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Superior Boat Works, Greenville MS

Most recent update: January 1, 2010.

Superior Boat Works was founded in 1960 by Leslie Lyon, who sold it to Jesse Brent in 1975.  The shipyard, which was located on Harbor Front Road, in Greenville's Industrial Park and next door to Greenville Shipbuilding, built its last boat in 1981 but stayed active as a repair facility until closing in 2009.  The table below is obviously incomplete: if anyone can provide any additional data, please send it to me at timcolton@aol.com.

Hull # Original Name Original Owner Ship Type GT Built Disposition
  Elizabeth Beesecker Northstar Navigation Towboat  510 1960 Active
  Pioneer Pioneer Grain Co. Towboat    1960 Now Ted Kelce
  Drake Marine Sales & Service Co. Towboat  221 1967 Now Myra H
  Jeff T Waterways Marine, Inc. Towboat  141 1967 Now James P. Bryan
  Bessie Burton Canal Barge Co. Towboat  321 1968 Now Senator Sam
  Marian Hagestad   Canal Barge Co. Towboat  323 1968 Active
  Spike Crain Crain Bros., Inc. Towboat  215 1968 Now Mr. Lewis
104 Marlin    Waterways Marine, Inc. Towboat  141 1968 Now Neely Leavell
  Elizabeth Huger   Central Marine Service, Inc. Towboat  323 1969 Active
  Creole Sue   Polaris Towing Co. Towboat  221 1969 Active
  W. P. LeBoeuf LeBoeuf Bros. Towing Co., Inc. Towboat  289 1969 Now C. J. Tully
  Dale Hays Port Arthur Towing Co. Towboat  221 1969 Now Christopher M
  Henry F. Fredeman II Port Arthur Towing Co. Towboat  323 1970 Now Jake West
  Capt. W. F. Fredeman Port Arthur Towing Co. Towboat 579 1971 Now Dixie Leader
  Redwood Vicksburg Towing Co. Towboat  290 1970 Now Gladys Ford
  K. C. West Lake Quarry & Material Co. Towboat  290 1970 Now Pat McBride
  Dixie Leader Kirby Inland Marine Towboat  579 1971 Active
  Renee G Alter Barge Line, Inc. Towboat  559 1971 Now Ana Louise
  Robert D. Herbert T. L. Herbert & Sons, Inc. Towboat  290 1971 Now David K. Wilson
117 Mary Weathers Weathers Towing Co. Towboat  549 1972 Now Gilbert Taylor
118 Yazoo City   Vicksburg Towing Co., Inc. Towboat  513 1972 Active
119 Mary Ann   Mississippi Marine Transport Co. Towboat  290 1973 Active
120 Kevin Flowers   Flowers Transportation Inc. Towboat  613 1973 Active
  Rusty Flowers Flowers Transportation Inc. Towboat  634 1974 Now Senator Stennis
  J. W. Wilson, Jr. Weathers Towing Co. Towboat  609 1975 Now Kelly Lee
  Carol G Apex Towing Co. Towboat  442 1975 Now Bill Stegbauer
  Leviticus    Dow Chemical Co. Towboat  499 1976 Active
  Shorty Baird   U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Towboat    1977 Active
127 Cindy Brent   Brent Transportation Co. Towboat  201 1976 Active
129 Barbara Brent Brent Transportation Co. Towboat  203 1977 Now Dixie Express
130 Capt. Stovall Superior Boat Works Towboat  52 1977 Active
  Walter Hagestad   Canal Barge Co. Towboat  539 1978 Active
  Carolyn B Ed Broussard Marine Service, Inc. Towboat  83 1979 Now Jim Walden
  Melanie L Lalande Towing, Inc. Towboat  59 1978 Now Chris White
  Ezore L Lalande Towing, Inc. Towboat  96 1978 Now Joey Devall
  Leonard L Lalande Towing, Inc. Towboat  96 1979 Now Tobie K. Devall
  Michael L Lalande Towing, Inc. Towboat  82 1979 Now Calvin Devall
  Ryan L Lalande Towing, Inc. Towboat  82 1979 Now Ms. Nancy C
143 Don L Lalande Towing, Inc. Towboat  93 1980 Now Lampasas
144 Theresa L Lalande Towing, Inc. Towboat  86 1980 Now Comal
146 Eden Brent   Brent Transportation Co. Towboat  529 1980 Now Kevin Conway
147 Melinda Brent   Brent Transportation Co. Towboat  92 1980 Active
  Hamilton    Canal Barge Co. Towboat  449 1980 Active
  Dorothy B Ed Broussard Marine Service, Inc. Towboat  86 1980 Now Miss Marcy Parker
  City of Lacrosse Waterways Marine, Inc. Towboat    1981  
  Ezore L Lalande Towing, Inc. Towboat  103 1981 Now Pat White
  Leonard L Lalande Towing, Inc. Towboat  102 1981 Now Janet Marie
  Adrienne L Lalande Towing, Inc. Towboat  86 1981 Now Andre' R
  Terese Marie     Towboat    1981 Now Kennet
152 Margie Logan Logan Transportation, Inc. Towboat  564 1982 Now Mary Harter
154 Lucy W. Hines  Brent Transportation Co. Towboat  103 1981 Active
  Sean L Lalande Towing, Inc. Towboat  98 1982 Now Koolcat
157 Brian L Lalande Towing, Inc. Towboat  145 1982 Now Bill Rodgers
158 Theresa L Lalande Towing, Inc. Towboat  145 1982 Now Eileen C
159 Leonard L Lalande Towing, Inc. Towboat  145 1982 Now Howard Corse
160 Nicole Brent   Brent Transportation Co. Towboat  85 1982 Active
  Paul H. Lambert Twin City Barge & Towing Co. Towboat  564 1982 Now Andi Boyd
  City of Winona Waterways Marine, Inc. Towboat    1982 Now San Nicolas I
165 Baratarian Island Queen Potomac Packet Llc Passenger 95 1984 Now Vivian Hannah
  Warioto    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Towboat    1986 Active
167 M/V Donna Lee II  Consolidation Coal Co. Towboat  66 1986 Active
168 M/V Wanda B   Consolidation Coal Co. Towboat  415 1987 Active
169 Black-Eyed Susan B E S Llc Passenger 82 1988 Active
  George Rowe   Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel Co. Towboat  117 1987 Active
  Harrison    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Towboat    1988 Active
173 Kirby 28025 Kirby Inland Marine Tank Barge 1,639 1989 Active
174 Kirby 27003 Kirby Inland Marine Tank Barge 1,639 1989 Active
176 G L 401 Great Lakes Dredge Dredge 2,265 1990 Out of Service
  Fiedler    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Towboat    1991 Active
  Fluekiger    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Towboat    1991 Active