Atlantic Marine was an American
shipbuilding
Shipbuilding is the construction of ships and other Watercraft, floating vessels. In modern times, it normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a shipyard. Shipbuilders, also called shipwrights, follow a specialized occupation th ...
and construction company. It operated two shipyards, one in
Mobile, Alabama
Mobile ( , ) is a city and the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The population was 187,041 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. After a successful vote to annex areas west of the city limits in July 2023, Mobil ...
and the original corporate location, a smaller one in
Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville ( ) is the most populous city proper in the U.S. state of Florida, located on the Atlantic coast of North Florida, northeastern Florida. It is the county seat of Duval County, Florida, Duval County, with which the City of Jacksonv ...
where its headquarters was located. It was acquired by
BAE Systems
BAE Systems plc is a British Multinational corporation, multinational Aerospace industry, aerospace, military technology, military and information security company, based in London. It is the largest manufacturer in Britain as of 2017. It is ...
in May 2010 for $352 million. BAE Systems renamed the former company
BAE Systems Southeast Shipyards, a division of
BAE Systems Inc.
As Atlantic Marine Holdings, the company took over the former shipyard of the
Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company in 1992. In 2006, the company was itself taken over by an investment firm run by former
U.S. Navy Secretary John F. Lehman and became known simply as Atlantic Marine.
The company offered a variety of services, including shipbuilding, ship repairs, maintenance and conversion, and also steel fabrication for industrial uses. The Alabama
drydock facility was capable of servicing vessels of up to 46,400 tons, including cargo and
cruise ship
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s, and also offered repair and conversion facilities for "
drilling rig
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s and semi-submersibles that served the offshore oil industry."
The Jacksonville drydock serviced vessels of up to 14,600 tons, and specialized in "mega-yacht repairs and refits, as well as commercial and U.S. Navy ship repairs and conversions, marine fabrication, and industrial fabrication and machining."
The company employed 600 full-time workers in 2005.
Image gallery
Image:Atlantic Marine 01.JPG, A portion of Atlantic Marine's facilities on Pinto Island in Mobile, Alabama.
File:USNS Andrew J. Higgins (T-AO-190) underway in the Gulf of Mexico on 15 September 1987 (6429266).jpeg, Atlantic Marine completed a refit of the USNS Andrew J. Higgins when it was sold to the Chilean Navy in 2009.
File:Win Star casino boat, July 1 2012.JPG, The ''Win Star'' was built in 1997 by Atlantic Marine and presently hosts the Ameristar Casino East Chicago.Space Shuttle
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missions.
Footnotes
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Companies based in Mobile, Alabama
Companies based in Jacksonville, Florida
Defunct shipbuilding companies of the United States