Claim: Austal USA (founded in 1999) specializes in commercial and defense vessels, and its first contract was for two crew supply vessels for service in the Gulf of Mexico.
Evidence: 1999 Austal USA's first contract was for two crew supply vessels for service in the Gulf of Mexico. Austal USA is an American shipbuilder based on Blakeley Island in Mobile, Alabama. Aluminium
commercial and
defense vessels