Top 50 Index


Top 50 index
This register lists significant commercial or civilian-crewed vessels completed by North American yards in the year ended Sept. 1, 2009. In the case of sister vessels built by the same yard, we list only one.

Alabama, 47’
Pilot Boat
Designer/Builder: Hub Allums, Breaux’s Bay Craft, Loreauville, LA
Owner/Operator: Mobile Bar Pilots, Mobile, AL

Albacore, 165’
Fast Supply/Crew Boat
Designer/Builder: C&G Boat Works, Mobile, AL
Owner/Operator: GulfMark Offshore, Houston, TX

Andrea Chouest, 280’
OSV
Designer/Builder: North American Shipbldg., Larose, LA
Owner/Operator: Nautical Solutions, Galliano, LA
Bay Hydro II, 54’
Research Vessel
Designer/Builder: Kvichak Marine Industries, Seattle, WA
Owner/Operator: NOAA, Solomons, MD
Bourbon Ponant, 175’
Crew Boat
Designer/Builder: Midship Marine, Harvey, LA
Owner/Operator: Bourbon Supply Investissement, Marseille, France
Candy Land, 175’
Crew Boat
Designer/Builder: Swiftships, Morgan City, LA
Owner/Operator: Candy Fleet, Morgan City, LA
Casino Royale, 163’
Megayacht
Designer/Builder: Christensen Shipyards, Vancouver, WA
Owner/Operator: Private owner
Cayo Blanco, 160’
Passenger Ferry
Designer/Builder: Bristol Harbor Marine Design, Bristol, RI and Alliance Marine Design, Morgan City, LA/Conrad Industries,
Morgan City, LA
Owner/Operator: Puerto Rico Maritime Transportation Authority, Fajardo, P.R.
 
Charlie Bychurch, 145’
OSV
Designer/Builder: Master Boat Builders, Bayou La Batre, AL
Owner/Operator: Abdon Callais Offshore, Golden Meadow, LA
Chinyelugo, 170’
Crew Boat
Designer/Builder: Horizon Shipbldg., Bayou La Batre, AL
Owner/Operator: Fymak Marine & Oil Services, Lagos, Nigeria/RXT, Oslo, Norway
Circle Line Brooklyn, 165’
Excursion Boat
Designer/Builder: DeJong & Lebet, Jacksonville, FL/
Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Somerset, MA
Owner/Operator: New York Circle Lines, New York, NY
City of Portland, 65’
Fireboat
Designer/Builder: Robert Allan Ltd., Vancouver, B.C./A. F. Theriault & Son Ltd., Meteghan River, N.S.
Owner/Operator: City of Portland, ME
Fast Viking, 187’
Crew Boat
Designer/Builder: Breaux Bros. Enterprises, Loreauville, LA
Owner/Operator: Edison Chouest Offshore, Galliano, LA
Fire Island Belle, 85’
Passenger Ferry
Designer/Builder: Blount Boats, Warren, RI
Owner/Operator: Fire Island Ferries, Bay Shore, NY
Gene Flatow, 72’
Water Taxi
Designer/Builder: Gladding-Hearn Shipbldg., Somerset, MA
Owner/Operator: New York Water Taxi, New York, NY
Golden State, 600’
Product Carrier
Designer/Builder: Daewoo Shipbuilding Engineering Center, South Korea/General Dynamics Nassco, San Diego, CA
Owner/Operator: American Petroleum Tankers, New York, NY/Crowley Maritime, Jacksonville, FL
Grant Candies, 293’
IMR Vessel
Designer/Builder: Otto Candies, Des Allemands, LA/Dakota Creek Industries, Anacortes, WA
Owner/Operator: Otto Candies
Gulf Princess, 175’
Crew Boat
Designer/Builder: C&G Boat Works, Mobile, AL
Owner/Operator: Graham Gulf, Mobile, AL
Hayfu II, 82’
Megayacht
Designer/Builder: Marine Design, Gulf Breeze, FL/Sterling Marine, Gulf Breeze, FL/A. F. Theriault & Son Ltd., Meteghan River, N.S.
Owner/Operator: Private
HOS Coral, 285’
OSV
Designer/Builder: VT Halter Marine, Pascagoula, MS/Hornbeck Offshore Services, Covington, LA
Owner/Operator: Hornbeck Offshore Srvcs., Covington, LA
HOS Shooting Star, 240’
OSV
Designer/Builder: Hornbeck Offshore Srvcs., Covington, LA/
Atlantic Marine, Jacksonville, FL
Owner/Operator: Hornbeck
Huakai, 370’
Vehicle/Passenger Ferry
Designer/Builder: Austal USA, Mobile, AL
Owner: U.S. Maritime Administration (inactive)
Ipanema, 163’
Crew Boat
Designer/Builder: Breaux Brothers Enterprises, Loreauville, LA
Owner/Operator: Nautical Solutions, Galliano, LA
Isla Janitzio, 164’
OSV
Designer/Builder: C&C Boat Works, Belle Chasse, LA
Owner/Operator: TMM Division Maritima, Mexico City, Mexico
 
Island Sky, 336’
Vehicle/Passenger Ferry
Designer/Builder: Polar Design, Vancouver, BC/Vancouver Shipyards, Vancouver, BC
Owner/Operator: BC Ferries, Victoria, BC
Isla San Gabriel, 182’
Crew Boat
Designer/Builder: Horizon Shipbldg., Bayou La Batre, AL/
Castleman Maritime, Kemah, TX
Owner/Operator: TMM Division Maritima, Mexico City, Mexico/Pemex, Mexico City
Jean Pierre Lab, 260’
OSV
Designer/Builder: Eastern Shipbuilding, Panama City, FL
Owner/Operator: Laborde Marine, Morgan City, LA
John W. Finn, 80’
Excursion Ferry
Designer/Builder: Modutech Marine, Tacoma, WA
Owner/Operator: USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, HI
KS Titan 2, 176’
Liftboat
Designer/Builder: Semco, Lafitte, LA
Owner/Operator: KS Energy Services Ltd., Singapore
Lady Kathryn IV, 164’
Megayacht
Designer/Builder: Westport Yachts, Port Angeles, WA/Donald Starkey Designs, U.K.
Owner/Operator: Private
 
Luke Thomas, 140’
OSV
Designer/Builder: Sterling Marine, Gulf Breeze, FL/Master Marine, Bayou La Batre, AL
Owner/Operator: Gulf Resource Management, New Iberia, LA
Mako, 181’
Crew Boat
Designer/Builder: C&G Boat Works, Mobile, AL
Owner/Operator: GulfMark Offshore, Houston, TX
Nicki Candies, 285’
Supply Boat
Designer/Builder: Otto Candies, Des Allemands, LA/Candies Shipbuilders, Houma, LA
Owner/Operator: Otto Candies
Norwegian Queen, 164’
Megayacht
Designer/Builder: Trinity Yachts, Gulfport, MS
Private owner
Odyssea Gold, 190’
OSV
Designer/Builder: Master Boat Builders, Bayou La Batre, AL
Owner/Operator: Odyssea Marine, Cut Off, LA
Overseas Texas City, 600’
Product/Chemical Carrier
Designer/Builder: Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, South Korea/Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, Philadelphia, PA
Owner/Operator: American Shipping, Philadelphia, PA/Overseas Shipholding Group, New York, NY
Pearl Mist, 335’
Cruise Ship
Designer/Builder: Irving Shipbuilding, Halifax, N.S.
Owner/Operator: Pearl Seas Cruises, Guilford, CT
Pisces, 118’
Passenger Ferry
Designer/Builder: Incat Crowther, Sydney, Australia/Nichols Boat Builders, Freeland, WA/Kvichak Marine Industries, Seattle, WA
Owner/Operator: San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority, San Francisco, CA
Pisces, 208’
Fisheries Survey Vessel
Designer/Builder: VT Halter Marine, Pascagoula, MS
Owner/Operator: NOAA
Pope Benedict XVI, 205’
OSV
Designer/Builder: Master Boat Builders, Bayou La Batre, AL
Owner/Operator: Abdon Callais Offshore, Golden Meadow, LA
Red Hook, 350’
Sludge Vessel
Designer/Builder: Gibbs & Cox, New York, NY/Keppel AmFELS, Brownsville, TX
Owner/Operator: New York City Department of Environmental Protection, New York, NY
Richmond Lady, 142’
Megayacht
Designer/Builder: Richmond Yachts, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Owner/Operator: SIVAD Holding Corp., Fort Lauderdale, FL
 
Seacor Cougar, 170’
OSV
Designer/Builder: Seacor Marine, Houma, LA/Gulf Craft, Patterson, LA
Owner/Operator: Seacor Marine, Houston, TX
Sister Claire, 205’
OSV
Designer/Builder: Master Boat Builders, Bayou La Batre, AL
Owner/Operator: Abdon Callais Offshore, Golden Meadow, LA
Southern Belle, 170’
Crew Boat
Designer/Builder: Southern States Offshore, Houston, TX/ Island Boats, Jeanerette, LA
Owner/Operator: Southern States
Southside, 101’
Vehicle/Passenger Ferry
Designer/Builder: DeJong & Lebet, Jacksonville, FL/Blount Boats, Warren, RI
Owner/Operator: South Ferry Inc., Shelter Island, NY
Swordfish, 176’
Crew Boat
Designer/Builder: Midship Marine, Harvey, LA/Island Boats, Jeanerette, LA
Owner/Operator: GulfMark Offshore, Houston, TX
Trico Mystic, 209’
PSV
Designer/Builder: Bender Shipbuilding, Mobile, AL
Owner/Operator: Trico Marine, The Woodlands, TX
Tyler Stephen, 269’
PSV
Designer/Builder: Thoma-Sea Ship Builders, Lockport, LA
Owner/Operator: Gulf Offshore Logistics, Mathews, LA
Voyageur, 58’
Excursion Vessel
Designer/Builder: Oak Hill Marine Design, Southwest Harbor, ME/Armstrong Marine, Port Angeles, WA
Owner/Operator: U.S. National Park Service, International Falls, MN
By Professional Mariner Staff