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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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