St. Johns Shipbuilding ~ Shipbuilding History

St. Johns Shipbuilding

Palatka FL

St. Johns Shipbuilding, Inc., was established in 2006, by Steve Ganoe and Michael Grandonico, in the facility previously operated by Offshore Shipbuilding, which had been closed for about 15 years, and before that by Putnam Shipbuilding. The yard is at the end of Stokes Landing Road, on an inlet from the St. Johns River.

	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	LOA	Delivered	Notes
Built by Putnam Shipbuilding
1				trawler			1972
2				trawler			1972
3	554579	William W. Sprague	Florida Towing	tugboat	134	90	1973	later Mary Kay, Mary Loy Turecamo
	566997	Mary M. Coppedge	Florida Towing	tugboat	159	95	1975	NLD
	566998	Lauren S. Coppedge	Florida Towing	tugboat	162	90	1975	later Helen D. Coppedge, Sarah D
5	572179	Catherine Jewel	Biblia Inc.	tugboat	76	53	1976	later Sun Gypsy
8	582994	Bulldog	Dell Marine	tugboat	44	43	1977
10	592015	Amberjack V	Amberjack Cruises	passenger	95	120	1978
11	590129	River Queen	River Queen LLC	passenger	85	80	1978
18	617568	Cheryl Anne	Admiral Inc.	trawler	175	84	1979	later Legacy
20	623562	Angelique	Yankee Packet Co.	passenger	99	88	1980
Built by Offshore Shipbuilding
6	646296	Emerald Coast		tugboat	118	72	1982	later Crosby Lightning
9	649338	Capt. Steve Hebert		tugboat	198	89	Jan 1982	later Delta Force, Ms Janet
21	640493	Vermilion Express	offshore Express, Inc.	OSV	211	98	Jan 1981	later Lamnalco Kite
23	643649	Timbalier Express	offshore Express, Inc.	OSV	211	98	1981	later Timbalier, Lamtide 201, Lamnalco Kestrel
24	650228	Delta Express	offshore Express, Inc.	OSV	285	164	Aug 1982	later HOS Gallant Knight, Gallant Knight, Douglas MacArthur, Calakmul
25	652318	Brazos Express	offshore Express, Inc.	OSV	285	164	Nov 1982
26	653269	Heather Express	offshore Express, Inc.	OSV	292	164	Feb 1983	later HOS Alysheba, Alysheba, scrapped
27	655696	Helm Express	offshore Express, Inc.	OSV	288	164	Sep 1983
30	658637	Grand Republic	Bridgeport and Port Jeff	ferry	1,237	261	July 1983	later Mary Ellen
31	665747	Gov James B. Hunt	North Carolina DoT	ferry	219	154	Dec 1984
32	667936	Tadrib Express	offshore Express, Inc.	OSV	299	164	July 1984	later Tadrib, Lamtide 301, Sylvia Tide
33	670357	Cherry Blossom	Polak Steamboat	ferry	99	91	Nov 1984
34	671873	Heritage	Heritage Harbor Tours	passenger	30	45	1984	later The Plant boat
35		Aquadoza		pollution control	150		Sep 1984	inactive
36	686316	Andrew Fletcher	Seaport Line	passenger	99	184	1985	later Diamond Jo, Diamond Royale
37	695611	Brooks K. McAllister	McAllister Towing	tugboat	192	104	Mar 1986	later Brooklyn McAllister
38	901180	Park City	Bridgeport and Port Jeff	ferry	1,129	261	Oct 1986
39	900600	DeWitt Clinton	Seaport Line	passenger	95	149	Jan 1986	later Southern Elegance
40	949110	Florida Bay	Martin W. Bell	Florida Bay Coaster	37	50	1987
41		Maryrose	Mimi Fisheries	trawler	100		1988
42		Lindsey	Mimi Fisheries	trawler	100		1988
43		Mary Claire	Mimi Fisheries	trawler	100		1989
44		Miss Jeanette	Mimi Fisheries	trawler	100		1989
47	941590	Kathy Marie	Arnie's Fisheries	trawler	196	87	Oct 1988
48	945601	Matthew J	Loper-Bright Ent.	trawler	196	126	Oct 1989	later Retriever
	953109	Key Largo	Jeffrey Seagal	Florida Bay Coaster	60	64	1989	later Red Head
	953481	Stealth 40		Florida Bay Coaster	10	40	1989
	957024	Sails	William C. Welch	Florida Bay Coaster	37	45	1989
	959571	Steelaway	Robert J. Carolan	Florida Bay Coaster	37	45	1990
	971247	Seaclusion	Lucy H. Greiner	Florida Bay Coaster	48	50	1990	later Venture On
	978240	Irish Rover	William G. Murphy, Jr.	Florida Bay Coaster	72	55	1991	later El Toro
	985610	Steel Magnolia	Curt Van Loon	Florida Bay Coaster	49	50	1992
	988609	Mary H	Louise Hughes	Florida Bay Coaster	54	55	1992
	1030553	Bainbridge	Boyer Towing	barge	2,855	286	1995
Built by St. Johns Shipbuilding
1	1205526	Port Eads	Port Eads, LLC	OSV	99	143	2007
2	9521045	Cape Express	G. & G. Marine	landing craft	487	175	2008	(Panama)
3	1208953	B 201	Chatham Towing	tank barge	1,611	274	2008
4	1218689	Dry Tortugas	RP/PHL Marine	OSV	99	143	2009
5	1217718	B 32	Chatham Towing	tank barge	2,278	274	2009
6	1217717	B 33	Chatham Towing	tank barge	2,278	274	2010
7-15
16	9587489	Bahamas Express	Caribbean Tug, Inc.	landing craft	487	175	2010	(Bahamas)
18	1230981	Gulfmaster I	Sun Towing	freight barge	861	173	2010
20	9652105	Sea Strength	A R Singh Contractors	OSV	494		2012	(Trinidad)
22	1243087	Michael Lawrence	Cheramie Holdings	OSV	91	124	2012
23	1244872	Ella Claire	Gulf Resource Mgmt.	OSV	91	124	2013
24	9661194	Delta Viceroy	Delta Logistics	OSV	157		2012	(Trinidad)
26		Skanska 46007	Skanska	barge	350		2011
27		Lady Shayne	Smithbridge Group	pushboat	13	26	2012	(Australia)
28		Lady Dashelle	Smithbridge Group	pushboat	13	26	2012	(Australia)
29	1243524	M.E.R.C. Shevlin	Sterling Eqpmt.	freight barge	2,944	256	2012
30	1246342	Iron Stan	Sunshine Tug & barge	pushboat	10	25	2013	later Riverview
31	1248233	Iron Mac	Sunshine Tug & barge	pushboat	11	26	2012
32	9706358	Atlantic Spirit	Inland & Offshore Cont.	OSV	492		2013	(Saint Vincent)
33	9715593	Sea Service	A R Singh Contractors	OSV	480		2014	(Trinidad)
			Smithbridge Group	pushboat	13	26	2012	(Australia)
			Smithbridge Group	pushboat	13	26	2012	(Australia)
			Smithbridge Group	pushboat	13	39	2013	(Australia)
			Smithbridge Group	pushboat	13	39	2013	(Australia)
	1249493	Iron Horse	Sunshine Tug & barge	pushboat	11	26	2013
55	1253396	Kurt Schulte	Sterling Eqpmt.	freight barge	2,983	256	5 Sep 2014
56	1262755	Iron Spike	Sunshine Tug & barge	pushboat	11	26	10 Aug 2014
57	1253156	New York 30	Boston Marine Towing	tank barge	2,156	263	10 Jun 2015
58	1262419	Elizabeth Anne	Vane Brothers	tugboat	103	96	4 Dec 2015
59	1264941	Hudson	Vane Brothers	tugboat	103	96	7 Apr 2016
60	1267647	Baltimore	Vane Brothers	tugboat	104	96	9 Aug 2016
61	1270444	Delaware	Vane Brothers	tugboat	115	96	22 Nov 2016
62	1274387	Philadelphia	Vane Brothers	tugboat	115	96	6 Apr 2017
63	1277223	New York	Vane Brothers	tugboat	115	96	21 Nov 2018
64	1290345	Jacksonville	Vane Brothers	tugboat	115	96	23 Nov 2018
65	1292926	Charleston	Vane Brothers	tugboat	115	96	19 Nov 2019
66	1268251	Grand Master	Sunshine Equipment	freight barge	604	150	13 Mar 2017
69	1262755	Iron Jack	Sunshine Tug & barge	pushboat	11	25	25 Mar 2016
73	1270684	Homes H2O	Sunshine Equipment	freighter	25	38	20 Jul 2016
74	1271943	Iron Buck	Sunshine Tug & barge	pushboat	11	25	16 Aug 2016
75	1276753	Grand Builder	G & S Maritime	freight barge	524	130	1 May 2017
76	1280613	Iron Matt	Sunshine Tug & barge	pushboat	11	25	7 Sep 2017
88	1294433	Eagle II	Fisher Island ferry	ferry	96	146	20 Jul 2019
89	1296903	Pelican II	Fisher Island ferry	ferry	96	152	27 Feb 2020
91	1300854		HNY Ferry Fleet	fast ferry	228	97
	Panama	Grand Master II	Bahamas Ferries	landing craft	496	190	4 Dec 2017	(Bahamas)
				landing craft
				landing craft
120	1284437	Iron Man	Sunshine Tug & barge	pushboat	31	26	9 Dec 2019
123	1262755	Iron Tim	Sunshine Tug & barge	pushboat	11	25	21 Feb 2020
124	1304852	Iron Gene	Sunshine Tug & barge	pushboat	11	25	30 Jun 2020