Big River Shipbuilding ~ Shipbuilding History

Big River Shipbuilding

Vicksburg MS

Thomas Golding started Big River Shipbuilding in 1965, on Port Terminal Circle, but sold it to Marathon in 1971, in order to concentrate on being an operating company.

	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	LOA	Built	Notes
1	506069	Guernsey	Twenty Grand Marine	tugboat	123	62	1966	later Marine Diamond
	506969	George H. Martin	Vicksburg Mid-River	towboat	104	67	1967	later Dotty Fredeman, Phyllis, Christy Talen, Rachel Shannon
	506973	Belzoni	Mo. River Barge Lines	towboat	360	104	1967	NLD
4	508658	Richland	Tidewater Venice Inc.	tugboat	190	142	1967	later Legend, NLD
5	509856	Ayrshire	Twenty Grand Marine	tugboat	123	62	1967	later Mr. Bryan, Delta Ruler
	511344	Rosa	Odis Lowery Sr.	towboat	15	37	1967
7	511615	Silver City	Drake Towing	towboat	183	76	1967	later J. O. Bradford
	512192	Lincoln	Tidewater Venice Inc.	tugboat	285	146	1968
	516188	Larrayne Andress	Big Valley Towing	towboat	298	92	1968	later Jennie Dehmer, Kristi P. Smith
	516988	Vicki Jane	Big Valley Towing	towboat	57	47	1968	later Michael L, Jared C, Mystery Lady, Lindsey K, Lucky Pal
18	522027	Dexter	Tidewater Venice Inc.	tugboat	114	62	1969	later Farrel L, Capt Ken, NLD
19	522028	Normande	Tidewater Venice Inc.	tugboat	114	62	1969	later Uncle Albert, NLD
20	522044	barge BR-4		freight barge	209	120	1969	NLD
	522045	barge BR-5		freight barge	209	120	1969	NLD
21	526874	Martha May	Ole Man River Towing	towboat	375	103	1970	later Louie Leone
22	524541	Levi	Ole Man River Towing	tank barge	846	150	1970	later OMR 1570B, NLD
			USACE	barge			1969	NLD
			USACE	barge			1969	NLD
			USACE	barge			1969	NLD
			USACE	barge			1969	NLD
			USACE	barge			1969	NLD
	528727	Miss Bissy	Clay Carter	towboat	29	40	1970	later Ellie
29	528928	Galloway	Tidewater Marine	tugboat	114	65	1970	later Copasaw, Proud Eagle, Delta Buck
30	528929	Garonne	Tidewater Marine	tugboat	114	65	1970	NLD
32	530656	MM 3	Magnolia Marine	tank barge	1,054	196	1971	later Creole 3, NLD
	531689	Hal D. Miller	Magnolia Marine	towboat	375	103	1971	later Linda Taylor
	531994	Steve Golding	River Barges, Inc.	towboat	144	61	1971	later Nancy Jean, Neva Belle, Charles Hudson
	534982	Redwood	Vicksburg Towing	towboat	439	116	1971	NLD
Built by Marathon Shipbuilding
37	541599	Ste. Genevieve	Norman Bros.	tugboat	167	70	1971	later Daphne, Landon York, ACCU VIII, Ste. Genevieve
	536392	BND Barge No. 1	Brownsville Nav. Dist.	freight barge	221	120	1971	NLD
	536393	BND Barge No. 2	Brownsville Nav. Dist.	freight barge	221	120	1971	NLD
40	537097	BND Tug No. 1	Brownsville Nav. Dist.	tugboat	36	43	1972	NLD
	538810	BND DB No. 1	Brownsville Nav. Dist.	freight barge	543	140	1972	NLD
42	543039	BND Tug No. 2	Brownsville Nav. Dist.	tugboat	91	60	1972
	543319	BND DB No. 2	Brownsville Nav. Dist.	freight barge	906	140	1972	NLD
	544472	BND Barge No. 3	Brownsville Nav. Dist.	freight barge	526	150	1972	NLD
45	548851	John C. Byrd	Ole Man River Inv.	tugboat	486	126	1973	later Thomas Golding, Earl Jones
	551590	BND Barge No. 4	Brownsville Nav. Dist.	freight barge	524	150	1973	NLD
49	557953	Joyce O	River Barges, Inc.	tank barge	1,296	200	1974	NLD
	558719	Tallahatchie	Luhr Bros.	tugboat	549	114	1974	later Bethany Dawn