Pendleton Shipyard Company Explained

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 . 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

V4-M-A1

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

thumb|a N3-S-A2 small coastal cargo shipN3-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

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

• Delta Shipbuilding
• Avondale Shipyard

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pendleton.
2. Web site: 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. Web site: 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. Web site: Outboard Profiles of Maritime Commission Designed Vessels. drawings.usmaritimecommission.de.
5. Web site: N3-S-A1 Type | MARAD. www.maritime.dot.gov.
6. Web site: Tugboat Information. www.tugboatinformation.com.
7. Web site: TOWBOAT PHOTOS JOHN BOWMAN’s COLOR BOAT PHOTOS A – C Post 1 of 6 – JOHN BOWMAN.