239 Small Ship, Boat and Barge Builders
These companies operate (or used to operate) smaller shipyards, generally only capable of building the simpler types of smaller commercial vessels, such as tugs, towboats, offshore service vessels, fishing vessels, ferries and barges.
Active Yards (109):
Atlantic Coast (10):
Blount Boats (Warren RI)
Chesapeake Shipbuilding (Salisbury MD)
Derecktor Shipyards (Bridgeport CT)
Metal Trades (Hollywood SC)
Mobro Marine (Green Cove Springs FL)
St. John's Shipbuilding (Palatka FL)
Seaboats (Fall River MA)
SENESCO (North Kingstown RI)
Washburn & Doughty (East Boothbay ME)
Yank Marine (Tuckahoe NJ)
Gulf Coast (55):
A & B Industries (Morgan City LA)
A & M Dockside Repair (Amelia LA)
ABL Fabricators (Morgan City LA)
Ashton Boat Construction (Harvey LA)
B. & B. Boat Builders (Bayou La Batre AL)
Beoufway Contractors (Houma LA)
Bludworth Shipyard (Corpus Christi TX)
Boconco (Bayou La Batre AL)
Bollinger Gretna (Harvey LA) (formerly Gretna Machine & Iron Works and Halter Gretna)
Bollinger Marine Fabricators (Amelia LA) (formerly McDermott Shipbuilding)
C. & C. Boat Works (Belle Chasse LA)
C. & C. Marine and Repair (Belle Chasse LA)
Candies Shipbuilders (Houma LA) (formerly Houma Fabricators)
Chiasson Welding Services (Larose LA)
Colle Towing (Pascagoula MS)
Conrad Industries (Morgan City LA)
Douglas Marine Services (Franklin LA)
Duckworth Steel Boats (Tarpon Springs FL)
Eastern Shipbuilding (Panama City FL)
Eymard & Sons Shipyard (Harvey LA)
Gulfbound (Chauvin LA)
Halimar Shipyard (Morgan City LA)
VT Halter Marine Moss Point (Moss Point MS) (formerly Halter Moss Point)
VT Halter Marine Escatawpa (Escatawpa MS) (formerly Moss Point Marine)
VT Halter Marine Pascagoula (Pascagoula MS) (formerly Halter Pascagoula)
Hope Services (Dulac LA)
Horizon Shipbuilding (Bayou La Batre AL)
Inland Marine (Bridge City TX)
Intracoastal Iron Works (Bourg LA)
Laforce Shipyard (Bayou La Batre AL)
Leevac Industries (Jennings LA)
Lockport Fabrication (Lockport LA)
Main Iron Works (Houma LA)
Marine Inland Fabricators (Panama City FL)
Marine Partners (Bell City LA)
Mariner Industries (Houma LA)
Master Boat Builders (Coden AL)
Master Marine (Bayou La Batre AL)
Orange Shipbuilding (Orange TX)
Patti Shipyard (Pensacola FL)
Portier Shipyard (Chauvin LA)
Progressive Industrial (Palmetto FL)
Quality Shipyards (Houma LA)
R. & R. Marine Fabrication (Port Arthur TX)
Raymond & Associates (Bayou La Batre AL)
Rodriguez Boatbuilders (Coden AL)
Sisco Marine (Panama City FL)
Sneed Shipbuilding (Orange TX and Channelview TX)
Southwest Shipyard (Houston TX)
Steiner Shipyard (Bayou La Batre AL)
Thoma-Sea Boatbuilders (Houma LA and Lockport LA)
Trinity Madisonville (Madisonville LA)
Verret Shipyard (Plaquemine LA)
West Gulf Marine (Galveston TX)
Williams Fabrication (Coden AL)
Inland and Great Lakes (13):
Basic Marine (Escanaba MI)
Brownsville Marine (Brownsville PA)
Corn Island Shipyard (Lamar IN)
Eagle Fabrication (Sauget IL)
Erie Shipbuilding (Erie PA)
Great Lakes Towing (Cleveland OH)
JamesBuilt (Paducah KY)
Marine Builders (Utica IN)
New South Marine Builders (Greenville MS)
Nichols Boat Company (Greenville MS)
Serodino (Guild TN)
SkipperLiner (La Crosse WI)
Trinity Nashville (Ashland City TN)
Pacific Coast (13):
Alaska Ship & Drydock (Ketchikan AK)
Dakota Creek Industries (Anacortes WA)
Diversified Marine (Portland OR)
Foss Shipyard (Rainier OR)
Gunderson Marine (Portland OR)
Martinac Shipbuilding (Tacoma WA)
Nichols Bros. Boatbuilders (Freeland WA)
Sundial Marine Construction (Troutdale OR)
U. S. Barge (Portland OR)
Van Peer Boat Works (Fort Bragg CA)
Fred Wahl Marine Construction (Reedsport OR)
Western Towboat (Seattle WA)
Zidell Marine (Portland OR)
Aluminum Boatbuilders (18):
All American Marine (Bellingham WA)
Austal USA (Mobile AL)
Breaux Bros. Enterprises (Loreauville LA)
Breaux's Bay Craft (Loreauville LA)
C. & G. Boat Works (Mobile AL)
Conrad Aluminum (Amelia LA)
Freeport Shipbuilding (Freeport FL)
Geo Shipyard (New Iberia LA)
Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding (Somerset MA)
Gulf Craft (Patterson LA)
Island Boats (Jeanerette LA)
Kvichak Marine (Seattle WA)
Midship Marine (Harvey LA)
Neuville Boat Works (New Iberia LA)
Rozema Boat Works (Mount Vernon WA)
Swiftships (Morgan City LA)
Textron Marine Systems (New Orleans LA)
United States Marine (Gulfport MS)
Other Active Small Shipbuilders
Inactive Yards (130):
Atlantic Coast (32):
Barbour Boat Works (New Bern NC)
Bellenger Shipyards (Jacksonville FL)
Ira S. Bushey & Sons (Brooklyn NY)
Charleston Shipbuilding (Charleston SC)
Desco (St. Augustine FL)
John H. Dialogue & Co. (Camden NJ)
Diamond Manufacturing (Savannah GA)
Diesel Shipbuilding (Jacksonville FL)
Elizabeth City Shipyard (Elizabeth NC)
General Ship (East Boston MA)
Gibbs Gas Engine Works (Jacksonville FL)
Greenport Basin (Greenport NY)
Hiltebrant Dry Dock (Kingston NY)
Island Dock (Kingston NY)
Jakobson Shipyard (Oyster Bay NY)
JK Welding (Brooklyn NY)
Keith Marine (Palatka FL)
T. S. Marvel & Company (Newburgh NY)
John H. Mathis Co. (Camden NJ)
Matton Shipyard (Cohoes NY)
New Bern Shipbuilding (New Bern NC)
Rice Brothers (East Boothbay ME)
RTC Shipbuilding (Camden NJ)
Sample, Frank L. (Boothbay Harbor ME)
Spedden Shipbuilding (Baltimore MD)
St. Augustine Trawlers (St. Augustine FL)
Stowman Shipyard (Dorchester NJ)
Todd Shipyards (Brooklyn NY)
Vinyard Shipbuilding (Milford DE)
Ward, Stanton (Newburgh NY)
Wheeler Shipbuilding (Brooklyn NY)
Wiley Manufacturing (Port Deposit MD)
Gulf Coast (53):
Alexander, L. F. (New Orleans LA)
Allied Shipyard (Larose LA)
Balehi Marine (Lacombe LA)
Burton Shipyard (Port Arthur TX)
Crumpler's Shipbuilding (Orange TX)
Decatur Iron & Steel (Decatur AL)
Deep Sea Boat Building (Bayou La Batre AL)
Gulf Coast Marine Builders (Bayou La Batre AL)
Halter Marine - Calumet (Calumet LA)
Halter Marine - Equitable (New Orleans LA)
Halter Marine - Gulfport (Gulfport MS)
Halter Marine - Lockport (Lockport LA)
Halter Marine - New Orleans (New Orleans LA)
Halter Marine - Pierre Part (Pierre Part LA)
Halter Marine - Port Bienville (Pearlington MS) (formerly Gulf Coast Fabrication)
Higgins Industries (New Orleans LA)
Horton Boats (Bayou La Batre AL)
Houma Shipbuilding (Houma LA)
Hudson Shipbuilding (Pascagoula MS)
J & J Marine (Bayou La Batre AL)
T. M. Jemison, Inc. (Bayou La Batre AL)
Johnson Shipbuilding & Repair (Bayou La Batre AL)
Kennedy Ship & Repair (Galveston TX)
Kody Marine (Harvey LA)
Landry Boat Works (Bayou La Batre AL)
Mangone Shipbuilding (Houston TX)
Marine Builders (Mobile AL)
Marine Mart (Port Isabel TX)
McDermott Shipbuilding (New Iberia LA)
Ocean Marine (Bayou La Batre AL)
Offshore Trawlers (Bayou La Batre AL)
Ortis Boat Co. (Krotz Springs LA)
Parker Bros. (Houston TX)
Platzer Shipyard (Houston TX)
Port Houston Iron Works (Houston TX)
Quality Marine (Bayou La Batre AL)
Rayco (Bourg LA)
Rice Brothers Company (Rockport TX)
Rysco (Blountstown FL)
Rysco (Rockport TX)
S & R Boat Builders (Bayou La Batre AL)
SBA Shipyard (Jennings LA)
Scully Bros. Boat Builders (Morgan City LA)
Scully Bros. Boat Builders (Stephensville LA)
Service Marine Industries (Amelia LA)
St. Charles Steel Works (Thibodeaux LA)
Tampa Marine (Tampa FL)
Thrift Shipbuilding & Repair (Sulphur LA)
Toche Boatbuilders (Ocean Springs MS)
Universal Iron Works (Houma LA)
Walker Shipyards (Pascagoula MS)
Weaver Shipyard (Orange TX)
Williams Boat Works (Coden AL)
Inland and Great Lakes (19):
Barbour Metal Boat Works (St. Louis MO)
Calumet Shipyard & Dry Dock (Chicago IL)
Dachel-Carter Shipbuilding (Benton Harbor MI)
Dolomite Products (Rochester NY)
Dubuque Boat & Boiler Works (Dubuque IA)
Grafton Boat Works (Grafton IL)
Greenville Shipbuilding (Greenville MS)
Howard's Shipyard (Jeffersonville IN)
Humboldt Marine Ways (St. Louis MO)
Johnston Brothers (Ferryville MI)
LeMay Barge & Supply (Greenville MS)
Marine Iron & Shipbuilding (Duluth MN)
Marine Welding & Repair (Greenville MS)
Maxon Construction (Tell City IN)
Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron (Leavenworth KS)
St. Louis Ship (St. Louis MO)
SteelShip (Pine Bluff AR)
Superior Boat Works (Greenville MS)
Trinity Marine (Caruthersville MO)
Pacific Coast (20):
Astoria Marine (Astoria OR)
Bellingham Marine (Bellingham WA)
Campbell Industries (San Diego CA)
Colberg Boat Works (Stockton CA)
Commercial Iron Works (Portland OR)
Fulton Shipyard (Antioch CA)
General Engineering (Alameda CA)
Hansen Boat Company (Marysville WA)
Harbor Boatbuilding (Terminal Island CA)
Al Larson Boat Shop (San Pedro CA)
Lake Union Dry Dock (Seattle WA)
Marco Shipyard (Seattle WA)
Marine Power & Equipment (Tacoma WA)
Martinolich Shipbuilding (Tacoma WA)
Mid-Coast Marine (Coos Bay OR)
Nichols Boatworks (Hood River OR)
Pacific Fishermen (Seattle WA)
San Diego Marine (San Diego CA)
Western Boatbuilding (Tacoma WA)
Winslow Marine Railway (Winslow WA)
Aluminum Boatbuilders (6):
Aluminum Boats (Crown Point LA)
Boeing Marine Systems (Renton WA)
Halter Marine - Patrol Craft (New Orleans LA)
Pequot River Shipworks (New London CT)
Queen Craft (Panama City FL)
Sewart Seacraft (Berwick LA)