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Johnson Iron Works

New Orleans LA

Most recent update: March 7, 2021.

Johnson Iron Works was a major industrial company in New Orleans, in particular a producer of cannons, run by Lewis Johnson. The shipbuilding division was started in 1898 by Lewis Johnson's son Warren, straight out of college. The shipyard was part of the former McLellan Dry Dock Company, on Patterson Drive in Algiers, the yard that in 1935 became Todd-Johnson Dry Docks, Todd New Orleans and finally Avondale Ship Repair. When the U.S. entered WWI, they built a No. 2 yard for the construction of tugs for the EFC, which was operated until 1926. This second yard was on Bayou St. John, on the east side of City Park: I cannot find an address, but it had rail service, so it was probably close to the railroad bridge on the south side of I-610. Note that very few of the hull numbers shown below have been confirmed: most represent our "best guess".

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O/N Name Customer Type GT LOA Built Notes
Built in the Algiers yard
1-5 Mexico Mexican Navy sternwheeler 34 1899 5 boats
6-25 Mexico Mexican Navy lighter 34 1899 20 boats
26-29 Mexico Mexican Navy sternwheeler 34 1900 4 boats (in sections)
30-45 Mexico Mexican Navy lighter 34 1900 16 boats (in sections)
46 Federal U.S. Government Hyacinth barge Nov 1900
47 Mexico Mexican Navy Steel towboat 65 Dec 1900
48 136966 El Vivo Lou. & Tex. RR & SS Co. passenger 199 102 1902 rammed and sunk March 25, 1945 by SS Edwin Christenson
49 136987 El Listo Lou. & Tex. RR & SS Co. passenger 200 102 1902
? tank barge 130 1902
? tank barge 130 1902
? tank barge 130 1902
50 wooden barge 75 1902
51 wooden barge 75 1902
52 wooden barge 75 1902
53 Mexico Victoria tugboat 65 1902
54 150969 Phyllis Lower Terrebonne Ref. towboat 30 60 1902
55 Mexico Mexican Govt. lighter 40 1902
56 Mexico Mexican Govt. lighter 40 1902
57 Proteus 12 yachtsmen sailboat 35 1903
58 200590 Polo M. P. Doullot towboat 41 63 1903
59 Warren Johnson yacht 28 1904
60 Juanita Pochaska & Cottman yacht 32 1904
61 201617 Picayune M. P. Doullot passenger 19 56 1904 later Josephine Tully
62 Central America J. B. Camors Camors-McConnell Co. towboat Dec 1904
63 Federal Picket USACE survey boat 32 52 1905
65 Mexico San Juan Sugar Co. sternwheeler 1905
66 Mexico San Juan Sugar Co. barge 100 1905
67 Federal San Juan Sugar Co. barge 100 1905
68 Federal Chere Amie USACE towboat 96 1906
69 Federal USACE barge 1906
70 Federal USACE barge 1906
71 Federal USACE barge 1906
72 Federal USACE barge 1906
73 Mexico Tampico Navigation Co. towboat 1907 assembled in Tampico
74 205887 Sydney C. tugboat 46 69 1907 to USACE 1920
75 Federal Upatoi USACE derrick boat 87 1909
76 207697 Hustler Capt. G. J. Labarre towboat 42 60 1910 later Wm. Norman, Elizabeth R
77 Capt. V. Maurin Atch. & Laf. Levee Board barge 107 Sep 1910
78 Federal Lafourche USACE towboat 300d 136 1911
79 208491 Saccharine Lou. & Tex. RR & SS Co. towboat 98 124 1911
80 Mexico Mariano Escobedo Valenzuela & Sons towboat 86 1911
81 168249 Louisiana Girl Gulf Refining tank barge 178 100 1912 abandoned 1940
82 Federal No. 31 USACE barge 98d 124 1912
83 Federal No. 32 USACE barge 98d 124 1912
84 Henry Peters derrick barge 100 1913
85 Federal B-2 USACE Steel Scow 442 110 1914
86 Federal B-3 USACE Steel Scow 442 110 1915
87 Federal hull C USACE Steel Scow 200 110 1915
88 Federal hull D USACE Steel Scow 200 110 1915
89 217415 Marian Williams Cypress Co. towboat 19 55 1915 abandoned 1945
90 Federal No. 1211 USACE steel dredge 121 1916
91 Federal B-6 USACE Steel Scow 442 110 1917
92 215238 Juniata Gulf Refining tank barge 1,432 241 1917 ex-350-ft rail barge B.L. Winchell (ON 76694) converted to two 240-ft deck barges
Built in the Bayou St. John yard
134 219137 Degolia (1303) USSB tugboat 183 100 1919 later William P. Feeley
135 219162 Degrey (1300) USSB tugboat 183 100 1919 later Major Frazer, M. & J. Tracy, Patrice McAllister, foundered off NJ 1976
136 219554 Delamar (1298) USSB tugboat 183 100 1919 to USACE 1920, LT-797
137 219598 Delanco (1301) USSB tugboat 183 100 1920
138 219604 Deland (1299) USSB tugboat 183 100 1919 to USAT, Pursuit (ON 270988)
139 219603 Delaplaine (1302) USSB tugboat 183 100 1920 later Pepe Morales, Delaplaine 1931, Cedros 1965, scrapped 1973
140 167755 Mex 32 Venezuela Gulf Oil Co. tank barge 81 79 Nov 1919 to Mexico 1927
141 167756 Mex 33 Venezuela Gulf Oil Co. tank barge 81 79 Nov 1919 to Mexico 1927
142 Anglo-Mexican Pet. Co. tank barge 118 1920
143 Anglo-Mexican Pet. Co. tank barge 118 1920
144 220695 Cortez X Cortez Oil Corp. 133 92 Sep 1920
145 168291 N.E.O. No. 5 New England Oil . tank barge 579 200 Nov 1921 later L.T.C. No. 5, abandoned 1943
146 168292 N.E.O. No. 6 New England Oil . tank barge 579 200 Nov 1921 later L.T.C. No. 6, scrapped 1949
147 168621 barge No. 8 Crew Levick Co. tank barge 580 201 1921
148 168666 barge No. 9 Crew Levick Co. tank barge 209 118 1921 lost 1925
149 169189 barge No. 10 Crew Levick Co. tank barge 204 118 1922
150 Johnson IW tank barge 118 1921 built for stock
151 New England Fuel Oil . tank barge 200 1921
152 New England Fuel Oil . tank barge 200 1921
153 New England Refining tank barge 200 1921
154 175018 Q Standard Oil Co. of LA tank barge 625 200 1921
155 222571 Mex 42 Anglo-Mexican Pet. Co. launch 8 40 1921
156 221628 Mex 43 Anglo-Mexican Pet. Co. power boat 40 54 Sep 1921
157 221681 Victoria Johnson IW passenger 59 76 Oct 1921
158 Mexico Gulf Refining Co. tank barge 1921
159 Mexico Gulf Refining Co. tank barge 1921
160 Mexico Gulf Refining Co. tank barge 1921
161 169010 V.G.O. No. 1 Venezuela Gulf Oil Co. tank barge 105 101 1921
162 169011 V.G.O. No. 2 Venezuela Gulf Oil Co. tank barge 105 101 1921
163 Federal No. 31 USACE tank barge 87 1922
164 Federal No. 32 USACE tank barge 87 1922
165 Federal No. 33 USACE tank barge 87 1922
166 Federal No. 34 USACE tank barge 87 1922
167 Federal No. 35 USACE tank barge 87 1922
168 Federal No. 36 USACE tank barge 87 1922
169 171231 No. 7 Southern Paper Mills tank barge 346 144 1922
170 Jno. Hunt Co. tank barge 48 1922
171 Jno. Hunt Co. tank barge 48 1922
172 Federal No. 6 USACE quarter boat 60 1922
173 Federal USACE quarter boat 60 1922
174 223567 Deluge Port of New Orleans fireboat 370 126 1923 retired 1992, abandoned
175 Federal Upatoi USACE dredge 100 1924 rebuild of Hull 75
176 Consolidated Fuel collier 110 1924
177 Federal No. 82 USACE tank barge 100 1924
178 Johnson IW 42 1927

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