Johnson Iron Works
New Orleans LA
Most recent update: March 7, 2021.
Johnson Iron Works was a major industrial company in New Orleans, in particular a producer of cannons, run by Lewis Johnson. The shipbuilding division was started in 1898 by Lewis Johnson's son Warren, straight out of college. The shipyard was part of the former McLellan Dry Dock Company, on Patterson Drive in Algiers, the yard that in 1935 became Todd-Johnson Dry Docks, Todd New Orleans and finally Avondale Ship Repair. When the U.S. entered WWI, they built a No. 2 yard for the construction of tugs for the EFC, which was operated until 1926. This second yard was on Bayou St. John, on the east side of City Park: I cannot find an address, but it had rail service, so it was probably close to the railroad bridge on the south side of I-610. Note that very few of the hull numbers shown below have been confirmed: most represent our "best guess".
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O/N | Name | Customer | Type | GT | LOA | Built | Notes | |
Built in the Algiers yard | ||||||||
1-5 | Mexico | Mexican Navy | sternwheeler | 34 | 1899 | 5 boats | ||
6-25 | Mexico | Mexican Navy | lighter | 34 | 1899 | 20 boats | ||
26-29 | Mexico | Mexican Navy | sternwheeler | 34 | 1900 | 4 boats (in sections) | ||
30-45 | Mexico | Mexican Navy | lighter | 34 | 1900 | 16 boats (in sections) | ||
46 | Federal | U.S. Government | Hyacinth barge | Nov 1900 | ||||
47 | Mexico | Mexican Navy | Steel towboat | 65 | Dec 1900 | |||
48 | 136966 | El Vivo | Lou. & Tex. RR & SS Co. | passenger | 199 | 102 | 1902 | rammed and sunk March 25, 1945 by SS Edwin Christenson |
49 | 136987 | El Listo | Lou. & Tex. RR & SS Co. | passenger | 200 | 102 | 1902 | |
? | tank barge | 130 | 1902 | |||||
? | tank barge | 130 | 1902 | |||||
? | tank barge | 130 | 1902 | |||||
50 | wooden barge | 75 | 1902 | |||||
51 | wooden barge | 75 | 1902 | |||||
52 | wooden barge | 75 | 1902 | |||||
53 | Mexico | Victoria | tugboat | 65 | 1902 | |||
54 | 150969 | Phyllis | Lower Terrebonne Ref. | towboat | 30 | 60 | 1902 | |
55 | Mexico | Mexican Govt. | lighter | 40 | 1902 | |||
56 | Mexico | Mexican Govt. | lighter | 40 | 1902 | |||
57 | Proteus | 12 yachtsmen | sailboat | 35 | 1903 | |||
58 | 200590 | Polo | M. P. Doullot | towboat | 41 | 63 | 1903 | |
59 | Warren Johnson | yacht | 28 | 1904 | ||||
60 | Juanita | Pochaska & Cottman | yacht | 32 | 1904 | |||
61 | 201617 | Picayune | M. P. Doullot | passenger | 19 | 56 | 1904 | later Josephine Tully |
62 | Central America | J. B. Camors | Camors-McConnell Co. | towboat | Dec 1904 | |||
63 | Federal | Picket | USACE | survey boat | 32 | 52 | 1905 | |
65 | Mexico | San Juan Sugar Co. | sternwheeler | 1905 | ||||
66 | Mexico | San Juan Sugar Co. | barge | 100 | 1905 | |||
67 | Federal | San Juan Sugar Co. | barge | 100 | 1905 | |||
68 | Federal | Chere Amie | USACE | towboat | 96 | 1906 | ||
69 | Federal | USACE | barge | 1906 | ||||
70 | Federal | USACE | barge | 1906 | ||||
71 | Federal | USACE | barge | 1906 | ||||
72 | Federal | USACE | barge | 1906 | ||||
73 | Mexico | Tampico Navigation Co. | towboat | 1907 | assembled in Tampico | |||
74 | 205887 | Sydney C. | tugboat | 46 | 69 | 1907 | to USACE 1920 | |
75 | Federal | Upatoi | USACE | derrick boat | 87 | 1909 | ||
76 | 207697 | Hustler | Capt. G. J. Labarre | towboat | 42 | 60 | 1910 | later Wm. Norman, Elizabeth R |
77 | Capt. V. Maurin | Atch. & Laf. Levee Board | barge | 107 | Sep 1910 | |||
78 | Federal | Lafourche | USACE | towboat | 300d | 136 | 1911 | |
79 | 208491 | Saccharine | Lou. & Tex. RR & SS Co. | towboat | 98 | 124 | 1911 | |
80 | Mexico | Mariano Escobedo | Valenzuela & Sons | towboat | 86 | 1911 | ||
81 | 168249 | Louisiana Girl | Gulf Refining | tank barge | 178 | 100 | 1912 | abandoned 1940 |
82 | Federal | No. 31 | USACE | barge | 98d | 124 | 1912 | |
83 | Federal | No. 32 | USACE | barge | 98d | 124 | 1912 | |
84 | Henry Peters | derrick barge | 100 | 1913 | ||||
85 | Federal | B-2 | USACE | Steel Scow | 442 | 110 | 1914 | |
86 | Federal | B-3 | USACE | Steel Scow | 442 | 110 | 1915 | |
87 | Federal | hull C | USACE | Steel Scow | 200 | 110 | 1915 | |
88 | Federal | hull D | USACE | Steel Scow | 200 | 110 | 1915 | |
89 | 217415 | Marian | Williams Cypress Co. | towboat | 19 | 55 | 1915 | abandoned 1945 |
90 | Federal | No. 1211 | USACE | steel dredge | 121 | 1916 | ||
91 | Federal | B-6 | USACE | Steel Scow | 442 | 110 | 1917 | |
92 | 215238 | Juniata | Gulf Refining | tank barge | 1,432 | 241 | 1917 | ex-350-ft rail barge B.L. Winchell (ON 76694) converted to two 240-ft deck barges |
Built in the Bayou St. John yard | ||||||||
134 | 219137 | Degolia (1303) | USSB | tugboat | 183 | 100 | 1919 | later William P. Feeley |
135 | 219162 | Degrey (1300) | USSB | tugboat | 183 | 100 | 1919 | later Major Frazer, M. & J. Tracy, Patrice McAllister, foundered off NJ 1976 |
136 | 219554 | Delamar (1298) | USSB | tugboat | 183 | 100 | 1919 | to USACE 1920, LT-797 |
137 | 219598 | Delanco (1301) | USSB | tugboat | 183 | 100 | 1920 | |
138 | 219604 | Deland (1299) | USSB | tugboat | 183 | 100 | 1919 | to USAT, Pursuit (ON 270988) |
139 | 219603 | Delaplaine (1302) | USSB | tugboat | 183 | 100 | 1920 | later Pepe Morales, Delaplaine 1931, Cedros 1965, scrapped 1973 |
140 | 167755 | Mex 32 | Venezuela Gulf Oil Co. | tank barge | 81 | 79 | Nov 1919 | to Mexico 1927 |
141 | 167756 | Mex 33 | Venezuela Gulf Oil Co. | tank barge | 81 | 79 | Nov 1919 | to Mexico 1927 |
142 | Anglo-Mexican Pet. Co. | tank barge | 118 | 1920 | ||||
143 | Anglo-Mexican Pet. Co. | tank barge | 118 | 1920 | ||||
144 | 220695 | Cortez X | Cortez Oil Corp. | 133 | 92 | Sep 1920 | ||
145 | 168291 | N.E.O. No. 5 | New England Oil . | tank barge | 579 | 200 | Nov 1921 | later L.T.C. No. 5, abandoned 1943 |
146 | 168292 | N.E.O. No. 6 | New England Oil . | tank barge | 579 | 200 | Nov 1921 | later L.T.C. No. 6, scrapped 1949 |
147 | 168621 | barge No. 8 | Crew Levick Co. | tank barge | 580 | 201 | 1921 | |
148 | 168666 | barge No. 9 | Crew Levick Co. | tank barge | 209 | 118 | 1921 | lost 1925 |
149 | 169189 | barge No. 10 | Crew Levick Co. | tank barge | 204 | 118 | 1922 | |
150 | Johnson IW | tank barge | 118 | 1921 | built for stock | |||
151 | New England Fuel Oil . | tank barge | 200 | 1921 | ||||
152 | New England Fuel Oil . | tank barge | 200 | 1921 | ||||
153 | New England Refining | tank barge | 200 | 1921 | ||||
154 | 175018 | Q | Standard Oil Co. of LA | tank barge | 625 | 200 | 1921 | |
155 | 222571 | Mex 42 | Anglo-Mexican Pet. Co. | launch | 8 | 40 | 1921 | |
156 | 221628 | Mex 43 | Anglo-Mexican Pet. Co. | power boat | 40 | 54 | Sep 1921 | |
157 | 221681 | Victoria | Johnson IW | passenger | 59 | 76 | Oct 1921 | |
158 | Mexico | Gulf Refining Co. | tank barge | 1921 | ||||
159 | Mexico | Gulf Refining Co. | tank barge | 1921 | ||||
160 | Mexico | Gulf Refining Co. | tank barge | 1921 | ||||
161 | 169010 | V.G.O. No. 1 | Venezuela Gulf Oil Co. | tank barge | 105 | 101 | 1921 | |
162 | 169011 | V.G.O. No. 2 | Venezuela Gulf Oil Co. | tank barge | 105 | 101 | 1921 | |
163 | Federal | No. 31 | USACE | tank barge | 87 | 1922 | ||
164 | Federal | No. 32 | USACE | tank barge | 87 | 1922 | ||
165 | Federal | No. 33 | USACE | tank barge | 87 | 1922 | ||
166 | Federal | No. 34 | USACE | tank barge | 87 | 1922 | ||
167 | Federal | No. 35 | USACE | tank barge | 87 | 1922 | ||
168 | Federal | No. 36 | USACE | tank barge | 87 | 1922 | ||
169 | 171231 | No. 7 | Southern Paper Mills | tank barge | 346 | 144 | 1922 | |
170 | Jno. Hunt Co. | tank barge | 48 | 1922 | ||||
171 | Jno. Hunt Co. | tank barge | 48 | 1922 | ||||
172 | Federal | No. 6 | USACE | quarter boat | 60 | 1922 | ||
173 | Federal | USACE | quarter boat | 60 | 1922 | |||
174 | 223567 | Deluge | Port of New Orleans | fireboat | 370 | 126 | 1923 | retired 1992, abandoned |
175 | Federal | Upatoi | USACE | dredge | 100 | 1924 | rebuild of Hull 75 | |
176 | Consolidated Fuel | collier | 110 | 1924 | ||||
177 | Federal | No. 82 | USACE | tank barge | 100 | 1924 | ||
178 | Johnson IW | 42 | 1927 |