McDermott Shipbuilding ~ Shipbuilding History

McDermott Shipbuilding

New Iberia LA

McDermott Shipbuilding was a major builder of tugs in its original Morgan City shipyard, Bollinger Fabrication. In 1975, they opened a second yard in New Iberia, which was focused on the OSV market but which only lasted until 1984, when this market collapsed.

	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	Delivered	Notes
100	573848	Barbara Foss	Foss Maritime	tugboat	198	June 1976
101	575361	Justine Foss	Foss Maritime	tugboat	198	Aug 1976
102	572329	Ocean Star		tugboat	197	Apr 1976	later Alexandra
103	573482	Ocean Voyager		tugboat	198	June 1976	later Thomas
104	574171	Centurion	Crowley Marine	tugboat	199	June 1976
105	575769	Gauntlet	Crowley Marine	tugboat	199	Aug 1976
106	578098	Sidney Foss	Foss Maritime	tugboat	198	Nov 1976
107	579119	Moana Holo	Young Bros.	tugboat	198	Jan 1977
108	579789	Drew Foss	Foss Maritime	tugboat	198	Mar 1977
109	582649	Tideland 17		barge	2,576	June 1977	later McDermott Tidelands 017, Cape May
110	590232	Lamco VI		tugboat	455	Mar 1978	later Diplomat, Adriatic Sea
113	591675	Inmar Baron	Int'l. Mooring & Marine	AHTS	298	Apr 1978	later Liberty Seahorse, Cape Hunter (Mexico)
114	593905	Inmar Duke	Int'l. Mooring & Marine	AHTS	281	June 1978	later Gallant Seahorse, Cape Sable (Mexico)
115	595286	Inmar Count	Int'l. Mooring & Marine	AHTS	281	July 1978	later Majestic Seahorse, Cape Lookout (Mexico)
116	596705	Inmar Prince	Int'l. Mooring & Marine	AHTS	673	Aug 1978	later Valiant Seahorse, Sea Spirit (Sharjah)
117	Vanuatu	Marcia Ann	Briley Marine	PSV	1,074	Nov 1978	later Kirt Chouest, GECO Dolphin, Dolphin
118	600455	Josh Wilson	Briley Marine	PSV	1,203	Dec 1978	later Betty Chouest, Gulf Stim, Joanne Morrison
119	602318	Mark Briley	Briley Marine	PSV	394	Feb 1979	later Liberator, Windward Sentry (USCG)
120	603607	Angela Briley	Briley Marine	PSV	297	Mar 1979	later Margaret Chouest, Flood Tide III, Epic Explorer
121	628261	Li'l Mac	Duet Bros. Towing	tugboat	33	1978	later Capt Eric Duet
123	614220	Ocean Chief		tugboat	148	Nov 1979	later Katherine
124	618064	Munson Tide	Tidewater Marine	PSV	289	Mar 1980	scrapped 2009
125	619718	Porciau Tide	Tidewater Marine	PSV	289	Apr 1980	scrapped 2006
126	623446	Rouge Tide	Tidewater Marine	PSV	293	June 1980	scrapped 2009
127	624385	Al Tide	Tidewater Marine	PSV	293	July 1980	scrapped 2009
128	Mexico	Sallis Tide	Tidewater Marine	PSV	289	Aug 1980	later Apollo Tide, Tide (Honduras)
130	Venezuela	Falcon Rig 42	Falcon Drilling	drilling barge	3,213	Jan 1982	later Falcon 42
131	Panama	Eagle M-101		platform rig	4,930	Oct 1980	later M-101, Mallard Rig 60, Parker Rig 74
132	Venezuela	Falcon Rig 43	Falcon Drilling	drilling barge	3,213	Jan 1981	later Falcon 43
134	Panama	Tejas		platform rig	3,192	Sep 1981	later Lewis Dugger, Mallard Rig 73, Parker Rig 73
137		SeaRex IV		drilling barge	3,521	1981	later Mister Ray, Imperial (Belize)
138	635738	Sea Level No. 7	Sea Level Int'l.	PSV	300	June 1981	later NADC 38, NAWC 38, NavAir 38 (USN)
139	636298	Sea Level No. 27	Sea Level Int'l.	PSV	300	July 1981	later Ranger (USN)
140	640564	K Marine No. I	Kilgore Marine	PSV	298	Sep 1981	later Cutlass Service, AXA Cutlass Service, Mora One (Guyana)
141	641712	K Marine No. II	Kilgore Marine	PSV	198	Oct 1981	later Excalibur Service, Atlas Sky (Dubai)
142	642788	K Marine No. III	Kilgore Marine	PSV	298	Dec 1981	later Rapier Service, scrapped 2011
143	643728	K Marine No. IV	Kilgore Marine	PSV	298	Mar 1982	later Sabre Service, Sabre Spirit
144	642929	Noble PB-2	Noble Drilling	platform rig	3,030	Aug 1982	later Chuck Syring, Mallard Rig 72, Parker Rig 72
145	Vanuatu	Barton Tide	Tidewater Marine	PSV	298	Mar 1982	later Al Dalow (Dubai)
146	Vanuatu	Tower Tide	Tidewater Marine	PSV	298	May 1982	later King Jude (Nigeria)
147		Crystal Pelham	Pelham Marine	PSV	298	July 1982	later Hugo (USN)
148	651195	Louise Pelham	Pelham Marine	PSV	298	Sep 1982	later Range Rover (USN)
149	643723	Falcon Rig 55	Falcon Drilling	platform rig	1,941	1982	later Gus Androes, Hercules 55, Atchafalaya
151	Panama	Noble PB-3	Noble Drilling	platform rig	3,030	July 1982	later Gene Rosser, Raisis
152	Belize	Jaramac 68	J. Ray McDermott	AHTS	300	Dec 1985	later Doc Tide II, Fatema, Marina I (Sharjah)
153	Mexico	Jaramac 69	J. Ray McDermott	AHTS	300	Dec 1985	later 8, Louie Tide
154	655499	Needham Tide	Tidewater Marine	PSV	750	Mar 1983	later Dea Ocean, Vos Ocean (Netherlands)
155	656840	Tad Tide	Tidewater Marine	PSV	298	May 1983	later Kelly Morrison
156	658112	Whittie Tide	Tidewater Marine	PSV	750	May 1983	later Whittie Teus (Panama)
157	659578	Toups Tide	Tidewater Marine	PSV	298	July 1983	later Miss Tide (Argentina)
158	659579	Marks Tide	Tidewater Marine	PSV	298	Oct 1983
159	660243	O'Neil Tide	Tidewater Marine	PSV	298	Oct 1983	later IMS Onyx
160	663943	Jan Tide	Tidewater Marine	PSV	289	Dec 1983	later Jan (Honduras)
161	663944	Abshire Tide	Tidewater Marine	PSV	848	Dec 1983
162	666072	Dickerson Tide	Tidewater Marine	PSV	1,078	Mar 1984	later Sumayla Tide (India)
163	666012	Carlson Tide	Tidewater Marine	PSV	1,077	Apr 1984	later Al Zafir, Moeen Glory (Sharjah)
164	681321	CGA-200	Clean Gulf Associates	tank barge	1,211	June 1985
165	676973	Mauna Loa	Matson Navigation	container barge	3,562	Dec 1984