Bath Iron Works (Bath, Maine)

 military, shipyard, production, shipbuilding

700 Washington Street
Bath, ME 04530
(207) 443-3311
www.gdbiw.com/

Founded in 1884, Bath Iron Works (BIW) has built private, commercial and military vessels. Its largest customer has historically been the United States Navy, for which the shipyard has built and designed battleships, frigates, cruisers and destroyers.

Presently tasked with constructing a large portion of the the Arleigh Burke Class of Guided Missile Destroyers, BIW has also been contracted to build the two ships of the newest class of US Navy Destroyers, the DDG-1000 Zumwalt Class.

BIW was purchased in 1995 by General Dynamics and is one of the largest private employers in Maine. The toughness of warships launched by Maine workers has been tested time and again, first in World War II and more recently in the Persian Gulf, and has given rise to the saying "Bath-built is best-built."