Greenville Shipbuilding ~ Shipbuilding History

Greenville Shipbuilding

Greenville MS

Most recent update: January 11, 2021.

Greenville Barge Construction Corp. was started in 1957 and renamed Greenville Shipbuilding in 1970. Mississippi Marine Corp. was started in 1965 and acquired Greenville Shipbuilding in 2000. They stopped building new boats in the downturn of the 1980s but continue today in the repair business. The former Greenville Shipbuilding yard is now called the North Yard and is at 2219 Harbor Front Road. See it from the air on Google here.

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	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	Delivered	Notes
Built by Greenville Barge Construction
	277588	William B. Barnett II	American River Lines	towboat	134	1958	later Captain Mash, William J Detyens, Royal Street, Susan D, Amazing Grace
	279595	Leta Jane	M & M Transportation	towboat	195	1959	later Patriot, Leta Jane, Casey Keasler, WB, Tom Gates
	279659	Rebecca C	Hagan Towing	towboat	87	1959	later Mobile Point, Joyce II, Danny P, Cape Fear
	280350	Kaskaskia	TECO Barge Line	towboat	162	1959	later John Henry, Brenda Koestler, NLD
Built by Greenville Shipbuilding
	287946	Miss Susan	Ramsey Towing	towboat	96	1962	later Admiral Miller, NLD 2004
	289997	Pine Bluff	Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel	towboat	112	1962
	291668	Lil Arthur	Greenville Shipbuilding	towboat	31	1963
	292898	Erin O'Hara	Coastal Towing	towboat	75	1963	later Beaver Island, Taylor A
	294088	James Faris	American River Lines	towboat	197	1964
	294413	George Weathers	Weathers Towing	towboat	403	1964	later Bernadette A McKay, Heather Ann, Marc Miyasaki
	296837	David	Greenville Shipbuilding	towboat	379	1964	to South America 1990 as Don Aureliano G., Cavalier IV
	297854	Alice Parker	Parker Towing	towboat	263	1964	later Brooke Lauren, Brenda Sue, Cecile A. Fitch
		Bay Trader 120		freight barge	760	1964	later CMC640
11		Caldwell	Tidewater Grand Isle Inc.	supply boat	195	1965	later War Cloud, Recovery One, American Recovery
13		Allen		supply boat	417	1965	later Algosaibi VII, Charlnaaz, Arif, Alexander II, Tara, Nader
14		Franklin		supply boat	185	1965	later Engineer, Night Star, Nujum, Ray 2, Nujum, Abdulla 7
		Grant		supply boat	185	1965	later Pooneh.
		Webster		supply boat	185	1966	later Raana.
	274333	Frank Phipps	Patton-Tully Transportation	towboat	185	1966	later Synergy
	506377	Henry Debardeleben	Coyle Lines	towboat	116	1966	later Norman R. Wooten, Lori Ann, Francis J. Blank
	506238	Nita Vickers	Delta Towing	towboat	356	1966	later J F Lamb, E P Williams, Danny Ray, Belle River, Cristina Eckstein, Cavalier I (South America)
16		Ouachita	Harbor Anchor	tugboat	185	1966	later Eastern Trader
		Red River		tugboat	254	1967	later Two Kays
	508037	Dixie Crusader	Dixie Carriers	towboat	126	1967	later Basil T, River Stallion, Jim Lancaster
19	509141	Joe McAlister	Martha-Mac Corp	towboat	244	1967	later H S Davis, Antigone, Ron Mook
23	510286	F. R. Casey	Davis Construction	towboat	61	1967	later Miss Reagan, scrapped 2020
	512099	Jimmy Vickers	Delta Towing	towboat	428	1968	later Sarah E Thomas, Marie Thompson, Richard A Hain, Howard A Thompson, Doug Roberts, Tom Huckabee
	517563	Baton Rouge		towboat	121	1968	later Marine Magic
	514508	Dixie	Greenville Shipbuilding	towboat	121	1968	later Tom G.
	514689	Rex	Economy Boat Store	towboat	72	1968	later Duke L Gremillion, T-Boy Talen, Low Land 20
	516589	Girard Lewis	Thomas Marine	towboat	454	1968	later Shirley L Stapp, Damon Waxler, M/V William Hank
	517214	Billy D	Paducah Midstream	towboat	63	1968	later CWK, Wm. Eric
	521053	Susan Vickers	Delta Towing	towboat	454	1969	later Anne Elizabeth, Anne Holly, Bob White, Jeff P Wilkerson, Yvonne Cenac, Yvonne, The Black Belt
29	521797	Kate Tully	Patton-Tully Transportation	towboat	244	1969	later APAC Leader, Julie, Crosby Express
	517920	Paul	Greenville Shipbuilding	towboat	61	1969	later Tret, Double R, Sarah N
	519093	Ann Marie	LeBoeuf Bros. Towing	towboat		1969	later Creole Ann
	523288	Hilman Logan	Logan Towing	towboat	571	1969	later Helen M. Clements, Decatur Lady, Nav Chaco (South America)
	523338	Penny	Dairyland Power Coop	towboat	121	1970	later Black Hawk
	528661	Lil Charley	Norman Bros.	towboat	121	1970
34	530803	Jim Vickers	Vickers Towing	towboat	537	1971	later Magnolia
	532215	Ben	Greenville Shipbuilding	towboat	73	1971	later John L Murphy, City of Hickman, Virginia Renee
	533274	David McAlister	McAlister Construction	towboat	310	1971	later Phil Mosesso, Catlettsburg
	636184	Terri	Greenville Shipbuilding	towboat	331	1971	later Kayo Mutchler, Kayo, Lori Johnson, Kestrel (Surinam), Arary (Uruguay)
	537180	Nita Vickers	Vickers Towing	towboat	494	1972	later Tri-State, Temple Huckabee
	540229	Capt. Joe	Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel	towboat		1972
	541310	Helen Capps	Eagle Marine Industries	towboat	126	1972	later Karen Marie, Gladys G
	541829	Doris Lynn	Eveline Towing	towboat		1972	later Compass Rose, Angie Golding, City of Greenwood, to South America 2010
	542543	Betty Joyce	Thibodeaux Marine	towboat	175	1972	later King's Courier, Chemical Express, Miss Pat, HMS Patriot, Neda J
	545437	Louise	V. & B. Transport Co.	towboat	128	1973	later Vance M. Thompson, Suzanne Marie, Buck Bellows
	549701	K. R. Green	Tenn. Valley Towing	towboat	585	1973	later Kamarang
	554261	Richard E. Girouard	Thomas Marine	towboat	587	1974	later Patsy R, Mary Lou S, Dewey R, M/V Dewey R
		Kim	Delta Towing Co	towboat	249	1974	later Cuarajhy
	563529	Nita Vickers	Vickers Towing	towboat	637	1975	later Creole Jimmy, Gene Neal
	569720	Lucille	Greenville Shipbuilding	towboat	390	1975	later Joe McAlister, Marathon, M/V Jinx P Smith
	569721	Jay	Greenville Shipbuilding	towboat	271	1975	later Rose Marie Walden, Jo Beth Janoush, Transporter
	571882	Grampa Shorty		tugboat	159	1976	later Irving Pine, Atlantic Pine (Canada)
	574338	E. L. Crain	Allegheny Towing	towboat	136	1976	later Cornelius O'Connor, Expedition
	581730	Mark Alan	Hickman Harbor Services	towboat	136	1977
51	585677	Pelican No. 1		supply boat	279	1977	later Sand Island, fishing vessel Champion
	589807	Roland Falgout		tugboat	176	1978	later Bald Eagle, Delta Pride
53	594825	Pelican No. 2		supply boat	227	1978	later Pelicano, cargo Pelicano I, Islander Express I, Precon Express I
54	600068	Inmar Knight		tugboat	284	1978	later Tradewind
		Rebel		tugboat	136	1978	later Ailey 34, Sylvie
	601956	Jandilene	Williams Marine Ent.	towboat	116	1979	later Sir Randy J
	602859	Scrapiron	Greenville Shipbuilding	towboat	55	1979
	614861	Marin Twilight	Marin Tug & barge	tugboat	165	1979	later Twilight, Diane B
	624871	Lainey Jones	Canal Barge Co.	towboat	694	1980	NLD
	626299	Dream	Greenville Shipbuilding	towboat	166	1980	later Tommy Sayer, Jonathan Golding, Roy Baker, DMO Reveille
	626300	Duke	Ergon Marine	towboat	73	1980	later GS-980, General
61	629736	Don	Greenville Shipbuilding	towboat	172	1982	later M. B. Freeman, City of Freeport
	632444	Larry D. Williams	Williams Marine Ent.	towboat	118	1981	later C. J. Rae, William Jeffrey Bayer
63	641626	Janice R	Coastal Towing	towboat	183	1981	later City of Plaquemine, Wichita, Capt John Guidry, War Emblem
	656205	Jennifer Ann	Upper Mo. River Towing	towboat	117	1983	later Cathy Golding, Capt. Alpha Doucet, Walt Wepfer
	663288	American Challenge	Harcon barge	towboat	819	1983	later William McD. Hite, Sarah L. Ingram
69	678450	C. B. Ford	Choctaw Transportation	towboat	224	1984
70	661062	Pat I	Greenville Gravel	freight barge	515	1983
71	662103	Pat 2	Greenville Gravel	freight barge	515	1983
72	685194	Pat 3	Greenville Gravel	freight barge	515	1985
73	902776	Little Miss Jessica	Reed Terminal Co.	towboat	152	1986	later Benny G
74	903824	Captain Matthew	Reed Terminal Co.	towboat	152	1986
75	923869	Pat 4	Greenville Gravel	freight barge	515	1987
76	936478	Pat 5	Greenville Gravel	freight barge	581	1988
77	936479	Pat 6	Greenville Gravel	freight barge	581	1988
78	950545	Pat 7	Apac-Arkansas	freight barge	573	1989
79	950546	Pat 8	Apac-Arkansas	freight barge	573	1989	later William D Jeffrey
80	958866	PMC 901	Alpha Partnership	freight barge	497	1989
81	961145	PMC 902	Alpha Partnership	freight barge	497	1990
82	965356	Pat 9	Greenville Gravel	freight barge	497	1990
83	971780	Pat 10	Greenville Gravel	freight barge	497	1990
84	978178	Nita Vickers	Vickers Towing	towboat	513	1991	later Helen Lay, to Paraguay
85	1039799	Mack		towboat	327	1996	later EMS Express, Kenley (Surinam)
	1056119	Crane #1	Nichols Marine LLC	crane barge	154	1968
	1056120	Crane #2	Nichols Marine LLC	crane barge	137	1978
	1056121	Dry Dock #1	Nichols Marine LLC	drydock	671	1970
	1056122	Dry Dock #2	Nichols Marine LLC	drydock	1,372	1993
1002	1199552	BEL 102	barge Exchange Leasing	unclassified	202	1998
1003	1199553	BEL 103	barge Exchange Leasing	unclassified	343	1998
Built by Mississippi Marine
	504956	Imogene Igert	River Towing	towboat	249	1966	later Bill Hendon, Wisconsin, Herb Carpenter Jr.
	507264	Mary Ann	Double W Towing	towboat	292	1967	later Lillian G, Champion Coal, Cailey Moore
	510079	Margie Taylor	Greenville Fuel	towboat	94	1967	later Beverly Cummins
	510588	W. C. Walters	Temple Towing	towboat	249	1967	later Zapata Service, W C Walters, Creole Lady
	512047	Donna Temple	Temple Towing	towboat	86	1968	later Logloader, Texas Gator, Miss Edna D
13	514553	Debbie Lee	M. & M. Towing	towboat	375	1968	later Leslie B
	518249	Walter Stephens Cox	Inland River Transportation	towboat	648	1969	later Brother Collins, Desafio (Argentina)
	524609	Hot-to-Trot	Winona Marine	towboat	84	1970	later Vivki L, Capt. Newt
	529076	Reddy Teddy	Decatur Transit	towboat	84	1970	later Mary Ethel
37	536086	Wildcat	Cox Towing	towboat	517	1971	later Mark Shurden
38	542521	W. P. Jackson	Thomas Marine	tugboat	619	1972	later George W Norman, San Antonio, San Antonio I, Cavalier VII
39	553021	Hoosier Friend	Cox Marine	towboat	1,099	1973	later City of New Orleans, John C Miller, John B Ritchie, Lady Barbara, Anne Holly, Canal Tamengo
40	555383	Miss Kathy	Mississippi Marine Transport	towboat	686	1974
	558474	Evey T	Upper Miss. Towing	towboat	631	1974
	560349	Mary Jayne	Leland Towing	towboat	639	1974	later Elizabeth Lane
45	566044	Agnes Mae	Walker Towing	towboat	627	1975	later Lauren D, Linda Little
46	927907	MM II	Mississippi Marine Corp	freight barge	1,189	1976
47	568544	Francis R. Keegan	Chotin Transportation	towboat	559	1975
51	575658	Fletcher Armstrong	Ergon Marine	towboat	116	1976
	577877	Nora Pickett	Coastal Towing	towboat	272	1976	later Dale Artigue, Grace Nicole
	589307	GS-1077	Ergon Marine	tank barge	356	1977
54	579947	Sureboat	Union Railroad	towboat	96	1977
	597434	Peggy P	Neches Gulf Marine	offshore supply	86	1978	later San Jacinto
62	603877	Sea Adventurer	Columbia Star Inc	passenger	86	1979	later RMS Atlantis
64	969549	MM III	Mississippi Marine Corp	freight barge	635	1979
	610854	Stacey Palmer	Palmer Barge Line	towboat	93	1979	later Pamela Catherine, Morgan, Capt. Les Barrios, Cajun Pride
	614906	Scott Palmer	Palmer Barge Line	towboat	90	1979	later Mary Wepfer
	620297	Marina S	Dinko's Marine Service	passenger	87	1980	later RMS Victory
78	623588	140	Salvor Ltd	freight barge	420	1980	later XL 100
79	625672	141	Salvor Ltd	freight barge	420	1980
80	627503	142	Salvor Ltd	freight barge	420	1980
	628006	Miss Sheila	Red Wing River Towing	towboat	143	1981
	635318	M/V Cole	H/C Leasing	towboat	66	1981
	640286	Redneck	Economy Boat Store	towboat	72	1981	later Jim Barton
88	680357	Vecturian	North South Transport	towboat	214	1985	later Anita Eve Sharp
90	642135	Geo Tide	Tidewater Marine	tugboat	295	1982	later Stanco Traveller, R/V Geoexplorer
92	643590	Rhett Parker	Parker Towing	towboat	252	1982
93	649605	William C. Norman	Norman Bros.	towboat	405	1982	later Jack Odom
95	643051	William Justin	White River Fleeting	towboat	72	1981	later Dean Cochran
96	693290	XL I	Nichols Marine	industrial	1831	1985