Paasch Marine Services ~ Shipbuilding History

Paasch Marine Services

Erie PA

Most recent update: March 26, 2015.

John D. Paasch, the son of a shipbuilder from Kiel, started this business in 1866 and was followed in 1893 by his sons, William, Fred and John, who named the enterprise Paasch Bros. Boat Works. In 1947, Harold Paassch took over and changed the name to Paasch Marine Services: it closed in 1980, after his death. The yard was in the east canal basin, at the foot of State Street, right in the center of downtown Erie.

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	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	LOA	Built	Notes
Built by Paasch Bros. Boat Works
	204350	Presque Isle		passenger	41	61	1907	abandoned 1933
	205389	Mars		tugboat	29	62	1911	abandoned 1938
	208838	Atlas		fish tugboat	33	60	1911	abandoned 1936
	213162	Edward K		tugboat	44	65	1915	abandoned 1942
	214319	Despatch		fish tugboat	16	47	1916	later Atlantis, destroyed by storm 1958
Built by Paasch Marine Services
	251939	Robert & Richard	J. J. Parris	fish tugboat	66	56	1947	later Susie Q
	252010	Judy	Meigs J. Grow	fish tugboat	13	36	1947
	253549	Flying Duck		passenger	7	38	1947
		G-4	Goff & Sons	fish tugboat		57	1947
	255805	Joetta		fish tugboat	13	37	1948	NLD
	255827	Betty Mae	Buckeye Fisheries	fish tugboat	15	40	1948	later Rae Ann
	256582	Favorite		fish tugboat	17	37	1948	NLD
	256657	Ronnie - S.		fish tugboat	14	36	1948
	257367	Big Bertha	Steve Horvath	fish tugboat	14	38	1949	NLD
	257809	Esther A		fish tugboat	13	37	1949	NLD
	258117	Widgeon	Genesee Marina Inc	tugboat	13	37	1949	later Helix, Aquatic I
	258486	Rose		fish tugboat	13	37	1949
	258721	Sea King	Dissen & Juhn Corp.	tugboat	14	36	1949
	258859	J. W. Westcott II	J. W. Westcott Co.	passenger	14	44	1949	sank off River Rouge 2001 but recovered and reactivated
	258953	Favorite Too		fish tugboat	17	37	1949
	259462	Brenda T	Circle Fish Co.	freighter	9	45	1950	later Shannon, NLD
	259463	Avis J	Barcelona Fish Co.	fish tugboat	12	50	1950	NLD
31	259635	Ada	John Skrovan	oil recovery	19	45	1950	later Sancho, Sancho Diver
	260415	Nellie III	John D. Ross	research	18	48	1950	later Buffalo Port, Little Toot, Environaut
	260603	Captain Jim II	Stephen Milewski	fish tugboat	8	44	1950	later Hunter R.V., See Diver
	261453	Dorothy B	John J. Brice	fish tugboat	18	40	1951	later Betty J. III, St. Paul, Judy, Pam Marie, Sally Jo Irwin
	261489	Ethel S		fish tugboat	17	37	1951
	262642	Big Ben		fish tugboat	17	37	1951	NLD
	262768	Favorite Won	Kfloe Ltd	yacht	17	39	1951
	263286	Reliance II		tugboat	17	37	1951	NLD
	263288	Whip		fish tugboat	17	37	1952
	264006	Cedar Point	G. A. Boeckling Co.	passenger	11	59	1952	later Arrow, Pocahontas II, Nightingale
	265733	James Morick		unclassified	28	48	1952
55	265221	Nip		fish tugboat	17	38	1953
	265732	Cedar Point II	G. A. Boeckling Co.	passenger	12	59	1953	later Dispatch, Sawmill Explorer
	266890	Paul A. Schoellkopf	Niagara Mohawk Power	tugboat	50	54	1953	later Tug No. 2, Mell C
	267220	ship		fish tugboat	14	36	1954
	268238	Wan-El	Wan-El Marine Services	passenger	7	45	1954	later Edward John
	268373	The Clevelander	City of Cleveland	fire tugboat	28	58	1954
	268635	My-Favorite	Favorite Fisheries	fish tugboat	17	37	1954	later yacht Felia F, Lady of Commerce
	269845	Three Sons	John E. Lampe	tugboat	10	37	1955	later Pilot
	269888	Huron	Arnold Transit Company	passenger	99	86	1955
	660323	K. Sea	Underwater Construction Corp	unclassified	18	51	1957
	276850	Portlaw		yacht	14	42	1958	later Masker, NLD
		Perca	Penna. Fish & Boat Comm.	police boat	20	50	1959	(PAFBC research vessel on Lake Erie)
	278860	Ottawa	Arnold Transit Company	passenger	81	91	1959	later Diamond Queen
	279864	Tonne	Henry W. Luetkemeyer	yacht	55	51	1959	later Mesoma III, NLD 1977
132	281386	Good Time II	Goodtime Transit	recreational	81	85	1960	later Liberty Belle II, Vegas in Venice, Pair-o-Dice
	281864	American Venus	International Boat Tours Inc.	passenger	93	65	1960	later Miss Christin
	569528	Capn Nelson	Smith Brothers Inc	tugboat	31	50	1960	NLD
137	290776	Anthony J Celebrezze	City of Cleveland	fireboat	42	61	1961
		Caltex Lumba Lumba	Caltex	passenger	101	75	1961	later Canadian II, Bella Bella
139	286075	Algomah	Arnold Transit Company	passenger	81	85	1961
140	287494	Island Beach	Town of Greenwich CT	passenger	87	66	1961
141	288825	Chippewa	Arnold Transit Company	passenger	81	84	1962
	289133	Courthouse		yacht	56	54	1962	NLD
	294407	Calypso II	Caneel Bay Plantation	passenger	72	62	1963	NLD
150		Sentinel I (a)	USACE	patrol boat		54	1964
151		Sentinel II	USACE	patrol boat		54	1964	later Dakota, active in Galena KS
153	295280	American Neptune	International Boat Tours Inc.	passenger	82	65	1964	later Island Hopper, Miss Clayton III, Express Shuttle
	297174	Grey Ghost	Vanderburgh Johnstone	yacht	62	64	1964	later Randy VI
156		Laidly	USACE	survey boat		54	1967
157	502757	Peggity		yacht	19	40	1965	to NZ registry 1988, Pegasus III
158		Nanticoke II		passenger			1965
159	1136729	Haendel	USACE	survey boat	22	45	1965
161			W. J. Williams	cruiser			1967
	298405	Capt	Esco Dredge & Fill	tugboat	26	47	1965	later Anna, Jeanne G
	1091846	Frank Dunham	Albany Port District Commission	police boat	32	65	1966	later Spirit of Albany
	523525	Big Lou	Maryland Dept. of Chesapeake Affairs	tugboat	26	50	1967
	517294	Capt	Erie Navigation	tugboat	27	47	1968	later Big Toot, Gene, Robert Steers
	517409	Jacksonville	St. Johns Bar Pilots	pilot boat	38	53	1968	later Tampa
	1051505	Carina	Richard S. Nye	sloop	21	48	1969
	1072285	Northwestern	Northwestern Michigan College		36	56	1969
169	527751	H. J. Elser	Maryland Dept. of Chesapeake Affairs	tugboat	32	49	1969
170		North Central	USACE	survey boat		54	1969
	529121	Mayjac		yacht	56	63	1970
	1092215	Knight Life	Dependable Marine Services	passenger	19	42	1971	NLD
	532245	Legend		yacht	28	46	1971	NLD
	536306	Georgetta	George E. Sarant	yacht	99	62	1971	later St. Gennaro
179	536942	Ursa	Treasure Coast Yacht Charters	passenger	58	63	1971
181	541389	American Adonis II	International Boat Tours Inc.	passenger	82	65	1972	Island Princess, NLD
	549596	Tortue	Marion Osborne Black	yacht	17	44	1973	(U.K.)
	550877	Cecil II	Maryland Dept. of Nat. Res.	police boat	13	31	1973	retired in 1980s
		Frances Bellamy	Port of Tampa	fireboat		68	1974
188	560341	Port Endeavor	Maryland Dept. of Transportation	passenger	43	44	1974
189	566192	Port Reliance	Maryland Dept. of Transportation	tugboat	13	34	1975
	570754	Northern Exposure		yacht	113	80	1975	later Indiscretion, Seaquel, Sur
	577015	Magothy River	Maryland Dept. of Nat. Res.	police boat	15	31	1975
	577016	Anne Arundel	Maryland Dept. of Nat. Res.	police boat	15	31	1976
	577959	Wicomico	Maryland Dept. of Nat. Res.	police boat	15	31	1976	retired in 1980s
	611119	Joann M	Munch Fisheries	fish tugboat	18	50	1980	NLD