Clooney Construction
Westlake LA
Clooney Construction & Towing Company was started in 1906 by John F. Clooney, a Newfoundlander who had relocated to Lake Charles: his son, Thomas, took over and subsequently sold the business. It closed after WWI. Initially, the yard was on the east side of the Calcasieu River, just south of the Highway Bridge, but later moved downstream to a larger site, the location of which is not clear but was in the vicinity of Clooney Island. As usual with the older yards, Clooney's construction record is seriously incomplete.
O/N | Name | Customer | Type | GT | LOA | Built | Notes | |
166833 | Transfer | barge | 381 | 1908 | ||||
208137 | Skipper | tugboat | 16 | 52 | 1910 | |||
208518 | Willie | tugboat | 20 | 56 | 1911 | |||
164911 | Cuba | barge | 213 | 1912 | ||||
166744 | Houston | dredge barge | 699 | 1912 | ||||
Federal | Edwin R. Kimble | USACE | dredge barge | 725 | 36 | 1912 | ||
Federal | Everett Sherrill | USACE | launch | 9 | 47 | 1914 | ||
Federal | Eleanor | USCG | launch | 25 | 81 | 1914 | later LT A. C. Tippin | |
165787 | Duke | barge | 253 | 1914 | ||||
165677 | F-8 | barge | 510 | 1914 | ||||
212069 | Jane | motor ship | 18 | 46 | 1914 | |||
212227 | Rowan | tender | 21 | 43 | 1914 | |||
212578 | Oscar J. II | tugboat | 21 | 50 | 1914 | |||
220846 | Dispatch | tugboat | 10 | 33 | 1914 | |||
213649 | Ankla | schooner | 285 | 143 | 1915 | |||
166125 | Vaska | schooner barge | 285 | 1915 | ||||
166096 | Thekla | barge | 290 | 1915 | ||||
166375 | F-14 | barge | 519 | 1916 | ||||
166365 | F-15 | barge | 519 | 1916 | ||||
166272 | Colonel Moore | tank barge | 647 | 1916 | ||||
166384 | Wansley | tank barge | 697 | 1916 | ||||
166538 | W. E. Maxson | barge | 945 | 1916 | ||||
214635 | Geo. T. Lock | schooner | 801 | 180 | 1916 | |||
214600 | Sarah E. Turner | George A. Tooker | motor ship | 739 | 176 | 1916 | ||
213983 | T. G. Powell | motor ship | 142 | 1916 | ||||
214276 | Tamboyache | steamer | 185 | 1916 | ||||
214570 | Verda E. Turner | motor ship | 449 | 1916 | ||||
167137 | U | barge | 661 | 1917 | ||||
167072 | Cia. do Nav. Interior SA No. 109 | barge | 661 | 1917 | ||||
167009 | Cia. do Nav. Interior SA No. 110 | barge | 709 | 1917 | ||||
215737 | A. H. Olwine | Eastern Transportation | schooner barge | 1,077 | 204 | 1917 | ||
215305 | Alla G. Turner | motor ship | 677 | 1917 | ||||
216212 | Col. Bowie | Gulf Export & Transportation | steamer | 1,363 | 1917 | |||
214927 | Hellas | schooner | 581 | 1917 | ||||
215723 | Irma | Am. Cargo Transportation | freighter | 614 | 164 | 1917 | ||
214928 | James M. Hudson | schooner | 1,011 | 205 | 1917 | |||
214906 | N. E. Turner | motor ship | 724 | 1917 | ||||
215601 | Paciencia | steamer | 313 | 141 | 1917 | |||
167336 | Humberto | barge | 641 | 1918 | ||||
217023 | Col. Keith | Gulf Export & Transportation | schooner | 884 | 180 | 1918 | ||
167776 | F-26 | barge | 588 | 1919 | later S. N. 102 | |||
218803 | Jesse C. Barbour | schooner | 1,908 | 249 | 1919 | |||
218756 | Major Slack | steamer | 183 | 124 | 1919 | |||
219768 | Panuco | steamer | 433 | 1920 | ||||
167813 | Central Niquero 1 | barge | 229 | 1920 | ||||
167824 | Central Niquero 2 | barge | 229 | 1920 | ||||
167825 | Central Niquero 3 | barge | 229 | 1920 | ||||
167874 | Cia Transcon do Pet. SA No. 120 | barge | 591 | 1920 | ||||
167875 | Cia Transcon do Pet. SA No. 121 | barge | 591 | 1920 | ||||
167877 | E | barge | 811 | 1920 | ||||
167885 | Clooney | barge | 230 | 1920 | ||||
167913 | Cia Transcon do Pet. SA No. 123 | barge | 591 | 1920 | ||||
167930 | Cia Transcon do Pet. SA No. 124 | barge | 591 | 1920 | ||||
167942 | Cia Transcon do Pet. SA No. 125 | barge | 591 | 1920 | ||||
167972 | Cia Transcon do Pet. SA No. 126 | barge | 480 | 1920 | ||||
168137 | Cia Transcon do Pet. SA No. 300 | barge | 219 | 1920 | ||||
168138 | Cia Transcon do Pet. SA No. 301 | barge | 219 | 1921 |