Established in 2020 and in celebration of Maine’s bicentennial, The BIW Legacy Vault is an archive of photographs, plans and ephemera that chronicles our contribution to American shipbuilding and celebrates the unique place that BIW holds for the people of our state and our country.







Post War America – October 22, 1965
USS Glover (FF-1098) was laid down in 1963. Glover served as a research ship and tested equipment designed to better detect and track enemy submarines as well as evaluate tactics…



Post War America – November 4, 1964
USS Belknap, BIW Hull 342, was the lead ship of nine 8,900-ton frigates designed to protect aircraft carriers against aircraft and submarine threats during the Cold War. Five of the…
















