Johnson Iron Works

Johnson Iron Works, New Orleans LA

Johnson Iron Works was a major industrial company in New Orleans, in particular a producer of cannons, run by Lewis Johnson. The shipbuilding division was started in 1898 by Lewis Johnson's son Warren, straight out of college. The shipyard was part of the former McLellan Dry Dock Company, on Patterson Drive in Algiers, the yard that in 1935 became Todd-Johnson Dry Docks, Todd New Orleans and finally Avondale Ship Repair. When the U.S. entered WWI, they built a No. 2 yard for the construction of tugs for the EFC, which was operated until 1926. This second yard was on Bayou St. John, on the east side of City Park: I cannot find an address, but it had rail service, so it was probably close to the railroad bridge on the south side of I-610. Note that very few of the hull numbers shown below have been confirmed: most represent our "best guess". Comments or queries, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 7 March 2021.

Hull#	O.N.	Original Name	Original Owner	Vessel Type	GT	Feet	Built	Disposition
Built in the Algiers yard
1-5	Mexico		Mexican Navy	Sternwheeler		34	1899	5 boats
6-25	Mexico		Mexican Navy	Lighter		34	1899	20 boats
26-29	Mexico		Mexican Navy	Sternwheeler		34	1900	4 boats (in sections)
30-45	Mexico		Mexican Navy	Lighter		34	1900	16 boats (in sections)
46	Federal		U.S. Government	Hyacinth Barge			Nov-00
47	Mexico		Mexican Navy	Steel Towboat		65	Dec-00
48	136966	El Vivo	Lou. & Tex. RR & SS Co.	Passenger	199	102	1902	Rammed and sunk March 25, 1945 by SS Edwin Christenson
49	136987	El Listo	Lou. & Tex. RR & SS Co.	Passenger	200	102	1902
?				Tank Barge		130	1902
?				Tank Barge		130	1902
?				Tank Barge		130	1902
50				Wooden Barge		75	1902
51				Wooden Barge		75	1902
52				Wooden Barge		75	1902
53	Mexico	Victoria		Tug		65	1902
54	150969	Phyllis	Lower Terrebonne Ref.	Towboat	30	60	1902
55	Mexico		Mexican Govt.	Lighter		40	1902
56	Mexico		Mexican Govt.	Lighter		40	1902
57		Proteus	12 yachtsmen	Sailboat		35	1903
58	200590	Polo	M. P. Doullot	Towboat	41	63	1903
59			Warren Johnson	Yacht		28	1904
60		Juanita	Pochaska & Cottman	Yacht		32	1904
61	201617	Picayune	M. P. Doullot	Passenger	19	56	1904	Later Josephine Tully
62	Central America	J. B. Camors	Camors-McConnell Co.	Towboat			Dec-04
63	Federal	Picket	Corps of Engineers	Survey Boat	32	52	1905
64
65	Mexico		San Juan Sugar Co.	Sternwheeler			1905
66	Mexico		San Juan Sugar Co.	Barge		100	1905
67	Federal		San Juan Sugar Co.	Barge		100	1905
68	Federal	Chere Amie	Corps of Engineers	Towboat		96	1906
69	Federal		Corps of Engineers	Barge			1906
70	Federal		Corps of Engineers	Barge			1906
71	Federal		Corps of Engineers	Barge			1906
72	Federal		Corps of Engineers	Barge			1906
73	Mexico		Tampico Navigation Co.	Towboat			1907	Assembled in Tampico
74	205887	Sydney C.		Tug	46	69	1907	To Corps of Engineers 1920
75	Federal	Upatoi	Corps of Engineers	Derrick Boat		87	1909
76	207697	Hustler	Capt. G. J. Labarre	Towboat	42	60	1910	Later Wm. Norman, Elizabeth R
77		Capt. V. Maurin	Atch. & Laf. Levee Board	Barge		107	Sep-10
78	Federal	Lafourche	Corps of Engineers	Towboat	300d	136	1911
79	208491	Saccharine	Lou. & Tex. RR & SS Co.	Towboat	98	124	1911
80	Mexico	Mariano Escobedo	Valenzuela & Sons	Towboat		86	1911
81	168249	Louisiana Girl	Gulf Refining	Tank Barge	178	100	1912	Abandoned 1940
82	Federal	No. 31	Corps of Engineers	Steel Barge	98d	124	1912
83	Federal	No. 32	Corps of Engineers	Steel Barge	98d	124	1912
84			Henry Peters	Derrick Barge		100	1913
85	Federal	B-2	Corps of Engineers	Steel Scow	442	110	1914
86	Federal	B-3	Corps of Engineers	Steel Scow	442	110	1915
87	Federal	Hull C	Corps of Engineers	Steel Scow	200	110	1915
88	Federal	Hull D	Corps of Engineers	Steel Scow	200	110	1915
89	217415	Marian	Williams Cypress Co.	Towboat	19	55	1915	Abandoned 1945
90	Federal	No. 1211	Corps of Engineers	Steel Dredge		121	1916
91	Federal	B-6	Corps of Engineers	Steel Scow	442	110	1917
92	215238	Juniata	Gulf Refining	Tank Barge	1,432	241	1917	Ex-350-ft rail barge B.L. Winchell (ON 76694) converted to two 240-ft deck barges
Built in the Bayou St. John yard
134	219137	Degolia (1303)	U.S. Shipping Board	Tug	183	100	1919	Later William P. Feeley
135	219162	Degrey (1300)	U.S. Shipping Board	Tug	183	100	1919	Later Major Frazer, M. & J. Tracy, Patrice McAllister, wrecked off Atlantic City NJ 1976
136	219554	Delamar (1298)	U.S. Shipping Board	Tug	183	100	1919	To Corps of Engineers 1920, later LT 797
137	219598	Delanco (1301)	U.S. Shipping Board	Tug	183	100	1920	Active
138	219604	Deland (1299)	U.S. Shipping Board	Tug	183	100	1919	To USAT, now Pursuit (ON 270988)
139	219603	Delaplaine (1302)	U.S. Shipping Board	Tug	183	100	1920	Later Pepe Morales, Delaplaine 1931, Cedros 1965, scrapped 1973
140	167755	Mex 32	Venezuela Gulf Oil Co.	Tank Barge	81	79	Nov-19	To Mexico 1927
141	167756	Mex 33	Venezuela Gulf Oil Co.	Tank Barge	81	79	Nov-19	To Mexico 1927
142			Anglo-Mexican Pet. Co.	Tank Barge		118	1920
143			Anglo-Mexican Pet. Co.	Tank Barge		118	1920
144	220695	Cortez X	Cortez Oil Corp.		133	92	Sep-20
145	168291	N.E.O. No. 5	New England Oil .	Tank Barge	579	200	Nov-21	Later L.T.C. No. 5, abandoned 1943
146	168292	N.E.O. No. 6	New England Oil .	Tank Barge	579	200	Nov-21	Later L.T.C. No. 6, scrapped 1949
147	168621	Barge No. 8	Crew Levick Co.	Tank Barge	580	201	1921
148	168666	Barge No. 9	Crew Levick Co.	Tank Barge	209	118	1921	Lost 1925
149	169189	Barge No. 10	Crew Levick Co.	Tank Barge	204	118	1922
150			Johnson IW	Tank Barge		118	1921	Built for stock
151			New England Fuel Oil .	Tank Barge		200	1921
152			New England Fuel Oil .	Tank Barge		200	1921
153			New England Refining	Tank Barge		200	1921
154	175018	Q	Standard Oil Co. of LA	Tank Barge	625	200	1921
155	222571	Mex 42	Anglo-Mexican Pet. Co.	Launch	8	40	1921
156	221628	Mex 43	Anglo-Mexican Pet. Co.	Power Boat	40	54	Sep-21
157	221681	Victoria	Johnson IW	Passenger	59	76	Oct-21
158	Mexico		Gulf Refining Co.	Tank Barge			1921
159	Mexico		Gulf Refining Co.	Tank Barge			1921
160	Mexico		Gulf Refining Co.	Tank Barge			1921
161	169010	V.G.O. No. 1	Venezuela Gulf Oil Co.	Tank Barge	105	101	1921
162	169011	V.G.O. No. 2	Venezuela Gulf Oil Co.	Tank Barge	105	101	1921
163	Federal	No. 31	Corps of Engineers	Tank Barge		87	1922
164	Federal	No. 32	Corps of Engineers	Tank Barge		87	1922
165	Federal	No. 33	Corps of Engineers	Tank Barge		87	1922
166	Federal	No. 34	Corps of Engineers	Tank Barge		87	1922
167	Federal	No. 35	Corps of Engineers	Tank Barge		87	1922
168	Federal	No. 36	Corps of Engineers	Tank Barge		87	1922
169	171231	No. 7	Southern Paper Mills	Tank Barge	346	144	1922
170			Jno. Hunt Co.	Tank Barge		48	1922
171			Jno. Hunt Co.	Tank Barge		48	1922
172	Federal	No. 6	Corps of Engineers	Quarter Boat		60	1922
173	Federal		Corps of Engineers	Quarter Boat		60	1922
174	223567	Deluge	Port of New Orleans	Fireboat	370	126	1923	Retired 1992, abandoned
175	Federal	Upatoi	Corps of Engineers	Dredge		100	1924	Rebuild of Hull 75
176			Consolidated Fuel	Collier		110	1924
177	Federal	No. 82	Corps of Engineers	Tank Barge		100	1924
178			Johnson IW			42	1927

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