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In 1944 National Iron Works moved to its present location at 28th Street and Harbor Drive on San Diego Bay and in 1949 the company was renamed National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. to reflect the shipyard. National Iron Works built some important San Diego structures, such as some of the plants in which Convair manufactured aircraft for World War ...
National Steel Corporation. The National Steel Corporation (1929–2003) was a major American steel producer. It was founded in 1929 through a merger arranged by Weirton Steel with some properties of the Great Lakes Steel Corporation and M.A. Hanna Company with headquarters in Pittsburgh. Despite a difficult market in Depression -setting 1930 ...
The Watson class of LMSR built at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company in San Diego. Length: 950 ft (290 m) Beam: 106 ft (32 m) Draft: 34 ft (10 m) Displacement: 62,644 long tons (63,649 t) Power Plant: 2 GE Marine LM 2500 gas turbines; 64,000 hp (47,725 kW); 2 shafts, cp props; Speed: 24 knots (44 km/h) Civilian: 30 contract mariners
The Consolidated Steel Corporation was an American steel and shipbuilding business. Formed on 18 December 1928, [1] the company built ships during World War II in two main locations: Wilmington, California and Orange, Texas. It was created by the merger of Llewellyn Iron Works, Baker Iron Works and Union Iron Works, [2] all of Los Angeles.
The contract to build Robert E. Peary was awarded to National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) of San Diego, California, on 27 January 2004. Her keel was laid down on 12 December 2006 and she was launched on schedule on 27 October 2007.
USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) is a Lewis and Clark -class dry cargo ship of the United States Navy, named in honor of Dr. Charles R. Drew (1904–1950), who developed improved techniques for blood storage, and applied his expert knowledge in developing large-scale blood banks early in World War II, saving thousands of Allied lives. [3]
The Port of San Diego is a seaport in San Diego, California. It is located on San Diego Bay in southwestern San Diego County, California, and is a self-supporting district established in 1962 by an act of the California State Legislature. In addition to port activities, the Port District controls San Diego Bay and owns and manages the Bay's ...
National Steel and Shipbuilding; ... Companies headquartered in San Diego County ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; ...