Chickasaw Shipbuilding
Chickasaw AL
Most recent update: December 24, 2021.
The shipyard in Chickasaw AL had four lives. It was originally established in 1917, by Chickasaw Shipbuilding & Car Company, a subsidiary of U.S. Steel: it closed in 1925. In the 1930s, the yard was leased by Ingalls Iron Works, but was returned to its owners in 1938 when Ingalls' new yards in Decatur and Pascagoula got started. It was then acquired by Gulf Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of Waterman Steamship Lines, along with a sister yard for naval contracts in Madisonville LA, on the site of the old Baham Shipyard: this company closed after WWII. After sitting idle for a while, it was revived a fourth time in 1979, by Halter Marine, as a builder of large supply boats and tugs: it closed yet again in 1983 and is now a small general cargo terminal. See the site of the shipyard from the air on Google here.
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O/N | Name | Customer | Type | GT | LOA | Delivered | Notes | |
Built by Chickasaw Shipbuilding | ||||||||
1 | 219875 | Chickasaw City | U.S. Steel | freighter | 6,081 | 395 | May 1920 | torpedoed and lost 1942 |
2 | 220100 | Birmingham City | U.S. Steel | freighter | 6,032 | 395 | June 1920 | torpedoed and lost 1943 |
3 | 220136 | Mobile City | U.S. Steel | freighter | 6,157 | 395 | Sep 1920 | later Dioni 1947, Capetan Ilias 1955, Elpis 1960, scrapped 1962 |
4 | 220275 | Ensley City | U.S. Steel | freighter | 6,157 | 395 | July 1920 | later Escalante 1946, Susana 1948, scrapped 1963 |
5 | 220795 | Montgomery City | U.S. Steel | freighter | 5,686 | 424 | Nov 1920 | later Henrietta Szold 1950, Tinamar 1955, scrapped 1958 |
6 | 220885 | Tuscaloosa City | U.S. Steel | freighter | 5,687 | 424 | Dec 1920 | torpedoed and lost 1942 |
7 | 221032 | Bessemer City | U.S. Steel | freighter | 5,687 | 424 | Feb 1921 | wrecked 1936 |
8 | 221143 | Fairfield City | U.S. Steel | freighter | 5,687 | 424 | Mar 1921 | bombed and lost 1942 |
9 | 221193 | Selma City | U.S. Steel | freighter | 5,686 | 424 | Apr 1921 | bombed and lost 1942 |
10 | 221292 | Anniston City | U.S. Steel | freighter | 5,687 | 424 | May 1921 | later Doris N 1954, Western Cay 1955, San Nazaro 1955, scrapped 1958 |
11 | 221380 | Atlanta City | U.S. Steel | freighter | 5,687 | 424 | June 1921 | later Meir Dizengoff 1950, Neptune 1956, Marina D 1959, scrapped 1959 |
12 | 221511 | Memphis City | U.S. Steel | freighter | 5,686 | 424 | July 1921 | later Maria 1947, wrecked off Doel, R.Scheldt, 1947 |
13 | 221587 | Knoxville City | U.S. Steel | freighter | 5,687 | 424 | Aug 1921 | torpedoed and lost 1942 |
14 | 221643 | Chattanooga City | U.S. Steel | freighter | 5,687 | 424 | Sep 1921 | torpedoed and lost 1943 |
168334 | Seneca | Gulf Oil | tank barge | 653 | 175 | 1921 | later Annette C | |
168335 | Pawnee | Gulf Oil | tank barge | 653 | 175 | 1921 | ||
236217 | Virginia A | Sam A. McDonald | towboat | 19 | 42 | 1925 | ||
Built by Ingalls Iron Works | ||||||||
1 | IWC 646 | Inland Waterways Corp | freight barge | 1,800 | 1931 | |||
2 | IWC 647 | Inland Waterways Corp | freight barge | 1,800 | 1931 | |||
3 | IWC 648 | Inland Waterways Corp | freight barge | 1,800 | 1931 | |||
4 | IWC 649 | Inland Waterways Corp | freight barge | 1,800 | 1931 | |||
5 | IWC 650 | Inland Waterways Corp | freight barge | 1,800 | 1931 | |||
6 | 174784 | W.H.W. Co. Inc. No. 3 | W. Horace Williams Co | pile driver | 115 | 65 | 1932 | |
7 | McBride | derrick barge | 1932 | |||||
49 | 174480 | W.H.W. Co. Inc. # 201 | W. Horace Williams Co. | freight barge | 195 | 105 | 1933 | |
50 | 174795 | W.H.W. Co. Inc. # 202 | W. Horace Williams Co. | freight barge | 197 | 105 | 1933 | |
51 | 174796 | W.H.W. Co. Inc. # 203 | W. Horace Williams Co. | freight barge | 198 | 105 | 1933 | |
52 | 250821 | A-72 | Jahncke Inc. | freight barge | 186 | 1933 | ||
53 | 250822 | A-78 | Jahncke Inc. | freight barge | 186 | 1933 | ||
54 | Southern Sand & Gravel | freight barge | Oct 1933 | |||||
55 | Southern Sand & Gravel | freight barge | Oct 1933 | |||||
56 | Jefferson Lake Oil Co | drilling barge | Oct 1933 | |||||
57 | 176587 | Allsman DB No. 3 | derrick barge | 266 | 100 | 1933 | ||
66 | McWilliams Barge 188 | McWilliams Dredging | tank barge | 1933 | ||||
73 | City of Greenville | wharf barge | Apr 1934 | |||||
81 | McWilliams Dredging | dredge | 1,093 | Feb 1934 | ||||
82 | 176543 | B. B. L.101 | barker Barge Line | freight barge | 611 | 1934 | ||
83 | 176544 | B. B. L 102 | barker Barge Line | freight barge | 611 | 1934 | ||
134 | 174916 | City of Columbia | Petroleum Carrier Corp | freight barge | 190 | 110 | 1935 | later HTB No. 60 |
145 | CDA-3 | USACE Jacksonville | freight barge | Mar 1935 | ||||
146 | CDA-4 | USACE Jacksonville | freight barge | Mar 1935 | ||||
147 | CDA-5 | USACE Jacksonville | freight barge | Mar 1935 | ||||
148 | CDA-6 | USACE Jacksonville | freight barge | Mar 1935 | ||||
149 | CDA-7 | USACE Jacksonville | freight barge | Mar 1935 | ||||
150 | CDA-8 | USACE Jacksonville | freight barge | Mar 1935 | ||||
162 | No. 1 | USACE Philadelphia | freight barge | 1935 | ||||
163 | No. 2 | USACE Philadelphia | freight barge | 1935 | ||||
164 | No. 3 | USACE Philadelphia | freight barge | 1935 | ||||
166 | No. 21 | USACE Pittsburgh | dump scow | 1936 | ||||
167 | No. 22 | USACE Pittsburgh | dump scow | 1936 | ||||
168 | No. 23 | USACE Pittsburgh | dump scow | 1936 | ||||
169 | No. 24 | USACE Pittsburgh | dump scow | 1936 | ||||
171 | 234569 | Transoil | American Tankers Corp. | tanker | 1,571 | 250 | 29 Feb 1936 | later Oil Transporter, Oil Transport, scrapped 1975 |
176 | 172367 | Blue Line 103 | Blue Line Inc. | tank barge | 971 | 208 | June 1936 | |
177 | Tennessee Valley Auth. | crane barge | July 1936 | |||||
178 | Tennessee Valley Auth. | ferry barge | June 1936 | |||||
179 | La Chocoana | South American Gold | dredge | Oct 1936 | to Colombia | |||
180 | freight barge | 1936 | for stock | |||||
181 | S.O. of Kentucky | tank barge | 1936 | |||||
182 | G 34 | Tropical Oil Co | tank barge | Nov 1936 | to Colombia | |||
183 | G 35 | Tropical Oil Co | tank barge | Nov 1936 | to Colombia | |||
184 | G 36 | Tropical Oil Co | tank barge | Nov 1936 | to Colombia | |||
185 | H 37 | Tropical Oil Co | tank barge | Nov 1936 | to Colombia | |||
186 | H 38 | Tropical Oil Co | tank barge | Nov 1936 | to Colombia | |||
187 | H 39 | Tropical Oil Co | tank barge | Nov 1936 | to Colombia | |||
188 | 173689 | Warner Co. No. 11 | Warner Co | freight barge | 396 | 1937 | ||
189 | 173690 | Warner Co. No. 12 | Warner Co | freight barge | 396 | 1937 | ||
190 | 173692 | Warner Co. No. 14 | Warner Co | freight barge | 396 | 1937 | ||
191 | 173693 | Warner Co. No. 15 | Warner Co | freight barge | 396 | 1937 | ||
192 | 173694 | Warner Co. No. 16 | Warner Co | freight barge | 396 | 1937 | ||
193 | 173695 | Warner Co. No. 17 | Warner Co | freight barge | 396 | 1937 | ||
196 | 173567 | V-B L No. 1 | Valley Barge Line | freight barge | 510 | 140 | Apr 1937 | |
199 | 175506 | CKC 32 | Cornelius Kroll & Co | tank barge | 243 | 132 | Apr 1937 | |
200 | 176507 | CKC 33 | Cornelius Kroll & Co | tank barge | 243 | 243 | 1937 | |
201 | 176508 | CKC 34 | Cornelius Kroll & Co | tank barge | 243 | 243 | 1937 | |
202 | 176509 | CKC 35 | Cornelius Kroll & Co | tank barge | 243 | 243 | 1937 | |
203 | 176510 | CKC 36 | Cornelius Kroll & Co | tank barge | 243 | 243 | 1937 | |
204 | 176511 | CKC 37 | Cornelius Kroll & Co | tank barge | 243 | 243 | 1937 | |
205 | 176512 | CKC 38 | Cornelius Kroll & Co | tank barge | 243 | 243 | 1937 | |
206 | 173748 | Vegoil No. 6 | NY Tank Barge Co | tank barge | 934 | 195 | Nov 1937 | |
224 | 273185 | I W C 285 | Inland Waterways Corp | freight barge | 1,564 | July 1938 | later FBL 285 | |
225 | 273186 | I W C 286 | Inland Waterways Corp | freight barge | 1,564 | July 1938 | later FBL 286, GB 6 | |
226 | 273187 | I W C 287 | Inland Waterways Corp | freight barge | 1,564 | July 1938 | later FBL 287, GB 7 | |
227 | 273188 | I W C 288 | Inland Waterways Corp | freight barge | 1,564 | Sep 1938 | later FBL 288, GB 5 | |
228 | 273189 | I W C 289 | Inland Waterways Corp | freight barge | 1,564 | Oct 1938 | later FBL 289 | |
232 | 173936 | Independent Oil No. 2 | Chas. J. King | tank barge | 267 | 132 | 1938 | |
233 | 174021 | Independent Oil No. 3 | Chas. J. King | tank barge | 267 | 132 | 1938 | |
237669 | Corten | Ohio Barge Line | towboat | 13 | 1938 | |||
Built by Gulf Shipbuilding | ||||||||
1 | Fairport | MARCOM | freighter (C2) | 6,165 | 449 | Apr 1942 | torpedoed and lost in the North Atlantic 16-Jul-42 | |
2 | Fairisle | MARCOM | freighter (C2) | 6,165 | 449 | July 1942 | wrecked 1956 but repaired, Sea Isle, Nemea, scrapped 1969 | |
3 | 242073 | Fairland | MARCOM | freighter (C2) | 6,165 | 449 | Aug 1942 | containership 1957, scrapped 1975 |
4 | 242074 | Raphael Semmes | MARCOM | freighter (C2) | 6,165 | 449 | Oct 1942 | containership 1957, scrapped 1978 |
5 | 251506 | Iberville | MARCOM | freighter (C2) | 6,165 | 449 | Apr 1943 | Sumter (APA-52), sold 1947 as Gateway City, containership 1957, scrapped 1978 |
6 | 251507 | Jean Lafitte | MARCOM | freighter (C2) | 6,165 | 449 | Feb 1943 | Warren (APA-53), sold 1947 as Arizpa, containership 1965, scrapped 1977 |
7 | 251508 | Afoundria | MARCOM | freighter (C2) | 6,165 | 449 | May 1943 | Wayne (APA-54), sold 1947 as Beauregard, containership 1958, scrapped 1977 |
8 | 243436 | Azalea City | MARCOM | freighter (C2) | 6,165 | 449 | July 1943 | containership 1957, scrapped 1976 |
9 | 243438 | Bienville | MARCOM | freighter (C2) | 6,165 | 449 | June 1943 | containership 1958, scrapped 1976 |
10 | 243815 | Warrior | MARCOM | freighter (C2) | 6,165 | 449 | July 1943 | containership 1966, scrapped 1978 |
11 | 243814 | Jean Lafitte | MARCOM | freighter (C2) | 6,165 | 449 | Sep 1943 | scrapped 1969 |
12 | Iberville | MARCOM | freighter (C2) | 6,165 | 449 | Sep 1943 | Hyades (AF-28), scrapped 1984 | |
14 | 244018 | Afoundria | MARCOM | freighter (C2) | 6,165 | 449 | Nov 1943 | containership 1966, scrapped 1979 |
15 | Antinous | MARCOM | freighter (C2) | 6,165 | 449 | Nov 1943 | Baxter (APA-94), sold 1947 as La Salle, scrapped 1968 | |
16 | Maiden Creek | MARCOM | freighter (C2) | 6,165 | 449 | Jan 1944 | torpedoed off North Africa 1944, CTL, scrapped 1953 | |
17 | 251504 | Topa Topa | MARCOM | freighter (C2) | 6,165 | 449 | Feb 1944 | Graffias (AF-29), scrapped 1974 |
18 | 247102 | Fra Berlanga | MARCOM | freighter (R2) | 6,165 | 449 | Feb 1945 | sold private 1970, scrapped 1971 |
19 | 247934 | San Jose | MARCOM | freighter (R2) | 6,165 | 449 | June 1945 | sold private 1970, scrapped 1976 |
20 | 247552 | Limon | MARCOM | freighter (R2) | 6,165 | 449 | May 1945 | sold private 1970, scrapped 1977 |
21 | 248253 | Esparta | MARCOM | freighter (R2) | 6,165 | 449 | Sep 1945 | sold private 1970, scrapped 1977 |
22 | 248767 | Junior | MARCOM | freighter (R2) | 6,165 | 449 | Dec 1945 | sold private 1969, scrapped 1975 |
23 | 249059 | Comayagua | MARCOM | freighter (R2) | 6,165 | 449 | Feb 1946 | sold private 1969, scrapped 1975 |
24 | 245189 | Wacosta | MARCOM | freighter (C2) | 6,165 | 449 | Apr 1944 | converted to containership 1966, scrapped 1978 |
25 | 245398 | De Soto | MARCOM | freighter (C2) | 6,165 | 449 | May 1944 | scrapped 1973 |
26 | 245979 | Antinous | MARCOM | freighter (C2) | 6,165 | 449 | July 1944 | scrapped 1970 |
27 | 246335 | Yaka | MARCOM | freighter (C2) | 6,165 | 449 | Sep 1944 | scrapped 1972 |
28 | 246617 | Hastings | MARCOM | freighter (C2) | 6,165 | 449 | Nov 1944 | scrapped 1973 |
29 | 246992 | Madaket | MARCOM | freighter (C2) | 6,165 | 449 | Jan 1945 | scrapped 1973 |
30 | 247303 | Andrew Jackson | MARCOM | freighter (C2) | 6,165 | 449 | Mar 1945 | scrapped 1973 |
31 | 247592 | City of Alma | MARCOM | freighter (C2) | 6,165 | 449 | May 1945 | scrapped 1972 |
32 | 247906 | Topa Topa | MARCOM | freighter (C2) | 6,165 | 449 | July 1945 | scrapped 1973 |
33 | 248489 | Iberville | MARCOM | freighter (C2) | 6,165 | 449 | Aug 1945 | scrapped 1972 |
34 | 248654 | Kyska | MARCOM | freighter (C2) | 6,165 | 449 | Nov 1945 | scrapped 1972 |
35 | 248998 | Maiden Creek | MARCOM | freighter (C2) | 6,165 | 449 | Jan 1946 | scrapped 1972 |
36 | 249072 | Fairport | MARCOM | freighter (C2) | 6,165 | 449 | Feb 1946 | scrapped 1970 |
37 | 249234 | John B. Waterman | MARCOM | freighter (C2) | 6,165 | 449 | Mar 1946 | scrapped 1972 |
DD-550 | Capps | US Navy | DD-550 | 2,924d | 376 | 23 Jun 1943 | to Spain as Lepanto 1957, struck 1985 | |
DD-551 | David W. Taylor | US Navy | DD-551 | 2,924d | 376 | 18 Sep 1943 | to Spain as Almirante Ferrandiz 1957, struck 1987 | |
DD-552 | Evans | US Navy | DD-552 | 2,924d | 376 | 11 Dec 1943 | scrapped 1947 | |
DD-553 | John D. Henley | US Navy | DD-553 | 2,924d | 376 | 2 Feb 1944 | scrapped 1970 | |
DD-554 | Bearss | US Navy | DD-554 | 2,924d | 376 | 12 Apr 1944 | scrapped 1976 | |
DD-555 | John Hood | US Navy | DD-555 | 2,924d | 376 | 7 Jun 1944 | scrapped 1976 | |
DD-556 | Van Valkenburgh | US Navy | DD-556 | 2,924d | 376 | 2 Aug 1944 | to Turkey as Izmir 1967, struck 1987 | |
LSD-22 | Fort Marion | US Navy | LSD-22 | 4,032d | 458 | 29 Jan 1946 | to Taiwan as Chen Hai (L-618) 1974, struck 1999 | |
LSD-23 | Fort Snelling | US Navy | LSD-23 | 4,032d | 458 | cancelled 1945, sold 1956 as Caribe Queen, to USN 1959 as Taurus (AK-273), LSV-8, scrapped 1969 | ||
LSD-24 | Hilton Head | US Navy | LSD-24 | 4,032d | 458 | cancelled 1945, sold 1945 | ||
251537 | Expediter | Warrior & Gulf Nav. | towboat | 16 | 1946 | |||
265055 | 106 | Fort Myers Shell | freight barge | 179 | 1946 | |||
265056 | 107 | Fort Myers Shell | freight barge | 179 | 1946 | |||
265057 | 108 | Fort Myers Shell | freight barge | 179 | 1946 | |||
265058 | 109 | Fort Myers Shell | freight barge | 179 | 1946 | |||
265059 | 110 | Fort Myers Shell | freight barge | 179 | 1946 | |||
265060 | 111 | Fort Myers Shell | freight barge | 179 | 1946 | |||
265061 | 112 | Fort Myers Shell | freight barge | 179 | 1946 | |||
265062 | 113 | Radcliff Materials | freight barge | 212 | 1948 | |||
265063 | 114 | Radcliff Materials | freight barge | 212 | 1948 | |||
265064 | 115 | Radcliff Materials | freight barge | 212 | 1948 | |||
265065 | 116 | Radcliff Materials | freight barge | 212 | 1948 | |||
265066 | 117 | Radcliff Materials | freight barge | 212 | 1948 | |||
265067 | 118 | Radcliff Materials | freight barge | 212 | 1948 | |||
265068 | 119 | Radcliff Materials | freight barge | 212 | 1948 | |||
Built by Halter Marine | ||||||||
799 | 601973 | Maya | Cudd Pressure Cont | OSV | 90 | 63 | 1979 | |
800 | 604101 | Toltec | Cudd Pressure Cont | OSV | 90 | 63 | 1979 | |
805 | 613059 | Autumn Leaf | Don F. Levy, Inc. | OSV | 233 | 100 | Oct 1979 | later E. W. Lutz, Miss Rosie, Mr. Harlan Jr. |
806 | 612997 | Winter Wind | Don F. Levy, Inc. | OSV | 233 | 100 | Dec 1979 | later Joni Bruce, Ensco Sail, Sail Tide, Caroline Morrison |
822 | 631787 | Jacksonville | Sheridan Transportation | tugboat | 1,443 | 124 | May 1982 | scrapped 2008 |
823 | 647320 | Groton | Sheridan Transportation | tugboat | 1,443 | 124 | June 1982 | scrapped 2008 |
851 | 611003 | Mister Briley | Briley Marine | OSV | 233 | 156 | 1980 | later Gulf Fleet No. 301, Lady Rosalind (Bahamas) |
874 | 622756 | Point Au Fer | Point Marine | OSV | 93 | 118 | June 1980 | later Red Finch, Willy 4003, Demas Fortune (Nigeria) |
875 | 626141 | Point T | Point Marine | OSV | 199 | 137 | Aug 1980 | later HOS Secretariat, Secretariat |
887 | Mooring Service | Zapata Marine | OSV | 122 | Feb 1980 | (Venezuela) | ||
892 | 623437 | Phyllis Briley | Briley Marine | OSV | 186 | 156 | June 1980 | later Force Five, James A. Miers, Gulf Terra I, Enterprise I |
893 | 635879 | Al Breaux | liftboat | 92 | 63 | 1980 | later Superior Culture, Pike | |
894 | 629195 | D J Viator | liftboat | 92 | 63 | 1980 | later Superior Performance, Seabream | |
918 | 629254 | Rae Lemoine | Briley Marine | OSV | 233 | 156 | Nov 1980 | later Gulf Fleet No. 302 |
924 | 648935 | New York | Sheridan Transportation | tugboat | 1,443 | 124 | Jan 1983 | scrapped 2009 |
925 | 654191 | Acadia | Sheridan Transportation | tugboat | 1,443 | 124 | May 1983 | later Baltimore, scrapped 2009 |
926 | 654192 | Philadelphia | Sheridan Transportation | tugboat | 1,443 | 124 | June 1984 | scrapped 2010 |
927 | 654193 | Mobile | Sheridan Transportation | tugboat | 1,443 | 124 | Aug 1984 | scrapped 2010 |
943 | 649569 | Moku Pahu | Matson Navigation | tugboat | 1,455 | 133 | Oct 1982 | |
948 | 638342 | Petromar Bravo | Petromar | OSV | 265 | 174 | July 1981 | later Quist Tide, Quist Teus (Panama) |
949 | 639679 | Petromar Dorado | Petromar | OSV | 265 | 174 | Aug 1981 | later Maridive 55 (Egypt) |
950 | 641454 | Petromar Explorer | Petromar | OSV | 265 | 174 | Sep 1981 | later Nico Rashidya, Lourdes (Sharjah) |
951 | 642161 | Petromar Falcon | Petromar | OSV | 265 | 174 | Oct 1981 | later fishing vessel Aleutian Falcon |
1028 | 646693 | Leam Mississippi | Leam Marine | OSV | 288 | 166 | Jan 1982 | later Seabulk Mississippi, GAC Pearl (Abu Dhabi) |
1029 | 645258 | Leam Texas | Leam Marine | OSV | 288 | 166 | Jan 1982 | later Seabulk Texas, Maad Hunter II, Beverly G |
1030 | 645686 | Leam Florida | Leam Marine | OSV | 288 | 166 | Jan 1982 | later Seabulk Florida, Imiloa |
1031 | 645964 | Leam Alabama | Leam Marine | OSV | 288 | 166 | Feb 1982 | later Seabulk Alabama, Maad Hunter III, Lola |
1032 | 644987 | Leam California | Leam Marine | OSV | 288 | 166 | Mar 1982 | later Seabulk California, Maad Hunter IV, Gertie C |
1065 | 650478 | Petromar Odyssey | Petromar | OSV | 265 | 174 | Aug 1982 | later Odyssey Tide, scrapped 2006 |
1079 | 662081 | Petromar ? | Petromar | OSV | 265 | 174 | Dec 1982 | later Osco Service II, State Defender, GMMOS Defender, Seabulk Defender, Interocean |