Covacevich Shipyard ~ Shipbuilding History

Covacevich Shipyard

Biloxi MS

The Covacevich Shipyard was founded in 1896 by J. D. ("Jacky Jack") Covacevich, an immigrant from Croatia, and was later operated by his three sons, A. W. ( "Tony Jack") , Oral and Neal. The shipyard stopped building new vessels in 1982 but continued in the repair business until it was destroyed by Katrina in 2005. The site has been razed but you can see it from the air.

	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	LOA	Built	Notes
		Victoria		schooner	117		1923
	282226	Frenchie D		trawler	11	38	1925	NLD
	225679	Helen	Thomas Denegre	Biloxi Schooner	15	37	1925	later Lavengro
	226668	American Eagle		Biloxi Schooner		62	1927	scrapped 1994
		Starry Night		Biloxi Lugger			1928	sunk by Katrina 2005
		Mary Margaret		Biloxi Schooner			1929
				trawler	14	39	1929	later Queen B
	230786	Doris Mae	Charles A. Stojcich	Biloxi Lugger	24	46	1931
		Yes Sir		trawler	12		1934	to USN 1941 as YP-161, to MARAD 1945
	266231	Little Rock		trawler	12	37	1935	later Big John, expired
	975604	Dolores Catherine		trawler	14	39	1936
	235258	Miss Fran Sis		trawler	20	51	1936	expired
	235862	Linda Rose		trawler	18	45	1937	later Miss Lisa, Tuj
	236834	Santa Maria	Galveston Hist. Soc.	trawler	15	43	1937
	236609	Bernard T	Bernard Tantavull	trawler	20	49	1937	later Neil D
	237776	Carlos M		trawler	27	48	1938	later Michelle April, Uncle Joe, NLD
	237778	Madame Toussaint		recreational	20	38	1938
	236993	Warrior II		recreational	21	48	1938
	238030	Branch Office		recreational	23	46	1938	later Over Forty
	239264	Good Gulf		trawler	25	54	1939
	238981	John Law		trawler	26	49	1939
	239308	Zoric		Biloxi Lugger	38	53	1939	later Mystic
		Sea Queen	Ralph and Arthur Baker	Biloxi Lugger			1942	destroyed c2008
	245200	Gloria K		trawler	26	45	1944	expired
	246145	Jackie		trawler	29	49	1944	expired
	246428	Captain L D		trawler	29	52	1944	later Capt. L.D., NLD
	249817	Marie G		trawler	26	46	1946	NLD
	251189	Lady Lola		trawler	19	43	1946	later Angi Lyn, Miss La La, NLD
	250343	Dad-n-Lad		trawler	26	46	1946	later Miss Mildred, expired
	252292	Swordfish		trawler	28	51	1947	NLD
	253401	Terry		trawler	29	50	1947	NLD
	254317	sugar Bear	Elmer's Candy	recreational	24	42	1947
	249969	Gulf Clipper	Ben Herndon	passenger	63	61	1948	scrapped 2012
	267326	Sound		passenger	57	60	1949	later Queen of Hearts, NLD
	258539	Erick		unspecified	43	60	1949	expired
	260146	Franka		trawler	35	56	1950
	264344	Crystal Kelly		trawler	37	53	1952	expired
	263669	Shawnee	William P. Kennedy III	recreational	16	36	1952	later Maple Leaf III
	263961	Ambler	L. F. Allen	recreational	20	36	1952	later Loophole
	264715	Playtime	Mavar Family	recreational	42	50	1952
	265223	Pride of the Heartland		passenger	55	65	1953	later Capt Lucky, Aquidneck Ferry, American Buccaneer
	268778	Mary Donna		trawler	39	56	1954	expired
	269076	Trident		trawler	26	44	1954	later Kelly J, Miss Abbey, NLD
	267958	Carole Ann		trawler	61	56	1954	later Victoria Nacole, expired
	267928	Alligator		recreational	25	44	1954
	269400	New Dixie Queen		passenger	77	59	1955	later Fantasy Island
	269513	Silver King III		passenger	55	63	1955	expired
	269152	Skipjack		recreational	27	45	1955	destroyed by Katrina 2005
	271819	Capt. Travis		trawler	39	52	1956	later Miss Banny Carol
	270955	Miss Kimberly		trawler	66	65	1956	later Mystic Mariner
	272915	Briny Marlin	L. A. Koennen, Jr.	recreational	28	42	1956	later Brown Pelican, Briny Marlin
	274910	Mona-Renee		trawler	61	56	1957	later His and Hers, Miss Stacy Leigh
	273915	Lois C	Ampro Fisheries	trawler	199	140	1957	scrapped 1995
	275337	Big John	Gulf Inland Services	towing vessel	69	51	1957	expired
	276722	Capt Rollie	Rollie Bang	trawler	61	56	1958	later Aveugle Poulette, NLD
	276790	Ronjon	Otis Eleuterius	trawler	32	51	1958	later Hot Tub
	277472	Papa Shine		trawler	61	56	1958	later Capt. Eugene
	272273	Sea Roamer		trawler	49	60	1958
	277622	Rainbow II		recreational	47	57	1958
	278810	Virgie & Sharon		trawler	61	56	1959	later Gamblin Man
	281323	Silver Dollar	Silver Dollar Charters	passenger	34	45	1960	later Sand Dollar, destroyed by Katrina 2005
	284401	Margie Ann		trawler	61	56	1961	expired
	287244	Nuevo		trawler	57	56	1961	NLD
	285405	Silver King II		passenger	56	57	1961
	286036	Capt Clark		recreational	66	65	1961	later Miss Mississippi, Pontchartrain Express
	289801	Ocean Queen		passenger	99	80	1962	destroyed 2018
	290072	Sea Echo	Ingalls Sbldg.	passenger	31	45	1962	NLD
	291454	Friendship II		trawler	63	62	1963	expired
	293346	Milky Way		trawler	63	62	1963	later Prince Nathanael Austin, expired
	291370	Pan American		passenger	84	66	1963	later Diamond City, Southern Belle
	293916	Silver Chalice		trawler	63	62	1964	expired
	294703	Alabama		trawler	67	64	1964	expired
	299739	Star Queen	Hall Queen Fleet Inc	passenger	99	80	1965	destroyed by Michael 2018
	502160	Gulf Clipper	Hobbs	passenger	99	80	1966	later Blue Sea III, Pilot II, destroyed
3	506185	Miss Linda		trawler	75	62	1966	later Gulf Son
	506926	Lady of Lourdes		trawler	78	62	1966	expired
5	507441	Lady Jane	Lady Jane Inc	trawler	77	62	1967	NLD
	508136	Kim Hoa		freighter	78	62	1967	later Truong-Hai, Lady's Express, expired
	508948	Florida Queen	Hall Queen Fleet Inc	passenger	98	80	1967	destroyed by Michael 2018
7	509733	Leslie Ann		trawler	80	62	1967	later Miss Karen, Lucky Star, expired
	512062	Tampico	Tampico Inc	trawler	103	66	1967	NLD
9	513954	Bud Dobie		trawler	96	69	1968	later Miss Ella, Pacific Prospector, Chevelle, NLD
	514208	Destin E		unclassified	78	59	1968	NLD
	514952	Big Bill		trawler	134	80	1968	later Albert Quito, Becky Lee, reefed off NJ 1991
	517706	Buccaneer	M/V Buccaneer Inc	passenger	98	79	1968	expired
	518436	Marie Kim		trawler	149	92	1969	later Victoria Elizabeth, Michelle K
	519867	Apache V		passenger	98	73	1969	later Captain Anderson VIII, Eastern Star
	521080	Gemini Queen	Anderson Brothers Deep Sea	passenger	90	79	1969	destroyed by Michael 2018
	522969	Stanford Morse		trawler	96	69	1969	expired
	524604	Little Susie		trawler	16	28	1970
	525438	American Spirit	American Workboats Inc	towing vessel	67	55	1970
	527963	New Florida Girl		passenger	99	80	1970
	533189	Capt John	John Van Pham	trawler	90	63	1971	later Ms Marena
16	536626	Capt Jim		trawler	97	63	1971	later Ando One, Jessica J, Cong Thanh LLC
	538806	Cathy G	47N Latitude LLC	research	111	72	1972
18	540278	Miss Valerie		trawler	92	63	1972	later Santa Fe, Lady Clara, The Chief
20	544448	John Kemp		trawler	112	70	1972	later Tien Thanh II, Steven Kim
	545993	Rio Colorado		trawler	96	63	1973	later Matilda Tower
24	548433	Capt Ronnie		trawler	97	63	1973	later Nana, Capt. Quina, Mario Arturo II
25	549851	Capt. Kevin Kool		trawler	97	63	1973	later Dale Tran, Sea Tiger, Christina III, Two Brothers
	552862	Reva Rose	Bosarge Boats, Inc	trawler	95	63	1973
29	556266	Don Santos	Garcia Shrimp Co Inc	trawler	95	63	1974	NLD
30	557845	Miss Tengah	Tam Phan	trawler	94	63	1974	later Capt. Butch, Capt Andy
	559239	Capt Anderson X	Anderson X, Inc.	trawler	79	61	1974	Destroyed
	565120	Pegasus	North Sea	trawler	184	89	1975
	567425	Shamis	Ronald Werby	recreational	27	50	1975
	575428	Jason		trawler	151	77	1976	later Topaz
36	576278	Bicentennial 76		trawler	130	75	1976	later Capt. Cecil
37	578496	Buddy Boy		trawler	112		1976	later Tormentor, Blanca Cruz, Miss Eva
38	585452	Diana McCall	Diana McCall, Inc.	crewboat	99	95	1977	later M/V Apache
	598329	Capt Jaime	Edward Garcia	trawler	99	63	1978	NLD
	600601	Rio Grande		trawler	98	63	1978	later Jacob A, Rosa Monica, Lady Monica
41	592176	Captain Gary		trawler	98	53	1978	later Miss Jordi
42	602200	David McCall II	David McCall Inc	crewboat	98	95	1979
43	598972	Hilda G.		trawler	121	70	1978	later Tien Thanh I, Capt. Thomas, Capt. Simon II
44	610886	Miss Liz McCall II		crewboat	98	95	1979	later Mr Jim, Rylan James
45	598666	Exodus	Cowles RF	trawler	147	84	1979	later Exodus Explorer, wrecked Adak Harbor 2007
	607244	Garcia's Pride		trawler	97	63	1979	later Cuevas' Pride
	610763	Rio Rubagon		trawler	98	63	1979	later Sea Wolf, Dona Dora
	613761	Mom & Dad		trawler	97	63	1979	later Little Joseph
48	613123	Capt. James	Gulf Prince Shrimp Co.	trawler	116	69	1979	later Gulf King 27
49	614932	Brenda Darlene	Brenda Darlene, Inc.	trawler	98	63	1979	expired
50	632800	Emma McCall II	CDI Proteus LLC	crewboat	98	95	1981	later F/V Sterling Pony, Sterling Pony
	631031	Capt. Graydon York		passenger	21	44	1980	later Oakland, Calbay V
52	629684	Sallie McCall	Seacor Marine	crewboat	194	100	1980	later Simon Jr.
53	624415	Grandpa	Edward Garcia	trawler	98	63	1980	NLD
54	641964	Howard McCall	Howard McCall Inc	crewboat	97	95	1981
55	638285	Mary Diane McCall	Howard McCall Inc	crewboat	92	100	1981
	908903	Capt Allen		trawler	27	40	1981	later Miss Ngoc, Baby Belle
57	644164	Morning Star	Morning Star LLC	trawler	92	75	1981
58	648625	Inez McCall	McCall's Offshore Boats Inc	crewboat	92	100	1982
59	648559	Pipeline Observer		utility boat	89	75	1982	later Alliance One, Red Eagle
60	651715	Shooting Star	Theresa Marie, Inc.	trawler	89	75	1982	later Gaston Bell
	931446	Sea Power	John Van Nguyen	trawler	199	93	1988	later Tenacity, Arctic Rose, sank 2001 in Bering Sea