Top 40 index

American Jazz, 345’
Cruise ship
Designer/builder: Chesapeake Shipbuilding, Salisbury, Md.
Owner/operator: American Cruise Lines, Guilford, Conn.

Anini I, 32’
Excursion boat
Designer/builder: Armstrong Marine USA, Port Angeles, Wash.
Owner/operator: North Shore Charters, Kilauea, Hawaii

Aventura, 29’
Patrol boat
Designer/builder: Sirocco Marine, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Owner/operator: Aventura Police Department, Aventura, Fla.

Bay Voyager II, 37’
Excursion boat
Designer/builder: Naiad, Picton, New Zealand/Armstrong Marine USA, Port Angeles, Wash.
Owner/operator: Bay Voyager, San Francisco, Calif.

Benthic Cat, 42’
Research vessel
Designer/builder: Armstrong Marine USA, Port Angeles, Wash.
Owner/operator: Orca Maritime, Imperial Beach, Calif.

Betelgeuse, 85’
Patrol boat
Designer/builder: Damen Shipyards Group, Gorinchem, Netherlands (hull form)/Metal Shark, Jeanerette, La.
Owner/operator: Navy of the Dominican Republic

Blue, 50’
Private yacht
Designer/builder: Vripack Naval Architects, Sneek, Netherlands/Burger Boat Co., Manitowoc, Wis.
Owner/operator: Private owner

Boat 2, 26’
Fire and rescue boat
Designer/builder: Silver Ships, Theodore, Ala.
Owner/operator: Spotsylvania County Fire, Rescue and Emergency Management, Spotsylvania, Va.

Cameron Pilot II, 70’
Pilot boat
Designer/builder: Ray Hunt Design, New Bedford, Mass./Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Somerset, Mass.
Owner/operator: Lake Charles Pilots Association, Lake Charles, La.

Captain Jack II, 55’
Passenger ferry
Designer/builder: Newcastle Shipyards, Palatka, Fla.
Owner/operator: Pirate Water Taxi, Tampa, Fla.

Captain Murchison, 80’
Patrol boat
Designer/builder: Teknicraft Design, Auckland, New Zealand/All American Marine, Bellingham, Wash.
Owner/operator: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Austin, Texas

CCGS Capt. Jacques Cartier, 208’
Offshore fisheries science vessel
Designer/builder: Seaspan Shipyards, North Vancouver, British Columbia
Owner/operator: Canadian Coast Guard, Ottawa, Ontario

Chicago’s Emerald Lady, 98’
Excursion boat
Designer/builder: Seacraft Design, Sturgeon Bay, Wis./Burger Boat, Manitowoc, Wis.
Owner/operator: Chicago’s First Lady, Chicago, Ill.

Coastal Explorer, 98’
Excursion boat
Designer/builder: Incat Crowther, Lafayette, La./Gulf Craft, Franklin, La.
Owner/operator: Bar Harbor Whale Watch, Bar Harbor, Maine

Curiosity, 97’
Passenger ferry
Designer/builder: Incat Crowther, Lafayette, La./Breaux Brothers, Loreauville, La.
Owner/operator: NYC Ferry/Hornblower Cruises, New York City

Cyclone Shark, 78’

Passenger ferry
Designer/builder: Incat Crowther, Lafayette, La./Metal Shark, Jeanerette, La.
Owner/operator: NYC Ferry/Hornblower Cruises, New York City

Emil Skoglund, 29’
Patrol boat
Designer/builder: Silver Ships, Theodore, Ala.
Owner/operator: Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Lansing, Mich.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, 106’
Passenger ferry
Designer/builder: LeMole Naval Architecture, Tuckahoe, N.J./Yank Marine, Tuckahoe, N.J.
Owner/operator: NY Waterway, Weehawken, N.J.

General MacArthur, 290’
Cutterhead suction dredge
Designer/builder: Downey Engineering, Metairie, La./C&C Marine and Repair, Belle Chasse, La.
Owner/operator: Callan Marine Ltd., Galveston, Texas

H401, 97’
Passenger ferry
Designer/builder: Incat Crowther, Lafayette, La./Halimar Shipyard, Morgan City, La.
Owner/operator: NYC Ferry/Hornblower Cruises, New York City

HMCS Harry DeWolf, 338’
Arctic offshore patrol ship
Designer/builder: BMT Group, Teddington, United Kingdom, and Vard Marine, Ottawa, Ontario/Irving Shipbuilding, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Owner/operator: Royal Canadian Navy

Jet 1, 45’
Pilot boat
Designer/builder: Metal Shark, Jeanerette, La.
Owner/operator: Belle Chasse Marine Transportation, Harahan, La.

Lurline, 870’
Container/roll-on, roll-off ship
Designer/builder: General Dynamics NASSCO, San Diego, Calif.
Owner/operator: Matson Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii

Lyra, 143’
Passenger ferry
Designer/builder: Advanced Multihull Designs, Sydney, Australia/Dakota Creek Industries, Anacortes, Wash.
Owner/operator: Water Emergency Transportation Authority, San Francisco, Calif.

Madonna, 124’
Passenger/vehicle ferry
Designer/builder: Seacraft Design, Sturgeon Bay, Wis./Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, Wis./
Owner/operator: Washington Island Ferry Line, Washington Island, Wis.

Nikola Tesla, 97’
Electric excursion boat
Designer/builder: Propulsion Data Systems, Marblehead, Mass./Burger Boat, Manitowoc, Wis.
Owner/operator: Maid of the Mist, Niagara Falls, N.Y.

Orca I, 78’
Excursion boat
Designer/builder: Teknicraft Design, Auckland, New Zealand/All American Marine, Bellingham, Wash.
Owner/operator: Great Western Attractions, Seattle, Wash.

Pelican II, 146’
Passenger/vehicle ferry
Designer/builder: St. Johns Ship Building, Palatka, Fla.
Owner/operator: Fisher Island Club, Fisher Island, Fla.

Piloto VIII, 31’
Pilot boat
Designer/builder: Naiad, Picton, New Zealand/Armstrong Marine USA, Port Angeles, Wash.
Owner/operator: Port of Manzanillo, Mexico

R-06, 36’
Patrol boat
Designer/builder: Metal Shark, Jeanerette, La.
Owner/operator: San Juan Police Department, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Richmond, 55’
Pilot boat
Designer/builder: Ray Hunt Design, New Bedford, Mass./Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Somerset, Mass.
Owner/operator: Virginia Pilot Association, Virginia Beach, Va.

Salish Scout, 38’
Dive compliance boat
Designer/builder: Armstrong Marine USA, Port Angeles, Wash.
Owner/operator: Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Olympia, Wash.

SEACOR Mixteca, 221’
Platform supply vessel
Designer/builder: Master Boat Builders, Bayou La Batre, Ala.
Owner/operator: SEACOR Marine, Houston, Texas

Sea Flight, 40’
Excursion boat
Designer/builder: Jutson Marine Design, Vancouver, British Columbia/Metal Shark, Jeanerette, La.
Owner/operator: Pure Florida, Naples, Fla.

Seaway Pilot V, 53’
Pilot boat
Designer/builder: Ray Hunt Design, New Bedford, Mass./Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Somerset, Mass.
Owner/operator: Seaway Pilots Inc., Cape Vincent, N.Y.

Shearwater, 77’
Research vessel
Designer/builder: Teknicraft Design, Auckland, New Zealand/All American Marine, Bellingham, Wash.
Owner/operator: Duke University Marine Lab, Beaufort, N.C.

Southern Cross, 93’
Passenger/vehicle ferry
Designer/builder: DeJong & Lebet, Jacksonville, Fla./Blount Boats, Warren, R.I.
Owner/operator: South Ferry Company, Shelter Island, N.Y.

USCGC Oliver Henry, 154’
Fast response cutter
Designer/builder: Damen Shipyards Group, Gorinchem, Netherlands/Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, La.
Owner/operator: U.S. Coast Guard, Apra Harbor, Guam

USNS Newport, 338’
Expeditionary fast transport
Designer/builder: Austal USA, Mobile, Ala.
Owner/operator: U.S. Navy/Military Sealift Command

WindServe Odyssey, 65’
Crew transfer vessel
Designer/builder: BMT Group, Teddington, United Kingdom/Senesco Marine, North Kingstown, R.I.
Owner/operator: WindServe Marine, Boston, Mass.

By Professional Mariner Staff