Contact
Bollinger Shipyards hosted OMB Director Russ Vought, Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Kevin Lunday and other senior officials at its Houma and LaShip facilities this week for a review of progress on the Arctic Security Cutter program. The yard said it is advancing early production work on the first tranche of medium polar icebreakers under a contract valued at approximately $2.2 billion.
Bollinger Shipyards joined U.S. Coast Guard officials and the family of Jeffrey Palazzo at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City on September 12, 2026, for the commissioning of USCGC JEFFREY PALAZZO (WPC-1163). The Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter is named for Palazzo, a Coast Guard reservist and FDNY firefighter who died on September 11, 2001. Bollinger said it has delivered more than 189 vessels to the Coast Guard over more than three decades.
Bollinger Shipyards and the Gulfport School District have launched Bollinger NextGen Shipbuilders, a work-based learning program for Gulfport High School students. The program will train students in welding, pipefitting, marine electrical, maritime carpentry and rigging and fitting at Bollinger’s new training facility in Gulfport.
Bollinger Shipyards has opened a 7,200-square-foot Workforce Training Center at its Gulfport, Mississippi, facility. The yard said the center, developed with the Submarine Industrial Base Program Office and Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, will begin bootcamp-style classes in Fall 2026.
Bollinger Shipyards has reached final contract terms with the U.S. Coast Guard to begin production on the Arctic Security Cutter program. The yard said the agreement advances the program and will use a design already selected by close allies and an established supply chain.
Bollinger Shipyards said it has received the Shipbuilders Council of America’s Excellence in Safety Award for the 21st straight year. The yard said the run, which began in 2005, is unmatched by any other U.S. shipbuilder.
Bollinger Shipyards has named Mark Matta Sr. vice president and general manager of its Houma shipyard after Rich Murphy retired. Murphy had led the facility, which is working on the Navy’s TATS and LSM programs, the National Science Foundation’s RCRV program and the Coast Guard’s ASC program.
Bollinger Shipyards christened the USNS Robert Ballard (T-AGS 67), a Pathfinder-class oceanographic survey ship, at its Mississippi Shipbuilding yard in Pascagoula on 28 February. The vessel will be operated by Military Sealift Command when delivered and is named for oceanographer Robert Ballard.
Bollinger Shipyards and U.S. Coast Guard officials commissioned USCGC Olivia Hooker in Pascagoula, Mississippi, on 22 January. The cutter will be homeported there, and Bollinger said it took delivery of the vessel at Coast Guard Sector Key West in October 2025.
Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan visited Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding in Pascagoula on January 8, his first official visit in the role. He was joined by Adm. Daryl Caudle, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy John J. Perryman and Jason L. Potter, and the group toured the yard and met with workers and management.
Bollinger Shipyards has signed a contract with the U.S. Coast Guard to build four Arctic Security Cutters, a new class of medium polar icebreakers. The work will be based at the yard’s Houma, Louisiana, facility and supported by multiple Gulf Coast sites.
Bollinger Shipyards has named Commander Mark Matta, USCG (Ret.), as director of programs and Captain Peter Morisseau, USCG (Ret.), as Arctic Security Cutter program manager. The appointments come after the yard was selected to design and build six Arctic Security Cutters for the U.S. Coast Guard with an international team using a Multi-Purpose Icebreaker design.