BELLINGER SHIPBUILDING

Jacksonville FL

Most recent update: July 21, 2020.

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 e-mail me at timcolton@aol.com

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