New to this site and really enjoy reading all the discussion on various topics. Here is something I can add to this thread ...
Martin Wrote ...
> Wood boats were also built in the company's newer Singapore Yard but I don't know
> if these included Alaskans.
Alaskans, which were all built in wood, were never built in the Singapore plant. The production of wooden Alaskans, as well as Grand Banks 48 and 50 continued in the Hong Kong plant till 1975 when the original American Marine went bankrupt, the founding family Newtons was pushed out, and the Hong Kong Jung Bay boat yard shut down :-(
All Grand Banks 32, 36, and 42 started their lives as wooden boats built in Hong Kong in the early 60s. Around 1968~1969, American Marine opened the Singapore Plant and the production of GB32 was moved there, shortly followed by GB36. The production of wooden GB42 remained in Hong Kong till they switched to fiberglass in 1973. So if you see a wooden GB42, you can be sure that she was built in Hong Kong. And if you see a wooden GB32 or GB36 was built in Hong Kong, it must one one of the older ones built prior to 1968~1969.