Paasch Marine

Paasch Marine, Erie PA

John D. Paasch, the son of a shipbuilder from Kiel, started this business in 1866 and was followed in 1893 by his sons, William, Fred and John, who named the enterprise Paasch Bros. Boat Works. In 1947, Harold Paassch took over and changed the name to Paasch Marine Services: it closed in 1980, after his death. The yard was in the east canal basin, at the foot of State Street, right in the center of downtown Erie. Comments or queries, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 2015-03-26.

Hull #	O.N.	Original Name	Original Owner	Type	GT	Ft.	Built	Disposition
Built by Paasch Bros. Boat Works
	204350	Presque Isle		Passenger	41	61	1907	Abandoned 1933
	205389	Mars		Tug	29	62	1911	Abandoned 1938
	208838	Atlas		Fish Tug	33	60	1911	Abandoned 1936
	213162	Edward K		Tug	44	65	1915	Abandoned 1942
	214319	Despatch		Fish Tug	16	47	1916	Later Atlantis, destroyed by storm 1958
Built by Paasch Marine Services
	251939	Robert & Richard	J. J. Parris	Fish Tug	66	56	1947	Now Susie Q
	252010	Judy	Meigs J. Grow	Fish Tug	13	36	1947	Active
	253549	Flying Duck		Passenger	7	38	1947	Active
		G-4	Goff & Sons	Fish Tug		57	1947	Active
	255805	Joetta		Fish Tug	13	37	1948	NLD
	255827	Betty Mae	Buckeye Fisheries	Fish Tug	15	40	1948	Now Rae Ann
	256582	Favorite		Fish Tug	17	37	1948	NLD
	256657	Ronnie - S.		Fish Tug	14	36	1948	Active
	257367	Big Bertha	Steve Horvath	Fish Tug	14	38	1949	NLD
	257809	Esther A		Fish Tug	13	37	1949	NLD
	258117	Widgeon	Genesee Marina Inc	Tug	13	37	1949	Later Helix, now Aquatic I
	258486	Rose		Fish Tug	13	37	1949	Active
	258721	Sea King	Dissen & Juhn Corp.	Tug	14	36	1949	Active
	258859	J. W. Westcott II	J. W. Westcott Co.	Passenger	14	44	1949	Sank off River Rouge 2001 but recovered and reactivated
	258953	Favorite Too		Fish Tug	17	37	1949	Active
	259462	Brenda T	Circle Fish Co.	Cargo	9	45	1950	Later Shannon, NLD
	259463	Avis J	Barcelona Fish Co.	Fish Tug	12	50	1950	NLD
31	259635	Ada	John Skrovan	Oil Recovery	19	45	1950	Later Sancho, now Sancho Diver
	260415	Nellie III	John D. Ross	Research	18	48	1950	Later Buffalo Port, Little Toot, now Environaut
	260603	Captain Jim II	Stephen Milewski	Fish Tug	8	44	1950	Later Hunter R.V., now See Diver
	261453	Dorothy B	John J. Brice	Fish Tug	18	40	1951	Later Betty J. III, St. Paul, Judy, Pam Marie, now Sally Jo Irwin
	261489	Ethel S		Fish Tug	17	37	1951	Active
	262642	Big Ben		Fish Tug	17	37	1951	NLD
	262768	Favorite Won	Kfloe Ltd	Yacht	17	39	1951	Active
	263286	Reliance II		Tug	17	37	1951	NLD
	263288	Whip		Fish Tug	17	37	1952	Active
	264006	Cedar Point	G. A. Boeckling Co.	Passenger	11	59	1952	Later Arrow, Pocahontas II, now Nightingale
	265733	James Morick		Unclassified	28	48	1952	Active
55	265221	Nip		Fish Tug	17	38	1953	Active
	265732	Cedar Point II	G. A. Boeckling Co.	Passenger	12	59	1953	Later Dispatch, now Sawmill Explorer
	266890	Paul A. Schoellkopf	Niagara Mohawk Power	Tug	50	54	1953	Later Tug No. 2, now Mell C
	267220	Ship		Fish Tug	14	36	1954	Active
	268238	Wan-El	Wan-El Marine Services	Passenger	7	45	1954	Now Edward John
	268373	The Clevelander	City of Cleveland	Fire Tug	28	58	1954	Active
	268635	My-Favorite	Favorite Fisheries	Fish Tug	17	37	1954	Later yacht Felia F, now Lady of Commerce
	269845	Three Sons	John E. Lampe	Tug	10	37	1955	Now Pilot
	269888	Huron	Arnold Transit Company	Passenger	99	86	1955	Active
	660323	K. Sea	Underwater Construction Corp	Unclassified	18	51	1957	Active
	276850	Portlaw		Yacht	14	42	1958	Later Masker, NLD
		Perca	Penna. Fish & Boat Comm.	Police Boat	20	50	1959	Active (PAFBC research vessel on Lake Erie)
	278860	Ottawa	Arnold Transit Company	Passenger	81	91	1959	Now Diamond Queen
	279864	Tonne	Henry W. Luetkemeyer	Yacht	55	51	1959	Later Mesoma III, NLD 1977
132	281386	Good Time II	Goodtime Transit	Recreational	81	85	1960	Later Liberty Belle II, Vegas in Venice, Pair-o-Dice
	281864	American Venus	International Boat Tours Inc.	Passenger	93	65	1960	Now Miss Christin
	569528	Capn Nelson	Smith Brothers Inc	Tug	31	50	1960	NLD
137	290776	Anthony J Celebrezze	City of Cleveland	Fire Boat	42	61	1961	Active
		Caltex Lumba Lumba	Caltex	Passenger	101	75	1961	Later Canadian II, now Bella Bella
139	286075	Algomah	Arnold Transit Company	Passenger	81	85	1961	Active
140	287494	Island Beach	Town of Greenwich CT	Passenger	87	66	1961	Active
141	288825	Chippewa	Arnold Transit Company	Passenger	81	84	1962	Active
	289133	Courthouse		Yacht	56	54	1962	NLD
	294407	Calypso II	Caneel Bay Plantation	Passenger	72	62	1963	NLD
150	na	Sentinel I (?)	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	Patrol Boat	na	54	1964	Active ?
151	na	Sentinel II	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	Patrol Boat	na	54	1964	Later Dakota, now active in Galena KS
153	295280	American Neptune	International Boat Tours Inc.	Passenger	82	65	1964	Later Island Hopper, Miss Clayton III, now Express Shuttle
	297174	Grey Ghost	Vanderburgh Johnstone	Yacht	62	64	1964	Now Randy VI
156	na	Laidly	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	Survey Boat	na	54	1967	Active
157	502757	Peggity		Yacht	19	40	1965	To NZ registry 1988, now Pegasus III
158		Nanticoke II		Passenger			1965
159	1136729	Haendel	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	Survey Boat	22	45	1965	Active
161			W. J. Williams	Cruiser			1967
	298405	Capt	Esco Dredge & Fill	Tug	26	47	1965	Later Anna, now Jeanne G
	1091846	Frank Dunham	Albany Port District Commission	Police Boat	32	65	1966	Now Spirit of Albany
	523525	Big Lou	Maryland Dept. of Chesapeake Affairs	Tug	26	50	1967	Active
	517294	Capt	Erie Navigation	Tug	27	47	1968	Later Big Toot, Gene, now Robert Steers
	517409	Jacksonville	St. Johns Bar Pilots	Pilot Boat	38	53	1968	Now Tampa
	1051505	Carina	Richard S. Nye	Sloop	21	48	1969	Active
	1072285	Northwestern	Northwestern Michigan College	Unknown	36	56	1969	Active
169	527751	H. J. Elser	Maryland Dept. of Chesapeake Affairs	Tug	32	49	1969	Active
170	na	North Central	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	Survey Boat	na	54	1969	Active
	529121	Mayjac		Yacht	56	63	1970	Active
	1092215	Knight Life	Dependable Marine Services	Passenger	19	42	1971	NLD
	532245	Legend		Yacht	28	46	1971	NLD
	536306	Georgetta	George E. Sarant	Yacht	99	62	1971	Now St. Gennaro
179	536942	Ursa	Treasure Coast Yacht Charters	Passenger	58	63	1971	Active
181	541389	American Adonis II	International Boat Tours Inc.	Passenger	82	65	1972	Island Princess, NLD
	549596	Tortue	Marion Osborne Black	Yacht	17	44	1973	Active (U.K.)
	550877	Cecil II	Maryland Dept. of ?	Police Boat	13	31	1973	Retired in 1980s
		Frances Bellamy	Port of Tampa	Fire Boat		68	1974
188	560341	Port Endeavor	Maryland Dept. of Transportation	Passenger	43	44	1974	Active
189	566192	Port Reliance	Maryland Dept. of Transportation	Tug	13	34	1975	Active
	570754	Northern Exposure		Yacht	113	80	1975	Later Indiscretion, Seaquel, now Sur
	577015	Magothy River	Maryland Dept. of Nat. Res.	Police Boat	15	31	1975	Active
	577016	Anne Arundel	Maryland Dept. of Nat. Res.	Police Boat	15	31	1976	Active
	577959	Wicomico	Maryland Dept. of Nat. Res.	Police Boat	15	31	1976	Retired in 1980s
	611119	Joann M	Munch Fisheries	Fish Tug	18	50	1980	NLD

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