Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) is an American shipbuilding firm in

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. Marinette Marine was a subsidiary of Manitowoc Marine Group of

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from 2000 to 2009, when it was sold to Fincantieri Marine Group.

History

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Marinette Marine Corporation (MMC) was founded on the Menominee River in Marinette, Wisconsin, in 1942 as part of the growth in the American shipbuilding industry during

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. In 2000 Marinette Marine, a privately held company, was purchased by

The Manitowoc Company The Manitowoc Company, Inc. was founded in 1902 and, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, markets, and supports mobile telescopic cranes, tower cranes, lattice-boom crawler cranes, and boom trucks under the Grove, Manitow ...

for approximately $48 million. On August 4, 2008, the Manitowoc Company announced that it had signed an agreement to sell their Manitowoc Marine Group division, which includes Marinette Marine, to Fincantieri Marine Group Holdings, Inc. and minority investor Lockheed Martin. The sale was completed on January 1, 2009 to Fincantieri. The net purchase price in the all-cash deal was approximately $120 million. Since its founding, Marinette Marine has produced more than 1,300 vessels. While primarily a producer of commercial vessels, it has also taken a number of contracts for the

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, primarily for

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s. Most recently, Marinette Marine became part of a team with Lockheed Martin to produce one of two Littoral Combat Ship designs for the Navy, resulting in the launch of the USS ''Freedom'' on September 23, 2006. In 2010, Marinette Marine bid for work on the

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, which would replace the Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC). On April 30, 2020, it was announced that Fincantieri Marinette Marine had won the contract to produce the

new ''Constellation''-class multimission

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. In 2019, Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia spoke at Marinette Marine Shipyard praising the

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's support for American manufacturing industries and

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. One year later, during the

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, President

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himself held a reelection rally at the shipyard with

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representatives John Nygren and Mary Felzkowski touting his administration's manufacturing policy, military expansion, and the

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Facilities

All Marinette Marine facilities are located on the Menominee River in Marinette, Wisconsin. Some of the specific facilities they comprise are as follows: * of indoor ship construction space * of indoor warehousing and receiving space * Ship launching facility for up to 4,500 long tons * Ship transport system for up to 1,600 tons * Ship module movers for up to 160 tons * 275 ton yard crane * 100 ton yard crane * 40 ton yard cranes

Ships and boats built

Ships built by Marinette Marine include: * ''Constellation''-class frigate, United States Navy ** USS ''Constellation'' (FFG-62), on order ** USS ''Congress'' (FFG-63), on order ** USS ''Chesapeake'' (FFG-64), planned * ''Freedom''-class littoral combat ship, United States Navy ** USS ''Freedom'' (LCS-1), launched in 2006, delivered 2008, and decommissionned in 2021 over quality problems ** USS ''Fort Worth'' (LCS-3), launched 2010, delivered 2012, and decommissionned in 2021 over quality problems. ** USS ''Milwaukee'' (LCS-5), launched December 2013 and delivered 2015 ** USS ''Detroit'' (LCS-7), launched October 2014 and delivered 2016 ** USS ''Little Rock'' (LCS-9), launched July, 2015 and delivered 2017 ** USS ''Sioux City'' (LCS-11), launched 30 January 2016 and delivered 2018 ** USS ''Wichita'' (LCS-13), launched 17 September 2016 and delivered 2018 ** USS ''Billings'' (LCS-15), launched 1 July 2017 and delivered 2019 ** USS ''Indianapolis'' (LCS-17), launched 18 April 2018 and delivered 2019 ** USS ''St. Louis'' (LCS-19), launched 15 December 2018 and delivered 2020 ** USS ''Minneapolis-Saint Paul'' (LCS-21), launched 15 June 2019 ** USS ''Cooperstown'' (LCS-23), launched 19 January 2020 ** USS ''Marinette'' (LCS-25), launched 31 October 2020 ** USS ''Nantucket'' (LCS-27), under construction ** USS ''Beloit'' (LCS-29), on order ** USS ''Cleveland'' (LCS-31), on order * Multi-Mission Surface Combatant, Royal Saudi Naval Forces ** TBD (Four Ships on Order) * ''Avenger''-class mine countermeasures ship, United States Navy ** USS ''Defender'' (MCM-2), launched in 1987 ** USS ''Champion'' (MCM-4), launched in 1989 ** USS ''Patriot'' (MCM-7), launched in 1990 * ''Powhatan''-class tugboat, United States Navy ** USNS ''Powhatan'' (T-ATF-166), launched in 1978 ** USNS ''Narragansett'' (T-ATF-167), launched in 1979 ** USNS ''Catawba'' (T-ATF-168), launched in 1979 ** USNS ''Navajo'' (T-ATF-169), launched in 1979 ** USNS ''Mohawk'' (T-ATF-170), launched in 1980 ** USNS ''Sioux'' (T-ATF-171), launched in 1980 ** USNS ''Apache'' (T-ATF-172), launched in 1981 * ''Natick''-class tugboat, United States Navy ** ''Manhattan'' (YTB-779), launched in 1965 ** ''Redwing'' (YTB-783), launched in 1965 ** ''Marinette'' (YTB-791), launched in 1967 ** ''Mecosta'' (YTB-818), launched in 1973 ** ''Wanamassa'' (YTB-820), launched in 1973 ** ''Canonchet'' (YTB-823), launched in 1973 ** ''Santaquin'' (YTB-824), launched in 1973 ** ''Dekanawida'' (YTB-831), launched in 1974 ** ''Skenandoa'' (YTB-835), launched in 1975 ** ''Pokagon'' (YTB-836), launched in 1975 * ''Juniper''-class seagoing buoy tender, United States Coast Guard ** USCGC ''Juniper'' (WLB-201), launched in 1995 ** USCGC ''Willow'' (WLB-202), launched in 1996 ** USCGC ''Kukui'' (WLB-203), launched in 1997 ** USCGC ''Elm'' (WLB-204), launched in 1997 or 1998 ** USCGC ''Walnut'' (WLB-205), launched in 1998 ** USCGC ''Spar'' (WLB-206), launched in 2000 ** USCGC ''Maple'' (WLB-207), launched in 2000 or 2001 ** USCGC ''Aspen'' (WLB-208), launched in 2001 ** USCGC ''Sycamore'' (WLB-209), launched in 2001 ** USCGC ''Cypress'' (WLB-210), launched in 2001 ** USCGC ''Oak'' (WLB-211), launched in 2002 ** USCGC ''Hickory'' (WLB-212), launched in 2002 or 2003 ** USCGC ''Fir'' (WLB-213), launched in 2003 ** USCGC ''Hollyhock'' (WLB-214), launched in 2003 ** USCGC ''Sequoia'' (WLB-215), launched in 2003 ** USCGC ''Alder'' (WLB-216), launched in 2004 * USCGC ''Mackinaw'', launched in 2005 * ARRV ''Sikuliaq'' launched October 2012 * NOAAS ''Reuben Lasker'' launched June 2012 and delivered 2013 * Staten Island Ferries, New York City Department of Transportation ** MV ''Guy V. Molinari'', delivered 2004 ** MV ''Senator John J. Marchi'', delivered 2005 ** MV ''Spirit of America'', delivered 2005 * MV ''Ocean Reliance'' (2002) and MV ''Coastal Reliance'' (2002), pusher tugs for Crowley Maritime petroleum barges on the west coast.

References

External links

FMM page in corporate website
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History

Facilities

Ships and boats built

See also

References

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