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Marietta Manufacturing, Point Pleasant WV

Most recent update: April 28, 2011.

The Marietta Manufacturing Company was started by W. F. Robinson Company in Marietta OH in 1852.   At first, it built sailing craft and then steam-propelled craft for commercial service on the western rivers.  It pioneered the use of steam for capstans and steering gear, and, as a foundry, it turned out stoves, plows and metal castings.  It organized in 1890 and, after narrowly escaping destruction from the floods of 1913, moved to Point Pleasant WV in 1915.  There it developed a new shipyard on a 42-acre site, with a marine railway, a 180'-by-79' 2,000-ton dry-dock and launching ways.  In addition to building and repairing a variety of small vessels and barges for inland service, it also constructed carbon-black plants, pipe mills and crane booms.   When World War II came, employment reached 3,000 and the yard was a major producer of the Army's large tugs.  After the war, however, employment declined and the yard closed in 1967.  See the site from the air on Google here.  If the yard's last hull number was 913, there are many, many gaps in this table.  If anyone can fill any of them, please send your data to timcolton@aol.com.

Hull # Original Name Original Owner Vessel Type Type Pennant # GT Ft. Built Disposition
105  Belfont Indiana Belfont Tptn Co  Towboat      138   1926 Later R. H. McElroy 
107 Baton Rouge Inland Waterways Corp. Towboat     757 200 1921  
108 Cairo Inland Waterways Corp. Towboat     757 200 1921  
109 Memphis Inland Waterways Corp. Towboat     757 200 1921  
110 St. Louis Inland Waterways Corp. Towboat     757 200 1921  
112     Barge         1921  
114     Barge            
  Iowa   Towboat         1921 Erected at Stillwater MN
  Illinois   Towboat         1921 Erected at Stillwater MN
  Minnesota   Towboat         1921 Erected at Stillwater MN
  Missouri   Towboat         1921 Erected at Stillwater MN
  Carare Imperial Oil Co Towboat         1921  
  Guayabito Imperial Oil Co Towboat         1921  
  Charlotte   Towboat         1923  
199 Tom Greene Gordon C. Greene Passenger     435 200 1923  
  Gasoline Barge No. 1 S. O. of Ohio Tank Barge         1923  
  Gasoline Barge No. 2 S. O. of Ohio Tank Barge         1923  
  Standard S. O. of Ohio Sternwheeler     51 80 1923 Now Barbara H, museum in Lamb IN
  Trojan Jones & Laughlin Towboat     129 88 1923 Rebuilt 1944. Later Thelma Ann, Tammy L White, Amanda K. Nicole, now Trojan
      Towboat     95 152 1923 Later Ambrose A
137 Sailor Vesta Coal Co. Towboat      445 133 1924  
  Cary-Bird Revonah Co. Passenger      201 139 1925  
  Sam P. Sult Island Fuel Towboat      296 123 1925  
  Steel City Iron City Sand & Gravel Towboat      207 140 1926  
  L. M. Smith Edward F. Smith Sternwheeler         1926  
  Marietta A. D. Elliott Sternwheeler     32 65 1926 Later Miss Sterling
  Ravenswood Frank Sullivan Barge     23 70 1927  
164     Towboat         n/k  
  F C No.1 Imperial Oil Co Towboat         1927  
  W K Pield   Towboat         1927  
    H. A. Carpenter Barge(s?)         1927  
  No. 1   Cargo Barge         1927  
  No. 2   Cargo Barge         1927  
  No. 3   Cargo Barge         1927  
  No. 4   Cargo Barge         1927  
  No. 5   Cargo Barge         1927  
  No. 6   Cargo Barge         1927  
      Pontoon         1927  
  Barranca Bermeija Imperial Oil Co Towboat      443 165 1928  
  Funza Imperial Oil Co Towboat      443 165 1928  
  Zapatoca Imperial Oil Co Towboat      443 165 1928  
  Porce Imperial Oil Co Towboat      443 165 1928  
  Lebrija Imperial Oil Co Towboat     443 165 1928  
  Infantas Imperial Oil Co Towboat      443 165 1929  
  Walter A. Windsor Marietta Mfg. Towboat      495 165 1929 Later Robert F. Brandt
  Western River   Barge         1929  
  William Dickinson Marquette Cement Towboat      216 18 1930  
264 Eads   Towboat         1930 Active
  Tennessee Corps of Engineers Towboat      245d 161 1930  
  McWillliams   Dredge         1930  
  Capt. Meriwether Lewis Corps of Engineers Dredge     1,200d 277 1931 Museum in Brownville NB
      Ferry         1931  
    Federal Barge Line Barge         1931  
  WK   Barge         1932  
    Campbell Transportation Tank Barge         1932  
  Capt. William Clark Corps of Engineers Dredge         1932  
    West Kentucky Oil Co Tank Barge         1933  
    Sterling Oil Co Tank Barge         1933  
      Maneuver Boat         1933  
  Burgess Corps of Engineers Dredge     1,363d 244 1934 Laid up in St. Louis MO
  Jadwin Corps of Engineers Dredge     1,363d 244 1934 Active
  Mitchell Corps of Engineers Dredge     1,363d 244 1934 Abandoned in Covington KY
  William M. Black Corps of Engineers Dredge     1,200d 277 1934 Museum in Dubuque IA
  Willim S. Mitchell Corps of Engineers Dredge     1,200d 277 1934  
  Tennessee Corps of Engineers Towboat      1,200d 277 1934  
  Nemesis US Coast Guard Sub Chaser WPC 111 337d   10-Oct-34 Sold 1966. Later cargo vessel, restaurant Ancient Mariner. Reefed 1991
  Nike US Coast Guard Sub Chaser WPC 112 337d   24-Oct-34 Sold 1964, now passenger Circle Line XVI
  Triton US Coast Guard Sub Chaser WPC 116 337d   20-Nov-34 Sold 1969, now passenger Circle Line XVII
  Coiner         726   1935  
    Island Creek Co Tank Barge         1935  
      Boat Houses         1935  
  Iron Duke   Towboat         1935  
  Sprague   Towboat         1936  
    The Standard Co Barge         1936  
    Tropical Oil Co Tank Barge         1936  
      Landing flat         1937  
  Jack Rathbone   Towboat         1937  
  Oron (Opon?) Imperial Oil Co Towboat         1937  
  No. 4 A O & R Co Barge         1938  
  Kansas City   Towboat         1938  
  Nicholas Duncan Missouri Dry Dock Towboat     308 124 1939 Active
  Alexander Mackenzie Central Barge Co Towboat         1939 Dismantled 1954
419               1939  
  Rosemary Paul F Thomas s/w Ferry         1939  
  Stanolind A                
  Guayabitie   Towboat         1940  
  Jason   Towboat         1940 Later Herbert & Jones
Gum Tree US Navy Net Layer AN 18 560d 151 16-Sep-41 YN 13, decommissioned 1946
Holly US Navy Net Layer AN 19 560d 151 11-Oct-41 YN 14, decommissioned 1946
Elder US Navy Net Layer AN 20 560d 151 12-Nov-41 YN 15, decommissioned 1959
Larch US Navy Net Layer AN 21 560d 151 13-Dec-41 YN 16, to Turkey 1948 as AG 4, scrapped 1997
474 GEN Henry Knox US Army Mine Planter MP 1 1,315d 189 1942 To USN 1944 as Picket (ACM 8), to USCG 1946 as Willow (WLB 332), struck 1969, later crab processing plant Royal Alaskan
475 COL Henry J. Hunt US Army Mine Planter MP 2 1,315d 189 1942 To USN 1944 as Bastion (ACM 6), to USCG 1946 as Jonquil (WLB 330), struck 1969
476 COL George Armistead US Army Mine Planter MP 3 1,315d 189 1942 To USN 1944 as Barbican (ACM 5), to USCG 1946 as Ivy (WLB 329), sold 1948 to  Foss, later Agnes Foss 1969
477 GEN Samuel L. Mills US Army Mine Planter MP 4 1,315d 189 1942 Sold 1960
478 1LT William G. Sylvester US Army Mine Planter MP 5 1,315d 189 1942 To USN 1944 as Obstructor (ACM 7), to USCG 1946 as Heather (WLB 331), struck 1967
479 BG Henry L. Abbott US Army Mine Planter MP 6 1,315d 189 1942 Later cargo ship 1951, Neptune 1969, sank 1975
480 MG Wallace F. Randolph US Army Mine Planter MP 7 1,315d 189 1942 To USN 1944 as Nausett (ACM 15), sold 1961 as Sea Searcher, later Thunderbolt, reefed 1986 off Marathon FL
481 COL John Story US Army Mine Planter MP 8 1,315d 189 1942 To USN 1944 as Barricade (ACM 3), to USCG 1946 as Magnolia (WLB 328), sold 1971 as Galaxy, burnt and sank 2002
482 MG Arthur Murray US Army Mine Planter MP 9 1,315d 189 1942 To USN 1944 as Trapper (ACM 9), to USCG 1946 as Yamacraw (WLB 333), to USN 1959 as ARC 5, scrapped 1967
483 MG Erasmus Weaver US Army Mine Planter MP 10 1,315d 189 1942 To USN 1944 as Canonicus (ACM 12), sold 1948, later New Jersey 1963
484 MAJ Samuel Ringgold US Army Mine Planter MP 11 1,315d 189 1942 To USN 1944 as Monadnock (ACM 14), sold 1960 as Tahiti, later Amazonia 1983, Dear 1984, Maxim's Des Mers 1986
485 BG Royal T. Frank US Army Mine Planter MP 12 1,315d 189 1943 To USN 1944 as Camanche (ACM 11), sold 1948, later Pilgrim 1961, Cape Cod
486 COL Alfred A. Maybach US Army Mine Planter MP 13 1,315d 189 1943 To USN 1944 as Puritan (ACM 16), sold 1961
487 COL Horace F. Spurgin US Army Mine Planter MP 14 1,315d 189 1943 To USN 1944 as Miantonomoh (ACM 13), sold 1960 as Nautilus, later Aleutian Mist, New Star 1991
488 COL Charles W. Bundy US Army Mine Planter MP 15 1,315d 189 1943 To USN 1944 as Chimo (ACM 1), sold 1948, later tuna seiner Day Island 1963
489 COL George Ricker US Army Mine Planter MP 16 1,315d 189 1943 To USN 1944 as Planter (ACM 2), sold 1948 to Foss, later San Juan 1963, Purple Aster, Tiger Fish 2
490   US Army Tug LT 217 574d 149 Aug-43 To China 1947
491   US Army Tug LT 218 574d 149 Aug-43 To China 1947
492   US Army Tug LT 219 574d 149 Sep-43 To China 1947
493   US Army Tug LT 220 574d 149 Sep-43 To China 1947, Taiwan 1949 Ta Ming, stricken 1975 
494   US Army Tug LT 221 574d 149 Oct-43 Sunk by a mine in the Gulf of Cagliari 1944
495   US Army Tug LT 222 574d 149 Oct-43 Later Patao 1949, Bermudian. Scrap 1969
496   US Army Tug LT 223 574d 149 Nov-43 Later R P Hyams, William S Smith, Dame E Temple, William S Smith, now Orion
497   US Army Tug LT 224 574d 149 Nov-43 To Argentine Navy 1946 as Charrua, sold 1963, sank 1979, scrapped 2010
498   US Army Tug LT 225 574d 149 Dec-43 To UNRRA 1946, later CW Tug 5. 
499   US Army Tug LT 226 574d 149 Dec-43 To UNRRA 1946 
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