National Shipbuilding Corporation
Violet LA
(Previously Operated By Alabama & New Orleans Transportation)
Most recent update: March 3, 2021.
This facility was originally set up by Great Lakes Engineering Works (GLEW) at Violet LA to assemble a series of self propelled barges ordered by Alabama & New Orleans Transportation (ANOT). Assembly and completion of at least 9 barges of various sizes has been confirmed. At least 18 and possibly 22 barges were ordered between 1912 and 1914. The facility in Violet was owned by ANOT and appears to have been idle until 1917 when 4 oil tankers were ordered for the Mexican oil trade. The facility was acquired by National Shipbuilding Corporation in 1918 who continued building barges and other small vessels at this site until at least 1925 when the facility was permanently closed.
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| O/N | Name | Customer | Type | GT | LOA | Delivered | Notes | |
| Built by Alabama & New Orleans Transportation Company | ||||||||
| 1 | 211358 | A. & N.O.T. Co. Barge No. 1 | A. & N.O.T. Co. | coal barge | 416 | 200 | 1913 | |
| 2 | 211359 | A. & N.O.T. Co. Barge No. 2 | A. & N.O.T. Co. | coal barge | 476 | 220 | 1913 | |
| 3 | 211360 | A. & N.O.T. Co. Barge No. 3 | A. & N.O.T. Co. | coal barge | 416 | 200 | 1913 | |
| 4 | 211896 | A. & N.O.T. Co. Barge No. 4 | A. & N.O.T. Co. | coal barge | 416 | 200 | 1913 | |
| 5 | 211935 | A. & N.O.T. Co. Barge No. 5 | A. & N.O.T. Co. | coal barge | 555 | 240 | 1914 | |
| 6 | 212180 | A. & N.O.T. Co. Barge No. 6 | A. & N.O.T. Co. | coal barge | 516 | 220 | 1914 | |
| 16 | 212009 | New Orleans | A. & N.O.T. Co. | freighter | 711 | 240 | 1914 | |
| 17 | 212586 | Halifax | A. & N.O.T. Co. | freighter | 142 | 130 | 1914 | |
| 18 | 212834 | Pioneer | J. A. Bynum | freighter | 277 | 130 | 1914 | |
| 19-22 | ||||||||
| Built by National Shipbuilding Corporation | ||||||||
| 23 | 216397 | Mexoil | Pan-Am Pet. & Tpt. Co. | tanker | 1,371 | July 1918 | scrapped 1956 | |
| 24 | 217637 | Panoil | Pan-Am Pet. & Tpt. Co. | tanker | 1,371 | Dec 1918 | later Crudoil 1925, North Star 1943, Cervara 1947, scrapped 1954 | |
| 25 | 219302 | Fueloil | Pan-Am Pet. & Tpt. Co. | tanker | 1,371 | May 1919 | later Esso Costa Rica 1925, scuttled 1946 | |
| 26 | 220487 | Crudoil | Pan-Am Pet. & Tpt. Co. | tanker | 1,371 | July 1920 | later Panoil 1925, barge 1963, scrapped 1981 | |
| 27 | Inland Navigation Co. | coal barge | 1918 | |||||
| 28 | Inland Navigation Co. | coal barge | 1918 | |||||
| 29 | 219385 | barge No. 1 | Cuyamel Fruit Co. | freighter | 306 | 120 | 1919 | |
| 30 | 219460 | barge No. 2 | Cuyamel Fruit Co. | freighter | 311 | 120 | 1920 | |
| 31 | 219831 | barge No. 3 | Cuyamel Fruit Co. | freighter | 311 | 120 | 1920 | |
| 32 | 221048 | barge No. 4 | Cuyamel Fruit Co. | freighter | 328 | 120 | 1920 | |
| 33 | 167801 | MexPet 104 | Mex. Pet. Co. | tank barge | 639 | 200 | Feb 1920 | |
| 34 | 167884 | MexPet 105 | Mex. Pet. Co. | tank barge | 639 | 200 | May 1920 | |
| 35 | 222734 | San Juan II | towboat | 200 | 116 | 1923 | ||
| 36 | 169611 | Jefferson | Reynolds Dredging Co. | dredge | 360 | 137 | 1924 | later W. F. Dillingham |
| Built by Orleans Dredging Co. | ||||||||
| 37 | 170218 | Orleans | Orleans Dredging Co. | dredge | 982 | 170 | 1925 | |
| Built by New Orleans Shipbuilding Co. | ||||||||
| 38 | 173935 | barge No. 1 | Florida Power Corp. | barge | 228 | 100 | 1925 | |