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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
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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 made national news when around 16,000 workers went on strike at Kearny from August 7 to August 25, 1941. Work was stopped on $ 493 million ($ 10.2 billion today) in Navy and merchant shipbuilding contracts as the nation ramped up ship construction before entering World War II. The strike
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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 April 23, 1948, Lynn H. Korndorff, 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
237:, 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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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 ($ 238 million today) was allocated for
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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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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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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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By 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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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
1836:. New London, CT. Wall Street Journal. August 25, 1917. p. 11.
2512:"Federal Shipbuilding Will Expand Facilities to Handle War Orders"
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2518:. 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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was also scrapped at the Federal yard by Lipsett Corp.
2665:. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton Univ. Press. p. 205.
2264:"US Steel has gone out of the shipbuilding business".
1984:. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton Univ. Press. p. 221.
1910:. Anniston, AL. United Press. May 19, 1924. p. 1.
2604:"Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co, Port Newark"
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Defunct shipbuilding companies of the United States
2536:. Spartanburg, SC. AP. October 11, 1942. p. 3.
1292:2 tankers for Imperial Oil in 1921 (11,000t, 1921)
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Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
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1943:"Kearny Plant to Resume Full Operations Tuesday".
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524:classes produced nationally, 69 came from Kearny.
2484:"Reuben Tipton (1940) - Lloyds Register of Ships"
1880:. Aldrich Publishing Company: 835. November 1921.
2720:"Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co, Kearny"
2470:"Zoella Lykes (1940) - Lloyds Register of Ships"
2456:"Joseph Lykes (1940) - Lloyds Register of Ships"
1726:– the site of a U.S. Steel shipbuilding yard in
453:in 1959. Other carriers scrapped there included
267:when many shipyards across the country did not.
125:active from 1917 to 1948. It was founded during
1947:. Sheboygan, WI. United Press. August 25, 1941.
188:Aerial view of Federal Shipbuilding in May 1945
42:Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, 1945
2498:"John Lykes (1940) - Lloyds Register of Ships"
2315:"Famed Ships scrapped at ship-breaking yard".
1848:"Quantity Production of Scotch Marine Boilers"
1762:. Pacific American Steamship Association: 121.
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1323:for the Southern Pacific SS Line 1928 (8.200t)
494:'s Office of Emergency Management. During the
1858:. Aldrich Publishing Company: 443. June 1921.
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2814:Companies based in Hudson County, New Jersey
2407:U.S. Cruisers, An Illustrated Design History
1779:"Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny and Newark NJ"
1724:Chickasaw Shipyard Village Historic District
1540:dispute over the scrapping of the battleship
423:state for potential emergency reactivation.
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2634:Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
2574:"Pact To Stave Off Battle In Newark Sought"
1906:"Firemen fight flames from moving cranes".
1750:Dickie, Alexander J., ed. (February 1922).
2443:https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/Search
2300:"Big Floating Dry Dock coming to Mobile".
1966:. Wilmington, DE. United Press. p. 1.
1870:"Federal Shipyard takes up Ship Repairing"
1812:"Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company"
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2068:"4 Destroyers Launched from Kearny Yards"
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18:Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
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2074:. Lewiston, ME. May 4, 1942. p. 1.
1895:. Billings, MT. May 19, 1924. p. 1.
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31:Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
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1035:18 cargo ships for the parent company
2280:"Plant of U.S. Steel is Sold to Navy"
2076:Fletcher, Radford, Quick, and Mervine
2038:. Nashua, NH. May 9, 1942. p. 2.
2032:"Big Steel Accepts Labor Board Order"
1874:Marine Engineering & Shipping Age
1852:Marine Engineering & Shipping Age
180:History of the Federal Yard at Kearny
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1608:(built November 1943 - August 1944)
1578:(built October 1942 - January 1944)
844:. Federal Kearny built 30 of the 48
2395:, Hudson County View, Feb. 21, 2021
2236:Evening Telegraph November 14, 1947
2088:Genovese, Peter (October 7, 2011),
1958:Reynolds, T. F. (August 24, 1941).
1922:"Big Fire Raging in N. J. Shipyard"
385:. Two bulk carriers were built for
2643:Naval History and Heritage Command
2572:Staff Writer (November 13, 1947).
490:Memorial Center, which now houses
149:. Operated by a subsidiary of the
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2824:1917 establishments in New Jersey
2268:. Long Beach, CA. April 22, 1948.
2249:"Navy Buys New Jersey Shipyard".
2020:. AP. January 6, 1942. p. 6.
1830:"Biggest Yard for Building Ships"
371:United States Maritime Commission
2219:"More Shipyard Workers Strike".
2142:. AP. March 29, 1943. p. 9.
2050:"Shipyard Dispute is Terminated"
2014:"Navy Turns Plant Over to Owner"
1752:"Federal Shipbuilding Yard Busy"
502:Center became a county-operated
2136:"Newark Launches Four Warships"
2002:. November 16, 1941. p. 9.
1891:"Half Million Shipyard Burns".
198:United States Steel Corporation
167:Port of New York and New Jersey
151:United States Steel Corporation
2758:- on the site of the shipyard.
2659:Bowen, Harold G. (1954). "5".
2534:The Spartanburg Herald-Journal
1978:Bowen, Harold G. (1954). "5".
346:and 137 days on the 1,630-ton
153:, the shipyard was located at
139:Emergency Shipbuilding program
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2331:"Texas Tower May Get New Job"
2056:. AP. May 9, 1942. p. 3.
1145:related work done in Chicksaw
429:Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation
145:than any yard other than the
2750:"River Terminal Development"
2724:Destroyer History Foundation
2679:. Cornell University Press.
2608:Destroyer History Foundation
2234:"Ship Builders End Strike".
838:United States Shipping Board
202:United States Shipping Board
131:United States Shipping Board
1960:"US Seizes Kearny Shipyard"
1482:Federal Yard at Port Newark
383:American South African Line
248:for fitting out new ships.
224:Emergency Fleet Corporation
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2348:RIVER TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT
2124:. July 2, 1943. p. 5.
1564:destroyer escorts and APDs
1497:Submarine Boat Corporation
1223:4 passenger ships for the
1153:Standard Oil of New Jersey
1041:Isthmian Steamship Company
647:(4 of 18, interwar era) –
2405:Friedman, Norman (1984).
842:delivered by January 1920
404:from wartime service for
284:was ended when President
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2382:Fusion Creative Branding
2319:. AP. September 1, 1975.
2317:Anderson Herald Bulletin
1536:Gearing-class destroyers
1441:5 C1-B in 1940 and 1941
1031:For private contractors
318:National War Labor Board
200:to supply ships for the
2829:Shipyards of New Jersey
2780:40.723790°N 74.106168°W
2579:Ellensburg Daily Record
2371:Musial Group Architects
2251:Indiana Evening Gazette
2018:Spokane Daily Chronicle
1964:The Sunday Morning Star
1816:Port of New York Annual
1783:shipbuildinghistory.com
1170:(9,600t / 9,800t, 1921)
836:The last ships for the
665:(22 of 48, WWII era) –
215:American Bridge Company
157:where the mouth of the
129:to build ships for the
61:July 24, 1917
2671:Palmer, David (1998).
2584:Ellensburg, Washington
2530:"Two Vessels Launched"
2337:. AP. August 11, 1964.
2072:The Lewiston Daily Sun
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1399:6 C3 in 1940 and 1941
1363:6 C2 in 1939 and 1940
1260:Pan-American Patroleum
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2785:40.723790; -74.106168
2708:"Kearny Yard history"
2253:. AP. April 23, 1948.
2202:Pacific Marine Review
2180:Pacific Marine Review
2158:Pacific Marine Review
1756:Pacific Marine Review
1702:– scrapped incomplete
1693:– scrapped incomplete
1522:40.69306°N 74.12960°W
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510:Ships built at Kearny
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306:Secretary of the Navy
286:Franklin D. Roosevelt
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231:Scotch marine boilers
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2516:The Pittsburgh Press
2304:. AP. July 28, 1948.
2223:. INS. July 1, 1947.
2140:St. Petersburg Times
2000:The Pittsburgh Press
361:. Federal also said
117:was a United States
2776: /
2733:"Ladies Who Launch"
2122:The Palm Beach Post
2054:Schenectady Gazette
1713:: LSM-253 - LSM-294
1711:Landing Ship Medium
1698:Woodrow R. Thompson
1527:40.69306; -74.12960
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375:Type C3-class ships
298:Harold G. Bowen Sr.
105:United States Steel
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2804:Kearny, New Jersey
2712:globalsecurity.org
2552:Globalsecurity.org
2286:. April 22, 1948.
2284:The New York Times
1728:Chickasaw, Alabama
1620:Joseph E. Connolly
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768:Attack cargo ships
433:Chickasaw, Alabama
425:The New York Times
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408:starting in 1946.
325:John T. Cunningham
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213:construction. The
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143:United States Navy
93:Kearny, New Jersey
2754:riverterminal.com
2737:phillyseaport.org
2686:978-0-8014-2734-3
2548:"Newark Bay Yard"
2416:978-0-87021-718-0
1606:destroyer escorts
1576:destroyer escorts
1330:G. Harrison Smith
1314:in 1927 (12,500t)
1138:Steel Electrician
927:USSB #1422–#1441
846:Design 1037 ships
496:COVID-19 pandemic
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127:World War I
107:Corporation
2798:Categories
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1735:References
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1647:destroyers
1645:10 of 415
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1544:New Mexico
1513:74°07′47″W
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1434:Mormacyork
1374:Red Jacket
1317:passenger
1232:Santa Rosa
1225:Grace Line
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