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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 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
President of Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company announced that the US Navy had agreed to purchase facilities at Kearny for around $ 2,375,000 ($ 30.1 million today), its depreciated book value. The Navy planned to hold the facility in a standby
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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
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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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After 134 days of operation by the Navy, control of the shipyard was returned to the company on January 6, 1942. Under Navy control the shipyard laid 12 keels, launched 10 and commissioned 7 ships.
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Instead of building ships, the site eventually hosted a salvaging operation where numerous ships were scrapped. In 1975, the former Federal yard was described as one of the nation's largest
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Around 570 vessels were contracted for construction by Federal SB&DD Company with about 100 not delivered fully completed due to the end of the World War II. Federal also had a yard at
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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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was contracted to provide 10,000 tons of steel for the structures. E.H. Gary was president of Federal in August 1917. The
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yards. According to the 1975 head of the River Terminal Development Corp, the first ship to be scrapped at the yard was
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2 DeLaval Trenton. steam turbines, double reduction gears, 1 shaft, uncertain: Fred Morris
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Several ships for the Maritime Commission were built before the war broke out.
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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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The Federal yard at Kearny remained operational during the difficult
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1825:. New London, CT. Wall Street Journal. August 25, 1917. p. 11.
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2501:"Federal Shipbuilding Will Expand Facilities to Handle War Orders"
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2507:. 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.
2654:. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton Univ. Press. p. 205.
2253:"US Steel has gone out of the shipbuilding business".
1973:. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton Univ. Press. p. 221.
1899:. Anniston, AL. United Press. May 19, 1924. p. 1.
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2593:"Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co, Port Newark"
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2717:- Yard background and photographs from 1945 and 2003
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Defunct shipbuilding companies of the United States
2525:. Spartanburg, SC. AP. October 11, 1942. p. 3.
1281:2 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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1985:"Mediation Board Decision Would Affect CIO Parley"
1932:"Kearny Plant to Resume Full Operations Tuesday".
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513:classes produced nationally, 69 came from Kearny.
2473:"Reuben Tipton (1940) - Lloyds Register of Ships"
1869:. Aldrich Publishing Company: 835. November 1921.
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2709:"Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co, Kearny"
2459:"Zoella Lykes (1940) - Lloyds Register of Ships"
2445:"Joseph Lykes (1940) - Lloyds Register of Ships"
1715:– the site of a U.S. Steel shipbuilding yard in
442:in 1959. Other carriers scrapped there included
256:when many shipyards across the country did not.
114:active from 1917 to 1948. It was founded during
1936:. Sheboygan, WI. United Press. August 25, 1941.
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177:Aerial view of Federal Shipbuilding in May 1945
31:Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, 1945
2487:"John Lykes (1940) - Lloyds Register of Ships"
2304:"Famed Ships scrapped at ship-breaking yard".
1837:"Quantity Production of Scotch Marine Boilers"
1751:. Pacific American Steamship Association: 121.
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1312:for the Southern Pacific SS Line 1928 (8.200t)
483:'s Office of Emergency Management. During the
1847:. Aldrich Publishing Company: 443. June 1921.
2803:Companies based in Hudson County, New Jersey
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2396:U.S. Cruisers, An Illustrated Design History
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1768:"Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny and Newark NJ"
1713:Chickasaw Shipyard Village Historic District
1529:dispute over the scrapping of the battleship
412:state for potential emergency reactivation.
2623:Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
2563:"Pact To Stave Off Battle In Newark Sought"
1895:"Firemen fight flames from moving cranes".
1739:Dickie, Alexander J., ed. (February 1922).
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2432:https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/Search
2289:"Big Floating Dry Dock coming to Mobile".
1955:. Wilmington, DE. United Press. p. 1.
1859:"Federal Shipyard takes up Ship Repairing"
1801:"Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company"
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2057:"4 Destroyers Launched from Kearny Yards"
817:(CL-88) were cancelled 16 December 1940.
301:demands to require membership in the CIO
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1884:. Billings, MT. May 19, 1924. p. 1.
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20:Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
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2269:"Plant of U.S. Steel is Sold to Navy"
2065:Fletcher, Radford, Quick, and Mervine
2027:. Nashua, NH. May 9, 1942. p. 2.
2021:"Big Steel Accepts Labor Board Order"
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1863:Marine Engineering & Shipping Age
1841:Marine Engineering & Shipping Age
169:History of the Federal Yard at Kearny
2808:Military installations in New Jersey
1597:(built November 1943 - August 1944)
1567:(built October 1942 - January 1944)
833:. Federal Kearny built 30 of the 48
2384:, Hudson County View, Feb. 21, 2021
2225:Evening Telegraph November 14, 1947
2077:Genovese, Peter (October 7, 2011),
1947:Reynolds, T. F. (August 24, 1941).
1911:"Big Fire Raging in N. J. Shipyard"
374:. Two bulk carriers were built for
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2632:Naval History and Heritage Command
2561:Staff Writer (November 13, 1947).
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479:Memorial Center, which now houses
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138:. Operated by a subsidiary of the
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2257:. Long Beach, CA. April 22, 1948.
2238:"Navy Buys New Jersey Shipyard".
2009:. AP. January 6, 1942. p. 6.
1819:"Biggest Yard for Building Ships"
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360:United States Maritime Commission
2208:"More Shipyard Workers Strike".
2131:. AP. March 29, 1943. p. 9.
2039:"Shipyard Dispute is Terminated"
2003:"Navy Turns Plant Over to Owner"
1741:"Federal Shipbuilding Yard Busy"
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156:Port of New York and New Jersey
140:United States Steel Corporation
2747:- on the site of the shipyard.
2648:Bowen, Harold G. (1954). "5".
2523:The Spartanburg Herald-Journal
1967:Bowen, Harold G. (1954). "5".
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2045:. AP. May 9, 1942. p. 3.
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1134:related work done in Chicksaw
418:Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation
134:than any yard other than the
2739:"River Terminal Development"
2713:Destroyer History Foundation
2668:. Cornell University Press.
2597:Destroyer History Foundation
2223:"Ship Builders End Strike".
827:United States Shipping Board
191:United States Shipping Board
120:United States Shipping Board
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1949:"US Seizes Kearny Shipyard"
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372:American South African Line
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213:Emergency Fleet Corporation
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2337:RIVER TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT
2113:. July 2, 1943. p. 5.
1553:destroyer escorts and APDs
1486:Submarine Boat Corporation
1212:4 passenger ships for the
1142:Standard Oil of New Jersey
1030:Isthmian Steamship Company
636:(4 of 18, interwar era) –
2394:Friedman, Norman (1984).
831:delivered by January 1920
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273:was ended when President
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2371:Fusion Creative Branding
2308:. AP. September 1, 1975.
2306:Anderson Herald Bulletin
1525:Gearing-class destroyers
1430:5 C1-B in 1940 and 1941
1020:For private contractors
307:National War Labor Board
189:to supply ships for the
2818:Shipyards of New Jersey
2769:40.723790°N 74.106168°W
2568:Ellensburg Daily Record
2360:Musial Group Architects
2240:Indiana Evening Gazette
2007:Spokane Daily Chronicle
1953:The Sunday Morning Star
1805:Port of New York Annual
1772:shipbuildinghistory.com
1159:(9,600t / 9,800t, 1921)
825:The last ships for the
654:(22 of 48, WWII era) –
204:American Bridge Company
146:where the mouth of the
118:to build ships for the
50:July 24, 1917
2660:Palmer, David (1998).
2573:Ellensburg, Washington
2519:"Two Vessels Launched"
2326:. AP. August 11, 1964.
2061:The Lewiston Daily Sun
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1479:yard at Newark in 1945
1388:6 C3 in 1940 and 1941
1352:6 C2 in 1939 and 1940
1249:Pan-American Patroleum
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2774:40.723790; -74.106168
2697:"Kearny Yard history"
2242:. AP. April 23, 1948.
2191:Pacific Marine Review
2169:Pacific Marine Review
2147:Pacific Marine Review
1745:Pacific Marine Review
1691:– scrapped incomplete
1682:– scrapped incomplete
1511:40.69306°N 74.12960°W
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499:Ships built at Kearny
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295:Secretary of the Navy
275:Franklin D. Roosevelt
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220:Scotch marine boilers
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2505:The Pittsburgh Press
2293:. AP. July 28, 1948.
2212:. INS. July 1, 1947.
2129:St. Petersburg Times
1989:The Pittsburgh Press
350:. Federal also said
106:was a United States
2765: /
2722:"Ladies Who Launch"
2111:The Palm Beach Post
2043:Schenectady Gazette
1702:: LSM-253 - LSM-294
1700:Landing Ship Medium
1687:Woodrow R. Thompson
1516:40.69306; -74.12960
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364:Type C3-class ships
287:Harold G. Bowen Sr.
94:United States Steel
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2793:Kearny, New Jersey
2701:globalsecurity.org
2541:Globalsecurity.org
2275:. April 22, 1948.
2273:The New York Times
1717:Chickasaw, Alabama
1609:Joseph E. Connolly
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757:Attack cargo ships
422:Chickasaw, Alabama
414:The New York Times
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397:starting in 1946.
314:John T. Cunningham
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202:construction. The
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132:United States Navy
82:Kearny, New Jersey
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2743:riverterminal.com
2726:phillyseaport.org
2675:978-0-8014-2734-3
2537:"Newark Bay Yard"
2405:978-0-87021-718-0
1595:destroyer escorts
1565:destroyer escorts
1319:G. Harrison Smith
1303:in 1927 (12,500t)
1127:Steel Electrician
916:USSB #1422–#1441
835:Design 1037 ships
485:COVID-19 pandemic
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195:World War I
163:Port Newark
116:World War I
96:Corporation
2787:Categories
2760:74°06′22″W
2757:40°43′26″N
2618:"Epperson"
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2088:2011-10-06
1724:References
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1636:destroyers
1634:10 of 415
1551:52 of 563
1540:36 of 923
1533:New Mexico
1502:74°07′47″W
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1423:Mormacyork
1363:Red Jacket
1306:passenger
1221:Santa Rosa
1214:Grace Line
1164:R.P. Resor
1132:See also:
1026:U.S. Steel
1006:Bellflower
987:Bellepline
966:Bellbuckle
953:Wytheville
935:Youngstown
903:McKeesport
877:Yuzan Maru
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