S.B.A. Shipyard

S.B.A. Shipyard, Jennings LA

SBA Shipyard was started in 1965 by Louis Smaihall, formerly of the Harms-Smaihall Shipyard, in Orange TX, and Leland Bowman, formerly of Higman Towing: they built tank barges and small tankers, almost exclusively, until the industry-wide collapse of 1982, although they apparently continued as a tank cleaning yard for some time after that. The yard was at 9040 Castex Landing Road, on the Mermentau River, about 2.5 miles south of the Highway 90 bridge, where Gulf Island's (formerly Leevac's) shipyard is. SBA's yard was later designated a Superfund site and is now a vacant lot but the original location of the docks can be seen at Google maps. We are unsure why hull numbers apparently start at 171? Were they a continuation of the Harms-Smaihall numbers? Comments or queries, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 2015-07-18.

Hull #	O.N.	Original Name	Original Owner	Type	GT	Delivery	Disposition
171	502245	CTCO 182	Cenac Towing	Tank Barge	594	Feb-66	Active (Canada)
174	504473	CTCO 183	Cenac Towing	Tank Barge	977	Aug-66	Later Par 183, now MRL 106
176	506327	Voyager	Barge Transport, Inc.	Tug	145	Dec-66	Later Larry J. Hebert, now Southern Star
185	512250	S 2511	Higman Barge Lines	Barge	1,363	1968	Later A-20, now TM3000
186	512647	S 2512	Higman Barge Lines	Barge	1,363	1968	Active
187	517152	Toledo Sun	Sun Oil	Tanker	2,110	1968	Now Marine Success (Singapore)
189	517472	Pittston 60	Pittston Co.	Tank Barge	1,262	Dec-68	Later McAllister 107, American 21, now NRC Reliant
	521533	Thomas G. Goode	Dunbar & Sullivan	Towboat	39	1969	Now Benjamin Ridgway
195	523487	Elizabeth S		Tank Barge	3,606	Jan-69	Later Prince George, now Martin Endeavor
198	523181	Pittston 21	Pittston Co.	Tank Barge	1,414	Nov-69	Now Fulton
203	528112	Island Sun	Sun Oil	Tank Barge	3,839	Aug-70	Later Island 60, NLD
204	531135	Caribe Sun	Sun Oil	Tank Barge	4,802	Apr-71	Later Maritrans 75, Energy 7002, now 7002
208	530671	Revere Sun	Sun Oil	Tank Barge	1,384	Feb-71	Now Petrojam Barge No. 1 (Jamaica)
209	529859	Providence Sun	Sun Oil	Tank Barge	1,573	Jan-71	Later VB 26, now SC 120 and SC 121
210	535148	Morania 210	Morania Oil	Tank Barge	2,132	Sep-71	Later Penn No. 210, now Weeks 98
211	536307	Peter R. Hearne	Reinauer Transportation	Tank Barge	1,215	Nov-71	NLD
213	537280	RTC No. 320	Reinauer Transportation	Tank Barge	1,216	Feb-72	Active
217	545087	Peck Slip		Tank Barge	5,869	Dec-72	Later Domar-118, ST-90, Energy 9501, Barge 9501, NLD
218	556139	Saturn	Ashland Oil	Tanker	3,900	Aug-74	Now Centenario Trader (Panama)
219	545745	Hygrade 22	Spentonbush Tankers	Tank Barge	1,347	Feb-73	Now Energy 2201
224	552065	Interstate 35	Interstate Oil Transportation	Tank Barge	2,187	Oct-73	Now VB 35
225	552900	Interstate 36	Interstate Oil Transportation	Tank Barge	2,187	Dec-73	Later VB 36, now Strong Island
226	563364	Interstate 71	Interstate Oil Transportation	Tank Barge	5,467	Mar-75	Now KTC 71. USCG (prior to 2001): 362.60' x 64.00' x 26.40'; Deadweight: 10970; GRT: 4719; NRT: 4255
227	571820	Jupiter	Ashland Oil	Tanker	4,263	1976	Burnt 1990
228	557364	Hygrade 24	Spentonbush Tankers	Tank Barge	1,347	Jun-74	Later Energy 2202, now NRC Independence
229	574128	Interstate 72	Interstate Oil Transportation	Tank Barge	5,467	Jun-76	Now MSRC 620
232	576625	S.T. 85	Sheridan Transportation	Tank Barge	5,323	Sep-76	Later Energy 8701, now 8701
235	587329	Morania 400	Morania Oil	Tank Barge	5,651	Oct-77	Now Penn No. 400
237	589642	S.T. 65	Sheridan Transportation	Tank Barge	4,064	Mar-78	Later Energy 6505, now 6505
239	603306	Morania 410	Morania Oil	Tank Barge	5,293	Mar-79	Now Penn No. 410
240	630040	Apex Houston	Apex Oil	Tank Barge	5,407	Feb-81	Later Morania 450, now Biscayne
241	625082	Morania 420	Morania Oil	Tank Barge	4,982	Sep-80	Later Mobil 91, M 91, Morania 420, now RTC 90
244	643281	Sonat 81	Sonat Marine	Tank Barge	5,264	Dec-81	Later Ocean 81, KTC 80, now SCT-81
245	652241	Morania 310	Morania Oil	Tank Barge	2,246	Oct-82	Later Maritrans 32, VB 33, derrick barge Jamestown 2009 (ON 1259978)

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