Leevac Shipyards ~ Shipbuilding History

Leevac Shipyards

Jennings LA

The Zigler company goes back to 1913 but apparently only started to build marine equipment in 1956. It was acquired by the Vaccari family in 1965 and renamed Leevac Shipyards in 1982 and Leevac Industries in 2002. In 2012, it was renamed Leevac Shipyards Jennings, to differentiate it from Leevac Shipyards Houma, the former Quality Shipyards. In 2015 the company's assets were bought by Gulf Island Shipyards, which closed it in 2020. Visit the company at gulfisland.com. The shipyard is on the west bank of the Mermentau river, just south of the Highway 90 bridge.

	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	LOA	Delivered	Notes
Built by G. B. Zigler Co.
	274713	Z-13	Ruth B. Zigler	tugboat	34		1957	NLD
111	276984	Z-100	Ruth B. Zigler	tank barge	942	198	Jan 1958	later NRC Protector
112	277563	Z-101	Ruth B. Zigler	tank barge	942	198	Jan 1958	later NRC Defender
113	278101	Z-102	Ruth B. Zigler	tank barge	942	198	1958	NLD
	279016	CTCO 163	Cenac Towing	tank barge	432	160	1959	later SMI-163, NLD
	279788	A H C 13	Otto Candies	tank barge	396	160	1959	later M B 202, NLD
	280041	Maycan I	Maycan Co.	tank barge	396	160	1959	NLD
	280253	CTCO 166	Cenac Towing	tank barge	560	180	1959	later BWS 166, SMI #26, NLD
	280536	ACE 101	Ace Transport	tank barge	396	160	1960	later BWS 165, SMI #25, NLD
	280801	CTCO 167	Cenac Towing	tank barge	396	160	1960	later BWS 167, SMI #24, NLD
	281671	CTCO 169	Cenac Towing	tank barge	396	160	1960
123	514540	Z-112	Ruth B. Zigler	tank barge	634	174	1960	NLD
126	282985	Z-130	Ruth B. Zigler	tank barge	1,845		1960	later RTC No. 400, NLD
127	283594	CTCO 170	Cenac Towing	tank barge	396	160	1960
128	283955	Z-120	Ruth B. Zigler	tank barge	1,214	199	1960	later NRC Vigilant, Toogoodoo Creek
129	284455	Z-121	Ruth B. Zigler	tank barge	1,214	199	Feb 1961	later CTCO 172, Bay Trader 200, KTC 21, NLD
	284745	O. C. 603	Otto Candies	tank barge	365	160	1961	later LBT 23, TS 2
	285107	O. C. 604	Otto Candies	tank barge	325	142	1961	later S G 65, NLD
139	286248	K. S. Candies	Otto Candies	tugboat	57	46	1961	later The Sting
	286859	P. B. Candies	Otto Candies	tugboat	63	46	1961	NLD
141	287933	Z-122	Ruth B. Zigler	tank barge	1,214	199	Apr 1962	later NRC Valiant
	287977	Mary Lou	Marine Fueling Service	tugboat	60	46	1962	NLD
	288560	William R	Harms Marine	tugboat	50	46	1962	NLD
149	290284	Belcher No. 5	Belcher Towing	tank barge	1,061	198	1963	later M.P.T. 160, Mt. Vernon
	291238	Capt. Vic	Jahncke Service	tugboat	38	46	1963	later Bluegrass State
	291536	Capt. Eddie	Jahncke Service	tugboat	38	46	1963	later Magnolia State
	291747	CTCO 175	Cenac Towing	tank barge	1,214	199	1962	later SJ 175
	291748	CTCO 178	Cenac Towing	tank barge	1,214	199	1963	NLD
154	292192	Jamie	Capital Marine Supply	tugboat	56	46	1963	later Elwood Jones
	1137565	Revelation	Revelations Inc	passenger barge	295	157	1963	NLD
	293237	Acadian	Universal Steel Supply	tugboat	86		1963	NLD
157	294317	Cameron No. II	Louisiana DoT	ferry	800	204	1964
	296666	Maggie James	T. L. James & Co.	tugboat	41	46	1964	NLD
159	574642	Unloader 5	Pontchartrain Mat.	freight barge	334	112	1964	inactive
162		Georgia		OSV	199		1965	later Haya, Fox, scrapped 1987
164	295146	Southern Breeze	Sterling Barge Line	yacht	518		1964	later Patagonia
165	501819	CTCO 181	Cenac Towing	tank barge	1,322	230	1965	later NRC Endurance
166	500469	Lamco	Lamco	OSV	203		1965	later OBI VI, roro Sea Search (BVI)
167		Tiburon		OSV	230		1966	later Pemex XXVI (Mexico).
168	506077	CTCO 182	Cenac Towing	tank barge	1,322	230	Nov 1966	later W. T. 25, WEB 2, Whitepass I
169		Harper		Waste Disposal	437		1966	later Lynx II, Governor (Nigeria)
170		Esturion		OSV	474		1966	later Rodrigo Gonzalez (Mexico)
171		Rig Service	Wells Investment	OSV	198		1966	later Rig Service I (Panama)
172		Rig Builder	Wells Investment	OSV	198		1966	later Babar, Portavan, Soha, Portavan, foundered 2007
173		Rig Supply	Wells Investment	OSV	198		1966	(Panama)
174		Tropic Moon		OSV	198		1966	later Sara, Sea Dragon I, Nader II (Panama)
179		Super Lamco	Lamco	OSV	275		1967	later OBI I, Caridad (Honduras)
	508292	Custom Fuel No. 3	Ingram barge	tank barge	415	150	1967	NLD
181	508814	Keith Rhea		OSV	284	142	May 1967	later Sea Wolf, Warrior, Libresea
182	510052	Niau	Hawaii Interisland	tugboat	89	62	1967	NLD
	511169	Weeks 93	Weeks Marine	barge	1,331	230	1967	later B. No. 25, AGM-2301, NLD
187	1182802	Ferrel	NOAA	Research (R-492)	349	120	14 May 1968	sold 2002
188	514117	Domar 2503	Dome Petroleum	tank barge	1,180	209	May 1968	later Energy 2503, Lexa Gellatly, NLD
192	517702	Fred Newman		OSV	283	142	1968	later Osprey, Santa Monica, Miss Joy (Antigua), NLD
	522449	McDermott No. 163	McDermott Offshore	freight barge	941	160	1969	later Suard 63, NLD
200	523340	ABBS 160-2		freight barge	941	160	1969	later SEI 11, NLD
Built by Zigler Shipyards
205		Domar Commander 2	Domar Ocean Transportation	tugboat	138		1972	later Press Cook, Huichol, lost 1992
206	522678	Victoria Belcher	Belcher Towing	towboat	168	77	1969	later Coastal St Marks, St Marks, Katherine Anne
209		Delta Chromalloy No. 3	Chromalloy Marine	OSV	286	142	1970	later DC 3, Norma H, Listo O (Venezuela)
210		Challenge		OSV	648		1970	later Undan (Indonesia)
211		Champion	Island Offshore	OSV	290	142	1970	scrapped
212	529872	Flying Diamond I		trawler	199	138	1970	later Shaylen Nicholas, Silent Lady
213	532406	Flying Diamond 2		trawler	199	138	1970	later Opty, lost 1988
214		Lamco Supplier	Lamco	OSV	193		1971	later OBI II, Centaurus, Flora May, Centaurus, Chesapeake, Old Star (Panama)
215	531634	Oyster Bayou	Zapata Haynie	trawler	517	162	1971
216	532269	869	ExxonMobil Corp	industrial vessel	55	63	1971	later Mule Barge 869
218	534787	Delta Diamond 1	Dow Chemical	towboat	45	47	1971	later Jerilyn
219	534788	Delta Diamond 2	Dow Chemical	towboat	45	47	1971	later Barbara H, NLD
220	534789	Delta Diamond 3	Dow Chemical	towboat	45	47	1971	later Marco Island, Fred Johannsen
221	537974	Lori Ann	Wasser & Winters	tugboat	89	60	1972	later Sonja H
222	536837	Interstate 29	Interstate Oil Service	tank barge	1,742	261	1971	later F. J. Hafner
223	541135	Doubleskin-15	Vane Line Bunkering	tank barge	1,369	250	1972
224	541136	Doubleskin 14	Vane Line Bunkering	tank barge	1,369	250	1972
225	539603	Zapata Atchafalaya Bay	Zapata Haynie	trawler	533	163	1972	later Atchafalaya Bay
226	539206	Zapata Timbalier Bay	Zapata Haynie	trawler	533	163	1972	later Timbalier Bay
227		Gulf Fleet No. 7		OSV	186		1972	later Saba, GCSB-II, Rutana I, Saba (St Vincent)
228	545111	Miss Ruth Zigler	Zigler Shipyards	tugboat	46	37	1972
229		Forties Moon		OSV	640		1973	later Mikal I, Bullworker, BB Lifter (Norway)
230		Viking Moon		OSV	449		May 1973	later Nicholas Bravo, Poseidon (Mexico)
231		Victory Service	Gulf Dragon Trading	OSV	748		1974	scrapped 1997
232		Valiant Service	Gulf Dragon Trading	OSV	748		1974	(Bahrain).
233		Vagabond		OSV	725		1974	later Grand Bettina, Vagabond, lost 2006
234	934067	Hustler	Jackson Marine	OSV	650		1974	later Cape San Martin, Loa 23, Valdivia IV (Chile)
235	556175	Mary Virginia	Daybrook Fisheries	trawler	644	169	1974
236	558515	Mary Judith	Daybrook Fisheries	trawler	644	169	1974
237		Venture Service	Gulf Dragon Trading	OSV	910		Nov 1974	later Evans Tide, BUE Rona, Rona, Covenant Ehco (Nigeria)
238		Vigilant Service	Gulf Dragon Trading	OSV	966		1975	later Delta Pride, Master Gulf, Great Alexander, Delta Pride, Delta Pride I, Ivan Prinsep (Panama)
239		Andreasturm		OSV	491	166	1975	later My A, Vifrasal 2, Dau Khi 108, My A (Vietnam)
240	917066	Philippturm		OSV	491	166	1975	later Amalaska II, Windy Bay, wrecked 2001
241	563509	Gussie J. Flynn	Zapata Haynie	trawler	530	163	1975
242	563685	Mississippi Sound	Zapata Haynie	trawler	530	163	1975
243		Halliburton 219	Halliburton	OSV	497		Oct 1975	later Selat Maju, Seabulk Trader, Nautica Trader (Belize)
244	571537	Grande Batture	Zapata Haynie	trawler	530	163	1976
245		Asian Moon	Tidewater Marine	OSV	659		Sep 1975	Vanuatu-flag, scrapped 2001
246	570055	Louis E. Talbot		OSV	285	163	Jan 1976	later Satoco II, American Discovery, AET Discovery, Discovery, Els Maite (Uruguay)
247	572486	Bering Seal		OSV	292	186	May 1976	later E T, Global Diver 210, Sea Lion, scrapped 2011
249	574373	Super Scoop	Norfolk Dredging	barge	1,215	176	1976	later Atlantic
250	575398	Lamco Carrier	Lamco	OSV	196	136	Jan 1976	later OBI III, SEIS Surveyor, NLD
251	596900	Domar Captain	Domar Ocean Transportation	tugboat	126	101	Sep 1978	later Spartan, Spartan Service, Champayan (Mexico)
252	580241	Domar 7001	Domar Ocean Transportation	tank barge	3,799	300	Mar 1977	later Energy 7001, La Flaca III, NLD
253	581304	Bull Dog	Zapata Haynie	trawler	531	163	1977
254	587440	Coastal Crusader		OSV	1,670		1977	later Western Glacier, Browns Point, scrapped 2000
256	588647	State Progress		OSV	646		1977	later Bahama Pride, V I Pride (Honduras)
257	592696	State Challenge		OSV	524		1978	later Gaby II (Honduras).
	590692	Grand Cheniere	Zapata Haynie	trawler	530	163	1978
259	601581	Jovalan	Public Service Marine	tank barge	3,799	300	Mar 1979	NLD
260		Patrick E. Haggerty		survey vessel	926		Apr 1979	later Western Sea, Gulf Provider (Panama)
261		State Venture		OSV	926		Nov 1978	later Arctic Mist, Olympic, Polar Explorer, Polyarnyy Issledovatel (Russia)
263	613179	Kara Seal		OSV	863	169	Oct 1979	later Veesea, Toisa Plover, Dea Server, Vos Server (Bahamas)
264	602562	Halliburton 105	Halliburton Services	freight barge	485	140	1979	later CBR-1050
265	608866	Bengal Seal		OSV	717		July 1979	later Seabulk Wyoming, Al Ased (UAE)
266		Halliburton 223	Halliburton	offshore supply vessel (cement)			1979	later TPS-223 (Trinidad)
267	618126	Isle Derniere	Zapata Haynie	trawler	530	163	1980
268	619703	Carol V Poling	Poling & Cutler	tank barge	4,746	338	Apr 1980	later Exxon Barge 501, RTC 501, NLD
269	620534	State Flamingo		OSV	182	138	Apr 1980	later Sabine Seal, Bywater Ludlow, Sea Legend (St Vincent)
270		State Swan		OSV	182	138	Mar 1980	later Caribbean Export, Casablanca, Saturno (Cuba)
271	625408	OBI Lamco 4		OSV	292		Aug 1980	later OBI IV, American Pioneer, AET Pioneer
272	629150	Pelican		tank barge	4,761	326	Nov 1980	later B. No. 35, scrapped 2015
274	636416	Mae Pelham		OSV	662		1981	later Mauna Kea, Bering Empire, Kapitan Basov, Zalgiris (Lithuania)
275	637744	Lou Pelham		OSV	285	150	July 1981	later Dona Paulita, Northern Patriot
276	631605	San Pedro	Foss Maritime	tank barge	1,048	186	Feb 1981
277	640364	Beverley Pelham		OSV	194	150	1981	later Constellation.
278	643194	McAllister 80	McAllister Towing	tank barge	4,654	343	Dec 1981	later TX-80, Star 80, B. No. 80, NLD
279	642407	PBR/360		OSV	790		1981	later Meghan Hope, Fierce Sea, Tigil (Russia)
280	643267	Beacon Fleet 601		OSV	285	151	Dec 1981	later Seaco 601, Sea Tide, Thaly (Mexico)
281	648356	Cape Service	Tidewater Marine	OSV	494		June 1982	later Kendrick (Nigeria)
282	649990	Mariner Service	Tidewater Marine	OSV	494		Aug 1982	(Nigeria)
Built by Leevac Shipyards
283		Tim Hope	Timsah Shipbuilding	OSV	295		Dec 1985	(Egypt)
284	971043	Cape Hatteras	Sea Mar Operators	OSV	286	151	Dec 1990	(Nigeria)
286	651751	Champion Express		OSV	285	155	Nov 1982	later Dona Martita, Bering Defender
287	651752	Diamond Express		OSV	285	150	Dec 1982	later Dona Liliana, Sovereignty
288	679511	Kenda	Kenda Marine	geophysical vessel	299	202	Apr 1985	later Ocean Leader, lost 2006
289	914629	Twilight	Sangamon Packet Co.	excursion boat	97	111	Apr 1986
290	930434	Betsey Northrup	Padelford Packet Line	towboat	97	83	Apr 1988	later Anson Northrup
292		La Salle	Riverbarge Lines	cruise boat			June 1998	scrapped
293		De Soto	Riverbarge Lines	cruise boat			June 1998	scrapped
294	965667	Goodtime III	Goodtime Cruise Line	cruise boat	95	131	July 1990
295	973800	Belle of St. Louis	President Casinos	casino vessel	828	175	Apr 1991	later Diamond Jo, NLD
296	973801	Belle of St. Louis	President Casinos	casino vessel	399	79	Apr 1991	later Diamond Jo II, NLD
297	980561	Casino Rock Island	Rock Island BW	casino vessel	96	168	Aug 1991
298	985551	President Casino	President Casinos	casino vessel	784	173	Apr 1992	inactive
299	985552	President Casino	President Casinos	casino vessel	806	86	Apr 1992	inactive
302	985990	Miss Marianne	Higman Barge Lines	towboat	131	72	Jan 1992
303	985837	Miss Cynthia	Higman Barge Lines	towboat	131	72	June 1992
304	989886	Players Riverboat	Players Casino	casino vessel	1,321	191	Oct 1993	later Catfish Bend RB Casino II
305	999887	President Casino III	Players Lake Charles	casino vessel	850	173	Feb 1994	later Players RB III, inactive
306	999888	President Casino III	Players Lake Charles	casino vessel	736	134	Feb 1994	later Players RB III, inactive
308	997773	Players Riverboat	Southern Illinois RB	casino vessel	1,430	191	July 1993	later Detroit Princess
310	1022782	Horizon Riverboat	Caruthersville RB	casino vessel	1,368	191	Oct 1994	later Lighthouse Point Casino
311	1023608	Columbia Queen	Delta Queen Cruises	cruise boat	1,598	204	Nov 1994
314	1026330	HMS-2000	Olympic T & B	tank barge	1,529	209	Mar 1994
315	1032567	Ameristar II	Ameristar Casino	casino vessel	1,584	229	Oct 1995
318	1043481	Kinsman Venture	Seabulk Towing	tugboat	199	96	July 1996	later Reliant, Millennium Maverick.
321	1061968	King of the Red	Horseshoe Gaming	casino vessel	3,833		30 Jan 1998
322	1060045	SunCruz VI	SunCruz Casinos	casino vessel	96	138	6 Jan 1998	later Island Breeze II
323	1078824	HOS Thunderfoot	Hornbeck Offshore	OSV	1,226	172	11 May 1999	(Vanuatu)
324	1088301	HOS Deepwater	Hornbeck Offshore	OSV	1,549	220	12 Nov 1999	(Mexico).
325	1091051	HOS Cornerstone	Hornbeck Offshore	OSV	1,549	220	29 Feb 2000
326	1108573	HOS Innovator	Hornbeck Offshore	OSV	1,815	220	20 Apr 2001
327	1099497	Hollywood Dreams	Eldorado Casino	casino boat	3,221	244	8 Aug 2000
328	1114862	BJ Blueray	Hornbeck Offshore	OSV	3,284	240	6 Nov 2001	later Independence, HOS Ridgewind
Built by Leevac Industries
329	1122403	HOS Dominator	Hornbeck Offshore	OSV	1,920	220	21 Feb 2002
330	1124426	HOS Brimstone	Hornbeck Offshore	OSV	1,920	241	12 Jun 2002
333	1136268	HOS Bluewater	Hornbeck Offshore	OSV	1,920	222	15 Mar 2003
334	1141952	HOS Gemstone	Hornbeck Offshore	OSV	1,920	222	18 Jun 2003
335	1144440	HOS Greystone	Hornbeck Offshore	OSV	1,920	222	17 Sep 2003
336	1144439	HOS Silverstar	Hornbeck Offshore	OSV	1,920	222	21 Jan 2004
337	1160993	L'Auberge du Lac	PNK (Lake Charles)	casino vessel	25,939	315	20 Apr 2005
338	1166603	Energy 13501	Hornbeck Offshore	tank barge	9,787	429	7 Mar 2005
339	1175714	Energy 13502	Hornbeck Offshore	tank barge	9,787	429	20 Jan 2006
340		Bahia de Campeche	Naviera Tamaulipas	fireboat	994		Oct 1998	(Mexico)
341	1192674	K Marine XXII	Kilgore Marine	OSV	1,153	198	24 Jan 2007
342	1193585	Pat Tillman	Tidewater Marine	OSV	2,183	233	11 May 2007
343	1193584	Delatte Tide	Tidewater Marine	OSV	2,183	233	5 Sep 2007
344	1193583	Brewster Tide	Tidewater Marine	OSV	2,183	233	11 Jan 2008
345	1205143	HOS Mystique	Hornbeck Offshore	OSV	1,997	228	11 Dec 2008
346	1205144	HOS Resolution	Hornbeck Offshore	OSV	1,997	228	16 Sep 2008
347	1205145	HOS Black Powder	Hornbeck Offshore	OSV	2,278	235	12 Jan 2009
348	1205146	HOS Westwind	Hornbeck Offshore	OSV	2,278	235	31 Mar 2009
349	1205147	HOS Eagleview	Hornbeck Offshore	OSV	2,278	235	9 Jul 2009
350	1205148	HOS Arrowhead	Hornbeck Offshore	OSV	1,562	235	14 Oct 2009
351	1205149	HOS Pinnacle	Hornbeck Offshore	OSV	1,995	228	4 Feb 2010
352	1205150	HOS Winddancer	Hornbeck Offshore	OSV	1,995	228	6 May 2010
353	1205151	HOS Wildwing	Hornbeck Offshore	OSV	1,995	228	24 Aug 2010
Built by Leevac Shipyards Jennings
354	1233626	AET Innovator	AET Lightering	Lightering	462	174	6 Oct 2011
355	1233627	AET Excellence	AET Lightering	Lightering	462	174	13 Jan 2012
356	1234914	AET Partnership	AET Lightering	Lightering	462	174	12 Apr 2012
357	1234915	AET Responsibility	AET Lightering	Lightering	462	174	19 Jul 2012
358		Mr. Fred	Leevac Shipyards	drydock			2013
359	1247988	Chloe K	Bay Houston Towing	tugboat	197	71	24 Sep 2013
362	1250505	Zeus	Suderman & Young	tugboat	197	71	10 Jan 2014
364	1253641	Torrens Tide	Tidewater Marine	OSV	3,010	239	11 Mar 2015
365	1238439	Ram Nation	Aries Marine	OSV	2,971	250	23 Dec 2014
366	1238441	Ram Country	Aries Marine	OSV	2,971	250	15 Apr 2015
367	1260645	Potter Tide	Tidewater Marine	OSV	2,971	269	1 Feb 2017
368	1278214	Youngs Tide	Tidewater Marine	OSV	2,971	269	28 Jun 2017
369	1258860	HOS Warhorse	Hornbeck Offshore	MPSV	6,533	362	2017
370	1258861	HOS Wild Horse	Hornbeck Offshore	MPSV	6,533	362	2018
Built by Gulf Island Jennings
6011	1289845	Mark E. Kuebler	Bay Houston Towing	tugboat	297	90	29 Nov 2018
6012	1290662	Ted C. Litton	Suderman & Young	tugboat	297	90	21 Feb 2019
6013	1293289	Connolly M	Bay Houston Towing	tugboat	297	90	1 May 2019
6014	1294716	Apollo	Suderman & Young	tugboat	297	90	25 Jun 2019
6015	1296756	Cooper K	Bay Houston Towing	tugboat	297	90	17 Sep 2019
6016	1297865	Mazu	Suderman & Young	tugboat	297	90	19 Nov 2019
6017	1299895	Cecil M	Bay Houston Towing	tugboat	297	90	30 Jan 2020
6018	1301248	Gemini	Suderman & Young	tugboat	297	90	21 Apr 2020
6019	1295108	Seaway Guardian	St. Lawrence Seaway DC	Ice-Class tugboat		118	June 1920
6020	1301273	Mercury	Suderman & Young	tugboat	297	90	20 Aug 2020