About General Ship Repair

The General Ship Repair Corporation, (GSR), a fixture on the Baltimore water front for nearly a century, continues to build a strong business, as we now welcome our fourth generation ownership.  Our range of expertise encompasses afloat ship repairs, tug, barge and Motor Vessel dry dockings and industrial services (Baltimore Metal Works Division), and we are proud of having been in business since 1924.

General Ship Repair Corporation is as ubiquitous of a presence on the Baltimore waterfront as Under Armour, Domino Sugar and Natty Boh. General Ship Repair has stood strong for nearly a century since its founding by Charles Buck Lynch in 1924, evolving today into the de facto go to for workboat and ship repair in the Baltimore area. Today it is running strong, and per its history it invests in its people and facilities with an eye on the future.  The forth generation of Lynch leadership is now at the helm with Ryan Lynch and Charles (Chaz) Lynch.

In its time the company has serviced schooners and steamships, paddle wheelers and super tankers, as well as everything in between. Today though, providing repair and maintenance service to the regional workboat market with its pair of 1,000 ton floating docks is the heart and soul of its business.

Chaz Lynch served in the U.S. Coast Guard for four years before deciding his fate lies in the waterfront shop his great grandfather pioneered. Mid-stream in his USCG stint he switched to the mechanical side of the operation. Today Chaz serves the company as a Machine Shop Supervisor and Dock Master.

Ryan Lynch graduated from the United States Merchant Marine Academy, as a Marine Engineer.  He worked on commercial ships after graduation and is now the President of General Ship Repair.

Self-Sufficient is perhaps the best term to describe the yard, its management and its team of 45, a focused group available 24/7/365 to its workboat and ship clients that depend on it to keep its equipment functional and in the water earning money.