American Ship Building Company
The American Ship Building Company was the dominant shipbuilder on the Great Lakes before the Second World War. It started as Cleveland Shipbuilding in Cleveland, Ohio in 1888 and opened the yard in Lorain, Ohio in 1898. It changed its name to the American Ship Building Company in 1900, when it acquired Superior Shipbuilding, in Superior, Wisconsin; Toledo Shipbuilding, in Toledo, Ohio; and West Bay Shipbuilding, in West Bay City, Michigan. With the coming of World War I, the company also acquired Buffalo Dry Dock, in Buffalo, New York; Chicago Shipbuilding, in Chicago, Illinois; and Detroit Shipbuilding, in Wyandotte, Michigan. American Shipbuilding ranked 81st among United States corporations in the value of World War II military production contracts.
Calumet (1973 ship)J. B. FordMV Paul R. TregurthaNOAAS Miller Freeman (R 223)NOAAS_Researcher_(R_103)SS ArgusSS Augustus B. WolvinSS Benjamin ConteeSS Charles HendersonSS Chief WawatamSS Greater DetroitSS Henry A. HawgoodSS Howard M. Hanna Jr.SS Ira H. OwenSS_Isaac_M._ScottSS Lake FramptonSS Martin BehrmanSS MataafaSS Milwaukee ClipperSS W.H. GilcherSS Western ReserveSS William A. IrvinSS_William_C._MorelandUSCGC Dauntless (WMEC-624)USCGC Dependable (WMEC-626)USCGC Storis (WMEC-38)USCGC Valiant (WMEC-621)USCGC Vigorous (WMEC-627)
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Calumet (1973 ship)J. B. FordMV Paul R. TregurthaNOAAS Miller Freeman (R 223)NOAAS_Researcher_(R_103)SS Augustus B. WolvinSS Benjamin ConteeSS Chief WawatamSS Greater DetroitSS Henry A. HawgoodSS Howard M. Hanna Jr.SS_Isaac_M._ScottSS Lake FramptonSS Martin BehrmanSS W.H. GilcherSS Western ReserveSS_William_C._MorelandUSCGC Dauntless (WMEC-624)USCGC Dependable (WMEC-626)USCGC Storis (WMEC-38)USCGC Valiant (WMEC-621)USCGC Vigorous (WMEC-627)USLHT AmaranthUSNS Impeccable (T-AGOS-23)USNS Lawrence H. Gianella (T-AOT-1125)USRC Gresham (1897)USRC Onondaga (1898)USS AcubensUSS Alexandria (PF-18)USS Annapolis (PF-15)USS BangorUSS_BayonneUSS Disdain (AM-222)USS Dour (AM-223)USS Eager (AM-224)
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American Ship Building Company
The American Ship Building Company was the dominant shipbuilder on the Great Lakes before the Second World War. It started as Cleveland Shipbuilding in Cleveland, Ohio in 1888 and opened the yard in Lorain, Ohio in 1898. It changed its name to the American Ship Building Company in 1900, when it acquired Superior Shipbuilding, in Superior, Wisconsin; Toledo Shipbuilding, in Toledo, Ohio; and West Bay Shipbuilding, in West Bay City, Michigan. With the coming of World War I, the company also acquired Buffalo Dry Dock, in Buffalo, New York; Chicago Shipbuilding, in Chicago, Illinois; and Detroit Shipbuilding, in Wyandotte, Michigan. American Shipbuilding ranked 81st among United States corporations in the value of World War II military production contracts.
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