Thrift Shipbuilding ~ Shipbuilding History

Thrift Shipbuilding

Sulfur LA

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.

Channelview TX

	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