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The U.S. and Canadian shipbuilders and shipbuilding programs described in this column were selected for being particularly interesting.  Click on the chapter title in the table below to go to the appropriate page of Marine Log.

Column # Issue Region Subject
Four Major Long-Lived Shipbuilders
1 October 2008 Atlantic Bethlehem Steel, Quincy MA
2 December 2008 Pacific Moore Dry Dock, Oakland CA
3 March 2009 Inland Defoe Shipbuilding, Bay City MI
4 June 2009 Gulf Beaumont Shipbuilding, Beaumont TX
Four Smaller Shipbuilders
5 August 2009 Atlantic Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Inc., Brooklyn, NY
6 October 2009 Pacific Albina Machine & Engine Works, Portland OR
7 December 2009 Inland American Steel Barge Company, Superior WI
8 February 2010 Gulf Chickasaw Shipbuilding & Car Company, Chickasaw AL
Four More Large Shipbuilders
9 April 2010 Atlantic Staten Island Shipbuilding, Staten Island NY
10 June 2010 Pacific Western Pipe & Steel, San Francisco and San Pedro CA
11 August 2010 Inland Detroit Dry Dock, Detroit MI
12 October 2010 Gulf Brown Shipbuilding and Todd Houston Shipbuilding, Houston TX
Four Yacht Builders
13 December 2010 Atlantic Yacht Builders on City Island NY
14 February 2011 Pacific Stephens Bros., Stockton CA
15 April 2011 Inland Henry C. Grebe & Sons, Chicago IL
16 June 2011 Atlantic Annapolis Yacht Yard, Annapolis MD
Four Canadian Shipbuilders
17 August 2011 Pacific Burrard Dry Dock, North Vancouver BC
18 October 2011 Inland Russel Bros., Owen Sound ON
19 December 2011 Quebec Canadian Vickers, Montreal QC
20 February 2012 Atlantic Ferguson Industries (Pictou NS) and Shelburne Shipbuilders (Shelburne NS)
Four More Large Shipbuilders
21 April 2012 Atlantic The Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding & Engine Works, Chester PA
22 Jun 2012 Inland/Pacific Craig Shipbuilding and Long Beach Shipbuilding, Toledo OH and Long Beach CA
23 August 2012 Pacific/Gulf Consolidated Steel, Wilmington CA and Orange TX
24 October 2012 Gulf Levingston Shipbuilding, Orange TX
Four More Smaller Shipbuilders
25 December 2012 Inland Dubuque Boat & Boiler Works (Dubuque IA)
26 February 2013 Gulf American Marine (New Orleans LA)
27 April 2013 Atlantic Jackson & Sharp (Wilmington DE)
28 June 2013 Pacific Stone Boat Yard (Oakland CA)
Four Interesting Shipbuilding Programs
29 August 2013 Canadian Oceans, Forts and Parks
30 October 2013 Small Vessels The Six-Bitters
31 December 2013 Naval Steel and Steam Create the New Navy
32 February 2014 Commercial The Mariners
Three More Interesting Shipbuilding Programs
33 April 2014 Canadian H-Class Submarines
34 June 2014 Small Vessels Sub Chasers
35 August 2014 Naval Escort Carriers