43 Yacht Builders

The United States has had a healthy yacht building industry since the mid-19th Century.  During World War I, many large yachts were acquired by the Navy for service as coastal patrol vessels and the major yacht builders all switched their capacity to the construction of sub chasers.  In World War II, the same thing happened but the yacht yards also built a wide range of other small vessels, including minesweepers, tugs and yard craft.  The yacht building business today is much more of a manufacturing industry and I only attempt to track the activity in the big yards, those that build boats that are at least 100 feet long.

Active Megayacht Builders (16):

Broward Marine (Fort Lauderdale FL)

Burger Boat (Manitowoc WI)

Christensen Yachts (Vancouver WA)

Delta Marine Industries (Seattle WA)

Derecktor Shipyards (Mamaroneck NY)

Hatteras Yachts (New Bern NC)

Hinckley & Co. (Southwest Harbor ME)

Hodgdon Yachts (East Boothbay ME) (formerly Goudy & Stevens)

Lazzara Yachts (Tampa FL)

Newcastle Yachts (Palm Coast FL)

Nordlund Boats (Tacoma WA)

Northern Marine (Anacortes WA)

North Star Yachts (Kalama WA)

Palmer Johnson Yachts (Sturgeon Bay WI)

Trinity Yachts (Gulfport MS and New Orleans LA)

Westport Yachts (Westport WA, Port Angeles WA, Hoquiam WA and Tampa FL)

Inactive Yacht Builders That Built Naval Vessels in Wartime (27):

Adams Yacht Yard, Quincy (Quincy MA)

Anderson & Cristofani (San Francisco CA)

Bristol Yachtbuilding (Bristol ME)

Consolidated Shipbuilding (Morris Heights NY) (formerly Gas Engine Power and Charles L. Seabury)

Dawn Cruisers (Classon Point NY) (later Wheeler Yachts)

Dodge Boat & Plane (Newport News VA)

Electric Launch Co. (Elco) (Bayonne NJ)

Elscot Boat (City Island NY) (formerly B. F. Wood)

Grebe & Co., Henry C. (Chicago IL)

Herreshoff Manufacturing (Bristol RI)

Jacob, Robert (City Island NY) (later Consolidated Shipbuilding)

Kretzer Boat Works (City Island NY)

Kyle & Purdy (City Island NY)

Lawley & Sons, George (Neponset MA)

Luders Marine Construction (Stamford CT)

Minneford Yacht Yard (City Island NY)

Nevins, Henry B. (City Island NY)

New York Yacht, Launch & Engine Company (Morris Heights NY) (later Consolidated Shipbuilding)

Palmer Scott (New Bedford MA)

Rice Brothers Corp. (East Boothbay ME)

Richardson Boat (Tonawanda NY)

Robinson Marine Construction (Benton Harbor MI)

Stephens Marine (Stockton CA)

Stonington Yacht Basin (Stonington ME)

Trumpy & Sons (Gloucester City NJ) (formerly Mathis Yacht Building)

Trumpy & Sons (Annapolis MD) (formerly Chance Marine Construction and Annapolis Yacht Yard)

United Boat Service (City Island NY)