Great Lakes Shipyard
Cleveland OH
Most recent update: January 19, 2021.
Great Lakes Shipyard is a division of the Great Lakes Group, the largest towing company on the Great Lakes. It was originally established in 1899, on the Cuyahoga River, at the foot of the Jefferson Bridge. When that yard burned in 1952, it took over a part of the former AmShip Cleveland yard, on the Old River, where it continues in business today, primarily as a maintenance facility, but in 2007 it started to build new vessels again, for the first time since 1931. Visit it at thegreatlakesgroup.com and see it from the air on Google here.
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O/N | Name | Customer | Type | GT | LOA | Delivered | Notes | |
Modern-Era Record | ||||||||
1217648 | Hercules 1 | Atlantis LLC | passenger barge | 29 | 2008 | |||
1217649 | Hercules 2 | Atlantis LLC | passenger barge | 29 | 2008 | |||
1217651 | Hercules 3 | Atlantis LLC | passenger barge | 29 | 2008 | |||
1217652 | Hercules 4 | Atlantis LLC | passenger barge | 29 | 2008 | |||
101 | 1206671 | Handy-One | Tugz International | tugboat | 90 | 70 | Apr 2008 | later Don Raul |
102 | Handy-Two | Tugz International | tugboat | 90 | 70 | Sep 2008 | later Harry Brautigan (St. Vincent) | |
103 | 1239468 | Handy-Three | Tugz International | tugboat | 90 | 70 | Apr 2012 | |
104 | 1272237 | Handy-Four | Tugz International | tugboat | 90 | 70 | Sep 2016 | later San Jose |
104 | 1229683 | Havasu II | NY Power Auth. | tank barge | 114 | 80 | Sep 2010 | |
USACE | Inspection barge | Nov 2010 | ||||||
USACE | Inspection barge | Nov 2010 | ||||||
National Parks Svce | Restroom barge | Apr 2011 | ||||||
National Parks Svce | Restroom barge | Apr 2011 | ||||||
104 | 1249427 | Kaho | National Geo. Survey | research | 67 | 71 | Aug 2011 | |
105 | 1245695 | Muskie | National Geo. Survey | research | 67 | 70 | Aug 2011 | |
106 | 1250352 | Joey D | Port of Milwaukee | work boat | 65 | 60 | Jan 2012 | |
9201 | 1244561 | Aura | Caribbean tugboats | tugboat | 173 | 87 | June 2013 | |
9202 | 1244562 | Atlas | Caribbean tugboats | tugboat | 173 | 87 | June 2013 | |
4515 | 1265829 | Joncaire II | NY Power Auth. | tugboat | 47 | 45 | Dec 2015 | |
4516 | 1302184 | Breaker II | NY Power Auth. | tugboat | 46 | 56 | 21 Feb 2020 | built by Blount Boats |
6501 | 1276710 | Cleveland | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 113 | 58 | 27 Mar 2017 | |
6502 | 1291445 | Ohio | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 113 | 58 | 11 Dec 2018 | |
6503 | 1293906 | Michigan | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 113 | 58 | 22 Aug 2019 | |
6504 | 1300644 | Pennsylvania | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 113 | 58 | 9 Dec 2019 | |
6505 | 1307568 | Wisconsin | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 113 | 58 | 16 Nov 2020 | |
Pre-War Record | ||||||||
Built in Chicago | ||||||||
1 | 203853 | James R. Sinclair | Union Towing | tugboat | 71 | 1907 | later John Roen Jr. 1938, Apollo 1971 | |
2 | tugboat | |||||||
3 | tugboat | |||||||
4 | tugboat | |||||||
? | 204588 | Abner C. Harding | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 98 | 1907 | later Arkansas 1934, H. J. Dixon 1949, scrapped 1965 | |
5 | 205129 | L. C. Sabin | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 98 | 1908 | later North Carolina 1941, sank 1968 | |
Built in Cleveland | ||||||||
6 | 206655 | William A. Field | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 114 | 1909 | later New Hampshire 1930, scrapped 1968 | |
7 | 206840 | E. M. Pierce | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 112 | 1909 | later Utah 1933, scrapped 1998 | |
8 | 206972 | Yale | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 112 | 1909 | later Arkansas 1949 | |
9 | 207693 | R. P. Reidenbach | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 71 | 1910 | later Conneaut 1941, scrapped 1965 | |
10 | 207694 | Dunkirk | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 71 | 1910 | scrapped 1965 | |
11 | 207930 | John M. Truby | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 113 | 1910 | later North Dakota 1938 | |
12 | 208117 | W. L. Mercereau | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 98 | 1910 | later New Mexico 1937, Punta Lima 1997 | |
13 | 208153 | Ohio | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 112 | 1910 | scrapped 1954 | |
14 | 208339 | Minnesota | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 111 | 1911 | ||
15 | 208915 | Indiana | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 98 | 1911 | ||
16 | 209376 | Pennsylvania | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 104 | 1911 | ||
17 | 210369 | Waukegan | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 71 | 1912 | later Bansun 1946, scrapped 1967 | |
18 | 210162 | Kenosha | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 72 | 1912 | ||
19 | 210571 | Buffalo | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 71 | 1912 | later Churchill 1928, Buffalo 1948, Todd Fraser 1974, Reuben Johnson 1978 | |
20 | 210472 | Sandusky | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 72 | 1912 | later Banstar 1945, scrapped 1968 | |
21 | 210878 | Gary | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 71 | 1912 | later Green Bay 1934, Oneida 1981, Iroquois 1987, Alaska 1990, Grouper 1998 | |
22 | 210681 | North Harbor | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 73 | 1912 | later Patricia 1966, abandoned 1975 | |
23 | 211165 | New York | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 111 | 1913 | ||
24 | 211152 | Q. A. Gillmore | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 111 | 1913 | later Reiss 1933, Q. A. Gillmore, museum in Duluth MN | |
25 | 211746 | T. C. Lutz | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 99 | 1913 | later Oklahoma 1974 | |
26 | 211745 | Michigan | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 98 | 1913 | later Ste. Marie II 1978, Dakota 1981, Ethel E 1982, Jacquelyn Nicole | |
pontoon | Great Lakes Towing | barge | 476 | 1913 | scrapped 1959 | |||
27 | 212367 | Wisconsin | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 98 | 1914 | scrapped 1968 | |
28 | 212455 | Vermont | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 99 | 1914 | ||
29 | 212542 | Illinois | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 99 | 1914 | ||
30 | 212640 | Virginia | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 99 | 1914 | ||
31 | 212670 | Racine | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 65 | 1914 | later Douglas Reid 1964 | |
32 | 212730 | Fairport | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 65 | 1914 | later Bayport 1943, Tug A 1962, Twin Port 1963, Rod McLean 1976 | |
33 | 212966 | Ashtabula | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 65 | 1915 | later Tiffin, Jenny T. II 1969, yacht Ashtabula | |
34 | 212968 | Lorain | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 74 | 1915 | later Cabot 1949, Steven M. Selvick 1974, scuttled 1996 | |
35 | 213566 | Iowa | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 99 | 1915 | ||
36 | 213598 | Missouri | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 98 | 1915 | later Polk 1983, Michigan 1983, Punta Tuna 1997, Superior, Cape Flattery | |
37 | 213668 | Huron | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 64 | 1915 | later Dr. W. G. McGuire, scrapped 1953 | |
38 | 213726 | Toledo | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 71 | 1915 | later Jerri Watson 1976 | |
39 | 214376 | Alabama | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 98 | 1916 | in service 2000 | |
40 | 214412 | Georgia | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 98 | 1916 | scrapped 1966 | |
41 | 214624 | Texas | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 98 | 1916 | ||
42 | 214556 | Mississippi | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 98 | 1916 | ||
43 | 214797 | Tennessee | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 97 | 1917 | ||
44 | 214846 | Louisiana | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 97 | 1917 | ||
45 | 215738 | Detroit | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 65 | 1917 | later Gen. E. M. Markham 1939, Winslow 1993, scrapped 1994 | |
46 | 216022 | Alpena | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 65 | 1917 | later Duke Luedtke 1974, sank 1993 | |
47 | 217520 | Favorite | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 746 | 1919 | later museum 1974, scrapped 1983 | |
48 | 221055 | Oregon | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 95 | 1921 | later Ste. Marie I 1978, Sioux 1981, Susan E. 1992, Sioux | |
49 | 221204 | Maine | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 95 | 1921 | ||
T. F. Newman | Great Lakes Towing | steam barge | 1,205 | 1923 | abandoned | |||
Relief | Great Lakes Towing | barge | 513 | 1924 | ||||
50 | 223616 | Delaware | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 95 | 1924 | ||
51 | 223623 | New Jersey | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 95 | 1924 | later Petco No. 21 1952, New Jersey 1953 | |
52 | 224791 | Washington | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 99 | 1925 | ||
53 | 225029 | Maryland | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 99 | 1925 | later Tarawa 1982, Pasco 1983, Maryland 1983, sank 1998 | |
54 | 225914 | California | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 99 | 1926 | ||
55 | 225822 | Florida | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 99 | 1926 | later Pinellas 1983, Florida 1983 | |
56 | 226554 | Connecticut | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 99 | 1927 | scrapped 1998 | |
57 | 226596 | Kansas | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 99 | 1927 | ||
58 | 227318 | Massachusetts | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 94 | 1928 | ||
59 | 227317 | Colorado | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 94 | 1928 | ||
60 | 228335 | Montana | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 94 | 1929 | ||
61 | 228273 | Nebraska | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 94 | 1929 | ||
62 | 229004 | Wyoming | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 94 | 1929 | ||
63 | 229122 | Kentucky | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 94 | 1929 | ||
64 | 229795 | Nevada | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 94 | 1930 | scrapped 1998 | |
65 | 230088 | Rhode Island | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 94 | 1930 | ||
66 | 230656 | Arizona | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 94 | 1931 | ||
67 | 231180 | Idaho | Great Lakes Towing | tugboat | 94 | 1931 |