NATIONAL SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION

Violet LA

(previously operated by Alabama & New Orleans Transportation Co.)

Most recent update: March 3, 2021.
This facility was originally set up by Great Lakes Engineering Works (GLEW) at Violet LA to assemble a series of self propelled barges ordered by Alabama & New Orleans Transportation Co. (ANOT).  Assembly and completion of at least 9 barges of various sizes has been confirmed. At least 18 and possibly 22 barges were ordered between 1912 and 1914.  The facility in Violet was owned by ANOT and appears to have been idle until 1917 when 4 oil tankers were ordered for the Mexican oil trade. The facility was acquired by National Shipbuilding Corporation in 1918 who continued building barges and other small vessels at this site until at least 1925 when the facility was permanently closed.
Hull # O.N. Name Owner Type GT Ft. Delivery Disposition

Built by Alabama & New Orleans Transportation Company
1 211358 A. & N.O.T. Co. Barge No. 1 A. & N.O.T. Co. Coal Carrier 416 200 1913  
2 211359 A. & N.O.T. Co. Barge No. 2 A. & N.O.T. Co. Coal Carrier 476 220 1913  
3 211360 A. & N.O.T. Co. Barge No. 3 A. & N.O.T. Co. Coal Carrier 416 200 1913  
4 211896 A. & N.O.T. Co. Barge No. 4 A. & N.O.T. Co. Coal Carrier 416 200 1913  
5 211935 A. & N.O.T. Co. Barge No. 5 A. & N.O.T. Co. Coal Carrier 555 240 1914  
6 212180 A. & N.O.T. Co. Barge No. 6 A. & N.O.T. Co. Coal Carrier 516 220 1914  
7-15     A. & N.O.T. Co. Coal Carrier   240   Cancelled
16 212009 New Orleans A. & N.O.T. Co. Cargo Ship 711 240 1914  
17 212586 Halifax A. & N.O.T. Co. Cargo Ship 142 130 1914  
18 212834 Pioneer J. A. Bynum Cargo Ship 277 130 1914  
19-22                

Built by National Shipbuilding Corporation
23 216397 Mexoil Pan-Am Pet. & Tpt. Co. Tanker 1,371   Jul-18 Scrapped 1956
24 217637 Panoil Pan-Am Pet. & Tpt. Co. Tanker 1,371   Dec-18 Later Crudoil 1925, North Star 1943, Cervara 1947, scrapped 1954
25 219302 Fueloil Pan-Am Pet. & Tpt. Co. Tanker 1,371   May-19 Later Esso Costa Rica 1925, scuttled 1946
26 220487 Crudoil Pan-Am Pet. & Tpt. Co. Tanker 1,371   Jul-20 Later Panoil 1925, barge 1963, scrapped 1981
27     Inland Navigation Co. Coal Carrier     1918  
28     Inland Navigation Co. Coal Carrier     1918  
29 219385 Barge No. 1 Cuyamel Fruit Co. Cargo 306 120 1919  
30 219460 Barge No. 2 Cuyamel Fruit Co. Cargo 311 120 1920  
31 219831 Barge No. 3 Cuyamel Fruit Co. Cargo 311 120 1920  
32 221048 Barge No. 4 Cuyamel Fruit Co. Cargo 328 120 1920  
33 167801 MexPet 104 Mex. Pet. Co. Tank Barge 639 200 Feb-20  
34 167884 MexPet 105 Mex. Pet. Co. Tank Barge 639 200 May-20  
35 222734 San Juan II   Towboat 200 116 1923  
36 169611 Jefferson Reynolds Dredging Co. Dredge 360 137 1924 Later W. F. Dillingham

Built by Orleans Dredging Co.
37 170218 Orleans Orleans Dredging Co. Dredge 982 170 1925  

Built by New Orleans Shipbuilding Co.
38 173935 Barge No. 1 Florida Power Corp. Barge 228 100 1925