State Dockyard
The State Dockyard at Dykes Point, Newcastle was built by the New South Wales Government in 1942 during World War II. The dockyard was constructed using much of the plant and buildings from the former Walsh Island Dockyard and Engineering Works which had ceased operations in 1933. The dockyard launched its first vessel in July 1943. By 1945 it had built two vessels for the Royal Australian Navy and twenty-two vessels for the United States and had repaired six hundred ships. The dockyard closed in 1987.
After closure
As of 2009, the dockyard is proposed to be reutilised by Azzura Marine into a superyacht and large custom vessel construction facility.
In 2010, the southern roof of the former dockyard buildings still shows the faded, painted title "STATE DOCKYARD" when viewed from above. 32°55′21″S 151°46′30″E / 32.92261°S 151.77512°E
surviving ships
As of 2011 the surviving State Dockyard built ships are the MV Cape Don built in 1963 for the commonwealth lighthouse service which is now a museum ship on balls head bay in waverton and the MV Freshwater and MV Queenscliff (1983) for the Manly-Circular Quay run