Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation - Shipyards

Shipyards

The following shipyards were owned by Bethlehem. They are listed in order of acquisition.

  • Bethlehem Wilmington, Wilmington, Delaware (1904–1925, 1941–1945)
  • Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California (1905–1941)
  • Hunters Point Drydocks, Hunters Point, San Francisco, California (1908–1920) — Acquired by the US Navy
  • Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts (1913–1964) Sold to General Dynamics Corporation in 1964.
  • Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard, Sparrows Point, Maryland (1914–1997)
  • Bethlehem Elizabethport, Elizabethport, New Jersey (1916–1921)
  • Alameda Works Shipyard, Alameda, California (1916–1956)
  • Squantum Victory Yard, Quincy, Massachusetts (1917–1919) The "Victory Yard" was constructed specifically for the building of destroyers for the war effort, to free up the Fore River Yard for other vessels including the battlecruiser USS Lexington (CV-2).
  • Bethlehem Mariners Harbor, Staten Island, New York (1938–1960)
  • Bethlehem Shipyard (Southwest Marine Terminal at Berth 240), San Pedro, California (1940–1981)
  • Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland (1940–1945)
  • Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts (1940–1945)
  • Bethlehem Atlantic Works, East Boston, Massachusetts
  • Bethlehem Brooklyn 56th Street, Brooklyn, New York
  • Hoboken Shipyard, Hoboken, New Jersey (?–1982)
  • Bayonne Naval Drydock, Bayonne, New Jersey ?
  • Bethlehem Pennsylvania Shipyards, Inc., Beaumont, Texas (1948–1989)

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