Bishop Shipbuilding ~ Shipbuilding History

Bishop Shipbuilding

Aransas Pass TX

Most recent update: August 1, 2014.

Bishop Shipbuilding Corporation was started by T. L. Bishop, a fisherman, in 1965. The yard is supposed to have been at 1338 West Palm Drive, but I cannot find this address on Google.

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	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	LOA	Built	Notes
12		Leo Wood, Jr.		research	194	140	1965	later A. B. Wood II, Lord Reyleigh
	297783	Miss Hilda	Miss Hilda	trawler	101	66	1965
	505723	Sea Fare		trawler	116	70	1966	later El Volatin. Existence in doubt 1989
	504779	Matagorda		trawler	120	73	1966	later St Martin, Capt TM, Lady Danielle
	505189	Al Dot 1		trawler	106	65	1966	later yacht Lady Diana. Existence in doubt 2005
19	502907	Al Dot 2		trawler	105	65	1966	later Scotty Bruce
24	506180	Albacore	Galloway Marine	trawler	130	73	1966	later Lyn's Follier, Morning Mistery, Albacore
27	507520	Texas	M L Bosworth	pilot boat	118	71	1967	later M.V. Texas
35	510603	Alfrank	Alfrank Inc	trawler	122	71	1967	later Courtney & Ory, Capt Glenn
	510119	Caravelle		trawler	149	75	1967	later Sadie and Laurie, Carevelle
	508622	La Fourche		trawler	163	84	1967	later Laura
	511697	Miss Kathy (Miss K a)		trawler	134	73	1967	later Mi Judy, Mary Lucille J, Steve C
	512560	Che Vos		trawler	140	80	1968	later Morning Star, Eleanor Eileen XVII, Barbara Ann
		Monticello		trawler	142	80	1968	later Calypso Babe. Existence in doubt 2011
	516857	Washington	Huffington Ocean	trawler	141	80	1968
	518410	Mt. Vernon	Jack C Colbourne	trawler	140	80	1969
	534961	Miss Coastal Bend		trawler	133	73	1971	later American Hope, Pauline Pearl, lost 1996
	545874	America 200		trawler	136	73	1973	later Lisbon, Lucky, Caterina D, reefed off NJ 2007
48	617250	Miss Cindy		trawler	170	86	1980	later Kara Leigh, Kirsty Nicole, Danielle Maria, Kingfisher
49		American Son		trawler	130	73	1974	later Jenny-Cristina (Cyprus)