Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
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Former United States shipyard, active from 1917 to 1949. During World War II, it built ships as part of the U.S. Government's Emergency Shipbuilding Program. Operated by a subsidiary of the United States Steel Corporation. Located in Kearny, New Jersey.
[edit] Ships built
Ships built by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company include:
- Cruisers
- Destroyers
- USS Kearny (DD-432)
- USS Ericsson (DD-440)
- USS Waller (DD-466)
- USS Nelson (DD-623)
- USS Stevenson (DD-645)
- USS Stockton (DD-646)
- USS Thorn (DD-647)
- USS Allen M. Sumner (DD-692)
- USS Moale (DD-693)
- USS Ingraham (DD-694)
- USS Cooper (DD-695)
- USS English (DD-696)
- USS Charles S. Sperry (DD-697)
- USS Compton (DD-705)
- USS Soley (DD-707)
- USS Gyatt (DD-712)
- USS William R. Rush (DD-714)
- Maritime Commission tankers converted into escort carriers
- Esso Trenton, launched in 1939
- Markay, launched in 1940
[edit] References
- Kearny Yard history
- Yard background and photographs from 1945 and 2003
- A web exhibit of ship christening photos that includes half a dozen images of launching ceremonies at the Kearny Yard
- http://www.riverterminal.com/ - River Terminal Development, on the site of the shipyard.
- Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company is at coordinates Coordinates:
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