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{{Short description|Former shipbuilding company in Florida}}
'''Merrill-Stevens Drydock & Repair Co.''' was a [[shipbuilding]] and [[drydock]] company currently based in [[Miami, Florida|Miami]], [[Florida]].<ref>"[http://www.merrillstevens.com/#/contact/location Location]." Merrill-Stevens. Retrieved on January 9, 2010.</ref> The company was incorporated in 1885 in [[Jacksonville, Florida]] by [[James Eugene Merrill]], and was located along the [[St. Johns River]]. The Miami shipyard was sold to Turkish yachtsman [[Rahmi Koç]] in December 2013, and is now named "RMK Merrill-Stevens". The yacht brokerage company is now called "Merrill Stevens Yachts" <ref name=Colton>{{cite web
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}}</ref> According to the company, it was the largest [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] shipyard south of [[Norfolk, Virginia]] during [[World War II]].<ref name=MSweb>{{cite web | url = http://www.merrillstevens.com/index.cfm/id/6.html | title = Our Story | publisher = Merrill-Stevens | accessdate = 2008-01-17 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080209110937/http://www.merrillstevens.com/index.cfm/id/6.html | archive-date = 2008-02-09 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
==See also==
*[[Merrill House Museum]]
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==External links==
* http://Merrill-StevensYachts.com
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[[Category:American companies established in 1885]]
[[Category:Companies based in Miami]]
[[Category:Shipbuilding companies of Florida]]
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