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During World War II, the Sparrows Point Shipyard built ships as part of the U.S. government's Emergency Shipbuilding Program to help re-build the British Merchant Navy. Liberty ship production was a primary goal of the yard. [citation needed] The shipyard also constructed 21 Cimarron-class oilers from 1938 to 1946.
USS Mississinewa (AO-59) was the first of two United States Navy ships of the name. She was a T3-S2-A1 auxiliary oiler of the US Navy, laid down on 5 October 1943 by the Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard, Inc., Sparrows Point, Maryland; launched on 28 March 1944; sponsored by Miss Margaret Pence; and commissioned on 18 May 1944.
Sparrows Point in 2021. Sparrows Point is an industrial area in unincorporated Baltimore County, Maryland, United States, adjacent to Edgemere.Named after Thomas Sparrow, landowner, it was the site of a very large industrial complex owned by Bethlehem Steel, known for steelmaking and shipbuilding.
Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard, Sparrows Point, Maryland (1914–1997). [15] Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, (1940–1945). [16] [17] Bethlehem Key Highway Shipyard, Baltimore. The upper yard was sold to AME/Swirnow in 1983. The site now holds Ritz Carlton and Harborview communities next to Baltimore Museum of Industry. [18] [19]
Just six years ago, news photographers gathered at Sparrows Point to record the controlled demolition of the “L” blast furnace, once the largest in the world. ... The Point, as it was so well ...
14 built by Sun Ship for World War II were used as troop ships in 1944 and 1945. The United States Navy took over 6 to become Haven -class hospital ships in May 1945 and painted them white. Along with military troop movement, the C4-S-B2 participated in Operation Magic Carpet to bring home troops and their families.
USAT J. W. McAndrew was a Type C3-P&C troop ship for the United States Army during World War II.. The ship was built by the Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard of Baltimore in 1940 as SS Deltargentino for the United States Maritime Commission on behalf of the Mississippi Shipping Company in 1940 for operation by its Delta Line.
USS Tolovana (AO-64) was a Cimarron-class fleet oiler acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II.She served her country primarily in the Pacific Ocean Theatre of Operations, and provided petroleum products where needed to combat ships.