Shipbuilding
Our Expertise in Action
Bath Built is Best Built
Shipbuilding is a complex affair, not least because of the huge size and engineering sophistication of the final product. That’s even more true of warships, like Bath Iron Works’ surface combatants.
BIW builds the most advanced warships in the world, and the company has made huge strides in the efficiency, cost-effectiveness and precision of its methods.
How We Build
From trades and manufacturing to engineering and design, it takes all kinds to build a ship.
Design & Engineering
Our Design and Engineering Departments design and develop systems for the entire ship, from stern to bow and everything in-between.
Manufacturing
Our ships have several stages of construction, including fabrication, assembly and translation.
Support Services
Our business professionals and support teams assist with the shipbuilding process every step of the way.
Bath-Built Ships
A Tradition of Naval Architecture Excellence
As the nation’s premier naval combatant design agent, BIW has a long tradition of naval architecture excellence.
Through collaboration with our customer, we provide a full array of services including concept design, detail design and manufacturing support. We support the new construction efforts for the DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyer as well as future programs.
Surface Ship Support
Maintaining the U.S. Navy’s Fleet
We not only build our customer’s ships, we also maintain them.
One of our most important jobs as a Navy Shipbuilder is to keep our customer’s ships at sea longer and at less cost.
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The latest from BIW
Check out the latest from the BIW team.
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works Celebrates Start of Fabrication for Thomas G. Kelley (DDG 140)
BATH, Maine – General Dynamics Bath Iron Works celebrated the start of fabrication of the future USS Thomas G. Kelley (DDG 140) today, May 21 at the shipyard’s Structural Fabrication…
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works Celebrates Start of Fabrication for J. William Middendorf (DDG 138)
BATH, Maine – General Dynamics Bath Iron Works celebrated the start of fabrication of the future USS J. William Middendorf (DDG 138) today, May 19 at the shipyard’s Structural Fabrication…
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works Breaks Ground on Workforce Housing
BATH, Maine –General Dynamics Bath Iron Works formally broke ground today on a workforce housing development at 150 Congress Avenue in Bath, Maine. With funding support from the United States…
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works Christens Future USS Louis H. Wilson Jr.
BATH, Maine – On Saturday, September 27, General Dynamics Bath Iron Works christened the U.S. Navy’s newest guided missile destroyer, the future USS Louis H. Wilson (DDG 126). The ship,…
BIW Employees Ride Metro BREEZ for Free until Sept. 30
Bath Iron Works teamed up with MaineDOT, Greater Portland Metro and the City of Bath to formally launch commuter bus transportation between Portland and Bath. In celebration, Metro Executive Director Glenn Fenton announced…
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works Awarded Contract for Additional DDG 51 Destroyer
BATH, Maine – General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE:GD), announced today that the U.S. Navy has exercised an option to add an additional DDG 51…
