General Dynamics NASSCO

General Dynamics NASSCO is one of three shipyards in the Marine Systems group of General Dynamics Corporation. It has been designing and building ships in San Diego's industrial corridor since 1960.

The San Diego shipyard on San Diego Bay, with a 35-foot channel depth, can build ships up to 1,000 feet long. Facilities include two inclined building ways (950 by 108 feet), eight serviced berths from 600 to 1,000 feet, a 1,000-foot by 174-foot graving dock with 30,000 long tons lift capacity, an 820-foot by 136-foot floating drydock, cranes with individual lifts up to 300 tons and multi-crane lifts up to 620 tons, six production workshops, 10 assembly areas, and blast and paint cells.