Steelship Corp. ~ Shipbuilding History

Steelship Corp.

Pine Bluff AR

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.

	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