North American Shipbuilding, Larose LA,

North American Fabricators, Houma LA,

and Gulf Ship, Gulfport MS

North American Shipbuilding (NAS) is wholly owned by Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) and almost all the boats built by NAS have been for ECO or one of ECO's associated companies.  The shipyard in Larose was started in 1974.  Visit the company at www.chouest.com.  Chouest added a second yard, North American Fabricators, (NAF), in Houma, in 1996, which also builds OSVs, a third yard, Estaleiro NavShip, in Brazil, in 2005, which also builds OSVs, and a fourth yard, Gulf Ship, in Gulfport MS, in 2007, which is building tractor tugs.  Chouest is now planning a fifth yard, in Houma, to be called Louisiana Ship, which is reported to be going to have the capability of building much larger vessels, and recently acquired Tampa Bay Shipbuilding.  In the table below, the boats built in Houma have an H after their hull numbers and the boats built in Gulfport have a G.

You can't see the Louisiana yards in Google - the pictures are too fuzzy.  You can see the site of the Mississippi yard in Google here, but this was taken when all they had done was clear the ground.

Hull # Name Owner Type GT Delivery Disposition
Built by North American Shipbuilding, in Larose LA
101 Kirt Chouest Edison Chouest Offshore Tug 196 Jan-75 Now "Luisa C"
102 Kodiak King Amak Towing Tug 106 Mar-75 Active
103 Moby III Robert K. Greger Tug 83 Jan-75 Now "Amy Elise"
104 Corey Chouest Edison Chouest Offshore Tug 199 Jan-75 Now "Taurus"
105 Edison Chouest Edison Chouest Offshore Supply 1,031 Jul-76 Now "Geco Manta"
106 Dionne Chouest Edison Chouest Offshore Supply 267 Feb-77 Now "Ms Maggie"
107 Carolyn Chouest Edison Chouest Offshore Supply 285 Sep-77 Now "Mr Jimmy"
108
109 R. L. Perkins Edison Chouest Offshore Tug 196 May-78 Now "Miss Ginger"
110
  Kellie Chouest Edison Chouest Offshore Tug 280 Sep-78 Now "Amanda"
111 Dolores Chouest Edison Chouest Offshore Supply 294 Dec-78 Active
112 Sidney C R. J. Guidry, Inc. Passenger 89 Sep-78 Now "Miss Anna'
113
114 Dino Chouest Edison Chouest Offshore Geophysical 1,138 Jul-79 Now "Jonathan Chouest"
115
116 Nor' Quest Diamondback Seafoods Fishing Vessel 96 Mar-79 Active
117 Lolita Chouest Grand Isle Offshore Supply 187 Jan-79 Active
118 Loop Lifter Holiday Offshore Supply 298 Jan-80 Active
119 Julien Chouest North American Offshore Supply 187 Jan-81 Active
120 Loop Loader United Marine Holdings Supply 99 Feb-80 Active
121 Loop Line United Marine Holdings Supply 99 Feb-80 Active
122 Casey Chouest Edison Chouest Offshore Research 246 Nov-80 Now "GGS Atlantic"
123 Ross Chouest Edison Chouest Offshore Research 1,474 Jan-82 Now "Pearl Chouest"
124 Gary Chouest Edison Chouest Offshore Geophysical 289 Jan-82 Now "Deep Stim III"
125 Eddie Chouest Edison Chouest Offshore Supply 295 Jan-82 Now "Emily Adams"
126 Dino Chouest Holiday Offshore AHTS 295 Jan-83 Now "Bisso Diver I"
127 Trailblazer Holiday Offshore Supply 179 Jul-83 Active
128 Not used
129 Edison Chouest Edison Chouest Offshore Survey 299 Jan-84 Now "Fairfield Challenger"
130 Laney Chouest Edison Chouest Offshore AHTS 497 Jul-85 Now "Acergy Legend"
131 New Venture Alpha Marine Services Geophysical 3,398 Feb-86 Now "Fairfield New Venture"
132 Damon Chouest Edison Chouest Offshore AHTS 499 Oct-86 Active
133 C-Tractor 1 Alpha Marine Services Tug 189 Sep-89 Now "William M"
134 C-Tractor 2 Alpha Marine Services Tug 189 Sep-89 Active
135 C-Tractor 3 Alpha Marine Services Tug 189 Feb-90 Active
136