Large Dry Bulk Barges Built in the U.S. Since WWII
Most recent update: April 16, 2020.
This table attempts to list all the large dry bulk barges built in U.S. shipyards since WWII, listed by shipbuilder and hull number. "Large" in this context means designed and built for service on the open ocean and/or the Great Lakes. They carry such cargoes as gravel, cement, bauxite, coal and grain, some of them in coastal and non-contiguous trades but an increasing number on the Great Lakes, where ATBs are gradually replacing lakers. The table may be missing some of the older barges and the reliability of the data is occasionally complicated by conversions and, jumboizations.
Some of the barges have dedicated tugboats, as listed.
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Builder | Location | O/N | Name | Customer | GT | LOA | Delivered | Type | ATB? | Tugboat | Notes | |
Avondale SY | New Orleans LA | 1010 | 289090 | Angela | Atlantic Barge | 8,512 | 420 | July 1962 | cement | NLD | ||
Avondale SY | New Orleans LA | 1015 | 290273 | Alexandra | Atlantic barge | 8,512 | 420 | Jan 1963 | cement | later Cement Transporter 1801 | ||
Avondale SY | New Orleans LA | 1035 | 292097 | Adelaide | Atlantic barge | 8,512 | 420 | July 1963 | cement | later Cement Transporter 1802 | ||
Avondale SY | New Orleans LA | 1051 | 294327 | James Sheridan | Sheridan Towing | 6,074 | 350 | Mar 1964 | agricultural | later Susan-F, ATC-12000 | ||
Avondale SY | New Orleans LA | 1077 | 298509 | Kathleen Sheridan | Sheridan Towing | 6,074 | 350 | Apr 1965 | later CIFC-3 | |||
Avondale SY | New Orleans LA | 1087 | 501096 | Mary Ormston | Energy Transportation | 9,815 | 430 | Dec 1965 | ore | later Bulk Transporter, CIFC-2 | ||
Avondale SY | New Orleans LA | 1088 | 502087 | Delores Rogers | Energy Transportation | 9,815 | 430 | Jan 1966 | ore | later Anthony P III, DXE-1800, ATC 1800, NLD | ||
Avondale SY | New Orleans LA | 1110 | 502823 | Patricia Sheridan | Sheridan Towing | 5,320 | 350 | Apr 1966 | later CIFC-4 | |||
Avondale SY | New Orleans LA | 1175 | 514966 | Freeport 1 | Midland Enterprises | 10,851 | 472 | June 1968 | phosphate | ATB | Alison C | later TECO 2, Bahia de Tampa/Betty S |
Avondale SY | New Orleans LA | 1176 | 516720 | Freeport 2 | Midland Enterprises | 10,851 | 472 | Oct 1968 | phosphate | ATB | Theresa F | later Dana Dunn, scrapped 2011 |
Avondale SY | New Orleans LA | 1195 | 517896 | Sea Star | Red Star Towing | 6,074 | 350 | Jan 1969 | later Mary J. Sheridan, ATC 350, NLD | |||
Avondale SY | New Orleans LA | 2301 | 587045 | CF-1 | C.F. Enterprises | 16,248 | 556 | Dec 1977 | general bulk | ATB | Coastal 303 | later Gayle Eustace, Florida Enterprise |
Avondale SY | New Orleans LA | 2338 | 649301 | Maria T | Blue Circle Cement | 8,865 | 420 | Aug 1982 | cement | later Cement Transporter 6500 | ||
Bath Iron Works | Bath ME | 408 | 644915 | HSTC-1 | Hawaiian Sugar | 20,804 | 546 | Mar 1982 | sugar | ITB | Moku Pahu | |
Bay SB | Sturgeon Bay WI | 728 | 626730 | Erol Beker | Beker Shipping | 14,337 | 550 | July 1982 | phosphate | ATB | April T. Beker | later Mary Turner, Ashtabula/Defiance |
Bay SB | Sturgeon Bay WI | 729 | 639499 | Energy Freedom | Univ. Am. Shipping | 14,500 | 550 | Aug 1981 | coal | Gulf Majesty | later American Freedom | |
Bay SB | Sturgeon Bay WI | 730 | 641530 | Oceanport | Ocean barge | 14,379 | 550 | Oct 1981 | coal | ATB | Naida Ramil | later Peggy Palmer |
Bay SB | Sturgeon Bay WI | 734 | 667454 | Thoroughbred Topper | Coastal Barge Corp. | 14,379 | 550 | June 1984 | general bulk | ATB | Coastal 101 | later Topper, Pat Cantrell, Louisiana Enterprise |
Bay SB | Sturgeon Bay WI | 740 | 1044267 | Integrity | LaFarge Cement | 8,757 | 441 | July 1996 | cement | ATB | G L Ostrander | |
Bay SB | Sturgeon Bay WI | 760 | 1184532 | Innovation | LaFarge Cement | 8,757 | 441 | May 2006 | cement | ATB | Samuel de Champlain | |
Bay SB | Sturgeon Bay WI | Van Enkevort Towing | 2020 | ATB | ||||||||
Bethlehem Steel | Sparrows Point MD | 4505 | 264391 | Sparrows Point | Bethlehem Steel | 11,217 | 621 | Sep 1952 | general bulk | ATB | Olive L. Moore | later Buckeye 1990, converted to barge Lewis L. Kuber 2006 |
Bethlehem Steel | Sparrows Point MD | 4607 | 299786 | Martha B | Midland Enterprises | 8,944 | 420 | July 1965 | later Carolina | |||
Bethlehem Steel | Sparrows Point MD | 4610 | 502771 | Caribbean | Caribbean Barge Corp. | 8,200 | 474 | Apr 1966 | NLD | |||
Bethlehem Steel | Beaumont TX | 4858 | 527663 | Maryland | Moran Dry Bulk | 12,202 | 515 | July 1970 | ||||
Bollinger SY | Amelia LA | 498 | 1181446 | Montville | Moran Dry Bulk | 7,153 | 418 | May 2006 | ||||
Corn Island SY | Lamar IN | 317 | 1273596 | EMI-2100 | Express Marine | 8,826 | 445 | Mar 2017 | sugar | |||
Donjon SB | Erie PA | 115 | 1238380 | Lakes Contender | Seajon LLC | 16,552 | 710 | Apr 2012 | general bulk | ATB | Ken Boothe Sr. | |
Galveston SB | Galveston TX | 137 | 651023 | Virginia | Moran Dry Bulk | 13,226 | 510 | Oct 1982 | grain | Mary Ann Moran | ||
Great Lakes Eng. | Ecorse MI | 17 | 202859 | William P. Snyder | Shenango SS | 6,939 | 505 | Apr 2006 | cement | ATB | Prentiss Brown | later Elton Hoyt II 1926, Alex D. Chisholm 1952, Medusa Challenger 1966, barge Southdown Challenger 1999, St. Mary's Challenger 2004 |
Great Lakes Eng. | Ecorse MI | 298 | 264738 | J. L. Mauthe | Interlake Steamship | 10,720 | 606 | 1952 | general bulk | ATB | Dorothy Ann | converted to barge Pathfinder |
Great Lakes Eng. | Ecorse MI | 299 | 265360 | Reserve | Oglebay Norton | 11,601 | 815 | 1953 | general bulk | ATB | Victory | converted to barge James L. Kuber 2006 |
Gretna Machine | Gretna LA | 227 | 598366 | Jonathan | Allied Transportation | 6,589 | 346 | Nov 1978 | ||||
Gretna Machine | Gretna LA | 246 | 947469 | Thames | Express Marine Inc. | 7,568 | 470 | Apr 1989 | coal | ATB | Baltimore | later EMI 1850 |
Gretna Machine | Gretna LA | 251 | 969703 | Somerset | Moran Dry Bulk | 7,153 | 418 | Dec 1990 | ||||
Gulf Coast Fab. | Pearlington MS | 300 | 1102126 | Domino Sugar | Express Marine Inc. | 5,558 | 361 | Aug 2000 | sugar | later tank barge DBL 78 | ||
Gulf Coast Fab. | Pearlington MS | 301 | 1091839 | Great Lakes Trader | Van Enkevort Towing | 15,823 | 740 | June 2000 | general bulk | ATB | Joyce L. Van Enkevoort | |
Gulfport SB | Port Arthur TX | 645 | 504456 | Barbara Vaught | Gulf Coast Transit | 7,998 | 420 | June 1966 | scrapped 2011 | |||
Gulfport SB | Port Arthur TX | 684 | 509637 | Thelma Collins | Gulf Coast Transit | 7,998 | 420 | June 1967 | later ODB 3 | |||
Gulfport SB | Port Arthur TX | 692 | 511746 | Pearle Jahn | Gulf Coast Transit | 9,542 | 420 | Nov 1967 | later Diane Ludwig, ODB 1, Sucre | |||
Gunderson Marine | Portland OR | 82 | 1225098 | EMI 2400 | Express Marine Inc. | 10,814 | 461 | June 2010 | coal | ATB | Freedom | |
Ingalls IW | Decatur AL | 1921 | 611311 | Miss Dott-O | Dixie Offshore Transportation | 10,071 | 462 | Oct 1979 | ||||
Ingalls SB | Pascagoula MS | 6012 | 623134 | Marquette Barge 5300 | Marquette Transportation | 3,202 | 292 | June 1980 | cement | later Frank J. DeWitt, Cement Transporter 5300 | ||
Levingston SB | Orange TX | 707 | 545015 | Marie Flood | Gulf Coast Transit | 15,834 | 553 | Feb 1973 | scrapped 2012 | |||
Manitowoc SB | Manitowoc WI | 292 | 236823 | Red Crown | S.O. of Indiana | 5,443 | 437 | Nov 1937 | cement | ATB | Bradshaw McGee | later Amoco Indiana, Medusa Conquest 1966, converted to barge Southdown Conquest 1999, Cemex Conquest, Conquest, St Mary's Conquest 2004 |
Maryland SB | Baltimore MD | 245496 | Marine Robin | Hansand SS | 706 | Nov 1952 | general bulk | ATB | Joseph L. Thompson, Jr. | converted to barge Joseph L. Thompson | ||
Maryland SB | Baltimore MD | 247490 | Marine Angel | Amersand SS | 13,813 | 579 | 1953 | general bulk | ATB | Invincible | converted to barge McKee Sons | |
McDermott Marine | Morgan City LA | 277 | 698512 | Bridgeport | Moran Dry Bulk | 7,153 | 418 | 1986 | coal | ex-tank barge converted 2008 | ||
Misener Industries | Tampa FL | 197 | 671640 | EMI 1150 | Express Marine Inc. | 3,631 | 360 | 1984 | sugar | |||
Misener Industries | Tampa FL | 198 | 671641 | EMI 1151 | Express Marine Inc. | 3,631 | 360 | 1985 | sugar | |||
Moss Point Marine | Escatawpa MS | 130 | 1047057 | Portsmouth | Moran Dry Bulk | 7,438 | 418 | Nov 1996 | ||||
Seatrain SB | Brooklyn NY | 38 | 691889 | USL 502 | International Shipholding | 11,556 | 547 | 1979 | general bulk | ITB | Coastal 202 | later Doris Guenther, Florida Enterprise, Alabama Enterprise |
Westport Orange SY | Orange TX | 5 | 1243312 | Winna Wilson | Kirby Ocean Transportation | 11,233 | 461 | Apr 2013 | coal | ATB | Jason E. Duttinger | |
Westport Orange SY | Orange TX | 7 | 1243311 | Margo Dale | Kirby Ocean Transportation | 11,233 | 461 | May 2013 | coal | ATB | Captain Donald Lowe Sr. | |
Tampa Ship Repair | Tampa FL | 106 | 598023 | Louise Howland | Dixie Offshore Transportation | 10,071 | 462 | 1978 | sugar | |||
Tidewater Eqpmt. | Chesapeake VA | 140 | 641591 | Bulkmaster | 5,142 | 326 | 1981 | cement | later Loveland 3401, G T Bulkmaster | |||
Tidewater Eqpmt. | Chesapeake VA | 214 | 968402 | sugar Express | Transerve Marine Inc. | 6,552 | 346 | 1990 | sugar | |||
Tidewater Eqpmt. | Chesapeake VA | 220 | 981938 | EMI 1152 | Express Marine Inc. | 4,199 | 343 | 1992 | sugar | |||
Todd Shipyards | Galveston TX | 64 | 648119 | Amy Thompson | Dixie Offshore Transportation | 7,268 | 462 | June 1982 | grain | |||
Todd Shipyards | Galveston TX | 65 | 652693 | Mickie Birdsall | Dixie Offshore Transportation | 7,268 | 462 | Nov 1982 | grain | |||
Todd Shipyards | Houston TX | 567 | 532555 | Ezra Sensibar | Const'n. Aggregates | 10,316 | 510 | June 1971 | aggregate | later Long Island | ||
Todd Shipyards | Houston TX | 628 | 639245 | Ideal I | Ideal Cement, Inc. | 5,092 | 340 | Aug 1981 | cement | later Hannah 7701, Lafarge Eagle | ||
Todd Shipyards | Houston TX | 629 | 643317 | Ideal II | Ideal Cement, Inc. | 5,092 | 340 | Dec 1981 | cement | later Midnight 1, Cement Transporter 7700 |