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Thomas W. Lawson, a seven-masted, steel-hull schooner, the only ship of her kind ever built. William L. Douglas , a six-masted, steel-hull collier Sankaty , a propeller-driven steamer that served as a ferry to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket and as a Canadian minelayer during World War II.
During this period, a ship scrapping operation, operating under the name Fore River Shipyard and Iron Works existed at one end of the yard. [24] An initial purchase of five former Forrest Sherman -class destroyers was made, which included the USS Forrest Sherman (DD-931) , USS Davis (DD-937) , USS Manley (DD-940) , USS Du Pont (DD-941) , USS ...
SS Manhattan was an oil tanker constructed at the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, that became the first commercial ship to cross the Northwest Passage in 1969. Having been built as an ordinary tanker in 1962, she was refitted for ice navigation during this voyage with an icebreaker bow in 1968–69.
Battleship Cove is a nonprofit maritime museum and war memorial in Fall River, Massachusetts, United States.Featuring the world's largest collection of World War II-era naval vessels, [1] [2] it is home to the highly-decorated battleship USS Massachusetts.
During the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, the shipyard was closed or subject to restricted working for almost six months. [59] MV Glen Sannox moored at Ferguson Marine post drydocking in 2020. Deck 7 has been added aft of the bridge, whilst deck 6 (beneath it, painted grey) still lacks the fore observation lounge windows.
The third Quincy was authorized on 17 June 1940, and laid down at the Fore River Shipyard of the Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts, as St. Paul on 9 October 1941. Renamed Quincy on 16 October 1942, to perpetuate that name, after the destruction of the second Quincy (CA-39) at the Battle of Savo Island on 9 August 1942.
Fore River Shipyard: Laid down: 20 May 1941: Launched: 31 January 1942: Commissioned: 29 May 1942: Identification: DD-599: Fate: Sunk by Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze, Battle of Guadalcanal, [1] 13 November 1942: General characteristics; Class and type: Benson-class destroyer: Displacement: 1,620 tons: Length: 347 ft 9 in (105.99 m) Beam: 36 ft ...
Quincy, the second ship to carry the name, was laid down by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, on 15 November 1933, launched on 19 June 1935, sponsored by Mrs. Catherine Adams-Morgan, wife of Henry S. Morgan, and commissioned at Boston, on 9 June 1936, Captain William Faulkner Amsden in command.