Blue Water autonomous ship (Liberty Class)

Blue Water Autonomy, an early-stage startup based in Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts, is building toward a full-sized long-range autonomous ship and is recorded in the maritime form factor at research, pre-deploy maturity, completing the cohort's maturity ladder at its bottom rung. It was founded in 2024 by chief executive Rylan Hamilton, a former US Navy surface warfare officer and early Amazon Robotics leader who co-founded 6 River Systems, alongside Scott Miller, an early iRobot engineer, and Navy veteran Austin Gray, and has raised about $64 million, a $14 million seed in April 2025 plus a $50 million Series A led by GV, and signed a production agreement with Conrad Shipyard in Louisiana in September 2025. Its verified-versus-claimed profile is the load-bearing point: verified are the company's existence, its $64 million in funding, the GV-led Series A, the Conrad production deal, and a credentialed team, while its roughly 190-foot Liberty-class autonomous ship designed to cross the Pacific and operate for months, and a 2026 first deployment, are claimed and unproven, with no fielded vessel and no DARPA or Navy program-of-record contract as of mid-2026, correctly placing it at research and pre-deploy. Several corrections to common priors apply: it was founded in 2024 rather than 2023, with 2023 a possible stealth-inception; its vessel is described by the company at about 190 feet rather than 100 to 150 feet, the framing having grown; the often-cited Sea Machines founder link could not be confirmed, with the verified pedigree being Navy, Amazon Robotics, and iRobot; and the 2026 first deployment is a forward claim rather than a fielded result.

Blue Water autonomous ship (Liberty Class)'s price is not publicly disclosed. DEPLOY has no verified price on record for Blue Water autonomous ship (Liberty Class) from Blue Water Autonomy. Physical-AI systems like this are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price; check the manufacturer for the latest.

Blue Water autonomous ship (Liberty Class) is at the prototype stage: it exists, but DEPLOY has no verified real-world deployment on record. Manufacturer capability claims should be read as claims pending independent verification.

Blue Water autonomous ship (Liberty Class) is made by Blue Water Autonomy, based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, founded in 2024.

Blue Water autonomous ship (Liberty Class) is at prototype stage and is not yet available for sale.

On the DEPLOY registry, comparable maritime_surface robots to Blue Water autonomous ship (Liberty Class) include Corsair, Voyager, Surveyor, Saildrone USV (Explorer / Voyager / Surveyor).

Blue Water autonomous ship (Liberty Class) and Corsair (Saronic Technologies · 8 deployments) are both maritime_surface robots on the DEPLOY registry. Blue Water autonomous ship (Liberty Class) has 0 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Blue Water autonomous ship (Liberty Class) ranks in roughly the top 100% of maritime_surface models tracked by the registry.

Blue Water autonomous ship (Liberty Class) is at the prototype stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Prototype stage means demonstrations exist but commercial readiness is not yet established.

No verified deployments of Blue Water autonomous ship (Liberty Class) are currently on the DEPLOY registry. DEPLOY records deployments only when verified at a named site with a primary source; absence may reflect pre-deployment, research, or manufacturer-internal use.

Blue Water autonomous ship (Liberty Class) has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.