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Verret Shipyard

Plaquemine LA

Verret Shipyard was started by C. P. Verret in 1966 and it has been turning out two or three towboats a year ever since. Visit the company at verretshipyard.com.

O/N Name Customer Type GT LOA Delivered Notes
Built by C.P. Verret
501602 Capt. C. P. Boaz Towing towboat 15 38 1965
4 502874 Jason D Dufrene Towing towboat 64 50 1966 later Anna Leigh
505822 Gloria Coastal Boats towboat 59 44 1966 later Bright Crystal
507340 Rox Ann Reginald Buck towboat 37 42 1967 later Elizabeth
510726 Lady Suzan Anderson Marine towboat 64 51 1967 later Irene Sutton
517770 Isabelle R Bayou Marine towboat 61 51 1968 later Jody Ann
522324 O. L. Kirkpatrick Gulfwide Boats towboat 70 52 1969 later Miss Michelle
12 524777 Karen-Wayne Nola Towing towboat 72 51 1970 later Prince Lew
14 533795 Louis L. Toups, Jr. Toups Marine towboat 90 61 1971 later Jessica Ryan
15 513578 Charlie Diamond Salt towboat 61 46 1968 later Erin W
535282 Dwarf King Agri-Trans Corp. towboat 27 37 1971 later The Collin D
536485 Impala barge Towing towboat 78 55 1971 later Glenna M
538160 Bayou King Bayou Towing towboat 94 61 1972 later Capt. Warren
542365 Bayou Lafourche Big B Towboats towboat 138 61 1972 later Miss Katie
19 546117 Allegheny Alleghenny Tow'g towboat 152 66 1973
20 552794 Bayou Dularge Big B Towboats towboat 183 69 1973 later Johnny James
Built by Verret Shipyard, Inc.
21 555297 Geismar Midland Ent. towboat 205 70 1974
554701 Bayou Chene Big B Towboats towboat 57 46 1974 later TDW
564973 Bayou Plaquemine Big B Towboats towboat 294 82 1974 later Capt Whitey
25 571981 Ross A. Grand Louisiana DoT towboat 104 54 1976
26 573802 D. W. Griffith Louisiana DoT towboat 104 54 1976
27 578286 Miss Polly Boaz Towing towboat 101 56 1976
28 584092 Miss Lennie Chandler Marine towboat 71 60 1977 later Brown Water VIII
29 587830 J. Jackson J. Jackson Towing towboat 91 52 1977 later Matt Devall
30 588300 Lafourche Lafourche, Inc. towboat 102 58 1977 later Wanda Isabelle
31 594757 Shady Lady Encom II, Inc. towboat 66 58 1978 later West Wind
32 602095 O. O. Griffin Coastal Towing towboat 289 81 1979 later Lou Nataro
33 614419 June Pickett Coastal Towing towboat 298 81 1979 later Capt. Reggie LeBoeuf
34 622432 Anne Blessey Blessey Marine towboat 268 81 1980 later Mary Caroline Vick
35 629341 Ruth Blessey Blessey Marine towboat 268 81 1980 later Buck Johnson
636309 Tamera Pickett Coastal Towing towboat 370 95 1981 later Robin Shelton
38 641806 Laney Blessey Blessey Marine towboat 275 81 1981 later Bubba Vick
39 646598 Myrtle E. Griffin Coastal Towing towboat 377 95 1982 later Amber Brittany
40 652157 Mister Cue M. & P. Barge Co. towboat 65 54 1982
41 662929 Miss Casey Duval Boats towboat 63 48 1983 later Stacey-A
42 670575 Sir-Frederick Canton Marine towboat 58 54 1984
676024 Pathfinder Traylor Bros. towboat 21 36 1984
980312 Eagle Traylor Bros. towboat 15 37 1991
48 987498 Miss Rachel Blessey Marine towboat 113 65 1992 later Charles W. Clark
49 978757 Pontiac Traylor Bros. towboat 15 37 1991
50 1027533 Uncle Bud Boaz Towing towboat 88 54 1994
52 1033531 Martha Oliver Blessey Marine towboat 113 65 1995
54 1040479 Catherine Blessey Marine towboat 121 70 1996
56 1049031 Bill McNeal Blessey Marine towboat 125 72 1996
58 1063182 Miss Rachel Boaz Towing towboat 131 65 1998
60 1071633 Carol M. Ott Blessey Marine towboat 149 76 1998
62 1085644 Doug Barker Blessey Marine towboat 149 76 1999
64 1098990 Delos Case Boaz Towing towboat 141 65 2000
66 1111657 Jane Ann Blessey Blessey Marine towboat 279 82 2001
68 1121373 Beth Wilson Blessey Marine towboat 277 82 2002
70 1134312 Randy Martin Blessey Marine towboat 277 82 2002
74 1143164 James M. Hewgley Tulsa Port Auth. towboat 75 51 2003
76 1151737 Hugh S. Monsted Blessey Marine towboat 277 82 2004
78 1161199 Jerry W. Tichenor Blessey Marine towboat 132 66 2004
80 1165345 Judy S. Fried Blessey Marine towboat 132 66 2005
82 1195404 Capt. Lance Dragon Blessey Marine towboat 160 76 19 Jan 2007
84 1173549 James L. Oberstar Blessey Marine towboat 278 82 21 Jul 2005
86 1181185 Capt. Jonathan H. Brown Blessey Marine towboat 278 82 23 Jan 2006
88 1209021 Charlie Melancon Blessey Marine towboat 385 110 28 Apr 2008
90 1217929 Pat Voss Blessey Marine towboat 385 110 7 May 2009
92 1190882 CCS Leader I CCS Energy Svcs. towboat 64 55 12 Feb 2006 later Wayne B. Smith
94 1216905 Donnie Verret T. & B. Towing towboat 73 55 23 Jan 2009 later Rick Pumphrey
96 1223818 Cleland Powell Blessey Marine towboat 149 70 23 Nov 2009
98 1226470 David Vitter Blessey Marine towboat 190 72 16 Jun 2010
100 1230371 Steve Scalise Blessey Marine towboat 250 81 20 Dec 2010
100 1234978 Mac Andrew McKinney McKinney Marine towboat 162 66 9 Aug 2011
102 1233875 John Boozman Blessey Marine towboat 259 81 10 Aug 2011
104 1236450 Gov. Mike Huckabee Blessey Marine towboat 263 81 15 Dec 2011
106 1238920 Capt. Shawn D. Martinez Blessey Marine towboat 263 81 4 Jun 2012
108 1242769 Roger F Wicker Blessey Marine towboat 250 81 27 Nov 2012
110 1246318 Jack Haskell Blessey Marine towboat 185 70 23 May 2013
112 1258712 Meg Kennedy Moore Blessey Marine towboat 185 70 3 Apr 2015
114 1260133 Tom Cotton Blessey Marine towboat 185 70 2 Sep 2015
116 1248914 Lindsey Graham Blessey Marine towboat 244 81 29 Oct 2013
118 1251462 Laney Blessey Watkins Blessey Marine towboat 244 81 5 May 2014
120 1255497 Clark Todd Blessey Marine towboat 245 81 6 Oct 2014
1258253 B-3 Boaz Towing freight barge 422 150 2014
122 1266087 Capt Troy Green Blessey Marine towboat 185 70 10 Feb 2016
124 1270470 Steve Daines Blessey Marine towboat 268 81 15 Dec 2016
126 1301802 Daniel Wisner Blessey Marine towboat 295 82 9 Jun 2020
138 1297828 Lee W Enterprise Marine towboat 531 133 9 Oct 2020
156 1309665 Capt. Frank W. Banta Enterprise Marine towboat 162 76 31 Dec 2020
158 1312114 Ben Hays Enterprise Marine towboat 162 76 25 May 2021

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