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*''Comanche''—Hogddon built Comanche launched in October of 2014 after 13 months of construction.<ref name=Robb/> With an overall length of 100ft, it vied to be the world’s fastest monohull with a 24-hour distance record of 620nm during a 2015 race across the Atlantic, subject to ratification by the [[World Sailing Speed Record Council]].<ref name=Yachting2015> |
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| accessdate = 2015-11-20}}</ref> In December, 2014 it placed second in the annual [[Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race]], a route of 723-miles.<ref name=Robb> |
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| accessdate = 2015-11-20}}</ref> With a wide, 25.5-foot, beam it achieves speed similar to performance [[multihull]] sailing craft by being sailed heeled one on one edge to minimize wetted surface.<ref name=Yachting2015/> |
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| Industry | Shipbuilding |
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| Founded | 1861 in Boothbay, Maine, United States of America |
| Founder | Caleb Hodgdon |
| Headquarters | East Boothbay, Maine |
| Products | Yachts, custom tenders, military composites |
| Services | Yacht interiors, yard services |
| Owner | Timothy Hodgdon |
| Website | http://www.hodgdonyachts.com |
Hodgdon Shipbuilding (previously known as "Hodgdon Brothers yard" and currently as "Hodgdon Yachts") is a builder of yachts and specialized military vessels, based in East Boothbay, Maine. It is a family-run business that was founded in 1816—reputedly the oldest continuously operating family boatbuilder in the east cost of the United States.[1] Hodgdon Yachts is noted for building superyachts, both sail and power, using advanced composite materials. The company has several divisions—yachts, custom tenders, yacht interiors, yacht services and military composites.
History
Founders, Caleb and Tyler Hodgdon, added boatbuilding as "Hodgdon Brothers" in East Boothbay on the Damariscotta River to their sawmill and gristmill businesses with the construction of a 42-foot fishing schooner, Union, launched in 1818. From 1850 and 1895 the yard built and launched 24 commercial schooners. Caleb turned the business over to sons, C. George and James P. Hodgdon, in 1870. Successive generations of Hodgdons maintained the business, as siblings left and returned from boatbuilding enterprises, elsewhere in Maine.[1]
The business regained vitality during the Korean War, when it built twelve 144-foot Naval Patrol boats. A fire destroyed most of the yard's buildings and records in 1954 during this run of producing patrol boats. Within three years, brothers William and Charles, and George I., Sr. died.[1][2]
George I. ("Sonny") Hodgdon, Jr., who was born in 1922 and reputedly started work in the yard at an early age, rebuilt the boat-building sheds and obtained a contract to build the first boat designed by William Tripp Sr., Katingo. In addition to securing contracts to build boats for noted designers, including Sparkman & Stephens, John Alden, and L. Francis Herreshoff, he designed and built 24 small vessels, between 1956 and 1969. In 1969, Hodgdon moved to another facility to build lobster boats under the business name of "G.I. Hodgdon, Co."[1]
Hodgson's son, Timothy, joined the business In 1979 and steered the company towards modern materials. He continued after his father died in 1995[3] and, as business grew, diversified the company into six divisions, specializing in yacht construction, custom tenders, yacht interiors, boatyard services, and composite materials for military customers. He established a variety of locations in Maine, Rhode Island, and Monaco. Although widely known as "Hodgdon Yachts",[1] the business is incorporated as "Hodgdon Shipbuilding, LLC".[4]
Notable vessels
Hodgdon Brothers
The vessels built in East Boothbay at the Hodgdon Brothers Shipyard included fishing vessels, an arctic schooner, minesweepers and a large fiberglass yacht.
Schooners
The fishing schooner Elizabeth W. Hunan was the last of a series of five vessels built for the Nunan family, which ran a fishing enterprise out of Cape Porpoise, Maine.[1] The 96-foot auxiliary powered vessel was launched in 1908 and reportedly was in service for 30 years.[2] It had an 80-horsepower Globe auxiliary engine, which could propel her at 9 miles per hour.[5]
The schooner Bowdoin was designed by William H. Hand, Jr., and built in 1921. It is the only American schooner built specifically for Arctic exploration, and was designed under the direction of explorer Donald B. MacMillan. As of 2015, it had made 29 trips above the Arctic Circle, three since it was acquired by the Maine Maritime Academy (MMA) in 1988. As of 2015, it was based in Castine, Maine, where it is used for the MMA sail training curriculum.[6]
Naval ships
Hodgdon built two SC-1-class submarine chasers, SC-137—commissioned December 14, 1917—and SC-138—commissioned January 24, 1918.[7] The SC-1 class was a class of submarine chasers produced during World War I for the United States Navy in order to combat attacks by German U-boats, with 441 boats built from 1917 to 1919. They were 110 ft (34 m) overall and carried one 3-inch (76.2-mm)/23-caliber gun mount, two Colt .30 caliber (7.62 mm) machine gunsand one Y-gun depth charge projector.[8]
Hodgdon, in partnership with neighboring shipyard, Goudy and Stevens, built a 97 ft 1 in (29.59 m) Accentor-class minesweeper. It was named, USS Combat (AMc-69), launched on 6 October 1941.[9] and renamed USS Bulwark (AMc-68).[10] It carried two .50 cal. M2 Browning machine guns.
Hodgdon built twelve[1] YMS-1-class minesweepers with a 136 ft (41 m) overall length, armed with one 3-inch/50 caliber gun mount, two 20 mm guns and two depth charge projectors[11] in the 1950s.[2]
Powerboats
The 67-foot motor yacht, Maimelee, was at its launching in 1961 the largest fiberglass yacht in the world. The hull was molded in England, shipped to East Boothbay and finished by Hodgdon Brothers. It was equipped with twin 308-horsepower diesel engines, air conditioning for cruising in southern waters and an electronic suite that included a radio direction finder, a fathometer and radar.[12]
Hodgdon Shipbuilding
Yachts
- Comanche—Hogddon built Comanche launched in October of 2014 after 13 months of construction.[13] With an overall length of 100ft, it vied to be the world’s fastest monohull with a 24-hour distance record of 620nm during a 2015 race across the Atlantic, subject to ratification by the World Sailing Speed Record Council.[14] In December, 2014 it placed second in the annual Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, a route of 723-miles.[13] With a wide, 25.5-foot, beam it achieves speed similar to performance multihull sailing craft by being sailed heeled one on one edge to minimize wetted surface.[14]
Tenders
Military vessels
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Caldwell, Bill (1983). Rivers of Fortune: Where Maine Tides and Money Flowed. Camden, Maine: Down East Books. ISBN 978-0892725687. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
- ^ a b c Boothbay Region Historical Society (2004). The Boothbay Region Revisited. Images of America. Mount Pleasant, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. p. 128. ISBN 9780738536255. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
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Editors (January 3, 2012). "Obituaries: Margaret S. Hodgdon". Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. Portland, Maine. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
{{cite news}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Hodgdon". Homepage. Hodgdon Shipbuilding, LLC. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
- ^ George Story, Hudson (April 10, 1909). "Boston's Busy Business Boats". Motor Boat. New York. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
- ^ Eley, Donald. "Schooner Bowdoin Facts". Castine, Maine: Maine Maritime Academy. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
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Editors. "sc-101-sc-200v1". Naval History and Heritage Command. United States Navy. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Gardiner, Robert (Editor); Randall Gray, Randall (Co-editor) (1985), Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921, London: Conway Maritime Press, ISBN 0-85177-245-5
{{citation}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ^
Editors (December 22, 2014). "Combat". Naval History and Heritage Command. United States Navy. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^
Editors (June 29, 2015). "Bulwark". Naval History and Heritage Command. United States Navy. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Koelbel, William H. (August 1961). "World's Largest Fiberglass Yacht: Maimelee". MotorBoating. 108 (2). New York: Hearst Magazines, Inc.: 152. ISSN 1531-2623. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
- ^ a b Tolson, Shaun (April 1, 2015). "Fast Times in Maine". Robb Report. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
- ^ a b Sheahan, Matthew (August 15, 2015). "Comanche – Matthew Sheahan gets aboard the world's fastest monohull". Yachting. Retrieved 2015-11-20.