Pendleton Shipyard

New Orleans LA

Most recent update: August 30, 2021.

Pendleton Shipyard Company was formed by Pendleton E. Leyde in 1941: it closed in 1947 and was sold to Calmes Engineering, which had been organized by John Wise Calmes. The yard was at the Florida Avenue Wharf in New Orleans - see the site from the air on Google here - and was unusual in that its primary activity was handling inspection and delivery to the Navy of the many small vessels built by inland shipyards and shipped down the Mississippi. The yard closed following the death of Calmes in April 1958.

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O/N Name Customer Type MC # GT LOA Delivered Notes
Built by Pendleton Shipyard
101 243244 Matagorda MARCOM tugboat (V4) 607 1,117 185 May 1943 sank 1946
102 243293 Aransas Pass MARCOM tugboat (V4) 608 1,117 185 June 1943 scrapped 1973
103 243664 Sombrero Key MARCOM tugboat (V4) 609 1,117 185 June 1943 to Argentina 1965 as Thompson, scrapped
104 243745 Dry Tortugas MARCOM tugboat (V4) 610 1,117 185 July 1943 to Argentina 1965 as Goyena, scrapped
105 243920 Southwest Pass MARCOM tugboat (V4) 611 1,117 185 Aug 1943 scrapped 1973
106 244012 Montauk Point MARCOM tugboat (V4) 612 1,117 185 Sep 1943 to Mexico 1969 as R 2, Quetzalcoatl (A-12)
107 244128 Bayou St. John MARCOM tugboat (V4) 1281 1,117 185 Nov 1943 scrapped 1977
108 Mobile Point MARCOM tugboat (V4) 1282 1,117 185 Dec 1943 sank 1944
109 244485 Race Point MARCOM tugboat (V4) 1283 1,117 185 Feb 1944 scrapped 1972
110 245395 Samuel F. Dewing MARCOM freighter (N3) 1630 1,885 250 Apr 1944 sold 1948, scrapped 1963
111 245634 Samuel A. Fabens MARCOM freighter (N3) 1631 1,885 250 May 1944 sold 1948, wrecked 1960, salvaged, wrecked 1966
112 245629 Alfred M. Lunt MARCOM freighter (N3) 1632 1,885 250 July 1944 sold 1946, wrecked 1968
113 245849 Benjamin M. Melcher MARCOM freighter (N3) 1633 1,885 250 Aug 1944 sold 1946, scrapped
Built by Calmes Engineering
529180 Walnut USACE towboat 26 50 1947 sold 1992 as Walnut, Sara C, M/V Sara C
Chestnut USACE towboat 26 50 1948 sold 1996
Florida Power Corp tank barge 642 175 1949
257176 Gator Florida Power Corp tank barge 642 175 1949
263048 CMT 18 Canton Marine Towing tank barge 276 139 1951
BC-64** to 64** US Army open lighter 170 110 1952 10 deck barges
of which BC-6470 US Army open lighter 170 110 1952 to USN as YC-1568, sold 2004
1063624 Redstone USACE towboat 62 64 1952 sold 1997 as Redstone, then Hunter Eagle, Retriever, Chris D
263887 barge No. 29 Hannah Marine Corp freight barge 1,387 254 1952
907610 Robert G. West USACE towboat 203 84 1953 sold 1986 as Robert G. West, Hanging Dog
267173 MR-403 Trinity Baton Rouge freight barge 786 200 1954
267424 Sinclair Memphis Sinclair Refining towboat 175 85 1954 later Fat Lady Pie, Kalliope
267874 Shawnee Capt. Paul J. Griffin towboat 34 47 1954 now Barbara Sue
269330 Bunker Delaware Bunker Group Virginia tank barge 1,307 227 1955
270213 Sallie Estelle Randolph Construction towboat 50 47 1955 later Nathan J, Judy Rae
270342 Intercity No 1 TT Barge Services freight barge 1,258 270 1955
USACE 10 Barges 1955-6
270754 Electra Electric Energy towboat 39 48 1956
275052 Captain Archie Mike Hooks towboat 37 49 1957

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