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Thomas Worcester Hyde (January 16, 1841 – December 14, 1899) was an American Union Army colonel, a state senator from Maine, and the founder of the Bath Iron Works, one of the major shipyards in the United States. He wrote two books about his experiences during the American Civil War and at the Battle of Gettysburg .
Bath Iron Works ( BIW) is a major United States shipyard located on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine, founded in 1884 as Bath Iron Works, Limited. Since 1995, Bath Iron Works has been a subsidiary of General Dynamics, one of the world's largest defense companies. BIW has built private, commercial, and military vessels, most of which have been ...
Turrets: 12 in (305 mm) Conning tower: 9 in (229 mm) USS Georgia (BB-15) was a United States Navy Virginia -class battleship, the third of five ships of the class. She was built by the Bath Iron Works in Maine, with her keel laid in August 1901 and her launching in October 1904. The completed battleship was commissioned into the fleet in ...
USS Du Pont (DD-941), named for Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont USN (1803–1865), [1] was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer built by the Bath Iron Works Corporation at Bath in Maine and launched by Mrs. H. B. Du Pont, great-great-grandniece of Rear Admiral Du Pont; and commissioned 1 July 1957, Commander W. J. Maddocks in command.
Speed. 35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph) Complement. 113 officers and enlisted. Armament. 4 × 4 in (102 mm)/50 guns. 2 × 3 in (76 mm)/23 guns. 12 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes. The first USS Hale (DD–133) was a Wickes -class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I, later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Caldwell (I20).
1 x SH-2F Seasprite (LAMPS) USS Biddle (DLG-34/CG-34) was a Belknap -class guided missile frigate/cruiser of the United States Navy. She saw action in Vietnam, where she is believed to be the last ship to down an enemy aircraft with hand-loaded guns. She was involved in the Gulf of Sidra incident in 1981.
Chairman of the Board, Bath Iron Works. Robert Bostwick Carney (March 26, 1895 – June 25, 1990) was an admiral in the United States Navy who served as commander-in-chief of the NATO forces in Southern Europe (1951–1953) and then as Chief of Naval Operations (1953–1954) during the Eisenhower administration .
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