Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding

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Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding is a shipyard located in Somerset, Massachusetts on the Taunton River. [1] It primarily builds pilot boats and high-speed catamaran ferries.

Gladding-Hearn was founded in 1954 by Preston Gladding and Richard Hearn, and delivered its first vessel, a fishing boat, in 1956. [2] The company built largely tugboats, pilot boats, and fishing vessels for the next several decades. [2] In 1977, Gladding-Hearn was the first American shipyard to launch a tug equipped with a Z-drive propulsion system, [3] and in 1978 built the first pilot boat to a deep-V hull design by naval architect C. Raymond Hunt that became the industry standard in following years. [1] In 1983, company vice president George Duclos bought out Gladding and Hearn and established the shipyard as a subsidiary of his family company, the Duclos Corporation. [1] [2] In 1984, Gladding-Hearn became a licensee of designer Incat (now Incat Crowther), giving it access to designs for high speed catamaran vessels. [2] It has since built the majority of such vessels in service on the Eastern seaboard and Great Lakes. [1] As of 2016, Gladding-Hearn had built more than 400 ships, with 120 in active service for 38 operators. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Gladding-Hearn Delivers with Repeat, Proven Business in 2012". Marine Link. February 1, 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "From Small Commercial Shipyard to Premier". Marine Link. January 24, 2002. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "MN100: Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation". Marine Link. August 23, 2016. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
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