National Steel and Shipbuilding Company

Type: Subsidiary
On the web: http://www.nassco.com

General Dynamics NASSCO (formerly National Steel and Shipbuilding Company) knows what floats your boat. The General Dynamics subsidiary operates the largest new-construction shipyard on the West Coast, where it designs, builds, and repairs large, ocean-bound military and commercial ships. NASSCO has built or converted more than 100 ships -- about split between US Navy and commercial customers -- including containerships, ferries, hospital ships, oil tankers, and ships for combat support and oceanographic research. NASSCO's location makes it the key repair facility for the Navy's Pacific Fleet. The company was founded in 1905 as a machine shop before being acquired by General Dynamics in 1998.

Officers:
President: Frederick J. (Fred) Harris
VP Operations: Arthur L. Serpa
VP Finance and CFO: Robert E. Smith

Competitors:
Norfolk Ship Repair
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding
Todd Shipyards

National Steel and Shipbuilding Company

Type	Subsidiary of General Dynamics
Genre	Shipbuilding
Founded	1959
Headquarters	San Diego, California, USA
Website	www.nassco.com

For other uses, see National Steel.

National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, or simply NASSCO, is a shipyard in San Diego, California, and a division of General Dynamics. The yard specializes in constructing commercial cargo ships and auxiliary vessels for the US Navy and Military Sealift Command, which it has been producing since 1959. It is the largest new construction shipyard on the West Coast of the United States. The tanker Exxon Valdez was constructed at NASSCO.

External links

• NASSCO website
• NASSCO History

Coordinates: 32°41′25″N 117°08′21″W / 32.690163°N 117.139277°W / 32.690163; -117.139277

v • d • e General Dynamics Corporation Corporate Directors: Nicholas Chabraja · James Crown · Lester Crown · William Fricks · Charles Goodman · Jay Johnson · George Joulwan · Paul Kaminski · Jack Keane · Lester Lyles · Carl Mundy · Robert Walmsley Subsidiaries: Bath Iron Works · Electric Boat · Land Systems · Gulfstream · NASSCO · MOWAG Products: Arleigh Burke-class destroyer · Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle · F-111 · F-16 · Los Angeles-class submarine · M1 Abrams · Ohio-class submarine · Seawolf-class submarine · Virginia-class submarine · Stryker · Bowman Annual Revenue: $19.4 billion USD (▲23% FY 2004) · Employees: 81,900 · Stock Symbol: NYSE: GD · Website: www.gendyn.com

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