BRUNSWICK — A former Bath Iron Works employee who says he was harassed, routinely spat at by other employees and subjected to hate speech over a number of years because he is of Palestinian descent and a Muslim has filed suit in U.S. District Court claiming the company violated his civil rights. The suit also […]
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Bath Iron Works to lay off 39 pipefitters, 9 machinists
PORTLAND — Bath Iron Works on Tuesday informed its largest union that it would lay off 39 pipefitters and nine machinists Jan. 21 to adjust for changes in the trades need to complete its current load of warship work. After Jan. 21, the employees will get 30 days of additional work in other trades, BIW […]
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Bath Iron Works awarded $21 million contract modification for destroyer design work
BATH — The U.S. Navy has awarded Bath Iron Works a $21 million contract modification to provide engineering and design services for DDG 51-class destroyers. Bath Iron Works spokesman Matt Wickenheiser said Friday that BIW had anticipated that the Navy would exercise its third-year option on the five-year contract for work on the DDG-51 line […]
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Bath Iron Works hoists 900-ton deckhouse onto second stealth destroyer
BATH — Overnight Thursday into Friday morning, cranes at Bath Iron Works lifted the 900-ton deckhouse of the future USS Michael Monsoor and lowered it carefully onto the hull of the second Zumwalt-class “stealth” guided-missile destroyer built by BIW for the U.S. Navy. The 155-foot-long, 60-foot-high composite deckhouse, built by Huntington Ingalls Industries in Gulfport, […]
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Lewiston native helping to ready the next class of destroyers at BIW
BATH — Brian Carpenter figured the Navy would never send him home. After all, the son of longtime Lewiston police officer Ed Carpenter had managed to see the world and even serve in the White House. His luck ought to run out, he thought. Then new orders came. “I was like, ‘No way.’ I never thought […]
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Bath-built USS Michael Murphy leaves Pearl Harbor on first deployment
BATH — The Bath Iron Works-built guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy left its home base in Pearl Harbor on Monday on its first operational deployment. The ship is headed to the western Pacific Ocean, where it will “conduct goodwill activities with partner nations, along with various presence operations including Oceania Maritime Security Initiative,” the U.S. […]
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National union leader visits Maine to back Michaud, condemn LePage ‘right to work’ push
BATH — The president of the nation’s largest unionized labor organization came to Maine on Wednesday to boost Democratic U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud’s campaign for governor, calling the congressman “a friend of the working people, whether they’re union or not.” AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka joined Michaud in two locations, first greeting workers at Bath Iron […]
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Deckhouse for stealth Zumwalt destroyer arrives at BIW
BATH (AP) — A composite deckhouse for the second Zumwalt-class destroyer has arrived at Bath Iron Works in Maine. The deckhouse and helicopter hangar built at a shipyard in Mississippi arrived by barge on Friday. The structure will house radar and sensors, along with the bridge and combat operations center. The 900-ton deckhouse will eventually […]
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Bath Iron Works lands contract potentially worth more than $100 million
BATH — Bath Iron Works has been awarded a contract potentially worth more than $100 million to provide support for the littoral combat ship program. BIW is partnering with General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Austal, CDI and Marinette Marine on the planning yard services contract to support both variants of the ship — the Freedom […]
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BIW could land contract for additional Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
BATH — The fact that the Marine Corps usually gets what it wants bodes well for Bath Iron Works’ chances of winning a contract to build another DDG-51 destroyer, a leading defense industry analyst said Monday. Naval industry analyst Jay Korman of The Avascent Group said Monday that a new amphibious transport is a priority […]