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with labor, he refused to acknowledge any union's right to collectively bargain for the workers at Kearny. He also refused to take steps to implement the "maintenance of membership" issue. By
November 1941, the "maintenance of membership" clause was still not being enforced and the union sought relief from the Defense Mediation Board.
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Officer-in-charge. It was the first take over of an industrial plant by the Navy in that era. While the union was enthusiastic about the seizure, they did not get the response they were expecting when the Navy took control. According to Rear Admiral Bowen in his autobiography, while he was cordial
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Federal Shipbuilding Co., a U.S. Steel subsidiary based in South Kearny, played a key role in supplying ships for both World Wars. Scarcely six months after Pearl Harbor, according to John Cunningham in "Made in New Jersey," Federal "completely proved its might. On one day alone in May 1942, the
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On Sunday night, May 18, 1924, a fire destroyed the largest building at the Kearny yard causing an initially estimated $ 500,000 in damage. Other estimates were $ 1.6 million or as high as several million dollars in damage. Firemen used four mobile cranes to try to extinguish fires in the pattern
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returned the shipyard and asked that the company and union work out the remaining issue. Failing that, the two parties would use newly established national machinery to resolve the dispute. The "maintenance of membership" issue had still not been resolved. In May 1942, Federal finally gave in to
265:, tanks, uptakes and other related items. 235 boilers had been constructed from September 1919 to June 1921. Boilers constructed there were mostly 15 feet (4.6 m) diameter or larger. At that time, 250 men were able to construct three boilers a week with a single 8-hour shift each day.
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Federal yard have been converted into warehouses and mixed-use business parks by property developers including River Terminal Development Corp. and the Hugo Neu Corporation. In November 2013, Federal's Building 77 completed its renovation and reopened as the
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in "Made in New Jersey," Federal "completely proved its might". On one day alone in May 1942, the company launched four destroyers in a 50-minute period. By 1943, Federal
Shipbuilding was employing 52,000 people and building ships faster than any other yard in the world."
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were being built in an average time of 82 days. In July 1943, destroyer escorts were being launched about once a week since spring of 1943. Between the Newark and Kearny yards, Federal launched a company record of 11 ships in 29 days during March 1943.
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was first surveyed during the summer of 1917. The shipyard was to consist of everything needed to fully complete a ship from a facility power plant to a wood joining shop. A steel plate mill and boiler shop were to be built as well. $ 10 million ($
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ordered the Navy to seize control of the facility. The final sticking point in negotiations had been the refusal of management at
Federal to accept demands to require a "maintenance of membership" clause which would effectively make the shipyard a
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were completed by the fall of 1917 with keels being laid by
November 1917. Federal completed a 9,600-ton ship around six weeks before World War I ended as well as two other ships before the close of 1918. 27 ships were delivered to the
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Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company built eleven classes of ships for the U.S. military. Of the 387 ships of those classes constructed nationally, 108 came from Kearny. Of the 415 World War II–era destroyers of
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January 1942, Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company announced they were expanding their facilities to increase capacity and employ an additional 10,000 workers. They expanded to the site of the former
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building and the plate shop. Over a thousand workers were idled by the fire. The shipyard had around 5,000 workers at the time and was said to be one of the largest steel fabrication plants in the world.
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November 1921, Federal had shipbuilding ways for twelve 15,000-ton vessels and had constructed a 9,000-ton floating dry dock. The dry dock was first used June 23, 1921, when Transmarine corp's SS
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docked. The Kearny yard was 17 acres (6.9 ha) with 2,400 feet (730 m) of frontage on the Hackensack River. A wet basin was located at the southern end with a 100-ton 3-legged
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company launched four destroyers. By 1943, Federal Shipbuilding was employing 52,000 people and building ships faster than any other yard in the world."
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Organizing the Shipyards: Union Strategy in Three Northeast Ports, 1933–1945
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Federal Shipbuilding Goes for $ 2,375,000, Regarded as Astoundingly Low
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Ships, Machinery and Mossbacks: The Autobiography of a Naval Engineer
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Ships, Machinery and Mossbacks: The Autobiography of a Naval Engineer
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The Federal yard at Kearny remained operational during the difficult
1918:. New London, CT. Wall Street Journal. August 25, 1917. p. 11.
2594:"Federal Shipbuilding Will Expand Facilities to Handle War Orders"
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2600:. Pittsburgh, PA. United Press. January 26, 1942. p. 20.
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during World War II that built destroyers and landing craft.
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Industrial to Mixed-use Redevelopment: Kearny Point, Kearny
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2172:"'Jersey State of Mind': A gritty little hub with heart"
2443:, New Jersey Future and New Jersey Builders Association
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was also scrapped at the Federal yard by Lipsett Corp.
2747:. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton Univ. Press. p. 205.
2346:"US Steel has gone out of the shipbuilding business".
2066:. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton Univ. Press. p. 221.
1992:. Anniston, AL. United Press. May 19, 1924. p. 1.
2686:"Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co, Port Newark"
141:, at the same time producing more destroyers for the
2810:- Yard background and photographs from 1945 and 2003
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Defunct shipbuilding companies of the United States
2618:. Spartanburg, SC. AP. October 11, 1942. p. 3.
1374:2 tankers for Imperial Oil in 1921 (11,000t, 1921)
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Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
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1917–1948 shipbuilding company in the United States
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2078:"Mediation Board Decision Would Affect CIO Parley"
2025:"Kearny Plant to Resume Full Operations Tuesday".
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606:classes produced nationally, 69 came from Kearny.
2566:"Reuben Tipton (1940) - Lloyds Register of Ships"
1962:. Aldrich Publishing Company: 835. November 1921.
2802:"Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co, Kearny"
2552:"Zoella Lykes (1940) - Lloyds Register of Ships"
2538:"Joseph Lykes (1940) - Lloyds Register of Ships"
1808:– the site of a U.S. Steel shipbuilding yard in
535:in 1959. Other carriers scrapped there included
295:when many shipyards across the country did not.
125:active from 1917 to 1948. It was founded during
2029:. Sheboygan, WI. United Press. August 25, 1941.
188:Aerial view of Federal Shipbuilding in May 1945
42:Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, 1945
2580:"John Lykes (1940) - Lloyds Register of Ships"
2397:"Famed Ships scrapped at ship-breaking yard".
1930:"Quantity Production of Scotch Marine Boilers"
1844:. Pacific American Steamship Association: 121.
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1405:for the Southern Pacific SS Line 1928 (8.200t)
576:'s Office of Emergency Management. During the
1940:. Aldrich Publishing Company: 443. June 1921.
8:
2896:Companies based in Hudson County, New Jersey
2489:U.S. Cruisers, An Illustrated Design History
1861:"Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny and Newark NJ"
1806:Chickasaw Shipyard Village Historic District
1622:dispute over the scrapping of the battleship
30:
2716:Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
2656:"Pact To Stave Off Battle In Newark Sought"
1988:"Firemen fight flames from moving cranes".
1832:Dickie, Alexander J., ed. (February 1922).
241:today) was allocated for construction. The
2525:https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/Search
2382:"Big Floating Dry Dock coming to Mobile".
2048:. Wilmington, DE. United Press. p. 1.
1952:"Federal Shipyard takes up Ship Repairing"
1894:"Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company"
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2150:"4 Destroyers Launched from Kearny Yards"
910:(CL-88) were cancelled 16 December 1940.
367:demands to require membership in the CIO
2916:Shipyards building World War II warships
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2156:. Lewiston, ME. May 4, 1942. p. 1.
1977:. Billings, MT. May 19, 1924. p. 1.
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1408:2 tankers for Standard Shipping in 1930
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115:Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
31:Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
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1117:18 cargo ships for the parent company
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2362:"Plant of U.S. Steel is Sold to Navy"
2158:Fletcher, Radford, Quick, and Mervine
2120:. Nashua, NH. May 9, 1942. p. 2.
2114:"Big Steel Accepts Labor Board Order"
1956:Marine Engineering & Shipping Age
1934:Marine Engineering & Shipping Age
501:(parameter 1) not a recognized index.
335:(parameter 1) not a recognized index.
237:(parameter 1) not a recognized index.
180:History of the Federal Yard at Kearny
7:
2901:Military installations in New Jersey
1690:(built November 1943 - August 1944)
1660:(built October 1942 - January 1944)
926:. Federal Kearny built 30 of the 48
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2477:, Hudson County View, Feb. 21, 2021
2318:Evening Telegraph November 14, 1947
2170:Genovese, Peter (October 7, 2011),
2040:Reynolds, T. F. (August 24, 1941).
2004:"Big Fire Raging in N. J. Shipyard"
440:. Two bulk carriers were built for
2725:Naval History and Heritage Command
2654:Staff Writer (November 13, 1947).
572:Memorial Center, which now houses
149:. Operated by a subsidiary of the
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2906:1917 establishments in New Jersey
2350:. Long Beach, CA. April 22, 1948.
2331:"Navy Buys New Jersey Shipyard".
2102:. AP. January 6, 1942. p. 6.
1912:"Biggest Yard for Building Ships"
426:United States Maritime Commission
2301:"More Shipyard Workers Strike".
2224:. AP. March 29, 1943. p. 9.
2132:"Shipyard Dispute is Terminated"
2096:"Navy Turns Plant Over to Owner"
1834:"Federal Shipbuilding Yard Busy"
584:Center became a county-operated
2218:"Newark Launches Four Warships"
2084:. November 16, 1941. p. 9.
1973:"Half Million Shipyard Burns".
198:United States Steel Corporation
167:Port of New York and New Jersey
151:United States Steel Corporation
2840:- on the site of the shipyard.
2741:Bowen, Harold G. (1954). "5".
2616:The Spartanburg Herald-Journal
2060:Bowen, Harold G. (1954). "5".
401:and 137 days on the 1,630-ton
153:, the shipyard was located at
139:Emergency Shipbuilding program
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2413:"Texas Tower May Get New Job"
2138:. AP. May 9, 1942. p. 3.
1227:related work done in Chicksaw
511:Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation
145:than any yard other than the
2832:"River Terminal Development"
2806:Destroyer History Foundation
2761:. Cornell University Press.
2690:Destroyer History Foundation
2316:"Ship Builders End Strike".
920:United States Shipping Board
202:United States Shipping Board
131:United States Shipping Board
2042:"US Seizes Kearny Shipyard"
1564:Federal Yard at Port Newark
482:error: cannot parse value "
438:American South African Line
316:error: cannot parse value "
276:for fitting out new ships.
252:Emergency Fleet Corporation
218:error: cannot parse value "
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2430:RIVER TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT
2206:. July 2, 1943. p. 5.
1646:destroyer escorts and APDs
1579:Submarine Boat Corporation
1305:4 passenger ships for the
1235:Standard Oil of New Jersey
1123:Isthmian Steamship Company
729:(4 of 18, interwar era) –
2487:Friedman, Norman (1984).
924:delivered by January 1920
459:from wartime service for
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2464:Fusion Creative Branding
2401:. AP. September 1, 1975.
2399:Anderson Herald Bulletin
1618:Gearing-class destroyers
1523:5 C1-B in 1940 and 1941
1113:For private contractors
373:National War Labor Board
200:to supply ships for the
2911:Shipyards of New Jersey
2862:40.723790°N 74.106168°W
2661:Ellensburg Daily Record
2453:Musial Group Architects
2333:Indiana Evening Gazette
2100:Spokane Daily Chronicle
2046:The Sunday Morning Star
1898:Port of New York Annual
1865:shipbuildinghistory.com
1252:(9,600t / 9,800t, 1921)
918:The last ships for the
747:(22 of 48, WWII era) –
243:American Bridge Company
157:where the mouth of the
129:to build ships for the
61:July 24, 1917
2753:Palmer, David (1998).
2666:Ellensburg, Washington
2612:"Two Vessels Launched"
2419:. AP. August 11, 1964.
2154:The Lewiston Daily Sun
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1572:yard at Newark in 1945
1481:6 C3 in 1940 and 1941
1445:6 C2 in 1939 and 1940
1342:Pan-American Patroleum
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2867:40.723790; -74.106168
2790:"Kearny Yard history"
2335:. AP. April 23, 1948.
2284:Pacific Marine Review
2262:Pacific Marine Review
2240:Pacific Marine Review
1838:Pacific Marine Review
1784:– scrapped incomplete
1775:– scrapped incomplete
1604:40.69306°N 74.12960°W
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592:Ships built at Kearny
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361:Secretary of the Navy
341:Franklin D. Roosevelt
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259:Scotch marine boilers
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2598:The Pittsburgh Press
2386:. AP. July 28, 1948.
2305:. INS. July 1, 1947.
2222:St. Petersburg Times
2082:The Pittsburgh Press
416:. Federal also said
117:was a United States
18:Federal Shipbuilding
2858: /
2815:"Ladies Who Launch"
2204:The Palm Beach Post
2136:Schenectady Gazette
1795:: LSM-253 - LSM-294
1793:Landing Ship Medium
1780:Woodrow R. Thompson
1609:40.69306; -74.12960
1600: /
430:Type C3-class ships
353:Harold G. Bowen Sr.
105:United States Steel
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2886:Kearny, New Jersey
2794:globalsecurity.org
2634:Globalsecurity.org
2368:. April 22, 1948.
2366:The New York Times
1810:Chickasaw, Alabama
1702:Joseph E. Connolly
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850:Attack cargo ships
515:Chickasaw, Alabama
507:The New York Times
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475:
463:starting in 1946.
380:John T. Cunningham
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143:United States Navy
93:Kearny, New Jersey
2836:riverterminal.com
2819:phillyseaport.org
2768:978-0-8014-2734-3
2630:"Newark Bay Yard"
2498:978-0-87021-718-0
1688:destroyer escorts
1658:destroyer escorts
1412:G. Harrison Smith
1396:in 1927 (12,500t)
1220:Steel Electrician
1009:USSB #1422–#1441
928:Design 1037 ships
578:COVID-19 pandemic
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