Bath Iron Works

Name: Bath Iron Works
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ISBN: 9780738510590

ISBN-10: 0738510599

ISBN-13: 9780738510590

Edition: 2002

Authors: Andrew C. Toppan

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Bath Iron Works was established by Gen. Thomas Hyde in 1884 and launched its first ship in 1891. Since then, the shipyard on the Kennebec River has built dozens of luxurious yachts, hardworking freighters, tugs, trawlers, lightships, and more than two hundred twenty warships for the U.S. Navy. Today, Bath Iron Works continues a shipbuilding tradition that began nearly four hundred years ago when the first ship built in America was constructed just a few miles downriver from Bath. Bath Iron Works showcases a unique collection of photographs that provides a rare view inside one of the nation's great shipyards. The book shows the yard's origins in a few simple buildings, its expansion into a…

Book details

List price: $24.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication date: 8/28/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.31" tall
Weight: 0.044
Language: English

Andrew C. Toppan is an engineer at Bath Iron Works and a historian. He has worked with the U.S. Naval Shipbuilding Museum and runs the major naval history Web site, Haze Gray & Underway.