Latest project brought in to Bristol Marine – The Shipyard in Boothbay Harbor traveled all the way from Lake Erie
“Built in 1988, the Niagara is a replica of Oliver Hazard Perry’s flagship during the Battle of Lake Erie in 1813. But it’s also somewhat a proverbial Ship of Theseus, with non-structural parts from the original integrated into its hull. Dennis Gunderson, the shipyard’s general manager, said it’s one of the oldest remaining of its kind.
“We don’t often get a chance to work on warships. We work on a lot of lumber schooners and old working schooners, but to work on a proper warship is unique. There aren’t many left,” Gunderson said. “They present their own types of challenges as well as their own scale. These boats are built bigger, stronger, tougher to withstand the type of use that they were originally intended to do. And that’s exciting.”…”