Requisitioned Ships: Illustrations
Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Co., Gloucester City, N.J.
Later Pusey & Jones Co.
Requisitioned: 3 ships: Yard nos. 201-203, plus 9 cancelled.
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Note: This yard in Gloucester City, N.J., and the Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Co. located next to it were consolidated with the Pusey & Jones Co. of Wilmington, Del., on 22 January 1918. The renaming of the two Gloucester yards to Pusey & Jones was announced in mid-1918. All three yards were owned and controlled by Christoffer Hannevig. The total output of this yard was only three small ships. Yard nos. 201-202 were laid down on 16 May 1918 and 203 followed on 3 July 1918. Yard nos. 201-202 were within two months of delivery and 203 was allowed to proceed when 204-212 were suspended on 31 January 1919. Nos. 204-6 were cancelled on 23 August 1919 and 207-12 on 8 September 1919. |
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S.S. Castle Town (Yard no. 203) Probably shown around the time of her completion in 1919. This photo was used in a 1925 EFC sales catalog to represent the one ship of the class still in USSB hands, Castle Wood. Castle Town was bought by Hamlin F. McCormick in 1923 and passed to Charles Nelson in 1925, both lumbermen, and re-rigged as a lumber carrier. She served in World War II as USS Anacapa (AG 49). Click here for a plan.. See her WWII page. Photo No. None Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo Collection, S-528-A |
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S.S. Arlyn, ex Castle Wood (Yard no. 202) This ship was bought from the Shipping Board in 1925 by A.H. Bull & Co. of New York and renamed. She was sunk by U-517 on 28 August 1942 Photo No. None Source: Steamship Historical Society of America, via uboat.net |
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S.S. Hamlin F. McCormick, ex Castle Point (Yard no. 201) At Seattle on 23 December 1939. She was bought in 1923 by Hamlin F. McCormick, a lumber magnate, and was re-rigged with four tall masts for handling lumber. Note the tall stacks of lumber in the well decks. With the holiday two days away, there are at least three "Christmas trees" tied to the rigging or superstructure. Photo by James A. Turner. Photo No. None Source: www.shipspotting.com/photos/3034751, copyright Kyle Stubbs. |
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S.S. Hamlin F. McCormick, ex Castle Point (Yard no. 201) Pierside on 24 June 1943, probably at New Orleans. Photo No. HamlinFMcCormick_5951_001 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/5951 |
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Pennsylvania and New Jersey Shipbuilding Co. yards A panoramic view photographed on 1 November 1917. The six shipways of the Pennsylvania Co. yard are on the right with the tanker Desdemona afloat and John M. Connelly nearly ready for side launching. The two tall "sheds" are covered mobile cranes, there would ultimately be six here, one per shipway. The big machinery and boiler shop and the smaller joiner shop in the right center are in frame, the angle shop for the New Jersey yard to their left is more complete, and beyond it are the buildings at the head of the five smaller shipways of the New Jersey Co. yard. The empty land in the two left panels is not part of the shipyards. (Click in the middle of the displayed image to enlarge further) Photo No. 165-WW-496F-002 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-165-WW |
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Pennsylvania and New Jersey Shipbuilding Co. yards A view of the yard from the debris-filled Delaware River circa mid-1919, showing the completed machinery and boiler shop and joiner shop, which probably served both shipyards. At the extreme left the Design 1135 cargo ship Daniel Webster is on Pennsylvania Shipway no. 2 with a mobile crane nearby. This ship was launched on 23 August 1919. The New Jersey Co. shipways are outside the image to the right. Photo No. 165-WW-496F-013 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-165-WW |
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Shipyards in Gloucester City, N.J. Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Gloucester City, Camden County, New Jersey, 1923 showing the layout of the New Jersey Shipbuilding Co. and the Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Co. plants of the Pusey & Jones Co. This is the source for the identification of features in the panorama and other images above. Photo No. None Source: Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/sanborn05490_007/ |
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