NASSCO

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NASSCO stands for National Steel and Shipbuilding Company.

General Dynamics NASSCO employs more than 4,600 people and is the only major ship construction and repair yard on the West Coast of the United States. In addition to its ship repair business, NASSCO has four T-AKE ships under construction for the Navy and will soon begin construction on the first of nine product carriers for U.S. Shipping Partners.

Announced August 17, 2007, NASSCO has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy to provide maintenance and emergent repair services for San Diego-based frigates. The total potential value of the contract if all options are exercised is approximately $75 million for work to be performed between now and 2012.

Under the contract NASSCO will perform as many as 23 scheduled maintenance availabilities. The contract also covers repair work to be performed aboard frigates that visit San Diego from other Pacific Fleet homeports. The initial value of the contract is $63,000 for the preparatory work leading to the maintenance availability aboard USS Gary (FFG 51), which is scheduled to begin in late September.

NASSCO was awarded a five-year maintenance contract for FFG 7-class ships in August 2003. The San Diego shipyard also leads the repair and maintenance work conducted aboard all San Diego-based amphibious assault ships and participates in the upkeep of other ship classes.

Website: http://www.nassco.com/