Shipbuilding and Marine

Delegates from Local 1998, San Diego, Calif., gather before meeting with Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA 52nd) at the U.S. Capitol.

L-1998 delegates point out foreign-made ship parts

Holding a plaque for a tanker’s keel-laying ceremony are, l. to r., OSG Rep Panos Hatzikyriakosm, L-19 Sec.-Treas. Fred Chamberlain, and maintenance supervisor William Bowman.

Philly shipyard celebrates safety with keel-laying ceremony

At Ladish Forging, L-1509 members heat up one of two titanium disks they will mold into hemispheres. (Photo by Advanced Imaging and Visualization Lab/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.)

Local 1509 members upgrade legendary submersible

The New Hampshire is moored to the pier at the General Dynamics Electric Boat shipyard before her christening June 21. (U.S. Navy photo by John Narewski, courtesy of navy.mil.)

Local 614 members build sub in record time

L-104 members pose on the deck of the Northwestern, one of six boats featured on the TV show, “Deadliest Catch.” L. to r., Dallas Jacobson, Michael Wilson, Thomas Hardy, Shawn Wills, Vern Stephens, Gloria Guerra, Manuel Osorio, Steve Knowles, John Ajax, and David Dizard.

L-104 members keep boat “ship-shape” for TV show

All 12 Halifax-class frigates, including this one built in the early 1990s, now require upgrades

New contract equals job security for L-191 members

Charles W. Jones, International President Emeritus

U.S.-Made Ships Are Key To Security

Charles W. Jones, International President Emeritus

We Must Build More Navy Ships

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