Hendry Corporation was founded in 1926 by Captain F.M. Hendry.  The company spent much of its early career designing and building hydraulic pipeline dredges.  The company operated three dredges for many years over all parts of the U.S.  In the mid 90’s the company sold their tugboat, barge, and dredge fleet.  Hendry had developed expertise in ship repair in maintaining their own fleet for many years.  At this time, Hendry directed their efforts to ship repair.  Hendry had repaired numerous U.S. Army LCM’s in the late 80’s.  Marketing efforts turned to commercial tugs and barges.  Hendry has an outstanding performance record with the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard.  

Hendry sold their shipyard located on Westshore Blvd. in Tampa to a housing developer.  Consequently, the company located and purchased a large acreage property located on Hooker’s Point in the Port of Tampa from Tampa Electric Company.  The power plant located on the property was demolished, seawall renewed, and a shipyard developed.   

Our customers include many commercial maritime companies, the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Army.  Performance on many of these projects was rated as “Excellent” and “Outstanding”.  Hendry operates a small – detail oriented shipyard that strives for good recommendations from all of our customers.  We look forward to being of service to your organization.