Sun Contractors ~ Shipbuilding History

Sun Contractors

Harvey LA

Most recent update: August 16, 2014.

Sun Contractors was started by Bobby Dagley in 1970. It was a liftboat specialist which did not survive the downturn of the early 1980s. The yard was located at 2051 Destrehan Avenue, on the west side of the Harvey Canal: the site is now vacant.

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	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	Leg (Ft.)	GT	Built	Notes
	536780	Sunray	J-R Rosson	passenger		78	1971	NLD
	543043	Sealift #2		liftboat	105	99	1972	later Dive Island, D J Mitchell, Superior Knowledge, Palometa
PB1	545775	Elmer Stone	Ellis Processing	towboat		87	1973	later Bo Huffman, James Robeson , David Stone
5	548383	Lauren	offshore Liftboats	liftboat	105	97	1973	later Kristin Faye
TB1	549243	Papa George	Volcano Bay Inc	trawler		107	1973
TB2	550867	Proud Mary	Nguyen NV	trawler		103	1973	later Enterprise I
TB3	552640	Queen Jean	Owen O. Bodden	trawler		105	1973	later Lady America
	554064	Mallard Rig 33	Mallard Drilling	liftboat		198	1973	later Liftboat #43, Parker Drilling 43-J, Jim Gibson
8	556463	Power III	Power Energy	liftboat	105	95	1974	later AEC Energy III, R P Weeks, Superior Confidence, Corina
12	560170	B. W. Haley	Halliburton Energy Services	liftboat	125	98	1974
14		Paul McCollom		supply boat		200	1975	later Miss Karen
19	568331	F. A. Smith	Halliburton Energy Services	liftboat	75	75	1975	later Global Lift 3
21		Dub Jones		supply boat		200	1976	later Aqua Jack 1
23	570827	Jim Bostock		liftboat	105	94	1976	later Big Foot I, Ram IX, Maggy Kay
25	576299	Southern Cross Six		liftboat	120	97	1976	later Southern Cross Six, T D Saunier, Superior Strategy, Tilapia
26	578065	Amelia Mary	Halliburton Energy Services	liftboat	78	99	1976	later Peggy Prophet, Capt. Ray
28	573973	R. E. Johnson		liftboat	105	94	1976	later Suiperior Inspiration, Remora
	577360			trawler		84	1976	later Jessica & Susan
	581477	Northern Explorer	Michael W Sine	trawler		84	1977	later Progress Maker
33	586514	BAM-I	offshore Liftboats	liftboat	120	96	1977	later Maggie
	587423	L. M. Romero		liftboat	105	99	1977	later Superior Mission, Wolffish
36	589280	M & M 101	M & M Wireline & Offshore	liftboat	75	40	1977
	589574	Mitch Zampicos		supply boat		137	1978	later Zumax I
41A	593137	Wayne Dickeson	Global Industries	liftboat	105	98	1978	later Carp
41B	596733	Harold B. Watson	Global Industries	liftboat	120	98	1978	later Gar
42	596380	Armance Barrilleaux	Global Industries	liftboat	105	94	1978	later Cobia
43	596734	Stan Linquist	Halliburton Energy Services	liftboat	75	40	1978	later Atlantis
44	600431	PMS V		liftboat	105	99	1978	later LabLift I, Jackfish
45	596735	Troy Williams	Halliburton Energy Services	liftboat	75	69	1978
47	603826	Bill Everett	Global Industries	liftboat	105	93	1979	later Barracuda
48	598933	Bob McAmis	Global Industries	liftboat	140	99	1978	later Starfish
		Leon Grigsby	Halliburton West Africa	supply boat		194	1978
51	603827	Wayne Sommer	Global Industries	liftboat	125	92	1979	later Global Lift 2
52	603825	Harold Bradshaw	Global Industries	liftboat	120	99	1979	later Stingray
53	607271	Walter Reetz	Global Industries	liftboat	105	97	1979	later Marlin
54	614603	Ernie Pearson	Global Industries	liftboat	105	97	1979	later Tarpon
55	600343	E. J. Henry	Global Industries	liftboat	105	97	1978	later Sea Trout
		Charlie Cobb	Global Industries	liftboat	120	210	1979
		Durwood Speed	Global Industries	liftboat	120	210	1979
58	609642	Roy Powell	Global Industries	liftboat	120	97	1979	later Grouper
59	617799	Enterprise	Lloyd Songe Marine Inc	liftboat	125	99	1980
60	956935	Ben Tolbert	Global Industries	liftboat	205	417	1981	later Amberjack
61	609641	Cecil Harris	Halliburton Energy Services	liftboat	125	92	1979	later Apollo 14
62	609640	Alton Rush	Halliburton Energy Services	liftboat	125	92	1979	later Global Lift 7
63	611218	Challenger	Lloyd Songe Marine Inc	liftboat	125	99	1979
64	614063	Frank Puckett	Global Industries	liftboat	105	97	1979	later Herring
65	623965	Jim Sandlin	Global Industries	liftboat	105	97	1980	later Dolphin
		Glenn K. Craig	Global Industries	liftboat	120	210	1980	later Tigerfish
69	617996	Clifton E Foster	Halliburton Energy Services	liftboat	75	86	1980
		Zoal Albrecht	Global Industries	liftboat	120	213	1981
72	639744	Jim George	Global Industries	liftboat	150	194	1981	later Manta Ray
73	623963	Charles E. Masters	Global Industries	liftboat	75	49	1980	later Global Lift 4
74	623966	Wayne M. Glen	Global Industries	liftboat	75	49	1980	later Endeavor
79	630584	John W. Gilbert	Halliburton Energy Services	liftboat	125	90	1980
		James T. Choate	Global Industries	liftboat	120	210	1982
84	665991	Dennis Doyle	Global Industries	liftboat	150	407	1983	later Black Marlin
85	659365	Les Waters	Global Industries	liftboat	150	186	1983	later Seabass
87		F. J. Leleux	Global Industries	liftboat	150	407	1981	(Nigeria)