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The New York Shipbuilding Corporation (or New York Ship for short) was an American shipbuilding company that operated from 1899 to 1968, ultimately completing more than 500 vessels for the U.S. Navy, the United States Merchant Marine, the United States Coast Guard, and other maritime concerns.
Launch of Denver at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, 4 April 1942. USS Denver (CL-58) was a Cleveland-class light cruiser. Denver launched on 4 April 1942 by New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, New Jersey; sponsored by Miss L. J. Stapleton, daughter of the Mayor of Denver; and commissioned on 15 October 1942, Captain Robert Carney in command. [1]
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SS. Manhattan. (1931) SS Manhattan was a 24,189 GRT luxury ocean liner built for the United States Lines, named after the Manhattan borough of New York City. On 15 June 1941 she was commissioned as USS Wakefield (AP-21) and became the largest ship ever operated by the US Coast Guard. In 1942 she caught fire and was rebuilt as a troop ship.
Crew. 115. The Design 1095 ship was an Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFC) design for a troop transport to be built at New York Shipbuilding Corporation and delivered to the United States Shipping Board (USSB) that, at the end of World War I hostilities, was modified to a combined passenger and cargo vessel. [2] [3] The contract was for thirteen ...
Ships built by New York Shipbuilding Corporation (1 C, 190 P) Pages in category "New York Shipbuilding Corporation" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
Bethlehem Steel Corporation Shipbuilding Division was created in 1905 when the Bethlehem Steel Corporation of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, acquired the San Francisco -based shipyard Union Iron Works. [1][2] In 1917 it was incorporated as Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Limited. The division's headquarters were moved to Quincy, Massachusetts ...
USS Chester (CA-27), off the Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, after torpedo damage repairs and overhaul, 2 October 1943. USS Chester (CL/CA-27), a Northampton -class cruiser, was the second ship of the United States Navy named after the city of Chester, Pennsylvania.