Bay Shipbuilding Awarded USCG Hollyhock and Mackinaw Repair

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 14, 2014
Bay Shipbuilding Awarded USCG Hollyhock and Mackinaw Repair Contracts
Washington, DC
Fincantieri Marine Group (FMG) subsidiary, Bay Shipbuilding Company
(BSC) of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, has been awarded a USCG contract for drydock
repairs to the United States Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock (WLB-21) and a second
USCG repair and sustainment contract for the icebreaker Mackinaw (WLBB-30).
“We are extremely pleased with both of these new contracts which are a testament to
the very fine work performed by the BSC shipbuilding team over our long association
with the United States Coast Guard,” said FMG President and CEO Francesco Valente.
“Fincantieri’s recent capital investment in BSC, included the construction of a United
States Navy-certified floating drydock, will be instrumental to the repairs.”
Hollyhock is a Juniper Class Seagoing Buoy Tender measuring 225-feet long. The
Mackinaw is a 240-foot heavy icebreaker for operations on the Great Lakes. Both ships
were built by FMG subsidiary, Marinette Marine Corporation (MMC), and launched in
January 2003 and November 2005 respectively. Hollyhock's primary missions are
maintenance of aids-to-navigation, as well as search and rescue, environmental
protection and ice breaking. Mackinaw is primarily engaged in keeping the sea-lanes
clear of ice although it also serves as an aids-to-navigation ship.
In May of 2014, Sturgeon Bay was officially designated “A Coast Guard City.” Sturgeon
Bay, which has a 140-year relationship with the Coast Guard and its predecessor
services, is now one of 16 cities designated by Congress with that distinction for support
shown to the men and women of the Coast Guard.
Fincantieri Marine Group is the US subsidiary of Italian shipbuilder FINCANTIERI S.p.A.,
which employs nearly 21,000 skilled shipbuilding personnel in 21 yards on four different
continents, and has a 200-year history of building more than 7,000 ships.
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For Additional Information Contact:
Jeffery Freeman, FMG Vice President of Business Development
202.488.4787 • [email protected]
PHOTOS ATTACHED:
Hollyhock (WLB-21)
Mackinaw (WLBB-30)