Avondale Shipyard

Avondale Shipyard is shipyard owned by Huntington Ingalls Industries. It started out as an independent shipbuilding company, acquired by Litton Industries, in turn acquired by Northrop Grumman Corporation. In 2011, along with Ingalls Shipbuilding became part of Huntington Ingalls Industries. The yard is located on the west bank of the Mississippi River in an area called Bridge City, approximately 20 miles (32.19 kilometers) upriver from New Orleans, Louisiana near Westwego, Louisiana. It was the site of the modernization of the battleship USS Iowa in the early 1980s and also constructed some of the lighter aboard ships (LASH). It is one of the largest employers in Louisiana.