The Yard

On waterways in Alaska, Oregon and New Jersey, deadline-driven shipyards and scrappy salvage operations build, repair and rescue boats.

In shipyards around the country, the job of building and maintaining the nation's fleet of fishing and work vessels is fraught with danger.

At Superior Marine, when an uninvited boat arrives needing work, Don Sorric brings on a new hire to get the job done. Don's patience is tested and the axe falls in record time.

Shamrock Salvage and Towing's crew finds themselves immersed in a tricky situation, figuring out how to raise a rusted old barge from the shallows before someone gets hurt.

The job of building and maintaining the nation's fleet of fishing boats, work vessels and passenger ships is fraught with stress.

The teams at some of our country's largest shipbuilding operations rush to save sinking houseboats, launch boats and fix plumbing problems.

Paint jobs, leaking hatches and recreational boaters put shipyards around the country to work during a busy season.

In the season finale, the shipyards face some of their toughest challenges, including serious hull repairs and broken generators.