McDermott Shipbuilding, Amelia and Morgan City LA

(now Bollinger Marine Fabricators)


McDermott Shipbuilding was a major builder of tugs in its original Morgan City shipyard.  The Amelia yard, close to the Morgan City yard, was added in the 1990s with a view to increasing output and to building larger ships.  The venture into larger ships and into naval ships turned out to be very expensive and the parent company elected to get out of shipbuilding in 1999, selling the Morgan City yard to Service Marine and the Amelia yard to Bollinger.  Bollinger subsequently also acquired the Morgan City yard, when Service Marine folded the following year.  The yard is now operated as Bollinger Marine Fabricators.  See a blurred view of the shipyard from the air on Google here.

Hull # Location Name Owner Type GT Price ($mm) Delivery Disposition
  Morgan City Sledge (WLIC 75303) U.S. Coast Guard Inland Const'n. Tender 145   5-Dec-62 Active
  Morgan City Mallet (WLIC 75304) U.S. Coast Guard Inland Const'n. Tender 145   1-Feb-63 Active
  Morgan City Vise (WLIC 75305) U.S. Coast Guard Inland Const'n. Tender 145   14-Mar-63 Active
  Morgan City Townsend Cromwell NOAA Survey Vessel 579   Nov-63 Active
  Morgan City Betty G   Offshore Service Vessel 231   1963 Scuttled 2001
  Morgan City Dixie Trooper Dixie Carriers Tug     1964 Now Trooper
  Morgan City Dixie Rebel Dixie Carriers Tug     1965 Active
  Morgan City El Puma Grande Caribe Towing Tug 146   1965 Active
  Morgan City El Reno Grande Caribe Towing Tug 146   1966 Active
129 Morgan City Denise Defelice Tidewater Marine Tug 199   Jan-66 Now McAllister Boys
130 Morgan City Nicole D. Defelice II Tidewater Marine Tug 144   1966 Now Southern Branch
131 Morgan City              
132 Morgan City Morning Star   Offshore Service Vessel 685   1971 Now Pelican One
133 Morgan City Double O Seven   Offshore Service Vessel 470   1966 Now Ocean Diver II
134 Morgan City Mud Lump   Offshore Service Vessel 277   1966 Now Viking Empire
135 Morgan City Shoreline   Salvage Ship 690   1966 Now Anamartitos
136 Morgan City              
137 Morgan City              
138 Morgan City Gulf Shore   Offshore Service Vessel 273   1971 Now Gladiator Asetec
139 Morgan City Old Joe   Fishing Vessel 498   1969 Now Argdep Jr
140 Morgan City              
141 Morgan City              
142 Morgan City Richard Foss Foss Maritime Tug 156   May-67 Active
143 Morgan City              
144 Morgan City              
145 Morgan City J. Ray McDermott J. Ray McDermott Tug 293   1967 Now United
146 Morgan City              
147 Morgan City Alison C   Tug 196   Jun-68 Now Offshore King
148 Morgan City Theresa F   Tug 196   Sep-68 Now Paula G
149 Morgan City