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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Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division (redirect from Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Drydock Company)
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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USS Spokane (CL-120) (section Construction and career)
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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USS Radford (DD-446) (section Construction and career)
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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SS Santa Rosa (1932) (section Design and construction)
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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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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USS Schroeder (section Construction and career)
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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USS Gyatt (section Design and construction)
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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SS Santa Paula (1932) (section Design and construction)
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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USS Oberon (section Decommissioning and sale)
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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USS Euryale (section Construction and design)
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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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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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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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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