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Nichols Boat Works

Hood River OR

Most recent update: December 29, 2015.

Nichols Boat Works was established in 1939 by Mark Nichols and his son Frank, who left in 1962 and opened a yard in Freeland WA, known as Nichols Bros. Boat Builders. The Hood River yard closed in 1998 and the site was razed in 2008. See it from the air on Google here.

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O/N Name Customer Type GT Delivered Notes
244399 Eph Winans tugboat 18 1943 later Ruth, Arrow No. 1
17 244401 Samson Shaver Transportation tugboat 13 1943 later Sandy
247241 Panther Wilbur J. Smith tugboat 36 1944
247782 Cougar Wilbur J. Smith tugboat 11 1945 later Arrow No. 5, Banply No. 2, Ginny E
247912 Billie R Diesel Towing Corp. tugboat 56 1945 later Tom White, Mt Hood
248114 Beaver Shaver Transportation tugboat 19 1945 later Polar Beaver, Riley P
248923 Zombie Atlas Tug Service tugboat 20 1945
248996 Queen B Joseph H. Bernert tugboat 11 1945
249308 Miles H tugboat 49 1946 later Crown of Camas
249503 Louie III Charles M. Smith tugboat 60 1946
250205 Chinook Shaver Transportation tugboat 96 1946
250668 Polly Ann Charles E Finn fishing boat 31 1946
263743 Roxana William R. Werner tugboat 15 1946
280783 Paula Jean Smith Construction tugboat 11 1946
251712 Judy Lou tugboat 14 1947 later Gallant Knight
251764 Tahoma Shepard Towing tugboat 17 1947 later Miss Doolittle, St. Helens
252550 Bear Smith Tug & barge tugboat 22 1947 later in BVI
254291 Myrtle Knappton towboat tugboat 72 1947 later Warrior, Rio Raton
255125 Princess B Joe Bernert Towing Co Inc tugboat 12 1947
273031 Arcturus Darrel V. Boylan tugboat 11 1947
255000 Ridgefield tugboat 47 1948 later C. O. Quigg
255155 Arlington ferry Alaska Rivers Nav. ferry 34 1948
27 255572 Colusa Taurus Marine tugboat 63 1948
256550 M. R. Hallett Shaver Transportation tugboat 71 1948 later Manzanillo
256714 Tiger Smith Tug & barge tugboat 47 1948
256991 Battle Axe Smith Tug & barge tugboat 38 1948 later Simone Brusco, Claire B
257035 Albert Schafer Weyerhauser Corp. tugboat 18 1948 later Cub, Valiant
257138 Prosser Darrel V. Boylan barge 76 1948
258292 Mission of Estacada Weyerhauser Corp. fishing boat 23 1948
282629 Craig Hoffman towboat tugboat 8 1948
258467 Hartwell Bonneville Locks Towing tugboat 26 1949 later Mt. Adams
265175 Dragon Smith Tug & barge tugboat 71 1949 later Sarah
259492 Hood Darrel V. Boylan ferry 47 1950
259541 Alcor Darrel V. Boylan tugboat 15 1950
259934 Smith No. 6 Esson H. Smith ferry 86 1950
260581 Columbia II Alaska Rivers Nav. ferry 55 1950
261385 Floyd H Floyd C. Hendren, Jr. tugboat 12 1950 later Chilkat Lady
262675 Bonnie B Joe Bernert Towing Co Inc tugboat 24 1951 later Cayou
48 262693 Hulda tugboat 69 1951 later Capt. George, Capt. Hendren
53 264751 Bogene Roland E. Brusco tugboat 9 1951
59 264694 Ruth Western Transportation tugboat 32 1952
265179 Husky Smith Tug & barge tugboat 47 1952 later Mike Brusco, Sr.
265180 Fireball Smith Tug & barge tugboat 45 1952 later Lindy Marie
281928 Joe G Willamette Tug & barge tugboat 18 1952
265793 Pendleton Darrell V. Roylan ferry 68 1953 later 410
266063 James A J. B. Flippin tugboat 11 1953
267389 Cougar Smith Tug & barge tugboat 49 1954 later Western Cougar, Cougar
272365 Arrow No. 5 Arrow Tug & barge tugboat 33 1956 later Irene, Joedy Brusco
278446 Manuel Labor Commercial Divers tugboat 11 1956
94 273466 Shepard Shepard Towing Co Inc tugboat 114 1957 later Lori B
274237 Frances N fishing boat 20 1957 later Silver Queen
274969 Arrow No. 3 Arrow Tug & barge tugboat 40 1957
275311 Mary L Knappton towboat tugboat 45 1957 later Shelley Lind
1074642 Leanna Comb. Forestry & Marine tugboat 8 1957
276517 Jet-Belle Copper River Co-Op freighter 27 1958 later Old Crow
119 277971 Bachelor Island ferry Bachelor Island Ranch ferry 38 1958 NLD
283545 Meridian John R Thomas fishing boat 41 1960
283673 Arrow No. 2 Arrow Tug & barge tugboat 18 1960
517746 Skagit American Construction Co barge 537 1960
287818 Brig Young Crown Zellerbach tugboat 9 1961
288364 Wahkiakum Wahkiakum County ferry 88 1962
289855 Miss Connie Raymond Hall fishing boat 42 1962
291147 Jenel fishing boat 26 1963
292174 Roosevelt J. B. Flippin ferry 78 1963
294637 Earl H. Floyd C. Hendren, Jr. tugboat 18 1964
154 295835 A. B. Govey, II Simpson Timber tugboat 10 1964 NLD
501938 Glacier Island Tug and Barge Co tugboat 57 1965 later Island Mist, Sea King
165 503704 Earl R SDS Lumber Company tugboat 72 1966 later Bruce M
167 506390 Mollie Z. H. P. Zachry Co. tugboat 42 1966 later F. P. Hubble
173 516116 Columbia Shaver Tramsportation tugboat 142 1968
175 511605 Deborah L. Hickey Marine tugboat 11 1967
176 515510 Duchess B. Joe Bernert Towing Co Inc tugboat 39 1968
177 516610 Mary B. Joe Bernert Towing Co Inc tugboat 80 1968
179 519817 Swinomish Western Marine Const. freight barge 663 1969
180 522383 Dungeness American Construction Co freight barge 1,577 1969
185 526402 ITB-168 Island Tug and Barge Co freight barge 759 1970
187 529029 J.B.T. 9 Joe Bernert Towing Co Inc freight barge 386 1970
1152469 John R. Gilbert Steve Skogmo tank barge 80 1972
545174 The Waggoner Wayne M Waggoner passenger 85 1972
201 545714 J.B.T. No. 10 Joe Bernert Towing Co Inc freight barge 332 1973
565571 Sun Princess Beacon Holding Co. yacht 62 1975
214 568552 Whidbey Calista LLC freight barge 2,040 1975
226 1049699 2 Tidewater Barge Lines Inc tank barge 1,408 1976
234 597336 Sea Hawk Wasser & Winters Company freighter 88 1978
602331 DT 180-1 Dunlap Towing Company freight barge 905 1979
604217 ZB-192 Box-It, LLC freight barge 905 1979 later Sunny Point Ramp
609994 ZB-193 John Crandall freight barge 905 1979
246 615261 Manson 50 Manson Construction Co freight barge 905 1979
248 631554 Twi-Lite Northland Leasing tugboat 58 1981 later Miss Rebecca
250 641327 Dauby Gorge Leasing tank barge 205 1981
260 628606 Aleknagik No. I City of Aleknagik freight barge 31 1980
270 661888 Columbia Gorge Cascade Locks, Port Of passenger 92 1983
275 656433 Double M Roland F Moody freight barge 45 1983
290 907939 Dauntless Santa Cruz Port District dredge 28 1986 shipped KD to Santa Cruz
363 1030167 ST-45 Shaver Transportation barge 1,734 1995
365 1035976 ST-46 Shaver Transportation barge 1,734 1995
370 1047323 ST-47 Shaver Transportation barge 1,734 1996
371 1051794 ST-48 Shaver Transportation barge 1,734 1997

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