The Lockheed Shipyard Operable Unit consisted of an shipyard facility located on the west side of Harbor Island at 2929 16th Avenue Southwest (Yard 1) and a shipyard on the North end of Terminal 5 at 2801 SW Florida St (Yard 2). The Lockheed Shipyard was a shipbuilding facility from the 1930s until 1988. Yard 1 was bounded on the north by Southwest Lander Street, on the east by 16th Avenue Southwest, on the south by the Fisher Mill property, and the west by the West Waterway of the Duwamish River and Yard 2 was bordered by Elliott Bay on the north, the Harbor Island West Waterway Operable Unit on the east, Pacific Sound Resources (PSR) Marine Sediment Unit on the west, and the Port of Seattle Terminal 5 to the south. In the 1960s the shipyard built several of the initial ferries after the formation of the
Alaska Marine Highway. Lockheed constructed several s for the United States Navy in the late 1960s and early 1970s. These ships included , , , , and . Beginning in the mid-1960s and extending into 1971, Lockheed built and delivered seven landing platform dockships (LPDs) of the
Cleveland and
Trenton classes for the US Navy. These were , , , , , , and . Between 1971 and 1977, Lockheed built two s for the US Coast Guard. Lockheed won the largest shipbuilding contract in its history in 1974, when the US Navy ordered two
submarine tenders to support the
nuclear submarines. A subsequent order announced with launch of the lead ship, in 1977, added a third ship to the class.
Emory S. Land and joined the fleet in 1979, with joining in 1981. In 1978, Lockheed won the contract to construct , an amphibious support transport ship. Lockheed delivered the ships and in 1986 and 1987 respectively. == See also ==