Chesapeake Shipbuilding is a shipbuilding company, based in Salisbury, Maryland, United States, since 1980, on the site of the former Roberts Shipyard.[1] They are capable of constructing vessels up to 450 feet in length on the 13 acre yard.[2] The yard includes 2000 ft of deepwater bulkhead along the Wicomico River. The company was contracted in 2022 to build 12 new hybrid catamaran cruise ships for United States waters.[3] In addition to cruise ships, the company also builds tug boats.[4]
Vessels
Notable vessels constructed include:
- American Splendor
- Independence
- Queen of the Mississippi (2015)
- Queen of the Mississippi (2017)
- Woodland Ferry
External links
References
- Chesapeake Shipbuilding Ship List Shipbuilding History, 2022-12-13, retrieved 2022-01-28^
- Chesapeake Shipbuilding Chesapeake Shipbuilding, retrieved 2022-01-28^
- Maddie Aiken. Cruise ships will be built in Salisbury by Chesapeake Shipbuilding