List of shipbuilders and shipyards
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This is a list of notable shipbuilders and shipyards:

Bangladesh

  • Western Marine Shipyard
    Western Marine Shipyard
    The Western Marine Shipyard is largest and newest shipbuilding company in Bangladesh. It is designing and building ships and vessels for civil customers and Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation. Now it's exporting quality full ship and vessel in different Asian, European country like...

  • Ananda Shipyard and Shipways
  • Khulna Shipyard

China

  • China State Shipbuilding Corporation
    China State Shipbuilding Corporation
    The China State Shipbuilding Corporation is one of the two largest shipbuilding conglomerates in China, the other being the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation . CSSC consists of various ship yards, equipment manufacturers, research institutes and shipbuilding related companies in China...

  • China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation
    China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation
    The China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation is one of the two largest shipbuilding conglomerates in China, the other being the China State Shipbuilding Corporation . It was formed by the Government of the People's Republic of China on 1 July 1999 from companies spun off from CSSC. It is...

  • Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company
    Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company
    Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (DSIC or in , located in Dalian, Liaoning, China, is the largest shipbuilding company in China. It is part of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC), one of the two state-owned...

  • Guangzhou Shipyard International
    Guangzhou Shipyard International
    Guangzhou Shipyard International Limited or GSI , which was parented by China State Shipbuilding Corporation and founded in 1954, is the largest modern integrated shipbuilding enterprise in Southern China of the People's Republic of China. It was reorganized and issued H share in Hong Kong Stock...

  • Jiangnan Shipyard
    Jiangnan Shipyard
    Jiangnan Shipyard is a historic shipyard located in Shanghai, China. The shipyard has been state owned since its founding in 1865 and is now operated by Jiangnan Shipyard Co. Ltd. Before 2009, the shipyard was located to the south of central Shanghi Jiangnan Shipyard is a historic shipyard...

  • Yantai Raffles Shipyard
    Yantai Raffles Shipyard
    Yantai Raffles Shipyard is a shipbuilding company in Yantai, Shandong Province, Peoples Republic of China. Yantai Raffles specializes in offshore and marine fabrication, and shares in the company have been traded on the Oslo OTC system in Norway since May 2006.In 1994, Brian Chang founded Yantai...

  • Aurora Dalian Yachts Limited
  • STX Dalian shipyard


Public sector

  • Cochin Shipyard
    Cochin Shipyard
    Cochin Shipyard Limited is the largest ship building and maintenance facility in India. It is part of a line of maritime related facilities in the port-city of Kochi, in the state of Kerala, India....

     Limited
  • Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
    Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
    Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited is one of India's leading shipyards, located in Kolkata, West Bengal. It builds and repairs commercial and navals vessels....

  • Goa Shipyard Limited
    Goa Shipyard Limited
    Goa Shipyard Limited is one of India's leading shipyards. It is located on the West Coast of India at Vasco da Gama, Goa at . It was established in 1957, originally by the Portuguese-India govt as "Estaleiros Navais de Goa", to build barges to be used in Goa's growing mining industry, which took...

  • Hindustan Shipyard Limited
  • Mazagon Dock Limited
  • Naval Dockyard (Bombay)

Private sector

  • Sulkha Shipyardhttp://www.sulkhashipyard.in/index.htmlwebsite
  • ABG Shipyard
    ABG Shipyard
    -History:ABG Shipyard is a part of the ABG Group of companies with diversified business interests. Established in 1985, it is headquartered in Mumbai. It has ship-building operations in Surat and Dahej in Gujarat...

     Limited
  • L&T
    L&T
    L&T may refer to:*Larsen & Toubro, India's largest engineering and construction conglomerate*Lord & Taylor, the oldest department store chain in the United States...

     Shipbuilding Limited
  • Bharati Shipyard
    Bharati Shipyard
    Bharati Shipyard Limited is one of the largest shipbuildings companies in India.-History:BSL was founded in 1973 in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra by Prakash C. Kapoor and Vijay Kumar, graduates of the Ocean Engineering & Naval Architecture program at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, as well as...

     Limited
  • Pipavav Shipyard
    Pipavav Shipyard
    Pipavav Shipyard Limited is a prominent shipbuilding company in India.-History:PSL was established as a wholly owned subsidiary of SKIL Infrastructure in 1997 at Pipavav, Gujarat. In 2005, with funding from major Indian financial institutions, the company was spun off and registered as Pipavav...

     Limited
  • Tebma Shipyards Limited
  • Calex Marine and Industrial Services Pvt Ltd.
  • Timblo drydocks Pvt Limited
  • Timblo shipyards Limited
  • kanethara shipyard Pvt Ltd.
  • SSR marine services pvt.ltd.

Japan

  • Kawasaki Heavy Industries
    Kawasaki Heavy Industries
    is an international corporation based in Japan. It has headquarters in both Chūō-ku, Kobe and Minato, Tokyo.The company is named after its founder Shōzō Kawasaki and has no connection with the city of Kawasaki, Kanagawa....

     (Sakaide)
  • Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
    , or MHI, is a Japanese company. It is one of the core companies of Mitsubishi Group.-History:In 1870 Yataro Iwasaki, the founder of Mitsubishi took a lease of Government-owned Nagasaki Shipyard. He named it Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works, and started the shipbuilding business on a full scale...

     (Nagasaki)
  • Sumitomo Heavy Industries
    Sumitomo Heavy Industries
    Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. is an integrated manufacturer of industrial machinery, automatic weaponry, ships, bridges and steel structure, equipment for environmental protection, including recycling, power transmission equipment, plastic molding machines, laser processing systems, particle...

     (Oppama)

Philippines

  • Hanjin Philippines(Subic Zambales)
  • Keppel Philippines(Subic Zambales)
  • Gensan Shipyard & Machine Works, Inc  (Sarangani)
  • Keppel Philippines(Cebu)
  • Tsuneishi Philippines(Cebu)

South Korea

  • Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (Okpo)
  • Hanjin Heavy Industries
    Hanjin Heavy Industries
    Hanjin Heavy Industry Co. Ltd. is a Korean shipbuilding company, founded in 1937. It is a multinational company, and is an affiliate of the Hanjin Group.- Situation :...

     (Busan)
  • Hyundai Heavy Industries
    Hyundai Heavy Industries
    Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. is the world's largest shipbuilding company, headquartered in Ulsan, South Korea. The company is a subsidiary of Hyundai Heavy Industries Group...

     (Ulsan)
  • Hyundai Heavy Industries
    Hyundai Heavy Industries
    Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. is the world's largest shipbuilding company, headquartered in Ulsan, South Korea. The company is a subsidiary of Hyundai Heavy Industries Group...

     (Gunsan)
  • Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries
    Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries
    Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. is the world's 5th largest shipbuilder and produces approximately 30 vessels per year. Its yard is located in Samho-eup, South Korea...

     (Yeongam)
  • Samsung Heavy Industries
    Samsung Heavy Industries
    Samsung Heavy Industries or SHI is one of the largest shipbuilders in the world and one of the "Big Three" shipbuilders of South Korea...

     (Geoje)
  • STX Shipbuilding
    STX Shipbuilding
    STX Offshore & Shipbuilding is a South Korean shipbuilding company. It is the world's fourth largest shipbuilder, owning STX Europe, Europe's largest shipbuilding group. It has built about 700 ships over the last 40 years in Busan and Jinhae....

     (Busan)
  • STX Shipbuilding
    STX Shipbuilding
    STX Offshore & Shipbuilding is a South Korean shipbuilding company. It is the world's fourth largest shipbuilder, owning STX Europe, Europe's largest shipbuilding group. It has built about 700 ships over the last 40 years in Busan and Jinhae....

     (Changwon)
  • Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
    Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
    Sungdong Group is a South Korean shipbuilding company with four operating units. In 2007 it acquired a shipbuilding facility which became one of the world's top 20 shipyards....

     (Tongyeong)
  • Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
    Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
    Sungdong Group is a South Korean shipbuilding company with four operating units. In 2007 it acquired a shipbuilding facility which became one of the world's top 20 shipyards....

     (Changwon)

Indonesia

  • PT Surya Prima Bahtera Heavy Industries, in Batam
    Batam
    Batam is an island and city in Riau Islands Province of Indonesia, known for its free trade zone area as part of the Sijori Growth Triangle, is located off Singapore's south coast...

    , Indonesia
    Indonesia
    Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

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  • PT. Indonesia Marina Shipyard (Gresik)

Croatia

  • Brodogradilište 3. Maj
    3. Maj
    3. Maj is a shipyard in Croatia, located in the city of Rijeka. It builds mainly oil tankers, bulk cargo ships, and container ships. It also sometimes builds smaller passenger ferries or yachts...

     (Rijeka)
  • Kraljevica Shipyard
    Kraljevica Shipyard
    Kraljevica Shipyard is a shipbuilder at Kraljevica, on the Adriatic coast of Croatia. The shipyard was founded in 1729 and is claimed to be the oldest continuously operational shipyard in the world....

     (Brodogradilište Kraljevica) (Kraljevica)
  • Brodosplit (Split)
  • Uljanik
    Uljanik
    Uljanik is a shipbuilding company and shipyard located in Pula, Croatia.It was named after an islet on which there used to grow olive trees but then they were all cut down to make room for steel and hull fabrication workshops.- See also :* Shipyards:...

     (Pula)

Finland

  • STX Finland Cruise Oy
    STX Finland Cruise Oy
    STX Finland Cruise Oy, formerly Aker Yards Oy, is a Finnish shipbuilding company operating three shipyards in Finland, in Helsinki, Turku and Rauma, employing some 4,000 people. It is part of STX Europe a group of International shipbuilding companies....

     (Rauma)
  • STX Finland Cruise Oy
    STX Finland Cruise Oy
    STX Finland Cruise Oy, formerly Aker Yards Oy, is a Finnish shipbuilding company operating three shipyards in Finland, in Helsinki, Turku and Rauma, employing some 4,000 people. It is part of STX Europe a group of International shipbuilding companies....

     (Turku)
  • STX Finland Cruise Oy
    STX Finland Cruise Oy
    STX Finland Cruise Oy, formerly Aker Yards Oy, is a Finnish shipbuilding company operating three shipyards in Finland, in Helsinki, Turku and Rauma, employing some 4,000 people. It is part of STX Europe a group of International shipbuilding companies....

     (Helsinki)

France

  • DCNS
  • Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée
    Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée
    The Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée was a French shipbuilding company. The 'Société des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée' was founded in 1853 by Philip Taylor, while a new company, the 'Nouvelle' société, was founded in 1856. It had shipyards in La Seyne-sur-Mer,...

  • STX France Cruise SA (St. Nazaire)
  • STX France Lorient SAS (Lorient)

Germany

  • AG Weser
    AG Weser
    Aktien-Gesellschaft Weser was one of the great German shipbuilding companies, located at the Weser River in Bremen. Founded in 1873 it was finally closed in 1983. Altogether, AG Weser built about 1400 ships of different types, including many war ships...

  • Blohm + Voss
    Blohm + Voss
    Blohm + Voss , is a German shipbuilding and engineering works. It is a subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems; there were plans to sell 80% of Blohm + Voss to Abu Dhabi Mar Group, but talks collapsed in July 2011.-History:It was founded on April 5, 1877, by Hermann Blohm and Ernst Voss as a...

  • Bremer Vulkan
    Bremer Vulkan
    Bremer Vulkan AG was a great German shipbuilding company located at the Weser river in Bremen-Vegesack. It was founded in 1893 and closed in 1997 because of financial problems and mismanagement....

  • Danziger Werft
    Danziger Werft
    Danziger Werft was a German shipbuilding company, located in Danzig. It was founded in 1921 on the site of the Kaiserliche Werft Danzig that had been closed after World War I.During World War II Danziger Werft built 42 Type VII U-boats for the Kriegsmarine....

  • Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG
    Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG
    Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau Aktiengesellschaft was a cooperation of eight German shipyards in the period 1926 to 1945...

  • Deutsche Werft
    Deutsche Werft
    Deutsche Werft was a German shipbuilding company, located in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded in 1918 on initiative by Albert Ballin and with Gutehoffnungshütte , Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft and Hamburg Amerikanische Packetfahrt Actien Gesellschaft as investors.During World War II...

  • Deutsche Werke
    Deutsche Werke
    Deutsche Werke was a German shipbuilding company founded in 1925 when Kaiserliche Werft Kiel and other shipyards were merged. It came as a result of the Treaty of Versailles after World War I that forced the German defence industry to shrink...

  • Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG)
    Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft
    Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft is a German shipbuilding company located in Flensburg. The company is trading as Flensburger and commonly abbrevated FSG.-History:...

  • Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft
    Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft
    Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft was a German shipbuilding company, located in the harbour at Kiel, and one of the largest and most important builders of U-boats for the Kaiserliche Marine in World War I and the Kriegsmarine in World War II.-History:The company was founded in 1867 by Lloyd Foster, as...

  • Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) (Kiel)
  • Kaiserliche Werft Danzig
    Kaiserliche Werft Danzig
    Kaiserliche Werft Danzig was a German shipbuilding company founded in 1852, first as Königliche Werft Danzig but renamed in 1871 with the proclamation of the German Empire. Together with Kaiserliche Werft Kiel and Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven it was one of three shipyards which produced...

  • Kaiserliche Werft Kiel
    Kaiserliche Werft Kiel
    Kaiserliche Werft Kiel was a German shipbuilding company founded in 1867, first as Königliche Werft Kiel but renamed in 1871 with the proclamation of the German Empire...

  • Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven
    Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven
    Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven was a German shipbuilding company in Wilhelmshaven, Prussian Hanover. It was founded in 1853, first as Königliche Werft Wilhelmshaven but renamed in 1871 with the proclamation of the German Empire...

  • Lürssen
    Lürssen
    Lürssen is a German shipbuilding company based in Bremen-Vegesack.Lürssen designs and constructs yachts, naval ships and special vessels...

  • Meyer Werft
    Meyer Werft
    The Meyer Werft is one of the remaining large German shipyards, headquartered in Papenburg. Since 1997, it has been part of the Meyer Neptun Group together with Neptun Werft in Rostock.-History:...

     (Papenburg)
  • Neptun Werft
    Neptun Werft
    Neptun Werft is a German shipbuilding company, headquartered in Rostock. Since 1997 it has been part of the Meyer Neptun Group together with Meyer Werft in Papenburg.-History:...

  • Nobiskrug
    Nobiskrug
    Nobiskrug Ltd. is a shipbuilding company located on the Eider River in Rendsburg, Germany, specializing in building luxury yachts. It is now a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi MAR. The shipyard currently employs some 400 people....

  • Nordseewerke
    Nordseewerke
    Nordseewerke is a shipbuilding company located in Emden, Germany. The name Nordseewerke means "North Sea shipyard" in German. The shipyard employs some 1,400 people and is the second-largest plant in Emden, following Volkswagen...

     (Emden)
  • Nordic Yards]] (Wismar/Warnemünde)
  • Reichsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven
  • Schichau-Werft
  • Stettiner Oderwerke
  • Stettiner Vulcan AG
    Stettiner Vulcan AG
    Aktien-Gesellschaft Vulcan Stettin was a German shipbuilding and locomotive builder company, located in Stettin . AG Vulcan Stettin played a significant role in both World Wars, building U-boats and warships for the Kaiserliche Marine...

  • Stülcken
    Stülcken
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  • ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems
    ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems
    ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems of Germany is a group and holding company of providers of naval vessels, surface ships and submarines...

  • Volkswerft
    Volkswerft
    Volkswerft is a shipyard in the hanseatic city of Stralsund on the Strelasund. It is part of the German Hegemann-group.The Volkswerft was founded in 1945 as Ingenieurbau Ges.m.b.H....

     (Stralsund)

Greece

  • Basileiades
    Basileiades
    Basileiades is one of the most historic Greek machine building companies and the largest in its field in the country during the second half of the 19th century...

  • Elefsis Shipyards
    Elefsis Shipyards
    Elefsis Shipyards is a Greek shipbuilding company, also involved in other industrial constructions. Originally founded in 1962, it has constructed many types of ships, including the largest bulk carriers built in Greece as well as military ships...

  • Hellenic Shipyards Co.
    Hellenic Shipyards Co.
    Hellenic Shipyards is a large Shipyard in Skaramangas near Athens, Greece.Its origins are connected with a shipyard created in 1937 in order to build warships...

     (Skaramanga)
  • Neorion
    Neorion
    Neorion is one of the oldest Greek heavy industries, located in Ermoupolis, on the Greek island of Syros. Today, it is one of the few remaining major industrial corporations in that picturesque and nostalgic island town that used to be the industrial and commercial heart of Greece, before being...


Italy

  • Azimut
  • Fincantieri
    Fincantieri
    Fincantieri - Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A. is a shipbuilding company based in Trieste, Italy. It was formed in 1959 and is the largest shipbuilder in the Mediterranean, and one of the largest in Europe...

     (Monfalcone)
  • Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino
    Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino
    Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino was a private shipbuilding company based in Trieste from the mid-19th to early 20th century, and the most important naval shipbuilding firm of the Austro-Hungarian Empire....

  • Cantiere Navale Visentini
    Cantiere Navale Visentini
    Cantiere Navale di Visentini is a family owned Italian shipbuilder, based in Donada near Venice. The company is largest private shipbuilder in Italy.-Deliveries:...

     (Donada)

Russia

  • Admiralty Shipyard
    Admiralty Shipyard
    The Admiralty Shipyard is one of the oldest and largest shipyards in Russia, located in Saint Petersburg. The shipyard's building ways can accommodate ships of up to , 250 meters in length and 35 meters in width...

    , aka Shipyard No. 194 and 196 Saint Petersburg
    Saint Petersburg
    Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

  • Baltic Shipyard
    Baltic Shipyard
    The Baltic Shipyard is one of the oldest shipyards in Russia. It is located in Saint Petersburg in the south-western part of the Vasilievsky Island. It is one of the three shipyards active in Saint Petersburg...

    , aka Baltiysky Zavod and Shipyard No. 189, Saint Petersburg
    Saint Petersburg
    Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

  • Russian Shipyard Number 10
    Russian Shipyard Number 10
    Russian Shipyard No. 10—Shkval is located in Polyarny, Murmansk Oblast, Russia, on the outermost western side of the Murmansk Fjord. In the West, it is more often referred to by the name of the town than its official name. As the first nuclear-powered submarines were delivered to the Northern...

    , aka Shikval, Polyarny
  • Sevmash
    Sevmash
    JSC PO Sevmash is a shipbuilding company based in Severodvinsk, a port city on Russia's White Sea. The name Sevmash is an abbreviation of Severnoye Mashinostroitelnoye Predpriyatie , i.e. "Northern Machine-Building Enterprise". Sevmash is the largest shipbuilding enterprise in Russia and today the...

    , aka Shipyard No. 402, Severodvinsk
    Severodvinsk
    Severodvinsk is a city in the north of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located in the delta of the Northern Dvina River, west of Arkhangelsk. Administratively, it is incorporated as a town of oblast significance . Municipally, it is incorporated as Severodvinsk Urban Okrug. The city was founded as...


Ukraine

  • 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant, Shipyard No. 445, Mykolaiv
    Mykolaiv
    Mykolaiv , also known as Nikolayev , is a city in southern Ukraine, administrative center of the Mykolaiv Oblast. Mykolaiv is the main ship building center of the Black Sea, and, arguably, the whole Eastern Europe.-Name of city:...

  • Black Sea Shipyard
    Black Sea Shipyard
    The Black Sea Shipyard is located in Mykolaiv, Ukraine and is the largest shipyard with near direct access to the Black Sea. It is most often referred to as the Nikolayev South Shipyard and was known as Soviet Shipyard No...

    , Mykolaiv
    Mykolaiv
    Mykolaiv , also known as Nikolayev , is a city in southern Ukraine, administrative center of the Mykolaiv Oblast. Mykolaiv is the main ship building center of the Black Sea, and, arguably, the whole Eastern Europe.-Name of city:...

     - Chernomorskiy (Nikolayev)
  • Damen Shipyards Okean, Mykolaiv
    Mykolaiv
    Mykolaiv , also known as Nikolayev , is a city in southern Ukraine, administrative center of the Mykolaiv Oblast. Mykolaiv is the main ship building center of the Black Sea, and, arguably, the whole Eastern Europe.-Name of city:...

  • Kherson Shipyard, Kherson
    Kherson
    Kherson is a city in southern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Kherson Oblast , and is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast. Kherson is an important port on the Black Sea and Dnieper River, and the home of a major ship-building industry...

  • Sevastopol Shipyard
    Sevastopol Shipyard
    The Sevastopol Shipyard is a branch of the Sevastopol Marine Plant joint stock company . The shipyard is located in Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine and is engaged in the repair, modernization and re-equipment of Russian and Ukrainian Naval ships and submarines.- History :The Sevastopol Marine Plant...

  • Zaliv Shipbuilding yard
    Zaliv Shipbuilding yard
    The Zaliv Shipbuilding yard is located in Kerch, Ukraine and specializes in the construction of tankers and container carriers, and the repair of ships of different types and tonnage...

  • Leninska Kuznya Shipyard

United Kingdom

Between 1977 and the mid-1980s, the British shipbuilding industry, with the exceptions of a few minor yards, was nationalised as the British Shipbuilders Corporation
British Shipbuilders
British Shipbuilders Corporation was a public corporation that owned and managed the shipbuilding industry in England and Scotland from 1977 and through the 1980s...

. British Shipbuilders restructured the industry extensively, merging and closing many operations, with the remnants sold off throughout the 1980s.

  • Ailsa Shipbuilding Company
    Ailsa Shipbuilding Company
    -History:The company was founded in 1885 by the 3rd Marquess of Ailsa.In 1902 the Ailsa yard fitted out the polar exploration ship Scotia for the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition of 1902-04...

  • Appledore Shipbuilders
    Appledore Shipbuilders
    -History:The Appledore Yard was founded in 1855 on the estuary of the River Torridge. The Richmond Dry Dock was built in 1856 by William Yeo and named after Richmond Bay in Prince Edward Island, where the Yeo family's shipping fleet was based....

  • Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth & Company
    Armstrong Whitworth
    Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd was a major British manufacturing company of the early years of the 20th century. Headquartered in Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne, Armstrong Whitworth engaged in the construction of armaments, ships, locomotives, automobiles, and aircraft.-History:In 1847,...

  • Vickers-Armstrongs, Limited
  • Austin & Pickersgill Ltd
  • Barclay Curle & Company
    Barclay Curle
    -History:The company was founded by Robert Barclay at Stobcross in Glasgow, Scotland during 1818. In 1862, the company built a large engineering works at Stobcross in Glasgow. In 1876, the company moved their yard down the river to Whiteinch. It was incorporated in 1884 as Barclay Curle...

  • William Beardmore & Company
    William Beardmore and Company
    William Beardmore and Company was a Scottish engineering and shipbuilding conglomerate based in Glasgow and the surrounding Clydeside area. It was active between about 1890 and 1930 and at its peak employed about 40,000 people...

  • Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company
    Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company
    The Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Limited was a British shipbuilding company based in Dundee on the east coast of Scotland.-History:...

  • Robb Caledon Shipbuilders
  • Clelands Shipbuilding Company
    Clelands Shipbuilding Company
    Clelands Shipbuilding Company was a leading British shipbuilding company. The Company was based in Wallsend was nationalised by the British Government.-History:...

  • William Denny & Brothers
  • William Doxford & Sons
    William Doxford & Sons
    William Doxford & Sons Ltd, often referred to simply as Doxford, was a British shipbuilding company.-History:The Company was established by William Doxford in 1840. From 1870 it was based in Pallion, Sunderland, on the River Wear in Northeast England. The Company was managed by William Doxford's...

  • Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
    Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
    The Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited was a British shipbuilding company in the Govan area on the Clyde in Glasgow. Fairfields, as it is often known, was a major warship builder, turning out many vessels for the Royal Navy and other navies through the First World War and the...

  • Ferguson Brothers
    Ferguson Shipbuilders
    Ferguson Shipbuilders Limited is a shipyard located in Port Glasgow on the River Clyde in Scotland. It is the last remaining shipbuilder on the lower Clyde, and is currently the only builder of merchant ships on the river - the company's mainstay has long been Roll-on/roll-off ferries.-History:The...

  • Appledore Shipbuilders
    Appledore Shipbuilders
    -History:The Appledore Yard was founded in 1855 on the estuary of the River Torridge. The Richmond Dry Dock was built in 1856 by William Yeo and named after Richmond Bay in Prince Edward Island, where the Yeo family's shipping fleet was based....

  • Hall, Russell & Company
    Hall, Russell & Company
    Hall, Russell & Company, Limited was a shipbuilder based in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK-History:Brothers James and William Hall, Thomas Russell, a Glasgow engineer, and James Cardno Couper founded the company in 1864 to build steam engines and boilers. In 1867 the company built its first ship, the Kwang...

  • Harland & Wolff
  • R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Company
    Hawthorn Leslie and Company
    R. & W. Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Limited, usually referred to as Hawthorn Leslie, was a shipbuilding and locomotive manufacturer. The Company was founded on Tyneside in 1886 and ceased building ships in 1982.-History:...

  • Henry Robb
    Henry Robb
    Henry Robb, Limited, known colloquially as Robbs, was a British shipbuilding company based in Leith Docks on the east coast of Scotland. Robbs was notable for building small-to-medium sized vessels, particularly tugs and dredgers.-History:...

  • Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Company
  • John Readhead & Sons
    John Readhead & Sons
    John Readhead & Sons was a shipyard located in South Shields, Tyne and Wear in England, by the River Tyne.-History:The business was founded John Readhead in 1865 trading in South Shields under the name of Readhead & Softley. The Company's first ship was a small collier named Unus. In 1909 the...

  • Short Brothers of Sunderland
    Short Brothers of Sunderland
    Short Brothers Limited was a British shipbuilding company formed in 1850 and based at Pallion, Sunderland since 1869. The company closed in 1964 when it failed to invest to build bigger ships.-19th century:...

  • Smiths Dock Company
    Smiths Dock Company
    Smiths Dock Company, Limited, often referred to simply as Smiths Dock, was a British shipbuilding company.-History:The company was originally established by Thomas Smith who bought William Rowe's shipyard at St. Peter's in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1810 and traded as William Smith & Co. The company...

  • Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson
    Swan Hunter
    Swan Hunter, formerly known as "Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson", was one of the best known shipbuilding companies in the world. Based in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, the company was responsible for some of the greatest ships of the early 20th century — most famously, the RMS Mauretania which...

  • Thames Ironworks, Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
    Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company
    The Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, Limited was a shipyard and iron works straddling the mouth of Bow Creek at its confluence with the River Thames, at Leamouth Wharf on the west side and at Canning Town on the east side...

  • John I. Thornycroft & Company
    John I. Thornycroft & Company
    John I. Thornycroft & Company Limited, usually known simply as Thornycroft was a British shipbuilding firm started by John Isaac Thornycroft in the 19th century.-History:...

  • Upper Clyde Shipbuilders
    Upper Clyde Shipbuilders
    Upper Clyde Shipbuilders was a British shipbuilding consortium created in 1968 as a result of the amalgamation of five major shipbuilders of the River Clyde in Scotland...


  • Fairfields
    Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
    The Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited was a British shipbuilding company in the Govan area on the Clyde in Glasgow. Fairfields, as it is often known, was a major warship builder, turning out many vessels for the Royal Navy and other navies through the First World War and the...

    , Govan
    Govan
    Govan is a district and former burgh now part of southwest City of Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated west of Glasgow city centre, on the south bank of the River Clyde, opposite the mouth of the River Kelvin and the district of Partick....

  • Alexander Stephens and Sons, Linthouse
    Linthouse
    Linthouse is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated south of the River Clyde. It is immediately west of Govan, and although it is often referred to locally as 'Govan' due to its closeness, it is in fact a distinct area .Linthouse was home to the shipbuilder...

  • Charles Connell and Company
    Charles Connell and Company
    Charles Connell and Company was a British shipbuilding company based in Scotstoun in Glasgow on the River Clyde.-History:The Company was founded by Charles Connell who had served an apprenticeship with Robert Steele and Co before becoming manager of Alexander Stephen and Sons Kelvinhaugh yard...

    , Scotstoun
    Scotstoun
    Scotstoun is a historic district of Glasgow, Scotland, west of Glasgow City Centre. It is bounded by Yoker and Knightswood to the west, Victoria Park, Broomhill and Whiteinch to the east, Jordanhill to the north and the River Clyde to the south...

  • Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd (YSL), Scotstoun
  • John Brown and Company, Clydebank
    Clydebank
    Clydebank is a town in West Dunbartonshire, in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. Situated on the north bank of the River Clyde, Clydebank borders Dumbarton, the town with which it was combined to form West Dunbartonshire, as well as the town of Milngavie in East Dunbartonshire, and the Yoker and...

  • Vickers, Sons & Maxim, Ltd
  • Vickers-Armstrongs, Limited
  • VSEL
  • Marconi Marine (VSEL)
    Marconi Electronic Systems
    Marconi Electronic Systems , or GEC-Marconi as it was until 1998, was the defence arm of The General Electric Company . It was demerged from GEC and acquired by British Aerospace on November 30, 1999 to form BAE Systems...

  • BAE Systems Marine (VSEL)
    BAE Systems Marine
    BAE Systems Marine Ltd. was the shipbuilding subsidiary of BAE Systems, formed in 1999, which manufactured the full range of naval ships; nuclear submarines, frigates, destroyers, amphibious ships....

  • BAE Systems Submarine Solutions
  • Vosper & Company
    Vosper & Company
    Vosper & Company, often referred to simply as Vospers, was a British shipbuilding company based in Portsmouth, England.-History:The Company was established in 1871 by Herbert Edward Vosper, concentrating on ship repair and refitting work....

  • J. Samuel White
    J. Samuel White
    J. Samuel White was a British shipbuilding firm based in Cowes, taking its name from John Samuel White . It came to prominence during the Victorian era...


Middle East & Africa

State of Qatar
Nakilat & Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd...<big>

http://www.nkomqatar.com/English/


Kenya


Southern Engineering Company Limited
http://www.alphaafrica.com/Marine-and-Logistics-Division/Ship-Building--Dry-Docking-and-Engineering

Canada
  • Allied Shipbuilders Ltd.
    Allied Shipbuilders Ltd.
    Allied Shipbuilders Ltd is a privately held shipbuilding and ship repairing company established in Canada in 1948.-Company profile:Founded in 1948 by Arthur McLaren , Allied Shipbuilders is one of the older continually operating commercial shipyards on the Pacific Coast of North America...

  • Davie Shipbuilding
    Davie Shipbuilding
    Davie Shipbuilding is a historic shipbuilding company located in Lauzon, Quebec. The facility has undergone restructuring and is currently operating as Davie Yards Incorporated.-History:...

  • Halifax
  • Halifax Shipyard
  • Levis
  • Marine Industries
  • MIL-Davie Shipbuilding
    MIL-Davie Shipbuilding
    MIL-Davie Shipbuilding is a historic Canadian shipbuilding company that was located in both Sorel, Quebec and Lauzon, Quebec .In 1986, Marine Industries Limited merged with Davie Shipbuilding to become MIL-Davie Shipbuilding....

  • Seaspan Marine Corporation
  • Vancouver Shipyards
  • Sorel
  • TECO Maritime
    TECO Maritime
    TECO Maritime ASA is a specialist supplier of technical services to the maritime industry. TECO offer voyage repair and maintenance services onboard vessels, whilst they are in service. The range of products and services includes coating contracting, marine electronics, tank cleaning and ship...

  • Toronto Drydock Company
    Toronto Drydock Company
    Toronto Drydock Company is a shipbuilding repair company in Canada and the name of two shipbuilders in the 19th and 20th Centuries respectively....

  • Seaway Marine and Industrial Limited
    Port Weller Drydocks
    Port Weller Drydocks is a shipbuilder located on the Welland Canal at the Lake Ontario entrance.Founded in 1946, the two drydocks are located on the east side of the canal in Port Weller, Ontario...


Government (Public) Shipyards
  • Boston Navy Yard
    Boston Navy Yard
    The Boston Navy Yard, originally called the Charlestown Navy Yard and later Boston Naval Shipyard, was one of the oldest shipbuilding facilities in the United States Navy. Established in 1801, it was officially closed as an active naval installation on July 1, 1974, and the property was...

    , Charlestown, Massachusetts
    Charlestown, Massachusetts
    Charlestown is a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, and is located on a peninsula north of downtown Boston. Charlestown was originally a separate town and the first capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony; it became a city in 1847 and was annexed by Boston on January 5, 1874...

  • Brooklyn Navy Yard
    Brooklyn Navy Yard
    The United States Navy Yard, New York–better known as the Brooklyn Navy Yard or the New York Naval Shipyard –was an American shipyard located in Brooklyn, northeast of the Battery on the East River in Wallabout Basin, a semicircular bend of the river across from Corlear's Hook in Manhattan...

    , Brooklyn, New York
  • Charleston Naval Shipyard
    Charleston Naval Shipyard
    Charleston Naval Shipyard was a U.S. Navy ship building and repair facility located along the west bank of the Cooper River, in North Charleston, South Carolina and part of Naval Base Charleston...

    , Charleston, South Carolina
    Charleston, South Carolina
    Charleston is the second largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It was made the county seat of Charleston County in 1901 when Charleston County was founded. The city's original name was Charles Towne in 1670, and it moved to its present location from a location on the west bank of the...

  • Mare Island Naval Shipyard
    Mare Island Naval Shipyard
    The Mare Island Naval Shipyard was the first United States Navy base established on the Pacific Ocean. It is located 25 miles northeast of San Francisco in Vallejo, California. The Napa River goes through the Mare Island Strait and separates the peninsula shipyard from the main portion of the...

    , Vallejo, California
    Vallejo, California
    Vallejo is the largest city in Solano County, California, United States. The population was 115,942 at the 2010 census. It is located in the San Francisco Bay Area on the northeastern shore of San Pablo Bay...

  • Norfolk Naval Shipyard
    Norfolk Naval Shipyard
    The Norfolk Naval Shipyard, often called the Norfolk Navy Yard and abbreviated as NNSY, is a U.S. Navy facility in Portsmouth, Virginia, for building, remodeling, and repairing the Navy's ships. It's the oldest and largest industrial facility that belongs to the U.S. Navy as well as the most...

    , Portsmouth, Virginia
    Portsmouth, Virginia
    Portsmouth is located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia. As of 2010, the city had a total population of 95,535.The Norfolk Naval Shipyard, often called the Norfolk Navy Yard, is a historic and active U.S...

  • Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Pearl Harbor
    Pearl Harbor
    Pearl Harbor, known to Hawaiians as Puuloa, is a lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. Much of the harbor and surrounding lands is a United States Navy deep-water naval base. It is also the headquarters of the U.S. Pacific Fleet...

    , Hawaii
    Hawaii
    Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...

  • Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
    Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
    The Philadelphia Naval Business Center, formerly known as the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and Philadelphia Navy Yard, was the first naval shipyard of the United States. The U.S. Navy reduced its activities there in the 1990s, and ended most of them on September 30, 1995...

    , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...

  • Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
    Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
    The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard , often called the Portsmouth Navy Yard, is a United States Navy shipyard located in Kittery on the southern boundary of Maine near the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. It is used for remodeling and repairing the Navy's ships...

    , Kittery, Maine
    Kittery, Maine
    Kittery is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 9,543 at the 2000 census. Home to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on Seavey's Island, Kittery includes Badger's Island, the seaside district of Kittery Point, and part of the Isles of Shoals...

  • Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
    Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
    Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility is a United States Navy shipyard covering 179 acres on Puget Sound at Bremerton, Washington...

    , Bremerton, Washington
    Bremerton, Washington
    Bremerton is a city in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. The population was 38,790 at the 2011 State Estimate, making it the largest city on the Olympic Peninsula. Bremerton is home to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and the Bremerton Annex of Naval Base Kitsap...

  • United States Coast Guard Yard
    United States Coast Guard Yard
    The United States Coast Guard Yard or just Coast Guard Yard is a United States Coast Guard operated shipyard located on Curtis Bay in northern Anne Arundel County, Maryland, just south of the Baltimore city limits. It is the coast guard's sole shipbuilding and major repair facility, and part of the...

    , Curtis Bay, Baltimore, Maryland

Private sector shipyards
ADR Mare Island Shipyard, Vallejo Ca.
  • Alabama Drydock & Shipbuilding, Mobile, Alabama
    Mobile, Alabama
    Mobile is the third most populous city in the Southern US state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County. It is located on the Mobile River and the central Gulf Coast of the United States. The population within the city limits was 195,111 during the 2010 census. It is the largest...

  • American Shipbuilding, Cleveland, Ohio
    Cleveland, Ohio
    Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...

    , Lorain, Ohio
    Lorain, Ohio
    Lorain is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on Lake Erie, at the mouth of the Black River, about 30 miles west of Cleveland....

     (1888–1995)
  • Atlantic Basin Iron Works
    Atlantic Basin Iron Works
    The Atlantic Basin Iron Works was an ironworks that operated in Brooklyn, New York, in the early to mid-20th century. It built U.S. Navy warships during World War I and II.Founded before 1910, the yard had its headquarters at 18-20 Summit Street...

    , Brooklyn, New York
  • Austal USA
    Austal USA
    Austal USA is the American branch of operations for Australia-based shipbuilder Austal. The facility is based in Mobile, Alabama and employs more than 1000 workers with expansions currently underway.-History:...

    , Mobile, Alabama
    Mobile, Alabama
    Mobile is the third most populous city in the Southern US state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County. It is located on the Mobile River and the central Gulf Coast of the United States. The population within the city limits was 195,111 during the 2010 census. It is the largest...

  • Avondale Shipyard
    Avondale Shipyard
    Avondale Shipyard was an independent shipbuilding company, acquired by Litton Industries, in turn acquired by Northrop Grumman Corporation. Now, along with the former Ingalls Shipbuilding, the yard is part of Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding. The yard is located on the West Bank of the Mississippi...

    , Westwego, Louisiana
    Westwego, Louisiana
    Westwego is a city in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States, and a suburb of New Orleans. The population was 10,763 at the 2000 census. It lies along the west bank of the Mississippi River.-Geography:...

  • BAE Systems Ship Repair, Norfolk, Virginia
    Norfolk, Virginia
    Norfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. With a population of 242,803 as of the 2010 Census, it is Virginia's second-largest city behind neighboring Virginia Beach....

  • Hans Ditlev Bendixsen
    Hans Ditlev Bendixsen
    Hans Ditlev Bendixsen was an American shipbuilder who was instrumental in the development of the merchant marine industry on the West Coast of the United States. His lumber schooners were built in or near Eureka, California in shipyards on Humboldt Bay for over 30 years...

    , Fairhaven, California
    Fairhaven, California
    Fairhaven is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California. It is located west-southwest of downtown Eureka, at an elevation of 10 feet ....

  • Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Limited
    Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
    Bethlehem Steel Corporation Shipbuilding Division was created in 1905 when Bethlehem Steel Corporation acquired the San Francisco shipyard Union Iron Works in 1905...

     (BethShip) (1913–1964)
    • Fore River Shipyard
      Fore River Shipyard
      The Fore River Shipyard of Quincy, Massachusetts, more formally known as the Fore River Ship and Engine Building Company, was a shipyard in the United States from 1883 until 1986. Located on the Weymouth Fore River, the yard began operations in 1883 in Braintree, Massachusetts before being moved...

      , Quincy, Massachusetts
      Quincy, Massachusetts
      Quincy is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Its nicknames are "City of Presidents", "City of Legends", and "Birthplace of the American Dream". As a major part of Metropolitan Boston, Quincy is a member of Boston's Inner Core Committee for the Metropolitan Area Planning Council...

       (1901–1964)
    • "Victory Yard", Squantum, Massachusetts (1917–1919) The "Victory Yard" was constructed specifically for the building of destroyers for World War I, to free up the Fore River Yard for other vessels including the battlecruiser Lexington.
    • Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard, Sparrows Point, Maryland (1914–1997)
    • BethShip San Francisco
      • Union Iron Works
        Union Iron Works
        Union Iron Works, located in San Francisco, California, on the southeast waterfront, was a central business within the large industrial zone of Potrero Point, for four decades at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries.-History:...

        , San Francisco, California
        San Francisco, California
        San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...

         (1905–1941)
      • Alameda Works Shipyard
        Alameda Works Shipyard
        The Alameda Works Shipyard, in Alameda, California, United States, was one of the largest and best equipped shipyards in the country. The only building remaining from the yard is the Union Iron Works Powerhouse, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.-History:Established in the...

        , Alameda, California
        Alameda, California
        Alameda is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. It is located on Alameda Island and Bay Farm Island, and is adjacent to Oakland in the San Francisco Bay. The Bay Farm Island portion of the city is adjacent to the Oakland International Airport. At the 2010 census, the city had a...

         (1916–1956)
    • Bethlehem Shipyard (Southwest Marine Terminal at Berth 240), San Pedro, California (1940–1981)
    • Bethlehem Wilmington, Wilmington, Delaware
      Wilmington, Delaware
      Wilmington is the largest city in the state of Delaware, United States, and is located at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. It is the county seat of New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley...

       (1904–1925, 1941–1945)
  • Bollinger Shipyards
    Bollinger Shipyards
    Bollinger Shipyards is an American constructor of ships, workboats and patrol vessels.The firm was founded in 1946.Its thirteen shipyards and forty drydocks are located in Louisiana and Texas....

    , Lockport, Louisiana
    Lockport, Louisiana
    Lockport is a town on Bayou Lafourche in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 2,624 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

  • Brown Shipbuilding
    Brown Shipbuilding
    The Brown Shipbuilding Company was founded in Houston, Texas in 1942 as a subsidiary of Brown and Root by brothers Herman and George R. Brown to build ships for the US Navy during World War II....

    , Houston, Texas
    Houston, Texas
    Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...

  • California Shipbuilding Corporation
    California Shipbuilding Corporation
    California Shipbuilding Corporation built 467 Liberty and Victory ships during World War II, including Haskell-class attack transports. California Shipbuilding Corporation was often referred to as Calship...

    , Terminal Island
    Terminal Island
    Terminal Island is an island located in Los Angeles County, California between Los Angeles Harbor and Long Beach Harbor. Originally a mudflat known to the Spanish as Isla Raza de Buena Gente, and later called Rattlesnake Island, it has officially been Terminal Island since 1918...

    , Los Angeles County, California
    Los Angeles County, California
    Los Angeles County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of 2010 U.S. Census, the county had a population of 9,818,605, making it the most populous county in the United States. Los Angeles County alone is more populous than 42 individual U.S. states...

  • Chesapeake Shipbuilding
    Chesapeake Shipbuilding
    Chesapeake Shipbuilding is a shipbuilding company, based in Salisbury, Maryland, United States. It began operations in 1980 on the site of the former Roberts Shipyard. They are capable of constructing vessels up to 375 feet in length on the 13 acre yard...

    , Salisbury, Maryland
    Salisbury, Maryland
    -Demographics:Salisbury is the principal city of the Salisbury-Ocean Pines CSA, a Combined Statistical Area that includes the Salisbury metropolitan area and the Ocean Pines micropolitan area , which had a combined population of 176,657 at the 2010 census.As of the census of 2000, there were...

  • Chester Shipbuilding
    Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation
    The Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation was an American corporation established in 1917 by railroad heir W. Averell Harriman to build merchant ships for the Allied war effort in World War I...

    , Chester, Pennsylvania
    Chester, Pennsylvania
    Chester is a city in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, with a population of 33,972 at the 2010 census. Chester is situated on the Delaware River, between the cities of Philadelphia and Wilmington, Delaware.- History :...

  • Commercial Iron Works
    Commercial Iron Works
    Commercial Iron Works was a manufacturing firm in Portland, Oregon, United States. Established in 1916, the company is best remembered today for its contribution to America's emergency shipbuilding program during World War II....

    , Portland, Oregon
    Portland, Oregon
    Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

  • Consolidated Steel Orange Shipyard, Orange, Texas
    Orange, Texas
    Orange is a city in Orange County, Texas, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 18,643. It is the county seat of Orange County, and is the easternmost city in Texas. Located on the Sabine River at the border with Louisiana, it is part of the Beaumont–Port Arthur...

  • James O. Curtis
    James O. Curtis
    James Otis Curtis was an American shipbuilder who built ships in Medford, Massachusetts...

    , Medford, Massachusetts
    Medford, Massachusetts
    Medford is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in the United States, on the Mystic River, five miles northwest of downtown Boston. In the 2010 U.S. Census, Medford's population was 56,173...

  • Defoe Shipbuilding Company
    Defoe Shipbuilding Company
    The Defoe Shipbuilding Company was a small ship builder established in 1905 in Bay City, Michigan, USA. It ceased to operate in 1976 after failing to renew its contracts with the United States Navy. The site of the former company is now a scrapyard on the bank of the Saginaw River.-Founding:Harry J...

    , Bay City, Michigan
    Bay City, Michigan
    Bay City is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan located near the base of the Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 34,932, and is the principal city of the Bay City Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Saginaw-Bay City-Saginaw Township North...

     (1905–1975)
  • Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works
    Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works
    The Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works, often referred to by its parent company name of John Roach & Sons, or just known as the Roach shipyard, was a major late–19th century American shipyard founded in 1871 by John Roach...

    , Chester, Pennsylvania
    Chester, Pennsylvania
    Chester is a city in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, with a population of 33,972 at the 2010 census. Chester is situated on the Delaware River, between the cities of Philadelphia and Wilmington, Delaware.- History :...

  • Dravo Corporation
    Dravo Corporation
    Dravo Corporation was a shipbuilding company with shipyards in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Wilmington, Delaware. It was founded by Frank and Ralph Dravo in Pittsburgh during the 1890s.-Facilities:...

    , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...

  • Erie Shipbuilding LLC
    Erie Shipbuilding LLC
    Donjon Shipbuilding & Repair LLC is a United States shipyard located in Lake Erie port of Erie, Pennsylvania. The shipyard was founded by Dirk VanEnkevort in October 2005, when he took over the lease of the former Litton Industries property from the Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority for a...

    , Erie, Pennsylvania
    Erie, Pennsylvania
    Erie is a city located in northwestern Pennsylvania in the United States. Named for the lake and the Native American tribe that resided along its southern shore, Erie is the state's fourth-largest city , with a population of 102,000...

  • Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock, Newark, New Jersey
    Newark, New Jersey
    Newark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S...

     (1917–1949)
  • General Dynamics
    General Dynamics
    General Dynamics Corporation is a U.S. defense conglomerate formed by mergers and divestitures, and as of 2008 it is the fifth largest defense contractor in the world. Its headquarters are in West Falls Church , unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, in the Falls Church area.The company has...

    , Quincy, Massachusetts
    Quincy, Massachusetts
    Quincy is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Its nicknames are "City of Presidents", "City of Legends", and "Birthplace of the American Dream". As a major part of Metropolitan Boston, Quincy is a member of Boston's Inner Core Committee for the Metropolitan Area Planning Council...

    • Bath Iron Works
      Bath Iron Works
      Bath Iron Works is a major American shipyard located on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine, United States. Since its founding in 1884 , BIW has built private, commercial and military vessels, most of which have been ordered by the United States Navy...

      , Bath, Maine
      Bath, Maine
      Bath is a city in Sagadahoc County, Maine, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 9,266. It is the county seat of Sagadahoc County. Located on the Kennebec River, Bath is a port of entry with a good harbor. The city is popular with tourists, many drawn by its...

    • Electric Boat Corporation
      Electric Boat Corporation
      The General Dynamics Electric Boat is a division of General Dynamics Corporation. It has been the primary builder of submarines for the United States Navy for over 100 years....

      , Groton, Connecticut
      Groton, Connecticut
      Groton is a town located on the Thames River in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 39,907 at the 2000 census....

      , Quonset Point, Rhode Island
    • National Steel and Shipbuilding Company
      National Steel and Shipbuilding Company
      National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, commonly referred to as NASSCO, is a shipyard in San Diego, California and Norfolk, Virginia and a division of General Dynamics. The shipyard specializes in constructing commercial cargo ships and auxiliary vessels for the US Navy and Military Sealift...

      , San Diego, California
      San Diego, California
      San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round...

  • General Engineering & Dry Dock Company
    General Engineering & Dry Dock Company
    General Engineering & Dry Dock Company was a shipbuilding company in Alameda, California that was active from the 1920s through the 1940s. Relatively little is known about the history of the shipyard, but the company built ships for the Southern Pacific Railroad and the United States Coast Guard in...

    , Alameda, California
    Alameda, California
    Alameda is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. It is located on Alameda Island and Bay Farm Island, and is adjacent to Oakland in the San Francisco Bay. The Bay Farm Island portion of the city is adjacent to the Oakland International Airport. At the 2010 census, the city had a...

  • George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, Massachusetts
    Neponset, Massachusetts
    Neponset, Massachusetts is a district in the southeast corner of Dorchester, Massachusetts which is the most populous neighborhood of Boston....

  • Gulf Shipbuilding, Chickasaw, Alabama
    Chickasaw, Alabama
    Chickasaw is a city in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. As of July 2007, the population was 5,979. It is included in the Mobile metropolitan statistical area.-Geography:Chickasaw is located at . According to the U.S...

  • Henry B. Nevins
    Henry B. Nevins
    Henry B. Nevins was a master yacht builder and author on vessel construction in City Island, New York. Born in New York in 1878, Nevins wanted to be a doctor but was too frail, so he decided to work Gas Engine & Power Company before deciding upon his hobby, shipbuilding by apprenticing at Charles...

    , City Island, New York
  • Higgins
    Higgins Industries
    Higgins Industries was the company owned by Andrew Higgins based in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Higgins is most famous for the design and production of the Higgins boat, an amphibious landing craft referred to as LCVP, which were used extensively in D-Day Invasion of Normandy...

    , New Orleans, Louisiana
    New Orleans, Louisiana
    New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population...

  • Ingalls Shipbuilding
    Ingalls Shipbuilding
    Ingalls Shipbuilding is a shipyard located in Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA, originally established in 1938, and is now part of Huntington Ingalls Industries...

    , Pascagoula, Mississippi
    Pascagoula, Mississippi
    Pascagoula is a city in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States. It is the principal city of the Pascagoula, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area, as a part of the Gulfport–Biloxi–Pascagoula, Mississippi Combined Statistical Area. The population was 26,200 at the 2000 census...

  • Jakobson Shipyard
    Jakobson Shipyard
    The Jakobson Shipyard, Inc. was a shipyard involved in manufacture of tugs, ferries, submarines, minesweepers, yachts, fireboats and other craft, based in Brooklyn, New York from 1926–1938, and Oyster Bay, New York from 1938-1984.-History:...

    , Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York
  • Jeffersonville Boat & Machine, Jeffersonville, Indiana
    Jeffersonville, Indiana
    Jeffersonville is a city in Clark County, Indiana, along the Ohio River. Locally, the city is often referred to by the abbreviated name Jeff. It is directly across the Ohio River to the north of Louisville, Kentucky along I-65. The population was 44,953 at the 2010 census...

  • John H. Mathis & Company
    John H. Mathis & Company
    John H. Mathis & Company was a shipbuilding company founded around 1900, based at Cooper Point in Camden, New Jersey, on the Delaware River. At their shipyard at Point and Erie Streets, the company built luxury yachts and also commercial ships. During World War II a variety of Naval vessels were...

    , Camden, New Jersey
    Camden, New Jersey
    The city of Camden is the county seat of Camden County, New Jersey. It is located across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 77,344...

  • John Roach & Sons
    John Roach & Sons
    John Roach & Sons was a major 19th-century American shipbuilding and manufacturing firm founded in 1864 by Irish-American immigrant John Roach. Between 1871 and 1885, the company was the largest shipbuilding firm in the United States, building more iron ships than its next two major competitors...

    , Chester, Pennsylvania
    Chester, Pennsylvania
    Chester is a city in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, with a population of 33,972 at the 2010 census. Chester is situated on the Delaware River, between the cities of Philadelphia and Wilmington, Delaware.- History :...

     and New York City
  • Kaiser Shipyards
    Kaiser Shipyards
    The Kaiser Shipyards were seven major shipbuilding yards located mostly on the U.S. west coast during World War II. They were owned by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, a creation of American industrialist Henry J...

    • 2 yards at Vancouver, Washington
      Vancouver, Washington
      Vancouver is a city on the north bank of the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington. Incorporated in 1857, it is the fourth largest city in the state with a 2010 census population of 161,791 as of April 1, 2010...

    • 1 yard at Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation
      Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation
      Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation was a World War II emergency shipyard located in Portland, Oregon, United States, that built over 1000 Liberty and Victory ships between 1941 and 1945. It was closed after the war ended....

      , Portland, Oregon
      Portland, Oregon
      Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

    • 4 yards at Richmond Shipyards
      Richmond Shipyards
      The four Richmond Shipyards, located in the city of Richmond, California, United States, were run by Permanente Metals and part of the Kaiser Shipyards, and were responsible for constructing more ships during World War II than any other shipyard in the country. The shipyards are part of the Rosie...

      , Richmond, California
      Richmond, California
      Richmond is a city in western Contra Costa County, California, United States. The city was incorporated on August 7, 1905. It is located in the East Bay, part of the San Francisco Bay Area. It is a residential inner suburb of San Francisco, as well as the site of heavy industry, which has been...

  • Lake Washington Shipyard
    Lake Washington Shipyard
    Lake Washington Shipyards was a shipyard in Houghton, Washington on the shore of Lake Washington. Today the shipyards are the site of the lakeside Carillon Point business park...

    , Houghton, Washington
    Houghton, Washington
    Houghton is one of the lakeside neighborhoods of the city of Kirkland, Washington. Consisting mostly of upscale, single-family homes, Houghton overlooks Lake Washington and is one of the wealthier districts of the Eastside suburbs of Seattle. The village was named for Willard Houghton, a local...

  • Lawrence & Foulks
    Lawrence & Foulks
    Lawrence & Foulks was a 19th-century American shipbuilding company based in New York. Established in the early 1850s, the company built 144 vessels of all types over the course of some fifty years, but is best known for its production of high-speed wooden-hulled steamboats and steamships...

    , New York
    New York
    New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

  • Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company
    Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company
    Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company , was a shipyard in Seattle, Washington on Harbor Island at the mouth of the Duwamish River. Founded in 1898 as the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, the company that built Harbor Island, it was purchased by Lockheed in 1959...

    , Seattle, Washington
    Seattle, Washington
    Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...

     formerly Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company
  • Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Drydock, Los Angeles, California
    Los Angeles, California
    Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...

  • Marinship
    Marinship
    Marinship Corporation was a shipbuilding company of the United States during World War II, created to build the shipping required for the war effort...

     - Bechtel
    Bechtel
    Bechtel Corporation is the largest engineering company in the United States, ranking as the 5th-largest privately owned company in the U.S...

     Shipyards, Sausalito, California
    Sausalito, California
    Sausalito is a San Francisco Bay Area city, in Marin County, California, United States. Sausalito is south-southeast of San Rafael, at an elevation of 13 feet . The population was 7,061 as of the 2010 census. The community is situated near the northern end of the Golden Gate Bridge, and prior to...

  • Maryland Drydock, Baltimore, Maryland
  • Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation
    Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation
    The Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation was an American corporation established in 1917 by railroad heir W. Averell Harriman to build merchant ships for the Allied war effort in World War I...

    , Chester, Pennsylvania
    Chester, Pennsylvania
    Chester is a city in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, with a population of 33,972 at the 2010 census. Chester is situated on the Delaware River, between the cities of Philadelphia and Wilmington, Delaware.- History :...

  • Moore Dry Dock Company
    Moore Dry Dock Company
    Moore Dry Dock Company was a ship repair and shipbuilding company in Oakland, California. It was started in San Francisco in 1905 as the Moore & Scott Iron Works, but was destroyed by fire in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It reopened soon and in 1909 purchased the Boole Shipyard in Oakland....

    , Oakland, California
    Oakland, California
    Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...

  • Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company
    Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company
    The Morse Dry Dock and Repair Company was a major late 19th/early 20th century ship repair and conversion facility located in New York City. Begun in the 1880s as a small shipsmithing business known as the Morse Iron Works, the company grew to be one of America's largest ship repair and refit...

    , Brooklyn, New York
  • Neafie & Levy
    Neafie & Levy
    Neafie, Levy & Co., commonly known as Neafie & Levy, was a Philadelphia shipbuilding and engineering firm that existed from the middle of the 19th to the beginning of the 20th century...

    , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...

  • New England Shipbuilding Corporation
    New England Shipbuilding Corporation
    The New England Shipbuilding Corporation was a shipyard located in the city of South Portland, Maine, United States. The yard originated as two separate entities, the Todd-Bath Iron Shipbuilding Corporation and the South Portland Shipbuilding Corporation, which were created in 1940 and 1941...

    , South Portland, Maine
    Portland, Maine
    Portland is the largest city in Maine and is the county seat of Cumberland County. The 2010 city population was 66,194, growing 3 percent since the census of 2000...

  • Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock, Newport News, Virginia
    Newport News, Virginia
    Newport News is an independent city located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia. It is at the southeastern end of the Virginia Peninsula, on the north shore of the James River extending southeast from Skiffe's Creek along many miles of waterfront to the river's mouth at Newport News...

  • New York Shipbuilding
    New York Shipbuilding
    The New York Shipbuilding Corporation was founded in 1899 and opened its first shipyard in 1900. Located in Camden, New Jersey on the east shore of the Delaware River, New York Ship built more than 500 vessels for the U.S...

     Corporation (New York Ship), Camden, New Jersey
    Camden, New Jersey
    The city of Camden is the county seat of Camden County, New Jersey. It is located across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 77,344...

     (1899–1967)
  • Northrop Grumman Newport News
    Northrop Grumman Newport News
    Newport News Shipbuilding , originally Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company , was the largest privately-owned shipyard in the United States prior to being purchased by Northrop Grumman in 2001...

    , Newport News, Virginia
    Newport News, Virginia
    Newport News is an independent city located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia. It is at the southeastern end of the Virginia Peninsula, on the north shore of the James River extending southeast from Skiffe's Creek along many miles of waterfront to the river's mouth at Newport News...

  • Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation
    Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation
    Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation was a World War II emergency shipyard located in Portland, Oregon, United States, that built over 1000 Liberty and Victory ships between 1941 and 1945. It was closed after the war ended....

    , Portland, Oregon
    Portland, Oregon
    Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

    , part of the Kaiser Shipyards
    Kaiser Shipyards
    The Kaiser Shipyards were seven major shipbuilding yards located mostly on the U.S. west coast during World War II. They were owned by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, a creation of American industrialist Henry J...

  • Pennellville Historic District
    Pennellville Historic District
    Pennellville Historic District is a residential district located in the town of Brunswick, Maine . It is a historic district, and to locals, it is known simply as "Pennellville."...

  • Pusey and Jones
    Pusey and Jones
    The Pusey and Jones Corporation was a major ship and equipment manufacturer from 1846 to 1959. Ship building was the primary focus from 1853 until the end of World War II, when the company converted the shipyard to production of paper manufacturing machinery...

    , Wilmington, Delaware
    Wilmington, Delaware
    Wilmington is the largest city in the state of Delaware, United States, and is located at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. It is the county seat of New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley...

  • Reaney, Son & Archbold
    Reaney, Son & Archbold
    Reaney, Son & Archbold was a short-lived 19th-century American iron shipbuilding company located on the Delaware River at Chester, Pennsylvania...

    , Chester, Pennsylvania
    Chester, Pennsylvania
    Chester is a city in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, with a population of 33,972 at the 2010 census. Chester is situated on the Delaware River, between the cities of Philadelphia and Wilmington, Delaware.- History :...

  • Richmond Shipyards
    Richmond Shipyards
    The four Richmond Shipyards, located in the city of Richmond, California, United States, were run by Permanente Metals and part of the Kaiser Shipyards, and were responsible for constructing more ships during World War II than any other shipyard in the country. The shipyards are part of the Rosie...

    , Richmond, California
    Richmond, California
    Richmond is a city in western Contra Costa County, California, United States. The city was incorporated on August 7, 1905. It is located in the East Bay, part of the San Francisco Bay Area. It is a residential inner suburb of San Francisco, as well as the site of heavy industry, which has been...

    , part of the Kaiser Shipyards
    Kaiser Shipyards
    The Kaiser Shipyards were seven major shipbuilding yards located mostly on the U.S. west coast during World War II. They were owned by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, a creation of American industrialist Henry J...

  • Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding, Seattle, Washington
    Seattle, Washington
    Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...

  • Skinner & Eddy Corporation, Seattle, Washington
    Seattle, Washington
    Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...

  • Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Chester, Pennsylvania
    Chester, Pennsylvania
    Chester is a city in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, with a population of 33,972 at the 2010 census. Chester is situated on the Delaware River, between the cities of Philadelphia and Wilmington, Delaware.- History :...

  • Tampa Shipbuilding, Tampa, Florida
    Tampa, Florida
    Tampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709....

  • VT Halter Marine, Pascagoula, Mississippi
    Pascagoula, Mississippi
    Pascagoula is a city in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States. It is the principal city of the Pascagoula, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area, as a part of the Gulfport–Biloxi–Pascagoula, Mississippi Combined Statistical Area. The population was 26,200 at the 2000 census...

  • W. A. Robinson
    W. A. Robinson
    W. A. Robinson was a British administrator who was appointed the first Principal of Aitchison College, Lahore, then in British India, on 20 November 1886....

    , Ipswich, Massachusetts
    Ipswich, Massachusetts
    Ipswich is a coastal town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 12,987 at the 2000 census. Home to Willowdale State Forest and Sandy Point State Reservation, Ipswich includes the southern part of Plum Island...

  • Western Pipe & Steel
    Western Pipe and Steel Company
    The Western Pipe and Steel Company was an American manufacturing company that is best remembered today for its construction of ships for the Maritime Commission in World War II. It also built ships for the U.S...

    , San Francisco, California
    San Francisco, California
    San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...

  • William Cramp and Sons
    William Cramp and Sons
    thumb | upright | 1899 advertisement for William Cramp & Sons William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Company of Philadelphia was founded in 1825 by William Cramp, and was the preeminent U.S. iron shipbuilder in the 19th century. The American Ship & Commerce Corporation bought the yard in 1919 but closed...

     Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...

  • William H. Webb
    William H. Webb
    William Henry Webb was a 19th-century New York shipbuilder and philanthropist, who has been called America's first true naval architect....

    , New York City
  • Winslow Marine Railway & Shipbuilding, Winslow, Washington
    Winslow, Washington
    Winslow is the name of the downtown area of the city of Bainbridge Island, Washington, and is the original name of the city. It encompasses the area around the main street, Winslow Way, and is made up of approximately overlooking Eagle Harbor....

    , Seattle, Washington
    Seattle, Washington
    Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...

  • Zidell Marine
    Zidell Companies
    The Zidell Companies are a group of family-owned companies based in Portland, Oregon. They include Zidell Marine, a ship construction company which specializes in the building of barges, and Tube Forgings of America Inc....

     - Portland, Oregon
    Portland, Oregon
    Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...


Australia
  • Adelaide Steamship Company
    Adelaide Steamship Company
    The Adelaide Steamship Company was formed by a group of South Australian businessmen in 1875. Their aim was to control the transport of goods between Adelaide and Melbourne and profit from the need for an efficient and comfortable passenger service...

     (Birkenhead, South Australia
    Birkenhead, South Australia
    Birkenhead is a north-western suburb of Adelaide 14 km from the CBD, on the Lefevre Peninsula, in the state of South Australia, Australia and falls under the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. It is adjacent to Peterhead, Exeter and Glanville...

    ) (1957 - 1973)
  • Austal
    Austal
    Austal is an Australian company that specializes in the design and construction of aluminium vessels. Its main products include passenger and freight ferries, luxury yachts and military vessels....

     (Henderson, Western Australia
    Henderson, Western Australia
    Henderson is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Cockburn.-History:The suburb of Henderson comprises land resumed by the Commonwealth Government in 1915 for defence purposes. A large naval base was planned by Admiral Sir Reginald Henderson, and the was area sometimes...

    )
  • Australian Submarine Corporation
    Australian Submarine Corporation
    The ASC, formerly Australian Submarine Corporation, is a wholly government-owned Australian naval defence company headquartered at Osborne in Adelaide, South Australia.-History:...

     (Adelaide
    Adelaide
    Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...

    , South Australia
    South Australia
    South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...

    )
  • BAE Systems Australia
    BAE Systems Australia
    BAE Systems Australia, a subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, is the largest defence contractor in Australia. It was formed by the merger of British Aerospace Australia and GEC-Marconi Systems and expanded by the acquisitions of Armor Holdings in 2007 and Tenix Defence in June 2008.-History:BAE Systems'...

     (Henderson, Western Australia
    Henderson, Western Australia
    Henderson is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Cockburn.-History:The suburb of Henderson comprises land resumed by the Commonwealth Government in 1915 for defence purposes. A large naval base was planned by Admiral Sir Reginald Henderson, and the was area sometimes...

     and Williamstown, Victoria
    Williamstown, Victoria
    Williamstown is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 km south-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hobsons Bay. At the 2006 Census, Williamstown had a population of 12,733....

    )
  • BHP Limited
    BHP Billiton
    BHP Billiton is a global mining, oil and gas company headquartered in Melbourne, Australia and with a major management office in London, United Kingdom...

     (Whyalla, South Australia
    Whyalla, South Australia
    -Demographics:According to the 2006 Census the population of the Whyalla census area was 21,122 people, making it the second largest urban area in the state outside of Adelaide...

    ) (1939 - 1978)
  • Cockatoo Island Dockyard (Sydney
    Sydney
    Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

    , New South Wales
    New South Wales
    New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

    ) (1870 - 1992)
  • Evans Deakin and Company
    Evans Deakin and Company
    Evans Deakin and Company was an Australian engineering company and shipbuilder. Originally based in Brisbane, the company was started in 1910 by Daniel Evans and Arthur Deakin. The company started out as a supplier of engineering equipment. The first workshop was acquired in 1913.The company later...

     (Brisbane
    Brisbane
    Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...

    , Queensland
    Queensland
    Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

    ) (1940 - 1971)
  • Forgacs Group
    Forgacs Group
    Forgacs Group is a major Australian engineering and shipbuilding company. It has facilities at Newcastle, Sydney, Brisbane and Gladstone. The company employs 700 people....

     (Newcastle, New South Wales
    Newcastle, New South Wales
    The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas...

    )
  • Incat
    INCAT
    INCAT is a part of Tata Technologies Limited, a company in the Tata Group and operates in the field of Automotive Industry providing Engineering and Design solutions. The company took over a much larger player in the field namely INCAT, a Europe based company, in 2005...

     (Hobart
    Hobart
    Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as...

    , Tasmania
    Tasmania
    Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...

    )
  • Morrison & Sinclair
    Morrison & Sinclair
    Morrison & Sinclair was a Sydney, New South Wales based company and one of the great ship and boat-building names of Port Jackson. The company was founded in the early 1890s and ceased trading in 1970.-History:...

     (Sydney
    Sydney
    Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

    , New South Wales
    New South Wales
    New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

    ) (1890s - 1970)
  • Mort's Dock
    Mort's Dock
    Mort's Dock is a former dry dock, slipway, and shipyard in Balmain, New South Wales, Australia. It was the first dry dock in Australia, opening for business in 1855 and closing more than a century later in 1959.-Sydney's first dry dock:...

     (Sydney
    Sydney
    Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

    , New South Wales
    New South Wales
    New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

    ) (1855 - 1959)
  • NQEA Australia
    NQEA Australia
    NQEA Australia, formerly North Queensland Engineers and Agents, is an engineering and shipbuilding company based in Cairns, Queensland, Australia...

     (Cairns, Queensland
    Cairns, Queensland
    Cairns is a regional city in Far North Queensland, Australia, founded 1876. The city was named after William Wellington Cairns, then-current Governor of Queensland. It was formed to serve miners heading for the Hodgkinson River goldfield, but experienced a decline when an easier route was...

    )
  • Poole & Steel
    Poole & Steel
    Poole & Steel was a major Australian engineering, railway rolling stock manufacturer and shipbuilding company. They had facilities located at Balmain, New South Wales and at Osborne, South Australia...

     Limited (Sydney
    Sydney
    Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

    , New South Wales
    New South Wales
    New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

    ) (1912 - 1954)
  • State Dockyard, Newcastle
    State Dockyard, Newcastle, New South Wales
    The State Dockyard at Dykes Point, Newcastle was built by the New South Wales Government from 1938 until 1941 and opened in 1942 during World War II. The dockyard was constructed using much of the plant and buildings from the former Walsh Island Dockyard and Engineering Works which had ceased...

     (Newcastle, New South Wales
    Newcastle, New South Wales
    The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas...

    ) (1942 - 1987)
  • Strategic Marine
    Strategic Marine
    Strategic Marine Pty Ltd is a Western Australian-based shipbuilding company with facilities at Henderson in Western Australia, Vung Tau in Vietnam, Tuas in Singapore and Mazatlán in Mexico.-History:...

     (Henderson, Western Australia
    Henderson, Western Australia
    Henderson is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Cockburn.-History:The suburb of Henderson comprises land resumed by the Commonwealth Government in 1915 for defence purposes. A large naval base was planned by Admiral Sir Reginald Henderson, and the was area sometimes...

    )
  • Walkers Limited
    Walkers Limited
    Walkers Limited is an Australian engineering company, based in Maryborough, Queensland, which built ships and locomotives. It is still in the locomotive-building business as part of Downer Rail.-History:...

     (Maryborough, Queensland
    Maryborough, Queensland
    Maryborough is a city located on the Mary River in South East Queensland, Australia, approximately north of the state capital, Brisbane. The city is serviced by the Bruce Highway, and has a population of approximately 22,000 . It is closely tied to its neighbour city Hervey Bay which is...

    ) (1884 - 1974)

Argentina
  • Astilleros Argentinos S.A. (ASTARSA)
    Astarsa
    Astilleros Argentinos Río de La Plata S.A. was an argentinian shipyard. Its core business was built and repair of ships and locomotives. It also manufactured pipes, industrial machinery, and tractors...

  • Astillero "Río Santiago" (AFNE)
    Río Santiago Shipyard
    The Rio Santiago Shipyard is a shipyard situated in the city of Ensenada, province of Buenos Aires, at the shores of the Santiago River. It has been one of the major active and important shipyards in Latin America. Founded in 1953, it has realized diverse functions in the naval, industrial and...

     (Ensenada, Buenos Aires)
  • Puerto Belgrano Naval Base shipyard
    Puerto Belgrano
    Base Naval Puerto Belgrano is the largest naval base of the Argentine Navy, situated next to Punta Alta, near Bahía Blanca, about south of Buenos Aires...

  • Tandanor
    Tandanor
    Tandanor is an Argentine worker-owned shipyard, and the nation's largest. Tandanor is involved in shipbuilding and ship repair and has facilities in Buenos Aires' port....

  • Astilleros Mestrina S.A.

Mexico
  • SEMAR
    Semar
    Semar is a character in Javanese mythology who frequently appears in wayang shadow plays. He is one of the punokawan , but is in fact divine and very wise. He is the dhanyang of Java, and is regarded by some as the most sacred figure of the kotak...

     (Veracruz Federal Shipbuilding)
  • Carso Marina
    Grupo Carso
    Grupo Carso is a global conglomerate company owned by the Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim. It was formed in 1990 after the merger of Corporación Industrial Carso and Grupo Inbursa...

  • Pemex Construcción
    Pemex
    Petróleos Mexicanos or Pemex is a Mexican state-owned petroleum company. As of 2010, with a total asset worth of $415.75 billion, it is the second non-publicly listed largest company in the world by total market value, and Latin America's second largest enterprise by annual revenue as of 2009...

  • Veracruz Kukulkan Shipyards
    Veracruz
    Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave , is one of the 31 states that, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided in 212 municipalities and its capital city is...

  • Lucas Shipyards
    San Lucas
    San Lucas is sometimes used as a toponym:*Serrania of San Lucas *San Lucas Island*San Lucas Sacatepéquez *San Lucas Tolimán *San Lucas, El Paraíso...

  • Strategic Marine Mazatlán
    Strategic Marine
    Strategic Marine Pty Ltd is a Western Australian-based shipbuilding company with facilities at Henderson in Western Australia, Vung Tau in Vietnam, Tuas in Singapore and Mazatlán in Mexico.-History:...

  • Zihuatanejo Marina
  • Acapulco shipyards
    Acapulco
    Acapulco is a city, municipality and major sea port in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific coast of Mexico, southwest from Mexico City. Acapulco is located on a deep, semi-circular bay and has been a port since the early colonial period of Mexico’s history...

    (Acapulco Naval Shipbuilding)

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