CHRIS CRAFT INDUSTRIES INC
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                              FORM 11-K

                 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                         WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549



/ X /  ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT         OF 1934 (FEE REQUIRED)

    For the fiscal year ended      December 31, 1994
                             ------------------------------

                            OR


/   /  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 (d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE         ACT OF 1934 (NO FEE REQUIRED)

    For the transition period from             to  
                                  -------------  -------------


                Commission file number 1-2999
                                       ------

    A.  Full title of the plan and address of the plan, if        
        different from that of the issuer named below:

                   CHRIS-CRAFT INDUSTRIES, INC.
                 EMPLOYEES' STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

    B.  Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the     
        plan and address of its principal executive office:

                   CHRIS-CRAFT INDUSTRIES, INC.
                        767 FIFTH AVENUE
                    NEW YORK, NEW YORK  10153
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                      CHRIS-CRAFT INDUSTRIES, INC.
                      ---------------------------
                    EMPLOYEES' STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                    ------------------------------



(a)  Financial Statements and Schedule

The financial statements and schedule included herein are filed
as part of this report.

(b)  Consent:  Price Waterhouse LLP -  Exhibit I





                             SIGNATURE
                             ---------

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the Plan)
have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                      CHRIS-CRAFT INDUSTRIES, INC.
                     EMPLOYEES' STOCK PURCHASE PLAN





                         By: ________________________
                         Joelen K. Merkel
                         Vice President and Treasurer
                         Chris-Craft Industries, Inc.



Date: June 29, 1995

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                  Report of Independent Accountants
                  ---------------------------------
May 11, 1995

To the Plan Committee of Chris-Craft Industries, Inc.
  Employees' Stock Purchase Plan

In our opinion, the accompanying statements of net assets available for plan
benefits, and the related statements of changes in net assets available for
plan benefits present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets
available for plan benefits of the Chris-Craft Industries, Inc. Employees'
Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan") at December 31, 1994 and 1993, and the
changes in net assets available for plan benefits for each of the three years
in the period ended December 31, 1994, in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles.  These financial statements are the responsibility of
the Plan Committee; our responsibility is to express an opinion  on these
financial statements based on our audits.  We conducted our audits in
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards which require that we
plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatement.  An audit includes
examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in
the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation.  We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis
for the opinion expressed above.

Our audits were made for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic
financial statements taken as a whole.  The additional information included in
the attached schedule is presented for purposes of additional analysis and is
not a required part of the basic financial statements but is additional
information required by ERISA.  Such information has been subjected to the
auditing procedures applied in the audit of the basic financial statements
and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to
the basic financial statements taken as a whole.







Price Waterhouse LLP
New York, New York

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                           CHRIS-CRAFT INDUSTRIES, INC.
                           ---------------------------
                          EMPLOYEES' STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                          ------------------------------
               STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS
               ----------------------------------------------------
<CAPTION>
                                                                December 31,
                                                         -----------------------
                                                             1994        1993
                                                         -----------  ----------
<S>                                                      <C>          <C>
              ASSETS
              ------
INVESTMENTS IN CHRIS-CRAFT INDUSTRIES, INC.,
   at market:
   $1.40 convertible preferred stock; 246
    shares (cost $2,509) in 1994 and 1993                $   255,348  $   263,210

   Class B common stock; 362,271 shares
    (cost $1,004,420) in 1994, 364,323 shares
    (cost $1,040,411) in 1993                             12,498,350   13,343,330

   Common stock; 505,967 shares
    (cost $9,632,305) in 1994, 469,804 shares
    (cost $8,119,381) in 1993                             17,455,861   17,206,572
                                                         -----------  -----------
                                                          30,209,559   30,813,112
                                                         -----------  -----------
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS                                    228,370      150,056
                                                         -----------  -----------
CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVABLE:
  Participants                                                33,544       29,824
  Employer                                                    33,544       29,824
                                                         -----------  -----------
                                                              67,088       59,648
                                                         -----------  -----------
           LIABILITIES
           -----------
DUE TO BROKERS                                               271,015      182,358
                                                         -----------  -----------
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS                   $30,234,002  $30,840,458
                                                         ===========  ===========
<FN>
                The accompanying notes to financial statements are
                       an integral part of these statements.
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                          CHRIS-CRAFT INDUSTRIES, INC.
                          ----------------------------
                         EMPLOYEES' STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                         ------------------------------
           STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS
           ---------------------------------------------------------------
<CAPTION>
                                                Year Ended December 31,
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                          1994          1993           1992
                                       -----------   -----------    -----------
<S>                                    <C>           <C>            <C>
ADDITIONS:
   Contributions -
       Participant                     $ 1,115,128   $   915,895    $   860,471
       Employer                          1,115,128       915,895        860,471
                                       -----------   -----------    -----------
                                         2,230,256     1,831,790      1,720,942

   Net unrealized appreciation in
     market value of investments              -        3,291,305      6,177,937

   Dividend and interest income            895,045       812,928        429,486
                                       -----------   -----------    -----------
                                         3,125,301     5,936,023      8,328,365
DEDUCTIONS:
   Distributions to participants
     upon termination or withdrawal     (1,698,652)   (3,600,353)    (1,343,777)

   Net unrealized depreciation in
     market value of investments        (2,033,105)         -              -    
                                       -----------   -----------    -----------
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN PLAN EQUITY        (606,456)    2,335,670      6,984,588

NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN
   BENEFITS, BEGINNING OF YEAR          30,840,458    28,504,788     21,520,200
                                       -----------   -----------    -----------
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN
   BENEFITS, END OF YEAR               $30,234,002   $30,840,458    $28,504,788
                                       ===========   ===========    ===========

<FN>
                  The accompanying notes to financial statements are
                         an integral part of these statements.
</TABLE>

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                        CHRIS-CRAFT INDUSTRIES, INC.
                        ----------------------------
                       EMPLOYEES' STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                       ------------------------------
                       NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                       -----------------------------

(1)  UNREALIZED APPRECIATION OF INVESTMENTS:

Chris-Craft Industries, Inc. (the Company) Employees' Stock Purchase Plan (the
Plan) carries its investment in Chris-Craft common shares at market value. 
Chris-Craft Class B common shares, for which there is no trading market, and
Chris-Craft $1.40 convertible preferred shares, which are traded infrequently,
are carried at the market value of their respective underlying common shares. 
Unrealized appreciation represents the excess of such market value over the
aggregate cost of the investments, and is summarized as follows:

                                        Year Ended December 31,
                                -------------------------------------
                                    1994         1993         1992
                                -----------  -----------  -----------
Unrealized appreciation,
   beginning of year            $21,650,812  $20,056,074  $14,262,961
Adjustments to reflect
   investments at
   market value                  (2,033,105)   3,291,305    6,177,937
Stock dividends                     892,577      811,328      427,558
Unrealized appreciation on
   investments distributed
   to participants                 (939,959)  (2,507,895)    (812,382)
                                -----------  -----------  -----------
Unrealized appreciation,
   end of year                  $19,570,325  $21,650,812  $20,056,074
                                ===========  ===========  ===========

Based on May 11, 1995 market values, the unrealized appreciation of Chris-
Craft shares held by the Plan on December 31, 1994 was $19,011,023.

(2)  INVESTMENT PROGRAM, CONTRIBUTIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS:

Under the provisions of the Plan, the employees of Chris-Craft and its
subsidiaries who are participants in the Plan are required to contribute
monthly, at their election, 2%, 4% or 6% of their compensation, as defined,
toward the purchase of Chris-Craft common stock or $1.40 convertible preferred
stock.  The Company is required to contribute monthly 25% of the participants'
aggregate contributions and may contribute an additional discretionary amount,
so long as the Company's aggregate contribution is not greater than 100% of
the participants' aggregate contributions for the year.  The Company matched
100% of participants' aggregate contributions for the years ended December 31,
1994, 1993 and 1992.

The Plan provides for administration by a committee of at least three
individuals appointed by the Chris-Craft Board of Directors, with the funds
and securities being held in trust by CoreStates Bank, N.A., as Trustee. 
Company contributions may be made in cash or stock. Cash contributions of both
participants and the Company are invested in Chris-Craft common stock;
investment in $1.40 convertible preferred stock also is authorized.

The number of employees participating in the Plan as of December 31, 1994, and
the combined total of contributions of the Company and participants are as
follows:

               Number of 
              Participants            Contributions
                   at             Year Ended December 31,
              December 31,  ----------------------------------
Division          1994         1994        1993        1992
- --------      ------------  ----------  ----------  ----------

Corporate          21       $  172,010  $  207,654  $  221,266
Television        339        1,840,768   1,400,778   1,317,360
Industrial         50          217,478     223,358     182,316
                  ---       ----------  ----------  ----------
                  410       $2,230,256  $1,831,790  $1,720,942
                  ===       ==========  ==========  ==========

The shares credited to the account of each participating employee for Company
contributions are determined generally on the basis of the employee's
proportionate share of total employee contributions.  Shares may be
distributed upon retirement, death or disability, and provision is also made
for distribution in the event of termination of employment or withdrawal from
the Plan.  Forfeiture of varying portions of the stock attributable to the
Company's contributions results from termination of employment or withdrawal
from the Plan within five years after the employee becomes a participant. 
Funds forfeited by participants who leave the Plan are generally reallocated
to the accounts of the remaining participants in the Plan on the last day of
the Plan year in which expiration of a one year period of severance from the
date of termination occurs.

(3)  INVESTMENTS IN CHRIS-CRAFT INDUSTRIES, INC.:

Each share of $1.40 convertible preferred stock is redeemable by Chris-Craft
at $40.00 and is convertible into common stock or Class B common stock as set
forth below.  Each share of Class B common stock entitles the holder to ten
votes (common stock entitles the holder to one vote per share), is convertible
at all times into common stock on a share-for-share basis, is not transferable
except to specified persons ("Permitted Transferees") and, in general, carries
the same per share dividend and liquidation rights as a share of common stock,
except that Chris-Craft's Board of Directors may at its discretion declare
greater cash dividends per share on the common stock than on the Class B
common stock.  No additional Class B shares may be issued without further
shareholder approval, except upon the conversion of $1.40 convertible
preferred shares by holders of record on November 10, 1986 (the record date
for the initial distribution of Class B common stock) or Permitted
Transferees, or in payment of stock dividends or stock splits on outstanding
shares of Class B common stock.

So long as any Class B common stock is outstanding, each share of $1.40
convertible preferred stock will entitle the holder, if he was the holder on
November 10, 1986, to convert such share of $1.40 convertible preferred stock
into 10.03008 shares of common stock and 20.06014 shares of Class B common
stock and to 210 votes (10.33098, 20.66194 and 216.3, respectively, as
adjusted for the 1995 stock dividend described below).  The foregoing special
conversion and voting rights will be available to holders of $1.40 convertible
preferred stock transferred after November 10, 1986 only under the same
circumstances as those in which the Class B common stock is transferable. 
Each share of $1.40 convertible preferred stock transferred after November 10,
1986 entitles its holder (other than a Permitted Transferee) to convert such
share into 30.09022 shares of common stock and 30.1 votes (30.99292 and 31.0,
respectively, as adjusted for the 1995 stock dividend described below).

On February 9, 1995, Chris-Craft's Board of Directors declared a 3% common
stock dividend payable in April 1995, which will increase by 3% Chris-Craft's
common and Class B common shares outstanding and which will also increase by 
3% the number of common shares issuable upon conversion of Chris-Craft's $1.40
convertible preferred stock.  Applicable conversion rates will be adjusted
accordingly.

Dividends received consist of the stated cash dividend on the preferred shares
and common stock dividends of 3%, 3% and 2%, aggregating $892,921, $811,328
and $427,904 for the years ended December 31, 1994, 1993 and 1992,
respectively.  The stock dividends were valued using the closing price of
Chris-Craft stock on the record date.

(4)  DISTRIBUTIONS TO PARTICIPANTS FOR TERMINATIONS AND WITHDRAWALS:

Distributions are made to participants, or their designated beneficiaries, in
the event of death, termination of employment or withdrawal from the Plan, in
whole shares of stock, with fractional shares of stock payable in cash.

A participant (or the beneficiary in the case of death) will be entitled to a
distribution of 100 percent of his or her account upon termination of
employment by normal retirement, permanent disability or death.  A participant
who otherwise terminates and has five or more years of service while a
participant of the Plan will receive 100 percent of his or her account.  Any
participant who otherwise terminates, having less than five years of
participation in the Plan, will receive 100 percent of that part of the
participant's own account attributable to the participant's own contributions
and a percentage of the shares attributable to the Company's contributions, as
follows:

                                         Percentage
                                    Attributable to the
       Years of Participation     Company's Contributions
       ----------------------     -----------------------

       Less than 2                           20
       2 but less than 3                     40
       3 but less than 4                     60
       4 but less than 5                     80
       5 or more                            100

The dollar amount of distributions, which are computed using market values of
Chris-Craft shares at dates such shares are ordered to be transferred into the
names of terminated participants, are as follows:

                                          Year Ended December 31,
                                    ----------------------------------
                                       1994        1993        1992
                                    ----------  ----------  ----------
Balances in participants'
  accounts upon termination
  or withdrawal                     $1,823,492  $3,726,075  $1,429,856
Less - Nonvested amounts
  not distributed                     (124,840)   (125,722)    (86,079)
                                    ----------  ----------  ----------
Distributions to participants
  upon termination or
  withdrawal                        $1,698,652  $3,600,353  $1,343,777
                                    ==========  ==========  ==========



Participants who had terminated the Plan prior to December 31, 1994 were due
17,684 shares of common and 4,773 shares of Class B stock.  Such shares had a
market value of $774,767 at December 31, 1994.


(5)  FEDERAL TAXES APPLICABLE TO THE PLAN:

All income other than unrelated business income or debt financed income
realized by a trust fund established under a qualified plan is exempt from
federal income taxes.  The Internal Revenue Service has determined, most
recently by letter dated April 14, 1994, that the Plan is qualified under
Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) and the related trust
income is exempt from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code.

(6)  EXPENSES OF THE PLAN:

Participants' accounts are charged for brokerage fees and transfer taxes
incurred by the Trustee in connection with the purchase of Chris-Craft shares. 
The Plan provides that other expenses incurred in connection with its
administration may also be charged to participants' accounts, but such
expenses have been paid by the Company for each year presented.

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                                     CHRIS-CRAFT INDUSTRIES, INC.
                                    EMPLOYEES' STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                               SCHEDULE OF REPORTABLE TRANSACTIONS (1)(2)
                                 FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1994
<CAPTION>
                                                                              Current
                                                                               Value
                                                                            of Asset at
                                   Purchase       Selling       Cost of     Transaction
Description of Asset                 Price         Price         Asset          Date        Net Gain
- --------------------              -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------
<S>                               <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>
         
CoreStates Liquidity Fund (3) --
   Purchases, 1,944,170 units in
     57 transactions              $1,944,170    $     -       $1,944,170    $1,944,170    $       -

   Sales, 1,940,503 units in
     25 transactions                    -        1,940,503     1,940,503     1,940,503            -

Chris-Craft Industries, Inc.
   common stock, --
     Purchases, 61,954 shares in
     38 transactions               2,235,117          -        2,235,117     2,235,117            -


<FN>
Notes:

(1)  Transactions included herein represent transactions or a series of transactions in securities of
the same issue or with respect to the same issuer in excess of 5% of the quoted market value of Plan
assets at the beginning of the year.

(2)  This schedule incorporates all disclosures required by the Department of Labor for assets
purchased and sold during the year.

(3)  This fund is included in cash and cash equivalents in the accompanying Statement of Net Assets
Available for Plan Benefits.

</TABLE>
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                                                                    Exhibit I




                     CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS






We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-59275) of Chris-Craft Industries, Inc.
Employees' Stock Purchase Plan of our report dated May 11, 1995, appearing  on
page 3 of this Form 11-K.








Price Waterhouse LLP
New York, New York
June 29, 1995



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