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Bay Ship & Yacht was founded in 1977 by Bill Elliott with a primary focus on the construction and repair of wooden ships. Bill traveled the country with his crew, instilling in them a deep respect for the sea and a passion for achieving the level of quality that ocean travel demands.   That passion endured as the company made the transition to repair and conversion of commercial and military vessels and superyachts. Today, the passion for quality anchors our mission to deliver absolute customer satisfaction.    Bay Ship & Yacht's commitment to quality construction and repair is widely recognized throughout the commercial vessel community. That reputation is well-known to experienced owners who have made Bay Ship & Yacht their company of choice, and who recognize that the Bay Ship & Yacht experience has set the standard for others to follow.

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Local news | realtor settlement on commission-fixing could create seismic changes in how americans buy homes, local news | alameda briefs: feds grant $830k to bay ship & yacht for new crane, program meant to help awardees modernize, boost production and employment, compete in global marketplace.

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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has announced an award of $830,380 in grant funds to Bay Ship & Yacht Co., of Alameda, through the Small Shipyard Grant Program.

“Small shipyards strengthen America’s commercial fleet, bolster our economic security and generate good jobs,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. “We are proud to help these shipyards reinforce their vital role in the U.S. maritime sector.”

Since 2008, MARAD’s Small Shipyard Grant Program has awarded $303 million to nearly 350 shipyards in 32 states and territories throughout the United States.

“As shipbuilding technologies continue to advance, Small Shipyard Grants help America’s shipyards acquire the equipment they need to compete, thrive and expand America’s maritime industry,” said Maritime Administrator Ann Phillips. “These grants are also economic boosts to the communities in which shipyards are located as well as to our industrial supply chain.”

More details and a full list of grant awardees are available online at bit.ly/3Hxbl67 .

Exhibit to detail Japanese community’s history on Island

At the turn of the 20th century, when Japanese immigrants arrived in Alameda, they built a thriving Japantown along lower Park Street, bustling with a sewing school, bicycle shops, bath houses, a photo studio, a Methodist church and Buddhist temple.

These immigrants worked as gardeners, dry cleaners and cooks. Their children, born in from 1910 to 1940, were Americans overflowing with hope for the future. In December 1941, though, when war broke out between the United States and Japan, the trajectory of this community changed overnight. By May 1942, everyone of Japanese descent was evacuated from Alameda and its Japantown vanished.

Now, more than 80 years later, a new exhibit, “Overflowing with Hope: The Hidden History of Japanese Americans in Alameda,” documents the wartime removal of one marginalized community through images, testimonies, artifacts and long-hidden stories. The exhibit running through July 15 will open with a program and reception at 4 p.m. May 17 in the Stafford Community Meeting Room of the Alameda Free Library at 1550 Oak St. Free tickets are available online and at the door.

For more information including photos and artwork, email Project Director Brad Shirakawa at [email protected] or visit bit.ly/3LTNyQK online, where a link for tickets is also available.

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Boys & Girls Club to host Kids Nite Out on Friday

Join the Alameda Boys & Girls Club for an unforgettable evening that will truly exemplify their mission. From 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Kids Nite Out is a wonderful opportunity for you to meet and socialize with the amazing youth and teens whom ABGC serves, learn their stories and show them that you care. It’s also loads of fun!

The cost is $100 per Big Buddy, which also sponsors your youth Little Buddy. Sponsorship packages receive Big Buddy admissions. The post-event gathering from 9 to 11 p.m. for adult Big Buddies immediately after is the club’s way of thanking sponsors for supporting our kids. Parking at the club is very limited, so club officials recommend carpooling or ride-sharing.

The ABGC invites you to invest in their youth by partnering with them for this special event. Proceeds help the club continue providing their proven high-impact and affordable youth development programs and services, skilled and caring adult mentorship and a positive, safe environment for Alameda youth and teens.

The club offers several levels of sponsorship for individuals or businesses. Sponsorships are an excellent way to contribute, enhance your business and receive special benefits. For more event information, visit  bit.ly/abgc2023kidsniteout online.

USS Hornet to host AAPI Heritage Month event Saturday

The USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum will host an Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month event from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders have a rich heritage thousands of years old and have shaped U.S. history and been dramatically influenced by it.

The USS Hornet will have a special exhibit in the hangar bay for guests to enjoy that is in partnership with Friends and Family of Nisei Veterans and the Bataan Legacy Project. Representatives from each group will be on hand to discuss their individual exhibits.

The main event, which will start at 1 p.m., will be introduced by museum board member Jon Yuen and will be blessed by the Rev. Harry Gyokyo Bridge, of the Buddhist Church of Oakland. The exhibit will remain on display through the month of May. The USS Hornet museum is docked at 707 W. Hornet Ave. in Alameda.

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Shipbuilding: Leadership Transition at Bay Ship & Yacht

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Bay Ship & Yacht founders Bill Elliott and Alan Cameron step back, name Joel Welter CEO, Gerona Goethe General Manager

Bill Elliott, who during a 45-year career catapulted Bay Ship & Yacht (BS&Y) from operating out of a single, mobile shipping container known as the “Shipyard in a Box” to becoming a premiere ship repair conglomerate in San Francisco Bay, announced a new generation of leadership for the company.

Joel Welter, currently Chief Naval Architect, was named Chief Executive Officer and Gerona Goethe, currently Assistant General Manager was tapped tas General Manager. Both changes are effective March 28, 2022.

Welter graduated from Webb Institute in 1994 with a degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering and has been with BS&Y since 1998. 

Goethe, who attended California Maritime Academy, holds a degree in Marine Engineering Technology and has been with the company since 2000. 

Founded by Elliott in 1977, BS&Y’s steady expansion of marine refit and repair capabilities now serves a cross-section of commercial and government customers encompassing the region’s expanding ferry system, barge network, superyachts and more.  

BS&Y’s main facility is located in Alameda, Calif., along with Svendsen’s Marine & Industrial supply, employing approximately (350) craftspeople. Another facility, Svendsen’s Bay Marine in Richmond, Calif. specializes in commercial and recreational vessels.  

Vice President Alan Cameron joined Elliott’s fledging BS&Y in 1979 and currently serves as General Manager. Both Elliott and Cameron will be engaged in business development outside BSY, with the various endeavors of Bay Maritime Corp.

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West Coast Shipyards: 2022 Update

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W hether it’s a ferry carrying passengers to work in the Bay Area or a U.S. Navy vessel supporting military missions in the Pacific, chances are that the vessel was designed, built and/or repaired by a West Coast shipyard.

Up and down the coast, there’s a bevy of craftspeople working on a number of major projects for public and private sector clients such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Navy, Crowley Maritime, Foss Maritime and the cruise industry.

Here’s a look at the projects being worked on by a handful of West Coast companies.

AL LARSON BOAT SHOP

The longtime shipyard based in San Pedro Bay has been hard at work on major repair projects up and down the West Coast, Al Larson Boat Shop President Jack Wall said.

2022 has been very busy for the company, which recently completed two large welding jobs for Manson Construction on a pair of sister barges: the Northport and Eastport .

Both dump scows received a total of 105,000 pounds of combined new steel plating and internal structural replacement, as well as extensive preservation packages.

Manson Construction also has commissioned the shipyard on a repowering project. The yard is in the middle of working on the vessel Pup , an anchor-handling tug that has been getting a complete overhaul with new engines and extensive modifications, Wall said.

Al Larson Boat Shop has also finished several projects for Marine Spill Response Corporation, including routine maintenance of several vessels and barges such as MSRC’s 65-foot aluminum spill response boats and 200-foot barges.

The shipyard continues to serve its returning customers, including the Jankovich Company, which has had several barge dry dockings such as the Tyler J and Payton J . These fuel barges received water jetting preservation with new paint coatings, Wall said.

There also have been various dry dock projects for the dinner cruise industry, including Hornblower Cruises for its vessels Entertainer, Mojo, Just Dreaming and Icon . The shipyard also worked on Harbor Breeze Cruises’ vessel Sir Winston and Fantasea Yacht Charters’ vessel Dandena .

Returning tugboat companies such as Crowley Maritime, Foss Maritime, Sause Bros., Bay Delta, Centerline Logistics Corporation, Starlight Marine and Brusco Tug & Barge have been utilizing the shipyard’s services “in order to maintain our local fleet to be ready for services around the ports of Long Beach, Los Angeles and the Port of Hueneme,” Wall said.

The shipyard’s work also has benefited the local commercial and sport fishing fleet, including 10 dry dockings from vessels spanning from San Diego to Ventura, Wall said. Catalina Express was supported with drydocking for the vessels Starship, Catalina Express and Super Express . Catalina Island also sent two mooring floats to be refurbished.

The shipyard expects to be just as busy next year, Wall said.

“We have the first half of 2023 already booked with back-to-back tugboats in our drydock,” he said.

The shipyard recently secured another three-year contract with the Port of Long Beach Maintenance Department for work that would encompass its entire fleet. That includes the port’s two Voith-powered fireboats.

“Al Larson Boat Shop’s current workload looks steady for the rest of the year and the first half of 2023,” Wall said.

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BAY SHIP & YACHT CO.

When Bill Elliott founded Bay Ship & Yacht (BSY) in 1977, it was a start-up that operated out of a mobile shipping container in the Bay Area.

Forty-five years later, the “Shipyard in a Box” has grown into a major maritime firm specializing in ship repair and refit for the public and private sector, including the Bay Area’s ferry system, network of barges, superyachts and other projects. The company now includes its main facility in Alameda, Svendsen’s Marine & Industrial Supply and Richmond, Calif.-based Svendsen’s Bay Marine, which specializes in commercial and recreational vessels.

As the company continues to evolve and grow, Bay Ship & Yacht founders Bill Elliott and Alan Cameron decided to step back earlier this year, promoting Assistant General Manager Gerona Goethe to general manager and Chief Naval Architect Joel Welter to chief executive officer.

The leadership change, according to the company, allows Elliott and Cameron to develop business opportunities outside of BSY with the various endeavors of Bay Maritime Corp.

For Bay Ship & Yacht, a big part of its success lies in its ability to serve customers and offer skilled craftsmanship and expertise on every project.

“The majority of BSY’s customers have a long-standing relationship with the yard,” spokesman Michael Stoecker said. “We have found that providing high quality work and ensuring that we live up to our motto of ‘Absolute Customer Satisfaction’ is the best way to develop repeat business.”

This year, the company has completed a number of projects, including a dry docking of the NOAA vessel r/v Fairweather, which involved extensive corrosion repairs, a full paint job and equipment upgrades.

“NOAA vessels are a good fit for our yard, both in size and typical job complexity,” Estimating and Contracts Manager Michael Kelley said. “They are a great customer to do business with.”

This company also worked on a “Tugz” class tug repower, the third repower for this vessel class. The trickiest part of the repower, Lead Design Engineer Frank Rogosich said, was finding a good machinery access path in and out of the vessel.

“The normal pathways, upwards or sideways, are blocked by accommodations and major systems installations,” he explained. “In this case, going through the vessel’s double bottom fuel tanks proved to be the most sensible option. We were also able to use our level land transfer system to move the whole boat sideways to facilitate the placement of engines and access cut-outs under the vessel.”

The company also completed many excursion boat dry dockings for routine U.S. Coast Guard certificates of inspection, including vessels from Hornblower Cruises, Alcatraz Cruises, Blue and Gold, Red and White and Commodore Cruises.

Currently, BSY is working on four Army vessels, which are undergoing major overhauls.

“We find that the Army is a great organization with which to do business,” Goethe said. “The vessels arrive with a very knowledgeable and experienced survey crew who is backed up by an excellent contracts and engineering group at headquarters. This combination leads to a competent and present customer ready to work with the yard.”

Meanwhile, Bay Ship & Yacht is working on plans for newly won contracts with NOAA and the U.S. Navy and is actively bidding jobs for the fourth quarter of this year and 2023.

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EVERETT SHIP REPAIR

Three years ago, Everett Ship Repair (ESR) was created to serve the maritime industry on the West Coast.

Since then, the company—which is owned by Ice Cap Holding, LLC and is a sister firm of Nichols Brothers Boat Builders—has been busy building its business in the region.

In March, the company announced that it bought a pair of new 40,000psi ultra high-pressure water blasting systems, which have been sent to the shipyard and put to use as a cost efficient and sustainable alternative to abrasive solid blasting material, ESR said.

“This system allows ESR to deploy up to four water blasters simultaneously in a wide variety of applications including internal tank hydro blasting for cleaning and coatings removal,” the company said, adding that the new system reduces noise, labor, risk of personnel injury and waste stream created by traditional grit blasting.

ESR also plans to use the system outside of the shipyard, offering surface prep services for removing unwanted or contaminated surface materials and pipe and tank cleaning for customers.

In May, the company celebrated the opening and naming of its newest drydock, the Emerald Lifter .

The Emerald Lifter —which was named to honor the Puget Sound—did maintenance and preservation work as the Zidell 220 before moving to the company’s Port of Everett facility and going into service with its first drydocking, according to the company.

Its 2,000-ton lifting capacity and 220-foot by 62-foot working deck will go hand in hand with the facility and the company’s current 430-foot by 110-foot, 8,000-ton capacity dry dock Faithful Servant , which has been in operation since 2019.

Everett Ship Repair also obtained a 150-ton link belt crane positioned on a 180-foot by 49-foot barge from Nichols Brothers to serve both dry docks.

At the ribbon-cutting ceremony in May, Everett Ship Repair CEO Gavin Higgins said he was excited about the opportunities the new dry dock brings to the facility, including the local jobs it has the potential to generate and the skillsets it adds to further enhance the shipyard.

“We have built up our team over the last two years to approximately 80 full-time staff,” he said. “We look forward to the new dry dock grabbing the attention of local tradesmen as we can continue to grow our team and serve the industry in a larger capacity now with two dry docks.”

Port Director and CEO Lisa Lefeber lauded the company’s presence and its desire to expand.

“This has been a critical asset for our region” in keeping jobs and vessel repair here and supporting local commercial fishing, ferries and the Navy base, she said.

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GENERAL DYNAMICS NASSCO

Thanks to a new $600 million award in U.S. Navy contract modifications, San Diego-based General Dynamics NASSCO has plans through 2027 to work on vessels in the John Lewis-class fleet oiler (T-AO) and the Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) programs.

Construction is expected to begin in the third quarter of 2023 for the shipbuilder on lending the long lead-time material needed to construct the T-AO’s seventh and eighth vessels ($500 million) and ESB’s sixth vessel ($100 million), the company announced in June.

General Dynamics NASSCO President Dave Carver noted the honor of working on the vessels.

“The NASSCO team is excited to work with our Navy partners to ensure the success of both historic programs, which are critical in supporting the Navy’s forward presence,” he said.

The company is no stranger to the T-AO program, having designed the first six ships in the John Lewis-class, 742-foot vessels created to move fuel to U.S. Navy carrier strike group vessels at sea. T-AO vessels can carry as much as 157,000 barrels of oil and have a full load displacement of 49,850 tons, according to NASSCO.

Also, the company in late June christened the 784-foot USNS John L. Canley , the fourth ship in the Navy’s reclassified Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) program, named after the Medal of Honor recipient. Canley in 1968 rescued more than 20 Marines under enemy fire during the Battle of Huế City in Vietnam. He was also given the Bronze Star with Combat “V” and the Purple Heart.

“This ship represents his courage, selflessness and strength,” Carver said at the ceremony. “On behalf of the 3,500 men and women of General Dynamics NASSCO, I am proud to present the USNS John L. Canley for christening.”

ESB vessels are mobile sea bases with platforms created to support various missions including Air Mine Counter Measures and Special Operations Forces, according to the company.

The USNS John L. Canley has a 52,000 square-foot flight deck that can help MH-53, MH-60, MV-22 tilt-rotor and H1 aircraft operations.

Meanwhile, the seventh vessel in the ESB program, the USNS Robert E. Simanek , is under construction.

PACIFIC FISHERMEN SHIPYARD

Washington-based Pacific Fishermen Shipyard and PFI Marine Electric recently commemorated their 75th anniversary with the retirement of Doug Dixon as general manager and the appointment of Chris Johnson. This coincided with the 150th anniversary in Ballard’s Salmon Bay of Norwegian heritage shipbuilders at T.W. Lake’s shipyard and the old Ballard Marine Railway.

The company also received a $556,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration. The money is expected to fund FYE 2022 capital improvements to the yard’s drydocks.

The No. 2 marine railway is being modified to service fishing vessels with sponsons and the new, wider Kitsap County fast ferries, the company said.

Meanwhile, the No. 3 Rowe lift dock is being converted from a 350 Chevy V-8 engine that ran on propane to an electric motor drive with 20 lift gearbox rebuilds, which lowers the company’s fossil fuel usage.

Drydock capability was down during the dredging of the No. 3 Rowe lift dock in which 3,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment was removed. This sediment accumulated over the years mainly from Seattle’s upstream sewage outfall from Sunset Hill at the foot of 24th Avenue NW, the company said.

A two-foot sand cap was put on to prevent further leaching.

“While this dredging activity was a necessary and ecologically responsible maintenance item, it also increased drydock draft capacity from an impaired 10 feet back to the original design 15-foot depth,” the company said.

The shipyard also has been busy with drydocking, engine changeouts and electrical work in Seattle and at its shop in Dutch Harbor. The vessels include North Sea, Ocean Leader, 4 Daughters, Sea Storm, Green Hope, Southern Wind, Columbia, Polar Sea, Marcy J. Arcturus, Pacific Mariner, Early Dawn, Northwestern, Billikin, Lilli Ann, Kirsten Marie, Northern Ram, American Beauty, Pacific Challenger, Elsie M, Lorelei, Pacific Wind, Arctic Bear, Aldebran, Pacific Viking, Royal Viking, Royal Atlantic, Nordic Mariner, Wizard, Oceanix, Erla N, Mary B, Angie, Commodore, Starbound and Starfish.

Last spring, Vigor finished its biggest project to date: modernizing the USS McCampbell , an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, at its Swan Island facility in Portland, Oregon.

The project took 18 months and more than $155 million to complete before delivering the vessel to its new homeport at Naval Station Everett. About 250 Vigor employees, contractors and Navy service members worked on the project, which involved hull improvements, updates to mechanical and electrical technology and critical warfighting improvements.

“Our skilled workers at Swan Island were honored to support the U.S. Navy and get USS McCampbell back into service,” said Adam Beck, the company’s executive vice president of ship repair. “This was the largest and one of the most complex projects our ship repair workers have ever completed. It says a tremendous amount about the skill and dedication of our workers throughout the process, and their ability to rise to the occasion on these major projects.”

The USS McCampbell is the latest in a series of the company’s recent wins, which have included working on the USS William P. Lawrence and USS Wayne E. Meyer in Hawaii and the USS Coronado and USNS Mercy at Swan Island.

Meanwhile, Vigor is conducting maintenance and modernization work on the USS Chosin at its Harbor Island facility. The company also is expected to start work on the USS Tulsa when it arrives in Portland this month.

“Our skilled workers keep stepping up on these projects of increasing complexity,” Beck said. “Specifically on USS McCampbell , they came to work every day throughout the pandemic, adhering to health protocols and consistently bringing their best efforts to get this vessel back in service for our Navy customer.”

In May, the company’s facilities in Ketchikan, Vancouver, Swan Island and Hawaii netted recognition from the Shipbuilders Council of America of safety performance last year. All four facilities scored the “Excellence in Safety Award.”

Vigor’s Hawaii team garnered the “Significance in Safety Achievement” Award, one of four in the country to obtain the honor bestowed on shipyards with zero fatalities and a total recordable incident rate of under 1.0.

“This recognition is a testament to the incredible effort of our skilled workers to be safe every day,” CEO Jim Marcotuli said. “Our top priority is ensuring each person who comes to one of our work sites leaves the same way they arrived, by anticipating and preventing hazards.”    

KAREN ROBES MEEKS, a Southern California native, is an award-winning journalist with more than 20 years’ writing experience. Her articles have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Orange County Register and Long Beach Press-Telegram , where she worked as a reporter for nearly 14 years. Her work has been recognized by the California News Publishers Association, the Associated Press News Executives Council and the Los Angeles Press Club.

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Our Origins 

Bay Machine & Fabrication (BMF) is a wholly-owned division of Bay Ship & Yacht Co., which was founded by Bill Elliott in 1977. The company initially traveled around the country repairing wooden vessels, which was becoming a lost art. From U.S. Navy minesweepers to fishing and historic vessels, the company became known worldwide as the “can-do” company. No two projects were the same and each one added to the diverse knowledge base that the company has today.

Our Developing Expertise and Knowledge Base

As a shipyard, Bay Ship & Yacht needed special equipment and capabilities to maintain vessels that came to call. BMF was set up to service a growing number of clients that were not marine-related but needed our extensive experience to complete their products with a high degree of confidence and, in many cases, with complete confidentiality. Throughout the years, the machine, fabrication, hydraulic, and painting shops have developed extensive processes to ensure that the products we turn out are second to none. Our extensive experience in coordinating many work disciplines, developing processes to ensure projects are correct every time, and continuing reinvestment in staff training and equipment maintenance has made BMF the best turnkey, one-stop industrial shop anywhere in the United States.

A Trusted Partner

Today, many companies trust BMF to undertake their projects because we offer skill, craftsmanship, comprehensive solutions, and a customer-oriented focus. Our large facility, extensive machinery and capabilities, and easy access to highways and barged waterborne freight make BMF the logical choice for work that has to travel on land or water anywhere.

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Core Philosophy

The customer-focused core philosophy of BMF is to do everything possible to ensure our customers are absolutely satisfied with the products we create or repair for them. We understand that you have unique problems and want simple but comprehensive turnkey solutions from people you trust. We strive to understand your schedule, your needs, your desire for quality products, and to add value through our superior ability to manage and communicate throughout the project. Furthermore, we continually reinvest in our machinery and personnel to ensure our customers are treated to the best equipment and highly trained personnel – which is key to the success of all our projects.

Decades of Experience Across all Crafts

BMF’s staff is second to none. We have hundreds of skilled tradesmen available in the required crafts, and many of our personnel have been in their respective trades for several decades – often including many decades with BMF or Bay Ship & Yacht. Our personnel include electricians, painters, welders, fitters, pipefitters, inside and outside machinists, shipwrights, joiners, and hydraulic specialists. Our skilled craftspeople are regularly engaged in training to update their skills and ensure their ability to perform efficiently, accurately, and within our designated quality assurance procedures.

Seamless Management of Complex Projects

Whether it’s the handoff from fabricators to machinists and painting, or across any other departments, our staff is accustomed to a seamless, multi-disciplinary approach. Some projects even require dedicated project managers to ensure their perfect execution. Because we thoroughly understand your requirements, you’ll find working with our staff is a very streamlined process.

Experts at Creating and Moving Large Objects

BMF personnel are experts in the movement and creation of large and heavy objects. From the movement of vessels up to 6,000 tons, to utilizing our extensive fleet of in-house cranes and tugger, we can competently receive, clean, work on, paint, and deliver your project. With 29 acres for laydown, 120,000 square feet of high-bay shops, thousands of feet of waterfront pier in multiple locations throughout the San Francisco Bay, and extensive decontamination filtering stations for washing, we can handle your most demanding needs.

The mission of every employee of BMF is to ensure that you, our customer, are absolutely satisfied. We work hard to:

  • Understand Your Needs:  Understanding your project requirements is the first and most important step in understanding how to help you achieve exactly what you want.
  • Meet Your Scheduling Requirements:  Understanding when you need your materials is critically important to determining how we can meet your needs and help you achieve success in your project or repair.
  • Meet or Exceed Quality Standards:  Understanding both industry standards and your project requirements ensures that we can meet or exceed your quality expectations.
  • Deliver Solid Value:  Throughout our customers’ experience with BMF, from sales through final delivery, we provide good value and operate with honesty, integrity, and forthrightness.

Ready to explore how BMF can help with your project? Contact us .

Design and Engineering Staff

With skill sets ranging from mechanical and electrical engineering to extensive piping and naval architecture, our engineers can ensure the best design for the most cost-efficient construction. Most of our projects involve many disciplines and delivery methods, and our engineers have experienced many different scenarios. They are capable of designing products and developing land or waterborne delivery solutions. Our engineering staff can help you achieve success on your project.

Machine Shop Staff

Machine shop operations encompass everything from machining to hydraulic repairs and valve reconditioning. The shop manager and most of the staff have spent their entire careers as machinists specializing in manual machining. They know machining from a craftsperson’s point of view. Consisting of both outside and inside machinists, the combined experience of these craftspeople ensures we understand everything from rigging heavy objects to machining and aligning. This ability to understand both the inside and outside needs of parts sets BMF apart from most shops that can only run small objects.

Hydraulic Shop Staff

Our hydraulic shop manager has spent over 50 years operating hydraulic businesses from New Jersey to California, on ships of every size. The hydraulic staff has performed work on projects from ships to rocket maintenance stands, and everything in between. From critical systems like ship’s steering to repairs on 24-inch diameter hydraulic cylinders and simple hose fabrication, BMF has the experience to undertake most every project. Combining our extensive machining experience with hydraulic repairs and painting ensures our customer gets a product that is second to none in a timely and cost-competitive way.

Valve Shop Staff

Valves are managed jointly by the machine shop manager and our pipefitting manager to ensure that valves receive very special treatment, so that, for example, a mechanical valve fitting into an extensive piping system works properly. Testing, lapping, cleaning, and reconditioning are only part of what makes BMF the premier valve repair shop in the United States. We understand the critical nature of valves and do everything possible to ensure they perform as expected, when expected. Our team of craftspeople has extensive experience in valves of all sorts from simple wafer valves to extensive globe valves of large size.

Fabrication Shop Staff

Managed by the West Coast’s most experienced shipyard structural welder, the department includes both inside and outside welders and fabricators. Our welders and fabricators have hundreds of years of cumulative experience and are certified in over 300 weld procedures on steel, aluminum and other metals. Our craftspeople are regularly engaged and skilled in creating highly machined, precision weldments and understand the movement of metal during the fabrication process. The structural department runs its own in-house training school to ensure their large workforce is continually progressing in the arts of fitting and welding.

Sandblast and Paint Staff

Our paint department is staffed by one of California’s most experienced painting teams, applying tens of thousands of gallons annually. Led by a department manager with years of dedicated industrial paint service, our team includes sandblasters and industrial painters. All department staff are monitored and audited by the Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC) through their QP-1 painting qualification. Applying many types of paint, and representing International Paints, BMF is uniquely qualified to take on the most extensive of paint projects, from degreasing to surface preparation and ultimately the drip-free, UV-stabilized topcoat.

Mobile Services Staff

The BMF mobile services team is second to none. With the complete support of the entire yard they can handle almost any call. Proficient in rigging, with or without cranes, they can undertake the most challenging hydraulic or machining project. The mobile services team can assist in the repair or removal of a component, taking it to the shop for repair and painting, and then reinstalling. Most primary members of the team are highly qualified craftspeople who hold the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC). This credential requires vetting by the federal Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Authority and permits unescorted access to sensitive areas.

Our Process

Project development, project initialization and planning, production/execution, project closeout, account/customer management.

  • Ensure that we understand your project needs and work with you to develop a scope of work that meets your needs
  • Develop a quotation that represents those project needs
  • Understand the project schedule and ensure that schedule can be met
  • Initialize the project upon receipt of authorization to proceed
  • Ensure that all project-related information is captured and conveyed to production
  • Create a production schedule to ensure the customers’ expectations are met
  • Develop project plan to meet project schedule
  • Assign person responsible to oversee project
  • Build project team

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  • Create shop drawings for approval if needed
  • Create construction drawings from customer or approved shop drawings
  • Ensure all drawing notations from customer are understood
  • Create detailed piece drawings including QC indications
  • Upon receipt, verify raw materials arrive in proper quantity and condition
  • Determine work location and equipment. Schedule equipment
  • Engineering meets with project lead and gives all project direction and instruction
  • Construction begins
  • Project supervisor monitors progress and ensures project milestones are met
  • Project supervisor ensures customer continually understands project progress and ultimate completion date
  • Project supervisor ensures project invoicing is regularly submitted pursuant to contract terms
  • Project supervisor coordinates with any subcontractors, vendors, or delivery vendors
  • Ensure quality control checkpoints are met and documented
  • Project supervisor reviews and ensures all QC checkpoints are within specified tolerances

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  • Project supervisor notifies customer of completion after successful completion of execution and construction phase
  • Project supervisor ensures proper QC documentation is transmitted with project product
  • Project supervisor to ensure that project invoicing is submitted completely and accurately
  • Project supervisor to ensure all close-out, as-built documentation is complete

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  • Original contact person from business development process stays involved and remains a primary or secondary contact
  • Account manager acts as liaison between customer and production as necessary

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Bay Ship & Yacht Co. is a full-service shipyard located on San Francisco Bay.  We occupy a 30-acre property in Alameda, CA, located on deep water in the Oakland Estuary.  Our facility includes a 750-ft pier, a 600-ft pier, a 1,200-ton syncrolift, 2,800-ton capacity floating drydock and a 6,290-ton capacity floating drydock, as well as 1,400 lineal ft of on-rail dry berth and over 60,000 sq ft of shop, storage and office space.

Our drydocks, syncrolift and piers are equipped to provide all the necessary hotel services for ships in service as well as the industrial services required for ship repair.  Pier side production shops include machine, fabrication, pipefitting, paint, sandblast, sheet metal, propeller and electrical shops, with the full range of skills and expertise required for all ship repair services. Our greatest service and primary focus, however, is to ensure that you, the customer, leave the yard absolutely satisfied! 

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   Bay Ship & Yacht  has earned an outstanding reputation for consistently meeting the complex and detailed requirements of the United States Coast Guard, Navy, Army, U.S. Geological Survey, National Park Service, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 

   Bay Ship & Yacht's project managers and contracts administrators are experienced in managing and supporting government and military vessel projects. They're adept at meeting the documentation and communication needs of a variety of public agencies, while achieving project goals and ensuring safety, efficiency and quality.        For more information, or to schedule a haul-out, c ontact Gerona Goethe at 510-337-9122 or send an email to [email protected] .

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    Bay Ship & Yacht was founded in 1977 by Bill Elliott with a primary focus on the construction and repair of wooden ships. Bill traveled the country with his crew, instilling in them a deep respect for the sea and a passion for achieving the level of quality that ocean travel demands. That passion endured as the company made the transition to ...

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    Efficient service for rapid turnaround. At Bay Ship & Yacht, we service vessels up to 390' and 6300 tons on our floating drydocks. We also lift vessels to 240' and 1,200 tons with our state-of-the-art Syncrolift®. Each dry berth work station is equipped with power, compressed air, water and phone lines, with workshops, supplies and ...

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  7. Bay Ship & Yacht Company Profile

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    Another facility, Svendsen's Bay Marine in Richmond, Calif., specializes in commercial and recreational vessels. Historic ships from San Francisco's National Maritime Museum are a frequent sight at BS&Y, nestled alongside modern ferries and superyachts, according to the company. (619) 313-4322. [email protected]. 3980 Sherman St ...

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    Bay Ship & Yacht Co. 2900 Main Street #2100, Alameda, CA 94501 Phone: (510) 337-9122 | Fax: (510) 337-0154 LAT 37:47:29:5N LON 122:177:30:8W ... Chief Naval Architect Phone: 510-337-9122 [email protected]. CAREERS. TRAINING PROGRAM. SAFETY MANAGEMENT. QUALITY MANAGEMENT. CONTACT. 2900 Main Street #2100 | Alameda, CA 94501 | 510-337-9122 ...

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    Our Origins. Bay Machine & Fabrication (BMF) is a wholly-owned division of Bay Ship & Yacht Co., which was founded by Bill Elliott in 1977. The company initially traveled around the country repairing wooden vessels, which was becoming a lost art. From U.S. Navy minesweepers to fishing and historic vessels, the company became known worldwide as ...

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    Bay Ship & Yacht is committed to performance excellence and to guaranteeing absolute customer satisfaction for all services provided. As a full service ship repair company, a large percentage of all work is performed by Bay Ship's highly skilled in-house craftsmen. However, Subcontractor services are utilized by Bay Ship to insure that the ...

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    They're adept at meeting the documentation and communication needs of a variety of public agencies, while achieving project goals and ensuring safety, efficiency and quality. For more information, or to schedule a haul-out, contact Gerona Goethe at 510-337-9122 or send an email to [email protected].

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    A great company to work for! Painter/Laborer (Former Employee) - Alameda, CA - April 21, 2021. Enjoyed working at Bay Ship! Great supervisor and worked with a hard-working team. The company really take care of their employees. If I hadn't moved out of the state, I'd still be working at Bay Ship!