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Large Shipbuilders


These companies generally operate (or used to operate) well developed, mid-sized to large shipyards capable of building mid-sized to large merchant ships, mid-sized to large naval vessels, offshore drilling rigs and high-value, high-complexity smaller vessels.

The first group, of 20 shipyards, includes those shipbuilders which constitute what is now known as the "second tier" of the U.S. shipbuilding industry.  Some are more active than others but all are potential players.

The second group, of 50 shipyards, includes those shipbuilders which have a significant track record building oceangoing ships - in peacetime as well as in wartime - but which are no longer in business.

Shipbuilder

Location State Most Recent Update

Active SECOND-TIER ShipbuilderS (20)

Aker Philadelphia (formerly Kvaerner Philadelphia)

Philadelphia PA Sep-11

Austal USA

Mobile AL Sep-11

BAE Systems Southeast - Alabama (formerly Atlantic Marine Alabama)

Mobile AL Oct-11

BAE Systems Southeast - Florida (formerly Atlantic Marine Florida)

Jacksonville FL Jul-10

Bollinger Lockport

Lockport LA Sep-11

Bollinger Marine Fabricators (formerly McDermott SB)

Amelia LA

Fincantieri USA - Bay Shipbuilding (formerly Christy Corp.)

Sturgeon Bay WI Jun-11

Fincantieri USA - Marinette Marine

Marinette WI Sep-11

Keppel O. & M. USA (AMFELS) (formerly Marathon LeTourneau)

Brownsville TX Jan-12

LeTourneau Technologies (formerly Marathon LeTourneau)

Vicksburg MS Jan-12

North American Shipbuilding

Larose LA Sep-11

North American Fabricators

Houma LA

Signal International (formerly Texas Dry Dock)

Orange TX Aug-11

Signal International (formerly Friede Goldman Offshore)

Pascagoula MS

Signal Ship Repair (formerly Bender SB)

Mobile AL May-10

Tampa Ship (formerly Tampa Bay SB)

Tampa FL Nov-10

Vigor Shipyards (formerly Todd Pacific Shipyards)

Seattle WA Sep-11

VT Halter Marine Pascagoula (formerly Halter Pascagoula)

Pascagoula MS Jan-12

VT Halter Marine Moss Point (formerly Halter Moss Point)

Moss Point MS

VT Halter Marine Escatawpa (formerly Moss Point Marine)

Escatawpa MS

LARGE ShipbuilderS NO LONGER IN BUSINESS (53)

Atlantic Coast (15)

Bethlehem Steel Baltimore (formerly Baltimore Dry Dock & SB)

Baltimore MD Jul-10

Bethlehem Steel Elizabethport (formerly Crescent SY)

Elizabethport NJ Jun-11

Bethlehem Steel Staten Island (formerly Staten Island SB)

Staten Island NY Sep-11

Bethlehem Steel Wilmington (formerly Harlan & Hollingsworth, later Dravo Wilmington)

Wilmington DE Oct-11

Cramp Shipbuilding

Philadelphia PA May-10

Downey Shipbuilding (formerly Townsend & Downey)

Arlington NY Aug-10

Dravo Corporation

Wilmington DE Dec-11

Lake Torpedo Boat Co.

Bridgeport CT May-10

Maryland Shipbuilding & Dry Dock (formerly Globe SB)

Baltimore MD May-11

Merchant Shipbuilding (formerly Chester SB)

Chester PA Aug-10

Merrill-Stevens Shipbuilding

Jacksonville FL Sep-10

New York Harbor & Dry Dock (formerly Bayles SY)

Port Jefferson NY Apr-11

Pusey & Jones

Wilmington DE Jun-11

Seatrain Shipbuilding

Brooklyn NY Jan-09

Welding Shipyards

Norfolk VA Aug-10

Gulf Coast (9)

Bethlehem Steel Beaumont (formerly Pennsylvania SY)

Beaumont TX Apr-11

Gulfport Shipbuilding (formerly Gulfport Boiler & Welding Works)

Port Arthur TX Feb-11

Gulf Shipbuilding (formerly Chickasaw SB)

Chickasaw AL Jun-11

Ingalls Iron Works

Decatur AL Apr-11

Levingston Shipbuilding

Orange TX Mar-11

Southern Shipbuilding (formerly Canulette SB)

Slidell LA Jun-11

Tampa Shipbuilding (TASCO)

Tampa FL Aug-10

Todd Galveston (formerly Gray's Iron Works)

Galveston TX Jul-10

Todd Houston (formerly Brown SB)

Houston TX Jul-10

Inland and Great Lakes (18)

AmShip Buffalo (formerly Buffalo Dry Dock)

Buffalo NY Jul-10

AmShip Chicago (formerly Chicago SB)

Chicago IL Oct-11

AmShip Cleveland (formerly Globe Iron Works)

Cleveland OH Aug-10

AmShip Detroit (formerly Detroit SB and Detroit Dry Dock)

Detroit MI Oct-10

AmShip Lorain (formerly Cleveland SB)

Lorain OH Jul-10

AmShip Superior (formerly Superior SB and American Steel Barge)

Superior WI Jul-11

AmShip Toledo (formerly Toledo SB and Craig SB)

Toledo OH Oct-11

AmShip West Bay City (formerly West Bay City SB and Wheeler & Co.)

West Bay City MI Oct-11

Butler Shipbuilders, Inc., Walter (formerly McDougall-Duluth)

Duluth MN May-10

Cleveland Shipbuilding

Cleveland OH Oct-11

Defoe Shipbuilding (formerly Defoe Boat & Motor Works)

Bay City MI May-10

Dravo Corp. - Self-Propelled Vessels

Pittsburgh PA Nov-10

Dravo Corp. - Barges

Pittsburgh PA Jun-10

Great Lakes Engineering Ashtabula

Ashtabula OH Jun-11

Great Lakes Engineering Ecorse

Ecorse MI

Great Lakes Engineering St. Clair

St. Clair MI

Manitowoc Shipbuilding

Manitowoc WI May-10

Marietta Manufacturing

Point Plesant WV Apr-11

Peterson Builders (formerly Peterson Boat Works)

Sturgeon Bay WI Apr-11

Pacific Coast (11)

Albina Engine & Machine Works

Portland OR Jul-10

Bethlehem Steel Terminal Island (formerly Southwestern SB)

San Pedro CA Apr-11

Long Beach Shipbuilding (formerly Craig SB)

Long Beach CA Aug-10

Lockheed Shipbuilding (formerly Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging)

Seattle WA Dec-11

Moore Dry Dock (formerly Moore SB)

Oakland CA Sep-10

Tacoma Boatbuilding

Tacoma WA May-09

Todd Los Angeles (formerly Los Angeles SB)

San Pedro CA Sep-10

Todd Tacoma (formerly Sea-Tac Shipbuilding)

Tacoma WA Nov-10

Western Pipe & Steel South San Francisco

South San Francisco CA Dec-11

Western Pipe & Steel San Pedro

San Pedro CA

Willamette Iron & Steel

Portland OR Apr-11