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    In World War II, Richmond built more ships than any other shipyard, turning out as many as three ships in a single day. The shipyards are part of the Rosie...
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    Four of the Kaiser Shipyards were located in Richmond, California, and were called the Richmond Shipyards. Three other shipyards were located in the...
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    Vigor Shipyards is the current entity operating the former Todd Shipyards after its acquisition in 2011. Todd Shipyards was founded in 1916, which owned...
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  • of notable shipbuilders and shipyards: Suez shipyard Alexandria Shipyard Baku Shipyard FMC Dockyard Limited Ananda Shipyard and Shipways Chittagong Dry...
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    A specially built rail line, the Shipyard Railway, transported workers to the shipyards. Kaiser's Richmond shipyards built 747 Victory and Liberty ships...
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    visitor center. The four Richmond Shipyards were part of the Kaiser Shipyards; construction started in early 1941 and the shipyards were completed by 1942...
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    The Shipyard Railway was an electric commuter rail/interurban line that served workers at the Richmond Shipyards in Richmond, California, United States...
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    to the Richmond Marina Bay and Campus Bay. Baxter Creek and Meeker Slough Creek's mouths and deltas drain into the harbor. Richmond Shipyards "GNIS Detail...
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    convalescing soldiers during World War II. On September 7, 1942, the Richmond Shipyards Athletic Association put on a large scale Labor Day company picnic...
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  • Engines, producing one engine every 40.8 hours. They were used at the Richmond Shipyards. Six Companies Inc. was composed of: Henry J. Kaiser Co. of Oakland...
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    the United States who represents the women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II, many of whom produced munitions and war supplies...
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    full advantage of the process by constructing new shipyards using this concept. Other Kaiser shipyards were located in Ryan Point (Vancouver) on the Columbia...
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    California during World War II. William Plunkett first worked in the Richmond shipyards. By this time, Jim's two older sisters, Genevieve (16 years older...
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  • SS Robert E. Peary (category Ships built in Richmond, California)
    in Richmond, California and was the 47th ship built at the yard. The record set in her construction was the result of a competition between shipyards to...
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    Kaiser would rapidly open seven Kaiser Shipyards on the West Coast of the US, with the four Richmond Shipyards located near San Francisco, California...
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    California, as the youngest of ten children, later worked in the Richmond Shipyards prior to fighting in World War II, and thereafter turned to customizing...
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  • A skilled worker working at Richmond Shipyards...
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    1940/1941 Alameda Works Shipyard 8 P2 transports Richmond Shipyards : Kaiser Richmond No. 1 Yard; Oceans, Libertys, Victorys Kaiser Richmond No. 2 Yard; Liberty...
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    the shipyard to 350 Blanding Avenue, Alameda. The new yard did prefab sub assemblies for the other Bay Area shipyards, like the Richmond Shipyards. In...
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    the first time they had seen a doctor. The Kaiser Richmond Field Hospital for the Richmond Shipyards was financed by the U.S. Maritime Commission, and...
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    Captain at Richmond Shipyards 🚢🚢⚓...
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  • Permanente Metals (category Companies based in Richmond, California)
    Metals Corporation (PMC) is best known for having managed the Richmond Shipyards in Richmond, California, owned by one of industrialist Henry J. Kaiser's...
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    San Francisco Bay (category Bodies of water of Richmond, California)
    Several shipyards were established around the bay, augmented during wartime (e.g., the Kaiser Shipyards, Richmond Shipyards) near Richmond in 1940 for...
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  • contributing to the war effort. Many came to work in Richmond's shipyards and consequently, moved into North Richmond. Subsequently many of the residents were employed...
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    II era field hospital. The Kaiser Richmond Field Hospital opened in 1942 to serve workers at the Richmond Shipyards who had signed up for the "Kaiser...
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    Quivik, Fredric L. (2 Jul 2004). "Kaiser's Richmond Shipyards: With Special Emphasis on Richmond Shipyard No. 3" (PDF). Rosie the Riveter. Historic American...
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  • established on the shipyard site to commemorate and interpret the role of the home front in winning World War II. Richmond Shipyards Images Map of Kaiser-Permanente...
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  • San Francisco, eventually securing work as a draftsperson at the Richmond Shipyards where she met Anthony, a Chinese-born draftsperson working in the...
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    wear short-sleeved shirts and trousers, 1942. Woman working in the Richmond shipyards wears practical overalls and a cap, 1943. Children's clothing in the...
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    welder Beatrice Turner, the first African American female hired at the Richmond Shipyards, was the matron of honor. Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Horne's Stormy...
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