New England Shipbuilding Corporation

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The ships of the mass launch at the equipment quay

The New England Shipbuilding Corporation was a shipyard in South Portland , Maine , USA . It was founded on April 1, 1943 through the merger of the Todd-Bath Iron Shipbuilding Corporation and the South Portland Shipbuilding Corporation .

history

To compensate for the ship losses in World War II , two shipyards were established in South Portland . The Todd-Bath Iron Shipbuilding Corporation adopted in December 1940 and the South Portland Shipbuilding Corporation in spring 1941 production to. On April 1, 1943, the two merged to form the New England Shipbuilding Corporation . The Todd-Bath Iron Shipbuilding Corporation became the East Yard , the New England Shipbuilding Corporation for the West Yard . After the war, the New England Shipbuilding Corporation was dissolved again. At the height of production, the shipyards employed 30,000 people.

The New England Shipbuilding Corporation was ranked 97th among US corporations in terms of World War II military manufacturing orders.

East Yard

In the East Yard 154 ships were built in total. 30 were ocean-class transport ships for the Royal Navy , 124 were Liberty freighters , which were required for the United States Maritime Commission as part of the Emergency Shipbuilding Program . On December 20, 1940, the first launch of the Ocean Liberty took place.

West yard

In the West Yard were from the outset liberty ship built. 112 units by 1945. On March 15, 1942, the first launching of the John Davenport took place. Jeremiah O'Brien , launched on June 19, 1943, has survived to this day.

Web links

Commons : New England Shipbuilding Corporation  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Newengland shipyard data on liberty-ship.com. Accessed August 4, 2020. (English)
  2. ↑ a b Shipyard History data on dialmaine.com. Accessed August 4, 2020. (English)
  3. ^ Libertyships data from Time Warner Cable on maine.rr.com. Accessed August 4, 2020. (English)
  4. ^ Merton J. Peck, Frederic M.Scherer: The Weapons Acquisition Process: An Economic Analysis Harvard Business School, Harvard 1962 p. 619.
  5. ↑ a b Ships data of the ships built. Accessed August 4, 2020. (English)
  6. ^ SS Jeremia O'Brian ship data on hnsa.org. Accessed August 4, 2020. (English)