The administration’s goal of 355 ships will not be met restoring decommissioned vessels.
Bath Iron Works
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Portraits of BIW workers find a home at the State House
Two artists photographed and interviewed shipbuilders about their work for the series, drawing acclaim from Mike Rowe of ‘Dirty Jobs’ and others.
advertisement
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Navy awards $126 million contract to BIW for work on destroyers
The value of the contract for planning yard services for Arleigh Burke-class ships could reach more than $719 million over 5 years.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Navy struggles to find a place for Bath-built Zumwalt stealth destroyers
It wanted something that could operate close to shore, attacking land targets and providing support for ground troops. Then came the conflict in landlocked Afghanistan.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Stealth destroyer made in Maine is commissioned in San Diego
The USS Michael Monsoor was built at Bath Iron Works.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Navy awards Bath Iron Works $910 million for fifth Arleigh Burke destroyer
The shipyard had recently won a contract worth $3.9 billion to build four of the DDG-51 warships.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Final stealth destroyer is put into the water at BIW
The future USS Lyndon B. Johnson is the last of 3 being built at Bath Iron Works.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
BIW starts work on new destroyer as another ships out
Sen. Susan Collins kicks off construction of the future USS Patrick Gallagher on the same day the USS Michael Monsoor leaves the shipyard for the last time.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Navy’s change of course on Zumwalt program creates turbulence for BIW
The shipyard had prepared for the futuristic destroyer, only to have its plans upended when the program was slashed, according to BIW’s president.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Future USS Hudner sails away from BIW for final time
The destroyer named for a naval aviator who crash-landed to try to save a downed pilot in the Korean War will be commissioned Dec. 1 in Boston.