Marine Builders

Marine Builders, Mobile AL

Marine Builders, Inc., was started by Norman Horton, whose brother Elmo was involved in both Master Marine and Horton Boats. It was later owned and managed by Norman's sons, Edward, Ray and Carlton Horton The yard was on Hall Mills Creek, near Cypress Shores, but the exact location is not clear. If anyone can add to the table below, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 8 August 2014.

Hull #	O.N.	Original Name	Original Owner	Type	GT	Built	Disposition
3	507474	Sister Francis		Fishing Vessel	124	1967	Now Juan Marcos
4	510246	Dengay	Old Seaman	Fishing Vessel	129	1967	Active (Mexico)
	511303	Bay King		Fishing Vessel	130	1967	Now Praia da Torreira
	512640	Great Pretender	Elwin/Phillips	Fishing Vessel	130	1968	NLD
	513232	Marie D	Gulf Clipper	Fishing Vessel	130	1968	Lost
	514627	Brothers in Law		Fishing Vessel	135	1968	Later Ms. Ridgely, Bay Star VII, now Ocean Cat
	515110	Ciapesc I	Brasea	Fishing Vessel	131	1968	NLD
	515153	Jean B	Dauphin I	Fishing Vessel	110	1968	Now Rosana II (Honduras)
	515719	Big Valley	Ray Horton	Fishing Vessel	169	1968	Lost 2002
12	516059	Wahnella Ann		Fishing Vessel	130	1968	Now Lucky Angel
	516505	Iron Horse		Fishing Vessel	131	1968	Now Sea Huntress
	517487	Debbie D		Fishing Vessel	131	1969	Now Ken & Al
	517957	Gulf Gypsy		Fishing Vessel	132	1968	Now Western Pacific
	518317	Fugitive	Dudley P	Fishing Vessel	132	1969	Scrapped
19	518864	Lady Ingeborg		Fishing Vessel	131	1969	Later Gulf Challenger, now Captain Richie Rich
	520470	Bold Venture	Vandecoevering DL	Fishing Vessel	135	1969	Active
	521305	Green Acres	Patterson Jrs	Fishing Vessel	135	1969	Active
	522643	Miss Leona	Miss Leona	Fishing Vessel	129	1969	Active
		Master Norwood		Fishing Vessel	155	1969	Now Cristina II
		Lady Grace		Fishing Vessel	135	1969	Now Shantelle & Nancy
	524293	High Chaparral	High Chaparral	Fishing Vessel	134	1970	Active
30	525814	John Edward	Pham BV	Fishing Vessel	134	1970	Now St. Anthony
	526278	Mr. Bud	Sparhawk	Fishing Vessel	130	1968	Active
	527109	Master Tom		Fishing Vessel	134	1970	Now Ms. Cecile
35	528844	Mr. Wayne		Fishing Vessel	139	1970	Now Queen Anitra
	529277	Foz do Mondago		Fishing Vessel	135	1970	Later Deepa, now Terminator 1
		Leo Seal	DFD	Fishing Vessel	126	1970	Active (Panama)
	530641	Douglas J		Fishing Vessel	134	1971	Now Lucky Prince (Honduras)
40	532144	Lady Michelle	C & E Trawlers	Fishing Vessel	136	1971	Active
	533063	S Sue		Fishing Vessel	135	1971	Now Two Sons
	534917	Chuck Lloyd		Fishing Vessel	120	1971	Now Larisa
	535793	St. Elmo		Fishing Vessel	67	1971	Now Janaya & Joseph
47	536238	Lady Sybil		Fishing Vessel	135	1971	Now Lady Cynthia (Honduras)
	544623	Super Horse		Fishing Vessel	136	1972	Now Anne Rowe
	541413	Midnight Lady		Fishing Vessel	134	1972
55	542120	Iron Maiden	Guidry J	Fishing Vessel	134	1972
		Iron Lady		Fishing Vessel	134	1972	Now Lucky Lady
		Lady Dorothy		Fishing Vessel	135	1972	Now Britta I
		Mr. Champ	Big Star Seafood	Fishing Vessel	135	1972	Active
		Lady Celia		Fishing Vessel	135	1972	Now Viet Duc XI
61	545581	Ella Lee		Fishing Vessel	134	1973	Later King Diamond III, now Lady Pauline
63	546777	Lisa Lee		Fishing Vessel	135	1973	Now Capt. A. T.
64	547729	White Dove		Fishing Vessel	85	1973	NLD
	550325	Brothers Pride		Fishing Vessel	136	1973	Now Leona Faith
	550917	Rita Faye		Fishing Vessel	94	1973	Now Capt. Pepes
		Gay Marie	Afro Arabe	Fishing Vessel	135	1973	Now Gunnar
	552076	Iron Man		Fishing Vessel	135	1973	NLD
70	552647	Iron Cloud	Iron Cloud	Fishing Vessel	135	1973	NLD
71	553143	Cathy Ree	Lee E	Fishing Vessel	135	1973	Active
72	553582	Helen E	Helen E	Fishing Vessel	135	1973	Active
	554530	Champ	Yeoman SL	Fishing Vessel	137	1974	Active
74	555127	Miss Lois	Miss Lois	Fishing Vessel	135	1974	Active
	555787	Miss Margaret		Fishing Vessel	136	1974	Now Almahrosa
	556423	Crazy Horse	Jackson LA	Fishing Vessel	135	1974	Active
77	557420	Lady Luck		Fishing Vessel	136	1974	Now Lady Trini
78	558594	Stephanie Kim	John Zar, Jr.	Fishing Vessel	141	1974	Now Miss Lana
	557950	Seesaw	Ty Sackshewsky	Fishing Vessel	27	1974	Active
	560434	Mi Boss Lady	Pham PLV	Fishing Vessel	136	1974	Now Peter John
	561112	Champ II		Fishing Vessel	141	1974	Now God's Mercy
	561989	Starbrite	Sedroc	Fishing Vessel	134	1974	Active
84	562545	Golden Nuggett	Golden Nuggett	Fishing Vessel	134	1975	Active
85	563878	Tina		Fishing Vessel	135	1975	Active
87	566230	Jody Marie	John Zar, Sr.	Fishing Vessel	142	1975	Now Amvina II
89	569680	Terry B	Superior Marine	Fishing Vessel	97	1975	Now Gulf Diver II
90	572230	Christopher Snow II	Borden	Fishing Vessel	152	1976	Now Mary Vee
91	573728	Arline Smith II		Fishing Vessel	151	1976	Later Stacy Lee, Beth and Lisa, Bulldog, now Lori Ann
92	574045	Jo Bar		Fishing Vessel	143	1976	Now Capt. Garland
93	574820	Lady Carolyn	Dale Belsome	Fishing Vessel	142	1976	Now Lady Lillian
94	576037	Lucky VII	Price D	Fishing Vessel	171	1976	Active
	577836	Elise G.	Lund/Halbruner	Fishing Vessel	170	1976	Active
	578678	B. J. Thomas	Whaley L	Fishing Vessel	143	1976	Now B. J. Thomas
		Island Trader		Landing Craft	143	1976	Active
97	579221	Misty Blue		Fishing Vessel	143	1977	Now Becky L. Smith
99	581176	Lady Rosemary	Daniels PA	Fishing Vessel	142	1977	Active
101	583780	Midnight Rider	Pham TD	Fishing Vessel	142	1977	Active
103	586446	Jo Lynn	Cao CV	Fishing Vessel	141	1977	Later Ocean Dream, now Capt. Andre
104	587462	Forty Love		Fishing Vessel	142	1977	Now Capt Seth
105	588304	Little Brothers	Trawler Little Brothers	Fishing Vessel	142	1977	Now Little Brothers
	588768	Tiffany H		Fishing Vessel	142	1977	Now The Seeker II
		Lady Champ	Hyde Rivera H J	Fishing Vessel	142	1977	Active
		Super Star	Pacific Emerald Seafoods	Fishing Vessel	142	1977	Active
107	590367	Captain Pete		Fishing Vessel	142	1978	Later Miss Naomi, now Nanami
108	591833	Stacey Ray	John Zar, Sr.	Fishing Vessel	142	1978	Active
109	593930	Capt. Peter	Blount MC	Fishing Vessel	142	1978	Now Lady Diane
110	596520	Capt. Cool Power		Fishing Vessel	177	1978	Now Christy Tran
111	598156	Master Aaron		Fishing Vessel	143	1978	Now Golden Eagle
112	599072	Little Ronald	John Zar and Ronald Rojas	Fishing Vessel	142	1978	Now Katherine
113	600117	Ragin Cajun	Robert Boudreaux	Fishing Vessel	142	1978	Later Karli Ann, total loss
114	601446	Lil Thomas	Thomas Matherne	Fishing Vessel	142	1978	Now Terry Lynn
115	603297	Jessie Lynn		Fishing Vessel	143	1979	Later Walter James, now Morning Star
116	604553	Santrina	Miss Santrina	Fishing Vessel	143	1979	Active
117	606428	Lady Catherine	Trawler Lady Catherine	Fishing Vessel	142	1979	Active
118	609951	Golden Fleece	Simonson Enterprises	Fishing Vessel	301	1979	Active
119	612075	Carrie Lynn		Fishing Vessel	142	1979	Now Master Chase
120	612602	Lady Faye	Pham ASH	Fishing Vessel	178	1979	Active
121	615618	Dr. Philip		Fishing Vessel	141	1979	Now Mantoudi
122	618384	Cajun Love	Super Horse	Fishing Vessel	196	1980	Later Sandra Lee, now Vila Nova do Corvo II
124	622833	Mean Machine	Robert Boudreaux	Fishing Vessel	142	1980	Now Huy Hoang
125	624904	Rodney and Candy	Zar AO	Fishing Vessel	142	1980	Active
136	649566	Kay Minor	F. & F. Towing	Towboat	83	1982	Active
	669492	Flicka	H. & L. Axelsson	Fishing Vessel	190	1984	Active
139	670877	Seatractor	Kenneth M. Rose	Fishing Vessel	30	1984	Active

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