William Cramp and Sons
The William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Company in Philadelphia ( Pennsylvania , USA ) was founded in 1825 by the American industrialist William Cramp and quickly developed into the most outstanding US shipyard in iron shipbuilding of the 19th century.
history
The American Ship & Commerce Corporation bought the shipyard in 1919, but closed it again in 1927, as the Washington Naval Agreement, signed on February 6, 1922 , had severely limited the armament of the US Navy .
In 1940 the US Navy invested $ 22 million to re-use the shipyard to build cruisers and submarines . However, submarine construction was not very successful due to poor management. The first delivery took place two years after the keel was laid and the final equipment had to be carried out in the Portsmouth Navy Yard ; the fastest construction time from laying the keel to delivery was 644 days.
The shipyard was closed again in 1947 and the site on the Delaware River was converted into an industrial park.
Well-known projects
- the Valencia , an American passenger steamer (entered service in 1882)
- the sister ships St. Louis and St. Paul , American Line ocean liner (commissioned 1895)
- the sister ships Finland and Kroonland , ocean liner of the Red Star Line (commissioned 1902)
- the Indiana , the first US Navy battleship (commissioned November 20, 1895)
- the Kasagi , a Japanese armored cruiser (delivery October 24, 1898)
- the Varyag , a Russian armored cruiser (commissioned January 2, 1901)
- the Retwisan , a Russian liner (delivery on March 23, 1902)
- the Oklahoma City , Galveston- class light cruiser (entering service December 22, 1944)
- the Little Rock , a Cleveland- class light cruiser (commissioned June 17, 1945), now a museum ship
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Stefan Terzibaschitsch : Submarines of the US Navy. Arms and Armor Press, 1991, pp. 70-71