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Austal USA is an American shipbuilder based on Blakeley Island in Mobile, Alabama.It is a subsidiary of the Australian shipbuilder Austal, operating under a Special Security Arrangement which allows it to work independently and separately on some of the most sensitive United States defense programs despite its foreign ownership.
Austal Limited is an Australian-based global ship building company and defence prime contractor that specialises in the design, construction and support of defence and commercial vessels. [5] Austal's product range includes naval vessels, high-speed ferries, and supply or crew transfer vessels for offshore windfarms and oil and gas platforms. [6]
Dublin Swift is a high-speed catamaran built in 2001 by Austal as a passenger and vehicle catamaran ferry. After conversion to a Maritime Prepositioning ship the vessel was chartered by the United States Navy's Military Sealift Command until January 2018 as WestPac Express.
Austal USA delivered the ship to the Navy, in Mobile on 12 May 2023. [4] She joined the active fleet with a commissioning ceremony in Eastport, Maine on 30 September 2023. [ 11 ] Augusta arrived at her homeport of San Diego on 30 October 2023.
Tulsa was constructed by Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama. [12] A keel laying ceremony, which usually signifies the startìng of ship construction, was held at the Austal shipyards in Mobile on 11 January 2016, but because the ship was assembled from prefabricated modules, Tulsa was already 60 percent complete at the time.
Oakland was built by Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama. A ceremonial laying of the keel was held at the Austal USA shipyards in Mobile on 20 July 2018. The ship was christened on 29 June 2019 [3] and then launched on 21 July 2019. [2] She was delivered to the Navy on 26 June 2020, [4] and was commissioned on 17 April 2021. [5]
It is the second ship in naval service named after Apalachicola, Florida. [4] Austal USA has secured a contract from the US Department of Defense to carry out the detailed design, procurement, production implementation, and demonstration of autonomous capability in Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) vessel 13 Apalachicola. [5]
On 29 December 2010, the Navy announced that it was awarding Austal USA a contract to build ten additional Independence-class littoral combat ships. [6] [7] Jackson is the third Independence-class littoral combat ship to be built. Jackson was built by Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama. [1]