SOMERSET, Mass. – January 19, 2024 – Key West, Fla.-based Yankee Freedom has ordered a new 300-passenger, high-speed catamaran from… Read More
Yankee Freedom Orders New Passenger Ferry for Dry Tortugas National Park
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Alabama Pilots Receive Chesapeake Launch from Gladding-Hearn
SOMERSET, Mass. − December 27, 2023 – The Alabama Pilot, Inc. in Mobile, Ala., has taken delivery of its second… Read More
60 Years of History
For more than 65 years, Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, has built exceptional steel and aluminum commercial vessels. Located on the Taunton River in Somerset, Mass., the family-owned and operated shipyard counts more than 430 vessels built as proof . . .
The GH Process
With in-house naval architecture and engineering capabilities and a cross-trained workforce, Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, is well-known for applying some of the most advanced shipbuilding techniques that rival many bigger yards, while still providing the personal . . .
Customers
“We have to make our customer successful first,” has been a constant mantra at Gladding-Hearn since its founding in 1955. The philosophy that nothing leaves this yard unless it’s right is best illustrated by the number of repeat . . .
Join Our Team
Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, places a premium on our people – men and women sharing knowledge from various fields of expertise – who continually find better ways to make our worldwide shipbuilding customers successful. With support from in-house naval architecture . . .