Rusty Murdaugh

Rusty Murdaugh resigns as Austal USA president

Austal USA says that Rusty Murdaugh has resigned as its president, effective today. Murdaugh was named president in Sept. 2021 (after being named acting president in February 2021 when former president Craig

T-ATS 6 Navajo-class ship

Bollinger Shipyards christens lead Navajo-class T-ATS

This past Saturday, representatives from Bollinger Shipyards LLC joined senior U.S. Navy officials pier side at Bollinger Houma to christen the USNS Navajo (T-ATS 6), the lead ship of the Navy’s new

New USACE hopper dredge

Eastern gets go ahead on new USACE hopper dredge

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has given Eastern Shipbuilding Group formal notice to proceed on its recently awarded $257 million contract to design and construct a new medium-class hopper dredge (MCHD),

Recent Silver Ships delivery

Silver Ships makes first deliveries under major NAVSEA contract

Theodore, Ala., aluminum boat specialist Silver Ships has recently completed its first deliveries under an $8.2 million NAVSEA contract covering both Naval Special Warfare (NSW) surface support craft (SSC) and U.S. Coast

YRBM barge after launch

Conrad Shipyard launches first vessel in Navy YRBM barge series

Morgan City, La., headquartered Conrad Shipyard reports that it has launched the first in the series of YRBM barges on order at the yard for the U.S. Navy. The YRBM barges provide

LaShip shipyard on CBS

CBS Evening News features Chouest’s LaShip shipyard

Edison Chouest Offshore’s LaShip shipyard in Houma, La., has become a showcase for how the offshore wind industry is helping to create Jones Act shipbuilding jobs. As we reported earlier, back in

SSN 805 keel authentication

GD Electric Boat lays keel for SSN 805

Senior Navy leaders and shipbuilders gathered at General Dynamics Electric Boat shipyard in Groton, Connecticut, yesterday, to attend a keel-laying ceremony for the future Virginia-class submarine USS Tang (SSN 805), Aug. 17.

Vessel to be drydocked at Boston Ship Repair seen at work

Boston Ship Repair wins $13.8 million Military Sealift Command contract

Boston Ship Repair, Boston, Mass., has been awarded a $13,824,169 firm-fixed-price contract for a 98-calendar day shipyard availability for a regular overhaul and drydocking of the Military Sealift Command expeditionary fast transport

Future USS Ted Stevens (DDG 128) on the water

VIDEO: Ingalls launches DDG 128

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) reports that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division in Pascagoula, Miss., successfully launched of the Navy’s third Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, the future USS Ted Stevens

WSF Washongton State Ferries Wenachee

Vigor wins $150 million WSF hybrid-electric conversion contract

Moving ahead on its ambitious electrification program, Washington State Ferries (WSF) has awarded Vigor a shipyard contract for the conversion of up to three Jumbo Mark II-class ferries to hybrid-electric power. As

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