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Dravo Corporation was an American shipbuilding company with shipyards in Pittsburgh and Wilmington, Delaware. It was founded by Frank and Ralph Dravo in Pittsburgh in 1891. [ 1 ] The corporation went public in 1936 and in 1998 it was bought out by Carmeuse for $192 million ($358.9 million today). [ 2 ]
USS LST-740 was an LST-542-class tank landing ship laid down on 12 February 1944 by the Dravo Corporation at Neville Island.She was launched on 8 April 1944, sponsored by Miss A. Jean Blocker, and commissioned on 15 May 1944.
The ship was laid down on 23 August 1942 by the Dravo Corporation at Neville Island, Pennsylvania as the LST-1-class tank landing ship LST-14. Launched on 9 December 1942, sponsored by Mrs. R. J. Mitchell, the ship was renamed Varuna and redesignated AGP-5 on 13 January 1943, and completed as an LST by Dravo Corp. on 26 March 1943.
LST-47 was laid down on 30 July 1943 at Dravo Corporation, Neville Island, Pennsylvania. Launched on 24 September 1943 and commissioned on 8 November 1944. [3]
Dravo Corporation, Neville Island, Pittsburgh: Laid down: 10 April 1944: Launched: 20 May 1944: Commissioned: 23 June 1944: Stricken: 19 January 1945: Honours and awards: 1 battle star (World War II) Fate: Sunk in kamikaze attack, 21 December 1944: General characteristics; Class and type: LST-542-class tank landing ship: Displacement: 1,625 ...
USS Dynamic (AM-91) was an Adroit-class minesweeper of the United States Navy.It was laid down on 16 January 1942 by the Dravo Corporation, Neville Island, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, launched on 26 May 1942, and commissioned on 15 September 1942.
LST-37 sailed from Galveston Bar for Key West, Florida, on 28 August 1943, with convoy HK 125, arriving in Key West, 1 September 1943. [3]On 11 October 1943, LST-37 left Halifax, Nova Scotia, in convoy SC 144, [4] en route she joined convoy WN 497 that had departed Loch Ewe, on 26 October.
Dravo Corporation, Neville Island, Pittsburgh: Laid down: 15 October 1944: Launched: 23 December 1944: Commissioned: 20 January 1945: Decommissioned: 10 September 1946: Renamed: USS Lyman County (LST-903), 1 July 1955: Stricken: 1 November 1958: Fate: Sunk as a target, 28 March 1959: General characteristics; Class and type: LST-542-class tank ...