This is a fascinating vessel. With her sister ALANA she looks like the shrimp boat conversions, but may have been built from the beginning as a Pacific Longliner. The builder of both boats is given as Real Ships Inc., which apparently is a company that builds in other people’s shipyards and possibly takes over incomplete construction. Vessels credited to them show building locations such as Merritt NC and Riverside NJ, as well as Bayou la Batre AL where these two boats were built.
This is a fascinating vessel. With her sister ALANA she looks like the shrimp boat conversions, but may have been built from the beginning as a Pacific Longliner. The builder of both boats is given as Real Ships Inc., which apparently is a company that builds in other people’s shipyards and possibly takes over incomplete construction. Vessels credited to them show building locations such as Merritt NC and Riverside NJ, as well as Bayou la Batre AL where these two boats were built.