Doullut & Williams, New Orleans LA
Milton P. Doullut was a steamboat captain, originally from Bordeaux. Famous in New Orleans for developing the 9th Ward's unique "steamboat houses" and the Doullut Market, he teamed up in 1907 with W. H. Williams, an engineer retired from the Army Corps of Engineers, to form a construction company called Doullut & Williams, which they expanded into shipbuilding for the duration of WWI. After the war, Doullut's son Paul and James P. Ewin took over management of the company, which became Doullut & Ewin. The shipyard was at the Lake Pontchartrain end of the Industrial Canal. I am pretty sure that this yard also built tugs and other commercial vessels but I can find no record of them. If anyone can add to the table below, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.
Most recent update: 2021-08-24.
| Hull# | USSB # | O.N. | Name | Owner | Type | GT | Delivery | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Built by Doullut & Williams | ||||||||
| 1 | 1907 | 220621 | New Orleans | U.S. Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 6,631 | Nov-20 | Converted to diesel 1929, later Exbrook 1940, New Orleans 1941, scrapped 1946 |
| 2 | 1908 | 220620 | Potter | U.S. Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 6,171 | Dec-20 | Converted to diesel 1929, sunk as a breakwater at Normandy 1944 |
| 3 | 1909 | 220961 | Wichita | U.S. Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 6,171 | Jan-21 | Converted to diesel 1929, torpedoed and lost 1942 |
| 4 | 1910 | 220962 | City of Elwood | U.S. Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 6,171 | Mar-21 | Converted to diesel 1929, later Fortune (AVS 1) 1944, scrapped 1946 |
| 5 | 1911 | 221112 | Jeff Davis | U.S. Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 6,171 | Apr-21 | Converted to diesel 1929, scrapped 1947 |
| 6 | 1912 | 221110 | Galveston | U.S. Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 6,171 | Apr-21 | Converted to diesel 1929, sunk as a breakwater at Normandy 1944 |
| 7 | 1913 | 221111 | Ward | U.S. Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 6,171 | May-21 | Converted to diesel 1929, later Exton 1940, Ward 1942, Supply (AVS 2) 1944, Ward 1946, scrapped 1948 |
| 8 | 1914 | 221113 | Oldham | U.S. Shipping Board | Cargo Ship | 6,171 | Jun-21 | Converted to diesel 1929, scrapped 1946 |
| 169395 | Humble Oil No. 1 | Humble Oil | 125' Tank Barge | 253 | 1921 | |||
| 125' Tank Barge | 253 | 1921 | ||||||
| 125' Tank Barge | 253 | 1921 | ||||||
| 168601 | No. 415 | 175' Tank Barge | 595 | 1921 | ||||
| 175' Tank Barge | 595 | 1921 | ||||||
| 175' Tank Barge | 595 | 1921 | ||||||
| 175' Tank Barge | 595 | 1921 | ||||||
| 175' Tank Barge | 595 | 1921 | ||||||
| 175' Tank Barge | 595 | 1921 | ||||||
| Built by Doullut & Ewin | ||||||||
| AFD 24 | U.S. Navy | Dry-Dock | 800 | 1944 | Later AFDL 24, to the Philippines 1948 as YD 200, active | |||
| AFD 25 | U.S. Navy | Dry-Dock | 800 | 1944 | Later AFDL 25, sold 1997 | |||
| AFD 26 | U.S. Navy | Dry-Dock | 800 | 1944 | Later AFDL 26, to Paraguay 1977 as DF 1, active | |||
| AFD 27 | U.S. Navy | Dry-Dock | 800 | 1944 | Later AFDL 27 | |||
| AFD 28 | U.S. Navy | Dry-Dock | 800 | 1944 | Later AFDL 28, to Mexico 1978 | |||
| AFD 29 | U.S. Navy | Dry-Dock | 800 | 1944 | Later AFDL 29, scrapped 1983 | |||