Madisonville Shipbuilding ~ Shipbuilding History

Madisonville Shipbuilding

Madisonville LA

There were two shipyards in Madisonville LA before Equitable started the yard that is there today - Jahncke Shipbuilding and Gulf Shipbuilding. Jahncke SB was started in 1900 and closed in about 1970, while Gulf SB was started at about the same time, was acquired by Waterman Steamship Lines in 1941 and closed after the war. The two yards were located side-by-side on the site of the 19th-century Baham Shipyard, roughly where Madisonville's Maritime Museum is today.

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	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	LOA	Delivered	Notes
Built by Jahncke Shipbuilding
	236896	Tiger	Jahncke Service	tugboat	19	47	1913
	173805	Pontchartrain	Jahncke Service	dredge	443	118	1914
	213027	Margaret	Octave Bernard	tugboat	26	57	1915	later Wolverine
	217320	Bayou Teche	USSB/210	freighter	2,551		1918	scrapped 1925
	217388	Bahlabac	USSB/211	freighter	2,551		1918	burned in Port of Spain 1926
	217850	Abbeville	USSB/212	freighter	2,551		1919	scrapped 1924
	218352	Pontchartrain	USSB/213	freighter	2,551		1919	scrapped 1926
		Tchefuncta	USSB/214	freighter	2,551		1919	completed as a barge
	236895	Atlas	Jahncke Service	tugboat	37	58	1924
	170682	Tchefuncta	Jahncke Service	dredge	535	136	1930
	173804	Pelican	Jahncke Service	dredge	181	100	1930
	237030	Bonne Fortune	A.B. Paterson	yacht	98	77	1937	to USN 1941 as YP-156, to Mobile 1946 as pilot boat, foundered 1964
Built by Gulf Shipbuilding
	200442	Anita D	George Sick	freighter	45	69	1903
	200775	Haskell	Southern Boiler	work boat	24	60	1904
	205461	Josie		freighter	160	85	1908	later Margaret
	210300	John Cassidy	N.O. Livestock	freighter	81	91	1912
	214720	Wendy	Andrew Moore	yacht	23	55	1913
	214729	Quicksilver	Jules Godchaux	yacht	20	51	1916
	217286	Gulco	Cuyamel Fruit	tugboat	16	39	1918
	216468	O. A. Hermanson	Southern Oil	tugboat	333	126	1922	later Creole
	222395	Jetta		yacht	48	65	1922	later H.A.T.
	232574	Cocheco	C.A.Sporl & Co.	yacht	48	65	1922
	238145	Neptune	Leon Edwards	yacht	26	44	1922
1	AM-126	Token	US Navy	minesweeper	890d	221	31 Dec 1942	scrapped 1967
2	AM-127	Tumult	US Navy	minesweeper	890d	221	27 Feb 1943	scrapped 1967
3	AM-128	Velocity	US Navy	minesweeper	890d	221	4 Mar 1943	to Mexico 1972 as Ignacio L. Vallarta (C-82)
4	AM-129	Vital	US Navy	minesweeper	890d	221	May 1943	to Britain 1943 as HMS Strenuous (J-338), sold 1948 as Evening Star, Pride of the West, scrapped 1956
5	AM-130	Usage	US Navy	minesweeper	890d	221	June 1943	to Britain 1943 as HMS Tourmaline (J-339), to Turkey 1947 as Cardak (M-507), struck 1974
6	AM-131	Zeal	US Navy	minesweeper	890d	221	9 Jul 1943	sunk as target 1967
7	BAM-30	HMS Sepoy	US Navy	minesweeper	890d	221	8 Sep 1943	retained as USS Dextrous (AM-341), to Korea 1967 as Koje (PCE-713), struck 1984
8	BAM-31	HMS Steadfast (J-375)	US Navy	minesweeper	890d	221	17 Jan 1943	to Britain 1943, returned 1946, to Turkey 1947 as Eregli, struck 1973
9	BAM-32	HMS Tattoo (J-374)	US Navy	minesweeper	890d	221	27 Jan 1943	to Britain 1943, returned 1946, to Turkey 1947 as Carsamba, struck 1985
10	AM-267	Notable	US Navy	minesweeper	890d	221	23 Dec 1943	to China 1946
11	AM-268	Nucleus	US Navy	minesweeper	890d	221	19 Jan 1944	to USSR 1945 as T-276
12	AM-269	Opponent	US Navy	minesweeper	890d	221	18 Feb 1944	scrapped 1961
14	AM-270	Palisade	US Navy	minesweeper	890d	221	9 Mar 1944	to USSR 1945 as T-279, mined and lost off Korea 1945
15	AM-271	Penetrate	US Navy	minesweeper	890d	221	31 Mar 1944	to USSR 1945 as T-280
16	AM-272	Peril	US Navy	minesweeper	890d	221	22 May 1944	to USSR 1945 as T-281, scrapped 1956
17	AM-273	Phantom	US Navy	minesweeper	890d	221	17 May 1944	to China 1948 as Yung Ming, to Taiwan 1949, scrapped
18	AM-274	Pinnacle	US Navy	minesweeper	890d	221	24 May 1944	to China 1948 as Yung Hsiu, to Taiwan 1949, struck
19	AM-275	Pirate	US Navy	minesweeper	890d	221	16 Jun 1944	mined and lost off Korea 1950
20	AM-276	Pivot	US Navy	minesweeper	890d	221	12 Jul 1944	to China 1948 as Yung Shou, to Taiwan 1949, struck
21	AM-277	Pledge	US Navy	minesweeper	890d	221	29 Jul 1944	mined and lost off Korea 1950
22	AM-278	Project	US Navy	minesweeper	890d	221	22 Aug 1944	to the Philippines 1948 as Samar (M-33), struck
23	AM-279	Prime	US Navy	minesweeper	890d	221	12 Sep 1944	to China 1948 as Yung Feng, to Taiwan 1949, struck
24	AM-280	Prowess	US Navy	minesweeper	890d	221	27 Sep 1944	to Vietnam 1970 as Ha Hoi (HQ-13)
25	AM-281	Quest	US Navy	minesweeper	890d	221	25 Oct 1944	to the Philippines 1948 as Pagasa (APO 21), struck
26	AM-282	Rampart	US Navy	minesweeper	890d	221	18 Nov 1944	to USSR 1945
27	AM-379	Roselle	US Navy	minesweeper	890d	221	6 Feb 1945	to Mexico 1972 as Melchior Ocampo, Manuel Gitierrez Zamora (C-78)
28	AM-380	Ruddy	US Navy	minesweeper	890d	221	28 Apr 1945	to Peru 1960 as Galvez (MSF-68), struck 1981
29	AM-381	Scoter	US Navy	minesweeper	890d	221	13 Mar 1945	to Mexico 1972 as Manuel Gutierrez Zamora, Melchior Ocampo (C-84)
30	AM-382	Shoveler	US Navy	minesweeper	890d	221	22 May 1945	to Peru 1960 as Diez Canseco (MSF-69), struck 1981
	YS-69		US Navy	lighter			1945
	YS-70		US Navy	lighter			1945
	YS-71		US Navy	lighter			1945
	YS-72		US Navy	lighter			1945	later YF-182
	YS-73		US Navy	lighter			1945	later YF-183
	YS-74		US Navy	lighter			1945
	YS-75		US Navy	lighter			1945	later YF-184
	YS-76		US Navy	lighter			1945
	YS-77		US Navy	lighter			1945	to US Army 1920
	YS-78		US Navy	lighter			1945
	249222	Floyd Hamilton	State of LA	tugboat	21	42	1946