National Steel and Shipbuilding Company
Shipyard in San Diego, CA, USA / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, commonly referred to as NASSCO, is an American shipbuilding company with four[2] shipyards located in San Diego, Norfolk, Bremerton, and Mayport. It is a division of General Dynamics. NASSCO owns a subsidiary manufacturing facility with TIMSA in Mexicali, Mexico. The San Diego shipyard specializes in constructing commercial cargo ships and auxiliary vessels for the US Navy and Military Sealift Command; it is the only new-construction shipyard on the West Coast of the United States.[3] NASSCO performs ship repairs and conversions for the United States Navy in all four shipyard locations: San Diego, Norfolk, Bremerton, and Mayport.
Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Shipbuilding |
Founded | 1905; 119 years ago (1905) |
Headquarters | San Diego, California , US |
Number of locations | San Diego, California; Norfolk, Virginia; Mayport, Florida; Bremerton, Washington |
Key people | David Carver[1] (President) |
Parent | General Dynamics |
Subsidiaries | TIMSA |
Website | www |