)FF-A 618 1-12 (1968) S. Fish Wildl. Servo Fish. Leaf l. Partial List of ~ Fish ing Boat Builders
JNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR :ISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE JUREAU OF COMMERCIAL FISHERIES Fishery Leaflet 618 o chin horn timb r for rib base ln ctlOn o f hrimp boat. (Court sy of H . L . ubhc lon .) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE BUREAU OF COMMERCIAL FISHERIES
Partial List of Fishing Boat Builders
Prepared by
BRANCH OF EXPLORATORY FISHING
Fishery Leaflet 618
Washington, D.C. November 1968
CONTENTS
Page Atlantic coast builders •• 1
Gulf coast builders •••• • • 5
Pacific coast (and Hawaii) builders • • 8
Great Lakes builders ••• • ••.. •.. 12
iii Partial List of Fishing Boat Bu ilders
Prepared by
BRANCH OF EXPLORATORY FISHI G
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Washington, D.C. 20240
ABSTRACT
The following list of builders includes data on 238 shipyards in 26 coastal and inland States. The list also provides information (if known) on the constr uctlon ma t erial used.
ATLANTIC COAST BUILDERS
Material us d Name of firm Address (If known) Maine:
Baum Boatbuilding Co. P. O. Box 546 Wood Kennebunkport 04046
Elihu Beal Beals Island 04611 Wood
Brewer ' s Boatyard West Southport 04576 Wood
Brooklin Boat Yard Center Harbor Wood Brooklin 04616
Bunker & Ellis Southwest Harbor 04679 Wood
Camden Boatworks Camden 04843 Wood and hbergla s
Sim Davis Bass Harbor 04653 Wood
Days Boat Yard West Brooklin 04616 Wood
Frosts Boats Jonesport 0464 9 Wood
Alfred Fuller Shipbuilding East Boothbay 04544 Wood and steel Co.
Harvey F. Gamage Ship Shipyard Rd. Wood building, Inc. South Bristol 04568
G eorges River Boat 17 Water St. \ ood building II.! Repair Thomaston 04 61
Goudy & Stevens, Inc . East Boothbay 04544 \\'ood and ee
Hodgdon Brothers, Inc. East Boothbay 04544 Wood and f ber ass
orman Hodgdon Jr. Boothbay Harbor 0453 'Iood Atlantic coast builders--Con. Material used Name of firm Address (if known) Maine--Con.
Lash Brothers Shipyard Friendship 04547 Wood
Francis MacDonald 12 Park St. Wood and steel Camden 04843
Morse Boatbuilding Co. Thomaston 04861 Wood and fiberglass
Newbert &. Wallace Thomaston 04861 Wood
Reeds Shipyard of Booth Boothbay Harbor 04538 Wood bay Inc. Rich Brothers Bernard 04612 Wood
Rittall's Boatyard Boothbay Harbor 04538 Wood
Robinhood Marina, Inc. Robinhood Wood Bath 04530 Southwest Boat Corp. Southwest Harbor 04679 Wood
Ralph Stanley Southwest Harbor 04679 Wood
Stonington-Deer Island Stonington 04681 Wood Yacht Basin
The Thurston Co. Orland 04472 Wood
Thurston Erlandsen Corp. Sanford Airport Fiberglass Sanford 04073
Webber's Cove Boatyard East Blue Hill 04629 Fiberglass
Massachusetts:
Gladding - Hern Ship Somerset 02726 Steel building, Inc.
Melanson Boat Shop 27 Water St. Wood Ipswich 01938
Rhode Island: Blount Marine Corp. Warren 02885 Steel
Connecticut: Luders Marine Construc Mystic 06355 tion Co.
New York: Greenport Yacht &. Ship Greenport 11944 Steel and wood building Co., Inc.
Jakobson Shipyard, Inc. Oyster Bay 11771 Steel and wood
Matton Shipyard Co., Inc. Box 428 Wood Cohoes 12047
2 Atlantic coast builders--Con. Material used Name of firm Address (if known) New York--Con. Scott J. McBurney Avenue V &: Flatbush Ave. Wood Brooklyn 11217
Sound Shipbuilding Corp. 123-45 Lax Ave. Wood College Point 11356
New Jersey: Delaware Bay Shipbuilding p. O. Box 168 Wood Co •• Inc. River Rd. Leesburg 08327
Dorchester Bay Shipbuilding Dorchester 08316 Wood Co •• Inc.
Twin Hull Boat Co. Route 17 Steel Hasbrouck Heights 07607
Delaware: Vineyard Shipbuilding Co. p. O. Box 334 Wood Milford 19963
Wilson Shipyard, Inc. Foot of East Fourth St. Steel Wilmington 19808
Maryland: Maryland Shipbuilding &: P. O. Box 537 Steel Drydock Co. Baltimor e 21230
Wiley Manufacturing Co. P. O. Box 97 Steel Port Deposit 21904
Virginia: Colonna's Shipyard Inc. 400 East Indian River Rd. Norfolk 23523
E. L. Deagle &: Sons Deltaville 23043 Wood
Globe Point Boat Co. Burgess 22432 Wood
P. S. Green &: Sons Marine Deltaville 23043 Wood Railway
R. F. Green Marine Railway Deltaville 23043 Wood and steel
Horne Brothers 2408 Harbor Rd. Norfolk 23501
Humphreys Railways Weems 22576 Wood
Krentz Marine Railway Callao 22435 Wood
Miller's Marine Railway Deltaville 23043 Steel Moon Shipyard &: Repair Foot of Brown Ave. Norfolk 23504
3 Atlantic coast builders--Con. Material used Name of firm Address (if known) Virginia--Con. Old Dominion Marine Foot of Chestnut Ave. Railway Corp. Norfolk 23523
Rice Marine Railway Reedville 22539 Wood
North Carolina: Barbour Boat Works New Bern 28560 Steel
Bellamy Boat Works Supply 28462 Wood
Charles Davis Boat Yard Beaufort 28516 Wood and steel
Henry Fulcher Boat Works Atlantic 28511 Wood
Grissett Boat Works Shallotte 28459 Wood
Hatteras Yacht Co. New Bern 28560 Fiberglass
Ivey Lewis Hampstead 28443 Wood
Machine &< Supply Co. Beaufort 28516 Wood
Morehead Marine Corp. Morehead City 28557 Wood
New Bern Shipyard New Bern 28560 Steel
Mervin Rose Boat Works Harkers Island 28531 Wood
Russel's Marine Railway Morehead City 28557 Steel
Spain Boat Works Hobucken 28537 Wood
Varnam Boat Works Supply 28462 Wood
Wethington Marine Ways Route 1, Box 4 Wood Swansboro 28584
Florida (Atlantic and Gulf coasts): Atlantic Marine, Inc. Box 138 Steel Fort George Island 32037
Bellinger Shipyards, Inc. 13911 Atlantic Blvd. Steel Jacksonville 32211
Diesel Corporation Box 191 Wood Fort Myers 33902
Diesel Engine Sales, Inc. P. O. Box 1480 Wood St. Augustine 32084
Diesel Shipbuilding Co. P. O. Box 548 Steel Jacksonville 32210
Drummond's Boat Building 221 South 10th St. Wood Co. Fernandina Beach 32034
4 Atlantic coast builders--Con. Material used Name of firm Address (if known) Florida (Atlantic and Gulf coasts)--Con. Florida Seafood Canning Co. Market St. Wood and steel Apalachicola 32320
Heim Shipbuilding & Marine Tampa 33605 Steel Supply
Marine Dynamics, Inc. 27 Southwest 5th St. Wood and fiberglass Miami 33130
Miami Shipbuilding Corp. 655 Southwest 2d Ave. Steel Miami 33130
Newport Fiberglass Newport 32355 Fiberglass Trawlers, Inc. L. H. Nix Boatyard 69 Lewis Blvd. Wood St. Augustine 32084 Pterudis - Karahalios 404 South Riviera St. Wood Trawlers, Inc. St. Augustine 32084
R. W. Ralls Boatyard Fernandina Beach 32034 Wood
St. Augustine Boat P.O.Box619 Wood Builder s, Inc. St. Augustine 32084
St. Johns Boatyard St. Augustine 32084 Wood
Sarris Boatyard P. O. Box 51 Wood Tarpon Springs 33589
Sermons Boatyard 591 Island Ave. Steel Tarpon Springs 33589
Southport Shipyard Southport 32409 Wood
Spence Bros. Boat Works P. O. Box 578 Wood Niceville 32578
Tiliakos Boat Building Co. Fernandina Beach 32034 Wood
Harry Xnides South Ribiera St. Wood St. Augustine 32084
GULF COAST BUILDERS Material used Name of firm Address (if known) Alabama: Bayou Fabricators Com P. O. Box 747 Steel pany, Inc. Belt Rd. Bayou La Batre 36509 Bender Welding & Machine 265 South Water St. Steel Co., Inc. Mobile 36602 Landry Boat Works P. O. Box 134 Wood Bayou La Batre 36509
5 Gulf coast builders--Con. Material used Name of firm Address (if known)
Alabama - -C on. Marine Builders, Inc. Route 4, Box 424F Steel Mobile 36609
Master Marine, Inc. Box 665 Steel Bayou La Batre 36509
P&H Construction Com Box 706 Steel pany, Inc. Bayou La Batre 36509
Mississippi: A. W. Covacevich Boatyard 1118 East Bayview Ave. Wood and steel Biloxi 39530
M&M Fleachas Shipyard 726 North Front Steel Pascagoula 39567
Graham Boats, Inc. P. O. Box 573 Steel Pascagoula 39567
Gulf Coast Boat Builders East Beach Steel Biloxi 39530
Industrial Steel & Marine P.O.Box2217 Steel Works Gulfport 39501
Kremer Marine Works 1408 Cowan Rd. Steel Gulfport 39501
Alexander Mowatt West Pier Steel Gulfport 39501
Toche Boatbuilders Van Cleave Rd. Steel and wood Ocean Springs 39564
Louisiana: Allied Shipyard, Inc. P. O. Box 338 Steel and wood LaRose 70373
American Marine Corp. P. O. Box 8126 Aluminum New Orleans 70122
Bollinger Machine Shop P. O. Box 250 Steel Lockport 70374
Remis Cheramie Shipyard Golden Meadow 70357 Wood
Duet Shipyard Galliano 70354 Wood
Roland Duet Shipyard Galliano 70354 Wood
Halter Marine Services, Route 6, Box 287 Steel Inc. New Orleans 70126
Houma Fabricators 1100 Oak St. Steel Houma 70360
6 Gulf coast builders--Con. Material used Name of firm Address (if known) Louisiana--Con. Jeffrey Leret Chauvin 70344 Wood
Lindsay Marine Service Lake Charles 70604 Steel
Patterson Shipyard P. O. Box 67 Steel Patterson 70392
Raskal Boats, Inc. 2100 Surekote Rd. Aluminum New Orleans 70117
St. Charles Steel Works, Route 1, Box 506 Steel Inc. Thibodaux 70301
Scariano Boat, Inc. 7412 West End Blvd. Wood, steel, and aluminum New Orleans 70124
Siracusa Shipyard Star Route, Box 739 Steel Morgan City 70380
Texas: Bishop Shipbuilding Corp. Ingleside 78362 Steel and wood
Border Marine Ways, Inc. P. O. Box 733 Steel and wood Brownsville 78520
Frank C. Capell Marine Freeport 77541 Steel Construction, Inc.
Four Brothers Boatworks Galveston 77550 Wood
Gulfport Shipbuilding West Lake Shore Steel Port Arthur 77640
Heritage Marine P. O. Box 1006 Steel Palacios 77465
Freddy Mansky Boat Dickinson 77539 Wood and steel Builder
Marine Mart Inc. P. O. Box 296 Steel Port Isabel 78578
Joseph E. & Larry J. Alvin 77511 Wood Marshall
Rockport Yacht & Supply P. O. Box 662 Steel Co., Inc. Rockport 78382
Seabrook Shipbuilders Co. Seabrook 77586 Steel and wood
Sea Hoss Marine Enter P. O. Box 1035 Steel prises, Inc. Freeport 77541
Southern Shipbuilding P. O. Box 951 Wood Corp. Brownsville 78520
Bruce and Nathaniel Zirlott Channelview 77530 Wood
7 PACIFIC COAST (AND HAWAII) BUILDERS Material u.ed Name of firm Address (if known)
Washington: Berg Shipyard RFD 1 Steel Blaine 98320
Chilman Shipyard 1301 CSt. Wood Hoquiam 98550
Commercial Marine 2520 Westlake Ave. N. Wood Construction Co. Seattle 98109
Harold Hansen Boat Co. 621 West 40th St. Wood and steel Seattle 98199
Ilwaco Boat Works Ilwaco 98624 Wood
Jacobsen Boat Co. 4214 9th NW. Wood Seattle 98107
Albert J ens en & Sons, Inc. Friday Harbor 98250 Wood
Kazulin & Cole Shipbuilding Box 862 Wood Corp. Tacoma 98401
Marine Construction & 2300 Commodore Way Steel Design Co. Seattle 98199
Marine View Boat Building 5420 Marine View Dr. Wood Co. Tacoma 98422
J. M. Martinac Shipbuilding 1501 Railroad Ave. Steel Corp. Tacoma 98421
Martinolich Shipbuilding 1601 Taylor Way Steel Corp. Tacoma 98421
Nichols & Downing Boat Holmes Harbor Steel Co., Inc. Whidbey Island 98923
Pacific Fishermen, Inc. 5351 24th NW. Steel and wood Seattle 98107
Pakonen and Son 704 West Front St. Wood Aberdeen 98520
Peterson Boatbuilding Co. 223 East F St. Wood Tacoma 98421
Port Angeles Boat Shop Port Angeles 98362 Wood
Puget Island Trollers Cathlamet 98612 Wood
R & H Marina 2435 N. Northlake Way Wood Seattle 98103
Ron Rawson 15014 NE. 90th Fiberglass Redmond 98052
Sagstad Marine, Inc. 5109 Shilshole Ave. NW. Wood Seattle 98107
8 Pacific coast (and Hawaii) builders--Con. Material used Name of firm Address (if known) W ashington--C on. Seattle Shipbuilding Co. Foot of 26th Ave. NW. Wood and steel Seattle 98177
South Bend Boat Shop South Bend 98586 Wood
Star Marine Industries 309 Alexander Ave. Steel Tacoma 98421
Tacoma Boatbuilding Co. 132 Sitcum Waterway Steel Tacoma 98421
Taylor Boat Co. 10 East Allison St. Wood Seattle 98102
Thermodyne, Inc. Steam Boat Slough Fiberglass Marysville 98270
Western Boatbuilding Corp. 2505 East lith St. Steel Tacoma 98421
Oregon: Astoria Marine Con 403 Southwest Front St. Wood struction Co. Astoria 97103
Bayside Machine Newport 97365 Steel
Bumble Bee Sea Foods 7th & Olney Wood Shipyard Astoria 97103
Gunderson Brothers 4700 Northwest Front Ave. Steel Engineering Corp. Portland 97210
Hillstrom I s Shipyard 912 North Front St. Wood and steel Coos Bay 97420
Yaquina Boat Works Newport 97365 Wood
California: Anderson and Cristofani Innes & Griffith Sts. San Francisco 94124
California Steel Fabri San Diego 92112 Steel cating, Inc.
Campbell Machine, Inc. Foot of 8th St. Steel and wood San Diego 92112
Colberry, Inc. Stockton 95204
Columbia Yacht Corp. Costa Mesa 92626
Drakecraft Boats Oxnard 93030
Fellows & Stewart, Inc. Berth 213 Steel and wood Terminal Island 90731
9 Pacific coast (and Hawaii) builders--Con. Material used Name of firm Address (if known) California--Con. Fibersteel Corp. P. O. Box 661 Ferro-cement West Sacramento 95691
Forster Shipbuilding Co. Ferry Berth 231 Terminal Island San Pedro 90731
Gutent & Zimmerman Box 1688 Construction Div., Inc. Stockton 95201
Harbor Boat Building Co. 258 Cannery St. Terminal Island San Pedro 90731
Harbor Boatworks Harbor Dr. at 26th San Diego 92112
Harbor Boat & Yacht Co. 4960 Harbor Dr. Steel and wood San Diego 92112
Kettenburg Boat Works Box 65, Pt. Lorna Sta. San Diego 92106
Paul Lackey Noyo Harbor Steel Fort Bragg 95437
Al Larsen Boat Shop 1046 South Seaside Steel and wood Terminal Island San Pedro 90731
Makela Brothers Noyo Harbor Fort Bragg 95437
Mardesich Boat Works 1019 Gaffey St. San Pedro 90731
Masters Builders Foot of Parn St. Alameda 94501
Mauricio & Son San Diego 92112 Wood and steel
Monterey Bay Boat Works P. O. Box 869 Wood Monterey 93940
Monterey Marine Construc Moss Landing 95039 Wood tion Co.
North American Ship 717 Coast Highway 101 building Corp. Newport Beach 92660
Noyo River Flat Boat Shop Fort Bragg 95437
Nunes Brothers Sausalito 94965
Pacific Coast Engineering Oak & Clement Sts. Steel Co. Alameda 94501
Mitchell Phaeres San Diego 92112 Steel
10 Pacific coast (and Hawaii) builders--Con. Material used Name of firm Address (if known) California - -C on. San Diego Marine Box 751 Steel and wood Construction Co. San Diego 92112
San Pedro Boat Works Berth 44, Outer Harbor San Pedro 90131
Sausalito Shipbuilding Co. 1702 Bridgeway Blvd. Sausalito 94965
Sea Boat Co. Costa Mesa 92626
Skallerud Brothers 817 West BSt. Steel Wilmington 90744
Tatco Shipbuilding Corp. 1860 Bay Front St. Steel San Diego 92112
Willamette Iron & Steel 1311 Canal Blvd. Co. Richmond 94804
Wilmington Boat Works 607 West B St. Wilmington 90744
Alaska: Alaskan Boats, Inc. P. O. Box 817 Laminated plywood and fiber Juneau 99801 glass
E&A Builders Seaward 99664 Wood
Harry's Boat Shop Ketchikan 99901 Wood
Kachemak Marine Homer 99603 Wood
Hawaii: Ala Wai Marine Ltd. 1651 Ala Moana Blvd. Wood and fiberglass Honolulu 96815
Funai's Boat Shop 24 Sand Island Access Rd. Wood and fiberglass Honolulu 96819
Hawaiian Dreding & Con Shipyard Division Wood, steel, and fiberglass struction Co., Ltd. 1441 Kapiolani Blvd. Honolulu 96814
Hawaiian Shipyards Div. of Hawaiian Tuna Wood, steel, and fiberglass Packers Kewalo Basin Honolulu 96809
Keehi Drydock Co. 24 Sand Island Access Rd. Wood and fiberglass Honolulu 96819 Kewalo Shipyard 860 Mapunapuna St. Wood and fiberglass Honolulu 96819 Louie's Fiberglass Shop 554 QuiJUl Lane Fiberglass Honolulu 96813
11 GREAT LAKES BUILDERS Material used Name of firm Address (if known)
Pennsylvania: Paasch Marine Service 18 West Front St. Steel and aluminum Erie 16512
Ohio: American Shipbuilding Co. Lorain 44025 Steel Aquadyne Corp. 1700 Fifth St. Aluminum Sandusky 44870 Hans Hansen Welding Co., 2824 Summit St. Steel Inc. Toledo 43601 Vermilion Engineering Co. 2004 East Liberty Steel Vermilion 44089
Michigan: Brown Boat Building Co. Bay Port 48720 DeFoe Shipbuilding Co. Foot of Adams St. Steel and aluminum Bay City 48706
Detroit Boat Basin Inc. 9666 East Jefferson Ave. Wood Detroit 48214 William Stender Bay City 48706
T. D. Vinette Co. 2201 6th Ave. N. Steel and wood Port of Escanaba 49829
Illinois: Diesel Engineering & Peoria 61614 Manufacturing Co. Grafton Boat Co., Inc. Grafton 62037 Steel and aluminum
Wisconsin Burger Boat Co. Spring St. at Revere Dr. Aluminum Manitowoc 54221
Christy Corp. Foot of Iowa St. Steel Sturgeon Bay 54235 Fraser Shipyards, Inc. Superior 54880 Steel Manitowoc Shipbuilding P. O. Box 67 Steel Manitowoc 54200 Marinette Marine Corp. Marinette 54143 Steel and aluminum Peterson Builders, Inc. Sturgeon Bay 54235 Steel, wood, fiberglass, and aluminum Sturgeon Bay Shipbuilding & Sturgeon Bay 54235 Steel Drydock Co.
Minnesota: Marine Iron & Shipbuilding 325 Lake Ave. Steel Co. Duluth 55802
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