Nashville Bridge Co. (NABRICO), Nashville TN

(now Trinity Marine Products, Ashland City TN)

Nashville Bridge Company was originally a bridge builder, founded in the 1890s, which was converted to shipbuilding in 1915.  By the 1960s, it was said to be the world's largest builder of inland barges.  George Steinbrenner bought it in 1969 but sold it to Trinity Marine Group in about 1995.  Trinity relocated the operation to Ashland City TN in 1996, when the City of Nashville decided that the downtown shipyard property would be more valuable to the community as a stadium.  The shipyard remains active as a builder of inland barges.  You could see the shipyard from the air on Google here, except that the picture is hopelessly blurred.  This table is obviously incomplete.  Any help in making it better would be very welcome: please send any additions and/or corrections to tim@coltoncompany.com.

Hull # Original Name Original Owner Type Navy Type Pennant # Tons FY Delivery Disposition
  Elizabeth H   Towboat         1923  
  Lady Lois   Towboat         1923  
  Kinzua   Towboat         1936  
  Ole Miss   Towboat         1936  
  Pat Yager   Towboat         1936  
    US Navy Sub Chaser PC 620 463 40 1-Jan-43 Named Bethany 1956, scrapped 1957
    US Navy Sub Chaser PC 621 463 40 1-Dec-42 To France 1944 as Fantassin (W 93), struck 1961
    US Navy Sub Chaser PC 622 463 40 1-Mar-43 To Greece 1944 as Vasileos Georgios II (P 17), scrapped 1963
    US Navy Sub Chaser PC 623 463 40 1-Apr-43 Sold 1946
  Fidelity US Navy Minesweeper AM 96 1250 41 1-Nov-42 Reclassified 1944 as PC 1600, sold 1948
  Fierce US Navy Minesweeper AM 97 1250 41 5-Mar-43 Reclassified 1944 as PC 1601, sold 1948 as Seaborn II
    US Navy Sub Chaser PC 1241 463 42 1-May-43 To the Philippines 1948 as Nueva Ecija (PS 25)
    US Navy Sub Chaser PC 1242 463 42 1-Jul-43 Named Port Clinton 1956, sold 1959
    US Navy Sub Chaser PC 1243 463 42 1-Sep-43 Sold 1947
    US Navy Sub Chaser PC 1244 463 42 1-Oct-43 Named Martinez 1956, scrapped 1961
    US Navy Sub Chaser PC 1245 463 42 1-Oct-43 Disposition unknown
    US Navy Sub Chaser PC 1246 463 42 1-Nov-43 Named Canadaigua 1956, scrapped 1957
    US Navy Sub Chaser PC 1247 463 42 1-Dec-43 To Taiwan 1948 as Chia Ling, struck 1964
    US Navy Sub Chaser PC 1248 463 42 1-Dec-43 To France 1944 as Sabre (W 11), struck 1960
    US Navy Sub Chaser PC 1249 463 42 1-Jan-44 To France 1944 as Pique (W 13), struck 1959
    US Navy Sub Chaser PC 1250 463 42 1-Feb-44 To France 1944 as Cimeterre (W 12), struck 1963
    US Army Deck Barge BC 396     7/42  
    US Army Deck Barge BC 397     7/42  
    US Army Deck Barge BC 454     7/42  
    US Army Gasoline Barge BG 484     8/42-11/42  
    US Army Gasoline Barge BG 485     8/42-11/42