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Tacoma Boat was established in 1926 and built many boats during World War II. [1] The shipyard grew rapidly in the 1970s and early 1980s but got into difficulty with several large government contracts and filed for Chapter 11 protection in 1985. [1] It emerged from bankruptcy in 1986 but could not recover and closed in 1992. [1]
Tacoma Fire spokesperson Chelsea Shepherd told The News Tribune that the department started receiving calls to the city’s 311 line Monday morning. The boat did not appear to be leaking, so it is ...
Ships built by the Tacoma Boatbuilding Company at their shipyard in Tacoma, Washington. Pages in category "Ships built by Tacoma Boatbuilding Company" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total.
In 1963 production was started on 5 patrol boats for the South Vietnamese Navy of the PGM-type. Most production since 1964 has concentrated on fishing vessels and tugs. The largest contract awarded to Martinac was for the manufacture of 26 patrol boats for the U.S. Coast Guard of the WPB-type. Production started in early 1966 and was completed ...
Metro Parks Tacoma recently announced that it will raise the rates for boat storage at Point Defiance Marina for the first time in 14 years. Renters will see an increase of just under 125% on ...
Fireboat No. 1 is a historic fireboat on display in a permanent land installation on the waterfront in the Old Town area of Tacoma, Washington. Built in 1929, she was for more than fifty years the sole firefighting vessel for the Port of Tacoma. She was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1980. [2]
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In 1937, the company built the Western Flyer as a purse seiner, [4] and in 1940, this boat carried John Steinbeck on the journey which he documented in The Log from the Sea of Cortez. In 1949, the company launched the largest tuna clipper ever built up to that time, the 150-foot (46 m) Mary E. Petrich . [ 5 ]