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

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