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Tacoma Boat was established in 1926 and built many boats during World War II. [1] The shipyard grew rapidly in the 1970s and early 1980s but got into difficulty with several large government contracts and filed for Chapter 11 protection in 1985. [1] It emerged from bankruptcy in 1986 but could not recover and closed in 1992. [1]
In 1937, the company built the Western Flyer as a purse seiner, [4] and in 1940, this boat carried John Steinbeck on the journey which he documented in The Log from the Sea of Cortez. In 1949, the company launched the largest tuna clipper ever built up to that time, the 150-foot (46 m) Mary E. Petrich . [ 5 ]
The J. M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corporation was founded in 1924 by Joseph M. Martinac on the Thea Foss Waterway in Tacoma, Washington. It specialized in the construction of tugs, trawlers, purse seiners, ferries, naval patrol craft and power yachts up to 250 feet (76 m) long. [1]
Ships built by the Tacoma Boatbuilding Company at their shipyard in Tacoma, Washington. Pages in category "Ships built by Tacoma Boatbuilding Company" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total.
They acquired more boats and soon began operating larger vessels, branching out into sailboats, naptha launches, gasoline-engined vessels, and scows and barges. By 1916 Foss Launch and Tug Company bought Captain O.G. Olson's Tacoma towing business, including the steam tugs Echo, Elf, and Olympian. When Thea Foss died in 1927, the company owned ...
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