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The Brooklyn Navy Yard has been expanded several times, and at its peak, it covered over 356 acres (144 ha). The efforts of its 75,000 workers during World War II earned the yard the nickname "The Can-Do Shipyard". [2] The Navy Yard was deactivated as a military installation in 1966, but continued to be used by private industries.
Kaiser set several records: The Liberty ship SS Robert E. Peary was assembled in less than five days as a part of a special competition among shipyards.; At the Oregon Shipbuilding Yard on the Columbia River, near Portland, the Victory ship SS Joseph N. Teal was built in ten days in fall 1942.
For example, at the end of 1943 only 20 percent of black soldiers actually served in combat units. In spite of the contributions of black service units, military officials had generally refused to send black troops into combat during the first two years of World War II.
Building the Navy's Bases in World War II: History of the Bureau of Yards and Docks and the Civil Engineer Corps, 1940–1946, Volumes I & II. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office. 1947 – via Naval History and Heritage Command. (via HyperWar) Rottman, Gordon L. (2008). U.S. Marine Corps WWII Order of Battle. Westport, CT ...
It grew to almost 25,000 civilians in World War II when over 70 submarines were constructed at the yard, with a record of 4 launched in a single day. When the war ended, the shipyard became the Navy's center for submarine design and development.
The first yard was built on Pinto Island in Mobile Bay. During World War II, the facility was primarily tasked for production of the Liberty ships, but wartime losses caused a shift to repair of tanker vessels. Twenty Liberty ships were produced at Mobile. [2] From 1943 to 1945, 102 T2 tanker ships were produced at ADDSCO. [3] [4]
[19] [20] Calship ranked 49th among United States corporations in the value of World War II military production contracts. [21] In 1947 the Calship facility was taken over by National Metal & Steel Corporation which operated a scrap yard there. Ironically, 55 of the Liberty and Victory ships that were built at Calship were scrapped on the same ...
The Emergency Shipbuilding Program (late 1940 – September 1945) was a United States government effort to quickly build simple cargo ships to carry troops and materiel to allies and foreign theatres during World War II. Run by the U.S. Maritime Commission, the program built almost 6,000 ships. [1] [2] [3]