Keith Marine

Keith Marine, Palatka FL

This yard was started by Dick Keith in 1977, originally as Palatka Shipbuilders and later as Keith Marine. In 2007 Keith Marine entered into an agreement with Newcastle Shipyards, an affiliate of Newcastle Yachts, to operate the facility jointly and recently renamed the whole operation Newcastle Shipyards Commercial. In addition, a new yard, called J&M Metal Works, has recently been opened at the extreme north end of Bulkhead Road, in Green Cove Springs. See the shipyard from the air on Google here. If anyone can fill any of the gaps in this table, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 14 July 2021.

Hull#	O.N.	Original Name	Original Owner	Ship Type	GT	Ft.	Delivery	Disposition
Built by Palatka Shipbuilders
1	599703	Jan Bet		Fishing Vessel	140	68	1978	Now Larkin
2	613875	Miss Bettina		Fishing Vessel	143	73	1979	Later Capt Peabody, now Blue Harbor
3				Fishing Vessel			1979
4	630336	Margaret Holley	Karen Sue, Inc.	Fishing Vessel	96	72	1980	Active
5				Tug			1980
6				Tug			1980
7	635901	La Jaibita	Gold Coast Shell	Fishing Vessel	12	29	1981	Active
8	649244	W. P. Scott	Mobro Marine	Tug	54	40	1982	Active
9	669452	Leightstar	Howard Leight	Yacht	207	117	1984	Active
10
11	673387	Debbie Sue	Karen Sue, Inc.	Fishing Vessel	154	73	1984	Active
12	663840	Heather Lynn	Heather Lynn	Fishing Vessel	174	76	1983	Active
13	910685	Entrepreneur	Big Sky Marine	Dinner Cruise Boat	98	106	1987	Later Abigail K, Entrepreneur II, now Miss Conduct (UK)
14		Nina	Royal Caribbean Cruises	Cruise Tender			1987
15	694182	Christina		Recreational	79	60	1985	Later Miller High Life, Sarah Song, H2O Therapy, now Fair Tide
16		Coco Cutter I	Royal Caribbean Cruises	Cruise Tender	131		1990
17		Coco Cutter II	Royal Caribbean Cruises	Cruise Tender	131		1990
18
19	925155	Ariel	Venture Cruises	Passenger	96	64	1988	Active
20	943989	Betsy Ann	Betsy Ann Riverboat	Dinner Cruise Boat	65	65	1989	Active
21	938122	Venezia		Dinner Cruise Boat	50	62	1988	Now The Boston Gondola
22
23
24	950640	Pride of Oregon	Maxson Manor	Passenger	66	65	1989	Active
25
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Built by Keith Marine
27	988888	Contico of Cayman	Contico Charters	Yacht	292	122	Apr-93	Later Fortuna, Blue Star, now Contico
28		La Santa Maria	Royal Caribbean Cruises	Cruise Tender	120		Sep-91	Active
29
30	991324	Nekton Pilot	NP Leasing	SWATH Dive Boat	96	75	Oct-94	Active
31		Ship-2-Shore	Royal Caribbean Cruises	Cruise Tender	119		1995

141	1073261	Princesa	Princesa Partners	Gambling Casino	97	170	Aug-98	Now Emerald Princess II
142	1081832	Caprice	Sun Dream Yacht Charters	Dinner Cruise Boat	76	95	May-99	Active
143		Pinta	Royal Caribbean Cruises	Cruise Tender			1999
144	1093859	Polly-L	Amelia Research & Recovery	Treasure Recovery Boat	131	71	Mar-00	Active
145	1102705	Sir Winston	Winston Knauss	Dinner Cruise Boat	97	95	2000	Now Cabernet Sauvignon Commodore
146		Sir Winston	Winston Knauss	Dinner Cruise Boat	97	95	Oct-00	Now Galaxy Commodore
147	1124961	Sir Winston	Winston Knauss	Dinner Cruise Boat	97	95	Mar-02	Later Kanan, now Aqua Azul
148	1131739	Endless Dreams	Dream Cruises	Dinner Cruise Boat	96	117	Oct-02	Active
149	1149123	Scorcey	Elliott, Ralph D., III	Trawler Yacht	74	62	Mar-03	Active
150	1157109	Sir Winston	Winston Knauss	Dinner Cruise Boat	98	98	Feb-04	Later The Grand Floridian, now South Beach Lady
151	1165270	California Spirit	Star & Crescent Boat Co.	Charter Yacht	99	138	Jan-04	Active
152	1177694	Sir Winston	Winston Knauss	Dinner Cruise Boat	98	95	Sep-05	Active
153	1189123	Sir Winston	Winston Knauss	Dinner Cruise Boat	98	98	Aug-06	Now The Floridian Princess
Built by Newcastle Shipyards Commercial
1001	1189725	True North	True North Charters	Yacht	246	120	2007	Active
1002	Export	Harbour Island	PYC 5500	Megayacht	910	180	2011	Now Sovereign (CYM)
1003	1250021	Cortina	Cortina Marine	Yacht	296	95	2008	Now Madcap
1004	Export	Safira	Tyneside Yachts	Megayacht	425	129	2012	Active (CYM)
1005	Export	Carson	Carson Maritime	Megayacht	497	127	2015	Active (CYM)
1006	Export	Ulucitcan	Sagitta Yachts	Yacht	640		2018	Completed in Genoa
1016	1258040	MB 2010	Mobro Marine	Deck Barge	863	173	2015	Active
1018	1262979	MB 149	Mobro Marine	Freight Barge	317	120	2015	Active
1020	1267258	MB 303	Mobro Marine	Freight Barge	516	160	2016	Active
Built by J & M Metal Works
101	1257393	Sir Winston	Winston Knauss	Dinner Cruise Boat	99	93	2014	Completed as Grand Floridian
102	1276513	Sir Winston	Winston Knauss	Dinner Cruise Boat	98	93	2017	Active
103	1284252	Sea Island Explorer	Sea Island Enterprises	Tour Boat	85	65	2018	Active

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