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research ships for commercial customers; and hospital ships, fast combat support ships, tank<br />

landing ships, and roll-on/roll-off ships for the US Navy. NASSCO as of 2000, had<br />

contracts to build six commercial ships and three Navy ships. Because of its location,<br />

expertise and full-service capabilities, the Navy relies on NASSCO as a repair facility for its<br />

Pacific Fleet ships. The company also performs maintenance and repair for commercial<br />

operators 42 . Since <strong>California</strong> has a large ship building capacity, changes in national policies<br />

that might drive increased shipbuilding for the Navy could have a positive influence on<br />

<strong>California</strong>’s economy.<br />

The Boat Building and Repair industry in <strong>California</strong> includes a large number of products,<br />

manufacturers and dealers. Table 7-4 gives the 1990 direct estimates for this industry.<br />

Table 7-4: Direct Employment, Wages, and GSP for Ship and Boat Building and<br />

Repair Industry 1990<br />

SIC4 Name Employment<br />

1990<br />

Wages 1990 GSP 1990<br />

<strong>California</strong><br />

Boat Building & Repair 3,256 $97,705,470 $116,684,864<br />

Ship Building & Repair 22,593 $975,728,866 $1,165,265,257<br />

TOTAL 25,849 $1,073,434,336 $1,281,950,121<br />

Comparisons drawn in Table 7-3 and Figure 7-1 clearly reflect the difficulties in the industry<br />

in the last decade. The major decline has come from the shipbuilding industry, while the<br />

Boat Building and Repair industry has remained stable. The Ship Building and Repair<br />

industry employed more than 22,500 people in 1990, but that number declined to less than<br />

6,500 in 2000. The employment in the Boat Building and Repair industry remained relatively<br />

constant at approximately 2,700. The sharp decline in the Ship Building and Repair industry<br />

also led to a significant drop in wages; they declined from around $800 million in 1990 to<br />

around $331 million in 2000 in constant 2000 dollars. Similarly the industry’s contribution to<br />

GSP also contracted to less than half of its value: from $958 million in 1990 to around $433<br />

million.<br />

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