Gulfport Shipbuilding Company, Port Arthur TX

(formerly Gulfport Boiler & Welding)

Gulfport Shipbuilding was established as Gulfport Boiler & Welding, in the 1930s.  It became a leading builder of ocean tugs in WWII and continued in that market after the war.  It was acquired by Levingston Shipbuilding in the 1950s but closed in 1985, after the offshore market collapsed.  It was located on land leased from the Kansas City & Southern Railroad, which has now been absorbed into the Port of Port Arthur.  See what's left of the site of the shipyard on Google here.

Hull # Name Customer Type Navy Type Pennant # Tons Delivery Disposition
Samson   Tug       1933?  
E. M. Black   Tug     141 1936  
125 Hercules   Tug     132 1938  
General   Tug       1939 Later Raymond Card and Seneca
129 Arundel US Coast Guard Tug WYT 90 328 6-Jul-39 Decommissioned 1982, now "Erika Kobasic"
130 Mahoning US Coast Guard Tug WYT 91 328 7-Aug-39 Decommissioned 1984
  Tug       31-Dec-40 Acquired 1941 as Cockenoe (YN 47), later YNT 15, to the NDRF 1947
167 R. K. Evans   Tug     184 Apr-41 Acquired 1941 as Wapello (YN 56), later YNT 24, sold 1947
Allaquippa  US Navy Tug YT 174 310 Aug-41 Scrapped 1973
176 Chekilli US Navy Tug     189 Sep-41 Later Bay King 1974, reefed off New Jersey 2004
189 Junaluska  US Navy Tug YT 176 206 4-Jun-41 Later YTB 176 and YTM 176, sold 1980
Minnehaha  US Navy Tug YT 271 320 10-Jul-42 Struck 1946
  Tug       1942 To USN 1943 as YT 486, later YTL 486, struck 1947
195 Nancy Moran   Tug     184 1942  
US Navy Tug PYT 1   1942 To Peru
US Navy Tug PYT 2   1942 To Peru
HMS Busy Royal Navy Tug BYT 1 310 3-Dec-41 Returned 1947, to Panama Canal Commission
HMS Confident Royal Navy Tug BYT 2 310 1942 Returned 1946
HMS Helpful Royal Navy Tug BYT 3 310 1942 Retained by USN as Edenshaw (YT 459), later YTB 459, to French Navy 1949 as Coolie, scrapped 1981
HMS Intent Royal Navy Tug BYT 4 310 12-Mar-42 Retained by USN as Dekanisora (YT 252), later YTB 252, to Greek Navy 1989 as Danaos (A 427)
HMS Resolute Royal Navy Tug BYT 5 310 1942 Retained by U.S. Navy as Evea (YT 458), later YTB 458, to French Navy 1949 as Malabar, sank 1967
203 HMS Oriana Royal Navy Tug BAT 1 534 22-Dec-42 To Britain 1942 as W 117, returned 1946, sold 1946 as Ocean Pride, later Pan America 1947, Zeeland 1956, Adar 1964
204 No name Royal Navy Tug BAT 2 600 20-Jan-43 Intended for Britain but retained as USS Maricopa (ATR 90), later ATA 146, to Argentina 1972 as Yamona (A 6), struck 1984
HMS Tancred Royal Navy Tug BAT 13 600 18-Feb-43 To Britain 1943 as W 104, to Australia 1944, scrapped 2003
HMS Weazel Royal Navy Tug BAT 14 600 21-Feb-43 To Britain 1943 as W 120, returned 1946, sold 1946 as Ming 306
Pawtucket  US Navy Tug YT 359 206 30-Mar-43 Later YTB 359, struck 1986
Kiasutha  US Navy Tug YT 463 206 13-Sep-43 Later YTB 463, to Panama Canal Comm. 1947
US Navy Lighter YG 34      
US Navy Lighter YG 35     Struck 1972