The new leader of Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works said he's been rejuvenated by a shift from his former aerospace job to building ships. Posted December 27, 2022. Updated December 27, 2022.

Bath Iron Works now has 12 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers in the works as the U.S. seeks to build up its Navy to counter China's expanding fleet.

Bath Iron Works is located up a river in a cold climate. A climate where water tends to freeze for much of the year. Bath may have been a logical place to build ships back when they were small ...

At Bath Iron Works, shipbuilders have worked nearly exclusively on Burkes, save for the three Zumwalt-class destroyers, and they have a backlog that'll carry through the end of the decade.

Bath Iron Works got zero ships for 2018 and one a year in 2019 through 2022. This option award that gives another ship to BIW in 2019 not only boosts the Maine yard’s workload but also is the ...

This is the third strike at Bath Iron Works that Gagnon has experienced in his 33 years working there. “It is hard,” he said. “There’s not one that’s easy.

The largest union at Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works, overwhelmingly approved a new three-year contract, the union said Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023, averting another strike like the one three years ago ...

With more than 4,000 workers on strike, Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works plans to bring in more subcontractors to join management and existing contractors to try to avoid falling further behind on ...

Bath getting the extra Fiscal Year 2016 ship was part of a so-called “swap agreement” between HII and Bath, the Navy said. “The Navy intends to award the third FY16 DDG 51 ship to Bath Iron ...

BATH, Maine (AP) — Bath Iron Works will lay off 30 employees but says the cuts aren’t related to the loss of a $10.5 billion contract with the Coast Guard. The company says eliminating 160 ...