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Brown Shipbuilding. The Brown Shipbuilding Company was founded in Houston, Texas, in 1942 as a subsidiary of Brown and Root (now KBR) by brothers Herman and George R. Brown to build ships for the U.S. Navy during World War II. Brown Shipbuilding Company ranked 68th among United States corporations in the value of World War II military ...
Houston Ship Channel. Coordinates: 29°42′30″N 95°00′18″W. The Buffalo Bayou portion of the Houston Ship Channel. The Houston Ship Channel, in Houston, Texas, is part of the Port of Houston, one of the busiest seaports in the world. [ 1] The channel is the conduit for ocean-going vessels between Houston-area terminals and the Gulf of ...
Vigor Shipyards is the current entity operating the former Todd Shipyards after its acquisition in 2011. Todd Shipyards was founded in 1916, which owned and operated shipyards on the West Coast of the United States, East Coast of the United States and the Gulf. Todd Shipyards were a major part of the Emergency Shipbuilding Program for World War II.
30°01′38″N 90°04′58″W. / 30.0272°N 90.0827°W / 30.0272; -90.0827. Bayou St. John ( French: Bayou Saint-Jean) is a bayou within the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. [ 1] The grand Bayou St. John in 1728. The Bayou as a natural feature drained the swampy land of a good portion of what was to become New Orleans, into Lake ...
Horizon Shipbuilding is a shipyard located in Bayou La Batre, Alabama . The company was founded by the Short family in 1997 after a previous shipbuilding venture failed. [1] In 2002, Horizon declared bankruptcy after a Nigerian client failed to pay in full for several delivered vessels. [1] [2] After emerging from bankruptcy, control of the ...
United States Navy shipyards. United States Navy shipyards belong (or belonged) to the U.S. Navy. For U.S. shipyards owned by private companies, see Category:Shipyards of the United States .
Consolidated Steel Orange Shipyard, Orange, Texas Defoe Shipbuilding Company , Bay City, Michigan (1905–1975) Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works , Chester, Pennsylvania
List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1901 Ship State Description Vigilancia United States The steamer stranded on the Colorado Reef off the Coast of Cuba, west of Havana, Cuba. ...