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Sir William Pepperrell, 1st Baronet (27 June 1696 – 6 July 1759) was an American merchant and soldier in colonial Massachusetts. He is widely remembered for organizing, financing, and leading the 1745 expedition that captured the French fortress of Louisbourg during King George's War .
William Pepperell (1696-1759) of Kittery, Maine, a prosperous shipbuilding family. The shipbuilding industry was extremely important, especially to the New England Colonies in Colonial Times. The first ships were built for fishing, but trade was also conducted by water, which eventually led to the real demand in shipbuilding.
Everett Ship Repair, Everett, Washington Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock , Newark, New Jersey (1917–1949) Fore River Shipyard , Quincy, Massachusetts (1901–1964)
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The Pepperell Baronetcy, of Boston, Massachusetts, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 9 November 1774 for William Pepperell. Born William Sparhawk, he was the grandson of the first Baronet of the 1746 creation. He was the adopted heir of his grandfather and succeeded to Pepperell's estates on the condition that he adopted the ...
The Seattle Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Company was established in 1888, with Bailey Gatzert as president, Robert Moran as vice president and $75,000 in capital. It was located at the foot of Charles Street ( 47°35′42″N 122°20′15″W / 47.59498°N 122.3375°W / 47.59498; -122.3375 , [ 4 ] all subsequent extensions of the yard ...
Everett-Pacific Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company was established in 1942 to build ships needed for World War II. Yard construction began on 1 March 1942. [ 1 ] As part of the Emergency Shipbuilding Program , the US Navy provided some of the capital to start Everett-Pacific Shipbuilding at Port Gardner Bay in Everett, Washington .
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