Tag Archives: J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Co

Tacoma’s Martinac shipyard sold at auction

A limited liability corporation calling itself Washington Landmark Holdings LLC purchased the Tacoma’s J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Co. on Friday for a little more than $6 million in a foreclosure auction on the County-City Building plaza. The amount the corporation paid, $6,001,992.64, was the exact amount including fees and penalties owed to the fishing company that had loaned the shipyard funds to finish a 184-foot fishing boat in December 2012. Read more here 07:40

High-tech Northern Leader leaves Tacoma shipyard for Alaskan waters

The Northern Leader, the largest commercial fishing boat built in the Northwest in the last two decades, left its moorings at J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Co. on Sunday headed to Seattle for some brief final outfitting.

The vessel, 184 feet long and 42 feet wide, will then sail to Alaska, where it will begin its working life. continued@newstribune