Pendleton Shipyard Company

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Coordinates: 29°58′46″N 90°01′31″W / 29.979537°N 90.025385°W / 29.979537; -90.025385
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Pendleton Shipyard Company
Founded1941
FounderPendleton E. Leyde
Defunct1958
Fatesold to Calmes Engineering
SuccessorCalmes Engineering
HeadquartersNorfolk, Virginia

Pendleton Shipyard Company was a shipyard in New Orleans, Louisiana started by Pendleton E. Leyde in 1941. Pendleton Shipyard Company built ships for World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding Program. The shipyard was at the Florida Avenue Wharf at 29°58′46″N 90°01′31″W / 29.979537°N 90.025385°W / 29.979537; -90.025385. Pendleton Shipyard Company sold the yard to John Wise Calmes, who opened Calmes Engineering at the site. The yard also inspected and delivered small ships built in Mississippi River shipyards to the United States Navy. The Calmes Engineering shipyard closed in April 1958 shortly after the death of Calmes.[1][2][3]

Pendleton Shipyard Company ships[edit]

V4-M-A1[edit]

Trinidad Head, a V4-M-A1 tug, in New York July 1943

V4-M-A1 is a Type V ship, that is, a tugboat. The V4-M-A1 tugboats were the largest and most powerful tugs in the world when they were built. They were named after lighthouses. The V4-M-A1 tugboats had steel hulls and displaced 1,613 tons. They were 195 feet long, with a beam of 37.5 foot, a draft of 15.5 feet, and a maximum speed of 14 knots. There were two engine manufacturers: National Supply Company, with 8-cylinder sets of 3,200 bhp and the Enterprise Engine & Trading Company with 6 cylinders and 2,340 bhp power.[4]

N3-S-A2[edit]

a N3-S-A2 small coastal cargo ship

N3-S-A2 is a Type N3 ship, a small coastal cargo ship. N3-S-A2 ships are 258 ft 9 in (78.87 m) long, have a beam of 42 ft 1 in (12.83 m), a tonnage of 2,905 dwt, a displacement of 14,245 long tons (14,474 t) and a draft of 20 ft 9 in (6.32 m). The ship has 1300 shaft horsepower with a top speed of 10.2 knots (11.7 mph; 18.9 km/h).[5]

These ships were built by the Pendleton Shipyard Company.[1]

* Name Ship type Gross tons Length (feet) Built Notes
* Matagorda V4-M-A1 1,117 185 Jun-43 Scrapped 1973
* Aransas Pass V4-M-A1 1,117 185 Jun-43 Scrapped 1973
* Sombrero Key V4-M-A1 1,117 185 Jun-43 To Argentina 1965 as Thompson, scrapped
* Dry Tortugas V4-M-A1 1,117 185 Jul-43 To Argentina 1965 as Goyena, scrapped
* Southwest Pass V4-M-A1 1,117 185 Aug-43 Scrapped 1973
* Montauk Point V4-M-A1 1,117 185 Sep-43 To Mexico 1969 as R 2, later Quetzalcoatl (A 12)
* Bayou St. John V4-M-A1 1,117 185 Nov-43 Scrapped 1977
* Mobile Point V4-M-A1 1,117 185 Dec-43 Sank 1944
* Race Point V4-M-A1 1,117 185 Feb-44 Scrapped 1972
* Samuel F. Dewing N3-S-A2 1,885 250 Apr-44 Sold 1948, scrapped 1963
* Samuel A. Fabens N3-S-A2 1,885 250 May-44 Sold 1948, wrecked 1960, salvaged, wrecked 1966
* Alfred M. Lunt N3-S-A2 1,885 250 Jul-44 Sold 1946, wrecked 1968
* Benjamin M. Melcher N3-S-A2 1,885 250 Aug-44 Sold 1946, scrapped

Calmes Engineering ships[edit]

These ships were built by Calmes Engineering.[1]

Name Buit for Type Gross Tons Length (feet) Built Notes
* Walnut Corps of Engineers Towboat 26 50 1947 Sold 1992 as Walnut, later Sara C, now M/V Sara C
* Chestnut Corps of Engineers Towboat 26 50 1948 Sold 1996[6]
* Florida Power Corp Tank Barge 642 175 1949
* Gator Florida Power Corp Tank Barge 642 175 1949 Active
* CMT 18 Canton Marine Towing Tank Barge 276 139 1951 Active
* BC 64** to 64** US Army Open Lighter 170 110 1952 10 deck barges
* BC 6470 US Army Open Lighter 170 110 1952 To USN as YC 1568, sold 2004
* Redstone Corps of Engineers Towboat 62 64 1952 Sold 1997 as Redstone, then Hunter Eagle, Retriever, now Chris D
* Barge No. 29 Hannah Marine Corp Freight Barge 1,387 254 1952
* Robert G. West Corps of Engineers Towboat 203 84 1953 Sold 1986 as Robert G. West, now Hanging Dog
* MR-403 Trinity Baton Rouge Freight Barge 786 200 1954
* Sinclair Memphis Sinclair Refining Towboat 175 85 1954 Later Fat Lady Pie, now Kalliope
* Shawnee Capt. Paul J. Griffin Towboat 34 47 1954 Now Barbara Sue[7]
* Bunker Delaware Bunker Group Virginia Tank Barge 1,307 227 1955 Active
* Sallie Estelle Randolph Construction Towboat 50 47 1955 Later Nathan J, now Judy Rae
* Intercity No 1 TT Barge Services Freight Barge 1,258 270 1955 Active
* Corps of Engineers 10 Barges 1955-6
* Electra Electric Energy Towboat 39 48 1956 Active.
* Captain Archie Mike Hooks Towboat 37 49 1957

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Pendleton".
  2. ^ "Pendleton Shipyards ship construction site, New Orleans, Louisiana, 16 August 1942 | The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories". www.ww2online.org.
  3. ^ "Liberty ship construction at Pendleton Shipyards, New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1943 | The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories". www.ww2online.org.
  4. ^ "Outboard Profiles of Maritime Commission Designed Vessels". drawings.usmaritimecommission.de.
  5. ^ "N3-S-A1 Type | MARAD". www.maritime.dot.gov.
  6. ^ "Tugboat Information". www.tugboatinformation.com.
  7. ^ "TOWBOAT PHOTOS JOHN BOWMAN's COLOR BOAT PHOTOS A – C Post 1 of 6 – JOHN BOWMAN".


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