Bellinger Shipbuilding ~ Shipbuilding History

Bellinger Shipbuilding

Jacksonville FL

Most recent update: July 21, 2020.

Bellinger Shipbuilding was started by James F. Bellinger in 1946 at a landlocked site on Bartram Road in Jacksonville, where they built 21 boats before moving in 1950 to a site on Pablo Creek, a tributary to the Intracoastal Waterway. Here they built another 17 boats before closing at the end of 1952. Bellinger returned to operations in 1956 at a third site, at 13911 Atlantic Boulevard, on the north side of the bridge carrying Atlantic Boulevard over the Intracoastal Waterway. The company was sold to Jacksonville Shipyards Inc. In 1973 and operated as the Bellinger Division of that company until 1992, when Jacksonville Shipyards was closed and later liquidated. See the yard from the air on Google here.

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	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	LOA	Delivered	Notes
Built by Bellinger Shipbuilding at Bartram Road
1			Scotty Lockhart
2	249536	Evelyn	Standard Dredging Co.	towing vessel	23	42	Apr 1946	hull only, completion by Gibbs Gas Engine
3	247888	Tascozette	Tampa Shipbuilding Co.	towing vessel	14	42	May 1945	hull only, completion by Gibbs Gas Engine, Timmie 1949, Misty 1977
4	248984	Rocky	Gulf Atlantic Towing Co.	towing vessel	21	44	Nov 1945	hull only, completion by Auto Salvage & Parts Co., scrapped 1967
5		Gingras	Gulf Refining Co.	work boat				no trace
6	250411	Sea Hawk	Edwin Bunk	trawler	15	34	Aug 1946	hull only, completion by Auto Salvage & Parts Co., scrapped 1969
7	252252	Little Tom	Thomas A. Smirch	trawler	15	36	Dec 1946	sank Sep-49
8	251757	Assault	L.M. Lockwood	trawler	39	47	Feb 1947	to Thailand 1952
9	254075	Cathie	J.C. Fergouson	trawler	36	52	Nov 1947	foundered near Dry Tortugas Dec-58
10	254282	Ella Mae Vona	John Vona	trawler	36	52	Dec 1947	later Mattie Jean 1953
11	254538	Gypsy	Peyton T. Mize	trawler	36	52	1947	abandoned 1953
12	254794	Barbara	Diesel Corporation	towing vessel	20	44	Mar 1948	later Nautilus 1952
13	255496	Helena Florence II	Tom Smirch	trawler	40	53	June 1948	later Southern Cross 1953, fueling vessel Gulf Fueler III 1959, Mobil Diesel Fueler 1960, Gulf Diesel Fueler 1960, Humble Fueler 71
14	256210	Rosa Mae	H.A. Stanland	trawler	40	53	Aug 1948	lost off Brazil 1960
15	256064	Sea Lady	Land & Williams	trawler	41	53	July 1948	later Miss Cyndi, NLD
16	256640	Sportsman	Robert A. (Bob) Wilson	trawler	40	53	Oct 1948	lost near Fort Myers, Gulf of Mexico, 1954
17	258873	Miss Rita	Maurice Moody	trawler	40	53	Oct 1949
18	259308	Elinor J.	J.J. & Elinor J. Smirch	trawler	40	53	1949	lost south of Port Isabel TX Aug-59
19	529365	Weather	Gibbs & Cox	passenger	44	53	1948	later NY2662AV, then m/b 10V1777, Capt. Sandy 1970, Snoopy Gus
20	258741	Danny Boy	Dwight T. Hay	trawler	40	53	Sep 1949	scrapped 1970
21	259327	Sandra	Karl. B. Anderson	trawler	40	53	1949	lost off Brownsville TX-1963
Built by Bellinger Shipbuilding at Pablo Creek
22	260219	HCT 5	F.M. Hendry	towing vessel	25	43	June 1950	later W. D. Jones 1969
23	260220	HCT 6	F.M. Hendry	towing vessel	25	43	June 1950	later C. L. Anslow 1969, Andrew J.
24			Diesel Engine Sales	Suction Dredge			1950
25	262165	Atalanta	Gulf-Pak Co.	trawler	49	61	June 1950	lost off Corpus Christi TX Dec-57
26	262526	Pablo	Gulf Atlantic Tranportation Corp.	towing vessel	29	49	Aug 1951	to RFR 1975
27	263221	Miss Florida	Eunice L. Varnum	trawler	49	61	Feb 1952	burned at Corinto, Nicaragua, Jun-64
28	263326	Barbara	Christobal Inc.	trawler	49	61	July 1952	foundered in Gulf of Mexico Jan-53
29	264149	Gulf Lady	Land & Williams	trawler	49	61	July 1952	later Three Girls 1967
30			Lone Star Cement Company	barge		74	Aug 1952
31			J.H. Coppedge & Co.	barge		74	1952
32	263248	Elizabeth Ann	Bronx Towing Line	towing vessel	29	48	Feb 1952	later Ingrid Ann 1981
33	263833	A.J. Frederick	Frederick Marine Service	towing vessel	29	48	May 1952	to Bahamas 1961
34	264464	Jocharanne	Valentine Towboat Corp.	towing vessel	30	48	Oct 1952	later Edward T. Buchanan 1955, Atlantis 1979, Little Bear 1980, Nicol Mairead
35	264150	Ocean Lady	Land & Williams	trawler	49	61	Apr 1952
36	264597	Mike King	St. Georges Seafood Co.	trawler	49	61	Dec 1952	to RFR 1959
37	264475	Carolyn Foley	St. Georges Seafood Co.	trawler	49	61	Dec 1952	NLD 1959
38	264675	Lee	James F. Wilson	towing vessel	30	61	Nov 1952	NLD
Built by Bellinger Shipbuilding at Atlantic Avenue
39	271491	Shoal Harbor	Fish Meal Co. (Miss.)	trawler	171	123	May 1956	NLD
40	271803	West Beaufort	Fish Meal Co. (Miss.)	trawler	171	123	1956	NLD
41	274255	Tiny Tim	J. Howard Smith, Inc.	trawler	613	195	1957
42	276175	Anna Jackman	Presbyterian Church in the USA	passenger	59	57	1958	later Discovery
45	276926	Frosty Morn	J. Howard Smith, Inc. (N.J.)	trawler	648	195	June 1958
46	276927	Sandy Hook	Harvey W. Smith (NY)	trawler	193	148	June 1958
47	Export	San Miguel	Comp. de Inversiones, S.A.	trawler		62	1959
48	Export	Usulutan	Comp. de Inversiones, S.A.	trawler		62	1959
49	Export	Lempa	Comp. de Inversiones, S.A.	trawler		62	1959
50	Export	Jiboa	Comp. de Inversiones, S.A.	trawler		62	1959
51	Export	Rio Grande	Comp. de Inversiones, S.A.	trawler		62	1959
52	San Salvador	Aida	Pesca, S.A.	trawler		68	1959
53	San Salvador	Dolly	Pesca, S.A.	trawler		68	1959
54	San Salvador	Rosali	Pesca, S.A.	trawler		68	1959
55	San Salvador	Sonia	Pesca, S.A.	trawler		62	1959
56	San Salvador	Malle	Pesca, S.A.	trawler		62	1959
57	San Salvador	Dora	Pesca, S.A.	trawler		62	1959
58	San Salvador			trawler			1960
59	San Salvador			trawler			1960
60	San Salvador			trawler			1960
61	San Salvador			trawler			1960
62	San Salvador			trawler			1960
63	San Salvador			trawler			1960
64	San Salvador			trawler			1960
65	San Salvador			trawler			1960
66	279275	Pablo I	J.F. Bellinger & Son	towing vessel	14	36	July 1959	later Gil Rocke 1959, Hydro-Ensign 1969, Centennial State, NLD
67	282002	Arthur J. Minners	Pochantas, Inc.	trawler	187	147	June 1960	NLD
68	287286	St. Johns	Revilo Corporation (Frank Oliver)	towing vessel	61	58	Dec 1961	later Sun St. Johns 1979, NLD
69	287916	Jim Guess	Nassau Fertilizer & Oil. Co.	trawler	111	69	Apr 1962	later lengthened to 99' & 147gt, NLD
70	289669	Donna	Standard Dredging Int'l Corp. (N.J.)	towing vessel	15	36	1961	later Grand Island 1978, NLD
71	290516	Capella	Texas Menhaden Co. (Tex.)	trawler	144	73	1963
72	290517	Sirius	Texas Menhaden Co. (Tex.)	trawler	144	73	1963	NLD
73	290518	Canopus	Texas Menhaden Co. (Tex.)	trawler	144	73	1963	later Gabriella, NLD
74	290519	Rigel	Texas Menhaden Co. (Tex.)	trawler	144	73	1963
75	291566	Southampton	A. Brooke Taylor, Inc.	trawler	298	147	1963	later Southampton Canadian, returned to US Flag and renamed Southampton
76			J.F. Bellinger & Sons	floating drydock		200	1964a
77	294090	Stuart	Trans-State Dredging Co.	dredge	343	136	Feb 1964
79	296345	Bert	Trans-State Dredging Co.	tender	25	47	1964	scrapped 1977
80	296745	Robert M. Cason	Layne Dredging Company	dredge	389	142	Oct 1964	later Genesis, NLD
81	296743	Lester K	Layne Dredging Company	lighter	65	50	Oct 1964	NLD
82	Panama	Inagua Gull	West Indies Shipping Co.	Ro-Ro freighter	837	224	Apr 1965	later Caribe Star I (Panama)
83	298259	Bob	Trans-State Dredging Co.	towing vessel	8	30	1964
?	Export ?	Jan		trawler	100	72	1966
87	501454	Southland	Menhaden Products Co.	trawler	589	220	Nov 1965	to Liberia 1967, converted to survey vessel, Gulfrex, C.Brac, Western African
88	503625	Aries	Wilbert A. Edwards	trawler	101	66	May 1966	later Corsair Canyon 1973, Jaguar 1975, Padre Pio II 1976
89	Panama	Inagua Spray	West Indies Shipping Co.	Ro-Ro freighter	632		Feb 1966	later Caribe Sun (Panama)
90	Liberia	Tropicgas Islander	Tropicgas Tankers Inc.	LPG Tanker	287	152	Jan 1967
93	514561	Pablo 4	Bellinger Shipyards Inc.	towing vessel	16	37	1968
94	515632	Pablo 5	Bellinger Shipyards Inc.	towing vessel	16	37	1968	NLD
95	515542	Lady Pearl	International Oceanographic Corp.	trawler	96	65	July 1968
96	Panama	Inagua Bay	West Indies Shipping Co.	Ro-Ro freighter	1,409		Oct 1967	later Dona Anneke (Paraguay)
97	Panama	Inagua Pilot	West Indies Shipping Co.	Ro-Ro freighter	3,085		Apr 1969	later Guanta Margarita (Italy)
98	517377	Rachael	Marvin R. Lane	towing vessel	86	64	Nov 1968	Possibly built as hull only, outfitted and documented as built by owner
100	Panama	Tropic Day	Birdsall Shipping Co. Ltd.	Ro-Ro freighter	763		July 1969	later Ocean Express I (Panama)
101	Liberia	Inagua Beaver	West Indies Shipping Co.	Ro-Ro freighter	299		Aug 1970	later G.S.I. Alaskan (ON 656633), as research vessel, Bin Hai 516 (China)
102	538911	Dayliner	Circle Line Sightseeing Yachts, Inc.	tour boat	2,136	280	Jan 1972	later Victory I
103			Ellicott Machine Corporation	Hydraulic Dredge			1972	hull only
104	542489	Tortuga	Indian River Construction Co.	S.P.barge	76	58	Aug 1972	hull only a, completed by owner who is identified by USCG as the builder
105		Columbus Iselin	University of Miami	research	281	160	June 1972	later Genesis (Belize)
106	Liberia	Tropic Flyer	Birdsall Shipping Co. Ltd.	Ro-Ro freighter	763		July 1973	later Gulfstream Express (Panama)
107	556196	Nantucket	Woods Hole Steamship Company	ferry	1,148	219	1974
108	561338	Dearborn 203	Dearborn 203 Inc.	AHTS	293		Dec 1974	later Banda Seahorse, Ocean Prince (Dubai)
109	565426	Dearborn 204	Dearborn 204 Inc.	AHTS	289		May 1975	later Green Fleet I (Panama)
110	Panama	Inagua Surf	West Indies Shipping Co.	Ro-Ro freighter	1,281		Aug 1975	later Oceanic I (Mexico)
111	Panama	Inagua Island	West Indies Shipping Co.	Ro-Ro freighter	1,561		Dec 1976	later Tropic Night (St Vincent)
112	570077	Dearborn 205	Dearborn 205 Inc.	AHTS	300		Feb 1976	completed as Alaskan Seahorse, Sea Puma, registered in Nigeria
113	576963	Dearborn 206	Dearborn 206 Inc.	AHTS	299		Sep 1976	later Leon Tide 1989, AMS Project (St Kitts)
114	Panama	Inagua Tide	West Indies Shipping Co.	Ro-Ro freighter	2,944		Sep 1978	later Tropic Palm (St Vincent)
115	615165	Calvin L. Stinson	offshore Trawler Company	trawler	184		1979	later Westward I
aa	261673	Mark Twain	Gulf Atlantic Tranportation Corp.	towing vessel	40	31	Apr 1951	lost in collision 1968