Steelship Corp.
Pine Bluff AR
Most recent update: June 16, 2014.
SteelShip was started by Ed Fry, of Grafton Boat Works, in conjunction with MonArk Boats, of Monticello AR. It went bankrupt in 1976 and was bought by Dravo, who sold it to J. B. Hunt, the trucking company, in 1982. It closed in 1989 and is now a river terminal. This table is obviously incomplete. Any help in making it better would be very welcome.
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O/N | Name | Customer | Type | GT | Delivered | Notes | |
Built by SteelShip Corp. | |||||||
29 | 550309 | Brooks L. Brown | Mobley Construction | towboat | 51 | 1973 | later Bobby R |
30 | 552033 | Morris | Material Service Corp. | towboat | 52 | 1973 | |
31 | 551839 | Betty Lou | Pitmarine Corp. | towboat | 60 | 1973 | retired 2005 |
553651 | Little Rock | Eby Construction | towboat | 56 | 1973 | later Annette G | |
33 | 555899 | Louise M | Pennsylvania Power | towboat | 72 | 1974 | |
557897 | W. F. McAuley | Patton-Tully Transportation | towboat | 58 | 1974 | later Scout | |
557987 | Rosedale | Greenville River Services | towboat | 63 | 1974 | ||
559501 | Holly J | Southern Illinois Sand | towboat | 104 | 1974 | ||
43 | 559820 | Tribune | Velvet Marine Systems | towboat | 87 | 1974 | later Tom Zupan |
560111 | Harriet Sue | General Intermodal | towboat | 86 | 1974 | later IMT Progress | |
560941 | Sheila K | Talens Marine & Fuel | towboat | 76 | 1974 | later Jordan Elyse | |
560942 | McM VII | McMenamy Contractor | towboat | 76 | 1975 | later Halle Kate | |
Clinton | USACE | towboat | 1974 | ||||
Channahon | USACE | towboat | 1975 | ||||
561669 | Shawnee | Cincinnati Gas & Electric | towboat | 87 | 1975 | later Earl Hensley | |
563628 | Weck Dunlap | Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel | towboat | 67 | 1975 | ||
563983 | McM VI | McMenamy Contractor | towboat | 91 | 1975 | later Miss Claudette | |
60 | 567019 | McM VIII | McMenamy Contractor | towboat | 103 | 1975 | later Sharin K |
564941 | Marsha Gayle | MGM Towing | towboat | 76 | 1975 | total loss 2004 | |
564949 | Mary Dalton | Badger Fleet | towboat | 150 | 1975 | later Gladiator | |
63 | 565236 | Linnie W. Mobley | Mobley Construction | towboat | 63 | 1975 | later Jesse Z |
565620 | R. F. Meek | Piedmont & Southern Leasing | towboat | 1975 | later Missouri | ||
566271 | Robert L. Ross | Roger J. Au & Sons | towboat | 62 | 1975 | later Joe Avery | |
66 | 569109 | Mar G | Weber Marine | towboat | 48 | 1975 | |
566828 | Ruffin | Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel | towboat | 42 | 1975 | ||
566831 | Badger Boy | Badger Fleet | towboat | 150 | 1975 | later Trojan | |
566832 | Evie B | Badger Fleet | towboat | 150 | 1975 | later Spartan | |
569436 | Shelby J | Beardstown Harbor & Fleeting | towboat | 62 | 1976 | ||
71 | 567901 | Lisa Jo | Inland River Boats | towboat | 76 | 1975 | later Tammy T |
72 | 568367 | General Ellis | Cleancoal Terminal | towboat | 69 | 1975 | |
73 | 587336 | Ruth McCoy | Midstream Fuel Service | towboat | 63 | 1976 | later Miss Sammylee |
74 | 570857 | Marvis Jean | Ruhr Valley Marine | towboat | 76 | 1976 | later Mary G |
Muscatine | USACE | towboat | 1976 | ||||
Built by Dravo SteelShip Corp. | |||||||
76 | 579633 | Forest Queen | International Paper | towboat | 167 | 1977 | later Inland Cardinal |
574339 | J. W. Lizon | Ohio Power | towboat | 69 | 1977 | ||
78 | 610020 | Fuel Pusher | Petroleum Products of Del. | towboat | 43 | 1977 | later Full Steam |
79 | 592771 | Ajay | Hex Stone | towboat | 43 | 1978 | |
80 | 600380 | Ceco | Commonwealth Edison | towboat | 27 | 1978 | |
81 | 585021 | Jack Crowley | Lemont Harbor & Fleeting | towboat | 68 | 1977 | |
82 | 587330 | Becky Sue | Taylor Towing | towboat | 76 | 1977 | |
83 | 588835 | P. N. Ellis | Koch-Ellis Marine Contracting | towboat | 77 | 1978 | later Danielle C |
84 | 600672 | Lady Joan | Kathryn Rae Towing | towboat | 71 | 1978 | later Chloe Lee |
600334 | Cap'n Bill J | Apac Arkansas | towboat | 77 | 1978 | ||
85 | 615693 | Pleasants K | Monongahela Power | towboat | 64 | 1979 | |
Bienville | USACE | towboat | 1979 | ||||
Goodwin | USACE | towboat | 1979 | ||||
Strong | USACE | towboat | 1979 | ||||
1187926 | 65NS7901 | US Navy | passenger | 52 | 1979 | later Activa | |
95 | 614957 | Elizabeth D | Dravo Aggregates | towboat | 204 | 1979 | |
150 | 615180 | Boone | Cincinnati Gas & Electric | towboat | 68 | 1980 | |
151 | 620544 | Lady Genevieve | Deep South Towing | towboat | 83 | 1980 | later Sandy Lou |
152 | 621575 | Jo Ree | Weber Marine | towboat | 83 | 1980 | |
153 | 636848 | Bud Weber | Dravo Mechling | towboat | 130 | 1981 | later Carolyn Z |
154 | 638850 | Charlotte Lynn | William F. Conley | towboat | 132 | 1981 | later Steve M |
McNamara | USACE | towboat | 1980 | ||||
Wells | USACE | towboat | 1980 | ||||
Gelberman | USACE | towboat | 170 | 1980 | |||
162 | 624179 | Pintail | Stevens Towing | towboat | 251 | 1980 | later Crosby Progress |
163 | 626256 | Kingfisher | Radcliff Materials | towboat | 251 | 1980 | |
164 | 626357 | Julie White | Vane Line Bunkering | towboat | 251 | 1980 | later Doris Hamlin |
168 | 629840 | Sioux | towboat | 113 | 1980 | later Marilin R | |
169 | 633608 | Outrageous | G. T. Gator Inc. | towboat | 113 | 1981 | |
170 | 643443 | Walter E. Blessey | Blessey Marine Services | towboat | 219 | 1981 | |
171 | 631837 | Goog-E | Weber Marine | towboat | 99 | 1981 | |
172 | 631838 | Mar-Lo | Weber Marine | towboat | 99 | 1981 | |
206 | 639568 | Mobilian | Warrior & Gulf Navigation | towboat | 227 | 1981 | |
207 | 640835 | Tuskegee | Warrior & Gulf Navigation | towboat | 227 | 1981 | |
208 | 641456 | Caddo | Warrior & Gulf Navigation | towboat | 227 | 1981 | later Maxx B |
209 | 645674 | Naniaba | Warrior & Gulf Navigation | towboat | 227 | 1982 | |
210 | 646010 | Tunica | Warrior & Gulf Navigation | towboat | 227 | 1982 | |
211 | 646741 | Tahome | Warrior & Gulf Navigation | towboat | 227 | 1982 | |
212 | 647380 | Biloxi | Warrior & Gulf Navigation | towboat | 227 | 1982 | |
213 | 648798 | Pascagoula | Warrior & Gulf Navigation | towboat | 227 | 1982 | |
214 | 650594 | Piachi | Warrior & Gulf Navigation | towboat | 227 | 1982 | |
215 | 650648 | Pushmataha | Warrior & Gulf Navigation | towboat | 227 | 1982 | |
Built by Hunt's SteelShip Corp. | |||||||
216 | 655097 | Manitou | Old Mission Schooners | passenger | 82 | 1983 | |
217 | 670316 | Mobile Island | SCNO Barge Lines | towboat | 236 | 1984 | later Ernie T. Wellhausen |
E. B. Wallace | USACE | towboat | 1986 | ||||
222 | 965975 | Ponderosa | Hex Stone | towboat | 50 | 1989 |