Parker Bros. Shipyard ~ Shipbuilding History

Parker Bros. Shipyard

Houston TX

The Parker family were early settlers who owned significant farmland in southeast Houston before it became industrialized. They gradually developed the land along Industrial Road and one activity was the Parker Bros. shipyard on Greens Bayou. The yard was located next to the Platzer yard, which used Parker's slips after it closed in 1980 and later bought most of the yard, which was at 13600 Industrial Road.

	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	LOA	Built	Notes
1		Iliff		tugboat	60	1943	NLD
2		Clarence H. Brown	Weisinger, Brown	tugboat	75	1944	scrapped
3		Douglass Haden	W. D. Haden Co.	tugboat	45	1946	NLD
4		Dauntless		towboat	100	1946	NLD
5	249843	John B	Coastal Construction	tugboat	48	1946	NLD
6	250698	Dixie	C. J. Dick Towing	towboat	100	1946	later Thor, Alma S, Alma-S (Guatemala)
7	251292	Marilyn M	Bargco Inc.	tugboat	75	1946	NLD
8	251499	Susan Lynn	Matagorda Shell	tugboat	48	1947	NLD
9	252069	Buddie McDow	W. D. Haden Co.	tugboat	48	1947	NLD
10	253784	Chas R. Moore	Coastal Construction	tugboat	48	1947	later Harbor II
11	253874	Allan W	Matagorda Shell	tugboat	48	1947	NLD
12	261329	Vivian Parker	Texas Barge Line	towboat	130	1951	later C. R. Clements, Ms Jan, River Beaver, Russell P. Painter Jr., Holy Angel
13		Norsworthy		towboat	130	1951	NLD
14		Charles T. Parker		towboat	130	1952	NLD
15		Sounding Barge No. 1	Shell Survey Association	barge	45	1952	NLD
16	266645	Sounding Barge No. 2	Shell Survey Association	barge	45	1952	NLD
17	265284	Jim F. Newell	Lake Charles Dredging	towboat	75	1953	NLD
18	265814	Sioux City	SCNO Barge Lines	towboat	140	1953	later Alliance Baron, Ashley M. Robinson, NLD
19	266505	Omaha	SCNO Barge Lines	towboat	140	1953
20	269364	Kansas City	SCNO Barge Lines	towboat	140	1955	later Mr Clyde Dunlap, Sherry K Mays, River Otter
21	270648	Charles C. Hightower	Lake Charles Dredging	tugboat	75	1955	later Mr. Glynn, NLD
22	271418	Waverly	SCNO Barge Lines	tugboat	84	1956	later Curly B, The Chief, Specialist Two, Specialist, lost 2016
23		Sounding Barge No. 3	Shell Survey Association	barge	65	1956	NLD
24	272543	Harbor Queen	Harbor Docking & Towing	tugboat	90	1956	later St. John
25	273351	Frances Haden	W. D. Haden Co.	tugboat	90	1957	later Dana Peerless, NLD
26	276218	Linda Brooks	Brooks Liquid Transport	tugboat	95	1958	later Eddie B, Buckley
27a	277556	S.C. & N.O. 1413	SCNO Barge Lines	barge	898	1958	NLD
28	277557	Brimstone	Texas Sulphur Transport	towboat	150	1958
29	277680	Joni T	Coastal Construction	tugboat	33	1958	NLD
30	280076	Ben H. Sloane	Lake Charles Dredging	tugboat	143	1959	NLD
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32	283189	Zella	Zella Marine	passenger	50	1960	NLD
33	287934	Yankton	SCNO Barge Lines	towboat	125	1962	later Captain Spider Favre
35	289194	Tadpole	F & F Towing	tugboat	35	1962	NLD
36	288474	Fort Yates	SCNO Barge Lines	towboat	65	1962	later Katie Ann
37	295373	Brownville		towboat	135	1964	later Peggy B, Nelson Lewis, NLD
38	298359	Ohio	Lake Charles Dredging	tugboat	40	1965	NLD
39	299891	Joan	Ireland Marine	freighter	200	1965	(Venezuela)
40	500251	Elizabeth N. Kelso	Big Tow Barge Lines	towboat	60	1965	later Mr. Barry, Capt Hymen Devall
	501183	Fort Pierre	SCNO Barge Lines	towboat	375	1965	later Delbert E. Knoy, Concordia
41	506267	Dow Hustler	Dow Chemical	towboat	41	1966	later Little Dynamo, Crista Dian, Miss Vicki, NLD
42	508457	Hazle R	TRL, Inc.	towboat	56	1967	later Harbor Queen, Harbor Lady
43	510895	Shell Finder	Lake Charles Dredging	tugboat	50	1967	later S/V 1, NLD
44	517804	Capt. Bill Parker	ABS Marine Towing	tugboat	75	1968	later Ellie J
45	517110	Robin Rose	Parker Bros.	towboat	75	1968	later Robin Cenac, Trey Deloach
46	537154	Zip II	TRL, Inc.	towboat	56	1972	later Gunnison
47		Florida Martin		tugboat	155	1974	sank 1974
48	568371	Capt. Briscoe	Houston Barge Line	towboat	155	1977	later Mr. Lampton, Reggie G, Wisconsin
49	585474	Edith	Harbor Docking & Towing	towboat	105	1977
50	615717	Allan	Harbor Docking & Towing	towboat	182	1979