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W.A. BISSO
Pictured as: the Debbie R. (Neighborhood Shipping) Photo by: Wil Weijsters

Built in 1961, by Main Iron Works of Houma, Louisiana (hull #105) as the Gulf Miss for Gulf Mississippi Marine Incorporated of Houston, Texas.

In 1969, the tug was acquired by the Bisso Marine Company of New Orleans, Louisiana. Where she was renamed as the W.A. Bisso.

In 2002, she was acquired by Neighborhood Shipping Incorporated of the British Virgin Islands. Where the tug was renamed as the Debbie R.

In 2010, the tug was beached and abandoned at Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. She was a single screw tug, rated at 2,800 horsepower.


  • Vessel Name: W.A. BISSO
  • USCG Doc. No.: 287240
  • Vessel Service: TOWING VESSEL
  • IMO Number: 8973863
  • Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted, Registry
  • Hull Material: STEEL
  • Hull Number: 105
  • Ship Builder: MAIN IRON WORKS, INC.
  • Year Built: 1961
  • Length: 91
  • Hull Depth: 12.1
  • Hull Breadth: 26
  • Gross Tonnage: 148
  • Net Tonnage: 100
  • Previous Vessel Names:
    Gulf Miss, W. A. BISSO, DEBBIE R.
  • Previous Vessel Owners:
    Gulf Mississippi Marine Inc., Gulf Fleet Marine Inc., Zapata Gulf Marine Service Inc., Tidewater Marine Inc., Bisso Marine Co., NEIGHBORHOOD SHIPPING INC, NEIGHBORHOOD SHIPPING INC, NEIGHBORHOOD SHIPPING INC, NEIGHBORHOOD SHIPPING INC, NEIGHBORHOOD SHIPPING INC, NEIGHBORHOOD SHIPPING INC, NEIGHBORHOOD SHIPPING INC, NEIGHBORHOOD SHIPPING INC, NEIGHBORHOOD SHIPPING INC, NEIGHBORHOOD SHIPPING INC