Small Shipbuilders and Boatbuilders

Small Shipbuilders and Boatbuilders

These companies generally operate (or used to operate) relatively small shipyards, capable of building the simpler types of smaller commercial vessels, such as tugs, towboats, offshore service vessels, fishing vessels, ferries and barges. In addition to the 306 listed here, there are about 100 more that have built at least one but not more than ten boats in the past ten years. If any of these yards show staying power, individual tables will be created for them

Company	Location	State	Most Recent Update
GROUP 1: Active YARDS WITH SIGNIFICANT CONSTRUCTION RECORDS (24)
Group 1 includes those boatbuilders which have been in business for a long time, which have built large numbers of vessels and which are active competitors in the new construction market today.
Blount Boats	Warren	RI	Apr-13
Breaux Bros. Enterprises	Loreauville	LA	Mar-13
Breaux's Bay Craft	Loreauville	LA	Dec-12
Brownsville Marine Products (formerly Hillman Barge)	Brownsville	PA	Jul-12
Conrad Industries	Morgan City	LA	Dec-12
Dakota Creek Industries	Anacortes	WA	Feb-12
Eastern Shipbuilding	Panama City	FL	Mar-13
Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding	Somerset	MA	Jan-13
Gulf Craft	Patterson	LA	Nov-12
Gunderson Marine	Portland	OR	May-12
JeffBoat - Vessels	Jeffersonville	IN	Jun-12
JeffBoat - Barges Pre-1989	Jeffersonville	IN	na
JeffBoat - Barges 1989-1997	Jeffersonville	IN	May-10
JeffBoat - Barges 1998-2004	Jeffersonville	IN	May-10
JeffBoat - Barges Post-2005	Jeffersonville	IN	Jul-12
Leevac Shipyards (formerly Zigler SY)	Jennings	LA	Mar-13
Main Iron Works	Houma	LA	Dec-12
Marine Builders	Utica	IN	Dec-12
Master Boat Builders	Coden	AL	Mar-13
Nichols Bros. Boatbuilders (dba Ice Floe Inc.)	Freeland	WA	Mar-13
Orange Shipbuilding	Orange	TX	Dec-12
Quality Shipyards	Houma	LA	Dec-12
Raymond & Associates (formerly La Force SY)	Bayou La Batre	AL	Mar-13
Swiftships (formerly Sewart Seacraft)	Morgan City	LA	Jun-12
Trinity Ashland City (formerly Nashville Bridge Co.)	Ashland City	TN	Jul-12
Trinity Caruthersville (formerly Caruthersville SY)	Caruthersville	MO	Jul-12
Trinity Madisonville (formerly Equitable Equipment)	Madisonville	LA	Jul-12
Trinity Port Allen (formerly Port Allen Marine Service)	Port Allen	LA	Jul-12
Washburn & Doughty	East Boothbay	ME	Dec-12
GROUP 2: Other Active YARDS (59)
Group 2 includes those boatbuilders which are smaller than the ones in Group 1 or which have a shorter track record, but which are active competitors in the new construction market today.
Atlantic Coast (5)
Chesapeake Shipbuilding	Salisbury	MD	May-12
Custom Steel Boats	Merritt	NC	Dec-12
Scarano Boat Building	Albany	NY	Aug-12
SENESCO	North Kingstown	RI	Dec-12
St. John's Shipbuilding (formerly Offshore SB)	Palatka	FL	May-12
Gulf Coast (40)
A & B Industries	Morgan City	LA	Mar-13
John Bludworth Shipyard	Corpus Christi	TX	Mar-13
Bordelon Marine Shipbuilders (formerly Mariner SY)	Houma	LA	Mar-13
C. & C. Boat Works	Belle Chasse	LA	Jul-12
C. & C. Marine and Repair	Belle Chasse	LA	Aug-12
C. & G. Boat Works	Bayou La Batre	AL	Mar-13
C. & G. Boat Works	Mobile	AL	Mar-13
Candies Shipbuilders (formerly Houma Fab.)	Houma	LA	Feb-13
Corinthian Catamarans	Tarpon Springs	FL	Jul-12
Duckworth Steel Boats	Tarpon Springs	FL	Dec-12
Geo Shipyard	New Iberia	LA	Mar-13
Gold Coast Yachts	St. Croix	VI	May-12
Gulf Island Marine Fabrication	Houma	LA	Mar-13
Halimar Shipyard	Morgan City	LA	Aug-12
Hope Services	Dulac	LA	May-12
Horizon Shipbuilding	Bayou La Batre	AL	May-13
Inland Boat Works (IBW)	Bridge City	TX	Aug-12
Intracoastal Iron Works (including Leboeuf Bros. Towing and Bourg DD)	Bourg	LA	Aug-12
T. M. Jemison, Inc.	Bayou La Batre	AL	Mar-12
Midship Marine	Harvey	LA	Dec-12
Neuville Boat Works	New Iberia	LA	Apr-12
Patti Shipyard	Pensacola	FL	Mar-13
Progressive Industrial	Palmetto	FL	Aug-12
RiverHawk Fast Sea Frames	Tampa	FL	Aug-12
Rodriguez Boatbuilders	Bayou La Batre	AL	Aug-12
Rodriguez Boatbuilders	Coden	AL	Aug-12
Sisco Marine (formerly Marine Inland Fab. and St. Paul Nav.)	Panama City	FL	Mar-13
Sneed Shipbuilding	Houston	TX	Aug-12
Sneed Shipbuilding	Orange	TX	Aug-12
Southwest Shipyard	Galveston	TX	Aug-12
Southwest Shipyard	Houston	TX	Aug-12
Steiner Shipyard	Bayou La Batre	AL	Dec-12
Textron Marine Systems	New Orleans	LA	Apr-13
Thoma-Sea Marine	Houma	LA	Dec-12
Thoma-Sea Marine (formerly Halter Lockport)	Lockport	LA	Dec-12
TY Offshore	Gulfport	MS	Dec-12
United States Marine	Gulfport	MS	Aug-10
Verret Shipyard	Plaquemine	LA	Mar-13
West Gulf Marine (formerly Kelso Marine and Galveston SB)	Galveston	TX	Jul-12
Inland and Great Lakes (7)
Corn Island Shipyard	Lamar	IN	May-12
Eagle Fabrication	Sauget	IL	Mar-12
Great Lakes Towing	Cleveland	OH	May-12
JamesBuilt	Paducah	KY	Dec-12
MetalCraft Marine USA	Clayton	NY	Mar-12
New South Marine Builders	Greenville	MS	Dec-12
Nichols Boat Company	Greenville	MS	Apr-12
Pacific Coast (12)
All American Marine	Bellingham	WA	Mar-13
Edwing Boat	Chinook	WA	Jan-12
Foss Shipyard	Rainier	OR	Jun-12
Kvichak Marine	Seattle	WA	Mar-13
Martinac Shipbuilding	Tacoma	WA	Dec-12
Moe Enterprises, Howard (formerly Little Hoquiam SY)	Hoquiam	WA	May-12
Penn Cove Shellfish/Everest Marine	Coupeville	WA	Jan-13
Rozema Boat Works	Mount Vernon	WA	Mar-13
Vigor Industrial (formerly Alaska Ship & Drydock)	Ketchikan	AK	Jan-12
Vigor Industrial (formerly US Barge)	Portland	OR	May-12
Fred Wahl Marine Construction	Reedsport	OR	May-13
Zidell Marine	Portland	OR	Dec-12
GROUP 3: INACTIVE YardS (223)
Group 3 includes those other boatbuilders which have a history worth recording. Some of these may still be operational as repair yards or fabricators and may occasional build a boat, but they are not active competitors in the new construction market.
Atlantic Coast (61)
American Car & Foundry (formerly Jackson & Sharp)	Wilmington	DE	Jul-10
American Electric Welding	Baltimore	MD	Sep-12
American Electric Welding	Savannah	GA	Sep-12
Atlantic & Gulf Boat Building	Port Everglades	FL	Nov-10
Barbour Boat Works	New Bern	NC	Sep-11
Bellinger Shipyards	Jacksonville	FL	Sep-12
A. C. Brown & Son	Tottenville	NY	May-11
Ira S. Bushey & Sons	Brooklyn	NY	Apr-11
Cambridge Shipbuilders	Cambridge	MD	Jan-11
Canal Boats	Fort Lauderdale	FL	Jun-10
Charleston Shipbuilding (formerly the Pregnall SY)	Charleston	SC	Nov-12
Colonna's Shipyard	Norfolk	VA	Jan-11
Davis & Sons, M. M. (later Cruis-Along Boats)	Solomons	MD	Feb-11
Derecktor Shipyards	Bridgeport	CT	Nov-11
Derecktor Shipyards	Middletown	RI	Sep-12
Diesel Engine Sales Co (DESCO) - Hulls 1-800	St. Augustine	FL	Jul-09
Diesel Engine Sales Co (DESCO) - Hulls 801-1600	St. Augustine	FL	Aug-09
Diesel Engine Sales Co (DESCO) - Hulls 1601 on	St. Augustine	FL	Jun-11
Diesel Engine Sales Co (DESCO) - FRP Hulls	St. Augustine	FL	Jul-10
Diamond Manufacturing	Savannah	GA	Dec-09
Diesel Shipbuilding	Jacksonville	FL	May-10
General Ship	East Boston	MA	May-09
Georgia Shipbuilding (formerly McDonell Boats)	Savannah	GA	Sep-10
Gibbs Gas Engine Works (later Jacksonville SY)	Jacksonville	FL	Sep-12
Greenport Basin	Greenport	NY	Sep-12
Hiltebrant Dry Dock	Kingston	NY	Jun-12
Hodgdon, G. I.	East Boothbay	ME	Aug-11
Hodgdon, Norman H.	East Boothbay	ME	Aug-11
Humphreys Railways (formerly Rappahannock MR)	Weems	VA	Jan-11
Island Dock (formerly Kingston DD)	Kingston	NY	Jun-12
Jakobson Shipyard	Oyster Bay	NY	Oct-11
JK Welding	Brooklyn	NY	Nov-11
JK Welding	Yonkers	NY	Nov-11
Keith Marine (formerly Palatka SB)	Palatka	FL	Jun-11
Lantana Boatyard	Lantana	FL	Mar-12
T. S. Marvel & Company	Newburgh	NY	Nov-09
John H. Mathis Co. (later Camden SR)	Camden	NJ	Jan-12
Matton Shipyard	Cohoes	NY	Oct-11
Metal Trades	Hollywood	SC	Sep-12
Mobro Marine	Green Cove Springs	FL	Sep-11
New Bern Shipbuilding	New Bern	NC	Jul-08
Norfolk Shipbuilding (Norshipco) (now BAE Norfolk)	Norfolk	VA	Sep-08
Osborn Boat Works	Croton-on-Hudson	NY	Apr-12
Osborn Boat Works (also Osborn & Driscoll)	Peekskill	NY	Apr-12
Robert Palmer & Son (later Groton IW and Noank SB)	Noank	CT	Sep-10
Julius Petersen Inc. (formerly Van Houten BY)	Upper Nyack	NY	Jun-12
Reid & Sons	Winthrop	MA	Jan-11
RTC Shipbuilding	Camden	NJ	Nov-11
Sample, Frank L. (later Boothbay Harbor SY)	Boothbay Harbor	MR	Dec-08
Savannah Machine & Foundry (later Intermarine USA)	Savannah	GA	Jan-11
Shelburne Shipyard (also Donovan Contracting)	Shelburne	VT	Nov-10
Snow Shipyards	Rockland	ME	Jun-12
Southern Shipyard	Newport News	VA	Jan-13
Spedden Shipbuilding (later Chesapeake MR)	Baltimore	MD	Jun-11
St. Augustine Trawlers	St. Augustine	FL	Dec-09
Stowman Shipyard (now Dorchester SB)	Dorchester	NJ	Dec-12
Susquehanna Santee Boat Works	Willow Spring	PA	Oct-11
Todd Shipyards	Brooklyn	NY	Sep-10
Vinyard Shipbuilding (later Delaware Marine)	Milford	DE	Jul-11
Wheeler Shipbuilding	Brooklyn	NY	Apr-11
Wiley Manufacturing	Port Deposit	MD	Aug-12
Yank Marine	Tuckahoe	NJ	Oct-11
Gulf Coast (94)
Alexander, L. F. (later American Marine and Halter Gulf Repair)	New Orleans	LA	Nov-12
Allied Shipyard	Larose	LA	Apr-08
B. & B. Boat Builders	Bayou La Batre	AL	Oct-11
Balehi Marine	Lacombe	LA	Mar-11
Beoufway Contractors	Houma	LA	Mar-11
Bishop Shipbuilding	Port Aransas	TX	Jun-11
Blue Streak Industries	Chalmette	LA	Feb-09
Boconco	Bayou La Batre	AL	Apr-11
Bonner Boats	Wetumpka	AL	May-12
Burton Shipyard	Port Arthur	TX	Jun-11
Calmes Engineering	New Orleans	LA	Nov-11
Cenac Towing Company	Houma	LA	Sep-12
Champion Shipyards	Pass Christian	MS	Sep-12
Covacevich Shipyard	Biloxi	MS	Aug-10
Crown Point Industries	Crown Point	LA	Feb-09
Crumpler's Shipbuilding	Orange	TX	Sep-10
Deep Sea Boat Building	Bayou La Batre	AL	Aug-10
Douglas Marine Services	Franklin	LA	Mar-09
Elevating Boats	Lafitte	LA	Feb-09
Equitable Equipment (now Trinity Madisonville)	Madisonville	LA	Apr-13
Eymard & Sons Shipyard	Harvey	LA	Sep-12
Freeport Shipbuilding	Freeport	FL	Nov-09
G. & S. Marine (formerly Lockport Fabrication and R. & S. Fabrication)	Lockport	LA	Sep-12
Garber Bros.	Berwick	LA	Nov-12
Graham Boats	Pascagoula	MS	Jun-09
Gretna Machine & Iron Works (later Halter Gretna and Bollinger Gretna)	Harvey	LA	Apr-13
Gulf Coast Marine Builders	Bayou La Batre	AL	Apr-09
Gulf Marine Ways	Galveston	TX	Jun-12
Gulf States R. & D.	Tarpon Springs	FL	Apr-11
Halter Aluminum Boats (formerly Camcraft)	Crown Point	LA	Apr-13
Halter Calumet	Calumet	LA	Apr-13
Halter Chalmette	Chalmette	LA	Apr-13
Halter Equitable (formerly Higgins Industries and Equitable SY)	New Orleans	LA	Apr-13
Halter Gulfport (now Trinity Yachts and TY Offshore)	Gulfport	MS	Apr-13
Halter Lockport (now Thoma-Sea Shipbuilders)	Lockport	LA	Apr-13
Halter Moss Point (now VTHM Moss Point)	Moss Point	MS	Apr-13
Halter Moss Point Marine (now VTHM Escatawpa)	Escatawpa	MS	Apr-13
Halter New Orleans	New Orleans	LA	Apr-13
Halter Pascagoula (now VTHM Pascagoula)	Pascagoula	MS	Apr-13
Halter Pearlington	Pearlington	MS	Apr-13
Halter Pierre Part	Pierre Part	LA	Apr-13
Halter Port Bienville (formerly Gulf Coast Fabrication)	Pearlington	MS	Apr-13
Higgins Industries (later Equitable Shipyards and Halter Equitable)	New Orleans	LA	Oct-10
Horton Boats	Bayou La Batre	AL	Sep-10
Houma Shipbuilding	Houma	LA	Apr-11
Hudson Shipbuilders	Pascagoula	MS	Dec-12
Island Boats	Jeanerette	LA	Apr-09
J & J Marine	Bayou La Batre	AL	Mar-09
J-Built	Bayou La Batre	AL	May-12
Johnson Iron Works	New Orleans	LA	Sep-10
Johnson Shipbuilding & Repair	Bayou La Batre	AL	Aug-08
Kane Shipbuilding	Galveston	TX	Dec-09
Kody Marine	Harvey	LA	Jun-08
Landry Boat Works	Bayou La Batre	AL	Mar-09
Mangone Shipbuilding (formerly Anchor BW)	Houston	TX	Feb-13
Marine Builders	Mobile	AL	Aug-11
Marine Mart	Port Isabel	TX	Jun-08
Marine Partners	Bell City	LA	Mar-09
Master Marine	Bayou La Batre	AL	Jan-13
McDermott Shipbuilding (now Bollinger Marine Fabricators)	Amelia	LA	Aug-09
McDermott Shipbuilding	New Iberia	LA	Feb-13
Misener Marine Construction	Tampa	FL	Sep-08
Mobile Ship Repair	Mobile	AL	Apr-11
Modern Marine Power	Houma	LA	Jun-10
Ocean Marine (formerly Quality Marine)	Bayou La Batre	AL	Apr-11
Offshore Trawlers	Bayou La Batre	AL	Dec-12
Omega Protein	Moss Point	MS	Oct-11
Omni Fabricators/Valley Shipbuilding	Corpus Christi	TX	Sep-11
Omni Fabricators/Valley Shipbuilding	Brownsville	TX	Sep-11
Ortis Boat Co. and related companies	Krotz Springs	LA	Sep-12
Parker Bros.	Houston	TX	Jun-12
Platzer Shipyard	Houston	TX	Apr-13
Port Houston Iron Works (later Port Houston Shipyards)	Houston	TX	Oct-11
Portier Shipyard	Chauvin	LA	Mar-11
Progressive Shipbuilders & Fabricators	Houma	LA	Oct-12
Queen Craft	Panama City	FL	Jan-10
Rayco	Bourg	LA	Aug-08
Rysco	Rockport	TX	Jun-11
Rysco	Blountstown	FL	Jun-11
S & R Boat Builders	Bayou La Batre	AL	Jun-08
SBA Shipyard	Jennings	LA	Jun-08
Scully Bros. Boat Builders	Morgan City	LA	Sep-11
Scully Bros. Boat Builders	Stephensville	LA	Sep-11
SEMCO	Lafitte	LA	Oct-11
Service Marine Industries (now Bollinger Amelia)	Amelia	LA	Oct-11
Signet Shipbuilding	Pascagoula	MS	Mar-12
St. Charles Steel Works	Thibodeaux	LA	Apr-09
Sun Contractors	Harvey	LA	Oct-10
Tampa Marine	Tampa	FL	Jun-11
Thrift Shipbuilding & Repair	Sulphur	LA	Sep-12
Toche Boatbuilders	Ocean Springs	MS	Sep-12
Universal Iron Works	Houma	LA	Nov-08
Walker Shipyards	Pascagoula	MS	Nov-11
Weaver Shipyard (later Texas DD and TDI Halter)	Orange	TX	Jun-12
Westergard Boat Works	Biloxi	MS	Jun-12
Williams Boat Works	Coden	AL	Aug-08
Williams Fabrication	Coden	AL	Sep-11
Zirlott Boat Yard	Coden	AL	Apr-11
Inland and Great Lakes (30)
Barbour Metal Boat Works	St. Louis	MO	Sep-10
Basic Marine	Escanaba	MI	Jun-10
Big River Shipbuilding	Vicksburg	MS	Jan-11
Brent Towing	Greenville	MS	Aug-12
Calumet Shipyard & Dry Dock (formerly Kraft SY & DD)	Chicago	IL	Apr-10
Dachel-Carter Shipbuilding (later Truscott Boat)	Benton Harbor	MI	Jun-12
Dolomite Products	Rochester	NY	Dec-08
Donjon Shipbuilding (formerly Erie Marine)	Erie	PA	May-12
Dubuque Boat & Boiler Works (formerly Iowa IW)	Dubuque	IA	Jun-12
Grafton Boat Works	Grafton	IL	Oct-10
Greenville Shipbuilding	Greenville	MS	Aug-12
Howard's Shipyard (later JeffBoat)	Jeffersonville	IN	Oct-10
Humboldt Marine Ways	St. Louis	MO	Jun-10
LeMay Barge & Supply	Greenville	MS	Aug-12
Madison Boat & Barge	Madison	IN	Sep-10
Marine Iron & Shipbuilding	Duluth	MN	Jul-11
Marine Welding & Repair	Greenville	MS	Aug-12
Maxon Construction	Tell City	IN	Jul-11
Mississippi Marine	Greenville	MS	Aug-12
Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron	Leavenworth	KS	Jul-11
Nashville Bridge (later Trinity Nashville) - Boats	Nashville	TN	Jul-12
Nashville Bridge (later Trinity Nashville) - Barges	Nashville	TN	Jul-12
J. W. Nolan & Son	Erie	PA	Jun-12
Roamer Boat Company	Holland	MI	Aug-12
Serodino	Guild	TN	May-12
SkipperLiner	La Crosse	WI	Sep-10
St. Louis Ship - Boats (formerly Rohan Boat, Boiler & Tank Co)	St. Louis	MO	Jun-10
St. Louis Ship - Barges (formerly Rohan Boat, Boiler & Tank Co)	St. Louis	MO	Jun-10
SteelShip (later Dravo SteelShip and Hunt's SteelShip)	Pine Bluff	AR	Mar-09
Superior Boat Works	Greenville	MS	Aug-12
Twin City Shipyard	St. Paul	MN	Apr-10
Walker Boatyard	Paducah	KY	Oct-11
Charles Ward Engineering Works	Charleston	WV	Sep-10
Pacific Coast (37)
Allen Marine	Sitka	AK	Oct-11
Astoria Marine (formerly Astoria SB)	Astoria	OR	Jul-11
Ballard Marine Railway (now Pacific Fishermen)	Seattle	WA	Jan-11
Bellingham Marine (formerly Bellingham SY)	Bellingham	WA	Jun-12
Boeing Marine Systems	Renton	WA	Jan-09
Campbell Industries (formerly Campbell Machine)	San Diego	CA	Jul-11
Colberg Boat Works	Stockton	CA	Jul-11
Commercial Iron Works (later Zidell Marine)	Portland	OR	Jun-12
Diversified Marine	Portland	OR	Mar-13
Fulton Shipyard	Antioch	CA	Sep-10
General Engineering & Dry Dock (formerly Barnes & Tibbits)	Alameda	CA	Dec-09
Giddings Boat Works	Charleston	OR	Aug-11
Hansen Boat Company	Marysville	WA	Jun-10
Harbor Boatbuilding	San Pedro	CA	Sep-12
Honolulu Shipyard	Honolulu	HI	Jun-10
Kneass, G. W.	San Francisco	CA	Nov-09
Kruse & Banks Shipbuilding	North Bend	OR	Sep-10
Lake Union Dry Dock	Seattle	WA	Feb-12
Al Larson Boat Shop	San Pedro	CA	Mar-12
Lynch Shipbuilding (later part of NASSCO)	San Diego	CA	May-10
Marco Shipyard	Seattle	WA	Jun-08
Marine Power & Equipment (later United Marine SB)	Tacoma	WA	Aug-08
Martinolich Shipbuilding	Tacoma	WA	Jul-11
Mid-Coast Marine (formerly Nelson Log Bronc Co)	Coos Bay	OR	Jan-13
Nichols Boatworks	Hood River	OR	Jun-10
Pacific Boatbuilding	Tacoma	WA	Sep-12
Pacific Coast Engineering (PACECO)	Alameda	CA	May-10
San Diego Marine (later Southwest Marine, now BAE San Diego)	San Diego	CA	Jun-12
Seattle Shipbuilding	Seattle	WA	Sep-12
Stone & Sons, William F. (known as the Stone Boat Yard)	S.F., Tiburon, Oakland, Alameda	CA	Jan-13
Sundial Marine Construction	Troutdale	OR	Jul-11
Treutle Marine Ways	Seattle	WA	Dec-12
Van Peer Boat Works	Fort Bragg	CA	Sep-11
Western Boatbuilding	Tacoma	WA	Jun-12
Western Towboat	Seattle	WA	Aug-12
Willamette Iron & Steel	Portland	OR	Jun-12
Winslow Marine Railway (formerly Hall Bros. MR)	Winslow	WA	Jul-11