Currently, there are nine separate shipyards around the United States :
Now, there are literally scores, if not several hundred other shipyards along the Atlantic Coast, along the Gulf Coast, around the Great Lakes, and on the West Coast that are capable of building naval vessels. They just are not contracted to do so for the US Navy or the US Coast Guard right now.
There are numerous yards that are certified to do repairs on US Navy and US Coast Guard vessels as well, which are not included here.
The specific yards and the specific classes of vessels that they are working on are shown below:
Three yards, Newport News, VA, Austral, Mobile AL, and Ingalls Pascagoula, MS, are working on three classes of vessel each. Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME is working on two classes of vessel. These four yards account for 10 of the 14 classes being built right now. The other five yards add the other three classes being built.
The US Navy is not significantly growing its fleet, because most of the vessels being built replace other vessels that are then decommissioned. However, there is a robust ship building effort going on in the United States to bring into service new, more modern vessels, which this post illustrates.
Recent classes built up to 06/2016 :
Newport News : 1 Ford almost +1 in progress + 1 planned, have build all US CVN 10 Nimitz, Enterprise ;
6 Virginia + severals in progress 1 new by year.
Have the more large dry docks in the world for build military ships only able to build a super carrier of about 335 m long.
Electric Boats to Groton : 6 Virginia + severals in progress 1 new by year. 3 Seawolf also
Specialist for nuclear submarines, build submarines since 100 + years ! all Ohio 18, 31 LA on 62 others N. News, build 3/4 of future SSBN-X assemble them.
Ingalls to Pascagoula : 28 Burke/Austin on 62 + after 4/5 new, 8 Wasp, 3 + 3 San Antonio, 1 America + 1 in progress
Iron Worksto Bath : 34 Burke/Austin on 62 + after 4/5 new, 1 after 3 Zumwalt
Marinette : 3 Freedom + 9 + up to 16 FFG variant or Austal
Avondale to New Orléans : 6 San Antonio
Austal to Mobile : 3 Independence + 9 + up to 16 FFG variant or Marinette, 6 JHSV/Spearhead + 5
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