Nichols Boat Works

Nichols Boat Works, Hood River OR

Nichols Boat Works was established in 1939 by Mark Nichols and his son Frank, who left in 1962 and opened a yard in Freeland WA, now known as Nichols Bros. Boat Builders. The Hood River yard closed in 1998 and the site was razed in 2008: see it from the air on Google here. Comments or queries, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 2015-12-29.

Hull #	O.N.	Original Name	Original Owner	Ship Type	GT	Del'y	Disposition
	244399	Eph Winans		Tug	18	1943	Later Ruth, Arrow No. 1
17	244401	Samson	Shaver Transportation	Tug	13	1943	Later Sandy
	247241	Panther	Wilbur J. Smith	Tug	36	1944
	247782	Cougar	Wilbur J. Smith	Tug	11	1945	Later Arrow No. 5, Banply No. 2, Ginny E
	247912	Billie R	Diesel Towing Corp.	Tug	56	1945	Later Tom White, Mt Hood
	248114	Beaver	Shaver Transportation	Tug	19	1945	Later Polar Beaver, now Riley P
	248923	Zombie	Atlas Tug Service	Tug	20	1945
	248996	Queen B	Joseph H. Bernert	Tug	11	1945
	249308	Miles H		Tug	49	1946	Later Crown of Camas
	249503	Louie III	Charles M. Smith	Tug	60	1946
	250205	Chinook	Shaver Transportation	Tug	96	1946
	250668	Polly Ann	Charles E Finn	Fishing	31	1946
	263743	Roxana	William R. Werner	Tug	15	1946
	280783	Paula Jean	Smith Construction	Tug	11	1946
	251712	Judy Lou		Tug	14	1947	Later Gallant Knight
	251764	Tahoma	Shepard Towing	Tug	17	1947	Later Miss Doolittle, St. Helens
	252550	Bear	Smith Tug & Barge	Tug	22	1947	Now in BVI
	254291	Myrtle	Knappton Towboat	Tug	72	1947	Later Warrior, Rio Raton
	255125	Princess B	Joe Bernert Towing Co Inc	Tug	12	1947
	273031	Arcturus	Darrel V. Boylan	Tug	11	1947
	255000	Ridgefield		Tug	47	1948	Later C. O. Quigg
	255155	Arlington Ferry	Alaska Rivers Nav.	Ferry	34	1948
27	255572	Colusa	Taurus Marine	Tug	63	1948
	256550	M. R. Hallett	Shaver Transportation	Tug	71	1948	Later Manzanillo
	256714	Tiger	Smith Tug & Barge	Tug	47	1948
	256991	Battle Axe	Smith Tug & Barge	Tug	38	1948	Later Simone Brusco, Claire B
	257035	Albert Schafer	Weyerhauser Corp.	Tug	18	1948	Later Cub, Valiant
	257138	Prosser	Darrel V. Boylan	Barge	76	1948
	258292	Mission of Estacada	Weyerhauser Corp.	Fishing	23	1948
	282629	Craig	Hoffman Towboat	Tug	8	1948
	258467	Hartwell	Bonneville Locks Towing	Tug	26	1949	Later Mt. Adams
	265175	Dragon	Smith Tug & Barge	Tug	71	1949	Now Sarah
	259492	Hood	Darrel V. Boylan	Ferry	47	1950
	259541	Alcor	Darrel V. Boylan	Tug	15	1950
	259934	Smith No. 6	Esson H. Smith	Ferry	86	1950
	260581	Columbia II	Alaska Rivers Nav.	Ferry	55	1950
	261385	Floyd H	Floyd C. Hendren, Jr.	Tug	12	1950	Later Chilkat Lady
	262675	Bonnie B	Joe Bernert Towing Co Inc	Tug	24	1951	Later Cayou
48	262693	Hulda		Tug	69	1951	Later Capt. George, Capt. Hendren
53	264751	Bogene	Roland E. Brusco	Tug	9	1951
59	264694	Ruth	Western Transportation	Tug	32	1952
	265179	Husky	Smith Tug & Barge	Tug	47	1952	Later Mike Brusco, Sr.
	265180	Fireball	Smith Tug & Barge	Tug	45	1952	Later Lindy Marie
	281928	Joe G	Willamette Tug & Barge	Tug	18	1952	Active
	265793	Pendleton	Darrell V. Roylan	Ferry	68	1953	Later 410
	266063	James A	J. B. Flippin	Tug	11	1953
	267389	Cougar	Smith Tug & Barge	Tug	49	1954	Later Western Cougar, Cougar
	272365	Arrow No. 5	Arrow Tug & Barge	Tug	33	1956	Later Irene, Joedy Brusco
	278446	Manuel Labor	Commercial Divers	Tug	11	1956
94	273466	Shepard	Shepard Towing Co Inc	Tug	114	1957	Later Lori B
	274237	Frances N		Fishing	20	1957	Later Silver Queen
	274969	Arrow No. 3	Arrow Tug & Barge	Tug	40	1957
	275311	Mary L	Knappton Towboat	Tug	45	1957	Now Shelley Lind
	1074642	Leanna	Comb. Forestry & Marine	Tug	8	1957	Active
	276517	Jet-Belle	Copper River Co-Op	Freight	27	1958	Later Old Crow
119	277971	Bachelor Island Ferry	Bachelor Island Ranch	Ferry	38	1958	NLD
	283545	Meridian	John R Thomas	Fishing	41	1960	Active
	283673	Arrow No. 2	Arrow Tug & Barge	Tug	18	1960	Active
	517746	Skagit	American Construction Co	Barge	537	1960	Active
	287818	Brig Young	Crown Zellerbach	Tug	9	1961	Active
	288364	Wahkiakum	Wahkiakum County	Ferry	88	1962	Active
	289855	Miss Connie	Raymond Hall	Fishing	42	1962	Active
	291147	Jenel		Fishing	26	1963	Active
	292174	Roosevelt	J. B. Flippin	Ferry	78	1963	Active
	294637	Earl H.	Floyd C. Hendren, Jr.	Tug	18	1964	Active
154	295835	A. B. Govey, II	Simpson Timber	Tug	10	1964	NLD
	501938	Glacier	Island Tug And Barge Co	Tug	57	1965	Later Island Mist, Sea King
165	503704	Earl R	SDS Lumber Company	Tug	72	1966	Now Bruce M
167	506390	Mollie Z.	H. P. Zachry Co.	Tug	42	1966	Now F. P. Hubble
173	516116	Columbia	Shaver Tramsportation	Tug	142	1968	Active
175	511605	Deborah L.	Hickey Marine	Tug	11	1967	Active
176	515510	Duchess B.	Joe Bernert Towing Co Inc	Tug	39	1968	Active
177	516610	Mary B.	Joe Bernert Towing Co Inc	Tug	80	1968	Active
179	519817	Swinomish	Western Marine Const.	Freight Barge	663	1969	Active
180	522383	Dungeness	American Construction Co	Freight Barge	1,577	1969	Active
185	526402	ITB-168	Island Tug And Barge Co	Freight Barge	759	1970	Active
187	529029	J.B.T. 9	Joe Bernert Towing Co Inc	Freight Barge	386	1970	Active
	1152469	John R. Gilbert	Steve Skogmo	Tank Barge	80	1972	Active
	545174	The Waggoner	Wayne M Waggoner	Passenger	85	1972	Active
201	545714	J.B.T. No. 10	Joe Bernert Towing Co Inc	Freight Barge	332	1973	Active
	565571	Sun Princess	Beacon Holding Co.	Yacht	62	1975	Active
214	568552	Whidbey	Calista Llc	Freight Barge	2,040	1975	Active
226	1049699	2	Tidewater Barge Lines Inc	Tank Barge	1,408	1976	Active
234	597336	Sea Hawk	Wasser & Winters Company	Freight Ship	88	1978	Active
	602331	DT 180-1	Dunlap Towing Company	Freight Barge	905	1979	Active
	604217	ZB-192	Box-It, Llc	Freight Barge	905	1979	Now Sunny Point Ramp
	609994	ZB-193	John Crandall	Freight Barge	905	1979	Active
246	615261	Manson 50	Manson Construction Co	Freight Barge	905	1979	Active
248	631554	Twi-Lite	Northland Leasing	Tug	58	1981	Now Miss Rebecca
250	641327	Dauby	Gorge Leasing	Tank Barge	205	1981	Active
260	628606	Aleknagik No. I	City of Aleknagik	Freight Barge	31	1980	Active
270	661888	Columbia Gorge	Cascade Locks, Port Of	Passenger	92	1983	Active
275	656433	Double M	Roland F Moody	Freight Barge	45	1983	Active
290	907939	Dauntless	Santa Cruz Port District	Dredge	28	1986	Shipped KD to Santa Cruz
363	1030167	ST-45	Shaver Transportation	Barge	1,734	1995	Active
365	1035976	ST-46	Shaver Transportation	Barge	1,734	1995	Active
370	1047323	ST-47	Shaver Transportation	Barge	1,734	1996	Active
371	1051794	ST-48	Shaver Transportation	Barge	1,734	1997	Active

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