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    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...
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    Collis' widow Arabella Huntington, and assumed Collis' leadership role with Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. Under Henry Huntington's leadership...
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    Vallette. La Vallette was laid down 27 November 1941 by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey; launched 21 June 1942; sponsored by...
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    The Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company (ADDSCO) located in Mobile, Alabama, was one of the largest marine production facilities in the United States...
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  • Thumbnail for Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division
    corporate name, the shipyard had been called Los Angeles Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company and Todd Shipyards, Los Angeles Division. Under those three names...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Spokane (CL-120)
    1944 at the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Kearny, New Jersey; launched on 22 September 1945, sponsored by Miss Patrice Munsel; and commissioned...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Radford (DD-446)
    was laid down by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company at Kearny, New Jersey on 2 October 1941 and was launched on 3 May 1942 by Radford's granddaughter...
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    Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Kearny, New Jersey, on 15 September 1944; launched on 15 July 1945; sponsored by Mrs. B. L. Bartlett; and...
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    and Santa Elena were lost in air and torpedo attacks off North Africa. The ship was ordered in 1930 from the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company...
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    the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey on 4 February 1939; sponsored by Miss Lillian Hammann; and commissioned on 11 August 1939...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Allen M. Sumner
    by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company; launched on 15 December 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Allen M. Sumner, Captain Sumner's widow; and commissioned...
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    Schroeder was laid down on 25 June 1942 by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Kearny, New Jersey and launched on 11 November 1942, sponsored by...
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  • now afloat or planned. The St. John Drydock and Shipbuilding Company is controlled by the Canada Dredging Company, Limited of Midland, Ont. Among those...
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    the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company at Kearny, New Jersey. She was commissioned with a United States Coast Guard crew in June 1945 and was en...
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    Navy and were in commission from 1954 until 1969. JDS Asakaze was commissioned as USS Ellyson on 28 November 1941 at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company...
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    including Gyatt.: 129  She was laid down by Federal Shipbuilding on 7 September 1944, launched on 15 April 1945, and commissioned on 2 July of the same year...
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    of light cruisers ever built. Fifty-two were ordered, and 36 were completed, 27 as cruisers and nine as the Independence-class of light aircraft carriers...
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    launched on 5 March 1946 by Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company of Kearny, New Jersey, sponsored by Mrs. Ruth R. Martin; and commissioned on 27 November...
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    USS Acree (category World War II frigates and destroyer escorts of the United States)
    Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey; launched on 9 May 1943; sponsored by Mrs. John W. Acree, the widow of LTJG Acree; and commissioned...
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    the Coral Sea and was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his action in the battle. Built by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New...
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    States Naval Operations in World War II. Vol. XV. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. pp. 50–52. "Ships' Data -- U.S. Naval Vessels - BuShips". Lenton 1998...
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    organizing to integrate the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. Black and Jewish activists including Bob Monroe, Lou Kaplan and Al Elliott, as well as...
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  • Thumbnail for SS Santa Paula (1932)
    the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Kearny, NJ. Her regular service route included inter-coastal service between the east coast and the west...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Oberon
    originally named Delalba (MC hull 133), was built at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey; renamed Oberon 16 February 1942; launched...
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    the Hawaiian Merchant by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Kearny, New Jersey for the Matson Navigation Company. Hawaiian Merchant was launched...
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  • Thumbnail for Gleaves-class destroyer
    however, Bethlehem Shipbuilding requested that the six ships designed by them use less complex machinery. Initially, Gleaves and Niblack, although designed...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Merrick
    as Maritime Commission hull 219, on 19 October 1944 by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey, launched on 28 January 1945, sponsored...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Neosho (AO-23)
    down under United States Maritime Commission contract by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey, 22 June 1938; launched on 29 April...
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  • Empire State, launched as Shaume was not an Empire ship. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey Empire Kangaroo Empire Kudu Empire...
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    the Korean War and the Vietnam War. General W. A. Mann, a P2-type troopship, was built by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Kearny, New...
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