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After weeks of work by Philadelphia Ship Repair, "Big J" is now due to leave Philadelphia on June 14, museum officials said. The battleship is due to dock in Paulsboro for six days before ...
In 2000, the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, acquired it and began to redevelop the land. First called Philadelphia Naval Business Center, it is now known as The Navy Yard. It is a large mixed-use campus where nearly 15,000 people are employed by more than 120 companies representing a mix ...
The yard was started as a cooperation between Kværner and the City of Philadelphia, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Government of the United States.Rebuilt and opened in 2000, the yard delivered its first ship in 2003: MV Manukai, a container cargo ship for Matson Line and the first of three, CV 2600 class sister vessels built for Matson through 2006.
The Independence Seaport Museum (formerly the Philadelphia Maritime Museum) was founded in 1961 and is located in the Penn's Landing complex along the Delaware River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The collections at the Independence Seaport Museum document maritime history and culture along the Delaware River.
Caretakers of the museum battleship New Jersey hope for a quick stay in a Philly drydock but only a close look at its hull will decide.
USS Vulcan (AR-5) was the lead ship of her class of repair ships of the United States Navy.The ship was laid down on 16 December 1939 at Camden, New Jersey, by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation; launched on 14 December 1940; sponsored by Mrs. James Forrestal, wife of the Under Secretary of the Navy; and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 14 June 1941.
Aker Philadelphia Shipyard: United States of America: Philadelphia 333 45.7 12.2 [67] 333 45.7 11.0 Northeast Ship Repair: United States of America: Boston (Boston Ship Repair) 351 38.1 * [68] Philadelphia (Philadelphia Ship Repair) 300 34.8 * Vigor Industrial: United States of America: Seattle, Washington: Evolution 195 35.3 * * * [69] Vigor ...
A Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF) is a facility owned by the United States Navy as a holding facility for decommissioned naval vessels, pending determination of their final fate. All ships in these facilities are inactive, but some are still on the Naval Vessel Register (NVR), while others have been struck from the register.