shipbuilding corp. type private industry shipbuilding founded 1924 headquarters tacoma washington u.s. products tugs fishing vessels yachts naval patrol boats website martinacship.com the j.m. martinac shipbuilding corp. was founded in 1924 by joseph m. martinac on the thea foss waterway in tacoma washington . it specialized in the construction of tugs trawlers purse seiners ferries naval patrol craft and power yachts up to 250 feet 76 m long . 1 contents 1 history 1.1 20th century 1.2 21st century 2 facilities 3 references history edit 20th century edit before 1942 the production was centered on the manufacture of fishing vessels constructed of wood . in 1942 because of the need for wooden hulled minesweepers for the war effort the u.s. navy contracted for 12 yms type sweepers which were delivered between july 1942 and november 1943 . delivery of 4 yt type tugs was accomplished during 1944 . an additional 4 minesweepers of the yms type were delivered to the navy in 1945 . 2 tacoma s martinac shipyard closed and sold at auction . 3 post war production was devoted to the manufacture of yachts passenger and cargo ships until 1954 when the navy needed more minesweepers . a total of 9 mso type minesweepers were produced from may 1954 to april 1956 . in 1963 production was started on 5 patrol boats for the south vietnamese navy of the pgm type . most production since 1964 has concentrated on fishing vessels and tugs . the largest contract awarded to martinac was for the manufacture of 26 patrol boats for the u.s. coast guard of the wpb type . production started in early 1966 and was completed by august 1967 . 2 4 21st century edit j.m. martinac shipbuilding was sold in a foreclosure auction on friday july 18 2014 . 3 facilities edit the company was located on a 6 acre 24 000 m2 site with 3 fully enclosed construction ways accommodating vessels up to 260 feet 79 m long and with a beam of 48 feet 15 m . the outfitting dock accommodated a vessel up to 400 feet 120 m long and 20 feet 6.1 m deep . 1 references edit a b j.m. martinac website . archived from the original on october 2 2009 . a b shipbuilding history website . a b gillie john july 18 2014 . tacoma s martinac shipyard sold at auction . thenewstribune.com . tacoma washington tacoma news tribune . retrieved 11 august 2014 . tacoma public library photographic files . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title j.m. martinac shipbuilding corp. & oldid 739199439 categories companies based in tacoma washingtonshipbuilding companies of the united statescompanies established in 1924hidden categories use mdy dates from june 2014 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 september 2016 at 10 09 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view