St. Charles Steel Works ~ Shipbuilding History

St. Charles Steel Works

Thibodaux LA

Most recent update: April 4, 2009.

Noah Bourgeois of Thibodeaux established the St. Charles Steel Works in 1955. In 1967 it was renamed St. Charles Fabricators and started a new series of hull numbers but in 1973 it reverted to the original name and the original series of hull numbers. It closed in 2003. The yard was on Bayou Lafourche, at 1666 Highway 1, a site which is now vacant.

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	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	Built	Notes
Built by St. Charles Steel Works
	279371	Sea Ventures		passenger	41	1959
	279760	Wanda - Mike		towing vessel	35	1959	later Charlsea
	284993	Miss Cathy		towing vessel	55	1961	later Miss Kate
	288813	Jessica Badeaux	Jessica Marine Transportation	towing vessel	56	1962
	289093	Lady December	North Florida Shipyards	towing vessel	88	1962
	290084	Tuscarora		towboat	95	1962	later Capt. Hardhead
	290983	Rochelle Kaye	Morrish-Wallace Const.	towing vessel	52	1963
	291991	Jason A. Kadinger	Kadinger Marine Service	towing vessel	60	1963	later Kristin J
	294666	Cleo J. Toups		tugboat	109	1964	later Island Storm
	295321	Mary Dot		trawler	73	1964
	295788	The Tradeway	Margarita Longorio	trawler	79	1964	later Captain Cheito
	296823	seismic I	Vacco Wireline Service	unclassified	55	1964
	296856	Galaxie		trawler	107	1964	later Maria Del Carmen
	297298	Jean Lafitte	Delta Marine Towing	towboat	107	1964
	297627	Mr. Jacy		towing vessel	91	1965	later Iron Eagle
	298089	Gravy Train		trawler	106	1965	later Island Dancer
	299649	Moby Jim		towing vessel	79	1965	later Capt Johnny
61	500700	Miss Voncille	Miss Voncille	trawler	103	1965
62		Shooting Star	Olympic Offshore	research	129	1965
	501890	Challenger		trawler	147	1965	later Challenger C
	502623	Capt. John Chappelle	Michael Moody	tugboat	100	1966	later Ocean Endeavor, Ruth Lucille
	503023	Miss B		towing vessel	78	1966	later Sarah Grace
	505291	New Orleans		trawler	126	1966	later Sunshine
66	505300	Mary Ann		trawler	196	1966	later Marado
Built by St. Charles Steel Fabricators
1	505630	Miss Lou	Percy LeCompte	passenger	15	1966
	506197	Flapper		towing vessel	124	1966	later MV Mr Cliff, M/V Miss Staci
	506725	Champion	Leevac Transportation	tugboat	136	1966
	509974	Capt Charles	Tommy Nguyen	trawler	96	1967	later St Helen
	511712	Captain Coon	Suppatra Kit	trawler	157	1967	later Denver
	512854	Sylvan Cheramie		trawler	138	1968	later Muros
	513894	Sea Harvester	Sea Harvester	trawler	144	1968
	515198	Betty M		passenger	17	1968	NLD
	519922	Black Beard	Deep South Towing	towboat	191	1969	later Capt. Daniel Clement
	525901	Jolly Roger	Delta Marine Towing	towboat	109	1970
	527523	Miss Cynthia	American tugboats	tugboat	78	1970	later Brooke C
	528154	Captain Raleigh	Captain Raleigh Fisheries	trawler	112	1970
	533411	Lady of Good Voyage		trawler	124	1971	later Kawaiola
	535673	Jesus Saves		trawler	78	1971	later Miss Tanya, Maria J
	538903	Saratoga I	Sea Quest	trawler	146	1972	NLD
	541450	Carla R	Boschke CA	trawler	136	1972
24	544477	Lorine		trawler	91	1972	later Li'l Bill
25	547935	Ramblin' Man	Ramblin Man Inc	trawler	151	1973	later Capt. Emery, Lady Bren
Built by St. Charles Steel Works
71	550564	Nore Dick		trawler	138	1973	later Jennifer Lynne
	553235	Christie R	Christie R	trawler	119	1973	later Victory at Sea
73	561931	Toledo		trawler	119	1974	later Capt. Arturo
	562394	Dominique You	Inland Marine Towing	towboat	278	1975	later Jamie Leigh
75	566350	Leon	Leon Trawlers	trawler	119	1975
	577968	Gerda Riva	C & S Fisheries	trawler	141	1976	later Jillian, Barbara Lee
	582980	Joaquin Antonio	Jala	trawler	127	1977
	594824	Nap I		trawler	140	1978	later Lady Kim
81	598431	Seaman Blues		trawler	191	1978	later Austin David, Pa Paw's Boys
	603018	Granada		trawler	135	1979	later Luis Alfredo
	614452	Nap II	St Charles Steelworks	trawler	147	1979
83	623210	Barbara Lee		trawler	188	1980	later Ocean Alaska
	628973	Nap III	St Charles Steelworks	trawler	147	1980
80	633125	El Pinto Grande	Tidewater Marine	tugboat	121	1981
	641525	Black Beard	Triple Screw Marine Towing	towboat	182	1981
87	643710	Jennifer C		tugboat	197	1981	later Vane Brothers
88	653349	Jennifer L		tugboat	96	1982	later Bering Dawn
89	912284	Miss Julie Phu		trawler	61	1983	later Miss Holly, Incentive
90	669933	Nobska	Stommel Fisheries	trawler	136	1984	later Helen Marie, Tripolina, Hercules
91	932694	Nobska	New England Trawlers	trawler	182	1988
92	963865	Morue	MAS Fisheries	trawler	200	1990
93	1035022	Alex Michelle	G. & R. tugboats	tugboat	92	1995	later Delta Ranger
94	1043791	Morgan Ray		trawler	137	1997	later Miss Madeline
95	1051709	Carol D	DRD Towing	towing vessel	75	1997	later Lisa Michelle, Assault
96	1062980	Seth Harrison	DRD Towing	towing vessel	99	1998	later St Elmo
99	1099801	Mr. Griffin	Larry Griffin Towing	towing vessel	97	2000	later Danielle D, Linwood Endeavor
100	1112132	Odile D	JBD Marine Towing	towing vessel	96	2001	later St. Peregrine
101	1123523	Atlanta	C. & S. Fisheries	trawler	61	2002	sank off Massachusetts 2003
102	1150628	Stacey B	DRD Towing	towing vessel	93	2003	later Lady of Fatima