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FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GULF ISLAND FABRICATION INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001031623
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FABRICATED STRUCTURAL METAL PRODUCTS [3440]
		IRS NUMBER:				721147390
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			LA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		GULF ISLAND FABRICATION INC
		STREET 2:		583 THOMPSON RD
		CITY:			HOUMA
		STATE:			LA
		ZIP:			70361
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5048722100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 310
		CITY:			HOUMA
		STATE:			LA
		ZIP:			70361
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">567 Thompson Road </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Houma, Louisiana 70363 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">December&nbsp;1, 2010 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Securities and Exchange Commission </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Division of Corporate Finance </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">100 F Street NE
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Washington, D.C. 20549 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Attention:
Terence O&#146;Brien </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">RE:</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December&nbsp;31, 2009 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Filed
March&nbsp;8, 2010 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Forms 10-Q for the Fiscal Quarters Ended March&nbsp;31, 2010, </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">June&nbsp;30, 2010, and September&nbsp;30, 2010 </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">File No.&nbsp;1-34279 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Dear Mr.&nbsp;O&#146;Brien: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This letter is in response to the comments received
from the Commission by mail on November&nbsp;19, 2010. In order to expedite the staff&#146;s review of our responses, we have numbered and reproduced the full text of the staff&#146;s comments, each of which is followed by our response. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Form 10- K for the Fiscal Year Ended December&nbsp;31, 2009 </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Item&nbsp;7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, page 23 </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Results of Operations, page 24 </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>1.</I></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>We note your response to comment 1 in our letter dated November&nbsp;2, 2010. It is unclear why you would be unable to provide investors with a discussion and
analysis of man-hours you can work in comparison to man-hours worked, if man-hours you can work is how management judges your business. In this regard, we note that it was communicated to analysts that man-hours you can work ranges between
3.5&nbsp;million to 4 million. However, we understand that management may not be able to provide investors with disclosures of an accurate number of these hours for the reasons explained in your letter. As man-hours worked does appear to be a
measure used by management to assess the business activity, please expand upon the discussion and analysis you provide under the caption, Workforce, to provide investors with a more comprehensive understanding of the material factors impacting the
changes in man-hours worked for each period presented in future filings. </I></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Response: </B>In future filings with the
Commission, we will expand our discussion and analysis under the caption &#147;<B></B><I>Workforce</I><B></B>&#148; to provide investors with a more comprehensive understanding of the material factors impacting the changes in man-hours worked for
each period presented.<B> </B></FONT></P>

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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">December 1, 2010 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Page 2 </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Form 10-Q for the Fiscal Quarter Ended September&nbsp;30, 2010 </U></B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Item&nbsp;2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, page 14 </U></B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Results of Operations, page 15 </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>2.</I></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>We note your response to comment 9 in our letter dated November&nbsp;2, 2010, in which you note that there were no indicators of reasonably likely impairments for
your Texas facility's fixed assets. In our prior comment, we noted a few negative trends in the operating results for the Texas facility that may raise questions as to whether the recoverability of the associated assets should be assessed in
comparison to the carrying values and/or potentially lead to an impairment charge. Please provide us with an understanding as to why you do not believe the indicators noted in our prior comment do not result in a material uncertainty about the
recoverability of the Texas facility's fixed assets. Please also consider revising your disclosures in future filings to clarify for investors that while the Texas facility is experiencing negative trends you do not believe it is reasonably likely
these trends would result in a material impairment charge, if correct. There is a concern that your investors may not fully understand the uncertainties surrounding your Texas facility. </I></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Response:</B> We do not believe the current level of production and resulting decline in revenue experienced at our Texas facility results in a
material uncertainty about the recoverability of this facility&#146;s assets. We believe these negative trends to be short term in nature and unlikely to result in an impairment based, in part, on the increase in the volume of deep-water Gulf of
Mexico projects becoming available for bid, our current outstanding bids to fabricate deep-water Gulf of Mexico projects and the perceived likelihood of acceptance of our bids. For example, on November&nbsp;23, 2010, we announced the acceptance of
our bid and the execution of a contract for a deep-water Gulf of Mexico project which will be fabricated in our Texas facility. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In the event our Texas facility experiences negative trends in future periods, we will revise our disclosure in future filings with the
Commission to clarify for investors why we do not believe such trends are reasonably likely to result in a material impairment, if correct. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">December 1, 2010 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Page 3 </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure contained in
its periodic reports filed pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, and that staff comments or Company changes to disclosure in response to staff comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the
Company&#146;s reports. Further, the Company acknowledges that it may not assert staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Please call me with any questions. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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S<SMALL>EIBERT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SMALL></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Robin A. Seibert</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Vice President-Finance, Chief</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Financial Officer and
Treasurer</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(985)872-2100</B></FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV>
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