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The shipyard of Bath Iron Works, c. 2000. Bath Iron Works (BIW) is a major shipyard and among the largest shipbuilders for the United States Navy. [1] The shipyard, located in Bath, Maine, is a major employer for the region, with approximately 6,800 workers, of whom approximately 4,300 are members of Local S6 of the International Association of ...
USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was laid down on 11 September 1943 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine and launched on 12 February 1944; sponsored by Miss Cecelia A. Swenson, daughter of Captain Swenson.
The ship was launched by Bath Iron Works Corporation, Bath, Maine, on 12 July 1952. Originally designated DD-928 she was reclassified in 1951 as a destroyer leader. She was sponsored by Roberta McCain, the daughter-in-law of Admiral John S. McCain, Sr. (born 1884), and commissioned on 12 October 1953 at the Boston Naval Shipyard.
Ordered by the US Navy from Bath Iron Works on 27 February 1976 as part of the FY76 program, Clark was laid down on 17 July 1978 and launched on 24 March 1979. The frigate commissioned on 9 May 1980. She was the second US Navy ship commissioned with the name USS Clark.
That number was reduced to 24, then to 7, due to the high cost of new and experimental technologies. [22] On 23 November 2005, the Defense Acquisition Board approved a plan for simultaneous construction of the first two ships at Northrop Grumman's Ingalls yard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, and General Dynamics' Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine ...
In 1980, the U.S. Navy initiated design studies with seven contractors. By 1983, the number of competitors had been reduced to three: Bath Iron Works, Ingalls Shipbuilding, and Todd Shipyards. [30] On 3 April 1985, Bath Iron Works received a US$321.9 million contract to build the first of the class, USS Arleigh Burke. [81]
[1] [3] It was established in 1898, fifteen years after the founding of the Bath Iron Works, a major shipbuilder, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) upriver. It was part of a major upgrade of the river's lights — the Doubling Point Light and the separate Range Lights on the point, Perkins Island Light , and Squirrel Point Light were all built at the same time.
Bath & Body Works was founded in 1990 in New Albany, Ohio as the beauty line for Express, Inc. [4] The company's first store opened in a Cambridge, Massachusetts mall in September 1990. [5] In 1991, the Body Shop sued Bath & Body Works, resulting in Bath & Body Works rebranding itself.