That is a cool picture. I always heard that the difference between a ship and a boat was that you could put a boat on a ship and move it.

Austal, the Australian company that built those boats has a shipyard here in Mobile, AL. If you go west through the tunnel on I-10 you will see it, I think. They are known for building high-tech, high-speed ferries.

http://www.austal.com/facilities.cfm

I always have liked fabrication and thought that to be a shipfitter would be very interesting work, maybe too much of a good thing.