The company, which invested $100 million in the venture, will compete with San Diego's two big ship-repair companies, General Dynamics-NASSCO and BAE, and smaller Continental Maritime.
has opened a waterfront ship yard in National City that will compete for contracts to repair and modernize Navy ships in San Diego, home of the largest naval fleet on the West Coast.
The yard represents a major expansion for Austal, a Mobile, Ala.-based shipbuilder that manufactures a variety of vessels, including Navy LCS and Coast Guard cutters. The National City facility has 120 employees, a figure that’s expected to quickly rise to 400.
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