 49 J. Ray McDermott  Supply Boat     199 160 1975 Lost 1982
112 Valerie F. Intercoastal Bulk Carriers ITB Tug     1,597 151 Jan-77 Later Calrice Transport, Zorra, burnt 1999
113 Anthony P. St. Philip St. Philip Towing Tug     174 136 Jul-75 Now Debbie Rankin.
114 Alice St. Philip St. Philip Towing Tug     180 136 Mar-76 Later Linda Taggart, Frances S, now Lisa W.
115                  
116                  
117 Manhattan Island Ballast Nedam Dredging Dredge     2,748 266 30-Jun-77 Active.
118                  
119 Sugar Island Ballast Nedam Dredging Dredge     2,820 270 4-Jun-79 Active.
120 Dodge Island Ballast Nedam Dredging Dredge     2,820 270 23-Aug-80 Active.
121                  
122 Padre Island Ballast Nedam Dredging Dredge     2,820 267 2-Sep-81 Active.
123                  
124                  
125 Southern No. 8 Madcon Corp. Unclassified     68 50 20-Sep-82 Now Lisa S
126 Northerly Island Ballast Nedam Dredging Dredge     1,786 194 11-Jan-84 Active.
127                  
128 Free State Great Lakes Dredge Unclassified     37 41 11-Jul-85 Active.
129 Arthur F. Zeman, Jr. Great Lakes Dredge Tug     137 77 9-Jan-85 Now Megan McAllister.
130 Chicago Great Lakes Dredge Dredge     1,516 232 23-Dec-86 Active.
Fishing Vessels, not included above              
  Jet Star   Fishing Vessel     127 70 1966 Now Ruf-n-Redy.
  Defiance Mamacita, Inc. Fishing Vessel     129 71 1967 Active.
  Mildred Antoni Huynh Fishing Vessel     146 78 1968 Now Fisher I.
  Danielle Elizabeth Bay Head, Inc. Fishing Vessel     146 78 1969 Now Miss Edith
  Lone Star Charles A. Burrece Fishing Vessel     146 78 1969 Active.
16 Capt Nene Capitan Nene Corp. Fishing Vessel     130 72 1969 Active?
17 Teresa Xilitla, Inc. Fishing Vessel     130 72 1970 Later Jesus G, now Salvador R