The American Ship Building Company was the dominant shipbuilder on the Great Lakes before the Second World War. It started as Cleveland Shipbuilding in...
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Sons Shipbuilding Company (also known as William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Company) was an American shipbuilding company based in Philadelphia...
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Shipbuilding Company Defoe Shipbuilding Company Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company American Ship Building Company lakeassault.com "American Steel Barge Company". Shipbuilding...
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MV Paul R. Tregurtha (category 1981 ships)
at the American Ship Building Company yard in Lorain, Ohio. The MV Paul R. Tregurtha is the current flagship for the Interlake Steamship Company. The Interlake...
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Mesabi Miner (category 1975 ships)
lowest lake, Lake Ontario. The American Ship Building Company built the ship in 1975 at Lorain, Ohio. Like her sister ships, MV James R. Barker and Paul...
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Barker is an American bulk carrier that operates on the upper four North American Great Lakes. Built in 1976 by the American Ship Building Company at Lorain...
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SS Arthur M. Anderson (category Merchant ships of the United States)
time. The ship was launched in 1952 and is in active service. SS Arthur M. Anderson came out of the drydock of the American Ship Building Company of Lorain...
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Auk-class minesweeper (category Ship classes of the Royal Navy)
U-593. The ships were constructed in 11 different shipyards, by 10 different companies, in 9 different states. American Ship Building Company, Lorain, Ohio...
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MV Roger Blough (category 1972 ships)
Blough is a ship built in 1972 by American Ship Building Company in Lorain, Ohio. She serves as a lake freighter on the Great Lakes. The ship is owned by...
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Lakes bulk freighter currently in operation. The ship was built in 1973 by the American Ship Building Company at Lorain, Ohio as the William R. Roesch for...
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SS Anna C. Minch (category Merchant ships of the United States)
constructed in 1903 by the American Ship Building Company at Cleveland, Ohio. All twenty-four of the crew were lost when the ship sank. The cargo she was...
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The American Bridge Company is a heavy/civil construction firm that specializes in building and renovating bridges and other large, complex structures...
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SS Henry B. Smith (category 1906 ships)
freighter built in 1906 by the American Ship Building Company at Lorain, Ohio USA. The steamship was owned by the Acme Transit Company of Lorain, Ohio, under...
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SS Atlantus (category World War I merchant ships of the United States)
Atlantus is the most famous of the twelve concrete ships built by the Liberty Ship Building Company in Brunswick, Georgia, United States, during and after...
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Peterson Builders (category Defunct shipbuilding companies of the United States)
Incorporated (PBI) was an American ship building company that constructed small to medium, naval and commercial ships and boats. The company mainly operated from...
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also built at the American Ship Building Company of Lorain, entered service in 1925. First owned by the Pioneer Steamship Company, she was acquired by...
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USNS Paul Buck (category 1985 ships)
Buck (T-AOT-1122), a transport oiler ship, was originally constructed in 1985 by American Ship Building Company, Tampa, Florida for Ocean Product Tankers...
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SS Carl D. Bradley (category Merchant ships of the United States)
extensive use throughout her 31-year career. Built in 1927 by the American Ship Building Company in Lorain, Ohio, Carl D. Bradley was owned by the Michigan Limestone...
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SS William A. Irvin (category 1937 ships)
iconic red hull of the ship. SS William A. Irvin was launched 21 November 1937 at the yards of the American Ship Building Company in Lorain, Ohio. Her maiden...
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The American Chicle Company Building, built in 1911, is located in the Gert Town neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana. The New Orleans Chamber of Commerce...
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SS Argus (category Merchant ship stubs)
Woodruff by the American Ship Building Company, and was launched on 5 August 1903. Its original owner was the Gilchrist Transportation Company, based in Cleveland...
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W. Wheeler sold his yard to the American Ship Building Company who renamed the yard West Bay City Shipbuilding Company. The yard closed in 1908 after they...
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The United Fruit Company (later the United Brands Company) was an American multinational corporation that traded in tropical fruit (primarily bananas)...
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Newport News Shipbuilding (redirect from Newport News Ship Building Company)
Shipbuilding Company, an emergency yard on the banks of the Cape Fear River and launched its first Liberty ship before the end of 1941, building 243 ships in all...
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William Liston Brown (redirect from Pickands, Brown & Company)
Company, a leading distributor of coke and pig iron. He later became a prominent leader in shipbuilding, directing the American Ship Building Company...
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USS Wolverine (IX-64) (category Training ships of the United States Navy)
night's sleep. The ship was built by the Detroit Shipbuilding Company, soon to be acquired and renamed American Ship Building Company, of Wyandotte, Michigan...
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AT&T Corporation (redirect from American Telephone & Telegraph Company)
abbreviation for its former name, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, was an American telecommunications company that provided voice, video, data...
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USCGC Vigorous (category Ships of the United States Coast Guard)
Reliance Class medium endurance cutter. Her keel was laid down by American Ship Building Company, Lorain, Ohio 10 November 1967 and she was launched 4 May 1968...
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Shipbuilding (redirect from Ship-building)
construction of boats is a similar activity called boat building. The dismantling of ships is called ship breaking. The earliest evidence of maritime transport...
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1960s. In 1972 the yard was sold to American Ship Building Company as Tampa Shipyards. American Ship Building Company built two large drydocks at the site...
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