![A welder from Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors, LLC, welds the initials of the Navigator's sponsor, Rear Admiral (retired) Evelyn Fields (in yellow), onto a steel plate that will be incorporated into the ship. [Photo: NOAA]](https://www.marinelog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/20251204-Navigator-Keel-laying-Welding-600x400-1-300x225.jpg)
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) leaders were joined by partners Dec.4 to celebrate the keel-laying for Navigator, the second of two new charting and mapping vessels being constructed for the agency
Morgan City, La.-headquartered Conrad Shipyard, LLC, which back in 2018 delivered the first LNG bunkering barge built in North America, has sigmed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with South Korea’s Samsung Heavy
![L to R: Mr. Seogyong (SY) Youn, DSEC president; Dave Carver, NASSCO president; Mr. Joonyun Kang, Samsung director of the eco business team. [Photo: GD NASSCO]](https://www.marinelog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/NASSCO_MOA-300x225.jpg)
As cooperation between U.S. and South Korean shipbuilders continues to grow, General Dynamics NASSCO and South Korean shipbuilders DSEC Co. and Samsung Heavy Industries Co. have signed a three party memorandum of
Davie Defense reports that it has closed its acquisition of Gulf Copper & Manufacturing Corporation’s shipbuilding assets in Galveston and Port Arthur, Texas. The completion of the transaction includes all required U.S.
Fincantieri has released a statement providing more background on the Navy’s widely-reported decision to cancel four Constellation-class frigates. Released by Fincantieri Marine Group (FMG), the statement says that FMG and the U.S.
Mamaroneck, N.Y.-based Derecktor Shipyards reports that it has reached and agreement to build a new vessel for SoundWaters, a Stamford, Conn., nonprofit dedicated to environmental education and Long Island Sound stewardship. Designed
Coden, Ala.-based Master Boat Builders Inc. has announced plans to build a new $60 million, 150,000-square-foot defense shipbuilding facility. Dedicated exclusively to government and defense programs, it will be located directly across
![Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer Ted Stevens (DDG 128) on sea trials [Photo: HII].](https://www.marinelog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/tedstevens-300x169.jpg)
HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division in Pascagoula, Miss., has successfully completed the final round of sea trials for the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer Ted Stevens (DDG 128). The Ingalls test and trials
Pensacola, Fla.-based Patti Marine Enterprises reports that it has successfully successful launched and put into operation a new 800-ton floating dry dock. Already supporting a U.S. Navy vesse, the dry dock is
Panama City, Fla.-based Eastern Shipbuilding Group says that it is suspending work on the U.S. Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) program, citing the “significant financial strain caused by the program’s structure