Philadelphia Naval Shipyard - Notable Ships

Notable Ships

  • New Jersey
  • Wisconsin: Last keel laid for a completed battleship of the United States Navy, 25 January 1941
  • The final ships built were LST-1179, LST-1180 and LST-1181 starting in 1969 and completed in early 1971.

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