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Main Iron Works, Houma LA

Most recent update: June 13, 2011.

Main Iron Works was established after WWII and has become one of the leaders in tug construction.

Hull # Original Name Original Owner Ship Type GT Built Disposition
  Prairieland Geo Gradel Co Towing Vessel 35 1955 Active
  Ernest M Southeastern Leasing Corporation Towing Vessel 84 1956 Active
  A. B. Cenac, Jr. Terry Contracting & Materials Inc Towing Vessel 33 1956 Now J. S. Humphries II
  Mr. Bart Total Marine Svcs of Jefferson Towing Vessel 34 1956 Active
  Lady Margaret General Marine Enterprises, Inc Towing Vessel 35 1956 Active
  Cat & Mitch E. & E. Eymard Towing Vessel 49 1956 Later Harbor Master, TLC Knight, Alice Lyons, Capt Sam, Marine Commander, Capt Morro, now Miss Randi Marie
  Jachin Raleigh Pitre Tug 34 1956 Active
  Marquita Anne Liberty Maritime Inc Towing Vessel 76 1957 Now Kathleen
  J. M. J. Tommy Vizier Tug 72 1957 Now Capt. Ronald Gros
  Cathy Cenac Cenac Towing Towboat 35 1958 Now Karen W
  Laura P Marine Coatings & Linings Llc Towing Vessel 34 1959 Later Mr. Adam, now Sami Dee
  Isabelle C Maritime Tug & Barge Inc Towing Vessel 42 1959 Active
  My Lady Poochie Stephen W Booker Recreational 34 1959 Now Tortue
  Kimmie C Garber Bros. Tug 70 1959 Deleted 2001
  Little Tim Hard Rock Towing Llc Towing Vessel 44 1960 Later Amber, now Capt. Babin
  Barney IV Universal Towing, Inc. Towing Vessel 44 1960 Later Barney B, now Lady Desire'
  Man Reese Sportman's Paradise Ourfitters Inc Towing Vessel 35 1960 Later Miss Monie, now Blue Goose
  Kenneth L. LeBoeuf Towing Towboat 70 1960 Later Avery Dean, now Amanda K
  Frieda L. LeBoeuf Towing Towboat   1960 Now Becky R.
  Iron Worker Beasley Construction Towboat 80 1960 Active
101 J. R. Ferguson Gore Trawlers Inc Towing Vessel 97 1961 Now Pops
  Ernest H. Doss Mutual Oil Co. Towboat 139 1961 Later A. B. York, now A. B. I.
  Mr. Cav Garber Bros. Tug   1961  
104 Cindy Cenac Cenac Towing Towing Vessel 149 1962 Later Marie M, now Patricia S
105 Gulf Miss Gulf Mississippi Marine Tug 148 1961 Now Debbie R.
  Nancy Carol James River Towing Towing Vessel 86 1962 Now Capt. Jack D
107 Mandy Cenac Cenac Towing Towboat 46 1962 Now Amy Lou Morrison
113 Donald C. Hannah Hannah Marine Tug 198 1962 Now Donald C
114 Interstate Transporter Reinauer Transportation Tug 207 1962 Later Transporter, Interstate Transporter, now Kristy Ann Reinauer
  JAG   Tug   1962 Sank 1970
  Tony Chotin Transportation Towboat 108 1962 Now Ricky J Leboeuf
117 Dixie Scout Dixie Carriers Tug 143 1963 Now Lisa E
  Ronnie Coastal Marine Construction Inc Towing Vessel 46 1963 Now Jenny
120 Gulf Prince Zapata Gulf Marine Tug 197 1963 Later Dennis W Guidry, Margaret Foss, Go-Getter, now Brian S.
121 Albert Cenac Cenac Towing Tug 137 1963 Now Big Ben
  Hercules P&L Towing and Transportation Inc Towing Vessel 78 1964 Active
124 Lewis M Resolve Ocean Towing Inc Towing Vessel 39 1963 Active
  Tampa Bay Larose Tugs Llc Towing Vessel 94 1964 Active
  Johnny Peterson Northwest Aggregates Company Towing Vessel 60 1964 Active
  Ancon   Tug 149 1964 Active
128 O. J. Cenac Cenac Towing Tug 138 1964 Now Nan Cenac
  Fay Blackman Coastal Towing Tug 125 1964 Later William Trent, Capt. Bruce Stapp, now Alex B
130 Point Comfort Alcoa  Tug 186 1964 Now Horace
  A. J. Dupre Alexander Dupre Towing Tug 42 1964 Now River Lady
  Matthew C Caldwell Marine International Llc Towing Vessel 98 1965 Later Johnny C, now Judy M
  Willamette Falcon Rainer Petroleum Corporation Towing Vessel 98 1965 Now Falcon
  Lorina D & L Towing Inc Towing Vessel 57 1965 Active
  Annie G Prock Marine Company Towing Vessel 76 1965 Now Dorothy L
  Esso Louisiana Humble Oil Tug 125 1965 Now Medina
139 Mariner   Tug 189 1965 Now Suiattle
  Pamlico PCS Phosphate Company Inc Towing Vessel 278 1966 Active
  Jim Colle Colle Towing Company Inc Towing Vessel 145 1966 Active
  Capt Shawn Tesh Services, Llc Towing Vessel 81 1966  
  Cristobal   Tug 148 1966 Later Moby-Ruth, Miss Rutha, now Miss Eva
146 Dixie Warrior Dixie Carriers Towing Vessel 145 1965 Now Sun Coast
  Roanoke Maritrans Tug 278 1966 Active
  Lady Neva   Tug 146 1966 Later Wes Bordelon, now American Contender
149 Gulf Master Zapata Gulf Marine Tug 199 1966 Later Arthur S, now Arthur Brusco
157 A. J. Cenac Cenac Towing Tug 199 1966 Now Sam B.
  Gulf Knight Zapata Gulf Marine Tug 199 1966 Later Philip F Ingram, Jaramac 32, scrapped 1987
162 Gulf Squire Zapata Gulf Marine Tug 147 1966 Later Demarco XI, Frances J, now Gulf Dawn
165 Newark Sun Sun Oil Tug 194 1966 Now Carly A. Turecamo
166 New England Sun Sun Oil Tug 194 1966 Now New England Coast
  Harbor Island True North Marine Llc Tug 78 1967 Later Jean-Pierre, Miss Gill, now Miss Nicole
  JR Talen's Marine & Fuel Inc Tug 60 1967 Now M/V Teeter Menard
170 Morania No. 16 Morania Towing Tug 191 1966 Later Haida Warrior, Northern Warrior, now Hercules
173 Voyager   Tug 197 1967 Now Taurus I
174 Gulf Duke Zapata Gulf Marine Tug 188 1967 Now Stephen Scott
175 Gulf Rustler Zapata Gulf Marine Tug 149 1967 Now Janice Ann Reinauer
177 Joyce P. Crosby Crosby Tugs Tug 64 1967 Later Glora G Cheramie, now Fischer Hayden
179 Dixie Valour Dixie Carriers Tug 143 1966 Active
180 Dixie Vengeance Dixie Carriers Tug 143 1966 Active
181 Dixie Raider Dixie Carriers Tug 143 1966 Active
182 Dixie Marauder Dixie Carriers Tug 143 1966 Now Capt. Frank Gibson
183 Ranger   Tug 195 1967 Now Jill Reinauer
184 Lady Lisa   Tug 65 1967 Now Lucy
185 Rory M. Cenac Cenac Towing Tug 94 1967 Later E A Cenac, E. H. Demouy, Bayou Royal, Capt L Gambarella, now Lock Master
186 Poseidon Sabine Towing Tug 143 1967 Later Ray Pater, R I Trahan, Marie Cenac, Taurus, now Taurus Cenac
187 Eileen B. Ingram Ingram Barge Tug 124 1967 Later Jaramac 35, Nusa Abadi, now Tong Leong
  Renegade Albert E. Magill Tug 108 1967 Now Dixie Renegade
  Traveler Albert E. Magill Tug 108 1967 Now Dixie Traveler
190 Zephyr Sabine Towing Tug 189 1967 Active
  Dixie Buccaneer Dixie Carriers Tug 63 1967 Now Buffalo Girl
192 Goose Creek Kosnac Floating Derrick Corp Tug 99 1967 Now Vera K
194 Lady Jill Belle Pass Towing Tug 178 1967 Active
195 Crusader   Tug 195 1967 Now Ivory Coast
  Betty Wood Point Landing, Inc. Tug  194 1968 Later Chemical Trader, now Ms Chibb
  Colt Western Towing Tug   1968 Active
  L. P. Russo Three R Towing Tug 212 1968 Now Michael A
  Harry Collins L.E.C. Investment Tug 193 1968 Scrapped
196 Gulf Master Gulf Mississippi Towing Tug 187 1968 Later Nina, scrapped 1997
197 Gulf Wave Gulf Mississippi Towing Tug 187 1968 Scrapped 1985
199 Courier Interstate Oil Transport Tug 109 1968 Later Marquita, now Gold Coast
200 Challenger Interstate Oil Transport Tug 195 1968 Later Betty Jean Turecamo, now McAllister Girls
201 Dixie Vandal Dixie Carriers Tug 143 1968 Active
202 Dixie Volunteer Dixie Carriers Tug 143 1968 Active
203 Baroid 110 Dresser Industries Tug 74 1968 Now Alva Dupre
204 Traveller Tangier Marine Transport Tug 195 1968 Now Marie J. Turecamo
205 Scott Chotin, Jr. Chotin Towing Tug 84 1968 Now Dace Reinauer, rebuilt 2008
206 Dixie Courage Dixie Carriers Tug 143 1969 Active
207 Morania No. 18 Morania Oil Tanker Tug 149 1968 Now First Coast
208 Alva McKenzie Service Co. Tug 91 1968 Later Clark Edwards, Marsh Clipper, now Tonya Garrett
209 Tester Southern Carriers Tug 189 1968 Later Quita, Bay Prince, now St. James
210 Colon Refineria Panama Tug 145 1968 Later Colon II, now Lucia C.
211 Clipper Interstate Oil Transport Tug 179 1969 Now Irish Sea
212 Citation Higman Towing Tug 110 1968 Now Endeavor
213            
214 Bronco Western Towing Tug 48 1968 Now Brown Water II
  W. P. Lapeyrouse   Tug 109 1969 Later Gibby C, National Jewel, George Jones, Michael Hassett, Wolf Blessey, now Wolf
  Miss Shelley Cheramie Towing Tug   1969  
215 Gulf Knight Gulf Mississippi Towing Tug 194 1969 Later Hondo, Predator, now Enterprise
216 Lawton M. Calhoun Atlantic Towing Tug 147 1969 Now Cynthia Turecamo
217 Edgar Brown, Jr. Higman Towing Tug 110 1969 Now Emilee Alexis
218 Defender Interstate Oil Transport Tug 195 1969 Now Bahia Malaga
219 Rachel Guidry Enterprises Tug 140 1969 Now Apollo
220 Gulf Miss Gulf Mississippi Towing Tug 150 1969 Now Miss Ann
221 Paddy Cenac Cenac Towing Tug 45 1969 Later Nancy Fournier, Miss Nancy, now James J. Perera
222            
223 Ocean Tower Dann Ocean Towing Tug 109 1969 Later Franklin Reinauer, now Matthew Tibbetts
224 Gulf Storm Gulf Mississippi Towing Tug 194 1970 Now Miki Hana
225 Crystal River Humble Oil Tug 144 1969 Completed as Enco Crystal River, later Exxon Crystal River, now John Reinauer
  Wood River SCNO Acquisition Corp. Tug 228 1970 Active
226 Christine Cenac Cenac Towing Tug 69 1969 Now Marshall J Settoon
227            
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229 Intrepid Maritrans Tug 197 1970 Now OSG Intrepid
230 Night Eagle Chesapeake Marine Partnership Tug 228 1970 Now Capt. Henry Knott
231            
232 Gulf Wind Zapata Gulf Marine Tug 188 1970 Now Bill S.
233 Gulf Seas Zapata Gulf Marine Tug 189 1970 Now Tenner C.
234 Marathon Sabine Towing Tug 143 1970 Active
235 Achilles Sabine Towing Tug 140 1970 Active
236 Atlas Sabine Towing Tug 143 1970 Active
237 Midas Sabine Towing Tug 143 1970 Active
238 Puerto Rico Sun Sun Oil Tug 194 1970 Later Republic, Ponce Service, now Wilkin A. Falgout
239 Dad III   Tug 160 1970 Now Joanne Reinauer III
240            
241 R. Paul Guidry Guidry Bros. Tug 199 1971 Later Pat Powers, now Sea Robin
242 Seminole Sun Sun Oil Tug 190 1970 Later Declaration, now Caribe Service
243 Endeavor Vane Line Bunkering Tug 195 1970 Active
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  Mrs. Mac Southern Terminal & Transport Tug 80 1971 Later Coastal Canaveral, Canaveral, now Miss Ramona
  Dixie Courage Dixie Carriers Tug 159 1971 Now Pecos
246 Gaviota Transportadora de Sal Tug 231 1971 Active
247            
248 Seafarer Maritrans Tug 224 1971 Now OSG Seafarer
249 Capt. Leonard Berry Bros General Contractors Unclassified 455 1971 Active
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252 Satoco   Tug 189 1971 Later Liberty, now OSG Liberty
253 John G. John G Marine Tug 164 1972 Now Gene Dunlap
254 Ajax Sabine Towing Tug 143 1971 Active
255 Navigator Maritrans Tug 184 1972 Now OSG Navigator
256 Eileen C   Tug 199 1971 Later Ellen F McAllister, Ellen F., lost
257            
258 Corsair   Tug 391 1971 Now Beaufort Sea
259 Christy Cenac Cenac Towing Tug 37 1971 Later Britney, now Dudley J. Settoon
260 Eugenie Cenac Cenac Towing Tug 37 1971 Later Danielle, Amelia R Settoon, now Penelope H Settoon
261 National Goal National Marine Service Tug 159 1972 Now El Paso
262 National Ranger National Marine Service Tug 249 1972 Later Katy P, now Kimberly Jane
263 Captain Whitney Rebstock Towing Tug 160 1972 Now C. D. White
264 Pathfinder Dana Marine Service Tug 186 1972 Active
265 Miss Lynn   Tug 199 1972 Later Newpark Sunburst, Gulf Tempest, Atlantic Tempest, now Catherine Turecamo
266 Miss Mildred   Tug 193 1972 Later Newpark Sunshine, Gulf Tide, Atlantic Tide, now Turecamo Boys
267 David Reese John G. Marine Tug 160 1975 Active
268 Mark C Midland Enterprises Tug 149 1972 Active
269 Charlie C Midland Enterprises Tug 149 1972 Active
270 Christy Midland Enterprises Tug 149 1972 Active