Mainstream Shipyard & Supply
Greenville MS
Most recent update: June 7, 2014.
Marine Welding & Repair Works Inc., was founded in 1947 by brothers Bill and Bilbo Williamson. In 1959, they were joined by Joe Williams and the same year acquired Greenville Manufacturing & Machine Works. Later Williams bought out the Williamsons and changed the name to Mainstream Shipyards and Supply Inc. The yard closed in 1990, when Williams retired.
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O/N | Name | Customer | Type | GT | Built | Notes | ||
Built by Greenville Manufacturing & Machine Works | ||||||||
232526 | America | Great Lakes Dredge | dredge | 539 | 1933 | |||
251674 | Marisa D | towboat | 47 | 1947 | later Mr G, reefed off DE 2009? | |||
3758 | 262072 | Pat II | Smith Towing | passenger | 17 | 1951 | NLD 2007 | |
277551 | C. B. Southern | Southern Towing | towboat | 292 | 1958 | later Ms Audrey Dean | ||
284077 | Eddie Waxler | Waxler Towing | towboat | 278 | 1961 | scrapped 2013 | ||
291564 | Randy L | towboat | 60 | 1963 | later Misty Dawn, Suzy Q, Howard P | |||
291565 | Barbara Kay | LLM Towing | towboat | 78 | 1963 | later William Kimble, White Rock | ||
291620 | Jayhawk | Williams Marine Ent. | towboat | 55 | 1963 | |||
297854 | Alice Parker | Parker Towing | towboat | 263 | 1965 | later Brenda Sue, retired 2004 | ||
299835 | Raven | Williams Marine Ent. | towboat | 76 | 1965 | later Elizabeth R | ||
6640 | 502672 | Jim Southern | Southern Towing | towboat | 380 | 1966 | later Bobby Jones | |
511120 | James L. Williams | Southern Towing | towboat | 380 | 1967 | later Larry Tilley | ||
513063 | Vickie Ann | Greenville Mfg | towboat | 84 | 1968 | later W R Warner, Donna Marie, Midwest III | ||
6847 | 514269 | Katy Riley | Southern Towing | towboat | 171 | 1968 | later Colorado | |
Built by Marine Welding & Repair Works Inc | ||||||||
538929 | B 6 | Greenville Gravel | barge | 261 | 1950 | |||
261881 | Kyle T | Witco | towboat | 55 | 1951 | later C L Wolfe, Spring Valley, Deborah Ann, NLD | ||
264241 | Ann Lee | Marine Welding | towboat | 62 | 1952 | later Commercial, NLD | ||
270809 | Ben McCool | Greenville Towing | towboat | 294 | 1955 | later Jean Pierre Cenac, Jean Pierre, NLD | ||
5 | 273340 | Wm. S. Lyon | Superior Towing Co | towboat | 337 | 1957 | later Denis Brown, Moonlight, Tracy E Jones, inactive (Paraguay) | |
275615 | Wm. H. Craig | Carroll Towing | towboat | 298 | 1957 | later Sioux, Natalie Alexander | ||
276621 | B-4 | Greenville Gravel | barge | 280 | 1958 | NLD | ||
277408 | B-5 | Greenville Gravel | barge | 259 | 1958 | NLD | ||
277706 | CF11 | Hartley Marine | tank barge | 154 | 1958 | |||
277707 | City of Memphis | Memphis Mid-Stream | towboat | 43 | 1958 | later Eagle Oiler, Roy H | ||
277214 | Mark D | towboat | 58 | 1958 | later Jennifer Lind, Jeff Davis, Sans Bois | |||
597824 | barge 3 | Meadows & Meadows | barge | 276 | 1959 | NLD | ||
279030 | Dorothy I. Southern | Southern Towing | towboat | 343 | 1959 | later Dennis Collins | ||
283125 | Ellen | Blackhawk Fleet | towboat | 50 | 1960 | NLD | ||
284621 | Don Alberto | American Tugs Inc | towboat | 145 | 1960 | |||
282986 | Gilda McCool | Gilder McCool | towboat | 420 | 1960 | later Julie Ann, Constance M Igert, Cindy L Erickson, Pat Dicciani, Robert Ingle | ||
280525 | Jag | KGW Towing | towboat | 296 | 1961 | later Miss Dixie | ||
289919 | Kathy | Marine Welding | towboat | 71 | 1961 | later Miss Rosalind, NLD | ||
289954 | Robbie J | Jeffrey Sand | towboat | 12 | 1962 | NLD | ||
24 | 290154 | Betty Sue | Carter Construction | towboat | 53 | 1962 | ||
291564 | Barbara Lee | KWK Towing | towboat | 60 | 1963 | later Randy L, Misty Dawn, Suzy Q, Howard P, NLD | ||
293051 | May Ellen | Warfield Towing | towboat | 60 | 1963 | later Ann Hayes, The American | ||
290718 | Rock Bluff | SCNO Barge Lines | towboat | 272 | 1963 | |||
293720 | Bobby M | Economy Boat Store | towboat | 59 | 1964 | later Ms Paula, NLD | ||
501262 | Laura Elizabeth | Southern Towing | towboat | 380 | 1965 | |||
506453 | Baxter Southern | Southern Towing | towboat | 380 | 1966 | |||
509913 | William H Craig | Carroll Towing | towboat | 515 | 1967 | later Creole Belle, Capitan Rey II (Argentina) | ||
512141 | Charles Southern | Southern Towing | towboat | 380 | 1968 | |||
518074 | Tri-W | Tri-W Towing | towboat | 719 | 1969 | later Robin Mott, Southern King, Tendota (Paraguay) | ||
Ark City | Greenville Fuel Svce. | towboat | 51 | 1969 | later Mustang | |||
523490 | Karen | Greenville Towing | towboat | 322 | 1969 | later W. W. Crum | ||
524641 | Mary C. Thompson | Warfield Towing | towboat | 189 | 1970 | later Union City Texas, Gregory P Frazier, Pat Pickett, NLD | ||
Saint Paul | towboat | 1970 | ||||||
531541 | Gremco | Gremco Towing | towboat | 553 | 1971 | later Northern King, Dick Harbison, Lady M | ||
53 | 543008 | Melinda B | Greenville Transportation | towboat | 514 | 1972 | later Kansas City | |
Built by Mainstream Shipyards and Supply Inc | ||||||||
56 | 553844 | Frank H. Peavey | Greenville Towing | towboat | 582 | 1974 | later Shelly Mott, Sno Sheen, Greenville, Thelma Parker II | |
57 | 558551 | Beverly Ann | Alter Barge Line | towboat | 681 | 1974 | later Lillie Gail, Joshua David Esper | |
58 | 562377 | Edwin L. Kennedy | Ingram barge | towboat | 413 | 1975 | ||
59 | 565395 | Martha Denton | Ingram barge | towboat | 424 | 1975 | ||
60 | 568268 | Sandy Southern | Southern Towing | towboat | 390 | 1975 | later Cheryl Stegbauer | |
61 | 574683 | Clarence G. Frame | Ingram barge | towboat | 539 | 1976 | ||
62 | 578276 | Alvin C. Johnson | Ingram barge | towboat | 539 | 1976 | ||
63 | 579809 | Jo Anne Stegbauer | Southern Towing | towboat | 358 | 1977 | ||
64 | 599138 | Carrie Elizabeth | Jefferson Barracks Mar. | towboat | 164 | 1978 | ||
607017 | Lorna Hackworth | HAM Tug & Fleeting | towboat | 61 | 1979 | later Buster White | ||
67 | 624694 | Tim Parker | Parker Towing | towboat | 234 | 1980 | ||
70 | 651976 | GS-982 | Ergon Marine | tank barge | 309 | 1982 | ||
71 | 647139 | Wendy Ann | Jefferson Barracks Mar. | towboat | 136 | 1982 |