With $288 million in facility-specific investment and 1,032 permanent operating jobs announced, this project clears both of AFT's qualifying thresholds ($100 million in facility-specific investment OR 100 permanent operating jobs). This project also meets AFT's primary-source verification and physical U.S. manufacturing-footprint requirements.
View full methodology →The shipbuilding context.
Shipbuilding tracks qualifying U.S. shipyards and facilities that build commercial or naval vessels, or manufacture major hull sections, modules, and components for them, including submarine work delivered to another yard for final assembly. These projects depend on waterfront sites, heavy-lift infrastructure, specialized suppliers, and large skilled-trades workforces such as welders, pipefitters, and electricians.
At a glance
- Company
- Austal USA
- Industry
- Shipbuilding
- Location
- Mobile, Alabama
- Investment
- $288.0M
- Permanent jobs announced
- 1,032
- Status
- Under Construction
- Announced
- Jul 9, 2024
- Opening timeline
- Alabama reported more than $288 million and 1,032 new jobs for this steel-ship final assembly expansion; Austal estimated the building itself at $250 million. Austal expected completion by summer 2026; completion has not been confirmed in sources reviewed as of October 21, 2026.
- Added to tracker
- Oct 21, 2026
Official references
- Mobile Area Chamber / Austal USA, "Austal FA2 Expansion Press Release," July 9, 2024 https://mobilechamber.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024.07.09-Austal-FA2-Expansion-Press-Release.pdf
- Alabama Department of Commerce, "Austal to add over 1,000 jobs with expansion of Mobile shipyard," July 2024 https://www.madeinalabama.com/2024/07/austal-to-add-over-1000-jobs-with-expansion-of-mobile-shipyard/
- USNI News, "Austal USA Breaks Ground on New Steel Assembly Facility," July 9, 2024 https://news.usni.org/2024/07/09/austal-usa-breaks-ground-on-new-steel-assembly-facility
- Austal Limited, FY2026 results announcement to the ASX, August 31, 2026 https://investor.austal.com/static-files/a420f603-9949-4dd9-ab21-cfbabbe4c341
Cite this project
American Factory Tracker. "Final Assembly Building 2 — Austal USA, Mobile, AL." https://americanfactorytracker.com/projects/austal-usa-mobile-final-assembly-2. Accessed October 22, 2026.
Please also cite the original sources listed above for underlying figures.
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