Avondale Shipyard

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Avondale_Shipyard

GPTKB entity

Statements (82)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:ship
gptkbp:acquiredBy	gptkb:Northrop_Grumman
gptkbp:alternativeName	gptkb:Avondale_Industries,_Inc. gptkb:Avondale_Marine
gptkbp:closed	2014
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:founded	1938
gptkbp:founder	gptkb:James_Viavant_Jr.
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Avondale,_Louisiana
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Avondale Shipyard
gptkbp:industry	shipbuilding
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Avondale,_Louisiana
gptkbp:notableEvent	major labor strike in 1993
gptkbp:notableFor	building commercial vessels building ships for the U.S. Coast Guard building ships for the U.S. Navy
gptkbp:notableProduct	gptkb:LSTs_(Landing_Ship,_Tank) tankers amphibious assault ships destroyers
gptkbp:notableShip	gptkb:USNS_Red_Cloud_(T-AKR-313) gptkb:USS_Carter_Hall_(LSD-50) gptkb:USS_Green_Bay_(LPD-20) gptkb:USS_Anchorage_(LPD-23) gptkb:USS_Arlington_(LPD-24) gptkb:USS_Harpers_Ferry_(LSD-49) gptkb:USS_Mesa_Verde_(LPD-19) gptkb:USS_New_York_(LPD-21) gptkb:USS_Oak_Hill_(LSD-51) gptkb:USS_Pearl_Harbor_(LSD-52) gptkb:USS_Somerset_(LPD-25) gptkb:USNS_1st_Lt._Alex_Bonnyman_(T-AK-3003) gptkb:USNS_1st_Lt._Baldomero_Lopez_(T-AK-3010) gptkb:USNS_1st_Lt._Harry_L._Martin_(T-AK-3015) gptkb:USNS_1st_Lt._Jack_Lummus_(T-AK-3011) gptkb:USNS_1st_Lt._John_U.D._Page_(T-AK-449) gptkb:USNS_1st_Lt._Robert_Craig_(T-AK-252) gptkb:USNS_1st_Lt._William_R._Button_(T-AK-3012) gptkb:USNS_2nd_Lt._John_P._Bobo_(T-AK-3008) gptkb:USNS_Benavidez_(T-AKR-306) gptkb:USNS_Bob_Hope_(T-AKR-300) gptkb:USNS_Brittin_(T-AKR-305) gptkb:USNS_Charlton_(T-AKR-314) gptkb:USNS_Comfort_(T-AH-20) gptkb:USNS_Dahl_(T-AKR-312) gptkb:USNS_Fisher_(T-AKR-301) gptkb:USNS_GySgt._Fred_W._Stockham_(T-AK-3017) gptkb:USNS_LCPL_Roy_M._Wheat_(T-AK-3016) gptkb:USNS_Maj._Stephen_W._Pless_(T-AK-3007) gptkb:USNS_Mendonca_(T-AKR-303) gptkb:USNS_Mercy_(T-AH-19) gptkb:USNS_PFC_Dewayne_T._Williams_(T-AK-3009) gptkb:USNS_PFC_Eugene_A._Obregon_(T-AK-3006) gptkb:USNS_Pililaau_(T-AKR-304) gptkb:USNS_Pomeroy_(T-AKR-316) gptkb:USNS_Seay_(T-AKR-302) gptkb:USNS_Sgt._William_R._Button_(T-AK-3012) gptkb:USNS_Sisler_(T-AKR-311) gptkb:USNS_Soderman_(T-AKR-317) gptkb:USNS_Watkins_(T-AKR-315) gptkb:USNS_Watson_(T-AKR-310) gptkb:USS_San_Diego_(LPD-22)
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees	over 26,000 (at peak)
gptkbp:parentCompany	gptkb:Huntington_Ingalls_Industries
gptkbp:servesArea	global
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer gptkb:USS_Big_Horn gptkb:USNS_Big_Horn gptkb:USNS_Guadalupe gptkb:USNS_John_Lenthall gptkb:USNS_Joshua_Humphreys gptkb:USNS_Kanawha gptkb:USNS_Laramie gptkb:USNS_Leroy_Grumman gptkb:USNS_Patuxent gptkb:USNS_Pecos gptkb:USNS_Rappahannock gptkb:USNS_Tippecanoe gptkb:USNS_Walter_S._Diehl gptkb:USNS_Yukon gptkb:Northrop_Grumman_Ship_Systems
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5