Jeffboat
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Jeffboat is the largest inland shipbuilder in the United States, located in Jeffersonville, Indiana. It is the second-largest builder of barges. It is most notable for building the General Jackson, the Mississippi Queen, and the Caesars Indiana Riverboat Casino.
Originally named the Howard Shipyards, it had fallen on hard times due to the Great Depression. The US Navy bought the shipyards in 1942 and gave it to a new company, Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Company. During World War II it built 123 Landing Ship-Tanks (LSTs), 23 submarine chasers, and numerous other craft. Post-war, the shipyards built customized crafts, but specialized in barges and towboats. In 1957 the official name was changed to Jeffboat.
Production was stopped from 1986 to 1989.
In 2001 a wildcat strike took place, as the workers felt that their union sold them out to the company.
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