NASSCO's shipyard facilities are capable of building commercial cargo ships and tankers and Navy auxiliary ships up to 1,000 feet in length and servicing or repairing any vessel sailing on the West Coast of the United States. The shipyard is located on San Diego Bay, which has a channel depth of 35 feet. To reach NASSCO, ships pass under the Coronado Bridge, which has a vertical clearance of 195 feet. The shipyard encompasses 80 acres of land and 46 acres of water and offers: 2 inclined building ways, 950-feet long and 108-feet wide 8 fully serviced berths ranging from 600 to 1,000 feet A 1,000-foot long, 174-foot wide graving dock with a lift capacity of 30,000 long tons 10 whirley/portal cranes with individual lift capacities up to 300 tons and multi-crane lifts up to 620 tons An 820-foot long, 136-foot wide floating drydock with an ABS-certified lift capacity of 44,000 long tons 6 production workshops and 10 assembly areas 2 blast cells and 5 paint cells for indoor prep and coating of hull blocks (52'x52'x30')more

Pacific Fishermen Shipyard was founded in 1946 by 400 Norwegian heritage fishermen as a co‐op style shipyard on the site of the 1890’s Ballard Marine Railway Co., where Seattle founding father Joshua Green built his sternwheeler BAILEY GATZERT. The shipyard was known for the world’s largest diesel tug the 120′ MAHOE built in 1925, wooden halibut schooners and minesweepers later converted to the CALYPSO by Jacques Cousteau and the WILD GOOSE by John Wayne. Pacific Fishermen continued construction of wooden 36’ launches for the U.S.C.&G. Survey (NOAA) research vessel SURVEYOR and 54’ to 58’ Ed Monk designed wooden seiners, including NORTHERN LIGHT II (CINNAMON GIRL), JERILYN, MARY D and CAPE FALCON for Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. (A&P).more