Marine Builders ~ Shipbuilding History

Marine Builders

Mobile AL

Most recent update: August 8, 2014.

Marine Builders, Inc., was started by Norman Horton, whose brother Elmo was involved in both Master Marine and Horton Boats. It was later owned and managed by Norman's sons, Edward, Ray and Carlton Horton The yard was on Hall Mills Creek, near Cypress Shores, but the exact location is not clear.

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	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	Built	Notes
3	507474	Sister Francis		trawler	124	1967	later Juan Marcos
4	510246	Dengay	Old Seaman	trawler	129	1967	(Mexico)
	511303	Bay King		trawler	130	1967	later Praia da Torreira
	512640	Great Pretender	Elwin/Phillips	trawler	130	1968	NLD
	513232	Marie D	Gulf Clipper	trawler	130	1968	lost
	514627	Brothers in Law		trawler	135	1968	later Ms. Ridgely, Bay Star VII, Ocean Cat
	515110	Ciapesc I	Brasea	trawler	131	1968	NLD
	515153	Jean B	Dauphin I	trawler	110	1968	later Rosana II (Honduras)
	515719	Big Valley	Ray Horton	trawler	169	1968	lost 2002
12	516059	Wahnella Ann		trawler	130	1968	later Lucky Angel
	516505	Iron Horse		trawler	131	1968	later Sea Huntress
	517487	Debbie D		trawler	131	1969	later Ken & Al
	517957	Gulf Gypsy		trawler	132	1968	later Western Pacific
	518317	Fugitive	Dudley P	trawler	132	1969	scrapped
19	518864	Lady Ingeborg		trawler	131	1969	later Gulf Challenger, Captain Richie Rich
	520470	Bold Venture	Vandecoevering DL	trawler	135	1969
	521305	Green Acres	Patterson Jrs	trawler	135	1969
	522643	Miss Leona	Miss Leona	trawler	129	1969
		Master Norwood		trawler	155	1969	later Cristina II
		Lady Grace		trawler	135	1969	later Shantelle & Nancy
	524293	High Chaparral	High Chaparral	trawler	134	1970
30	525814	John Edward	Pham BV	trawler	134	1970	later St. Anthony
	526278	Mr. Bud	Sparhawk	trawler	130	1968
	527109	Master Tom		trawler	134	1970	later Ms. Cecile
35	528844	Mr. Wayne		trawler	139	1970	later Queen Anitra
	529277	Foz do Mondago		trawler	135	1970	later Deepa, Terminator 1
		Leo Seal	DFD	trawler	126	1970	(Panama)
	530641	Douglas J		trawler	134	1971	later Lucky Prince (Honduras)
40	532144	Lady Michelle	C & E Trawlers	trawler	136	1971
	533063	S Sue		trawler	135	1971	later Two Sons
	534917	Chuck Lloyd		trawler	120	1971	later Larisa
	535793	St. Elmo		trawler	67	1971	later Janaya & Joseph
47	536238	Lady Sybil		trawler	135	1971	later Lady Cynthia (Honduras)
	544623	Super Horse		trawler	136	1972	later Anne Rowe
	541413	Midnight Lady		trawler	134	1972
55	542120	Iron Maiden	Guidry J	trawler	134	1972
		Iron Lady		trawler	134	1972	later Lucky Lady
		Lady Dorothy		trawler	135	1972	later Britta I
		Mr. Champ	Big Star Seafood	trawler	135	1972
		Lady Celia		trawler	135	1972	later Viet Duc XI
61	545581	Ella Lee		trawler	134	1973	later King Diamond III, Lady Pauline
63	546777	Lisa Lee		trawler	135	1973	later Capt. A. T.
64	547729	White Dove		trawler	85	1973	NLD
	550325	Brothers Pride		trawler	136	1973	later Leona Faith
	550917	Rita Faye		trawler	94	1973	later Capt. Pepes
		Gay Marie	Afro Arabe	trawler	135	1973	later Gunnar
	552076	Iron Man		trawler	135	1973	NLD
70	552647	Iron Cloud	Iron Cloud	trawler	135	1973	NLD
71	553143	Cathy Ree	Lee E	trawler	135	1973
72	553582	Helen E	Helen E	trawler	135	1973
	554530	Champ	Yeoman SL	trawler	137	1974
74	555127	Miss Lois	Miss Lois	trawler	135	1974
	555787	Miss Margaret		trawler	136	1974	later Almahrosa
	556423	Crazy Horse	Jackson LA	trawler	135	1974	reefed off DE 2009
77	557420	Lady Luck		trawler	136	1974	later Lady Trini
78	558594	Stephanie Kim	John Zar, Jr.	trawler	141	1974	later Miss Lana
	557950	Seesaw	Ty Sackshewsky	trawler	27	1974
	560434	Mi Boss Lady	Pham PLV	trawler	136	1974	later Peter John
	561112	Champ II		trawler	141	1974	later God's Mercy
	561989	Starbrite	Sedroc	trawler	134	1974
84	562545	Golden Nuggett	Golden Nuggett	trawler	134	1975
85	563878	Tina		trawler	135	1975
87	566230	Jody Marie	John Zar, Sr.	trawler	142	1975	later Amvina II
89	569680	Terry B	Superior Marine	trawler	97	1975	later Gulf Diver II
90	572230	Christopher Snow II	Borden	trawler	152	1976	later Mary Vee
91	573728	Arline Smith II		trawler	151	1976	later Stacy Lee, Beth and Lisa, Bulldog, Lori Ann
92	574045	Jo Bar		trawler	143	1976	later Capt. Garland
93	574820	Lady Carolyn	Dale Belsome	trawler	142	1976	later Lady Lillian
94	576037	Lucky VII	Price D	trawler	171	1976
	577836	Elise G.	Lund/Halbruner	trawler	170	1976
	578678	B. J. Thomas	Whaley L	trawler	143	1976	later B. J. Thomas
		Island Trader		landing craft	143	1976
97	579221	Misty Blue		trawler	143	1977	later Becky L. Smith
99	581176	Lady Rosemary	Daniels PA	trawler	142	1977
101	583780	Midnight Rider	Pham TD	trawler	142	1977
103	586446	Jo Lynn	Cao CV	trawler	141	1977	later Ocean Dream, Capt. Andre
104	587462	Forty Love		trawler	142	1977	later Capt Seth
105	588304	Little Brothers	trawler Little Brothers	trawler	142	1977	later Little Brothers
	588768	Tiffany H		trawler	142	1977	later The Seeker II
		Lady Champ	Hyde Rivera H J	trawler	142	1977
		Super Star	Pacific Emerald Seafoods	trawler	142	1977
107	590367	Captain Pete		trawler	142	1978	later Miss Naomi, Nanami
108	591833	Stacey Ray	John Zar, Sr.	trawler	142	1978
109	593930	Capt. Peter	Blount MC	trawler	142	1978	later Lady Diane
110	596520	Capt. Cool Power		trawler	177	1978	later Christy Tran
111	598156	Master Aaron		trawler	143	1978	later Golden Eagle
112	599072	Little Ronald	John Zar and Ronald Rojas	trawler	142	1978	later Katherine
113	600117	Ragin Cajun	Robert Boudreaux	trawler	142	1978	later Karli Ann, total loss
114	601446	Lil Thomas	Thomas Matherne	trawler	142	1978	later Terry Lynn
115	603297	Jessie Lynn		trawler	143	1979	later Walter James, Morning Star
116	604553	Santrina	Miss Santrina	trawler	143	1979
117	606428	Lady Catherine	trawler Lady Catherine	trawler	142	1979
118	609951	Golden Fleece	Simonson Enterprises	trawler	301	1979
119	612075	Carrie Lynn		trawler	142	1979	later Master Chase
120	612602	Lady Faye	Pham ASH	trawler	178	1979
121	615618	Dr. Philip		trawler	141	1979	later Mantoudi
122	618384	Cajun Love	Super Horse	trawler	196	1980	later Sandra Lee, Vila Nova do Corvo II
124	622833	Mean Machine	Robert Boudreaux	trawler	142	1980	later Huy Hoang
125	624904	Rodney and Candy	Zar AO	trawler	142	1980
136	649566	Kay Minor	F. & F. Towing	towboat	83	1982
	669492	Flicka	H. & L. Axelsson	trawler	190	1984
139	670877	Seatractor	Kenneth M. Rose	trawler	30	1984