Yard investments

40 yard investments, $16.8B disclosed.

Dry docks, assembly halls, and expansions at public and private yards. Costs are left blank where sources disagree.

ProjectYardCostFundingStatusTarget
$5 billion yard expansion (new docks, quays, block assembly)Hanwha Philly Shipyard$5BcompanyAnnounced—
Dry Dock 5 (replacement of Dry Dock 3)Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility$3.4BNavy SIOPUnder construction2028
Port Alpha greenfield shipyardBrownsville, TX$3BcompanyAnnounced2028
Multi-Mission Dry Dock (Dry Dock 1 North and West extension)Portsmouth Naval Shipyard$1.7BNavy SIOPUnder construction2028
Gulf Copper shipyards modernization (American icebreaker factory)Gulf Copper Galveston$1BcompanyUnder construction2028
South Yard Assembly Building (SYAB) completion contractElectric Boat Groton Shipyard$544McompanyOperating—
Dry Dock 3 modernization (MILCON P1062)Norfolk Naval Shipyard$442.1MNavy SIOPUnder construction2031
Dry Dock 4 seismic upgrade (next phase)Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility$377.7MNavy SIOPUnder construction—
Franklin shipyard expansion for Marauder autonomous vesselsFranklin, LA$300McompanyUnder construction2027
Shiplift and land-level repair complexBAE Systems Jacksonville Ship Repair$250McompanyOperating2025
River Port shiplift and production expansionNewport News, VA$180MmixedAnnounced2028
Electrical substation replacementPuget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility$145MNavy SIOPUnder construction2029
Dry Dock 4 refueling complexNorfolk Naval Shipyard$112.5MNavy SIOPUnder construction2025
Steel shipbuilding facility and panel lineAustal USA Mobile Shipyard$100MmixedOperating—
Berths 40/41 repairs and Dry Dock 8 upgrade for Ford-class carriersNorfolk Naval Shipyard$91.5MNavy SIOPUnder construction—
Drydock #4 (25,000-ton floating dry dock)Colonna's Shipyard$79McompanyAnnounced2028
Pier Support CenterBath Iron Works$40MmixedOperating—
Dry dock upgrades for Navy MIL-STD-1625D certificationVallejo, CA$13McompanyAnnounced—
130-ton telescopic boom crane (FY2025 Small Shipyard Grant)Fraser Shipyards—MARAD grantAnnounced—
160-ton rough terrain mobile crane (FY2025 Small Shipyard Grant)Chesapeake Shipbuilding—MARAD grantAnnounced—
200-ton marine travelift (FY2025 Small Shipyard Grant)New Iberia, LA—MARAD grantAnnounced—
A.W. Hendry dry dock strengthening (FY2024 Small Shipyard Grant)Gulf Marine Repair—MARAD grantAnnounced—
Acquisition and conversion of W International module plantGoose Creek, SC—companyOperating2028
Atlas floating dry dock for Columbia-classElectric Boat Groton Shipyard—companyOperating—
Automated welding system (FY2024 Small Shipyard Grant)Alabama Shipyard—MARAD grantAnnounced—
Blast and paint facilityFincantieri Marinette Marine—companyOperating—
Building 34 frigate erection hallFincantieri Marinette Marine—companyOperating—
Building 35 steel processing building and automated panel lineFincantieri Marinette Marine—companyOperating—
Building 9C (final phase of 9-series building)Electric Boat Quonset Point Facility—companyUnder construction2024
Crystal Mall conversion to engineering and training campusWaterford, CT—companyUnder construction2027
Final Assembly Building 2 and shipliftAustal USA Mobile Shipyard—companyUnder construction2026
Mobile Naval Yard submarine module industrial parkAlabama Shipyard—mixedAnnounced—
Module Manufacturing Facility 3 (MMF3) for submarine modulesAustal USA Mobile Shipyard—SIBUnder construction2026
Multi-Class Submarine Production FacilityNewport News Shipbuilding—mixedUnder construction—
Multimission Dry Dock (Dry Dock 3 / Piers 6-7 footprint)Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility—Navy SIOPAnnounced—
Nelson Street infrastructure improvements, Phase IIEastern Shipbuilding Nelson Street Yard—companyUnder construction2025
Pascagoula production line additionIngalls Shipbuilding—companyAnnounced—
Polar Security Cutter production integration and land-based test facilitiesBollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding—mixedAnnounced2027
Replacement floating dry dock (35,000-ton)General Dynamics NASSCO San Diego—companyUnder construction2026
San Diego waterfront ship repair facility and floating dry dockAustal USA San Diego Ship Repair—companyOperating2023