Verret Shipyard

Verret Shipyard, Plaquemine LA

Verret Shipyard was started by C. P. Verret in 1966 and it has been turning out two or three towboats a year ever since. Visit the company at www.verretshipyard.com and see the shipyard, which is at 29120 Highway 75, from the air on Google here. Comments or queries, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 2021-08-01.

Hull#	O.N.	Original Name	Original Owner	Ship Type	GT	Ft.	Delivery	Disposition
Built by C.P. Verret
	501602	Capt. C. P.	Boaz Towing	Towboat	15	38	1965	Active
4	502874	Jason D	Dufrene Towing	Towboat	64	50	1966	Now Anna Leigh
	505822	Gloria	Coastal Boats	Towboat	59	44	1966	Now Bright Crystal
	507340	Rox Ann	Reginald Buck	Towboat	37	42	1967	Now Elizabeth
	510726	Lady Suzan	Anderson Marine	Towboat	64	51	1967	Now Irene Sutton
	517770	Isabelle R	Bayou Marine	Towboat	61	51	1968	Now Jody Ann
	522324	O. L. Kirkpatrick	Gulfwide Boats	Towboat	70	52	1969	Now Miss Michelle
12	524777	Karen-Wayne	Nola Towing	Towboat	72	51	1970	Now Prince Lew
14	533795	Louis L. Toups, Jr.	Toups Marine	Towboat	90	61	1971	Now Jessica Ryan
15	513578	Charlie	Diamond Salt	Towboat	61	46	1968	Now Erin W
	535282	Dwarf King	Agri-Trans Corp.	Towboat	27	37	1971	Now The Collin D
	536485	Impala	Barge Towing	Towboat	78	55	1971	Now Glenna M
	538160	Bayou King	Bayou Towing	Towboat	94	61	1972	Now Capt. Warren
	542365	Bayou Lafourche	Big B Towboats	Towboat	138	61	1972	Now Miss Katie
19	546117	Allegheny	Alleghenny Tow'g	Towboat	152	66	1973	Active
20	552794	Bayou Dularge	Big B Towboats	Towboat	183	69	1973	Now Johnny James
Built by Verret Shipyard, Inc.
21	555297	Geismar	Midland Ent.	Towboat	205	70	1974	Active
	554701	Bayou Chene	Big B Towboats	Towboat	57	46	1974	Now TDW
	564973	Bayou Plaquemine	Big B Towboats	Towboat	294	82	1974	Now Capt Whitey
25	571981	Ross A. Grand	Louisiana DoT	Towboat	104	54	1976	Active
26	573802	D. W. Griffith	Louisiana DoT	Towboat	104	54	1976	Active
27	578286	Miss Polly	Boaz Towing	Towboat	101	56	1976	Active
28	584092	Miss Lennie	Chandler Marine	Towboat	71	60	1977	Now Brown Water VIII
29	587830	J. Jackson	J. Jackson Towing	Towboat	91	52	1977	Now Matt Devall
30	588300	Lafourche	Lafourche, Inc.	Towboat	102	58	1977	Now Wanda Isabelle
31	594757	Shady Lady	Encom II, Inc.	Towboat	66	58	1978	Now West Wind
32	602095	O. O. Griffin	Coastal Towing	Towboat	289	81	1979	Now Lou Nataro
33	614419	June Pickett	Coastal Towing	Towboat	298	81	1979	Now Capt. Reggie LeBoeuf
34	622432	Anne Blessey	Blessey Marine	Towboat	268	81	1980	Now Mary Caroline Vick
35	629341	Ruth Blessey	Blessey Marine	Towboat	268	81	1980	Now Buck Johnson
	636309	Tamera Pickett	Coastal Towing	Towboat	370	95	1981	Now Robin Shelton
38	641806	Laney Blessey	Blessey Marine	Towboat	275	81	1981	Now Bubba Vick
39	646598	Myrtle E. Griffin	Coastal Towing	Towboat	377	95	1982	Now Amber Brittany
40	652157	Mister Cue	M. & P. Barge Co.	Towboat	65	54	1982	Active
41	662929	Miss Casey	Duval Boats	Towboat	63	48	1983	Now Stacey-A
42	670575	Sir-Frederick	Canton Marine	Towboat	58	54	1984	Active
	676024	Pathfinder	Traylor Bros.	Towboat	21	36	1984	Active
	980312	Eagle	Traylor Bros.	Towboat	15	37	1991	Active
48	987498	Miss Rachel	Blessey Marine	Towboat	113	65	1992	Now Charles W. Clark
49	978757	Pontiac	Traylor Bros.	Towboat	15	37	1991	Active
50	1027533	Uncle Bud	Boaz Towing	Towboat	88	54	1994	Active
52	1033531	Martha Oliver	Blessey Marine	Towboat	113	65	1995	Active
54	1040479	Catherine	Blessey Marine	Towboat	121	70	1996	Active
56	1049031	Bill McNeal	Blessey Marine	Towboat	125	72	1996	Active
58	1063182	Miss Rachel	Boaz Towing	Towboat	131	65	1998	Active
60	1071633	Carol M. Ott	Blessey Marine	Towboat	149	76	1998	Active
62	1085644	Doug Barker	Blessey Marine	Towboat	149	76	1999	Active
64	1098990	Delos Case	Boaz Towing	Towboat	141	65	2000	Active
66	1111657	Jane Ann Blessey	Blessey Marine	Towboat	279	82	2001	Active
68	1121373	Beth Wilson	Blessey Marine	Towboat	277	82	2002	Active
70	1134312	Randy Martin	Blessey Marine	Towboat	277	82	2002	Active
72
74	1143164	James M. Hewgley	Tulsa Port Auth.	Towboat	75	51	2003	Active
76	1151737	Hugh S. Monsted	Blessey Marine	Towboat	277	82	2004	Active
78	1161199	Jerry W. Tichenor	Blessey Marine	Towboat	132	66	2004	Active
80	1165345	Judy S. Fried	Blessey Marine	Towboat	132	66	2005	Active
82	1195404	Capt. Lance Dragon	Blessey Marine	Towboat	160	76	19-Jan-07	Active
84	1173549	James L. Oberstar	Blessey Marine	Towboat	278	82	21-Jul-05	Active
86	1181185	Capt. Jonathan H. Brown	Blessey Marine	Towboat	278	82	23-Jan-06	Active
88	1209021	Charlie Melancon	Blessey Marine	Towboat	385	110	28-Apr-08	Active
90	1217929	Pat Voss	Blessey Marine	Towboat	385	110	7-May-09	Active
92	1190882	CCS Leader I	CCS Energy Svcs.	Towboat	64	55	12-Feb-06	Now Wayne B. Smith
94	1216905	Donnie Verret	T. & B. Towing	Towboat	73	55	23-Jan-09	Now Rick Pumphrey
96	1223818	Cleland Powell	Blessey Marine	Towboat	149	70	23-Nov-09	Active
98	1226470	David Vitter	Blessey Marine	Towboat	190	72	16-Jun-10	Active
100	1230371	Steve Scalise	Blessey Marine	Towboat	250	81	20-Dec-10	Active
100	1234978	Mac Andrew McKinney	McKinney Marine	Towboat	162	66	9-Aug-11	Active
102	1233875	John Boozman	Blessey Marine	Towboat	259	81	10-Aug-11	Active
104	1236450	Gov. Mike Huckabee	Blessey Marine	Towboat	263	81	15-Dec-11	Active
106	1238920	Capt. Shawn D. Martinez	Blessey Marine	Towboat	263	81	4-Jun-12	Active
108	1242769	Roger F Wicker	Blessey Marine	Towboat	250	81	27-Nov-12	Active
110	1246318	Jack Haskell	Blessey Marine	Towboat	185	70	23-May-13	Active
112	1258712	Meg Kennedy Moore	Blessey Marine	Towboat	185	70	3-Apr-15	Active
114	1260133	Tom Cotton	Blessey Marine	Towboat	185	70	2-Sep-15	Active
116	1248914	Lindsey Graham	Blessey Marine	Towboat	244	81	29-Oct-13	Active
118	1251462	Laney Blessey Watkins	Blessey Marine	Towboat	244	81	5-May-14	Active
120	1255497	Clark Todd	Blessey Marine	Towboat	245	81	6-Oct-14	Active
	1258253	B-3	Boaz Towing	Freight Barge	422	150	2014	Active
122	1266087	Capt Troy Green	Blessey Marine	Towboat	185	70	10-Feb-16	Active
124	1270470	Steve Daines	Blessey Marine	Towboat	268	81	15-Dec-16	Active
126	1301802	Daniel Wisner	Blessey Marine	Towboat	295	82	9-Jun-20	Active
138	1297828	Lee W	Enterprise Marine	Towboat	531	133	9-Oct-20	Active
156	1309665	Capt. Frank W. Banta	Enterprise Marine	Towboat	162	76	31-Dec-20	Active
158	1312114	Ben Hays	Enterprise Marine	Towboat	162	76	25-May-21	Active

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