Tampa Ship
Tampa FL
Most recent update: January 3, 2022.
In 1942, Matthew McCloskey developed a shipyard at Hookers Point in Tampa, on land owned by Tampa Port Authority. The yard had 13 building ways, for the construction of concrete ships of the C1-S-D1 design: MARCOM provided $7 million towards its development. Although not unsuccessful at building concrete ships, it later switched to building steel ships, but closed after the war. The site was acquired by the City of Tampa from the War Assets Administration in January 1948 and leased out on an annual basis. The first significant operator was known as Tampa Ship Repair & Dry Dock Co., which included a subsidiary called Tampa Fabricators.
This company was acquired in 1972 by George Steinbrenner's American Ship Building Company, after they had closed their yards on the Great Lakes, and was subsequently renamed Tampa Shipyards, Inc. American Ship Building expanded it by converting the neighboring shrimp boat dock into two Panamax graving docks, to supplement the two existing graving docks, but the company went bankrupt in 1995. The lease was then briefly held by a subsidiary of a Greek bulk carrier operator, who renamed it Tampa Shipbuilding, but in 1997 it was transferred to a new entity called Tampa Bay Shipbuilding & Repair Company, which was jointly owned by Tommy Bender, who owned Bender Shipbuilding & Repair, in Mobile AL, and Aaron Hendry, who owns Gulf Marine Repair, in Tampa. Bender bought out Hendry in 2002 but sold the business to Edison Chouest Offshore in 2008. Chouest renamed it Tampa Ship. The shipyard is still primarily a repair facility, but has much more fabrication capability than most repair yards and under Chouest's management is now building PSVs. Visit the shipyard at tampabayship.com and see an aerial view on Google here.
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O/N | Name | Customer | Type | GT | LOA | Delivered | Notes | |
Built by McCloskey & Co. | ||||||||
1 | 244546 | Vitruvius | MARCOM | freighter (C1) | 4,826 | 350 | Dec 1943 | breakwater at Normandy |
2 | 244258 | David O. Saylor | MARCOM | freighter (C1) | 4,826 | 350 | Nov 1943 | breakwater at Normandy |
3 | 244542 | Arthur Newell Talbot | MARCOM | freighter (C1) | 4,826 | 350 | Feb 1944 | breakwater at Kiptopeke VA |
4 | 245070 | Richard Lewis Humphrey | MARCOM | freighter (C1) | 4,826 | 350 | Mar 1944 | sold in Mexico |
5 | 245069 | Richard Kidder Meade | MARCOM | freighter (C1) | 4,826 | 350 | Mar 1944 | breakwater at Kiptopeke VA |
6 | 245071 | Willis A. Slater | MARCOM | freighter (C1) | 4,826 | 350 | Feb 1944 | breakwater at Kiptopeke VA |
7 | 245336 | Leonard Chase Watson | MARCOM | freighter (C1) | 4,690 | 350 | June 1944 | breakwater at Kiptopeke VA |
8 | 245335 | John Smeaton | MARCOM | freighter (C1) | 4,826 | 350 | Apr 1944 | breakwater at Powell River BC |
9 | 245579 | Joseph Aspdin | MARCOM | freighter (C1) | 4,690 | 350 | May 1944 | wrecked and lost 1948 |
10 | 245773 | John Grant | MARCOM | freighter (C1) | 4,826 | 350 | June 1944 | breakwater at Kiptopeke VA |
11 | 245771 | M. H. Le Chatelier | MARCOM | freighter (C1) | 4,690 | 350 | July 1944 | breakwater at Powell River BC |
12 | 245774 | L. J. Vicat | MARCOM | freighter (C1) | 4,690 | 350 | July 1944 | breakwater at Powell River BC |
13 | 246010 | Robert Whitman Lesley | MARCOM | freighter (C1) | 4,690 | 350 | July 1944 | breakwater at Kiptopeke VA |
14 | 246120 | Edwin Thacher | MARCOM | freighter (C1) | 4,690 | 350 | July 1944 | breakwater at Kiptopeke VA |
15 | 246257 | C. W. Pasley | MARCOM | freighter (C1) | 4,690 | 350 | Aug 1944 | breakwater at Newport OR |
16 | Armand Considere | MARCOM | freighter (C1) | 4,690 | 350 | Sep 1944 | breakwater at Powell River BC | |
17 | Francois Hennebique | MARCOM | freighter (C1) | 4,690 | 350 | Sep 1944 | breakwater at Newport OR | |
18 | P. M. Anderson | MARCOM | freighter (C1) | 4,690 | 350 | Sep 1944 | breakwater at Powell River BC | |
19 | 246727 | Albert Kahn | MARCOM | freighter (C1) | 4,680 | 350 | Oct 1944 | abandoned and lost 1947 |
20 | 246758 | Willard A. Pollard | MARCOM | freighter (C1) | 4,680 | 350 | Nov 1944 | breakwater at Kiptopeke VA |
21 | 246759 | William Foster Cowham | MARCOM | freighter (C1) | 4,680 | 350 | Nov 1944 | breakwater at Kiptopeke VA |
22 | 246877 | Edwin Clarence Eckel | MARCOM | freighter (C1) | 4,680 | 350 | Dec 1944 | scuttled 1946 |
23 | 246881 | Thaddeus Merriman | MARCOM | freighter (C1) | 4,680 | 350 | Nov 1944 | breakwater at Powell River BC |
24 | 246878 | Emile N. Vidal | MARCOM | freighter (C1) | 4,680 | 350 | Dec 1944 | breakwater at Powell River BC |
25 | 180568 | Northern Warrior | MARCOM | freighter (N3) | 1,900 | 250 | Apr 1945 | to Britain 1945, sold 1947, scrapped 1970 |
26 | 180576 | Northern Chieftain | MARCOM | freighter (N3) | 1,900 | 250 | Apr 1945 | to Britain 1945, sold 1947, scrapped 1982 |
27 | 180714 | Northern Pioneer | MARCOM | freighter (N3) | 1,900 | 250 | May 1945 | to Britain 1945, to Greece 1945 as Zakynthos, sold 1947, Teng 1407, Hung Chang, scrapped |
28 | 247949 | Northern Wanderer | MARCOM | freighter (N3) | 1,870 | 250 | June 1945 | later Warren Bearne, to the Philippines 1949, scrapped 1963 |
29 | 248016 | Northern Explorer | MARCOM | freighter (N3) | 1,870 | 250 | June 1945 | later Nat Brown, to USA 1949, to USN 1951 as Centaurus (AK-264), scrapped 1960 |
30 | 248017 | Northern Voyager | MARCOM | freighter (N3) | 1,870 | 250 | June 1945 | later Oliver R. Mumford, scrapped 1964 |
31 | 248014 | Northern Adventurer | MARCOM | freighter (N3) | 1,870 | 250 | June 1945 | sold 1946, Hai Ming, Chung Kai, sank 1964 |
32 | 248215 | Northern Squire | MARCOM | freighter (N3) | 1,870 | 250 | June 1945 | scrapped 1964 |
33 | 248216 | Northern Yeoman | MARCOM | freighter (N3) | 1,870 | 250 | July 1945 | to USA 1949, to USN 1951 as Serpens (AK-266), scrapped 1960 |
34 | 248211 | Northern Archer | MARCOM | freighter (N3) | 1,870 | 250 | July 1945 | sold 1947, scrapped 1979 |
35 | 248204 | Northern Stalker | MARCOM | freighter (N3) | 1,870 | 250 | July 1945 | sold 1947, scrapped 1974 |
36 | 248394 | Eben H. Linnell | MARCOM | freighter (N3) | 1,870 | 250 | July 1945 | to USA 1949, scrapped |
37 | 248399 | Northern Trapper | MARCOM | freighter (N3) | 1,870 | 250 | Aug 1945 | scrapped 1964 |
38 | 248397 | John J. Jackson | MARCOM | freighter (N3) | 1,870 | 250 | Aug 1945 | sold 1947 as Samsun, Hopa, Merve, scrapped in Turkey 1978 |
39 | 248396 | Frederick Lendholm | MARCOM | freighter (N3) | 1,870 | 250 | Sep 1945 | sold 1947, Don Martin, scrapped in Peru 1967 |
Built by Tampa Ship Repair & Dry Dock Company (including Tampa Fabricators) | ||||||||
pontoon No. 5 | Bethlehem Steel | drydock | 1948 | for FDD sold to Bethlehem Beaumont | ||||
pontoon No. 6 | Bethlehem Steel | drydock | 1948 | for FDD sold to Bethlehem Beaumont | ||||
US Navy | tank barge | 125 | 1952/53 | |||||
US Navy | tank barge | 125 | 1952/53 | |||||
US Navy | tank barge | 125 | 1952/53 | |||||
US Navy | tank barge | 125 | 1952/53 | |||||
US Navy | tank barge | 125 | 1952/53 | |||||
US Navy | tank barge | 125 | 1952/53 | |||||
US Navy | tank barge | 125 | 1952/53 | |||||
US Navy | caisson | 125 | 1953 | |||||
US Navy | caisson | 125 | 1953 | |||||
Tampa Ship Repair | dock gate | Aug 1952 | for Graving Dock No. 1 | |||||
Cuban Sugar | barge | 1953 | ||||||
Cuban Sugar | barge | 1953 | ||||||
Jose Gasparilla | Gasparilla Krewe | pirate ship | 135 | 1954 | ||||
274679 | Kyle 15 | Lease Plan, Inc. | barge | 125 | 100 | 1957 | built by Tampa Fabricators | |
274976 | Kyle 20 | Lease Plan, Inc. | barge | 125 | 100 | 1957 | built by Tampa Fabricators | |
283433 | Kyle 16 | Lease Plan, Inc. | barge | 125 | 100 | 1957 | built by Tampa Fabricators, MC-6 | |
283472 | Kyle 21 | Lease Plan, Inc. | barge | 125 | 100 | 1957 | built by Tampa Fabricators, MC-7 | |
275504 | Humble AC-5 | Humble Oil | tugboat | 193 | 117 | 1958 | built by Tampa Fabricators, Diane | |
276452 | Vermilion Bay | ODECO | OSV | 187 | 115 | 1958 | built by Tampa Fabricators | |
276594 | Breton Island | ODECO | OSV | 187 | 115 | 1958 | built by Tampa Fabricators | |
Nautilus | Disney World | mini-subs | 58 | 61 | 1971 | Nine replicas of the sub in "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" | ||
Built by Tampa Ship Repair & Dry Dock Inc. (subsidiary of The American Ship Building Company) | ||||||||
101 | 359350 | Dalmahoy | Salvesen Offshore | drill ship | 5,755 | 360 | Dec 1973 | sold 1947, Don Martin, scrapped in Peru 1967 |
102 | Bethlehem Steel | semi-submersible | 260 | 1974 | Two pontoons for Bethlehem Hull 4883 | |||
103 | 572989 | Harold Smith | Midland Enterprises | barge | 2,939 | 290 | 1976 | later dredge Sandy Hook |
105 | 579921 | O.C. 350 | Otto Candies | barge | 5,167 | 350 | Feb 1977 | |
106 | 598023 | Louise Howland | Dixie Fuels | barge | 10,071 | 462 | Nov 1978 | |
107 | Tampa Shipyards | dock gate | 150 | 1978 | ||||
108 | 512607 | Western Condor | Continental Leasing | tank barge | 2,474 | 290 | June 1977 | conversion of Gulfport Hull 695 dredge Triton |
109 | 569652 | Matthew | Maritime Admin. | tank barge | 5,279 | 303 | Feb 1980 | conversion of Seatrain Hull 22 deck barge Christina F |
Built by Tampa Shipyards Inc. (subsidiary of The American Ship Building Company) | ||||||||
114 | 296632 | Mormacvega | Moore-McCormack | freighter | 14,082 | 644 | Aug 1982 | conversion to containership American Vega, Allison Lykes |
115 | 296947 | Mormaclynx | Moore-McCormack | freighter | 14,082 | 644 | Nov 1982 | conversion to containership American Reservist |
116 | 296216 | Mormacargo | Moore-McCormack | freighter | 14,082 | 644 | Dec 1982 | conversion to containership American Argo, Magellanes |
117 | 297384 | Mormacrigel | Moore-McCormack | freighter | 14,082 | 644 | June 1983 | conversion to containership American Rigel, Mallory Lykes |
118 | Tampa Shipyards | dock gate | 1983 | for Graving Dock #3 | ||||
119 | Tampa Shipyards | dock gate | 1983 | for Graving Dock #4 | ||||
120 | 545015 | Marie Flood | Gulf Coast Transit | dry bulk barge | 19,271 | 545 | Aug 1984 | jumboization |
1121 | 684689 | Gus W. Darnell | Ocean Ships | product carrier | 21,471 | 598 | 11 Sep 1985 | sold 2005 as Houston |
1122 | 684688 | Paul Buck | Ocean Ships | product carrier | 21,471 | 598 | 11 Sep 1985 | sold to MSC-2003, to NDRF-2010 |
1123 | 684690 | Samuel L. Cobb | Ocean Ships | product carrier | 21,471 | 598 | 15 Nov 1985 | sold to MSC-2003 |
1124 | 684691 | Richard G. Mathiesen | Ocean Ships | product carrier | 21,471 | 598 | 18 Feb 1986 | sold to MSC-2003, to NDRF-2010 |
1125 | 684692 | Lawrence H. Gianella | Ocean Ships | product carrier | 21,471 | 598 | 22 Apr 1986 | sold to MSC-2003 |
1126 | 922736 | GL 63 | Great Lakes Dredge | dump scow | 3,962 | 277 | Mar 1988 | |
1127 | 922737 | GL 64 | Great Lakes Dredge | dump scow | 3,962 | 277 | July 1988 | |
1128 | 287976 | Japan Mail | American Mail Line | freighter | 16,518 | 635 | Feb 1989 | conversion to crane ship Diamond State |
1129 | 287238 | Washington Mail | American Mail Line | freighter | 16,518 | 635 | May 1989 | conversion to crane ship Equality State |
1130 | 928238 | Kinsman Eagle | Kinsman Towing | tugboat | 197 | 88 | Mar 1988 | completion of Valley SB Hull 118 |
1131 | 929654 | Kinsman Falcon | Kinsman Towing | tugboat | 197 | 88 | Feb 1990 | completion of Valley SB Hull 119 |
1132 | AO-191 | Benjamin Isherwood | US Navy | oiler | 650 | completion of Penn Ship Hull 1, contract terminated | ||
1133 | AO-192 | Henry Eckford | US Navy | oiler | 650 | completion of Penn Ship Hull 2, contract terminated | ||
1134 | AGOS-23 | Impeccable | US Navy | ocean surveillance | 281 | completed by Halter Moss Point | ||
AGOS-25 | US Navy | ocean surveillance | 281 | option not exercised | ||||
AGOS-26 | US Navy | ocean surveillance | 281 | option not exercised | ||||
AGOS-27 | US Navy | ocean surveillance | 281 | option not exercised | ||||
1135 | 1033239 | Kinsman Hawk | Bay Transportation | tugboat | 199 | 105 | completed by Trinity Lockport, Hawk | |
1136 | 1034022 | Kinsman Condor | Bay Transportation | tugboat | 199 | 105 | completed by Trinity Lockport, Condor | |
1137 | 1043481 | Kinsman Venture | Bay Transportation | tugboat | 199 | 96 | completed by Leevac SY, Reliant, Millennium Maverick | |
Built by Tampa Bay Shipbuilding & Repair | ||||||||
614210 | Ocean 192 | OSG America | tank barge | 11,796 | 460 | 1998 | conversion to double-hull M 192 | |
532585 | Ocean 244 | OSG America | tank barge | 16,021 | 496 | 2000 | conversion to double-hull M 244 | |
537129 | Ocean Cities | OSG America | tank barge | 16,928 | 520 | 2002 | conversion to double-hull M 252 | |
529918 | Ocean 250 | OSG America | tank barge | 16,928 | 520 | 2002 | conversion to double-hull M 254 | |
565314 | Ocean States | OSG America | tank barge | 14,480 | 514 | 2004 | conversion to double-hull M 214 | |
624039 | Ocean 193 | OSG America | tank barge | 14,020 | 519 | 2005 | conversion to double-hull M 209 | |
646669 | Ocean 211 | OSG America | tank barge | 14,513 | 557 | 2006 | conversion to double-hull M 243 | |
Ocean 215 | OSG America | tank barge | 12,176 | 2006 | conversion to double-hull M 215 | |||
636104 | Ocean 210 | OSG America | tank barge | 14,513 | 557 | 2007 | conversion to double-hull M 242 | |
OSG 350 | OSG America | tank barge | 22,500 | Terminated 2008, completed by VTHM | ||||
OSG 351 | OSG America | tank barge | 22,500 | Terminated 2008, completed by VTHM | ||||
Built by Tampa Ship, LLC (hull numbers assigned by North American SB) | ||||||||
266 | 1238612 | Jack Edwards | Edison Chouest | OSV | 3,045 | 278 | 13 Jun 2012 | |
275 | 1244385 | Clarence Triche | Edison Chouest | OSV | 3,045 | 278 | 21 Feb 2013 | |
282 | 1247918 | C-Endurance | Edison Chouest | OSV | 3,045 | 278 | 18 Oct 2013 | |
286 | 1252257 | Brad Dartez | Edison Chouest | OSV | 3,546 | 312 | 23 May 2014 | |
291 | 1255030 | Horn Island | Edison Chouest | OSV | 4,828 | 299 | 3 Nov 2014 | |
292 | 1257727 | Sanibel Island | Edison Chouest | OSV | 4,828 | 299 | 16 Mar 2015 | |
294 | 1262977 | Paradise Island | Edison Chouest | OSV | 4,828 | 299 | 26 Feb 2018 | |
334 | 1315350 | Emily | Edison Chouest | harbor tugboat | 498 | 93 | ||
335 | 1315351 | Jack | Edison Chouest | harbor tugboat | 498 | 93 |