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

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