Ships under construction and repair at the Nassco shipyard
The amphibious warship Pearl Harbor in dry dock dwarfs a worker at the Nassco shipyard in San Diego, which took on a $20-million contract for repairs on the ship. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
A steelworker grinds a weld on a section of the new naval supply ship Cesar Chavez. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
The bow of the naval supply ship Medgar Evers rises more than 14 stories high in the background as the keel of the Cesar Chavez takes shape at the Nassco shipyard, the West Coast’s last major ship works. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
A supervisor reads plans and an installation inventory for a new ship. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
A bow section of the naval supply ship Cesar Chavez is sandblasted in preparation for painting. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
Shipbuilders work on a propeller for the new naval ship Cesar Chavez. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
Welder Jesse Hennings works on a pipe for the supply ship Cesar Chavez. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
One of the bow sections of the Cesar Chavez is constructed upside down so workers installing wiring and pipes in the ceiling can work looking down instead of reaching up. When the “block” is completed, it will be flipped over and welded into place as the naval supply ship takes shape. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
