Editing Mobile, Alabama (section)

====Shipyards====
Shipbuilding began to make a major comeback in Mobile in 1999 with the founding of [[Austal USA]].<ref name="colton1">{{cite web |title=Austal USA, Mobile AL Construction Record |work=The Colton Company |url=http://www.coltoncompany.com/shipbldg/ussbldrs/postwwii/shipyards/active/aluminum/austal.htm |access-date=November 2, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017213332/http://coltoncompany.com/shipbldg/ussbldrs/postwwii/shipyards/active/aluminum/austal.htm |archive-date=October 17, 2007}}</ref> A subsidiary of the Australian company [[Austal]], it expanded its production facility for United States defense and commercial aluminum shipbuilding on [[Blakeley Island (Alabama)|Blakeley Island]] in 2005.<ref name="austal">{{cite web |title=New Shipbuilding Facility |work=Austal USA |url=http://www.austal.com/index.cfm?objectid=B0B75979-65BF-EBC1-2349C7A56C359198 |access-date=October 19, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830183927/http://www.austal.com/index.cfm?objectid=B0B75979-65BF-EBC1-2349C7A56C359198 |archive-date=August 30, 2007 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Austal announced in October 2012, after winning a new defense contract and completing another {{convert|30000|sqft|sqm|adj=on}} building within their complex on the island, that it would expand its workforce from 3,000 to 4,500 employees.<ref name="austal2012">{{cite news |title=Austal unveils new Navy building at Pinto Island shipyard |first=Ellen |last=Mitchell |url=https://www.al.com/press-register-business/2012/10/austal_unveils_new_navy_buildi.html |newspaper=Press Register |date=October 19, 2012 |access-date=December 4, 2021}}</ref>

[[Atlantic Marine]] operated a major shipyard at the former Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company site on [[Pinto Island]]. It was acquired by British defense conglomerate [[BAE Systems]] in May 2010 for $352 million. Doing business as [[BAE Systems Southeast Shipyards]], the company continues to operate the site as a full-service shipyard, employing approximately 600 workers with plans to expand.<ref name=bizjournal/><ref name="us2010">{{cite news |title=BAE prepares to streamline US business |first=Carola |last=Hoyos |newspaper=The Financial Times |date=September 11, 2010 |location=London}}</ref><ref name=bae1>{{cite web |url=http://www.baesystems.com/product/BAES_021153/bae-systems-ship-repair |publisher=BAE Systems |title=BAE Systems Ship Repair |access-date=July 16, 2012}}</ref>