Side wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
ALTON, a side-wheel excursion boat with wood hull (241.1 ft. x 38 ft. x 7.3 ft.), was built at Howard in 1906. Owned by Eagle Packet Company in St. Louis, ALTON operated on the Mississippi River between St. Louis and Alton, Illinois. She had a...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
H.ST.L. COPPEE, a stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (140 ft. x 30 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1904. Owned by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Vicksburg District, H.ST.L. COPPEE operated on the lower Mississippi River. H.ST.L. COPPEE...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Fires; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
ISLAND MAID, a stern-wheel excursion boat with wood hull (190 ft. x 36 ft. x 5 ft.), was originally built by Howard as G.W. HILL in 1909. In 1923, she was sold to Coney Island Co. in Cincinnati, Ohio and renamed ISLAND MAID. After a fire in spring...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
COP-R-LOY, a stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (73 ft. x 20 ft. x 3.7 ft.), was built at Howard in 1929. Owned by Portsmouth Steel Co., COP-R-LOY operated in the New Boston (Ohio) Mill area. She was renamed DETROITER (Way #T0595) in 1952,...
Tugboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
DEMOPOLIS, a propeller towboat with steel hull (140 ft. x 24 ft. x 8 ft.), was built at Howard in 1920. Owned by Inland Waterways Corporation in St. Louis, she operated on the Warrior River and was dismantled in 1952.
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat engines; Launchings; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
SENATOR CORDILL, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (170 ft. x 33 ft. x 5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1902. Owned by Vicksburg & Natchez Packet Co., SENATOR CORDILL operated on the Mississippi River in the Vicksburg and Natchez areas...
Three-quarters port bow view of EAST ST. LOUIS tied to the bank of the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. EAST ST. LOUIS, a stern wheel excursion boat with a wood hull (235 ft. x 40 ft. x 7 ft.), was built...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Three-quarters bow view of H.M. HOXIE at the bank of the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. H.M. HOXIE, a stern wheel towboat with a wood hull (213.2 ft. x 34.3 ft. x 5.6 ft.), was built at Cincinnati, Ohio...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Tugboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Three-quarters bow view of OAKLAND, tied off at the bank of the Ohio River while undergoing repairs, which included new smokes stacks, at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. OAKLAND, a stern wheel towboat with a wood hull...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
TITAN, a stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (136 ft. x 34 ft. x 7.3 ft.), was built at Howard in 1930. Owned by Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, TITAN operated on the upper Ohio River. She was sold for scrap in 1953.
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
GEM, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (135 ft. x 21 ft. x 3 ft.), was built at Howard in 1898. Owned by Capt. Ben C. Rea, GEM operated on the Red River. She was running trade in the New Orleans and Bayou Sara area when she burned on February 14,...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
GEORGIA LEE, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (210 ft. x 43 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1898. Owned by Lee Line in Memphis, she operated on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers between Memphis and Cincinnati. She was lost in ice at Memphis,...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Shipping; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
H.M. CARTER, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (155 ft. x 28 ft. x 3.5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1901 and received a new cabin there in 1906. Owned by Carter Packet Company in New Orleans, H.M. CARTER operated on the lower Mississippi River...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Steamboat J.S. (Way #2881), a stern-wheel excursion boat with wood hull (175 ft. x 33 ft. x 5.5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1901. Owned by Captain John Streckfus, J.S. operated on the upper Mississippi River until she burned on June 18, 1910.
Tugboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
J.J. HENNEN, a propeller tugboat with a diesel engine and steel hull (76 ft. x 18 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1928. Owned by Capt. J. J. Hennen, the boat operated on the Ohio River initially and later on the Green River. J.J. HENNEN was...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
J.H. MENGE, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (188 ft. x 38 ft. x 5.8 ft.), was built at Howard in 1910. Owned by Mississippi Packet Co., J.H. MENGE operated on the Mississippi River between New Orleans and the Ouachita River initially, and then...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
OUACHITA, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (140 ft. x 32 ft. x 4 ft.), was built at Howard in 1899. Owned by Captain LaVerrier Cooley in New Orleans, OUACHITA operated on the Ouachita River. She was dismantled around 1915.
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
PADUCAH, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (170 ft. x 33 ft. x 5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1916. Owned by St. Louis & Tennessee River Packet Co., PADUCAH operated in the Paducah-Florence, Alabama area until she was dismantled in 1928.
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
STACKER LEE, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (225.5 ft. x 45 ft. x 6.5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1902. Owned by Lee Line in Memphis, Tennessee, STACKER LEE operated on the lower Mississippi River. She sank four miles below Memphis,...
Barges; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
INCO No. 1, a self-propelled barge with steel hull (240 ft. x 42 ft. x 6.5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1915. Owned by Inland Navigation Company, it operated on the Mississippi River. This diesel powered vessel was built to introduce self loading...
