Charles Ward Engineering
Charleston WV
Most recent update: November 27, 2017.
Charles Ward Engineering Works was founded by Charles Ward in 1872, incorporated in 1907 and remained in operation until 1932, when it closed due to economic and ownership succession issues. It was an early developer of water tube boilers on ships, pioneered the development of the tunnel stern propeller-driven towboat and was among the first companies to install internal combustion engines in towboats. The yard was located on the south bank of the Kanawha River, on McCorkle Avenue, directly opposite the Haddad Riverfront Park, but there's no sign of a shipyard there any more.
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| O/N | Name | Customer | Type | GT | LOA | Delivered | Notes | |
| Mascot | USACE | launch | 8 | 1893 | sold 1911 as Mascot (ON 209085), abandoned 1921 | |||
| Madge (I) | Charles Ward | launch | 1894 | |||||
| 92850 | Madge (II) | Charles Ward | yacht | 9 | 1897 | later for Mrs. Ward, to USACE 1903 as Ouachita | ||
| 25342 | Unique | Charles Ward | yacht | 33 | Oct 1901 | to USACE 1904 as Unique, sold 1929 as tug Etta J, sunk 1942 | ||
| James Rumsey | USACE | towboat | 126 | 1903 | sold 1934 as Steve Click Jr. (ON 233621) | |||
| 203714 | A. M. Scott | Charles Ward Engineering | towboat | 168 | Nov 1906 | abandoned 1933 | ||
| Madge (III) | Charles Ward | yacht | May 1909 | |||||
| Inspector | USACE | towboat | 158 | 1915 | ||||
| 10 | 216817 | Clairton | Carnegie Steel Co. | towboat | 245 | Sep 1918 | later Kanawha, Alicia, Henry A. Roemer, J. M. Leithead | |
| 11 | 220773 | Natchez | US Railway Administration | towboat | 757 | 1920 | ||
| 12 | 221271 | Vicksburg | US Railway Administration | towboat | 757 | 1921 | ||
| 13 | No. 21 | USACE | barge | 1921 | ||||
| 14 | No. 22 | USACE | barge | 1921 | ||||
| 15 | No. 23 | USACE | barge | 1921 | ||||
| 16 | No. 24 | USACE | barge | 1921 | ||||
| 17 | 221980 | General Frank M. Coxe | US Army | ferry | 539 | 1 Dec 1922 | sold 1947 as General Frank M. Coxe (ON 252866), Showboat, Pattaya Princess, The Sherman, General Frank M. Coxe | |
| 18 | 222147 | General John McE. Hyde | US Army | ferry | 539 | 5 Dec 1922 | sunk by gunfire at Corregidor 1942 | |
| 19 | 222391 | Destrehan | Pan American Petroleum | towboat | 371 | 3 Aug 1922 | Charles R. Hook 1941, scrapped 1957 | |
| 20 | 222668 | Ste. Genevieve | Missouri-Illinois RR | rail ferry | 1,667 | 1 Dec 1922 | ||
| 21 | Greenbrier (WAGL-214) | USCG | tender | 305 | 20 Jun 1924 | sold 1948 as dredge Mississippi (ON 264233) | ||
| 22 | USACE | tank barge | Mar 1923 | |||||
| 23 | USACE | tank barge | Mar 1923 | |||||
| 24 | 222941 | W. C. Kelly | Kelly Axe Mfg. Co. | towboat | 111 | 31 May 1923 | later Flavia 19?? | |
| 25 | Kelly Axe Mfg. Co. | derrick boat | 18 Jan 1923 | |||||
| 26 | Kelly Axe Mfg. Co. | covered barge | 31 May 1923 | |||||
| 27 | Kelly Axe Mfg. Co. | open barge | 31 May 1923 | |||||
| 28 | J. B. Battle | USACE | towboat | 174 | 31 Dec 1923 | later La Verne, sold 1947 as J. L. Beatty (ON 253609), Martha E. Greene 1951, sunk 1970s, raised, scrapped | ||
| 29 | Kelly Axe Mfg. Co. | open barge | 31 May 1923 | |||||
| 30 | Kelly Axe Mfg. Co. | open barge | 29 Jun 1923 | |||||
| 31 | C. B. Harris | USACE | dredge | 1,304 | 18 Aug 1924 | sold 1953 as C. B. Harris (ON 266334), Ollie Riedel, Mr. Manson | ||
| 32 | 224795 | Chris Greene | C. P. & C. Packet Co. | passenger | 482 | 17 May 1924 | scrapped 1951 | |
| 33 | Lookout | USACE | towboat | 233 | 1925 | George S. Nutt 1927, sold 1937 as Admiral (ON 236325), barge 1953 (ON 264835) | ||
| 34 | USACE | quarter boat | 20 Sep 1924 | |||||
| 35 | USACE | maneuver boat | 31 Dec 1924 | |||||
| 36 | USACE | maneuver boat | 31 Dec 1924 | |||||
| 37 | 225161 | Geo. T. Price | Kelly Transportation | towboat | 236 | 9 Nov 1925 | ||
| 38 | 225803 | E. D. Kenna | Ohio River Co. | towboat | 388 | 13 Jul 1926 | ||
| 39 | 175040 | Kelly Axe & Tool Co. | freight barge | 464 | 13 Jan 1926 | A.B.L. 1 1927 | ||
| 40 | 175041 | Kelly Axe & Tool Co. | freight barge | 464 | 13 Jan 1926 | A.B.L. 2 1927 | ||
| 41 | Kelly Axe & Tool Co. | freight barge | 464 | 13 Jan 1926 | lost in hurricane 1926 | |||
| 42 | 175042 | Kelly Axe & Tool Co. | freight barge | 464 | 6 Mar 1926 | A.B.L. 4 1927 | ||
| 43 | Kelly Axe & Tool Co. | freight barge | 464 | 17 Apr 1926 | lost in hurricane 1926 | |||
| 44 | 175043 | Kelly Axe & Tool Co. | freight barge | 464 | July 1926 | A.B.L. 6 1927 | ||
| 45 | 175044 | Kelly Axe & Tool Co. | freight barge | 464 | 31 Jul 1926 | A.B.L. 7 1927 | ||
| 46 | 175045 | Kelly Axe & Tool Co. | freight barge | 464 | 25 Aug 1926 | A.B.L. 8 1927 | ||
| 47 | 175046 | Kelly Axe & Tool Co. | freight barge | 464 | 25 Aug 1926 | A.B.L. 9 1927 | ||
| 48 | 175047 | freight barge | 464 | 1926 | A.B.L. 10 1927 | |||
| 49 | 226042 | Wild Goose | Charles Ward Eng. | towboat | 92 | 25 Sep 1926 | ||
| 50 | 175048 | freight barge | 464 | Nov 1926 | A.B.L. 11 1927 | |||
| 51 | 175049 | W. C. Kelly Barge Line | freight barge | 464 | 21 Oct 1926 | A.B.L. 12 1927 | ||
| 52 | 175050 | W. C. Kelly Barge Line | freight barge | 464 | 29 Nov 1926 | A.B.L. 13 1927 | ||
| 53 | 175051 | W. C. Kelly Barge Line | freight barge | 464 | 7 Feb 1927 | A.B.L. 14 1927 | ||
| 54 | 175052 | W. C. Kelly Barge Line | freight barge | 464 | 11 Mar 1927 | A.B.L. 15 1927 | ||
| 55 | 175053 | W. C. Kelly Barge Line | freight barge | 464 | 21 Apr 1927 | A.B.L. 16 1927 | ||
| 56 | 175054 | W. C. Kelly Barge Line | freight barge | 464 | 1 Jun 1927 | A.B.L. 17 1927 | ||
| 57 | 175055 | W. C. Kelly Barge Line | freight barge | 464 | 1 Jun 1927 | A.B.L. 18 1927 | ||
| 58 | Inland Waterways Corp. | freight barge | 464 | 14 Jun 1927 | ||||
| 59 | 175056 | W. C. Kelly Barge Line | freight barge | 464 | 30 Jul 1927 | A.B.L. 20 1927 | ||
| 60 | 226269 | W. A. Shepherd | W. C. Kelly Barge Line | towboat | 267 | 15 Apr 1927 | ||
| 61 | 226725 | Duncan Bruce | W. C. Kelly Barge Line | towboat | 357 | 15 Jul 1927 | ||
| 62 | F. H. Hilliard | USACE | survey boat | 150 | 12 Nov 1927 | sold 1940 as Hugh C. Blaske (ON 240086), Mississippi | ||
| 63 | Tecumseh | USACE | towboat | 199 | 28 Apr 1928 | sold 1950 as Tecumseh (ON 262468), W. C. White 1954, Robin D 1971, Cotton Blossom 1973 | ||
| 64 | General Humphreys | USACE | Inspection boat | 100 | 29 Mar 1928 | sold 1946 as Sarah R (ON 251239) | ||
| 65 | 227558 | Criterion | Charles Ward Eng. | towboat | 53 | 1 May 1928 | D. W. Wyatt 1963, Criterion 1985 | |
| 66 | 227557 | Alpha | Alpha Sand Co. | towboat | 75 | 7 Jul 1928 | ||
| 67 | 227830 | Bull Dog | Charles Ward Eng. | towboat | 54 | 16 Jul 1928 | Pure Gyrol 19??, D. L. Gilland 1949 | |
| 68 | Captain Eric Bergland | USACE | towboat | 47 | 30 Jul 1928 | sold 1947 as Sarah (ON 252842), Jeannette B 1987 | ||
| 69 | 228188 | Dwight F. Davis | Inland Waterways Corp. | towboat | 311 | 25 Apr 1929 | Chickasaw 19?? | |
| 70 | 227779 | Incor | International Cement | towboat | 221 | 19 Aug 1928 | ||
| 71 | No. 15 | USACE | maneuver boat | 27 Sep 1928 | ||||
| 72 | No. 16 | USACE | maneuver boat | 27 Sep 1928 | ||||
| 73 | Captain George | USACE | towboat | 61 | exploded before delivery, see hull 79 | |||
| 74 | Tom Stallings | USACE | snag boat | 268 | 17 Apr 1929 | |||
| 75 | 228076 | Major | Kelley's Creek barge | towboat | 59 | 10 Dec 1928 | ||
| 76 | 229186 | Leo | Charles Ward Eng. | towboat | 46 | 1929 | Slade Brown 19??, Southern II 19?? | |
| 77 | No. 2901 | USACE | mooring barge | 10 May 1929 | ||||
| 78 | No. 2902 | USACE | mooring barge | 25 May 1929 | ||||
| 79 | Captain George | USACE | towboat | 61 | 30 Jun 1929 | sold 1968 as Captain George (ON 515342), Kurt R. Luedtke 1973, Captain George 1991 | ||
| 80 | Beverly | USACE | tender | 79d | 20 Aug 1929 | |||
| 81 | 294724 | Unique | Harold M. Ward | yacht | 31 | 20 Aug 1929 | ||
| 82 | 252861 | Stanton | USACE | tugboat | 79d | 15 Feb 1930 | sold 1947 as Wm. R. Farrell | |
| 83 | 230102 | Indiana | Mississippi Valley B.L. | towboat | 913 | 21 Sep 1930 | ||
| 84 | 230103 | Louisiana | Mississippi Valley B.L. | towboat | 913 | 19 Dec 1930 | ||
| 85 | 270212 | Fort Scott | USACE | towboat | 121 | 7 Dec 1930 | sold as Scott, L.D. No. 419, Robin D Too 1973, P. A. Denny 1975 | |
| 86 | 268891 | Fort Armstrong | USACE | towboat | 107 | 20 Nov 1930 | sold as Kathryn, Tina M. White | |
| 87 | Gypsy | Charles Edwin Ward | yacht | 1 May 1930 | ||||
| 88 | 230635 | Henry A. Laughlin | Vesta Coal Co. | towboat | 416 | 27 Apr 1931 | T. R. Workman 19?? | |
| 89 | 230636 | Vesta | Vesta Coal Co. | towboat | 416 | May 1931 | James A. Rankin 1948, Mike Creditor 1952, Orco 1954, J. S. Lewis 1955 |