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Austal USA, Mobile AL

Most recent update: March 17, 2012.


Austal USA was established in 2000 as a joint venture of the Australian boatbuilder, Austal, and Tom Bender, owner of Bender Shipbuilding.  Austal bought Bender out in September 2006.  The shipyard is a completely new facility on Pinto Island in Mobile, located close to the I-10 tunnel.  Visit the shipyard at www.austal.com.  See it from the air on Google here: the original yard is the white building just north of the Bankhead tunnel; the first expansion was the building between the two tunnels; and there is now also a big fab shop on the land southeast of the corner of Dunlap and ADDSCO.

Hull # Original Name Original Owner Ship Type GT Price ($mm) Delivery

Disposition

261 Anapaula Otto Candies Crewboat 365   21-Jan-02 Active
262 Veronica Otto Candies Crewboat 365   22-Jan-02 Active
607 Biscayne Lady Island Queen Cruises Cruise Boat 568   Jan-03 Active
609 Cloud Nine Cloud Nine, Inc. Cruise Boat 504   May-03 Active
610 Christopher M. Colasanti   Cruise Boat 197 7 Nov-03 Now Circle Line's Patriot
611 Zephyr Circle Line Cruise Boat 600 7 Aug-03 Active
612 Seacoaster American Marine Patrol Craft 90 Dec-04 Now AMH Seacoaster
614 Lake Express Lake Express Ro-Pax Ferry 1,757 19 Jun-04 Active
615 Alakai Hawaii Superferry Ro-Pax Ferry 3,617 75 Jun-07 Now Puerto Rico
616 Huakai Hawaii Superferry Ro-Pax Ferry 3,617 75 Feb-09 Now Guam
618 Independence (LCS 2) GD/U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship 975d 450+ Dec-09 Active
642 Coronado (LCS 4) GD/U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship 975d   Jun-12 Building
Jackson (LCS 6) U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship 975d 432 Feb-14 Building
Montgomery (LCS 8) U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship 975d 368 Oct-14 Building
Gabrielle Giffords  (LCS 10) U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship 975d 346 Aug-15 Building
Omaha (LCS 12) U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship 975d 346 Mar-16 Building
  (LCS 14) U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship 975d   2016 Option
  (LCS 16) U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship 975d   2016 Option
  (LCS 18) U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship 975d   2017 Option
    (LCS 20) U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship 975d   2017 Option
    (LCS 22) U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship 975d   2018 Option
    (LCS 24) U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship 975d   2018 Option
630 Spearhead (JHSV 1) U.S. Army High-Speed Transport 1,515d 185 Dec-11 Building
631 Choctaw County (JHSV 2) U.S. Navy High-Speed Transport 1,515d 152  Jun-12 Building
632 (JHSV 3) U.S. Army High-Speed Transport 1,515d 152  Dec-12 Building
633 Fall River (JHSV 4) U.S. Navy High-Speed Transport 1,515d 152  Jun-13 Building
634 (JHSV 5) U.S. Army High-Speed Transport 1,515d 152  Dec-13 Building
635 (JHSV 6) U.S. Navy High-Speed Transport 1,515d 156  Jun-14 Building
636 (JHSV 7) U.S. Army High-Speed Transport 1,515d 156  Dec-14 Building
637 (JHSV 8) U.S. Navy High-Speed Transport 1,515d 161  Jun-15 Building
638 (JHSV 9) U.S. Army High-Speed Transport 1,515d 161  Dec-15 Building
639 (JHSV 10) U.S. Navy High-Speed Transport 1,515d   Option