From collection Everett "Red" Boutilier Collection
ROBERT F. O'HARA
On August 8, 1971, the day after her launch, the new fishing vessel ROBERT F. O'HARA received her mast, rigging and other gear. The 109 foot steel side trawler was the one of several built by Harvey F. Gamage Shipbuilder, Inc., at South Bristol, Maine for Dorothy M. O'Hara,, Inc., associated with Frank J. O'Hara & Sons of Rockland, Maine. Designed by John W. Gilbert Associates of Boston, she had a 24 ft. beam and 12 foot draft, displacing 305 tons. Fish hold was 7,400 cubic feet. Built under the US Fishing Fleet Improvement Act, it was financially subsidized by the federal government, another first for Gamage.
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LB2005.24.74
