Houma Shipbuilding ~ Shipbuilding History

Houma Shipbuilding

Houma LA

Houma Shipbuilding Company - not to be confused with Houma Fabricators or Houma Welding - was started in about 1961 and closed, like so many small shipyards, in 1982. Who started it? Where was it?

	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	Built	Notes
	287108	Crochet 4	Crochet Towing	towboat	96	1961	later Sandra Nodurft
	293958	Harvey Runner	Harvey Offshore	tugboat	88	1964	later Crosby Runner
	297617	Capt. Black		tugboat	102	1964	later NP Sun Disk
		Fullmoon		tour boat	169	1965	later Coiba Explorer II
	503712	Ronda	Alvin Marine	tugboat	189	1966
	507162	Rita A	Donald Adams	tugboat	53	1967	(Panama)
18	507367	Ivanhoe	Gaudet Towing	tugboat	93	1967	later G. A. Franklin
	510117	Weeks 456	Weeks Marine	tugboat	59	1967	later Emily Cheramie
	510768	Gulf Coast V		fishing boat	124	1967	later Nadia
	511518	U. T. 1		tugboat	93	1967	later John Paul
22	514638	Gaby Lynn Gisclair	Gisclair Towing	tugboat	51	1968	later Benjamin Bailey, Hale Boys
	515736	Hico II		fishing boat	109	1968	later Tina Maria
	517598	Miss Laurie		tugboat	148	1968	later Hampton Roads
25	518102	Eliza Lucas		tugboat	51	1969
	523039	Nancy Anne	Kokosing Const.	tugboat	73	1969
	527604	Parrison J. Duet	Spanier Marine	towboat	106	1970	later Louise Leyhe, David H, JB Bloomer
33	528566	Jason Paul	C-Craft Marine Services	tugboat	64	1970	later Big Eddie
	529364	Noema	Arthur-Smith Corp.	towboat	86	1970	later Rowena
36	531116	Miss Louise	Spanier Marine	towboat	92	1971	later Shell Fueler
37	531761	Miss Jennifer	D. & H. Corp.	towboat	96	1971	later Miss Anne
38	533862	Rodonna	Arthur-Smith Corp.	towboat	92	1971	later Roger K
	534273	Miss Enola	Jefferson Marine Towing	tugboat	74	1971
	536277	Eddie R	Interport Towing	tugboat	92	1971
41	537182	Cherokee Eagle		tugboat	147	1972	later Aquarius, Kathleen
	550816	Cardinal III		tugboat	41	1972
	538759	Chemical Express		tugboat	199	1972	later Willamette Champion
43	540164	I. C. Hoskins	Arthur-Smith Corp.	towboat	97	1972	later Appaloosa
44	541973	Harvey Hustler	Guidry Bros.	towboat	68	1972	later Crosby Hustler
45	543077	Madam Rose	Jefferson Marine Towing	towboat	77	1972
46	544910	Miss Verna	Spanier Marine	towboat	96	1972	later Tako Renegade, Renegade
	545561	Nancy Gisclair	Gisclair Towing	towboat	69	1973
	547831	Miss Ann Rene		tugboat	125	1973	later Bayou Brave
49	548285	Jefferson	Jefferson Marine Towing	towboat	68	1973
	551691	Miss Denise	Velvet Marine Systems	towboat	102	1973	later Addis
51	554085	Louise Spanier	Spanier Marine	towboat	169	1974	later Waxhaw
53	557119	Luby Guidry	Spanier Marine	towboat	169	1974	later Stone Power
54	559351	Susan Vizier	Vizier Towing	tugboat	75	1974	later Lady Theo
55	560920	Mr. Kevin	Jefferson Marine Towing	towboat	66	1974
57	566996	Miss Yvette	Hallam Marine	towboat	106	1975
58	568166	Annette	Jefferson Marine Towing	towboat	66	1975
59	569107	Delbert, Jr.	Pierce Marine	towboat	66	1976	later Lindberg Crosby
61	569678	Gwendolyn	Gwenmor Marine	tugboat	59	1975
64	575103	Miss Barbara	Jefferson Marine Towing	tugboat	60	1976	later Pat Cenac
65	580830	Olivia Hebert		tugboat	183	1977	later Gulf Blade
66	585518	Lady Lee		tugboat	85	1977	later Crosby Lady
67	589958	Mitchell Hebert	Petchem	tugboat	131	1978	later Debora Miller
68	593220	Shelby		tugboat	131	1978
69	597514	Al Cenac	T. & B. Towing	tugboat	84	1978	later Susan Crosby
70	625205	General Lee		tugboat	131	1979	later Crosby General
71	629331	Lady Ora	Falgout Marine	tugboat	88	1980	later Captain Zeke, Thomas R Morrish
72	635043	Susie Gambarella	G. & B. Marine	tugboat	94	1981	later Challenger
73	640219	Todd W. Boudreaux	G. & B. Marine	tugboat	116	1981	later Delta Sailor
74	643395	Harvey Charger	Harvey Offshore	tugboat	160	1981	later Crosby Charger
75	652535	Fish Hawk	Bering Sea Fisheries	fishing boat	105	1982
76	650106	Butler J. Naquin		tugboat	160	1982	later Captain Jason, Mister Jim