Small Shipbuilders and Boatbuilders

Small Shipbuilders and Boatbuilders

These companies generally operate (or used to operate) relatively small shipyards, capable of building the simpler types of smaller commercial vessels, such as tugs, towboats, offshore service vessels, fishing vessels, ferries and barges. In addition to the 300 listed here, there are about 100 more that have built at least one but not more than ten boats in the past ten years. If any of these yards show staying power, individual tables will be created for them

Company	Location	State	Most Recent Update
GROUP 1: Active YARDS WITH SIGNIFICANT CONSTRUCTION RECORDS (23)
Group 1 includes those boatbuilders which have been in business for a long time, which have built large numbers of vessels and which are active competitors in the new construction market today.
Blount Boats	Warren	RI	Sep-11
Breaux Bros. Enterprises	Loreauville	LA	Oct-11
Breaux's Bay Craft	Loreauville	LA	Feb-11
Brownsville Marine Products (formerly Hillman Barge)	Brownsville	PA	Jan-12
Dakota Creek Industries	Anacortes	WA	Oct-11
Eastern Shipbuilding	Panama City	FL	Jan-12
Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding	Somerset	MA	Oct-11
Gunderson Marine	Portland	OR	Jan-12
JeffBoat - Vessels	Jeffersonville	IN	Jul-11
JeffBoat - Barges Pre-1989	Jeffersonville	IN	na
JeffBoat - Barges 1989-1997	Jeffersonville	IN	May-10
JeffBoat - Barges 1998-2004	Jeffersonville	IN	May-10
JeffBoat - Barges Post-2005	Jeffersonville	IN	Jan-12
Leevac Shipyards (formerly Zigler SY)	Jennings	LA	Jan-12
Main Iron Works	Houma	LA	Jun-11
Marine Builders	Utica	IN	Jan-12
Master Boat Builders	Coden	AL	Jan-12
Nichols Bros. Boatbuilders	Freeland	WA	Jan-11
Orange Shipbuilding	Orange	TX	Jan-12
Quality Shipyards	Houma	LA	Jan-12
Raymond & Associates (formerly La Force SY)	Bayou La Batre	AL	Jan-12
Swiftships (formerly Sewart Seacraft)	Morgan City	LA	Dec-11
Trinity Ashland City (formerly Nashville Bridge Co.)	Ashland City	TN	Jan-12
Trinity Caruthersville (formerly Caruthersville SY)	Caruthersville	MO	Jan-12
Trinity Madisonville (formerly Equitable Equipment)	Madisonville	LA	Jan-12
Trinity Port Allen (formerly Port Allen Marine Service)	Port Allen	LA	Jan-12
Washburn & Doughty	East Boothbay	ME	Dec-11
GROUP 2: Other Active YARDS (76)
Group 2 includes those boatbuilders which are smaller than the ones in Group 1 or which have a shorter track record, but which are active competitors in the new construction market today.
Atlantic Coast (7)
Chesapeake Shipbuilding	Salisbury	MD	Jun-11
Metal Trades	Hollywood	SC	Sep-11
Mobro Marine	Green Cove Springs	FL	Sep-11
Scarano Boat Building	Albany	NY	Sep-11
SENESCO	North Kingstown	RI	Oct-11
St. John's Shipbuilding (formerly Offshore SB)	Palatka	FL	Oct-11
Yank Marine	Tuckahoe	NJ	Oct-11
Gulf Coast (43)
A & B Industries	Morgan City	LA	Sep-11
John Bludworth Shipyard	Corpus Christi	TX	Sep-11
C. & C. Boat Works	Belle Chasse	LA	Sep-11
C. & C. Marine and Repair	Belle Chasse	LA	Sep-11
C. & G. Boat Works	Bayou La Batre	AL	Jan-12
C. & G. Boat Works	Mobile	AL	Jan-12
Candies Shipbuilders (formerly Houma Fab.)	Houma	LA	Sep-11
Cenac Towing Company	Houma	LA	Sep-11
Conrad Industries	Morgan City	LA	Oct-11
Corinthian Catamarans	Tarpon Springs	FL	Oct-11
Duckworth Steel Boats	Tarpon Springs	FL	Dec-10
Freeport Shipbuilding	Freeport	FL	Nov-09
Geo Shipyard	New Iberia	LA	Jun-11
Gold Coast Yachts	St. Croix	VI	Oct-11
Gulf Craft	Patterson	LA	Oct-11
Gulf Island Marine Fabrication	Houma	LA	Oct-11
Halimar Shipyard	Morgan City	LA	Sep-11
Hope Services	Dulac	LA	Jun-11
Horizon Shipbuilding	Bayou La Batre	AL	Sep-11
Inland Boat Works (IBW)	Bridge City	TX	Sep-11
Intracoastal Iron Works	Bourg	LA	Sep-11
T. M. Jemison, Inc.	Bayou La Batre	AL	Oct-11
Midship Marine	Harvey	LA	Mar-11
Neuville Boat Works	New Iberia	LA	Nov-09
Omega Protein	Moss Point	MS	Oct-11
Patti Shipyard	Pensacola	FL	Nov-10
Progressive Industrial	Palmetto	FL	Sep-11
Rodriguez Boatbuilders	Bayou La Batre	AL	Sep-11
Rodriguez Boatbuilders	Coden	AL	Sep-11
Signet Shipbuilding	Pascagoula	MS	Apr-11
Sisco Marine (formerly Marine Inland Fab. and St. Paul Nav.)	Panama City	FL	Sep-11
Sneed Shipbuilding	Houston	TX	Sep-11
Sneed Shipbuilding	Orange	TX	Sep-11
Southwest Shipyard	Houston	TX	Sep-11
Steiner Shipyard	Bayou La Batre	AL	Sep-11
Textron Marine Systems	New Orleans	LA	Jul-10
Thoma-Sea Marine	Houma	LA	Oct-11
Thoma-Sea Marine (formerly Halter Lockport)	Lockport	LA	Oct-11
Trinity Offshore	Gulfport	MS	Oct-11
United States Marine	Gulfport	MS	Aug-10
Verret Shipyard	Plaquemine	LA	Sep-11
West Gulf Marine (formerly Kelso Marine and Galveston SB)	Galveston	TX	Sep-11
Williams Fabrication	Coden	AL	Sep-11
Inland and Great Lakes (11)
Corn Island Shipyard	Lamar	IN	Sep-11
Donjon Shipbuilding (formerly Erie Marine)	Erie	PA	Sep-11
Eagle Fabrication	Sauget	IL	Jun-11
Great Lakes Towing	Cleveland	OH	Sep-11
JamesBuilt	Paducah	KY	Sep-10
Madison Boat & Barge	Madison	IN	Sep-10
MetalCraft Marine USA	Clayton	NY	Aug-11
New South Marine Builders	Greenville	MS	Jan-12
Nichols Boat Company	Greenville	MS	Jun-11
Serodino	Guild	TN	Jun-11
SkipperLiner	La Crosse	WI	Sep-10
Pacific Coast (15)
Alaska Ship & Drydock	Ketchikan	AK	Jan-12
All American Marine	Bellingham	WA	Oct-11
Allen Marine	Sitka	AK	Oct-11
Diversified Marine	Portland	OR	Aug-11
Edwing Boat	Chinook	WA	Jan-12
Foss Shipyard	Rainier	OR	Oct-11
Honolulu Shipyard	Honolulu	HI	Jun-10
Kvichak Marine	Seattle	WA	Oct-11
Martinac Shipbuilding	Tacoma	WA	Jul-11
Moe Enterprises, Howard (formerly Little Hoquiam SY)	Hoquiam	WA	Mar-11
Rozema Boat Works	Mount Vernon	WA	Mar-11
U. S. Fab	Portland	OR	Sep-11
Van Peer Boat Works	Fort Bragg	CA	Sep-11
Fred Wahl Marine Construction	Reedsport	OR	Oct-11
Zidell Marine	Portland	OR	Sep-11
GROUP 3: INACTIVE YardS (196)
Group 3 includes those other boatbuilders which have a history worth recording. Some of these may still be operational as repair yards or fabricators and may occasional build a boat, but they are not active competitors in the new construction market.
Atlantic Coast (54)
American Car & Foundry (formerly Jackson & Sharp)	Wilmington	DE	Jul-10
American Electric Welding	Baltimore	MD	Oct-11
American Electric Welding	Savannah	GA	Oct-11
Atlantic & Gulf Boat Building	Port Everglades	FL	Nov-10
Barbour Boat Works	New Bern	NC	Sep-11
Bellenger Shipyards	Jacksonville	FL	Apr-08
A. C. Brown & Son	Tottenville	NY	May-11
Ira S. Bushey & Sons	Brooklyn	NY	Apr-11
Cambridge Shipbuilders	Cambridge	MD	Jan-11
Canal Boats	Fort Lauderdale	FL	Jun-10
Charleston Shipbuilding (formerly Pregnall SY)	Charleston	SC	Jan-11
Colonna's Shipyard	Norfolk	VA	Jan-11
Davis & Sons, M. M. (later Cruis-Along Boats)	Solomons	MD	Feb-11
Derecktor Shipyards	Bridgeport	CT	Nov-11
Derecktor Shipyards	Middletown	RI	Aug-09
Diesel Engine Sales Co (DESCO) - Hulls 1-800	St. Augustine	FL	Jul-09
Diesel Engine Sales Co (DESCO) - Hulls 801-1600	St. Augustine	FL	Aug-09
Diesel Engine Sales Co (DESCO) - Hulls 1601 on	St. Augustine	FL	Jun-11
Diesel Engine Sales Co (DESCO) - FRP Hulls	St. Augustine	FL	Jul-10
Diamond Manufacturing	Savannah	GA	Dec-09
Diesel Shipbuilding	Jacksonville	FL	May-10
General Ship	East Boston	MA	May-09
Georgia Shipbuilding (formerly McDonell Boats)	Savannah	GA	Sep-10
Gibbs Gas Engine Works (later Jacksonville SY)	Jacksonville	FL	Jul-11
Goudy & Stevens	East Boothbay	ME	Nov-10
Greenport Basin	Greenport	NY	Jul-11
Hiltebrant Dry Dock	Kingston	NY	Apr-11
Hodgdon, G. I.	East Boothbay	ME	Aug-11
Hodgdon, Norman H.	East Boothbay	ME	Aug-11
Humphreys Railways (formerly Rappahannock MR)	Weems	VA	Jan-11
Island Dock (formerly Kingston DD)	Kingston	NY	Aug-08
Jakobson Shipyard	Oyster Bay	NY	Oct-11
JK Welding	Brooklyn	NY	Nov-11
JK Welding	Yonkers	NY	Nov-11
Keith Marine (formerly Palatka SB)	Palatka	FL	Jun-11
Lantana Boatyard	Lantana	FL	Jan-11
T. S. Marvel & Company	Newburgh	NY	Nov-09
John H. Mathis Co. (later Camden SR)	Camden	NJ	Jan-12
Matton Shipyard	Cohoes	NY	Oct-11
New Bern Shipbuilding	New Bern	NC	Jul-08
Norfolk Shipbuilding (Norshipco) (now BAE Norfolk)	Norfolk	VA	Sep-08
Robert Palmer & Son (later Groton IW and Noank SB)	Noank	CT	Sep-10
Julius Petersen Inc. (formerly Van Houten BY)	Upper Nyack	NY	Jul-11
Reid & Sons	Winthrop	MA	Jan-11
RTC Shipbuilding	Camden	NJ	Nov-11
Sample, Frank L. (later Boothbay Harbor SY)	Boothbay Harbor	MR	Dec-08
Savannah Machine & Foundry (later Intermarine USA)	Savannah	GA	Jan-11
Shelburne Shipyard (also Donovan Contracting)	Shelburne	VT	Nov-10
Snow Shipyards	Rockland	ME	Sep-10
Southern Shipyard	Newport News	VA	Jan-11
Spedden Shipbuilding (later Chesapeake MR)	Baltimore	MD	Jun-11
St. Augustine Trawlers	St. Augustine	FL	Dec-09
Stowman Shipyard (now Dorchester SB)	Dorchester	NJ	Jun-09
Susquehanna Santee Boat Works	Willow Spring	PA	Oct-11
Todd Shipyards	Brooklyn	NY	Sep-10
Vinyard Shipbuilding (later Delaware Marine)	Milford	DE	Jul-11
Wheeler Shipbuilding	Brooklyn	NY	Apr-11
Wiley Manufacturing	Port Deposit	MD	Jan-11
Gulf Coast (85)
Alexander, L. F. (later American Marine and Halter Gulf Repair)	New Orleans	LA	Feb-10
Allied Shipyard	Larose	LA	Apr-08
B. & B. Boat Builders	Bayou La Batre	AL	Oct-11
Balehi Marine	Lacombe	LA	Mar-11
Bishop Shipbuilding	Port Aransas	TX	Jun-11
Blue Streak Industries	Chalmette	LA	Feb-09
Boconco	Bayou La Batre	AL	Apr-11
Burton Shipyard	Port Arthur	TX	Jun-11
Calmes Engineering	New Orleans	LA	Nov-11
Covacevich Shipyard	Biloxi	MS	Aug-10
Crown Point Industries	Crown Point	LA	Feb-09
Crumpler's Shipbuilding	Orange	TX	Sep-10
Deep Sea Boat Building	Bayou La Batre	AL	Aug-10
Douglas Marine Services	Franklin	LA	Mar-09
Elevating Boats	Lafitte	LA	Feb-09
Equitable Equipment (now Trinity Madisonville)	Madisonville	LA	Aug-11
Eymard & Sons Shipyard	Harvey	LA	Jun-11
G. & S. Marine (formerly Lockport Fabrication and R. & S. Fabrication)	Lockport	LA	Jun-11
Graham Boats	Pascagoula	MS	Jun-09
Gretna Machine & Iron Works (later Halter Gretna and Bollinger Gretna)	Harvey	LA	Sep-10
Gulf Coast Marine Builders	Bayou La Batre	AL	Apr-09
Gulf Marine Ways	Galveston	TX	Apr-11
Gulf States R. & D.	Tarpon Springs	FL	Apr-11
Halter Aluminum Boats (formerly Camcraft)	Crown Point	LA	Sep-11
Halter Calumet	Calumet	LA	Oct-11
Halter Equitable (formerly Higgins Industries and Equitable SY)	New Orleans	LA	Aug-11
Halter Gulfport (now Trinity Yachts)	Gulfport	MS	Jul-10
Halter Lockport (now Thoma-Sea Shipbuilders)	Lockport	LA	Nov-10
Halter Moss Point (now VTHM Moss Point)	Moss Point	MS	Aug-10
Halter Moss Point Marine (now VTHM Escatawpa)	Escatawpa	MS	Ju;-10
Halter New Orleans	New Orleans	LA	Feb-11
Halter Pascagoula (now VTHM Pascagoula)	Pascagoula	MS	Jun-08
Halter Pierre Part	Pierre Part	LA	Oct-11
Halter Port Bienville (formerly Gulf Coast Fabrication)	Pearlington	MS	May-11
Higgins Industries (later Equitable Shipyards and Halter Equitable)	New Orleans	LA	Oct-10
Horton Boats	Bayou La Batre	AL	Sep-10
Houma Shipbuilding	Houma	LA	Apr-11
Hudson Shipbuilders	Pascagoula	MS	Nov-11
Island Boats	Jeanerette	LA	Apr-09
J & J Marine	Bayou La Batre	AL	Mar-09
Johnson Iron Works	New Orleans	LA	Sep-10
Johnson Shipbuilding & Repair	Bayou La Batre	AL	Aug-08
Kane Shipbuilding	Galveston	TX	Dec-09
Kody Marine	Harvey	LA	Jun-08
Landry Boat Works	Bayou La Batre	AL	Mar-09
Mangone Shipbuilding (formerly Anchor BW)	Houston	TX	Jun-08
Marine Builders	Mobile	AL	Aug-11
Marine Mart	Port Isabel	TX	Jun-08
Marine Partners	Bell City	LA	Mar-09
Master Marine	Bayou La Batre	AL	Dec-10
McDermott Shipbuilding (now Bollinger Marine Fabricators)	Amelia	LA	Aug-09
McDermott Shipbuilding	New Iberia	LA	Jun-08
Misener Marine Construction	Tampa	FL	Sep-08
Mobile Ship Repair	Mobile	AL	Apr-11
Modern Marine Power	Houma	LA	Jun-10
Ocean Marine (formerly Quality Marine)	Bayou La Batre	AL	Apr-11
Offshore Trawlers	Bayou La Batre	AL	Jul-10
Omni Fabricators/Valley Shipbuilding	Corpus Christi	TX	Sep-11
Omni Fabricators/Valley Shipbuilding	Brownsville	TX	Sep-11
Ortis Boat Co.	Krotz Springs	LA	Jul-10
Parker Bros.	Houston	TX	Aug-08
Platzer Shipyard	Houston	TX	Mar-11
Port Houston Iron Works (later Port Houston Shipyards)	Houston	TX	Oct-11
Portier Shipyard	Chauvin	LA	Mar-11
Queen Craft	Panama City	FL	Jan-10
Rayco	Bourg	LA	Aug-08
Rysco	Rockport	TX	Jun-11
Rysco	Blountstown	FL	Jun-11
S & R Boat Builders	Bayou La Batre	AL	Jun-08
SBA Shipyard	Jennings	LA	Jun-08
Scully Bros. Boat Builders	Morgan City	LA	Sep-11
Scully Bros. Boat Builders	Stephensville	LA	Sep-11
SEMCO	Lafitte	LA	Oct-11
Service Marine Industries (now Bollinger Amelia)	Amelia	LA	Oct-11
St. Charles Steel Works	Thibodeaux	LA	Apr-09
Sun Contractors	Harvey	LA	Oct-10
Tampa Marine	Tampa	FL	Jun-11
Thrift Shipbuilding & Repair	Sulphur	LA	Jun-08
Toche Boatbuilders	Ocean Springs	MS	Jun-08
Universal Iron Works	Houma	LA	Nov-08
Walker Shipyards	Pascagoula	MS	Nov-11
Weaver Shipyard (later Texas DD and TDI Halter)	Orange	TX	May-09
Westergard Boat Works	Biloxi	MS	Mar-09
Williams Boat Works	Coden	AL	Aug-08
Zirlott Boat Yard	Coden	AL	Apr-11
Inland and Great Lakes (25)
Barbour Metal Boat Works	St. Louis	MO	Sep-10
Basic Marine	Escanaba	MI	Jun-10
Big River Shipbuilding	Greenville	MS	Jan-11
Brent Towing	Greenville	MS	Jan-11
Calumet Shipyard & Dry Dock (formerly Kraft SY & DD)	Chicago	IL	Apr-10
Dachel-Carter Shipbuilding (later Truscott Boat)	Benton Harbor	MI	Dec-08
Dolomite Products	Rochester	NY	Dec-08
Dubuque Boat & Boiler Works (formerly Iowa IW)	Dubuque	IA	Nov-11
Grafton Boat Works	Grafton	IL	Oct-10
Greenville Shipbuilding	Greenville	MS	Jan-11
Howard's Shipyard (later JeffBoat)	Jeffersonville	IN	Oct-10
Humboldt Marine Ways	St. Louis	MO	Jun-10
LeMay Barge & Supply	Greenville	MS	Oct-09
Marine Iron & Shipbuilding	Duluth	MN	Jul-11
Marine Welding & Repair	Greenville	MS	Jun-08
Maxon Construction	Tell City	IN	Jul-11
Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron	Leavenworth	KS	Jul-11
Nashville Bridge (later Trinity Nashville)	Nashville	TN	Sep-10
J. W. Nolan & Son	Erie	PA	Jul-09
St. Louis Ship - Boats (formerly Rohan Boat, Boiler & Tank Co)	St. Louis	MO	Jun-10
St. Louis Ship - Barges (formerly Rohan Boat, Boiler & Tank Co)	St. Louis	MO	Jun-10
SteelShip (later Dravo SteelShip and Hunt's SteelShip)	Pine Bluff	AR	Mar-09
Superior Boat Works	Greenville	MS	Jan-10
Twin City Shipyard	St. Paul	MN	Apr-10
Walker Boatyard	Paducah	KY	Oct-11
Charles Ward Engineering Works	Charleston	WV	Sep-10
Pacific Coast (32)
Astoria Marine (formerly Astoria SB)	Astoria	OR	Jul-11
Ballard Marine Railway (now Pacific Fishermen)	Seattle	WA	Jan-11
Bellingham Marine (formerly Bellingham SY)	Bellingham	WA	Jul-11
Boeing Marine Systems	Renton	WA	Jan-09
Campbell Industries (formerly Campbell Machine)	San Diego	CA	Jul-11
Colberg Boat Works	Stockton	CA	Jul-11
Commercial Iron Works (later Zidell Marine)	Portland	OR	Apr-11
Fellows & Stewart	Wilmington	CA	Apr-11
Fulton Shipyard	Antioch	CA	Sep-10
General Engineering & Dry Dock (formerly Barnes & Tibbits)	Alameda	CA	Dec-09
Giddings Boat Works	Charleston	OR	Aug-11
Hansen Boat Company	Marysville	WA	Jun-10
Harbor Boatbuilding	San Pedro	CA	Jul-11
Kneass, G. W.	San Francisco	CA	Nov-09
Kruse & Banks Shipbuilding	North Bend	OR	Sep-10
Lake Union Dry Dock	Seattle	WA	Jul-11
Al Larson Boat Shop	San Pedro	CA	Jul-11
Lynch Shipbuilding (later part of NASSCO)	San Diego	CA	May-10
Marco Shipyard	Seattle	WA	Jun-08
Marine Power & Equipment (later United Marine SB)	Tacoma	WA	Aug-08
Martinolich Shipbuilding	Tacoma	WA	Jul-11
Mid-Coast Marine (formerly Nelson Log Bronc Co)	Coos Bay	OR	Jan-09
Nichols Boatworks	Hood River	OR	Jun-10
Pacific Boatbuilding	Tacoma	WA	Jul-11
Pacific Coast Engineering (PACECO)	Alameda	CA	May-10
San Diego Marine (later Southwest Marine, now BAE San Diego)	San Diego	CA	Jun-11
Seattle Shipbuilding	Seattle	WA	Sep-08
Stone & Sons, William P.	Oakland	CA	Apr-11
Sundial Marine Construction	Troutdale	OR	Jul-11
Western Boatbuilding	Tacoma	WA	Oct-11
Western Towboat	Seattle	WA	May-10
Winslow Marine Railway (formerly Hall Bros. MR)	Winslow	WA	Jul-11