Newest items added to top upon revi­sions -Con­tributed by Else Mar­tin- JOE POL’S PILOT BOAT — 1901 Pascagoula Pilot Asso­ci­a­tion: Demo­c­rat Star, May 17, 1901, Local News “The Pascagoula Pilot Asso­ci­a­tion has con­tract­ed with­de­signed and builder, Mr. Joe Pol, to…
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-Con­tributed by Judy South­ern Hes­­ter-  

-Con­tributed by Else Mar­tin- PORT of ENTRY, EAST PASCAGOULA, State of Mis­sis­sip­pi 1877 — Pascagoula Star, June 8, 1877 East Pascagoula, lies imme­di­ate­ly on the seashore, and is the prin­ci­pal Port of Entry of the State of Mis­sis­sip­pi, where ves­sels…
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Con­tributed by Else Mar­tin Geneal­o­gy and Local His­to­ry Depart­ment The “Pascagoula,” was built by Dierks-Blod­gett Ship­build­ing Com­pa­ny of Pascagoula. This pho­to, tak­en by the Dierks fam­i­ly, is from the ship’s tri­al run in 1918. This dig­i­tal pho­to was donat­ed to…
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Con­tributed by Else Mar­tin Between the “Dev­il and the Deep Blue Sea” Nau­ti­cal Expres­sions and their ori­gin “Between the Dev­il and the Deep” In wood­en ships, the “dev­il” was the longest seam of the ship. It ran from the bow…
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1913 — LOWERY ISLAND MARINE WAYS… Pascagoula Chron­i­cle, 30 Aug 1913. A Deed of Con­veyance was giv­en Sat­ur­day by F. H. Lewis, W. M. Canty, E. J. Jane’, W. R. Kell and J. A. Tabor to the Unit­ed States, for…
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1918 – Alpa­co Steam­screw Ship Built in Moss Point, Miss., 1918 by Hodge Ship Yard Reg­is­tra­tion #217088 Descrip­tion: 267.3 Length, 46.0 breadth, 23.6 depth Usage: Freight — Home­port: Gulf­port Launch arti­cle in the Pascagoula Chron­i­cle, July 6, 1918 Pho­to from…
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Fle­chas Ship­yard, Pascagoula — No Date Attach­ments flechas_shipyard_no_date (2 MB)

Poitiv­en Broth­ers, Inc. Ship­yard, Pascagoula, Miss., Novem­ber 1929 Attach­ments poitevin_brothers_shipyard_1929 (937 kB)

The “Her­man Colle” with Capt. Gene What­ley about 1958 Attach­ments herman_colle (2 MB)

Capt. DANIEL PICKETT — of Pascagoula (Ances­tor of the Pick­ett fam­i­ly) 1826–1827 He owned the SCHOONER MARIA. MARIA was first doc­u­ment­ed on Bay­ou St. John in 1820’s and was list­ed as BUILT in 1821 at EAST PASCAGOULA. Descrip­tion: 30 66/95…
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