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.
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Shipbuilder |
Location | State | Most Recent Update |
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Active SECOND-TIER ShipbuilderS (20) |
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Aker Philadelphia (formerly Kvaerner Philadelphia) |
Philadelphia | PA | Sep-11 |
| Mobile | AL | Sep-11 | |
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BAE Systems Southeast - Alabama (formerly Atlantic Marine Alabama) |
Mobile | AL | Oct-11 |
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BAE Systems Southeast - Florida (formerly Atlantic Marine Florida) |
Jacksonville | FL | Jul-10 |
| Lockport | LA | Sep-11 | |
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Bollinger Marine Fabricators (formerly McDermott SB) |
Amelia | LA | |
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Fincantieri USA - Bay Shipbuilding (formerly Christy Corp.) |
Sturgeon Bay | WI | Jun-11 |
| Marinette | WI | Sep-11 | |
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Keppel O. & M. USA (AMFELS) (formerly Marathon LeTourneau) |
Brownsville | TX | Jan-12 |
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LeTourneau Technologies (formerly Marathon LeTourneau) |
Vicksburg | MS | Jan-12 |
| Larose | LA | Sep-11 | |
| Houma | LA | ||
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Signal International (formerly Texas Dry Dock) |
Orange | TX | Aug-11 |
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Signal International (formerly Friede Goldman Offshore) |
Pascagoula | MS | |
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Signal Ship Repair (formerly Bender SB) |
Mobile | AL | May-10 |
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Tampa Ship (formerly Tampa Bay SB) |
Tampa | FL | Nov-10 |
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Vigor Shipyards (formerly Todd Pacific Shipyards) |
Seattle | WA | Sep-11 |
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VT Halter Marine Pascagoula (formerly Halter Pascagoula) |
Pascagoula | MS | Jan-12 |
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VT Halter Marine Moss Point (formerly Halter Moss Point) |
Moss Point | MS | |
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VT Halter Marine Escatawpa (formerly Moss Point Marine) |
Escatawpa | MS | |
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LARGE ShipbuilderS NO LONGER IN BUSINESS (53) |
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Atlantic Coast (15) |
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Bethlehem Steel Baltimore (formerly Baltimore Dry Dock & SB) |
Baltimore | MD | Jul-10 |
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Bethlehem Steel Elizabethport (formerly Crescent SY) |
Elizabethport | NJ | Jun-11 |
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Bethlehem Steel Staten Island (formerly Staten Island SB) |
Staten Island | NY | Sep-11 |
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Bethlehem Steel Wilmington (formerly Harlan & Hollingsworth, later Dravo Wilmington) |
Wilmington | DE | Oct-11 |
| Philadelphia | PA | May-10 | |
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Downey Shipbuilding (formerly Townsend & Downey) |
Arlington | NY | Aug-10 |
| Wilmington | DE | Dec-11 | |
| Bridgeport | CT | May-10 | |
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Maryland Shipbuilding & Dry Dock (formerly Globe SB) |
Baltimore | MD | May-11 |
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Merchant Shipbuilding (formerly Chester SB) |
Chester | PA | Aug-10 |
| Jacksonville | FL | Sep-10 | |
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New York Harbor & Dry Dock (formerly Bayles SY) |
Port Jefferson | NY | Apr-11 |
| Wilmington | DE | Jun-11 | |
| Brooklyn | NY | Jan-09 | |
| Norfolk | VA | Aug-10 | |
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Gulf Coast (9) |
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Bethlehem Steel Beaumont (formerly Pennsylvania SY) |
Beaumont | TX | Apr-11 |
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Gulfport Shipbuilding (formerly Gulfport Boiler & Welding Works) |
Port Arthur | TX | Feb-11 |
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Gulf Shipbuilding (formerly Chickasaw SB) |
Chickasaw | AL | Jun-11 |
| Decatur | AL | Apr-11 | |
| Orange | TX | Mar-11 | |
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Southern Shipbuilding (formerly Canulette SB) |
Slidell | LA | Jun-11 |
| Tampa | FL | Aug-10 | |
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Todd Galveston (formerly Gray's Iron Works) |
Galveston | TX | Jul-10 |
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Todd Houston (formerly Brown SB) |
Houston | TX | Jul-10 |
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Inland and Great Lakes (18) |
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AmShip Buffalo (formerly Buffalo Dry Dock) |
Buffalo | NY | Jul-10 |
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AmShip Chicago (formerly Chicago SB) |
Chicago | IL | Oct-11 |
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AmShip Cleveland (formerly Globe Iron Works) |
Cleveland | OH | Aug-10 |
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AmShip Detroit (formerly Detroit SB and Detroit Dry Dock) |
Detroit | MI | Oct-10 |
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AmShip Lorain (formerly Cleveland SB) |
Lorain | OH | Jul-10 |
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AmShip Superior (formerly Superior SB and American Steel Barge) |
Superior | WI | Jul-11 |
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AmShip Toledo (formerly Toledo SB and Craig SB) |
Toledo | OH | Oct-11 |
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AmShip West Bay City (formerly West Bay City SB and Wheeler & Co.) |
West Bay City | MI | Oct-11 |
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Butler Shipbuilders, Inc., Walter (formerly McDougall-Duluth) |
Duluth | MN | May-10 |
| Cleveland | OH | Oct-11 | |
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Defoe Shipbuilding (formerly Defoe Boat & Motor Works) |
Bay City | MI | May-10 |
| Pittsburgh | PA | Nov-10 | |
| Pittsburgh | PA | Jun-10 | |
| Ashtabula | OH | Jun-11 | |
| Ecorse | MI | ||
| St. Clair | MI | ||
| Manitowoc | WI | May-10 | |
| Point Plesant | WV | Apr-11 | |
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Peterson Builders (formerly Peterson Boat Works) |
Sturgeon Bay | WI | Apr-11 |
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Pacific Coast (11) |
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| Portland | OR | Jul-10 | |
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Bethlehem Steel Terminal Island (formerly Southwestern SB) |
San Pedro | CA | Apr-11 |
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Long Beach Shipbuilding (formerly Craig SB) |
Long Beach | CA | Aug-10 |
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Lockheed Shipbuilding (formerly Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging) |
Seattle | WA | Dec-11 |
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Moore Dry Dock (formerly Moore SB) |
Oakland | CA | Sep-10 |
| Tacoma | WA | May-09 | |
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Todd Los Angeles (formerly Los Angeles SB) |
San Pedro | CA | Sep-10 |
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Todd Tacoma (formerly Sea-Tac Shipbuilding) |
Tacoma | WA | Nov-10 |
| South San Francisco | CA | Dec-11 | |
| San Pedro | CA | ||
| Portland | OR | Apr-11 | |