298 Small Shipbuilders and Boatbuilders
These companies operate (or used to operate) smaller shipyards, which are (or were) generally only capable of building the simpler types of smaller commercial vessels, such as tugs, towboats, offshore service vessels, fishing vessels, ferries and large barges. There are three groups: active yards which have significant records of construction; active yards with a limited track record; and inactive yards.
Active YARDS WITH SIGNIFICANT CONSTRUCTION RECORDS (21)
Atlantic Coast (2):
Blount Boats (Warren RI)
Washburn & Doughty (East Boothbay ME)
Gulf Coast (10):
B. & B. Boat Builders (Bayou La Batre AL)
Eastern Shipbuilding (Panama City FL)
Leevac Industries (Jennings LA) (formerly Zigler Shipyards)
Main Iron Works (Houma LA)
Master Boat Builders (Coden AL)
Orange Shipbuilding (Orange TX)
Quality Shipyards (Houma LA)
Raymond & Associates (Bayou La Batre AL) (formerly La Force Shipyard)
Trinity Madisonville (Madisonville LA) (formerly Equitable Equipment)
Trinity Port Allen (Port Allen LA) (formerly Port Allen Marine Service)
Inland and Great Lakes (6):
Brownsville Marine Products (Brownsville PA) (formerly Hillman Barge and Trinity Brownsville)
JeffBoat (Jeffersonville IN) (formerly Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Company)
- Barges Pre-1989 - being developed
Marine Builders (Utica IN)
Serodino (Guild TN)
Trinity Ashland City (Ashland City TN) (formerly Nashville Bridge Company)
Trinity Caruthersville (Caruthersville MO) (formerly Caruthersville Shipyard)
Pacific Coast (3):
Dakota Creek Industries (Anacortes WA)
Gunderson Marine (Portland OR)
Nichols Bros. Boatbuilders (Freeland WA)
Other Active YARDS (81)
Atlantic Coast (9):
Chesapeake Shipbuilding (Salisbury MD)
Derecktor Shipyards (Bridgeport CT)
Metal Trades (Hollywood SC)
Mobro Marine (Green Cove Springs FL)
Scarano Boat Building (Albany NY)
Seaboats (Fall River MA)
SENESCO (North Kingstown RI)
St. John's Shipbuilding (Palatka FL) (formerly Offshore Shipbuilders)
Yank Marine (Tuckahoe NJ)
11 Active Boatbuilders in or near Wanchese NC
Gulf Coast (32):
A & B Industries (Morgan City LA)
John Bludworth Shipyard (Corpus Christi TX)
Boconco (Bayou La Batre AL)
C. & C. Boat Works (Belle Chasse LA)
C. & C. Marine and Repair (Belle Chasse LA)
C. & G. Boat Works (Bayou La Batre AL and Mobile AL)
Colle Towing (Pascagoula MS)
Conrad Industries (Morgan City LA)
D. E. S. Boat Works (Bayou La Batre AL)
Duckworth Steel Boats (Tarpon Springs FL)
Eymard & Sons Shipyard (Harvey LA)
Gulf Island Marine Fabrication (Houma LA)
Gulf Ship (Gulfport MS)
Halimar Shipyard (Morgan City LA)
Hope Services (Dulac LA)
Horizon Shipbuilding (Bayou La Batre AL)
Inland Marine (Bridge City TX)
Intracoastal Iron Works (Bourg LA)
Lockport Fabrication (Lockport LA)
Marine Inland Fabricators / Sisco Marine (Panama City FL)
Master Marine (Bayou La Batre AL)
Patti Shipyard (Pensacola FL)
Progressive Industrial (Palmetto FL)
Rodriguez Boatbuilders (Bayou La Batre AL and Coden AL)
SEMCO (Lafitte LA)
Sneed Shipbuilding (Channelview TX and Orange TX)
Southwest Shipyard (Houston TX)
Steiner Shipyard (Bayou La Batre AL)
Thoma-Sea Boatbuilders (Houma LA)
Thoma-Sea Shipbuilders (Lockport LA) (formerly Halter Lockport)
Verret Shipyard (Plaquemine LA)
West Gulf Marine (Galveston TX) (formerly Kelso Marine and Galveston Shipbuilding)
Inland and Great Lakes (9):
Basic Marine (Escanaba MI)
Corn Island Shipyard (Lamar IN)
Donjon Shipbuilding (Erie PA)
Eagle Fabrication (Sauget IL)
Great Lakes Towing (Cleveland OH)
JamesBuilt (Paducah KY)
Madison Boat & Barge (Madison IN)
New South Marine Builders (Greenville MS)
Nichols Boat Company (Greenville MS)
Pacific Coast (12):
Alaska Ship & Drydock (Ketchikan AK)
Diversified Marine (Portland OR)
Foss Shipyard (Rainier OR)
Honolulu Shipyard (Honolulu HI)
Martinac Shipbuilding (Tacoma WA)
Moe Enterprises, Howard (Hoquiam WA)
Sundial Marine Construction (Troutdale OR)
U. S. Barge (Portland OR)
Van Peer Boat Works (Fort Bragg CA)
Fred Wahl Marine Construction (Reedsport OR)
Western Towboat (Seattle WA)
Zidell Marine (Portland OR)
Aluminum Boatbuilders (19):
All American Marine (Bellingham WA)
Allen Marine (Sitka AK)
Breaux Bros. Enterprises (Loreauville LA)
Breaux's Bay Craft (Loreauville LA)
C. & G. Boat Works (Mobile AL)
Canal Boats (Fort Lauderdale FL)
Corinthian Catamarans (Tarpon Springs FL)
Freeport Shipbuilding (Freeport FL)
Geo Shipyard (New Iberia LA)
Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding (Somerset MA)
Gold Coast Yachts (St. Croix VI)
Gulf Craft (Patterson LA)
Kvichak Marine (Seattle WA)
Midship Marine (Harvey LA)
Neuville Boat Works (New Iberia LA)
Rozema Boat Works (Mount Vernon WA)
Swiftships (Morgan City LA)
Textron Marine Systems (New Orleans LA)
United States Marine (Gulfport MS)
INACTIVE YardS (196)
Atlantic Coast (39):
American Car & Foundry (Wilmington DE) (formerly Jackson & Sharp)
Barbour Boat Works (New Bern NC)
Bellenger Shipyards (Jacksonville FL)
A. C. Brown & Son (Tottenville NY)
Ira S. Bushey & Sons (Brooklyn NY)
Charleston Shipbuilding (Charleston SC) (formerly Pregnall Shipyard)
Davis & Sons, M. M. (Solomons MD)
Derecktor Shipyards (Middletown RI)
Diesel Engine Sales Company (DESCO) (St. Augustine FL)
- Wooden Hulls 801 through 1600
Diamond Manufacturing (Savannah GA)
Diesel Shipbuilding (Jacksonville FL)
General Ship (East Boston MA)
Georgia Shipbuilding (Savannah GA) (formerly McDonell Boats)
Gibbs Gas Engine Works (Jacksonville FL) (later Aerojet-General and Jacksonville Shipyards)
Greenport Basin (Greenport NY)
Hiltebrant Dry Dock (Kingston NY)
Island Dock (Kingston NY) (formerly Kingston Dry Dock & Construction)
Jakobson Shipyard (Oyster Bay NY)
JK Welding (Brooklyn NY)
Keith Marine (Palatka FL) (formerly Palatka Shipbuilders)
T. S. Marvel & Company (Newburgh NY)
John H. Mathis Co. (Camden NJ) (later Camden Ship Repair)
Matton Shipyard (Cohoes NY)
New Bern Shipbuilding (New Bern NC)
Norfolk Shipbuilding (Norshipco) (Norfolk VA) (now BAE Systems Norfolk)
Robert Palmer & Son (Noank CT) (later Groton Iron Works and Noank Shipbuilding)
Julius Petersen Inc. (Upper Nyack NY) (formerly Van Houten Boatyard)
Rice Brothers (East Boothbay ME)
RTC Shipbuilding (Camden NJ)
Sample, Frank L. (Boothbay Harbor ME) (formerly McCown Shipyard, Townsend Marine Railway and Atlantic Coast Company, now Boothbay Harbor Shipyard)
Savannah Machine & Foundry (Savannah GA) (later Saylor Marine, Intermarine USA, Palmer Johnson Savannah and Global Ship Systems)
Smith Maritime (Green Cove Springs FL)
Snow Shipyards (Rockland ME)
Spedden Shipbuilding (Baltimore MD) (later Wills-Spedden Shipbuilding and Chesapeake Marine Railway)
St. Augustine Trawlers (St. Augustine FL)
Stowman Shipyard (Dorchester NJ) (now Dorchester Shipbuilding)
Vinyard Shipbuilding (Milford DE) (later Delaware Marine & Manufacturing)
Wheeler Shipbuilding (Brooklyn NY)
Wiley Manufacturing (Port Deposit MD)
Gulf Coast (97):
A & M Dockside Repair (Amelia LA)
ABL Fabricators (Morgan City LA)
Alexander, L. F. (New Orleans LA) (later Alexander Shipyard, American Marine, Halter Gulf Repair and Bollinger Gulf Repair)
Allied Shipyard (Larose LA)
Ashton Boat Construction (Harvey LA)
Balehi Marine (Lacombe LA)
Beoufway Contractors (Houma LA)
Bergeron Industries (Braithwaite LA)
Blue Streak Industries (Chalmette LA)
Burton Shipyard (Port Arthur TX)
Candies Shipbuilders (Houma LA) (formerly Houma Fabricators)
Cenac Towing Company (Houma LA)
Chiasson Welding Services (Larose LA)
Covacevich Shipyard (Biloxi MS)
Crown Point Industries (Crown Point LA)
Crumpler's Shipbuilding (Orange TX)
Deep Sea Boat Building (Bayou La Batre AL)
Douglas Marine Services (Franklin LA)
Elevating Boats (Lafitte LA)
Equitable Equipment (Madisonville LA) (now Trinity Madisonville)
Graham Boats (Pascagoula MS)
Gretna Machine & Iron Works (Harvey LA) (later Halter Gretna and Bollinger Gretna)
Gulf Coast Marine Builders (Bayou La Batre AL)
Gulf Marine Ways (Galveston TX)
Gulfbound (Chauvin LA)
Halter Marine:
- Aluminum Boats (Crown Point LA)
- Calumet (Calumet LA)
- Chickasaw (Chickasaw AL) (formerly Chickasaw Shipbuilding and Gulf Shipbuilding)
- Equitable (New Orleans LA) (formerly Higgins Industries, now Trinity Yachts)
- Gulf Repair (New Orleans LA) (formerly L. F. Alexander, Alexander Shipyard and American Marine, later Bollinger Gulf Repair)
- Gretna (Harvey LA) (now Bollinger Gretna)
- Gulfport (Gulfport MS) (now Trinity Yachts)
- Lockport (Lockport LA) (now Thoma-Sea Shipbuilders)
- Moss Point (Moss Point MS) (now VTHM Moss Point)
- Moss Point Marine (Escatawpa MS) (now VTHM Escatawpa)
- New Orleans (New Orleans LA)
- Pascagoula (Pascagoula MS) (formerly Chicago Bridge & Iron, now VTHM Pascagoula)
- Pierre Part (Pierre Part LA)
- Port Bienville (Pearlington MS) (formerly Gulf Coast Fabrication)
Higgins Industries (New Orleans LA) (later Equitable Shipyards and Halter Equitable, now Trinity Yachts)
Horton Boats (Bayou La Batre AL)
Houma Shipbuilding (Houma LA)
Hudson Shipbuilding (Pascagoula MS)
J & J Marine (Bayou La Batre AL)
T. M. Jemison, Inc. (Bayou La Batre AL)
Johnson Iron Works (New Orleans LA)
Johnson Shipbuilding & Repair (Bayou La Batre AL)
Kane Shipbuilding (Galveston TX)
Kennedy Ship & Repair (Galveston TX)
Kody Marine (Harvey LA)
Landry Boat Works (Bayou La Batre AL)
Mangone Shipbuilding (Houston TX) (formerly Anchor Boat Works)
Marine Builders (Mobile AL)
Marine Mart (Port Isabel TX)
Marine Partners (Bell City LA)
Mariner Industries (Houma LA)
McDermott Shipbuilding (Amelia LA) (now Bollinger Marine Fabricators)
McDermott Shipbuilding (New Iberia LA)
Misener Marine Construction (Tampa FL)
Mobile Ship Repair (Mobile AL)
Modern Marine Power (Houma LA)
Ocean Marine (Bayou La Batre AL)
Offshore Trawlers (Bayou La Batre AL)
Ortis Boat Co. (Krotz Springs LA)
Parker Bros. (Houston TX)
Platzer Shipyard (Houston TX)
Port Houston Iron Works (Houston TX)
Portier Shipyard (Chauvin LA)
Quality Marine (Bayou La Batre AL)
Rayco (Bourg LA)
Rice Brothers Company (Rockport TX)
Rysco (Rockport TX and Blountstown FL)
S & R Boat Builders (Bayou La Batre AL)
SBA Shipyard (Jennings LA)
Scully Bros. Boat Builders (Morgan City LA and Stephensville LA)
Service Marine Industries (Amelia LA) (later Bollinger Amelia)
St. Charles Steel Works (Thibodeaux LA)
Sun Contractors (Harvey LA)
Tampa Marine (Tampa FL)
Thrift Shipbuilding & Repair (Sulphur LA)
Toche Boatbuilders (Ocean Springs MS)
Universal Iron Works (Houma LA)
Walker Shipyards (Pascagoula MS)
Weaver Shipyard (Orange TX) (later Texas Dry Dock and TDI Halter, now Beacon Maritime)
Westergard Boat Works (Rockport TX and Biloxi MS)
Williams Boat Works (Coden AL)
Williams Fabrication (Coden AL)
Inland and Great Lakes (21):
Barbour Metal Boat Works (St. Louis MO)
Calumet Shipyard & Dry Dock (Chicago IL) (formerly Kraft Shipyard & Dry Dock Company)
Dachel-Carter Shipbuilding (Benton Harbor MI) (later Truscott Boat)
Dolomite Products (Rochester NY)
Dubuque Boat & Boiler Works (Dubuque IA) (formerly Iowa Iron Works)
Grafton Boat Works (Grafton IL)
Greenville Shipbuilding (Greenville MS)
Howard's Shipyard (Jeffersonville IN) (later JeffBoat)
Humboldt Marine Ways (St. Louis MO)
LeMay Barge & Supply (Greenville MS)
Marine Iron & Shipbuilding (Duluth MN)
Marine Welding & Repair (Greenville MS)
Maxon Construction (Tell City IN)
Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron (Leavenworth KS)
Nashville Bridge (Nashville TN) (later Trinity Nashville)
J. W. Nolan & Son (Erie PA)
SkipperLiner (La Crosse WI)
St. Louis Ship (St. Louis MO) - Boats and Barges (formerly Rohan Boat, Boiler & Tank Company )
SteelShip (Pine Bluff AR) (later Dravo SteelShip and Hunt's SteelShip)
Superior Boat Works (Greenville MS)
Charles Ward Engineering Works (Charleston WV)
Pacific Coast (32):
Astoria Marine (Astoria OR) (formerly Astoria Shipbuilding)
Ballard Marine Railway (Seattle WA)
Bellingham Marine (Bellingham WA) (formerly Bellingham Shipyards)
Campbell Industries (San Diego CA) (formerly Campbell Machine Company)
Colberg Boat Works (Stockton CA)
Commercial Iron Works (Portland OR) (later Zidell Marine)
Fellows & Stewart (Wilmington CA)
Fulton Shipyard (Antioch CA)
General Engineering & Dry Dock Company (Alameda CA) (formerly Barnes & Tibbits)
Giddings Boat Works (Charleston OR)
Hansen Boat Company (Marysville WA)
Harbor Boatbuilding (Terminal Island CA)
Kneass, G. W. (San Francisco CA)
Kruse & Banks Shipbuilding (North Bend OR)
Lake Union Dry Dock (Seattle WA)
Al Larson Boat Shop (San Pedro CA)
Lynch Shipbuilding (San Diego CA) (later part of NASSCO)
Marco Shipyard (Seattle WA)
Marine Power & Equipment (Tacoma WA) (later United Marine Shipbuilding)
Martinolich Shipbuilding (Tacoma WA)
Mid-Coast Marine (Coos Bay OR) (formerly Nelson Log Bronc Company)
Nichols Boatworks (Hood River OR)
Pacific Boatbuilding (Tacoma WA)
Pacific Coast Engineering (PACECO) (Alameda CA)
Pacific Fishermen (Seattle WA)
Reliable Welding Works (Olympia WA)
San Diego Marine (San Diego CA) (later Southwest Marine, now BAE Systems San Diego)
Seattle Shipbuilding (Seattle WA)
Stone & Sons, William F. (Oakland CA)
Western Boatbuilding (Tacoma WA)
Wilmington Boat Works (Wilmington CA)
Winslow Marine Railway (Winslow WA) (formerly Hall Bros. Marine Railway, later Commercial Ship Repair)
Aluminum Boatbuilders (7):
Aluminum Boats (Crown Point LA) (formerly Camcraft)
Boeing Marine Systems (Renton WA)
Island Boats (Jeanerette LA)
Pequot River Shipworks (New London CT)
Queen Craft (Panama City FL)
Sewart Seacraft (Berwick LA)
Susquehanna Santee Boat Works (Willow Spring PA)