 In need of 70 shipwrights, which by 1990 were few and far between, Lake Union Drydock Company had to search Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska and British Columbia to assemble an appropriately skilled team.As part of the contract, Lake Union Drydock Company provided training to the Taiwanese maintenance staff.To fulfill the transport requirement to Taiwan, the shipyard found and prepared a heavy lift ship to deck-load and transit the four 176’ minesweepers, once delivered, Lake Union Drydock Company’s relationship with wooden Naval Minesweepers was concluded.