War of the Pacific
In order to support amphibious operations during the landing in Pisagua by carrying significant quantities of cargo, and landing troops directly onto an unimproved shore, the Government built flat-bottomed landing craft, called Chalanas. They transported 1,200 men in the first landing and took onboard 600 men in less than 2 hours for the second landing.
ASMAR
ASMAR or Astilleros y Maestranzas de la Armada is a Chilean state-owned shipyard service dealing both with military and civilian vessels.
Cirujano Videla (1964) Fuentealba (1966) Odger (1966) Castor (1968) Papudo (1970) Maipo (1981)
Asenav
Lever, Murphy & Co.
Located in Caleta de la Barca, (today Caleta Abarca), this shipyard registers works:
1885, install 4 new boilers in Huáscar (ship) Meteoro (1901) 1898 assembled the parts built by Yarrow Shipbuilders of: Contreras (1896), Mutilla (1896), Rodriguez (1896) and Thomson (1896).
Alberto Daiber Shipyard Located in Valdivia, Chile
Huemul (1935) Águila (1941) Brito (1935)
Behrens Shipyard, Valdivia
Pisagua (1904) Valdivia (1903)
Duprat Shipyard 1845 in Valparaíso
Ancud (1853) Constitución (1851) María SusanaEnrique Merlet Sanhueza, Juan José Latorre: Héroe de Angamos von
Las Habas Shipyard Located in Valparíso
Ortiz (1957)
MARCO Chilena MARCO is a company founded in Iquique, dedicated to construction, repair, and rebuild of steel vessels of up to 95M Length overall. The shipyard also offers consulting and engineering work services.
Brito (1966)
Oettinger Shipyard Located in Valdivia
Isleña (1938)
See also Maritime history of Chile
References Buques de la Armada construidos en Chile by Germán Bravo Valdivieso