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
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Location | State | Most Recent Update |
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GROUP 1: Active YARDS WITH SIGNIFICANT CONSTRUCTION RECORDS (24) |
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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. |
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| Warren | RI | Apr-13 | |
| Loreauville | LA | Mar-13 | |
| Loreauville | LA | Dec-12 | |
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Brownsville Marine Products (formerly Hillman Barge) |
Brownsville | PA | Jul-12 |
| Morgan City | LA | Dec-12 | |
| Anacortes | WA | Feb-12 | |
| Panama City | FL | Mar-13 | |
| Somerset | MA | Jan-13 | |
| Patterson | LA | Nov-12 | |
| Portland | OR | May-12 | |
| Jeffersonville | IN | Jun-12 | |
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JeffBoat - Barges Pre-1989 |
Jeffersonville | IN | na |
| Jeffersonville | IN | May-10 | |
| Jeffersonville | IN | May-10 | |
| Jeffersonville | IN | Jul-12 | |
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Leevac Shipyards (formerly Zigler SY) |
Jennings | LA | Mar-13 |
| Houma | LA | Dec-12 | |
| Utica | IN | Dec-12 | |
| Coden | AL | Mar-13 | |
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Nichols Bros. Boatbuilders (dba Ice Floe Inc.) |
Freeland | WA | Mar-13 |
| Orange | TX | Dec-12 | |
| Houma | LA | Dec-12 | |
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Raymond & Associates (formerly La Force SY) |
Bayou La Batre | AL | Mar-13 |
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Swiftships (formerly Sewart Seacraft) |
Morgan City | LA | Jun-12 |
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Trinity Ashland City (formerly Nashville Bridge Co.) |
Ashland City | TN | Jul-12 |
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Trinity Caruthersville (formerly Caruthersville SY) |
Caruthersville | MO | Jul-12 |
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Trinity Madisonville (formerly Equitable Equipment) |
Madisonville | LA | Jul-12 |
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Trinity Port Allen (formerly Port Allen Marine Service) |
Port Allen | LA | Jul-12 |
| East Boothbay | ME | Dec-12 | |
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GROUP 2: Other Active YARDS (59) |
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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. |
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Atlantic Coast (5) |
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| Salisbury | MD | May-12 | |
| Merritt | NC | Dec-12 | |
| Albany | NY | Aug-12 | |
| North Kingstown | RI | Dec-12 | |
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St. John's Shipbuilding (formerly Offshore SB) |
Palatka | FL | May-12 |
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Gulf Coast (40) |
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| Morgan City | LA | Mar-13 | |
| Corpus Christi | TX | Mar-13 | |
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Bordelon Marine Shipbuilders (formerly Mariner SY) |
Houma | LA | Mar-13 |
| Belle Chasse | LA | Jul-12 | |
| Belle Chasse | LA | Aug-12 | |
| Bayou La Batre | AL | Mar-13 | |
| Mobile | AL | ||
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Candies Shipbuilders (formerly Houma Fab.) |
Houma | LA | Feb-13 |
| Tarpon Springs | FL | Jul-12 | |
| Tarpon Springs | FL | Dec-12 | |
| New Iberia | LA | Mar-13 | |
| St. Croix | VI | May-12 | |
| Houma | LA | Mar-13 | |
| Morgan City | LA | Aug-12 | |
| Dulac | LA | May-12 | |
| Bayou La Batre | AL | May-13 | |
| Bridge City | TX | Aug-12 | |
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Intracoastal Iron Works (including Leboeuf Bros. Towing and Bourg DD) |
Bourg | LA | Aug-12 |
| Bayou La Batre | AL | Mar-12 | |
| Harvey | LA | Dec-12 | |
| New Iberia | LA | Apr-12 | |
| Pensacola | FL | Mar-13 | |
| Palmetto | FL | Aug-12 | |
| Tampa | FL | Aug-12 | |
| Bayou La Batre | AL | Aug-12 | |
| Coden | AL | ||
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Sisco Marine (formerly Marine Inland Fab. and St. Paul Nav.) |
Panama City | FL | Mar-13 |
| Houston | TX | Aug-12 | |
| Orange | TX | ||
| Galveston | TX | Aug-12 | |
| Houston | TX | ||
| Bayou La Batre | AL | Dec-12 | |
| New Orleans | LA | Apr-13 | |
| Houma | LA | Dec-12 | |
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Thoma-Sea Marine (formerly Halter Lockport) |
Lockport | LA | |
| Gulfport | MS | Dec-12 | |
| Gulfport | MS | Aug-10 | |
| Plaquemine | LA | Mar-13 | |
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West Gulf Marine (formerly Kelso Marine and Galveston SB) |
Galveston | TX | Jul-12 |
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Inland and Great Lakes (7) |
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| Lamar | IN | May-12 | |
| Sauget | IL | Mar-12 | |
| Cleveland | OH | May-12 | |
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Paducah |
KY | Dec-12 | |
| Clayton | NY | Mar-12 | |
| Greenville | MS | Dec-12 | |
| Greenville | MS | Apr-12 | |
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Pacific Coast (12) |
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| Bellingham | WA | Mar-13 | |
| Chinook | WA | Jan-12 | |
| Rainier | OR | Jun-12 | |
| Seattle | WA | Mar-13 | |
| Tacoma | WA | Dec-12 | |
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Moe Enterprises, Howard (formerly Little Hoquiam SY) |
Hoquiam | WA | May-12 |
| Coupeville | WA | Jan-13 | |
| Mount Vernon | WA | Mar-13 | |
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Vigor Industrial (formerly Alaska Ship & Drydock) |
Ketchikan | AK | Jan-12 |
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Vigor Industrial (formerly US Barge) |
Portland | OR | May-12 |
| Reedsport | OR | May-13 | |
| Portland | OR | Dec-12 | |
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GROUP 3: INACTIVE YardS (223) |
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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. |
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Atlantic Coast (61) |
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American Car & Foundry (formerly Jackson & Sharp) |
Wilmington | DE | Jul-10 |
| Baltimore | MD | Sep-12 | |
| Savannah | GA | ||
| Port Everglades | FL | Nov-10 | |
| New Bern | NC | Sep-11 | |
| Jacksonville | FL | Sep-12 | |
| Tottenville | NY | May-11 | |
| Brooklyn | NY | Apr-11 | |
| Cambridge | MD | Jan-11 | |
| Fort Lauderdale | FL | Jun-10 | |
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Charleston Shipbuilding (formerly the Pregnall SY) |
Charleston | SC | Nov-12 |
| Norfolk | VA | Jan-11 | |
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Davis & Sons, M. M. (later Cruis-Along Boats) |
Solomons | MD | Feb-11 |
| Bridgeport | CT | Nov-11 | |
| Middletown | RI | Sep-12 | |
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Diesel Engine Sales Co (DESCO) - Hulls 1-800 |
St. Augustine | FL | Jul-09 |
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Diesel Engine Sales Co (DESCO) - Hulls 801-1600 |
St. Augustine | FL | Aug-09 |
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Diesel Engine Sales Co (DESCO) - Hulls 1601 on |
St. Augustine | FL | Jun-11 |
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Diesel Engine Sales Co (DESCO) - FRP Hulls |
St. Augustine | FL | Jul-10 |
| Savannah | GA | Dec-09 | |
| Jacksonville | FL | May-10 | |
| East Boston | MA | May-09 | |
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Georgia Shipbuilding (formerly McDonell Boats) |
Savannah | GA | Sep-10 |
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Gibbs Gas Engine Works (later Jacksonville SY) |
Jacksonville | FL | Sep-12 |
| Greenport | NY | Sep-12 | |
| Kingston | NY | Jun-12 | |
| East Boothbay | ME | Aug-11 | |
| East Boothbay | ME | Aug-11 | |
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Humphreys Railways (formerly Rappahannock MR) |
Weems | VA | Jan-11 |
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Island Dock (formerly Kingston DD) |
Kingston | NY | Jun-12 |
| Oyster Bay | NY | Oct-11 | |
| Brooklyn | NY | Nov-11 | |
| Yonkers | NY | ||
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Keith Marine (formerly Palatka SB) |
Palatka | FL | Jun-11 |
| Lantana | FL | Mar-12 | |
| Newburgh | NY | Nov-09 | |
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John H. Mathis Co. (later Camden SR) |
Camden | NJ | Jan-12 |
| Cohoes | NY | Oct-11 | |
| Hollywood | SC | Sep-12 | |
| Green Cove Springs | FL | Sep-11 | |
| New Bern | NC | Jul-08 | |
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Norfolk Shipbuilding (Norshipco) (now BAE Norfolk) |
Norfolk | VA | Sep-08 |
| Croton-on-Hudson | NY | Apr-12 | |
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Osborn Boat Works (also Osborn & Driscoll) |
Peekskill | NY | |
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Robert Palmer & Son (later Groton IW and Noank SB) |
Noank | CT | Sep-10 |
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Julius Petersen Inc. (formerly Van Houten BY) |
Upper Nyack | NY | Jun-12 |
| Winthrop | MA | Jan-11 | |
| Camden | NJ | Nov-11 | |
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Sample, Frank L. (later Boothbay Harbor SY) |
Boothbay Harbor | MR | Dec-08 |
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Savannah Machine & Foundry (later Intermarine USA) |
Savannah | GA | Jan-11 |
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Shelburne Shipyard (also Donovan Contracting) |
Shelburne | VT | Nov-10 |
| Rockland | ME | Jun-12 | |
| Newport News | VA | Jan-13 | |
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Spedden Shipbuilding (later Chesapeake MR) |
Baltimore | MD | Jun-11 |
| St. Augustine | FL | Dec-09 | |
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Stowman Shipyard (now Dorchester SB) |
Dorchester | NJ | Dec-12 |
| Willow Spring | PA | Oct-11 | |
| Brooklyn | NY | Sep-10 | |
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Vinyard Shipbuilding (later Delaware Marine) |
Milford | DE | Jul-11 |
| Brooklyn | NY | Apr-11 | |
| Port Deposit | MD | Aug-12 | |
| Tuckahoe | NJ | Oct-11 | |
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Gulf Coast (94) |
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Alexander, L. F. (later American Marine and Halter Gulf Repair) |
New Orleans | LA | Nov-12 |
| Larose | LA | Apr-08 | |
| Bayou La Batre | AL | Oct-11 | |
| Lacombe | LA | Mar-11 | |
| Houma | LA | Mar-11 | |
| Port Aransas | TX | Jun-11 | |
| Chalmette | LA | Feb-09 | |
| Bayou La Batre | AL | Apr-11 | |
| Wetumpka | AL | May-12 | |
| Port Arthur | TX | Jun-11 | |
| New Orleans | LA | Nov-11 | |
| Houma | LA | Sep-12 | |
| Pass Christian | MS | Sep-12 | |
| Biloxi | MS | Aug-10 | |
| Crown Point | LA | Feb-09 | |
| Orange | TX | Sep-10 | |
| Bayou La Batre | AL | Aug-10 | |
| Franklin | LA | Mar-09 | |
| Lafitte | LA | Feb-09 | |
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Equitable Equipment (now Trinity Madisonville) |
Madisonville | LA | Apr-13 |
| Harvey | LA | Sep-12 | |
| Freeport | FL | Nov-09 | |
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G. & S. Marine (formerly Lockport Fabrication and R. & S. Fabrication) |
Lockport | LA | Sep-12 |
| Berwick | LA | Nov-12 | |
| Pascagoula | MS | Jun-09 | |
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Gretna Machine & Iron Works (later Halter Gretna and Bollinger Gretna) |
Harvey | LA | Apr-13 |
| Bayou La Batre | AL | Apr-09 | |
| Galveston | TX | Jun-12 | |
| Tarpon Springs | FL | Apr-11 | |
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Halter Aluminum Boats (formerly Camcraft) |
Crown Point | LA | Apr-13 |
| Calumet | LA | Apr-13 | |
| Chalmette | LA | Apr-13 | |
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Halter Equitable (formerly Higgins Industries and Equitable SY) |
New Orleans | LA | Apr-13 |
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Halter Gulfport (now Trinity Yachts and TY Offshore) |
Gulfport | MS | Apr-13 |
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Halter Lockport (now Thoma-Sea Shipbuilders) |
Lockport | LA | Apr-13 |
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Halter Moss Point (now VTHM Moss Point) |
Moss Point | MS | Apr-13 |
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Halter Moss Point Marine (now VTHM Escatawpa) |
Escatawpa | MS | Apr-13 |
| New Orleans | LA | Apr-13 | |
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Halter Pascagoula (now VTHM Pascagoula) |
Pascagoula | MS | Apr-13 |
| Pearlington | MS | Apr-13 | |
| Pierre Part | LA | Apr-13 | |
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Halter Port Bienville (formerly Gulf Coast Fabrication) |
Pearlington | MS | Apr-13 |
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Higgins Industries (later Equitable Shipyards and Halter Equitable) |
New Orleans | LA | Oct-10 |
| Bayou La Batre | AL | Sep-10 | |
| Houma | LA | Apr-11 | |
| Pascagoula | MS | Dec-12 | |
| Jeanerette | LA | Apr-09 | |
| Bayou La Batre | AL | Mar-09 | |
| Bayou La Batre | AL | May-12 | |
| New Orleans | LA | Sep-10 | |
| Bayou La Batre | AL | Aug-08 | |
| Galveston | TX | Dec-09 | |
| Harvey | LA | Jun-08 | |
| Bayou La Batre | AL | Mar-09 | |
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Mangone Shipbuilding (formerly Anchor BW) |
Houston | TX | Feb-13 |
| Mobile | AL | Aug-11 | |
| Port Isabel | TX | Jun-08 | |
| Bell City | LA | Mar-09 | |
| Bayou La Batre | AL | Jan-13 | |
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McDermott Shipbuilding (now Bollinger Marine Fabricators) |
Amelia | LA | Aug-09 |
| New Iberia | LA | Feb-13 | |
| Tampa | FL | Sep-08 | |
| Mobile | AL | Apr-11 | |
| Houma | LA | Jun-10 | |
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Ocean Marine (formerly Quality Marine) |
Bayou La Batre | AL | Apr-11 |
| Bayou La Batre | AL | Dec-12 | |
| Moss Point | MS | Oct-11 | |
| Corpus Christi | TX | Sep-11 | |
| Brownsville | TX | ||
| Krotz Springs | LA | Sep-12 | |
| Houston | TX | Jun-12 | |
| Houston | TX | Apr-13 | |
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Port Houston Iron Works (later Port Houston Shipyards) |
Houston | TX | Oct-11 |
| Chauvin | LA | Mar-11 | |
| Houma | LA | Oct-12 | |
| Panama City | FL | Jan-10 | |
| Bourg | LA | Aug-08 | |
| Rockport | TX | Jun-11 | |
| Blountstown | FL | ||
| Bayou La Batre | AL | Jun-08 | |
| Jennings | LA | Jun-08 | |
| Morgan City | LA | Sep-11 | |
| Stephensville | LA | ||
| Lafitte | LA | Oct-11 | |
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Service Marine Industries (now Bollinger Amelia) |
Amelia | LA | Oct-11 |
| Pascagoula | MS | Mar-12 | |
| Thibodeaux | LA | Apr-09 | |
| Harvey | LA | Oct-10 | |
| Tampa | FL | Jun-11 | |
| Sulphur | LA | Sep-12 | |
| Ocean Springs | MS | Sep-12 | |
| Houma | LA | Nov-08 | |
| Pascagoula | MS | Nov-11 | |
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Weaver Shipyard (later Texas DD and TDI Halter) |
Orange | TX | Jun-12 |
| Biloxi | MS | Jun-12 | |
| Coden | AL | Aug-08 | |
| Coden | AL | Sep-11 | |
| Coden | AL | Apr-11 | |
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Inland and Great Lakes (30) |
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| St. Louis | MO | Sep-10 | |
| Escanaba | MI | Jun-10 | |
| Vicksburg | MS | Jan-11 | |
| Greenville | MS | Aug-12 | |
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Calumet Shipyard & Dry Dock (formerly Kraft SY & DD) |
Chicago | IL | Apr-10 |
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Dachel-Carter Shipbuilding (later Truscott Boat) |
Benton Harbor | MI | Jun-12 |
| Rochester | NY | Dec-08 | |
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Donjon Shipbuilding (formerly Erie Marine) |
Erie | PA | May-12 |
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Dubuque Boat & Boiler Works (formerly Iowa IW) |
Dubuque | IA | Jun-12 |
| Grafton | IL | Oct-10 | |
| Greenville | MS | Aug-12 | |
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Howard's Shipyard (later JeffBoat) |
Jeffersonville | IN | Oct-10 |
| St. Louis | MO | Jun-10 | |
| Greenville | MS | Aug-12 | |
| Madison | IN | Sep-10 | |
| Duluth | MN | Jul-11 | |
| Greenville | MS | Aug-12 | |
| Tell City | IN | Jul-11 | |
| Greenville | MS | Aug-12 | |
| Leavenworth | KS | Jul-11 | |
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Nashville Bridge (later Trinity Nashville) - Boats |
Nashville | TN | Jul-12 |
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Nashville Bridge (later Trinity Nashville) - Barges |
Nashville | TN | Jul-12 |
| Erie | PA | Jun-12 | |
| Holland | MI | Aug-12 | |
| Guild | TN | May-12 | |
| La Crosse | WI | Sep-10 | |
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St. Louis Ship - Boats (formerly Rohan Boat, Boiler & Tank Co) |
St. Louis | MO | Jun-10 |
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St. Louis Ship - Barges (formerly Rohan Boat, Boiler & Tank Co) |
St. Louis | MO | Jun-10 |
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SteelShip (later Dravo SteelShip and Hunt's SteelShip) |
Pine Bluff | AR | Mar-09 |
| Greenville | MS | Aug-12 | |
| St. Paul | MN | Apr-10 | |
| Paducah | KY | Oct-11 | |
| Charleston | WV | Sep-10 | |
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Pacific Coast (37) |
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| Sitka | AK | Oct-11 | |
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Astoria Marine (formerly Astoria SB) |
Astoria | OR | Jul-11 |
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Ballard Marine Railway (now Pacific Fishermen) |
Seattle | WA | Jan-11 |
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Bellingham Marine (formerly Bellingham SY) |
Bellingham | WA | Jun-12 |
| Renton | WA | Jan-09 | |
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Campbell Industries (formerly Campbell Machine) |
San Diego | CA | Jul-11 |
| Stockton | CA | Jul-11 | |
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Commercial Iron Works (later Zidell Marine) |
Portland | OR | Jun-12 |
| Portland | OR | Mar-13 | |
| Antioch | CA | Sep-10 | |
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General Engineering & Dry Dock (formerly Barnes & Tibbits) |
Alameda | CA | Dec-09 |
| Charleston | OR | Aug-11 | |
| Marysville | WA | Jun-10 | |
| San Pedro | CA | Sep-12 | |
| Honolulu | HI | Jun-10 | |
| San Francisco | CA | Nov-09 | |
| North Bend | OR | Sep-10 | |
| Seattle | WA | Feb-12 | |
| San Pedro | CA | Mar-12 | |
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Lynch Shipbuilding (later part of NASSCO) |
San Diego | CA | May-10 |
| Seattle | WA | Jun-08 | |
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Marine Power & Equipment (later United Marine SB) |
Tacoma | WA | Aug-08 |
| Tacoma | WA | Jul-11 | |
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Mid-Coast Marine (formerly Nelson Log Bronc Co) |
Coos Bay | OR | Jan-13 |
| Hood River | OR | Jun-10 | |
| Tacoma | WA | Sep-12 | |
| Alameda | CA | May-10 | |
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San Diego Marine (later Southwest Marine, now BAE San Diego) |
San Diego | CA | Jun-12 |
| Seattle | WA | Sep-12 | |
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Stone & Sons, William F. (known as the Stone Boat Yard) |
S.F., Tiburon, Oakland, Alameda | CA | Jan-13 |
| Troutdale | OR | Jul-11 | |
| Seattle | WA | Dec-12 | |
| Fort Bragg | CA | Sep-11 | |
| Tacoma | WA | Jun-12 | |
| Seattle | WA | Aug-12 | |
| Portland | OR | Jun-12 | |
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Winslow Marine Railway (formerly Hall Bros. MR) |
Winslow | WA | Jul-11 |