Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 Cargo ship builders based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 212 cargo ship builders headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 19,089 professional contacts across them, including 1,681 with verified work emails. Seattle is the largest hub.
This list covers cargo ship builders headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest cargo ship builders based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7,430 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “For 137 years, the ships built at Newport News Shipbuilding, like the American shipbuilders who built them, have served our nation in peace and war, in times of adversity and in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 1,484 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “General Dynamics NASSCO traces its beginnings to the working waterfront of beautiful and historic San Diego Bay.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 853 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Bollinger Shipyards is the leading provider of quality new construction, repair and conversion products and services to both the military and commercial marine industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 486 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Trusted U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 394 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Leidos Gibbs & Cox is an engineering and design firm specializing naval architecture, marine engineering, and consulting engineering.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 317 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc.(ESG) is an American owned and operated shipbuilder with three shipyards on the Florida Gulf Coast.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 276 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are Colonna's.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 218 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Conrad Shipyard specializes in the construction, conversion and repair of a wide variety of steel and aluminum marine vessels for commercial and governmental customers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 171 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Gulf Copper, a Davie Defense subsidiary, has been a leader in ship repair, fabrication, and marine services for more than 75 years, with facilities in Galveston and Port Arthur…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 163 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Bellingham Marine is an established leader in the marine construction world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 130 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “San Diego based ship repair facility” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 113 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “PCE boasts a wealth of experience in successfully executing major system overhauls across numerous ports throughout the world on virtually every class of ship currently in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 108 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Bay Ship & Yacht Co.(BSY) was founded in 1977 by Bill Elliott with primary focus on the construction and repair of wooden ships.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 107 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Swiftships is an ISO 9001 certified, USA shipbuilder, and global defense contractor which offers end-to-end engineering, shipbuilding, testing, and delivery services for new…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 105 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Established in 1947, Derecktor Shipyards has since become renowned for excellence in the construction, repair and refit of yachts, commercial and military vessels.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 94 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We construct, repair and service a broad range of barges and boats for the commercial and government marine industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 88 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “East Coast Repair and Fabrication (ECR) has been a leading force in the marine, industrial and commercial sectors since We have an established and proven track record with the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 80 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) is a full-service, employee-owned naval architecture and marine engineering firm that supports owners, operators and shipyards.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 73 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 72 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The facility was initially established in 1916.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 72 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “St.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 70 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Lyman-Morse | The Fusion of Design, Technology and Craftsmanship Lyman-Morse is a leader in the world of custom boatbuilding, full-service refit and repair, and marine technology.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 69 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Nichols Brothers Boat Builders is the Northwest's premiere custom boat builder specializing in steel and aluminum vessel construction, repair and major conversions for all vessel…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 69 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since the founding of the Westport Shipyard in 1964, we have built and launched a wide variety of vessels, from commercial fishing boats and fast passenger ferries to luxurious…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 62 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “With more than 40 years of ship repair excellence, Vigor Marine CM San Diego (VMG CMSD) – formerly known as Continental Maritime of San Diego (CMSD) – stands as a vital force on…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: cargo ship builders. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names cargo ship builders.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of cargo ship builders, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name cargo ship builders. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
Showing 25 of 212 cargo ship builders based in the United States
See the full list, filter by size, metro and specialty, and get verified emails and direct dials for all 1,681 reachable decision-makers.
Free signup · no credit card
Cargo ship builders based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 212 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among cargo ship builders, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “cargo ship builders”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names cargo ship builders), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among cargo ship builders, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,681 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names cargo ship builders, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many cargo ship builders are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 212 cargo ship builders headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Newport News Shipbuilding, A Division Of HII, headquartered in Newport News, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most cargo ship builders?
Seattle leads with 9 headquartered companies, followed by Fort Lauderdale (8) and Houston (8).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,681 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 212 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.
Ready to reach these companies? Verified emails and direct dials for all 212 cargo ship builders based in the United States. Start with a free account, no credit card.
Download this list →Related lists
Cargo ship builders by geography
- Cargo ship builders based in Australia
- Cargo ship builders based in Brazil
- Cargo ship builders based in Canada
- Cargo ship builders based in Croatia
- Cargo ship builders based in Finland
- Cargo ship builders based in France
- Cargo ship builders based in Germany
- Cargo ship builders based in Greece
- Cargo ship builders based in India
- Cargo ship builders based in Indonesia
- Cargo ship builders based in Italy
- Cargo ship builders based in the Netherlands
Browse the directory
Browse: Companies home · All United States lists · All Cargo ship builders lists · New lists
About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.