Humboldt Boat Service

Humboldt Boat Service, St. Louis MO

Humboldt Boat Service was started by by George and Jerry Holtgrewe in 1953. It stopped building boats in the downturn of the 1980s but is still operated as a repair facility. It was sold to Kenny Tubbs in 1993 and to Budrovich Marine in 2013. The yard is at 300 Humboldt Avenue: see it from the air on Google here. The table below is obviously incomplete: if anyone can add to it, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 22 March 2020.

Hull#	O.N.	Original Name	Original Owner	Ship Type	GT	Delivery	Disposition
	269139	Thunderbird	Williams Marine Enterprise	Towboat	17	1955	Active
146	573968	Mighty Mite	Central Soya	Towboat	10	1955	Now Sir Douglas
	271313	Clyde	Logsdon River Construction	Towboat	66	1955	Active
	271756	Lillian	West Lake Quarry & Material	Ferry	18	1956	Now Deborah A
	274057	Barbara Don	State of Tennessee	Ferry	21	1957	Now The Houston/Benton County Ferry
	513644	Mike	Luhr Bros.	Towboat	11	1958	Active
	276940	Leopard	Kenova Coal Terminal	Towboat	39	1958	Now Spirit
	277527	Colee I	Dairyland Power Coop	Towboat	35	1958	Active
181	277891	Tom Cook	Pfaff & Smith Builders Supply	Towboat	23	1958	Active
	278870	Mobile Island	Beaver Island Fleeting	Towboat	34	1959	Now Eager Beaver
192	280003	Ory B	Ory Bros. Marine	Towboat	39	1959	Later Phyllis E, Kathy Jo, Addie T, now Sir Kris-tyn
	280603	Elgercliff	Reserve Transportation	Towboat	64	1960	Active
	282494	Little Hutch	Hutchinson Barge Line	Towboat	11	1960	Retired 2005
	283457	Stephen H	Larry Geisler	Towboat	28	1959	Later Budd J, Bill Judd, Shawna Marie, now Alana Paige
	283479	Cipsco	CIPSCO	Towboat	36	1960	Now Pin Tail
	284399	Ruth E	United Electric Coal	Towboat	39	1960	Active
	285608	Kemco Chief II	Foote Mineral	Towboat	24	1961	Now Sir Earl
	286240	Helen R	Ohio River Dredging	Towboat	42	1961	Active
	286797	Lad	Lad Towing	Towboat	55	1961	Later Arch, Jordan R. Sensibar, Sunflower, now Taylor B
206	286955	Ory J	Ory Bros. Marine	Towboat	17	1961	Later Mt. Vernon Switcher, now Kaskaskia Switcher
	287257	Mobile Island	Economy Boat Store	Towboat	35	1961	Now Bunker Beaver
	287816	Maud	Sunflower Enterprises	Towboat	25	1962	Active
	290832	Willco	Commonwealth Edison	Towboat	44	1963	Later Melissa E, now Brandon C
215	297054	Gopher	Allied Structural Steel	Towboat	37	1962	Later Shirley M. Settoon, now Christie M. Settoon
	297150	Ory B	Ory Bros. Marine	Towboat	39	1959	Later Mary Sue, now Sir Kris-tyn
218	291298	The Owl	Gary Dredging	Towboat	37	1963	Now Margaret D
	291670	Lawrence B	Bernhardt Bros. Marine	Towboat	74	1963	Later Namour, E. E. Crawford, Lisa Michelle, Miss Hannah, retired 2009
	293330	Robert B	Amax Coal	Towboat	26	1963	Now Hailie-T
222	298369	Little Mike	Great Lakes Dredge	Towboat	16	1963	Active
223	294295	Ory F	Ory Bros. Marine	Towboat	38	1964	Later Miss Lori, now M V Rally
224	295777	Miss Jan	B.N.B. Towing	Towboat	61	1964	Active
	299338	Sir James	Canton Marine Towing	Towboat	45	1965	Active
227	299017	Ashton	Allied Chemical	Towboat	48	1965	Later Albert B, now Judy Ann
228	501258	Ory J	Ory Bros. Marine	Towboat	58	1965	Later Pammy K, now Midwest II
	504742	Miss June	Tower Rock Ferry	Towboat	28	1966	Later Donna Lynn, now Charlie D
230	510471	Elba-E	Glasgow Sand & Construction	Towboat	75	1966	Now Johanna
231	504958	Cassville Ferry	Village of Cassville	Ferry	56	1966	Active
	509679	Elco	Logsdon Tug Service	Towboat	105	1967	Active
234	510815	Charger	Gate-Way Towing	Towboat	38	1967	Now Sir Richard
	513525	Slave II	Smith Towing	Towboat	24	1968	Now Norman-Roger
	516860	Jeffrey Lynn	Mount Vernon Barge Service	Towboat	45	1968	Active
	522756	J. L. McNealey	Daytona Power & Light	Towboat	75	1968	Now Tom Bussler
241	523148	Slave IV	Humboldt Boat Service	Towboat	41	1969	Now Mr. Mike
	524047	Lot Summers	Shappert Engineering	Towboat	48	1969	Later Tom Reynolds, now Ellen Marie
244	526400	Ronald Schwebke	Shappert Engineering	Towboat	48	1970	Now Fred A. Settoon
	528909	Mulroy	St. Louis Ship	Towboat	48	1970	Later J. C. Gee, now Emma Kate
	532016	June-K	Keller's Harbor Service	Towboat	48	1971	Now Patrick Kapper
	535552	Sir Randall	Canton Marine Towing	Towboat	63	1971	Active
	538357	Miss Gib	Gibraltar Coal	Towboat	25	1972	Now Tanner J
	541643	Richard Neale	Neale Towing	Towboat	66	1972	Active
	549310	Sprig	Logsdon Tug Service	Towboat	111	1973	Active
	553429	Little Wildcat	Central Soya	Towboat	27	1973	Now Midwest I
	556505	Cindy Lou	Tionesta Sand & Gravel	Towboat	15	1974	Now Suzie
	560268	Ory M	Ory Bros. Marine	Towboat	40	1974	Later Rooster, now Gracie M
	560984	Carl B	Deneen River Co.	Towboat	13	1974	Now Miss T
	566886	Rebecca Ann	Bussen Towing	Towboat	30	1975	Later Desa Rae, now Nysha Rae
256	579531	Darrell Thompson	Dayton Power & Light	Towboat	80	1976	Now KTB-1
	617160	Charger II	Gate-Way Towing	Towboat	39	1980	Now Earl T II
261	637050	Helen Virginia	Missouri Towing & Barge	Towboat	39	1981	Active
	678691	Gate-Way	Gate-Way Towing	Towboat	46	1984	Now Razorback

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