Moss Point Marine ~ Shipbuilding History

Moss Point Marine

Escatawpa MS

Most recent update: July 9, 2015.

Moss Point Marine was John Dane's shipyard, established in 1978. He sold it to Trinity in 1987 when it became necessary to move into government contracts but it was difficult for a small, privately owned, shipyard to obtain performance bonds. With Trinity as parent, the yard made the transition and was particularly successful at completing contracts that had been terminated elsewhere. The C-series of hull numbers are MPM's own contracts: the T-series was used for contracts terminated and transferred. MPM was spun off by Trinity in 1996 as part of Halter Marine Group and in 2002, it was one of the six remaining Halter shipyards that were acquired by Singapore Technologies from the bankruptcy of Friede Goldman Halter. It is now a division of VT Halter Marine and is the VTHM yard that specializes in small commercial vessels. Visit the new company at vthm.com, see VTHM's construction record here and see the MPM yard from the air on Google here.

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	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	LOA	Delivered	Notes
Built by Moss Point Marine
C001				barge			1980
C004	630324	Tampico-180	Maritime Transport, Inc.	barge	1,052	179	Dec 1980	later Hughes 180
C005	632547	CP-1802		barge	1,082	179	Feb 1981	later Jeanine M
C008		Golden Gulf	Golden Gulf Marine	PSV	674	156	July 1981	later Proud Brio, Golden Gulf, MITC I, Kenari
C009	640680	Golden Girl	Golden Gulf Marine	PSV	680	156	Sep 1981	later Rebel Brio, Gulf Fleet No. 303, Bocas Mariner (Panama)
C010	641961	Golden Moon	Golden Gulf Marine	PSV	293	156	Oct 1981	later Ensco Clipper, Clipper Tide, scrapped 2012
C011	642942	Golden Star	Golden Gulf Marine	PSV	293	156	Dec 1981	later PBR-465, Mr 26, Ensco Tartan, Tartan Tide, Whisky Star IX (Nigeria)
C012	635631	Cape St. George	Sea Mar Operators	PSV	301	130	May 1981	later Int'l Thunder, GIS-Thunder
C013	639248	Cape San Blas	Sea Mar Operators	PSV	301	130	Jan 1981	later Int'l Titan, GIS-Titan
C014	643770	Golden Mist	Golden Gulf Marine	PSV	293	156	1981	later PBR/368, Golden Mist, ferry Gay Head
C015	644766	offshore Mud 201	offshore Mud Movers	PSV	293	156	Jan 1982	later Powder River
C016	662711	Inter Sand		PSV	627	156	Oct 1983	later Big Orange XXII, Seabulk Tennessee, Alex Gros II
C017		Inter Surf		PSV	627	156	Oct 1983	later Seabulk Kentucky, NW Nuevo Leon, Nuevo Leon
C018		Golden Isle	Golden Gulf Marine	PSV	627	156	1983	later PBR/386
C023		Ocean Carrier 1	Louisiana Int'l. Marine	barge	2,212	264	1981	inactive
C024	641807	Ocean Carrier 2	Louisiana Int'l. Marine	barge	2,212	264	Oct 1981	inactive
C025	644880	Ocean Carrier 3	Louisiana Int'l. Marine	barge	2,212	264	Feb 1982	later Beachbuilder, Ohio
C026	645894	PBR/370	PBR Offshore Marine	PSV	614	156	Mar 1982	later Janson Graham, Clint Jett, FMS Eagle
C027	1052938	Sea Shuttle		PSV	648		May 1982	later Cape Spear (Vanuatu)
C029	648687	Gulf Fleet No. 56	Gulf Fleet Rentals	AHTS	269	171	June 1982	scrapped 2006
C030	649256	Gulf Fleet No. 57	Gulf Fleet Rentals	AHTS	269	171	July 1982	later TBS Chagville, Ade Tide II, Atlantic Crest (Nigeria)
C031	649594	Gulf Fleet No. 58	Gulf Fleet Rentals	AHTS	269	171	Aug 1982	later TBS Sans Souci, Sans Souci, Caribbean Crest (Nigeria)
C032	651326	Nicor Yankee	Nicor Supply Ships	AHTS	975		Sep 1982	later Seacor Yankee, Gulf Yankee, Team Rima, Ali B1 (Abu Dhabi)
C033	653045	Nicor Rebel/PBR-480	PBR Offshore Marine	AHTS	614	177	Dec 1982	later fishing vessel Aleutian Speedwell, Christina Ann
C034	652777	Nicor Empire	Nicor Supply Ships	AHTS	999	177	Nov 1982	later Seacor Empire, Isla de Cedros, Cape Atlas
C035	652846	Nicor Republic	Nicor Supply Ships	AHTS	296	179	Dec 1982	later Seacor Republic, Ensco Republic, Polk Tide, Red Sea Polk, C. M. Plover (Ireland)
C036	655965	Nicor Clipper	Nicor Supply Ships	AHTS	1,189	231	May 1983	later Seacor Clipper, Elsa Leigh
C037	659158	Nicor Power	Nicor Supply Ships	AHTS	297	179	July 1983	later Seacor Power, Misr Gulf VIII
C038	654499	Cape Fear	Sea Mar Operators	AHTS	282	164	Jan 1983	later Tulum (Mexico)
C039	655966	Nicor Rebel	Nicor Supply Ships	AHTS	854	177	Apr 1983	later Seacor Rebel, JF Jett, FMS Justice
C040	655448	Inter Service		PSV	243		Mar 1983	later Mike Tide (Vanuatu)
C041	674377	Big Orange XXI	Intermarine	PSV	386	197	Sep 1984	later Cape Breton
C043	663403	Argosy Captain	Argosy Offshore	PSV	665	215	Nov 1983	later Ensco Captain, Captain Tide, SBK Captain (UAE)
C044	663404	Argosy Admiral	Argosy Offshore	PSV	665	215	Jan 1984	later Ensco Admiral, Lachney Tide
C045	663405	Argosy Commander	Argosy Offshore	PSV	665	215	Feb 1984	later Ensco Commander, Commander Tide, Commander, Cygnus (Panama), Tiger II (Belize), Commander Tide (Congo)
C046	663406	Argosy Mate	Argosy Offshore	Standby boat	90		Mar 1984	later Ensco Mate, Don Luigi (Venezuela)
C047	663407	Argosy Chief	Argosy Offshore	Standby boat	332	127	Jan 1984	later Ensco Chief, Cape Darby, Int'l Tradition, Lara, Alphonsa, MNG Resolution (UAE)
C048	677399	Amfish		trawler	1,144	199	Dec 1985	later Ocean Peace
C049	669636	Nicor Safety	Nicor Supply Ships	AHTS	131	91	June 1984	later Seacor Safety, Jake M. Kadinger, Jake Express
C050	669637	Nicor Guard	Nicor Supply Ships	AHTS	131	91	June 1984	later Seacor Guard, Darlene Bisso, Miss Cate
C051	674683	Argosy Navigator	Argosy Offshore	PSV	284	215	Sep 1984	later Ensco Navigator, Navigator Tide, SBK Navigator (UAE)
C052	674684	Argosy Pilot	Argosy Offshore	PSV	854	202	Nov 1984	later Ensco Pilot, Pilot Tide, Pilot
C053		YC-1572	US Navy	open lighter	170d	110	Jan 1985
C054		YC-1573	US Navy	open lighter	170d	110	Jan 1985
C055		YC-1574	US Navy	open lighter	170d	110	July 1985
C056		YC-1575	US Navy	open lighter	170d	110	July 1985
C057		YC-1576	US Navy	open lighter	170d	110	July 1985
C058		YC-1577	US Navy	open lighter	170d	110	July 1985
C059		YC-1578	US Navy	open lighter	170d	110	July 1985
C060		YC-1579	US Navy	open lighter	170d	110	July 1985
C061		YC-1580	US Navy	open lighter	170d	110	Apr 1986
C062		YC-1581	US Navy	open lighter	170d	110	Apr 1986	sold 1997
C063		YC-1582	US Navy	open lighter	170d	110	Apr 1986	sold 1995
C064		YC-1583	US Navy	open lighter	170d	110	Apr 1986
C065		YC-1584	US Navy	open lighter	170d	110	May 1986
C066		YC-1585	US Navy	open lighter	170d	110	May 1986
C067		YC-1586	US Navy	open lighter	170d	110	Apr 1986
C068	676805	Argosy Sailor	Argosy Offshore	PSV	332	127	Jan 1984	later Ensco Sailor, Lucas John
C069	677079	Argosy President	Argosy Offshore	PSV	665	215	Mar 1985	later Ensco President, President Tide
C070		Heimo Tide	Tidewater Marine	tugboat	226		July 1985	(Vanuatu)
C071		Ade Tide	Tidewater Marine	tugboat	211		Aug 1985	later Rayong Tide I (Nigeria)
C072	686185	Colonel	Colonel Museum, Inc.	excursion boat	360	128	1985
Built by Trinity Marine Group
C073	LCU-1680		US Navy	landing craft, Utility	200d	135	11 Oct 1987
C074	LCU-1681		US Navy	landing craft, Utility	200d	135	12 Nov 1987
			City of Long Beach	fireboat			1986
			City of Long Beach	fireboat			1986
				dive boat			1986	later Roatan (Honduras)
C076	697051	Mr. Clean III	Clean Seas, Inc.	oil spill recovery vessel	293	147	Apr 1986	later Endeavor
C077		Resourceful		PSV	883		Feb 1986	later Native Spirit, Geoexplorer (Panama)
C078	YC-1587		US Navy	open lighter	170d	110	Oct 1986
C079	YC-1588		US Navy	open lighter	170d	110	Dec 1986
C080	YC-1589		US Navy	open lighter	170d	110	Dec 1986
C081	YC-1590		US Navy	open lighter	170d	110	Dec 1986
C082	YC-1591		US Navy	open lighter	170d	110	Dec 1986
C083	YC-1592		US Navy	open lighter	170d	110	Dec 1986
C084	YC-1593		US Navy	open lighter	170d	110	Apr 1987
C085	YC-1594		US Navy	open lighter	170d	110	Apr 1987
C086	YC-1595		US Navy	open lighter	170d	110	Apr 1987
C087	YC-1596		US Navy	open lighter	170d	110	Apr 1987	later YFN-1289
C088	YC-1597		US Navy	open lighter	170d	110	Apr 1987	sold 2000
C089	YC-1598		US Navy	open lighter	170d	110	Nov 1987
C090	YC-1599		US Navy	open lighter	170d	110	Nov 1987
C091	YC-1600		US Navy	open lighter	170d	110	Nov 1987
C092	YC-1601		US Navy	open lighter	170d	110	Nov 1987	sold 2006
C093	YC-1602		US Navy	open lighter	170d	110	Nov 1987
C094		Eagle		research	250		1987
C095	LSV-1	Gen Frank S. Besson, Jr.	US Army	Logistic Support Vessel	2,861d	273	20 Jan 1988
C096	LSV-2	CW3 Harold C. Clinger	US Army	Logistic Support Vessel	2,861d	273	20 Apr 1988
C097	LSV-3	Gen Brehon B. Somervell	US Army	Logistic Support Vessel	2,861d	273	26 Jul 1988	later with USA Reserve
C098	LSV-4	LGen Willam B. Bunker	US Army	Logistic Support Vessel	2,861d	273	1 Sep 1988
C104			Jordanian Port Corp.	towboat			1989
C105			Jordanian Port Corp.	towboat			1989
C106		Amman	Jordanian Port Corp.	Docking tugboat	356		Aug 1989	later Antaios II, Armadores II (Greece)
C107		Al Aqaba	Jordanian Port Corp.	Docking tugboat	356		Aug 1989	later Antaios I, Armadores I (Greece)
C108			Olin Chemical	tank barge
C109	947468	Baltimore	Express Marine	tugboat	196	120	11 May 1989
C110	947942	California Hornblower	Hornblower Yachts	dinner boat	97	173	1 Jun 1990
C111		Moku Ahi	State of Hawaii	fireboat			20 Nov 1989
C112	943923	Mark G. Goode	State of Texas	ferry	94	91	30 Jan 1989
C115	953891	Drummond Islander III	State of Michigan	ferry	96	101	7 Nov 1989
T001 through T037 were transferred from Thunderbolt Shipyard, in Savannah GA
T001	LCU-2001	Runnymede	US Army	landing craft, Utility	575d	174	21 Feb 1990
T002	LCU-2002	Kennesaw Mountain	US Army	landing craft, Utility	575d	174	9 May 1990
T003	LCU-2003	Macon	US Army	landing craft, Utility	575d	174	23 Mar 1990
T004	LCU-2004	Aldie	US Army	landing craft, Utility	575d	174	23 Feb 1990
T005	LCU-2005	Brandy Station	US Army	landing craft, Utility	575d	174	18 May 1990
T006	LCU-2006	Briscoe Station	US Army	landing craft, Utility	575d	174	27 Jun 1990
T007	LCU-2007	Broad Run	US Army	landing craft, Utility	575d	174	27 Jun 1990
T008	LCU-2008	Buena Vista	US Army	landing craft, Utility	575d	174	18 Jul 1990
T009	LCU-2009	Springfield	US Army	landing craft, Utility	575d	174	23 Jul 1990
T010	LCU-2010	Cedar Run	US Army	landing craft, Utility	575d	174	21 Aug 1990
T011	LCU-2011	Chickahominy	US Army	landing craft, Utility	575d	174	18 Sep 1990
T012	LCU-2012	Chickasaw Bayou	US Army	landing craft, Utility	575d	174	6 Nov 1990
T013	LCU-2013	Churubusco	US Army	landing craft, Utility	575d	174	26 Feb 1991	later Coamo
T014	LCU-2014	Coamo	US Army	landing craft, Utility	575d	174	4 Jan 1991
T015	LCU-2015	Contreras	US Army	landing craft, Utility	575d	174	12 Mar 1991
T016	LCU-2016	Corinth	US Army	landing craft, Utility	575d	174	9 Apr 1991
T017	LCU-2017	El Caney	US Army	landing craft, Utility	575d	174	19 Apr 1991
T018	LCU-2018	Five Forks	US Army	landing craft, Utility	575d	174	21 May 1991
T019	LCU-2019	Fort Donelson	US Army	landing craft, Utility	575d	174	11 Jun 1991
T020	LCU-2020	Fort McHenry	US Army	landing craft, Utility	575d	174	2 Aug 1991
T021	LCU-2021	Great Bridge	US Army	landing craft, Utility	575d	174	9 Aug 1991
T022	LCU-2022	Harpers ferry	US Army	landing craft, Utility	575d	174	18 Oct 1991
T023	LCU-2023	Hobkirk	US Army	landing craft, Utility	575d	174	28 Oct 1991
T024	LCU-2024	Hormigueros	US Army	landing craft, Utility	575d	174	3 Dec 1991
T025	LCU-2025	Malvern Hill	US Army	landing craft, Utility	575d	174	19 Dec 1991
T026	LCU-2026	Matamoros	US Army	landing craft, Utility	575d	174	6 Feb 1992
T027	LCU-2027	Mechanicsville	US Army	landing craft, Utility	575d	174	2 Mar 1992
T028	LCU-2028	Missionary Ridge	US Army	landing craft, Utility	575d	174	20 Mar 1992
T029	LCU-2029	Molino Del Ray	US Army	landing craft, Utility	575d	174	11 May 1992
T030	LCU-2030	Monterrey	US Army	landing craft, Utility	575d	174	15 May 1992
T031	LCU-2031	New Orleans	US Army	landing craft, Utility	575d	174	1 Jun 1992
T032	LCU-2032	Palo Alto	US Army	landing craft, Utility	575d	174	9 Jun 1992
T033	LCU-2033	Paulus Hook	US Army	landing craft, Utility	575d	174	17 Sep 1992
T034	LCU-2034	Perryville	US Army	landing craft, Utility	575d	174	16 Sep 1992
T035	LCU-2035	Port Hudson	US Army	landing craft, Utility	575d	174	16 Sep 1992
T041 through T048 were transferred from Robert E. Derecktor of Rhode Island (REDRI), in Middletown RI
T041	LT-801	MGen Nathaniel Greene	US Army	tugboat	924d	128	31 May 1993
T042	LT-802	MGen Henry Knox	US Army	tugboat	924d	128	28 May 1993
T043	LT-803	MGen Anthony Wayne	US Army	tugboat	924d	128	15 Jun 1993
T044	LT-804	BGen Zebulon Pike	US Army	tugboat	924d	128	15 Aug 1993
T045	LT-805	MGen Winfield Scott	US Army	tugboat	924d	128	29 Oct 1993
T046	LT-806	Col Seth Warner	US Army	tugboat	924d	128	31 Jan 1994
C116	981712	Barbara E. Bouchard	Bouchard Transportation	tugboat	591		3 Apr 1992
C117	983102	California Responder	Marine Spill Response Corp.	oil spill recovery vessel	489		1 Nov 1992
C118	983104	Pacific Responder	Marine Spill Response Corp.	oil spill recovery vessel	489		1 Jan 1993
C119	983108	Hawaii Responder	Marine Spill Response Corp.	oil spill recovery vessel	489		1 Feb 1993
C120	983111	Maine Responder	Marine Spill Response Corp.	oil spill recovery vessel	489		1 Feb 1993
C121	999393	Robert J. Bouchard	Bouchard Transportation	tugboat	591		5 Feb 1994
C122	1026728	DeWitt C. Greer	State of Texas	ferry	1,157	253	13 Dec 1994
C123	1023760	Cedar Island	State of North Carolina	ferry	648	208	22 Dec 1994
C124	1032336	Pocahontas	State of Virginia	ferry	1,272	263	15 Aug 1995
C125			Panama Canal Commission	derrick barge			13 Jun 1996
C126	1035211	J. George Betz	Bouchard Transportation	tugboat	1,105	127	12 Oct 1995
C127		Petrojet 5	Petroleum Projects	tugboat	411		23 Jan 1996	later PMS-5 (Egypt)
Built by Halter Marine Group
C128	1046230	Ray Stoker, Jr.	State of Texas	ferry	1,197	253	28 Oct 1996
C129	1047000	Martin Explorer	Martin Gas Marine, Inc.	tugboat	495	116	6 Dec 1996
C130	1047057	Portsmouth	Moran Towing Corp.	dry bulk barge	7,438	402	9 Nov 1996
C131	1046429	Mamo	Hawaiian Tug & Barge Corp.	tugboat	164	78	30 Oct 1996
C132	1046754	Seacor Vision	Seacor Marine, Inc.	AHTS	2,136	206	3 Jul 1997	later Maverick
C133	1056534	Teresa	Penn ATB, Inc.	tugboat	656	122	4 Sep 1997
C134	1060784	Julie	Penn ATB, Inc.	tugboat	656	122	2 Feb 1998
C135		Gilberto Guardia	Panama Canal Commission	tugboat	347		29 Sep 1997
C136		Haynes	Panama Canal Commission	tugboat	347		24 Nov 1997
C137		Cacique	Panama Canal Commission	tugboat	347		22 Nov 1997
C138		ATLS 9701	US Navy	Aerial Target Launch ship	857d		3 Dec 1997
C139	1060044	Admiral Tide	Tidewater Marine, Inc.	PSV	1,083	185	22 Dec 1997
C140			Panama Canal Commission	buoy tender			25 Sep 1997
C141	1065404	Seacor Vantage	Seacor Marine, Inc.	AHTS	2,283	222	31 Mar 1998
C142	1061882	Seacor Spirit	Seacor Marine, Inc.	PSV	1,106	184	31 Jan 1998
C143	1066709	Sea Eagle	Allied Towing Corporation	tugboat	693	119	15 Feb 1998
C144	P-60	HMBS Bahamas	Bahamas Defence Force	offshore Patrol Vessel	375d		12 Jan 1999
C145	P-61	HMBS Nassau	Bahamas Defence Force	offshore Patrol Vessel	375d		12 Mar 1999
C146	057408	Thebaud Sea	Secunda Atlantic, Inc.	AHTS	2,594		2 Apr 1998	(Canada)
C147	1067705	Scott Turecamo	Turecamo Maritime Inc.	tugboat	549	116	30 Jun 1998
C148	1067592	Seacor Alcina	Seacor Marine, Inc.	PSV	1,238		15 Jul 1998	later Isla Azteca (Mexico)
C149	1069353	Seacor Voyager	Seacor Marine, Inc.	AHTS	1,508	206	15 Aug 1998	(Marshall I.)
C150	1069354	Seacor Valiant	Seacor Marine, Inc.	AHTS	1,576	206	15 Sep 1998	later Isla de Cedros (Mexico)
C151	1075027	Robert H. Dedman	State of Texas	ferry	1,272		19 Nov 1998	built at Gulfport
C152	1065403	Seacor Valor	Seacor Marine, Inc.	PSV	1,508	206	3 Jul 1999	built at Panama City
C153	1065402	Seacor Venture	Seacor Marine, Inc.	PSV	1,576	206	15 Apr 1999	built at Panama City
C154	1076923	Seacor Glory	Seacor Marine, Inc.	PSV	2,252	226	15 Feb 1999
C155	1053010	Danielle M. Bouchard	Bouchard Transportation	tugboat	591	122	16 May 1999
C156	1086926	Brendan J. Bouchard	Bouchard Transportation	tugboat	591	122	11 Oct 1999
C157	1090004	Floyd J. Lupton	State of North Carolina	ferry	374	168	30 Mar 1999
C158	1090005	Fort Fisher	State of North Carolina	ferry	374	168	30 May 1999
C163		Iuka 210	Enron Nigeria	power barge	1,107		Apr 2001	hull only
C164		Iuka 211	Enron Nigeria	power barge	1,107		Apr 2001	hull only
C165	1122832	Sea Reliance	Vessel Management Services	tugboat	950	122	22 May 2002
C166	1122837	Sound Reliance	Vessel Management Services	tugboat	950	122	17 Jul 2002