[3] The city of Kherson was founded in 1778 on a fortress place, which protected the lands of Russian Empire from Turkish raids.
Kherson's proximity to the Black Sea initiated shipbuilding and people settlement in the estuary of the Dnieper river.
In 1965, one of the first ocean-going dry cargo gas turbines in the former Soviet Union, the Paris Commune, was built at the plant.
In 1970, the main Soviet icebreaker and transport vessel, Captain Myshevsky was built at the shipyard.
During Ukraine's independence, Kherson Shipyard built about 25 different ships, including 13 tankers for shipowners in Norway, Denmark, Russia, two Arctic supply vessels for clients in South Africa and China, and four multi-purpose dry cargo ships for the Philippines and Norway.