Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company

Former United States shipyard, active from 1917 to 1949. Operated by a subsidiary of the United States Steel Corporation. Located in Kearny, New Jersey.

Destroyers in Wet Basin at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company – 1942

Ships built

Ships built by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company include:

• Cruisers
  • USS Atlanta (CL-51)
  • USS Spokane (CL-120)
• Destroyers
  • USS Kearny (DD-432)
  • USS Ericsson (DD-440)
  • USS Waller (DD-466)
  • USS Nelson (DD-623)
  • USS Stevenson (DD-645)
  • USS Stockton (DD-646)
  • USS Thorn (DD-647)
  • USS English (DD-696)
  • USS Charles S. Sperry (DD-697)
  • USS Compton (DD-705)
  • USS Soley (DD-707)
  • USS Gyatt (DD-712)
  • USS William R. Rush (DD-714)
• Maritime Commission tankers converted into escort carriers
  • Esso Trenton, launched in 1939
  • Markay, launched in 1940

References

• Kearny Yard history
• Yard background and photographs from 1945 and 2003
• A web exhibit of ship christening photos that includes half a dozen images of launching ceremonies at the Kearny Yard