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Fore River Shipyard was a shipyard owned by General Dynamics Corporation located on Weymouth Fore River in Braintree and Quincy, Massachusetts. It began operations in 1883 in Braintree, and moved to its final location on Quincy Point in 1901. In 1913, it was purchased by Bethlehem Steel, and later transferred to Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation.
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.
United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum. / 42.244035; -70.969888. The United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum is a private non-profit museum in Quincy, Massachusetts featuring USS Salem (CA-139), a heavy cruiser docked at the former Fore River Shipyard where she was laid down in 1945. The museum was established in 1993, in response to efforts ...
Fore River Shipyard built 19 of the 31 "Holland type" United States S-class submarines. ARA Rivadavia. USS S-1 (1918) USS S-18 (1918) 8 World War II Pacific patrols; USS S-19 (1920) USS S-20 (1920) USS S-21 (1920) USS S-22 (1920) USS S-23 (1920) 7 World War II Pacific patrols
USS Northampton (CA-26) USS. Northampton. (CA-26) Sunk during the Battle of Tassafaronga on 1 December 1942. USS Northampton (CL/CA-26) was the lead ship in Northampton -class cruiser, in service with the United States Navy. She was commissioned in 1930, originally classified a light cruiser because of her thin armor but later reclassified a ...
The opening scene "Kilroy was here" graffiti at Bikini Atoll, atomic bomb test film in 1946. Kilroy was here is a meme [1] that became popular during World War II, typically seen in graffiti. Its origin is debated, but the phrase and the distinctive accompanying doodle became associated with GIs in the 1940s: a bald-headed man (sometimes ...
November 8, 2023 at 2:37 PM. The Fore River Bridge is scheduled to open on Thursday, Nov. 9, at 9 a.m. for an outbound vessel. The exact time of bridge openings is subject to weather and other ...
History. An important facility at the Fore River Shipyard was the Goliath crane, at one point the second largest shipbuilding crane in the world. Constructed in 1975 for building LNG tankers, the crane was a prominent part of the harbor skyline for over thirty years. In early 2008, the 328-foot (100 m) tall crane located at the former shipyard ...