Bellinger Shipyards

Bellinger Shipyards, Jacksonville FL

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. If anyone can add to the table below, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 21 July 2020.

Hull#	O.N.	Original Name	Original Owner	Ship Type	GT	Ft.	Delivery	Disposition
Built by Bellinger Shipbuilding at Bartram Road
1			Scotty Lockhart
2	249536	Evelyn	Standard Dredging Co.	Towing Vessel	23	42	Apr-46	Hull only, completion by Gibbs Gas Engine
3	247888	Tascozette	Tampa Shipbuilding Co.	Towing Vessel	14	42	May-45	Hull only, completion by Gibbs Gas Engine, later Timmie 1949, Misty 1977
4	248984	Rocky	Gulf Atlantic Towing Co.	Towing Vessel	21	44	Nov-45	Hull only, completion by Auto Salvage & Parts Co., scrapped 1967
5		Gingras	Gulf Refining Co.	Workboat				No trace
6	250411	Sea Hawk	Edwin Bunk	Fishing Vessel	15	34	Aug-46	Hull only, completion by Auto Salvage & Parts Co., scrapped 1969
7	252252	Little Tom	Thomas A. Smirch	Fishing Vessel	15	36	Dec-46	Sank Sep-49
8	251757	Assault	L.M. Lockwood	Fishing Vessel	39	47	Feb-47	To Thailand 1952
9	254075	Cathie	J.C. Fergouson	Fishing Vessel	36	52	Nov-47	Foundered near Dry Tortugas Dec-58
10	254282	Ella Mae Vona	John Vona	Fishing Vessel	36	52	Dec-47	Later Mattie Jean 1953
11	254538	Gypsy	Peyton T. Mize	Fishing Vessel	36	52	1947	Abandoned 1953
12	254794	Barbara	Diesel Corporation	Towing Vessel	20	44	Mar-48	Later Nautilus 1952
13	255496	Helena Florence II	Tom Smirch	Fishing Vessel	40	53	Jun-48	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	Fishing Vessel	40	53	Aug-48	Lost off Brazil 1960
15	256064	Sea Lady	Land & Williams	Fishing Vessel	41	53	Jul-48	Later Miss Cyndi, NLD
16	256640	Sportsman	Robert A. (Bob) Wilson	Fishing Vessel	40	53	Oct-48	Lost near Fort Myers, Gulf of Mexico, 1954
17	258873	Miss Rita	Maurice Moody	Fishing Vessel	40	53	Oct-49
18	259308	Elinor J.	J.J. & Elinor J. Smirch	Fishing Vessel	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, later Snoopy Gus
20	258741	Danny Boy	Dwight T. Hay	Fishing Vessel	40	53	Sep-49	Scrapped 1970
21	259327	Sandra	Karl. B. Anderson	Fishing Vessel	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	Jun-50	Later W. D. Jones 1969
23	260220	HCT 6	F.M. Hendry	Towing Vessel	25	43	Jun-50	Later C. L. Anslow 1969, now Andrew J.
24			Diesel Engine Sales	Suction Dredge			1950
25	262165	Atalanta	Gulf-Pak Co.	Fishing Vessel	49	61	Jun-50	Lost off Corpus Christi TX Dec-57
26	262526	Pablo	Gulf Atlantic Tranportation Corp.	Towing Vessel	29	49	Aug-51	To RFR 1975
27	263221	Miss Florida	Eunice L. Varnum	Fishing Vessel	49	61	Feb-52	Burned at Corinto, Nicaragua, Jun-64
28	263326	Barbara	Christobal Inc.	Fishing Vessel	49	61	Jul-52	Foundered in Gulf of Mexico Jan-53
29	264149	Gulf Lady	Land & Williams	Fishing Vessel	49	61	Jul-52	Later Three Girls 1967
30			Lone Star Cement Company	Barge		74	Aug-52
31			J.H. Coppedge & Co.	Barge		74	1952
32	263248	Elizabeth Ann	Bronx Towing Line	Towing Vessel	29	48	Feb-52	Later Ingrid Ann 1981, active
33	263833	A.J. Frederick	Frederick Marine Service	Towing Vessel	29	48	May-52	To Bahamas 1961
34	264464	Jocharanne	Valentine Towboat Corp.	Towing Vessel	30	48	Oct-52	Later Edward T. Buchanan 1955, Atlantis 1979, Little Bear 1980, now Nicol Mairead
35	264150	Ocean Lady	Land & Williams	Fishing Vessel	49	61	Apr-52
36	264597	Mike King	St. Georges Seafood Co.	Fishing Vessel	49	61	Dec-52	To RFR 1959
37	264475	Carolyn Foley	St. Georges Seafood Co.	Fishing Vessel	49	61	Dec-52	NLD 1959
38	264675	Lee	James F. Wilson	Towing Vessel	30	61	Nov-52	NLD
Built by Bellinger Shipbuilding at Atlantic Avenue
39	271491	Shoal Harbor	Fish Meal Co. (Miss.)	Fishing Vessel	171	123	May-56	NLD
40	271803	West Beaufort	Fish Meal Co. (Miss.)	Fishing Vessel	171	123	1956	NLD
41	274255	Tiny Tim	J. Howard Smith, Inc.	Fishing Vessel	613	195	1957
42	276175	Anna Jackman	Presbyterian Church in the USA	Passenger	59	57	1958	Later Discovery, active
43
44
45	276926	Frosty Morn	J. Howard Smith, Inc. (N.J.)	Fishing Vessel	648	195	Jun-58	Active
46	276927	Sandy Hook	Harvey W. Smith (NY)	Fishing Vessel	193	148	Jun-58
47	Export	San Miguel	Comp. de Inversiones, S.A.	Fishing Vessel		62	1959
48	Export	Usulutan	Comp. de Inversiones, S.A.	Fishing Vessel		62	1959
49	Export	Lempa	Comp. de Inversiones, S.A.	Fishing Vessel		62	1959
50	Export	Jiboa	Comp. de Inversiones, S.A.	Fishing Vessel		62	1959
51	Export	Rio Grande	Comp. de Inversiones, S.A.	Fishing Vessel		62	1959
52	San Salvador	Aida	Pesca, S.A.	Fishing Vessel		68	1959
53	San Salvador	Dolly	Pesca, S.A.	Fishing Vessel		68	1959
54	San Salvador	Rosali	Pesca, S.A.	Fishing Vessel		68	1959
55	San Salvador	Sonia	Pesca, S.A.	Fishing Vessel		62	1959
56	San Salvador	Malle	Pesca, S.A.	Fishing Vessel		62	1959
57	San Salvador	Dora	Pesca, S.A.	Fishing Vessel		62	1959
58	San Salvador	unknown	unknown	Fishing Vessel			1960	unknown
59	San Salvador	unknown	unknown	Fishing Vessel			1960	unknown
60	San Salvador	unknown	unknown	Fishing Vessel			1960	unknown
61	San Salvador	unknown	unknown	Fishing Vessel			1960	unknown
62	San Salvador	unknown	unknown	Fishing Vessel			1960	unknown
63	San Salvador	unknown	unknown	Fishing Vessel			1960	unknown
64	San Salvador	unknown	unknown	Fishing Vessel			1960	unknown
65	San Salvador	unknown	unknown	Fishing Vessel			1960	unknown
66	279275	Pablo I	J.F. Bellinger & Son	Towing Vessel	14	36	Jul-59	Later Gil Rocke 1959, Hydro-Ensign 1969, Centennial State, NLD
67	282002	Arthur J. Minners	Pochantas, Inc.	Fishing Vessel	187	147	Jun-60	NLD
68	287286	St. Johns	Revilo Corporation (Frank Oliver)	Towing Vessel	61	58	Dec-61	Later Sun St. Johns 1979, NLD
69	287916	Jim Guess	Nassau Fertilizer & Oil. Co.	Fishing Vessel	111	69	Apr-62	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.)	Fishing Vessel	144	73	1963
72	290517	Sirius	Texas Menhaden Co. (Tex.)	Fishing Vessel	144	73	1963	NLD
73	290518	Canopus	Texas Menhaden Co. (Tex.)	Fishing Vessel	144	73	1963	Later Gabriella, NLD
74	290519	Rigel	Texas Menhaden Co. (Tex.)	Fishing Vessel	144	73	1963
75	291566	Southampton	A. Brooke Taylor, Inc.	Fishing Vessel	298	147	1963	Later Southampton Canadian, returned to US Flag and renamed Southampton
76			J.F. Bellinger & Sons	Floating Drydock		200	1964?
77	294090	Stuart	Trans-State Dredging Co.	Dredge	343	136	Feb-64
78
79	296345	Bert	Trans-State Dredging Co.	Dredge Tender	25	47	1964	Scrapped 1977
80	296745	Robert M. Cason	Layne Dredging Company	Dredge	389	142	Oct-64	Later Genesis, NLD
81	296743	Lester K	Layne Dredging Company	Lighter	65	50	Oct-64	NLD
82	Panama	Inagua Gull	West Indies Shipping Co.	Ro-Ro Cargo	837	224	Apr-65	Now Caribe Star I (Panama)
83	298259	Bob	Trans-State Dredging Co.	Towing Vessel	8	30	1964
84
85
86
?	Export ?	Jan		Fishing Vessel	100	72	1966
87	501454	Southland	Menhaden Products Co.	Fishing Vessel	589	220	Nov-65	To Liberia 1967, converted to survey vessel, later Gulfrex, C.Brac, Western African
88	503625	Aries	Wilbert A. Edwards	Fishing Vessel	101	66	May-66	Later Corsair Canyon 1973, Jaguar 1975, Padre Pio II 1976
89	Panama	Inagua Spray	West Indies Shipping Co.	Ro-Ro Cargo	632		Feb-66	Now Caribe Sun (Panama)
90	Liberia	Tropicgas Islander	Tropicgas Tankers Inc.	LPG Tanker	287	152	Jan-67
91
92
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.	Fishing Vessel	96	65	Jul-68
96	Panama	Inagua Bay	West Indies Shipping Co.	Ro-Ro Cargo	1,409		Oct-67	Now Dona Anneke (Paraguay)
97	Panama	Inagua Pilot	West Indies Shipping Co.	Ro-Ro Cargo	3,085		Apr-69	Now Guanta Margarita (Italy)
98	517377	Rachael	Marvin R. Lane	Towing Vessel	86	64	Nov-68	Possibly built as hull only, outfitted and documented as built by owner
99
100	Panama	Tropic Day	Birdsall Shipping Co. Ltd.	Ro-Ro Cargo	763		Jul-69	Now Ocean Express I (Panama)
101	Liberia	Inagua Beaver	West Indies Shipping Co.	Ro-Ro Cargo	299		Aug-70	Later G.S.I. Alaskan (ON 656633), as research vessel, now Bin Hai 516 (China)
102	538911	Dayliner	Circle Line Sightseeing Yachts, Inc.	Tour Boat	2,136	280	Jan-72	Now Victory I
103	none	unknown	Ellicott Machine Corporation	Hydraulic Dredge			1972	Hull only
104	542489	Tortuga	Indian River Construction Co.	S.P.Barge	76	58	Aug-72	Hull only ?, completed by owner who is identified by USCG as the builder
105	none	Columbus Iselin	University of Miami	Research Vessel	281	160	Jun-72	Now Genesis (Belize)
106	Liberia	Tropic Flyer	Birdsall Shipping Co. Ltd.	Ro-Ro Cargo	763		Jul-73	Now Gulfstream Express (Panama)
107	556196	Nantucket	Woods Hole Steamship Company	Ferry	1,148	219	1974	Active
108	561338	Dearborn 203	Dearborn 203 Inc.	AHTS	293		Dec-74	Later Banda Seahorse, now Ocean Prince (Dubai)
109	565426	Dearborn 204	Dearborn 204 Inc.	AHTS	289		May-75	Now Green Fleet I (Panama)
110	Panama	Inagua Surf	West Indies Shipping Co.	Ro-Ro Cargo	1,281		Aug-75	Now Oceanic I (Mexico)
111	Panama	Inagua Island	West Indies Shipping Co.	Ro-Ro Cargo	1,561		Dec-76	Now Tropic Night (St Vincent)
112	570077	Dearborn 205	Dearborn 205 Inc.	AHTS	300		Feb-76	Completed as Alaskan Seahorse, now Sea Puma, registered in Nigeria
113	576963	Dearborn 206	Dearborn 206 Inc.	AHTS	299		Sep-76	Later Leon Tide 1989, now AMS Project (St Kitts)
114	Panama	Inagua Tide	West Indies Shipping Co.	Ro-Ro Cargo	2,944		Sep-78	Now Tropic Palm (St Vincent)
115	615165	Calvin L. Stinson	Offshore Trawler Company	Fishing Vessel	184		1979	Now Westward I
??	261673	Mark Twain	Gulf Atlantic Tranportation Corp.	Towing Vessel	40	31	Apr-51	Lost in collision 1968

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