Shipyards · National City, CA

Austal USA San Diego Ship Repair

About 15-acre waterfront repair yard next to Naval Base San Diego leased by Austal USA in 2021 for Navy, MSC and Coast Guard ships; it holds a share of the Navy's May 2025 San Diego LCS maintenance contract.

Owner
Austal USA
Type
Repair
Ownership
Private
Segments
Navy, Coast Guard
Workforce
—
Dry docks
Dry dock sized for small surface combatants
Website
austalusa.com

Hulls built here

No hulls recorded.

Capital projects

San Diego waterfront ship repair facility and floating dry dock

Cost not disclosed · Operating · target 2023 · funding: company

Austal USA finalized a long-term lease of a 15-acre National City site next to Naval Base San Diego in December 2021, with parent Austal Limited estimating about $80 million for the yard and a new floating dry dock. The facility opened Feb. 13, 2023, with Austal citing over $100 million in upgrades and the dock due to be fully operational by summer 2023.

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