Blount Boats

Blount Boats was founded as Blount Marine Corporation in 1949 by Luther H. Blount and is privately held and managed by the Blount family. The Warren yard has been in continuous operation since its founding. Notable builds include the 600-passenger ferry Miss Liberty (1952), America's first commercial stern trawler Narragansett (1962), 192 ft offshore supply vessels in the 1970s and the Spirit Class dinner boats of the 1980s.

The six-acre waterfront yard, 15 miles south of Providence, has a 200 ft x 60 ft primary production shed with two 7.5 ton bridge cranes, a secondary production facility of approx. 120 ft x 65 ft, a marine railway under a 150 ft telescoping tent used as an EPA compliant paint and blast facility, and a vertical lift dry dock of approx. 132 ft x 41 ft certified to lift 240 long tons.