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Harry J. Defoe and sons. The Defoe Shipbuilding Company was a small ship builder established in 1905 in Bay City, Michigan, United States. It ceased to operate in 1976 after failing to renew its contracts with the United States Navy. The site of the former company is now being developed for business and housing on the bank of the Saginaw River .
USS. LCI (L)-1091. Currently preserved ashore at Eureka, CA. since December 2016. 16 knots (30 km/h) (max.) USS LCI (L)-1091 is an LCI (L)-351 -class large landing craft built for the United States Navy in World War II. Like most ships of her class, she was not named and known only by her designation.
Hobart was laid down by the Defoe Shipbuilding Company at Bay City, Michigan on 26 October 1962. [1] The ship was launched on 9 January 1964 by Alison Hay, the wife of David Hay, the Australian ambassador to the United Nations. [1] Hobart was commissioned into the RAN on 18 December 1965. [1]
Cook was laid down at the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan on 7 May 1944 and partially completed as a Rudderow-class destroyer escort with the hull number DE-714. A month before launching, on 17 July 1944, it was decided that Cook would be completed as a high-speed transport, with the designation APD-130. She was launched on 26 ...
Begor was laid down by the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan, as a Rudderow-class destroyer escort with the hull number DE-711.She was launched on 25 May 1944, sponsored by Mrs. F. B. Begor, widow of Lt.(jg) Begor.
USS. Broadbill. (AM-58) USS Broadbill (AM-58), was an Auk -class minesweeper of the United States Navy, named after the broadbill, a hunters' nickname for the greater scaup, a diving duck common in the winter along the Atlantic coast. Broadbill was launched on 21 May 1942 at the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan, sponsored by Mrs ...
LCI(L)-1092 was laid down at Defoe Shipbuilding Co. in Bay City, Michigan and commissioned 23 September 1944, two days after the commissioning of the 1091. She was assigned to the Pacific Theatre and participated in the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto from 28 April to 30 June 1945.
Lynde McCormick (DDG-8) was laid down 4 April 1958 by Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan; launched 28 July 1959; sponsored by Mrs. Lillian McCormick, wife of Admiral McCormick; and commissioned at Boston 3 June 1961. Lynde McCormick departed Boston 23 August 1961 for her home port, San Diego, arriving 16 September.