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

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