Newport Ship Yard, Inc., Newport, R.I., officials have announced the official opening of a new 12,000-square-foot Administrative Production annex at the company's One Washington Street, Newport location. The new two-story wing provides space accommodating the company's electrical, pipefitting, and boiler shops on the first floor level, with the second floor housing corporate administrative and business offices.
Construction on the annex began in the late summer of 1980. Reconstruction of the firm's production and planning offices damaged by fire last October began in April, with reoccupancy scheduled for the fall of 1981. The announcement was made by Neil C. Peirson, president, and Michael E. Collins Sr., vice president and treasurer of the shipyard.