Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Somerset MA


Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding was established in 1955 as a builder of tugs and fishing vessels but has now become one of the industry's leaders in the construction of fast ferries and pilot boats.  Visit the shipyard at www.gladding-hearn.com and see it from the air on Google here.

Hull # Original Name Original Owner Ship Type GT Ft. Delivery Disposition
  North Star Richard A Balzano Fishing Vessel 23 42 1955 Active
  Eastern Point II Reinauer Transportation Tug 21 40 1956 Now "Brian"
  Capt. Leffie Hydro-Dredge Corp. Tug 21   1956  
  Chas. E. Tirrell Perini Corporation Tug 21   1956  
  Hawk Lerian & Bradbury Inc Tug 13 34 1957 Active
  Dick Perini Chelsea Fuel Tptn. Tug 21 40 1957 Now "Heidi"
  Ike Tilcon New York Tug 15 33 1957 Active
  Morania No. 4 Charleston Marine Tug 32   1957 Now "Kaye C. Green"
24 Brandywine Stratus Fisheries LLC Fishing Vessel 14 45 1957 Now "Miss Samantha"
33 Cape Henlopen Delaware Bay Pilots Pilot Boat 36 44 1958 Active
  Chester K New England Dredge & Dock Dredge Tender     1958  
  Duchess Rabbit Run Towing Company Tug 23 41 1958 Active
  Joe M New England Dredge & Dock Dredge Tender     1958  
  Susan E New England Dredge & Dock Dredge Tender     1958  
  Capt. Dick Ercon Construction Dredge Tender     1959  
  Colleen Marine Service, Inc Tug 17 37 1959 Active
  Duke Rabbit Run Towing Company Tug 21 42 1959 Active
55 El-Jean Troy Town Dock & Marina Inc Tug 27 47 1960 Now "Benjamin Elliot"
  Jerry C Caldwell Marine International LLC Tug 20 36 1960 Now "Brian C"
  G. W. Ward Gibson & Cushman Dredging Tug 17 40 1960 Now "Theodore"
  Meander John C Palfrey Yacht 33 45 1960  
  Regal 100 Tisbury Towing & Trnsprt Inc Tank Barge 15 36 1960 Active
60 Capt. Lawrence Superior Equipment Corporation Tug 27 47 1961 Now "Admiral Tommy"
  Dave White Superior Equipment Corporation Tug 27   1961  
  Carolyn Marinucci Bros. Dredge Tender     1961  
  No. 153 Frederick Snare Co. Dredge Tender     1961  
  No. 154 Frederick Snare Co. Dredge Tender     1961  
  Annapolis Pilot Maryland Pilots Pilot Boat 35 44 1962 Active
69 Reggie B Rabbit Run Towing Company Tug 26 47 1962 Now "Baron"
  Thomas J. Brown Thomas J. Brown Towing Tug 61 60 1962 Active
  Big Whizzer Sterling Equipment Inc Tug 7 28 1963 Active
73 Cape May Delaware Bay Pilots Pilot Boat 36 44 1963