Austal USA is a ship manufacturer headquartered in Mobile, Ala., with service centers in San Diego and Singapore. In addition to Austal USA's shipbuilding locations, the company also established a technology center in Charlottesville, Va., that oversees and operates the Navy’s Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence, the U.S. Navy’s flagship for additive manufacturing supporting the construction and sustainment of the fleet.
With over one million square feet of indoor manufacturing space and the most modern steel panel line in the shipbuilding industry, Austal USA manufactures both aluminum and steel ships and is under contract for several key maritime defense programs for both the Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard. Austal USA leverages a moving module production line, suitable for serial production, and strict adherence to lean manufacturing principles to consistently deliver on-schedule and on-budget.
As a key member of the Navy submarine industrial base, Austal USA builds modules for both the Virginia and Columbia-class submarine programs. The company also supports Navy unmanned vessel programs leveraging its advanced autonomous machinery control system.
Earning dozens of safety excellence awards, Austal USA continues to be one of the safest shipyards in America.
Our People
Austal USA's success reflects the skills, creativity, determination and enthusiasm of our people – and the culture of innovation that has been promoted across the organization for more than 25 years. With a continuing focus on delivering the best possible solutions for our clients’, Austal USA is committed to investing in our people and processes - ensuring that we exceed our clients’ and employee's expectations.
Austal USA Board of Directors
Michelle Kruger
President
Christopher M. Chadwick
Chairman of the Board
Richard V. Spencer
Board Member
Glenn P. Brady
Board Member
Paddy Gregg
Board Member
Allison F. Stiller
Board Member
Dedicated Workforce
3,200
GLOBAL WORKFORCE
29
EARNED INDUSTRY SAFETY AWARDS
34
SHIPS DELIVERED TO NAVY
Our Story
Since its founding in 1999, Austal USA has grown to be one of the Nation’s most advanced shipbuilders. Investing over $500 million in infrastructure development, Austal USA operates a modern manufacturing facility in Mobile, Alabama, with over one million square feet of indoor production space, where the company is building a balanced portfolio of steel and aluminum ships and cutters for the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard. By early 2027, the company will have added over 561,000 square feet of covered manufacturing space with the completion of a three-bay erection hall and a submarine module manufacturing facility expansion project, a $750 million investment.
In 2021, Austal USA added a full-service waterfront repair yard in San Diego, California, adjacent to the Naval base. The facility includes a 9,000-ton floating dry dock.
Austal USA also operates an advanced technology center in Charlottesville, Virginia, that is a leader in cutting-edge technology implementation for defense and maritime applications.
The company has delivered 34 ships to the U.S. Navy and has a $10 billion contract backlog that includes Navy and Coast Guard surface ships and module production for submarines and aircraft carriers.
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$1,250 million
Infrastructure development investment
1.5 million SF
Covered manufacturing space after expansion
$10 billion
Contract backlog value
Sustainability
Austal USA believes that a knowledgeable employee is a valuable employee. Supporting this philosophy, Austal USA provides a variety of training programs for all levels of capability from apprenticeship opportunities, to craft expertise improvement, to leadership development.
All employees and leaders participate in a day-long new employee orientation followed up with an annual half-day compliance training program. Both programs provide employees and leaders with tools and resources to enhance teamwork, communication and awareness of important daily business skills and knowledge which aid to maintain our organizational performance.
Alabama Industrial Development & Training (AIDT) Maritime Training Center
65,000 square feet
60% occupied by Austal USA
7 classrooms
70+ weld booths
High Bay for shipbuilding craft training
Computer lab
Capacity to test/train 300 students simultaneously
Safety
Austal USA takes pride in the safe working environment that we provide for our employees both locally and at our satellite offices around the world.
Since 2008 we have proven our commitment to safety time and time again by maintaining a Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) that has been well below the respective Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS) Industry average assigned for shipbuilding. Our merits and performance have earned Austal USA multiple safety performance-based awards issued by both the Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA) and the American Equity Underwriters (AEU).
“This year’s winners truly are the safest in the industry. The commitment of their management teams, supervisors, safety staff, and employees all combine to create safety programs that are worthy of this recognition.”
Jimmy Burgin, American Equity Underwriters Senior Vice President
May 2025
Austal USA promotes a culture where harm to people is unacceptable and has adopted a planned approach to continuously improve our safety and health performance, which has resulted in being long-recognized as one of the safest shipyards in the U.S. We continue to weigh the potential safety and health risks of our activities and integrate these considerations into our planning, decisions and processes, ensuring the way we conduct our business does not risk the safety and health of our employees, contractors, clients or guests.
Our Community
Austal USA believes a strong community is essential for a corporate industrial base and as the southwest Alabama region’s largest industrial employer, Austal USA is committed to meeting the challenge.
Austal USA invests in over 50 local non-profits through giving and support each year. The company’s corporate community support strategy includes six pillars of focus: community impact, economic development, education & workforce development, environmental, health & wellness, and veteran & military support.
One of the many ways Austal USA gives back to the community is through the annual Austal USA Charity Golf Invitational. This event, held each spring for over a decade, has raised over $2.7 million for local non-profit organizations, including long-time event partner United Way of Southwest Alabama.
Charity on the Green
20+
Charities that have benefited
$2.7 Million
Charitable contributions
100s
Invitational sponsors