Universal Iron Works ~ Shipbuilding History

Universal Iron Works

Houma LA

Most recent update: June 23, 2021.

Universal Iron Works was started in the 1950s by Ronnie Trosclair, in a location on Bayou Terrebonne. It prospered and expanded in 1975 by adding a second yard at 3201 Earhart Drive, on the south side of the GIWW, immediately to the west of the Prospect Boulevard bridge. This address is the same as that used by Quality Equipment - later Quality Shipyards - which built boats there from 1969 through 2011. Universal and Quality apparently shared this facility between 1969 and 1982. How did that work?

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	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	LOA	Built	Notes
	276368	Peggy	John W. Whitty, Jr.	tugboat	62	58	1957	built at Golden Meadow a, Capt. Mark, Capt. Allen, Capt. Mark, laid up 2014
	280793	Samson	Mary R. Towing Co.	tugboat	57	59	1960	Creole Bayou, out of service 2014
	282120	Enterprise	Enterprise Towing Co	tugboat	57	52	1960
	282273	Geronimo	Gracien Cheramie	tugboat	67	55	1960	later Dwayne G, Tommy Crosby, to Guyana flag
	282356	Kenneth L	LeBoeuf Boat Rentals	tugboat	70	59	1960
	282670	Roncal	Ronald J. Ortego	tugboat	43	48	1960	later Blanche Marie, inactive 2020
	283090	Janiece	Leonard Chitty	tugboat	56	52	1960	later Stephanie Chouest, inactive 2016
	283739	Five B's	Bertheney N. Barrois	tugboat	65	56	1960	to Venezuela flag 1992
	286896	Gad	Numa J. Guidry	tugboat	45	49	1961	later Cody Cenac, M.T.V. Cenac, Endurance, Cody C, Randi Girl, laid up 2020
	288314	Jason L	LeBoeuf Boat Rentals	tugboat	83	60	1962	inactive 2014
	288919	Uncle Bill	William J. Cenac, Jr.	tugboat	71	58	1962	later Linda Fisher, NLD 2019
	289558	Uncle Bud	Irvin J. LeBouef	tugboat	71	58	1962	later Houma, Watergate, Houma, Shaun B, Nautilus, Leslie, to Trinidad flag ~1990
	291526	Herb S	Herb S Inc	towboat	71	59	1963	to Venezuela flag 1991
	291657	J-3	Jack Polk	tugboat	37	48	1963	NLD 1992
	292953	Mattie-S	Mattie-S Inc.	passenger	88	61	1963	later La Jean-Pierre, NLD 2008
	295277	Cullen S	Cullen S Inc	OSV	97	84	1964	to St Vincent flag 1995
50	295509	Devon	Twenty Grand Marine Service	tugboat	40	47	1964	later Miss Vanessa, J D Stapp, inactive 2014
	296217	Durham	Luguaris, Inc.	Push	61	52	1964
	296912	A J Dupre	Alexander Dupre Towing Co.	tugboat	42	48	1964	later Mr Petch, River Lady
55	297237	Florence S	Florence S. Inc.	OSV	97	84	1964	NLD 1994, abandoned in Lafitte LA
	297723	Miss Margie	Wiltz Leblanc & Son Boat Rental	OSV	97	84	1966	NLD 1984
	298236	Glenn Sue	Guidry & Gisclair, Inc.	OSV	99	96	1965	to Haiti flag as freighter, Venezuelan flag
	298567	Capt Val	Western Diesel Services, Inc.	towboat	54	48	1965	later Bruce Gibson
57	298993	Carolina	Sanford Brothers Boats Inc.	tugboat	190	79	1965	later Challenger, sank 1987
59	298912	Santa Gertrudis	Luguaris, Inc.	tugboat	108	69	1965	later Bearcat
60	500031	Three M 1	Three-M No 1, Inc.	OSV	95	93	1965	later Paul S, St. Innocent (Honduran flag)
	500284	Alan C	C & G Marine Service Inc	OSV	95	93	1965	NLD 1983
62	500825	Three M 2	Three-M No II, Inc.	OSV	95	93	1965	later Ocean Explorer, Tortuga Diver, dive boat Bahamas Master (Bahamas flag)
63	501065	Mary C	C & G Transportation Inc.	OSV	95	93	1965	NLD 1983
64	299403	Red Shindi	Tidewater Marine Services	tugboat	108	69	1965	later Marine S, Terri L. Brusco
65	501532	Charbray	Tidewater Marine Services	tugboat	108	69	1965	to Venezuelan flag 1970 as Rio Caroni, scuttled 2001
	501895	Ocean Queen	Ocean Queen Inc.	OSV	95	93	1965	NLD 1996
68	502159	Macao	Montco Inc.	OSV	95	93	1965	later Abdon J Callais, Mr B, to Venezuela flag 1993
	502286	Moonmaid	Moonmaid Marine Inc.	OSV	95	93	1966	later Sham B, Bay Lady, NLD 1997
	502888	El Leon Grande	Twenty Grand Marine Service	tugboat	122	77	1966	later Rio Motatan (Venezuelan flag), sank 2000
	502953	Gilbert C	Gilbert Cheramie	OSV	95	93	1966	later Seth (Venezuelan flag)
	503292	El Venado Grande	Twenty Grand Marine Service	tugboat	122	77	1966	later Rio Yaracuy (Venezuelan flag), Tammy (Panama flag)
	504063	Maracaibo	Dotco Inc.	OSV	95	93	1966	later Lady Erica, BCS Mariner, to French flag, Sea Bull (Trinidad flag)
	504608		Houma Offshore Boat Rentals Inc	OSV	95	93	1966	later Lady Joyce, NLD 1984
75	505240	El Mulo Grande	Twenty Grand Marine Service	tugboat	167	88	1966	later Susan W, Hispaniola (Dominican flag)
76	505143	Nan	Tugboat Nan, Inc.	tugboat	93	69	1966	later Tatum Ann
	505702	Capt Ace	Maurice Viator	OSV	95	93	1966	to Trinidad/Tobago flag 1998
	506443	Maco	Dotco Inc.	OSV	95	93	1966	later Lady Tonya, Major Joe, to Venezuela flag 1996
	506468	Norma G	C & G Marine Services Inc	OSV	95	93	1966	NLD 1982
	506854	Dolores C	C & C Boat Rentals	OSV	95	93	1967	later C-Truc 2, Line Runner, NLD 1987
82	507102	Genina	W.B. Kornegay	OSV	95	93	1967	later Jamaica, Summer of George
84	509028	Brown Swiss	Twenty Grand Marine Service	tugboat	50	47	1967	later Big John
	510070	El Sello Grande	Twenty Grand Marine Service	tugboat	148	95	1967	later Iraj (Iranian flag)
87	515186	Expediter	Olin Revere Realty Co.	towboat	77	56	1968	later Expeditor, Expediter, laid up 2012
	517715	Ralph N	Blue Water International Inc	OSV	95	93	1968	later Michael C, to Panama flag 1986
	518545	Ocean Clipper	Bayou Boat Rentals inc.	OSV	95	93	1969	later Clipper, BCS Clipper, Clipper, St. Jude
	520458	Ward N	Blue Water Interrnational II Inc	Crew	89	62	1969	later Rounder, NLD 1982, but seen as Magic at Miami 1997
90	524008	El Burro Grande	Twenty Grand Marine Service	tugboat	183	110	1969	later Allie B, Crosby Eagle, laid up 2015
91	523102	Red Angus	Twenty Grand Marine Service	towboat	50	47	1969	later Katie Lee, Brenda Ann, laid up 2020
	526013	Leopold T	Dotco Inc.	OSV	95	93	1970	later Royal Alliance, Sonnie C, OCS Dallas, NLD 2005
93	526619	Red Dane	Twenty Grand Marine Service	towboat	50	47	1970	later Marine Ruby, sunk 2006, raised but probably not returned to service
94	527355	Kyloe	Twenty Grand Marine Service	towboat	50	47	1970	later Marine Pearl, laid up 2010
95	528051	Kerry	Twenty Grand Marine Service	tugboat	93	60	1970	later Ora Lee, Capricorn II, Cory Michael
96	528724	Sussex	Twenty Grand Marine Service	tugboat	93	60	1970	to BVI flag 1999
97	531770	Big Al	C & G International Inc.	OSV	95	93	1971	to Honduran flag 1987
98	533163	Fairview	Fairview Marine Service Inc	OSV	97	93	1971	later Whiskey Charlie, Aries, Aries crewboat 1 (Venezuelan flag)
103	537794	Dominic T	Theriot Brothers Marine Service	OSV	97	93	1972	later Miss Noris II, 100NS9301 ("UR 93"), Seattle Marine Educator, Charles A. Kane, Surveyor
	540016	Miss Adreianne	Callais and Callais Boat Rentals	OSV	76	94	1972	later Miss Adrienne, Mr. Roy, M/V Roy, NLD 2001
105	542293	Mr. Wiltz	Wiltz Corp.	OSV	96	93	1972	later K-G, A'Ukai, Traveler, Hana Moku, Ocean Cat
106	543064	Miss Shirley	Bect Offshore Service	OSV	97	93	1972	later Sea Lion V, Lady Patience, to Panama flag
107	543973	Capt H A McCall	Cameron crewboats Inc	OSV	76	94	1972	later John Parrish
108	544947	Ron Marc	Callais and Gisclair Inc.	OSV	76	94	1972	later Lizzie Beth, Imeri (Belize flag)
109	545734	Victoria Callais	Triangle Marine Inc	OSV	76	94	1973	to Bahamas flag as salvage vessel 1993
	546424	Itco X	Itco X Inc.	OSV	76	94	1973	to Panama flag as Mark One, Peggy C, Ocean Princess 1, Seabulk Seahorse, Atoosa (Iran flag)
	547180	Dorine Eymard	Eymard Towing	OSV	76	94	1973	later Wayne M, Fidalgo, inactive 2019
112	547927	offshore Surveyor	Survey Boats Inc	survey	76	94	1973	later Cal Diver IV, Mr. Joe, Mr. Jay, Green Knight
114	550322	Lorraine G	A & A Boats, Inc	OSV	76	94	1973	to Bahamas Flag ~1992
116	552294	Cliff Eserman	Bect Offshore Service	OSV	76	94	1973	later Shan-Dav, David Adams, Reliable, NLD 2013
117	552646	Joyce C	C & C Boat Rentals	OSV	76	94	1973	to Nicaragua flag 1995
118	553458	Linda R	C & C Boat Rentals	OSV	76	94	1973	later Martech Bettye, Ocean Inspector II, Lee Adams, to St. Vincent flag 2010
119	554593	Gladys McCall	Gladys McCall Inc.	OSV	98	105	1974	to Antarctic flag (a)
120	556502	Lil John	W & HL Corp.	OSV	99	105	1974	later American Liberty, to Panama flag
121	557290	Mitchell T	Theriot Bros. Inc.	OSV	76	94	1974	later Ben Ross, Jambon Supplier II, Seaops I, Sir Gawain
122	558281	Nicole Martin	American Equipment Leasing	OSV	99	104	1974	later BB II, Int'l Contender, Contender, NLD 2016
123	559510	Tracy Martin	Martin Offshore Boats Inc.	OSV	99	104	1974	later Audrey C, Shane C, Carly S
124	562590	Nan II	Tugboat Nan, Inc.	tugboat	154	90	1974	later King's Charger, Walter J Oubre, American Pride, Betty R. Gambarella, Elizabeth C
125	561744	Brandi Eymard	Eymard Towing	towboat	103	57	1974	Latr Creole Julie, Theresa B
126	563520	Richard B	Louisiana Tugs Inc.	tugboat	137	81	1975	later Rosario P
127	563572	Howard Eymard	Eymard Towing	towboat	103	57	1975	later Tina Bordelon, Janet Dyess, Capt Jessie Rushing, Laura Banta, Fourth Quarter
128	564995	Blake T	Theriot Bros. Inc.	OSV	76	94	1975	later Rhett Max, Jambon Supplier I, Supplier I, NLD 2012
131	567091	Marine Surveyor	Survey Boats Inc.	survey	98	104	1975	to Honduras flag 1992
132	569814	Nan III	Tugboat Nan III Inc	tugboat	125	81	1975	later Big Brute, Sea Hawk, Sound Eagle, Delta Trooper , Lucinda Smith
134	568573	Riverside	Triangle Marine Inc	OSV	98	104	1975	later Gulf Marine II, Katie Grace, to St. Vincent flag 2020
135	587490	Capt Bud	Quality Shipyards	towboat	11	25	1976
136	570518	Philip Alan McCall	Philip Alan McCall Inc.	OSV	98	104	1976	later Gulf Marine III, Miss Kaleigh, NLD 2007
137	569682	Emelie C	G & B Marine Trans. Inc.	OSV	99	104	1975	later Epic Endeavor, Endeavor, Mr Dino
138	571403	Celeste	G & B Marine Trans. Inc.	OSV	99	104	1976	later Quinn River, NLD 2006
139	572841	Miss Jane	J-W Operating Co.	OSV	99	105	1976	later M/V Tristen, Tristen, Int'l Mission, Croatian, Amber Anne
	575006	Madam Queen	Floatation Marine Services Inc	OSV	99	104	1976	later Richland, to Congo flag 1995
142	576513	Skippin' Sue	Skippin Sue Inc.	OSV	99	105	1976
	577543	Donnie Dirk	Callais Offshore Inc	OSV	98	104	1976	NLD 1995, to Venezuelan flag
144	578179	Katrina G	Gisclair Marine Service	OSV	76	94	1976	later Richard B, Q.B., NLD 2012
145	578813	Luckland	Moonmaid Marine Inc.	OSV	98	104	1976	later Sea Witch, Two Brothers
146	580242	Lucky Queen	Floatation Marine Services Inc	OSV	99	104	1977	later Magnolia, NLD 1996
	579411	Kip 1	Kip Plaisance Offshore Inc.	OSV	97	87	1977	later Chris B, Marlin, Abou Ali (Egyptian flag), to Palau flag 2014
147	586452	Melena Theriot	Theriot Offshore Marine Inc.	supply	190	155	1977	later Snow River, Savannah River, NLD 2015
148	582365	Atlantic Surveyor	Survey Boats Inc.	survey	98	104	1977
149	587507	Joyce McCall	McCall's Boat Rentals Inc.	OSV	98	113	1977	later Joyce McCall, Jimbo, GIS-Leonce
150	591621	Emeline Theriot	Theriot Cargo Boats Inc.	supply	190	1555	1978	later Columbia River, Miami River, Medomak River (Peruvian flag)
151	589062	Mister Gil	G & B Marine Trans. Inc.	OSV	94	111	1977	later Henry T
152	590074	Mr Thomas	G & B Marine Trans. Inc.	OSV	94	111	1978	for auction 2004, no further information
153	593339	Ms Jane	A & A Boats, Inc	OSV	88	111	1978	inactive 2007
154	595572	Russ	A & A Boats, Inc	OSV	88	111	1978	later Tony G, inactive, sold online 2015
155	604486	Leopold Theriot	Theriot Bros. Boat Rental	supply	190	155	1979	later Wind River, Rain River, UM Marine I, Top Fenders 1,now African Princess 1 (Togo flag)
156	597352	Lil Al	A M C Boats Inc.	OSV	88	111	1978	later Cajun I, Mia Maloy, Twister III (Panamanian flag)
157	598829	Chad G	Guilbeau Marine Inc	OSV	88	111	1978	later Explorer, Jambon Explorer (Nigerian flag)
158	601829	Global Surveyor	Survey Boats Inc.	survey	97	112	1979	later Global Diver 122, Sea Leopard, scrapped 2012
159	606709	Brian Paul	Gilco Supply Boats	OSV	94	114	1979	later Mr. Phil
160	616274	Scott Theriot	Nolty J Theriot	supply	193	155	1980	later Sea Level No. 21, Four Point Pony, Mr Sonny, Citation, RMS Citation
161	608662	Maloy G.	Phil Guilbeau Offshore Inc.	OSV	88	111	1979	to Panamanian flag ~2005
162	610658	Cecelia C	Gilco Supply Boats	OSV	94	114	1979	later Chris R
164	617891	El Topografo	Survey Boats Inc.	survey	94	111	1980	later Joe Thornton, Max Cheramie, Nikola
165	624763	Miss Celeste	J-W Operating Co.	OSV	99	11	1980	later Davenport, to Honduran flag 1997
168	619211	Marc C	A M C Marine Service Inc.	OSV	92	111	1980	inactive 2020
169	613100	Todd	Guilbeau Offshore	OSV	89	111	1979	later Ms Taylor
170	620862	Noonie G.	Guileau Marine Inc	OSV	92	111	1980	as cargo vessel
171	623308	Alicia Sue	Alicia Sue Inc.	OSV	99	104	1980	to Dominican flag 2012
172	627510	Universal Surveyor	Survey Boats Inc.	survey	94	111	1980	later M/V Sunshine or JTI Sunshine (Nigerian flag)
173	626665	Senator	Apollo Marine Transportation	tugboat	99	70	1980	later Anna M Boudreaux, Rebel Eagle, Delta Magic, Miss Chrissy, Bayou Bull, Evangeline Rose, laid up 2020
174	630052	Adrienne Callais	Callais & Callais Boat Rentals Inc.	OSV	97	105	1980	NLD 2002
175	630995	Lance	Callais & Callais Boat Rentals Inc.	OSV	97	105	1981	later St. Marys Express, to Belize flag, Venezuelan
176	632056	Victoria Callais	Callais & Callais Boat Rentals Inc.	OSV	97	105	1981	later Miss Josie, inactive
177				OSV	97	112	1981	later Atco Sariya, Seamax Sariya (Panamanian flag), Omeed
178	637873	Geodetic Surveyor	Survey Boats Inc	survey	95	111	1981	NLD 2000
179	641321	Louis J	J-W Marine Co.	OSV	99	104	1981	later Avoca, Int'l Pride, GIS Pride, Pride
181	651382	Dosgris	Quality Shipyards	barge	807	130	1982	later Mr. Leroy
184	646846	L'Arpenteur	Survey Boats Inc	survey	99	112	1982	wrecked and sank in Gulf of Mexico 2005
186	651716	Pouldeau	Quality Shipyards	barge	807	130	1982	later Poule d'Eau, Mr. Norris
192	653322	Medeia	Survey Boats Inc	survey	129	105	1982