What We Do
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works is a full-service shipyard specializing in the design, construction and support of ships for the U.S. Navy.
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A Legacy of Engineering Precision
For more than a century, we have been delivering the most advanced, high-quality ships to the U.S. Navy.
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works is a full-service shipyard located in Bath, Maine, specializing in the design, construction and support of complex surface ships. Leaders in ship production process innovation, we have a long history of incorporating cutting edge technology into our ships.
Our Naval Combatants
Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyers
We are the lead shipyard for DDG 51-class destroyers, one of the U.S. Navy’s longest-running shipbuilding programs and the workhorse of the fleet.
Zumwalt-class Destroyers
We support the DDG 1000-class destroyers, the largest and most technologically advanced surface combatant in the world
Bath Built is best built
Shipbuilding is a complex undertaking, but we do it right.
Supported by state-of-the-art facility modernizations, our experienced workforce of skilled mechanics produce highly outfitted, complex surface ships and relentlessly drive cost out of the shipbuilding process. The result is a highly capable product that carries the renowned quality of a “Bath-Built” ship.
Surface Ship Support
Maintaining the U.S. Navy’s Fleet
We not only build our customer’s ships, we also maintain them.
One of our most important jobs as a Navy Shipbuilder is to keep our customer’s ships at sea longer and at less cost.
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General Dynamics Bath Iron Works Celebrates Start of Fabrication for Thomas G. Kelley (DDG 140)
BATH, Maine – General Dynamics Bath Iron Works celebrated the start of fabrication of the future USS Thomas G. Kelley (DDG 140) today, May 21 at the shipyard’s Structural Fabrication…
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works Celebrates Start of Fabrication for J. William Middendorf (DDG 138)
BATH, Maine – General Dynamics Bath Iron Works celebrated the start of fabrication of the future USS J. William Middendorf (DDG 138) today, May 19 at the shipyard’s Structural Fabrication…
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works Breaks Ground on Workforce Housing
BATH, Maine –General Dynamics Bath Iron Works formally broke ground today on a workforce housing development at 150 Congress Avenue in Bath, Maine. With funding support from the United States…
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works Christens Future USS Louis H. Wilson Jr.
BATH, Maine – On Saturday, September 27, General Dynamics Bath Iron Works christened the U.S. Navy’s newest guided missile destroyer, the future USS Louis H. Wilson (DDG 126). The ship,…
BIW Employees Ride Metro BREEZ for Free until Sept. 30
Bath Iron Works teamed up with MaineDOT, Greater Portland Metro and the City of Bath to formally launch commuter bus transportation between Portland and Bath. In celebration, Metro Executive Director Glenn Fenton announced…
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works Awarded Contract for Additional DDG 51 Destroyer
BATH, Maine – General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE:GD), announced today that the U.S. Navy has exercised an option to add an additional DDG 51…
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