U.S. Builders of Large Yachts ~ Shipbuilding History

U.S. Builders of Large Yachts

This web site does not attempt to track the construction of recreational boats, because there are many millions of them, almost all manufactured of fiberglass and produced in factories rather than built in boatyards. There is still a custom yachtbuilding business in the United States, however, and for a while the U.S. was a significant builder of "megayachts" - boats with a registered length of at least 75 feet - but production has almost completely stopped in recent years, with most of these yards either becoming service facilities or closing. The output of the builders of large yachts is documented here as completely as possible.

	Company	Since	Location	State
Yards that Are Actively Building Large Yachts
1	Merritt Boat & Engine Works	1948	Pompano Beach	FL
2	Westport Yachts	1964	Westport/Port Angeles	WA
Yards that Are Still Active but Now Only Occasionally Build Large Yachts
3	Burger Boat	1863	Manitowoc	WI
4	Delta Marine Industries	1960s	Seattle	WA
5	Derecktor Shipyards	1947	Mamaroneck	NY
6	Hodgdon Brothers	1816	East Boothbay	ME
7	Nordlund Boats	1958	Tacoma	WA
8	Northern Marine	1996	Anacortes	WA
9	Rybovich Yachts	1930s	West Palm Beach	FL
Yards that Are Still Active but No Longer Build Large Yachts
10	Broward Marine	1948	Fort Lauderdale	FL
11	Hinckley Yachts	1928	Southwest Harbor	ME
12	Huckins Yacht	1927	Jacksonville	FL
13	Lyman-Morse Boatbuilders	1912	Thomaston	ME
Yards that Used to Build Large Yachts but Are Now Inactive
14	Christensen Yachts	1987	Vancouver	WA
15	Citadel Yachts	2003	Tacoma	WA
16	Hatteras Yachts	1959	New Bern	NC
17	Lazzara Yachts	1956	Tampa	FL
18	North Star Yachts	1999	Kalama	WA
19	Pacific Mariner	1996	La Conner	WA
20	Palmer Johnson Yachts	1918	Sturgeon Bay	WI
21	Trident Yachts	1996	Tampa	FL
22	Trinity Yachts	1990	New Orleans	LA