Walker Boat Yard ~ Shipbuilding History

Walker Boat Yard

Paducah KY

Most recent update: September 22, 2018.

Walker Boat Yard, a major barge maintenance and repair facility that occasionally built towboats, was started by Paul Walker in 1945 and sold to Ingram Barge in 1985. It was acquired from Ingram by James Marine in 1995 and is still going strong in the maintenance and repair business. See it from the air on Google here.

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	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	LOA	Built	Notes
	253982	Riegal		towboat	30	41	1947	later Tripple R, Little Jake, NLD
	259069	Sisco	S. Illinois Sand	towboat	27	42	1948	later M/V Sisco
	258041	Kenneth James	Hickman ferry	towboat	33	45	1949	later Karl R
	258042	Hickman	Hickman ferry	ferry barge	52	80	1949	later The Danville Faxon
	259151	Pachoud	Serodino, Inc.	towboat	30	46	1949	later O-Kan Express
	260936	Karen M	Missouri River Sand	towboat	23	41	1950	later Joanne, Mister Ed, Miss Melba
	261882	Marilu	Guntersville Marine	towboat	31	44	1951	later Capt. Curly
	262850	Lucy Lattus	Hickman ferry	towboat	25	42	1951	later Sir Joseph
	263441	Mary E	Hardesty & Son	towboat	13	39	1952	later Little Boone
	263442	Boone No. 8	Anderson ferry	ferry barge	57	78	1952
	266850	David Z	Cave in Rock ferry	ferry barge	62	85	1953
	268212	Kathy Z	Cave in Rock ferry	towboat	27	42	1955
54	269794	Thunderbird	Walker's Midstream	towboat	33	52	1955	later Frank H, M/V Jack Dwyer
59	279759	Jitterbug	Walker Boat Yard	towboat	20	44	1959	later Bill Long, abandoned 2012
60	282837	Becky D	Cave in Rock ferry	towboat	24	42	1960
61	285900	Jeannie	Reed Terminal Co.	towboat	17	29	1961
	288530	Danny L	Lonnie Ray Lewis	ferry barge	88	90	1962
	502310	Green River Gal	Robert F. Stainback	towboat	71	51	1966	later Ethel Lord, Mister Lew
	505065	Long John	Solutia, Inc.	towboat	35	39	1966	NLD
66	506313	Candy H	Cave in Rock ferry	towboat	27	42	1966	later Ida L, Loni-Jo
67	511651	Andy	Trinity Industries	towboat	35	39	1967
75	518543	The Big Rivers	Big Rivers Electric	towboat	43	45	1969
	570200	Little Ned	Reed Terminal Co.	towboat	16	32	1975
76	574445	Jeffrey J	Walker's Midstream	towboat	61	55	1976
	930520	Spirit of Peoria	The Boat Works	excursion boat	97	100	1988