Atlantic Marine was an American

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and construction company. It operated two shipyards, one in

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and the original corporate location, a smaller one in

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where its headquarters was located. It was acquired by

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in May 2010 for $352 million. BAE Systems renamed the former company

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, a division of

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As Atlantic Marine Holdings, the company took over the former shipyard of the

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in 1992. In 2006, the company was itself taken over by an investment firm run by former U.S. Navy Secretary

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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

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facility was capable of servicing vessels of up to 46,400 tons, including cargo and

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s, and also offered repair and conversion facilities for "

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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.

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Image:Atlantic Marine 01.JPG, A portion of Atlantic Marine's facilities on

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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

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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

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. File:Monarch of the Seas.JPG, The ''

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'' had extensive repairs completed at Atlantic Marine after it was grounded off St. Maarten on 15 December 1998. File:Liberty Star with SRB after STS-87 (2).jpg,

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, one of two

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s built by Atlantic Marine. The two vessels were charged with recovering the

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during

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missions.

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{{BAE Systems Companies based in Mobile, Alabama Companies based in Jacksonville, Florida Defunct shipbuilding companies of the United States