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Seward Ship's Drydock
Opened in 1973, Seward Ship's began as a service center to repair vessels, primarily for fishing. Within a year, the demand was so great that it forced a move to the current home for Seward Ship's Chandlery in the Leirer Industrial Park. In 1979 it leased and rebuilt a 300 ton marine railway facility at Lowell Point, which continued to operate until 1985. Seward Ship's began drydocking and servicing vessels at the Seward Marine Industrial Center instead, utilizing the new 5,000 ton Syncro-Lift.
In 1988 Seward Ship's leased two more acres at the Seward Marine Industrial Center, the present site of Seward Ship's Drydock, Inc. operations. Since then, they have expanded to an eleven acre full service shipyard that includes over two thousand square feet of covered work area and buildings. Construction for further expansion is currently underway.
Seward Ship's has grown to a full service shipyard. It services everything from "rowboats to oil tankers." They are building a covered work station that will be capable of totally covering a 200 foot vessel! This way the Alaskan weather won't even be noticeable.
Sources:
- http://www.sewardships.com/history.html
