SOMERSET, Mass. − December 19, 2025 – The Association of Maryland Pilots has received a new pilot boat from Gladding-Hearn… Read More
Maryland Pilots Take Delivery of Another Baltimore Class Launch from Gladding-Hearn
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Ferry to Boston’s Cathleen Stone Island Undergoes Refit at Gladding-Hearn
SOMERSET, Mass. − December 12, 2025 – Boston Harbor’s MV Outward Bound has returned to Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation for… Read More
70 Years of History
For over 70 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 of . . .
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 . . .
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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 . . .