Parker Bros. Shipyard

The Parker family were early settlers who owned significant farmland in southeast Houston before it became industrialized. They gradually developed the land along Industrial Road and one activity was the Parker Bros. shipyard on Greens Bayou. The yard was located next to the Platzer yard, which used Parker's slips after it closed in 1980. See the site from the air here. If anyone can fill any of the gaps in the table below, please e-mail timcolton@aol.com

Hull #	Original Name	Original Owner	Ship Type	Length (ft.)	Delivery	Disposition
1	Iliff		Tug	60	1943
2	Clarence H. Brown	Weisinger, Brown, Bacher & McCullum	Tug	75	1944
3	Douglass Haden		Tug	45	1946
4	Dauntless		Towboat	100	1946
5	John B		Tug	48	1946
6	Dixie	C. J. Dick Towing	Towboat	100	1946	Now Alma S
7	Marilyn M		Tug	75	1946
8	Susan Lynn		Tug	48	1947
9	Buddie McDow		Tug	48	1947
10	Charles R. Moore		Tug	48	1947
11	Allan W		Tug	48	1947
12	Vivian Parker	Texas Barge Line	Towboat	130	1951	Now River Beaver
13	Norsworthy		Towboat	130	1951
14	Charles T. Parker		Towboat	130	1952
15			Oil Barge	45	1952
16			Oil Barge	45	1952
17	Jim F. Newell		Towboat	75	1953
18	Sioux City	SCNO Barge Lines	Towboat	140	1953	Now Ashley M. Robinson
19	Omaha	SCNO Barge Lines	Towboat	140	1953	Active
20	Kansas City	SCNO Barge Lines	Towboat	140	1955	Now River Otter
21	Charles C. Hightower		Tug	75	1955
22	Waverly		Tug	90	1956
23	Sounding Barge No. 3		Barge	65	1956
24	Harbor Queen	Harbor Docking & Towing	Tug	90	1956	Now St. John
25	Frances Haden		Tug	90	1957
26	Linda Brooks	Brooks Liquid Transport	Tug	95	1958	Now Buckley
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28	Brimstone	Texas Sulphur Transport	Towboat	150	1958	Active
29	Joni T		Tug	33	1958
30	Ben H. Sloane		Tug	80	1959
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32	Zella		Tug	50	1960
33	Yankton	SCNO Barge Lines	Towboat	125	1962	Now Captain Spider Favre
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35	Tadpole		Tug	35	1962
36	Fort Yates	SCNO Barge Lines	Towboat	65	1962	Now Katie Ann
	Fort Pierre	SCNO Barge Lines	Towboat		1965	Now Concordia
37	Brownville		Towboat	135	1964
38	Ohio		Tug	40	1965
39	Joan		Tug	81	1965
40	Elizabeth N. Kelso	Big Tow Barge Lines	Towboat	60	1965	Now Mr. Barry
41	Dow Hustler	Dow Chemical	Towboat	41	1966	Now Crista Dian
42	Hazle R	TRL, Inc.	Towboat	56	1967	Now Harbor Queen
43	Shell Finder		Tug	50	1967
44	Capt. Bill Parker		Tug	75	1968
45	Robin Rose	Parker Bros.	Towboat	75	1968	Now Trey Deloach
46	Zip II	TRL, Inc.	Towboat	56	1972	Now Gunnison
47	Florida Martin		Tug	155	1974	Sank 1974
48	Capt. Briscoe	Houston Barge Line	Towboat	155	1977	Now Reggie G
49	Edith		Towboat	105	1977
50	Allan		Towboat	105	1980
	Mr Y	Parker Bros.	Pushboat