 Federal Shipbuilding Kearny in 1945 Image by Edward Cochrane, Navy Department Bureau of Ships, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed Public domain |
Grace MarkayFederal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company 1917–1948 shipbuilding company in the United States The Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company was a United States shipyard in New Jersey active from 1917 to 1948. It was founded during World War I to build ships for the United States Shipping Board. Unlike many shipyards, it remained active during the shipbuilding slump of the 1920s and early 1930s that followed the World War I boom years. During World War II, it built merchant ships as part of the U.S. Government's Emergency Shipbuilding program, at the same time producing more destroyers for the United States Navy than any yard other than the Bath Iron Works. Operated by a subsidiary of the… (Source: Wikipedia)
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