Thrift Shipbuilding
Sulfur LA
Most recent update: June 5, 2020.
Thrift Shipbuilding & Repair, Inc., was started by Earl Thrift Sr. In 1973. The original yard was in Orange TX, but they moved to a site on Choupique Bayou, in Sulfur LA, in 1976 and later opened a repair yard in Channelview TX. The company closed in 1984.
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O/N | Name | Customer | Type | GT | Delivered | Notes | ||
Built in Orange TX | ||||||||
563873 | Jake Ryan | Griffin Towing | towboat | 68 | 1975 | in Uruguay | ||
3 | 566070 | Freemont | Tom's Welding | towboat | 68 | 1975 | ||
4 | 567947 | Capt. Kurt | Benoit Towing | towboat | 68 | 1975 | later Sara K | |
570729 | Capt Leroy Devall | Devall Towing | towboat | 68 | 1976 | |||
570942 | Jimmy T | Tinker-Watkins | towboat | 52 | 1976 | |||
Built in Sulfur LA | ||||||||
578857 | J. H. Tanner | Jack Tanner Towing | towboat | 62 | 1976 | later Tanner | ||
9 | 582881 | Miss Jodie | Parker Towing | towboat | 102 | 1977 | ||
10 | 584694 | Alexandra B | towboat | 62 | 1977 | later M/V Gracie Claire | ||
12 | 587474 | Louisianan | Conoco Shipping | towboat | 87 | 1977 | later Lavelle Devall | |
588920 | Bryon | towboat | 43 | 1977 | deleted 1993 | |||
591491 | David C. Devall | Devall Towing | towboat | 98 | 1978 | total loss 2005 | ||
17 | 603727 | E. T. Barber | Port Neches Towing | towboat | 98 | 1979 | ||
20 | 611407 | Habibi | Harless Towing | towboat | 98 | 1979 | later Aransas | |
21 | 613854 | Capt. Al Devall | Devall Towing | towboat | 108 | 1979 | ||
22 | 617902 | Bonnie Sue | Hollywood Marine | towboat | 121 | 1980 | ||
23 | 616173 | Shawnee | Conoco Shipping | towboat | 138 | 1980 | later Matthew T | |
24 | 623149 | Tonkawa | Conoco Shipping | towboat | 138 | 1980 | later W. Stanley James | |
25 | 625691 | Osage | Conoco Shipping | towboat | 138 | 1980 | later Texian | |
26 | 627050 | Cherokee | Conoco Shipping | towboat | 138 | 1980 | later Grosbec | |
27 | 628615 | Apache | Conoco Shipping | towboat | 138 | 1980 | ||
620780 | Dallas | Double Eagle Marine | towboat | 97 | 1980 | later Delta Heron | ||
29 | 631012 | Carissa Brooke Devall | Devall Towing | towboat | 132 | 1981 | ||
31 | 636421 | Lady Tresia | P. & P. Towing | towboat | 103 | 1981 | later Lady Mary | |
32 | 629724 | Allen B | Alron Towing | towboat | 75 | 1980 | later Elmo E | |
36 | 637373 | Miss Jo Ann | M. J. Smith | towboat | 63 | 1981 | later Scott Pride | |
37 | 644988 | Crain Bros. No. 7 | Crain Bros. | barge | 727 | 1982 | ||
38 | 640942 | Parain | Parain Marine Service | towboat | 90 | 1981 | later Lonnie T | |
39 | 647373 | Jay J | J. Jackson Towing | towboat | 109 | 1982 | later Annie Wepfer | |
40 | 652257 | William G. Jackson II | J. Jackson Towing | towboat | 72 | 1982 | later Bruce T | |
654502 | Corey James | John's Towing Service | towboat | 198 | 1983 | later Carl L. Johnson | ||
655647 | Thrift I | Newpark SB | barge | 1,111 | 1983 | |||
675220 | Mary Rose | Imperial Towing | towboat | 198 | 1984 | |||
686919 | Cheryl K | Cheryl K, Inc. | towboat | 48 | 1985 |