Parker Bros. Shipyard
Houston TX
Most recent update: March 24, 2016.
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. See the site, which was at 13600 Industrial Road, from the air on Google here.
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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 |