Pendleton Shipyard
New Orleans LA
Most recent update: August 30, 2021.
Pendleton Shipyard Company was formed by Pendleton E. Leyde in 1941: it closed in 1947 and was sold to Calmes Engineering, which had been organized by John Wise Calmes. The yard was at the Florida Avenue Wharf in New Orleans - see the site from the air on Google here - and was unusual in that its primary activity was handling inspection and delivery to the Navy of the many small vessels built by inland shipyards and shipped down the Mississippi. The yard closed following the death of Calmes in April 1958.
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| O/N | Name | Customer | Type | MC # | GT | LOA | Delivered | Notes | |
| Built by Pendleton Shipyard | |||||||||
| 101 | 243244 | Matagorda | MARCOM | tugboat (V4) | 607 | 1,117 | 185 | May 1943 | sank 1946 |
| 102 | 243293 | Aransas Pass | MARCOM | tugboat (V4) | 608 | 1,117 | 185 | June 1943 | scrapped 1973 |
| 103 | 243664 | Sombrero Key | MARCOM | tugboat (V4) | 609 | 1,117 | 185 | June 1943 | to Argentina 1965 as Thompson, scrapped |
| 104 | 243745 | Dry Tortugas | MARCOM | tugboat (V4) | 610 | 1,117 | 185 | July 1943 | to Argentina 1965 as Goyena, scrapped |
| 105 | 243920 | Southwest Pass | MARCOM | tugboat (V4) | 611 | 1,117 | 185 | Aug 1943 | scrapped 1973 |
| 106 | 244012 | Montauk Point | MARCOM | tugboat (V4) | 612 | 1,117 | 185 | Sep 1943 | to Mexico 1969 as R 2, Quetzalcoatl (A-12) |
| 107 | 244128 | Bayou St. John | MARCOM | tugboat (V4) | 1281 | 1,117 | 185 | Nov 1943 | scrapped 1977 |
| 108 | Mobile Point | MARCOM | tugboat (V4) | 1282 | 1,117 | 185 | Dec 1943 | sank 1944 | |
| 109 | 244485 | Race Point | MARCOM | tugboat (V4) | 1283 | 1,117 | 185 | Feb 1944 | scrapped 1972 |
| 110 | 245395 | Samuel F. Dewing | MARCOM | freighter (N3) | 1630 | 1,885 | 250 | Apr 1944 | sold 1948, scrapped 1963 |
| 111 | 245634 | Samuel A. Fabens | MARCOM | freighter (N3) | 1631 | 1,885 | 250 | May 1944 | sold 1948, wrecked 1960, salvaged, wrecked 1966 |
| 112 | 245629 | Alfred M. Lunt | MARCOM | freighter (N3) | 1632 | 1,885 | 250 | July 1944 | sold 1946, wrecked 1968 |
| 113 | 245849 | Benjamin M. Melcher | MARCOM | freighter (N3) | 1633 | 1,885 | 250 | Aug 1944 | sold 1946, scrapped |
| Built by Calmes Engineering | |||||||||
| 529180 | Walnut | USACE | towboat | 26 | 50 | 1947 | sold 1992 as Walnut, Sara C, M/V Sara C | ||
| Chestnut | USACE | towboat | 26 | 50 | 1948 | sold 1996 | |||
| Florida Power Corp | tank barge | 642 | 175 | 1949 | |||||
| 257176 | Gator | Florida Power Corp | tank barge | 642 | 175 | 1949 | |||
| 263048 | CMT 18 | Canton Marine Towing | tank barge | 276 | 139 | 1951 | |||
| BC-64** to 64** | US Army | open lighter | 170 | 110 | 1952 | 10 deck barges | |||
| of which | BC-6470 | US Army | open lighter | 170 | 110 | 1952 | to USN as YC-1568, sold 2004 | ||
| 1063624 | Redstone | USACE | towboat | 62 | 64 | 1952 | sold 1997 as Redstone, then Hunter Eagle, Retriever, Chris D | ||
| 263887 | barge No. 29 | Hannah Marine Corp | freight barge | 1,387 | 254 | 1952 | |||
| 907610 | Robert G. West | USACE | towboat | 203 | 84 | 1953 | sold 1986 as Robert G. West, Hanging Dog | ||
| 267173 | MR-403 | Trinity Baton Rouge | freight barge | 786 | 200 | 1954 | |||
| 267424 | Sinclair Memphis | Sinclair Refining | towboat | 175 | 85 | 1954 | later Fat Lady Pie, Kalliope | ||
| 267874 | Shawnee | Capt. Paul J. Griffin | towboat | 34 | 47 | 1954 | now Barbara Sue | ||
| 269330 | Bunker Delaware | Bunker Group Virginia | tank barge | 1,307 | 227 | 1955 | |||
| 270213 | Sallie Estelle | Randolph Construction | towboat | 50 | 47 | 1955 | later Nathan J, Judy Rae | ||
| 270342 | Intercity No 1 | TT Barge Services | freight barge | 1,258 | 270 | 1955 | |||
| USACE | 10 Barges | 1955-6 | |||||||
| 270754 | Electra | Electric Energy | towboat | 39 | 48 | 1956 | |||
| 275052 | Captain Archie | Mike Hooks | towboat | 37 | 49 | 1957 | |||