Avondale Shipyard

The Avondale Shipyard is a shipyard in the United States. The shipyard is located about 20 miles upriver from New Orleans, Louisiana on the west bank of the Mississippi River.

History

The company was founded in 1938, oceangoing ships were first built in the 1950s. Between 1959 and 1985, the company of Ogden Corporation, Litton Industries was then. This was bought in 2001, with Avondale, Northrop Grumman.

In Avondale several warships for the U.S. Navy were built, among other things, the destroyer Charles F. Adams class. In the early 1980s, the battleship USS Iowa ( BB -61) has been extensively modernized there. At times, was the shipyard with over 26,000 employees, the largest employer in the U.S. state of Louisiana. In 1996, Avondale its first order for a ship of the San Antonio - class on board, from the seven other ships were also six to New Orleans.

, 2010, Northrop announced its intention to close Avondale, and instead to consolidate shipbuilding on the Gulf Coast at Ingalls Shipbuilding. At this time, the shipyard employed 5,000 staff, while another 6,500 jobs depend indirectly on the shipyard.