Alwa at Taves Boatyard in undated photo. Note the dory atop its pilothouse. Boat in foreground is unidentified. [Collection of Joseph Andrews]
Updated on 1 September 2026 | F/V Alwa (248540) is a 36-ton, 53½-foot-long, wooden commercial fishing vessel. It was built in 1945 at the Stonington Boat Works in Stonington, Conn. For years, it was a Provincetown boat, but Plymouth is now its hailing port.1