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Bath Iron Works ( BIW) is a major United States shipyard located on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine, founded in 1884 as Bath Iron Works, Limited. Since 1995, Bath Iron Works has been a subsidiary of General Dynamics, one of the world's largest defense companies. BIW has built private, commercial, and military vessels, most of which have been ...
The Emergency Shipbuilding Program (late 1940 – September 1945) was a United States government effort to quickly build simple cargo ships to carry troops and materiel to allies and foreign theatres during World War II. Run by the U.S. Maritime Commission, the program built almost 6,000 ships. [ 1][ 2][ 3]
The shipyard of Bath Iron Works, c. 2000. Bath Iron Works (BIW) is a major shipyard and among the largest shipbuilders for the United States Navy. [1] The shipyard, located in Bath, Maine, is a major employer for the region, with approximately 6,800 workers, of whom approximately 4,300 are members of Local S6 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM).
Todd-Bath Iron Shipbuilding Corporation at South Portland, Maine opened in 1940 as an emergency shipyards to build Ocean class cargo ships for Britain. At the two yards 43°39′11″N 70°14′18″W / 43.653027°N 70.238267°W / 43.653027; -70.238267 , they built Liberty ships, closing after the
Navy shipbuilders' union approves 3-year labor pact at Bath Iron Works. August 20, 2023 at 2:19 PM. BATH, Maine (AP) — The largest union at Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works in Maine ...
The origin of NASSCO traces to 1905 and a small machine shop and foundry known as California Iron Works. [4] [5] In 1922 California Iron Works was taken over by United States National Bank of San Diego (USNB) and renamed National Iron Works. [6] In 1933, USNB was bought by C. Arnholt Smith who thereby also took
It was announced in September 2018 that the U.S. Navy awarded contracts for 10 new Arleigh Burke-class destroyers from General Dynamics Bath Iron Works and Huntington Ingalls Industries. [43] Former U.S. Secretary of Defense General Jim Mattis re-joined the company's board of directors in August 2019. He had previously served on the board, but ...
Designated NHL. 21 June 1990 [ 2] USS Edson (DD-946) is a Forrest Sherman -class destroyer, formerly of the United States Navy, built by Bath Iron Works in Maine in 1958. Her home port was Long Beach, California and she initially served in the Western Pacific/Far East, operating particularly in the Taiwan Strait and off the coast of Vietnam.