F/V Patricia L, Icicle Seafoods Boat, Pacific Fishermen Shipyard on the Ways, Winter Paint Job
F/V Patricia L, Icicle Seafoods boat on the ways at Pacific Fishermen Shipyard. This commercial fishing boat is getting work done and upgrades from tip to tip! Commercial fishing boats in the Pacific Northwest are the lifeline of many shipyard local jobs. Those of us who spend most of our time in the lower 48 can thank the Alaska Constitution for this, since 1959, they mandated that “Fish…. be utilized, developed and maintained on the sustained yield principle.” At Icicle Seafoods they believe in responsible and sustainable fishery management. This practice is nearly the same across the board for all NW to AK Fisheries, as they take pride in respecting land and sea resources.
Pacific Fishermen Shipyard, F/V Patricia L. Icicle Seafoods on the Ways
Pacific Fishermen Shipyard is also famous for Deadliest Catch Boats, F/V Northwestern and Wizard getting this shipyard work done at this yard every year when they get home from Alaska crab fishing and salmon tender seasons. Pacific Fishermen Shipyard is a full service shipyard established in 1946 to service tugboats, passenger cruise, charter boats and yachts as well as the traditional fishing vessels, crabbers, draggers you name it. It’s located on Ballard’s Salmon Bay just east of the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks also know as for locals as the Ballard Locks on the freshwater side, Pacific Fishermen continues its rich heritage, with fine craftsmanship and a dedicated workforce, NW finest!
F/V Patricia L, Pacific Fishermen Shipyard, on the ways, lots of New Year Ship Yard Work
NW Pacific Fishermen Shipyard, FUN FACTS: It was founded by 400 Norwegian heritage fishermen & their wives – as a co?op style shipyard on the site of the 1890’s Ballard Marine Railway Co, where Seattle founding father Joshua Green built his sternwheeler BAILEY GATZERT. This NW shipyard was known for the world’s largest diesel tug the 120? MAHOE built in 1925, wooden halibut schooners and minesweepers later converted to the CALYPSO by Jacques Cousteau and the WILD GOOSE by John Wayne. Pacific Fishermen Shipyard in Ballard continued construction of wooden 36′ launches for the U.S.C.&G. Survey NOAA research vessel SURVEYOR and 54′ to 58′ Ed Monk designed wooden seiners, including NORTHERN LIGHT II, CINNAMON GIRL, JERILYN, MARY D and CAPE FALCON for Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. A&P.
Pacific Fishermen Shipyard, New Year Brings New Commercial Fishing Boat Paint Jobs
Ballard’s Pacific Fishermen Shipyard and PFI Marine Electric maintain the experienced shipwrights, machinists, boilermakers and electricians at their Seattle ship canal facility. The experienced caulkers on staff in their oakum loft are a diminishing resource in the wooden boat trades. Today this shipyard specializes in repair and consists of three haul out facilities and docks on the freshwater side of the ship canal locks. A 100′ x 200 ton marine railway, 160? x 600 ton marine railway and the original Rowe 145? x 600 ton screw lift dock with 140′ covered end track rails provide for extended out of the water repairs on dry land. All three facilities are equipped for hull cleaning, high pressure washing and sandblasting with full environmental containment and on?site shipyard run?off rainwater reprocessing, Seattle’s Finest!
Pacific Fishermen Shipyard is home to the many Bering Sea Alaska Fishermen with shipyard needs for extensive heavy steel fabrication, piping, wood joinery, and full-service machine shop giving the vessel owner access to a one-stop repair and maintenance facility. The shipyard is equipped for the rapid start of offsite work using a City of Seattle roving pre-approved fire permit for onboard welding and hot work. Vessel owners appreciate the port engineer’s offices overlooking the slipways, available for company representatives and owners’ subcontractors, with warehouse space for staging materials and freight forwarding. Since there will be a lot of storage, it’s best to make sure the warehouse is prepared to handle all of the loading and unloading. If there are any problems with the dock seals or dock shelters, you may need a loading dock repair specialist with the equipment and expertise to get your loading dock back up and running.
F/V Patricia L, on the ways, Pacific Fishermen Shipyard, by Ballard Locks
PFI Marine Electric is an arm of Pacific Fishermen Shipyard, with this it maintains a local mobile base, outfitted with all the materials required to effectively perform electrical repairs in the Puget Sound region at local shipyards and dockside facilities. PFI Marine Electric worked closely with the owner of the 1968 MARCO 94′ series king crabber KEVLEEN K to retrofit a NightWatch shipboard alarm system. PFI Marine Electric is the local dealer for NightWatch monitoring systems, www.night?watch.com, and has several recent installations including the Northern Marine yachts AFTER EIGHT and BELLA BRI and the Pierce County ferry CHRISTINE ANDERSON. A lot of NW famous highliner fishboats give thanks to this shipyard!
Pacific Fishermen Shipyard and PFI Marine Electric are heavily involved in the fishing industry with full support in Dutch Harbor, while bringing their expertise to the commercial passenger, workboat and large yacht sectors with drydocking and repowering to meet USCG requirements and new stringent international MARPOL and EPA emission regulations. May all NW & AK fishermen and families have a safe and blessed fishing season!
F/V Patricia L, Pacific Fishermen Shipyard, Winter Paint Job, Shave & A Hair Cut!
F’V Patricia L, is an Icicle Seafoods Boat. Icicle owns and operates fishing boats, onshore plants and processing vessels throughout Alaska. They are know for being where the seafood is during every season of the year and can process it when it’s freshest and capture its peak quality. Their fishing fleets are managed from three regions: Southeast Alaska/Petersburg, Central Alaska/Homer and Western Alaska/Dillingham. Icicle Seafoods Headquarters are in Seattle WA, this great seafood company provides thousands of jobs and has great economic impact in the Pacific Northwest. We thank all NW & AK Seafood Fisheries! May all make the most of every season’s opportunities!
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