<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-20-009381.txt : 20200213
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20200213180036
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-20-009381
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	5
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20191231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200213
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200213

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LABORDE JOHN PETER
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001205731

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		5
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34279
		FILM NUMBER:		20612542

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		583 THOMPSON RD
		CITY:			HOUMA
		STATE:			LA
		ZIP:			70363

ISSUER:		

	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

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		16225 PARK TEN PLACE, SUITE 280
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77084
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7137146100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		16225 PARK TEN PLACE, SUITE 280
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77084
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM 5 SUBMISSION
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    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>5</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2019-12-31</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <form3HoldingsReported>0</form3HoldingsReported>

    <form4TransactionsReported>0</form4TransactionsReported>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001031623</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>GULF ISLAND FABRICATION INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>GIFI</issuerTradingSymbol>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001205731</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>LABORDE JOHN PETER</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>601 POYDRAS STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 1726</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW ORLEANS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>LA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>70130</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType></transactionFormType>
            </transactionCoding>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>35138</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType></transactionFormType>
            </transactionCoding>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>66477</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>Through JPL Estate Trust</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Represents shares held by JPL Estate Trust, of which the Reporting Person is the income and principal beneficiary and one of five trustees.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>This Form 5 is being filed to update the Reporting Person's holdings in the Issuer.  During 2019, Starboard Enterprises, L.L.C. (&quot;Starboard&quot;), a family holding company, distributed to its members (including the Reporting Person and the JPL Estate Trust) almost all of Starboard's assets, including all of its shares of the Issuer's common stock.  Following these distributions, the Reporting Person no longer reports any shares held by Starboard, his direct holdings increased by 1,430 shares and he is now deemed the indirect beneficial owner of 66,477 shares of Issuer common stock held by the JPL Estate Trust.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/John Peter Laborde</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2020-02-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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