Avondale Shipyard

The yard was located on the west bank of the Mississippi River in an area called Bridge City, about 20 miles (32 km) upriver from New Orleans 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).

[citation needed] They were awarded a contract to build tugboats for the United States Maritime Commission during World War II.

[4] The publication Bayou Worker, archived at Loyola University New Orleans, contains information related to the labor organizing efforts.

In February 2013, Avondale Plant was reorganized and entered sector of oil and gas production equipment.