Pacific Fishermen Shipyard was founded in 1946 by 400 Norwegian heritage fishermen 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. The 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 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).more

Utilizing the Esquimalt Graving Dock, owned and operated by Public Works and Government Services of Canada, Victoria Shipyards can drydock and repair vessels over 100,000 DWT. Victoria Shipyards can perform a wide range of repairs up to and including complete vessel conversions. We have successfully completed countless new construction, conversion, repair, and maintenance projects, including cruiseship conversions, work for the Canadian Navy, repair and maintenance work on deepsea vessels and containerships, as well as new construction and repair work on ferries, tugs, fishing vessels, Arctic Class and research vessels, barges and yachts of all sizes and types. Victoria Shipyards operates within the federally-owned Esquimalt Graving Dock, the largest solid bottom commercial drydock on the West Coast of the Americas. Victoria Shipyards can drydock and repair all types of vessels, including cruise ships, fishing vessels, ferries, barges, tankers and naval vessels, performing a wide range of repairs up to and including complete vessel conversions.more