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UNITED STATES NAVY DEPARTMENT, BUREAU OF SHIPS,
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF U.S. SHIPYARDS, 1943-1945 (COCHRANE COLLECTION)

Bureau of Ships, Aerial Photographs of U.S. Shipyards, 1943-1945
(Cochrane Collection)

-- Third Naval District

The Third Naval District included Connecticut, New York, and northern New Jersey. The photographs for the Third Naval District were in four binders.

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-- Third Naval District, Vol. 1.

• 03-1-1, Atlantic Basin Iron Works, Brooklyn, N.Y. Photo no. BA 332735 dated 28 Jun 1945. Repair yard.
  
• 03-1-2, Atlantic Basin Iron Works, Brooklyn, N.Y. Photo no. BA 332736 dated 28 Jun 1945. Same.
  
• 03-1-2b, Atlantic Basin Iron Works, Brooklyn, N.Y. Photo no. BA 332734 dated 28 Jun 1945. Same.
  
• 03-1-3, Atlantic Basin Iron Works, Brooklyn, N.Y. Photo no. BA 332732 dated 28 Jun 1945. Same.
  
• 03-1-4, Bethlehem Steel Co. (27th St. Wks.), Brooklyn, N.Y. Photo no. BA 332764 dated 22 May 1945. Repair yard.
  Formerly part of United Dry Docks and United Shipyards (to 1938), previously (to 1929) James Shewan & Sons.
  
• 03-1-5, Bethlehem Steel Co. (27th St. Wks.), Brooklyn, N.Y. Photo no. BA 332766 dated 22 May 1945. Same.
  
• 03-1-5b, Bethlehem Steel Co. (27th St. Wks.), Brooklyn, N.Y. Photo no. BA 332765 dated 22 May 1945. Same.
  
• 03-1-6, Bethlehem Steel Co. (56th St. Wks), Brooklyn, N.Y. Photo no. BA 332729 dated 28 Jun 1945. Repair yard.
  Formerly part of United Dry Docks and United Shipyards (to 1938), previously (to 1929) Morse Dry Dock and Repair.
  
• 03-1-7, Bethlehem Steel Co. (56th St. Wks), Brooklyn, N.Y. Photo no. BA 332728 dated 28 Jun 1945. Same.
  
• 03-1-7b, Bethlehem Steel Co. (56th St. Wks), Brooklyn, N.Y. Photo no. BA 332730 dated 28 Jun 1945. Same.
  
• 03-1-8, Bethlehem Steel Co., Hoboken Works, Hoboken, N.J. Photo no. BA 332741 dated 22 May 1945. Repair yard.
  Formerly part of United Dry Docks and United Shipyards (to 1938), previously (to 1929) W. & A. Fletcher & Co.
  
• 03-1-9, Bethlehem Steel Co., Hoboken Works, Hoboken, N.J. Photo no. BA 332740 dated 22 May 1945. Same.

-- Third Naval District, Vol. 2.

• 03-2-1, Bethlehem Steel Co., Staten Island, Staten Island, N.Y. Photo no. BA 332773 dated 13 Jul 1945. Then building DD.
  Formerly part of United Dry Docks and United Shipyards (to 1938), previously (to 1929) Staten Island Shipbuilding.
• 03-2-2, Bethlehem Steel Co., Staten Island, Staten Island, N.Y. Photo no. BA 332772 dated 13 Jul 1945. Same.
  
• 03-2-3, Bushey, Ira & Sons, Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y. Photo no. BA 332755 dated 15 May 1945. Then building YO, YTB.
  
• 03-2-4, Bushey, Ira & Sons, Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y. Photo no. BA 332756 dated 15 May 1945. Same.
  
• 03-2-5, Electric Boat Co. (Old Yard), Groton, Conn. Photo no. BA 338078 dated 7 Jul 1945. Then building SS.
  
• 03-2-6, Electric Boat Co. (New Yard), Groton, Conn. Photo no. BA 338100 dated 5 Jul 1945. Same.

-- Third Naval District, Vol. 3.

• 03-3-1, Federal S.B. & D.D. Co., Kearny, N.J. Photo no. BA 332751 dated 22 May 1945. Then building CL, C2-S-B1, P2-S2-R2 (AP-110).
  Previously Federal S.B. Co. (WWI).
  
• 03-3-2, Federal S.B. & D.D. Co., Newark, N.J. Photo no. BA 332785 dated 13 Jul 1945. Then building DD.
  Previously Submarine Boat Co. (WWI).
  
• 03-3-3, New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y. Photo no. BA 219046 and NH 93234 dated 9 Mar 1944. Then building BB, CV.
  USS Missouri (BB-63) is fitting out in the center. The carrier at the bottom is probably USS Bennington (CV-20).
  
• 03-3-4, New Jersey S.B. Corp., Barber, N.J. Photo no. BA 332769 dated 6 Jul 1945. Built LCIL (ended 10.1944).

-- Third Naval District, Vol. 4.

• 03-4-1, Sullivan D.D. & Repair Co., Brooklyn, N.Y. Photo no. BA 332758 dated 15 May 1945. Repair yard.
  
• 03-4-2, Sullivan D.D. & Repair Co., Brooklyn, N.Y. Photo no. BA 332757 dated 15 May 1945. Same.
  
• 03-4-3, Todd Erie Basin D.D. Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y. Photo no. BA 332725 dated 28 Jun 1945. Repair yard.
  The hulk of the burned-out USS Lafayette (APV-4 ex AP-53), ex French liner Normandie, is in the foreground.
  
• 03-4-4, Todd Erie Basin D.D. Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y. Photo no. BA 332724 dated 28 Jun 1945. Same.
  Formerly Robins D.D. and Repair (through 1942), became Todd Brooklyn 1945.
  
• 03-4-5, Todd Erie Basin D.D. Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y. Photo no. BA 332722 dated 28 Jun 1945. Same.
  
• 03-4-6, Todd Hoboken D.D., Hoboken, N.J. Photo no. BA 332743 dated 22 May 1945. Repair yard.
  Formerly Tietjen & Lang D.D. (through 1942), became Todd Hoboken 1944.
  
• 03-4-7, Todd Hoboken D.D., Hoboken, N.J. Photo no. BA 332745 dated 22 May 1945. Same.
  
• 03-4-8, U. S. Naval D.D., Bayonne, N.J. Photo no. BA 332777 dated 13 Jul 1945. Repair yard.
  
• 03-4-9, U. S. Naval Submarine Base, New London, Conn. (West Side) Photo no. BA 338084 dated 7 Jul 1945. Naval base.

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