US Marine Corporation

U.S. Marine Corporation, founded in 1977, has owned and operated commercial fishing vessels in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the Gulf of Mexico and the North Pacific. It presently functions as a holding company for specific maritime investments. U.S. Marine owns Ocean Peace, Inc., a Seattle based vessel management company that owns and operates the 220’ trawler F/T OCEAN PEACE and the 230' trawler F/T SEAFISHER. The vessels are Amendment 80 qualified and fish for groundfish in the Bering Sea & Aleutian Islands. In 1978, U.S. Marine purchased Master Marine, Inc. in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. Master Marine operates shipbuilding and ship repair facilities and has constructed over 320 commercial vessels of all types, including fishing trawlers, tug boats, pushboats, barges, passenger ferries and specialty watercraft up to 670 tons and 250 feet in length. The company has drydocked more than 2000 vessels on its floating dry-dock and Marine TraveLift and has overhauled over 125 government watercraft. Its customers include inland and offshore towing companies, the United States Coast Guard, Navy, and N.O.A.A.