Chuck Krugh

The new Pier Support Center, adjacent to where BIW's first Flight III destroyer is being completed was built to house mechanic space for trades heavily involved in waterborne construction.

Bath Iron Works has 6,700 workers and a payroll of $447 million, but housing is in short supply in the Bath area.

Thousands of employees at the midcoast shipyard were involved in the engineering, construction and design of the USS Louis H. Wilson, named for a Medal of Honor recipient and former Marine Corps commander.

Child care is considered an essential piece of the puzzle in recruiting and retaining Bath Iron Works employees.

The ship will be named after Cpl. Kyle Carpenter, who received the Medal of Honor in 2014 after shielding a fellow Marine from a grenade blast in Afghanistan. 

The partnership between Bath Iron Works and the YMCA provides a model of how businesses and child care providers can work together. The need is pressing.

The USS William Charette, due to be completed next year, was named for a Navy master chief hospital corpsman who received the Medal of Honor during the Korean War. 

Hundreds of people attended the christening of the U.S. Navy’s latest guided missile destroyer. Nearby, dozens of protesters objected to the ceremony and nine were arrested.

The John Basilone is one of the Arleigh Burke class, considered the workhorse of the Navy's fleet. The class has been a staple of BIW’s shipbuilding for decades.

The money, from the a recent federal appropriations bill, allows Bath Housing to expedite Phase II of the project, considered an important development given the ongoing need for housing in the community.