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Bath Iron Works

March 07, 2023

Bath Iron Works (BIW) is a major United States shipyard located on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine, founded in 1884 as Bath Iron Works, Limited. Since 1995, Bath Iron Works has been a subsidiary of General Dynamics, which was the fifth-largest defense contractor in the world as of 2008. BIW has built private, commercial, and military vessels, most of which have been ordered by the United States Navy.

Bath Iron Works
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryShipbuilding
Founded1884
FounderThomas W. Hyde
Headquarters
Bath, Maine
,
U.S.
Number of locations
1
Area served
United States
Key people
Charles F. Krugh (president)
ParentGeneral Dynamics
Websitegdbiw.com
Bath Iron Works from NAS Brunswick photo gallery

History

Bath Iron Works was incorporated in 1884 by General Thomas W. Hyde, a native of Bath who served in the American Civil War. After the war, he bought a shop that made windlasses and other iron hardware for the wooden ships built in Bath's many shipyards. He expanded the business by improving its practices, entering new markets, and acquiring other local businesses. By 1882, Hyde Windlass was eyeing the new and growing business of iron shipbuilding, and it incorporated as Bath Iron Works in 1884. On February 28, 1890, BIW won its first contract for complete vessels: two iron gunboats for the Navy. One of these 190-foot (58 m) ships was the Machias, the first ship launched by the company. In 1892, the yard won its first commercial contract for the 2,500-ton steel passenger steamer City of Lowell. In the 1890s, the company built several yachts for wealthy sailors.

In 1899, Hyde was suffering from Bright's Disease and resigned from management of the shipyard, leaving his sons Edward and John in charge. The shipyard began construction of Georgia that same year, the only battleship ever built in Bath. It dominated the yard for five years until its launching in 1904, and was at times the only ship under construction. The yard faced numerous challenges because of the weight of armor and weapons. In sea trials, Georgia averaged 19.26 knots (35.67 km/h; 22.16 mph) for four hours, making her the fastest ship in her class and the fastest battleship in the United States Navy at the time. The company continued to rely on Navy contracts, which provided 86-percent of the value of new contracts between 1905 and 1917. The yard also produced fishing trawlers, freighters, and yachts throughout the first half of the century. These included Vanda, Hi-Esmaro, Aras I and Aras II, Caroline, and Corsair IV, which later served as a cruise ship before sinking off Acapulco, Mexico in 1949.[1] The shipyard was at peak production during World War II (1943–1944) and launched a destroyer every 17 days. Bath Iron Works ranked 50th among United States corporations in the value of World War II military production contracts.[2] In 1981, Falcon Transport ordered two tankers, the last commercial vessels built by BIW.

 
Mighty Servant 2 carrying mine-damaged USS Samuel B. Roberts on July 31, 1988

USS Samuel B. Roberts was commissioned at Bath in 1986, and it survived a mine explosion which tore a hole in its engine room and flooded two compartments. Over the next two years, BIW repaired the ship in unique fashion. The guided missile frigate was towed to the company's dry dock in Portland, Maine, and put up on blocks, where the damaged engine room was cut out of the ship. Meanwhile, workers in Bath built a 315-ton replacement, and the module was floated south to Portland, placed on the dry dock, slid into place under the frigate, jacked up, and welded into place.[3]

In 1995, Bath Iron Works was bought by General Dynamics. In 2001, the company wrapped up a four-year effort to build the Land Level Transfer Facility, an enormous concrete platform for final assembly of its ships, instead of building them on a sloping way so that they could slide into the Kennebec at launch. Hulls are now moved by rail from the platform horizontally onto a moveable dry dock, which greatly reduced the work involved in building and launching the ships.[4] The 750-foot (230 m), 28,000-ton dry dock was built by China's Jiangdu Yuchai Shipbuilding Company for $27 million.[5]

In 2015, Bath Iron Works signed contracts with US Navy to build new Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, as well as to conduct maintenance sustainment support of Independence-class littoral combat ships built by competitor Austal USA.[6] The shipyard delivered USS Rafael Peralta and USS Thomas Hudner and is working on USS Daniel Inouye and USS Carl M. Levin. The DDG block buy for Bath also includes USS John Basilone, USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr., and USS Louis H. Wilson Jr.. On March 27, Bath received a $610.4 million contract modification to build John Basilone. This ship was funded in the 2015 defense appropriations act.[7]

In 2016, Dirk Lesko became president of Bath Iron Works.[8]

In 2020, 4,300 workers, all members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, voted to go on strike after the company and the union failed to agree to new labor contracts.[9]

Lesko resigned unexpectedly on April 7, 2022, the same day the union local announced that it had come to an agreement with the shipyard.[8] On May 5, 2022, Charles F. Krugh was appointed president. A General Dynamics employee since 2011, Krugh had lately been a vice president in the company's Gulfstream Aerospace subsidiary.[10]

Notable ships built

 
Aphrodite in 1899
 
USS Chester (CL-1) was the first United States cruiser of the numbering series used through the first half of the 20th century.
 
Two of the seven Bath Iron Works destroyers transferred to the Royal Navy in the Destroyers for Bases Agreement. The outboard ship made the St. Nazaire Raid.
 
The last of the "four-stack" destroyers, USS Pruitt (DD-347) being launched from Bath Iron Works in 1920.
 
USCGC Icarus (WPC-110) delivers prisoners from U-352 to Charleston Navy Yard on 10 May 1942.
 
Nicholas holds the United States Navy record for battle stars with 16 from World War II, 5 from the Korean War and 9 from the Vietnam War
 
Agerholm launched an ASROC anti-submarine rocket armed with a nuclear depth bomb during the Dominic Swordfish (1962)
 
The second Cold War destroyer built by Bath Iron Works was named for the grandfather of Republican senator and 2008 presidential candidate John S. McCain III.

References

  1. ^ "End Games – PORTLAND MAGAZINE". www.portlandmonthly.com. 28 September 2017.
  2. ^ Peck, Merton J.; Scherer, Frederic M. (1962), The Weapons Acquisition Process: An Economic Analysis, Harvard Business School, p. 619
  3. ^ "FFG 58: Repair at Bath Iron Works". navybook.com. 5 February 2013.
  4. ^ GDBIW.com 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Bath Iron Works picks Chinese firm". United Press International. 1998-09-14. Retrieved 2008-10-18.[dead link]
  6. ^ "Bath Iron Works gets $11 million LCS modification". Professional Mariner. 2015-05-21. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  7. ^ "Flurry of Contracts Spark US Navy Shipbuilding". 3 April 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  8. ^ a b Writer, Hannah LaClaireStaff (2022-04-22). "Two weeks after president's departure, Bath Iron Works remains silent". Press Herald. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
  9. ^ O'Brien, Kathleen; Overton, Penelope; Wolfe, Rob (June 22, 2020). "Bath Iron Works' largest union votes to strike". Portland Press Herald. MaineToday Media. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  10. ^ staff, John TerhuneTimes Record (2022-05-05). "Aerospace executive takes over as Bath Iron Works president". Press Herald. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
  11. ^ . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. United States Navy. Archived from the original on 14 March 2004. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  12. ^ Silverstone, Paul H. U.S. Warships of World War II Doubleday & Company (1968) p.103
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Further reading

  • Eskew, Garnett Laidlaw (1958). Cradle of Ships. New York: Putnam. ASIN B0007E5VY4. (First general history of BIW.)
  • Peniston, Bradley (2006). . Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-661-5. Archived from the original on 2006-07-12. Retrieved 2006-03-08. (Describes the construction of a Perry-class guided missile frigate, the training of its precommissioning crew at BIW, and the complex repair job that returned it to duty.)
  • Sanders, Michael S. (1999). The Yard: Building a Destroyer at the Bath Iron Works. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-019246-1. (Describes the construction of USS Donald Cook (DDG-75) at BIW.)
  • Snow, Ralph L. (1987). Bath Iron Works: The First Hundred Years. Bath, Maine: Maine Maritime Museum. ISBN 0-9619449-0-0. LCCN 87060259. Retrieved 4 January 2021. (The definitive work on BIW from 1884 to 1987.)
  • Toppan, Andrew (2002). Bath Iron Works (Images of America: Maine). South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0-7385-1059-9. (Historic and contemporary photos of BIW.)

External links

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bath Iron Works.
  • Bath Iron Works website
  • USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) under repair at BIW's Portland dry dock

Coordinates: 43°54′16″N 69°48′53″W / 43.904494°N 69.814746°W / 43.904494; -69.814746

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have been ordered by the United States Navy Bath Iron WorksTypeSubsidiaryIndustryShipbuildingFounded1884FounderThomas W HydeHeadquartersBath Maine U S Number of locations1Area servedUnited StatesKey peopleCharles F Krugh president ParentGeneral DynamicsWebsitegdbiw wbr comBath Iron Works from NAS Brunswick photo gallery Contents 1 History 2 Notable ships built 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External linksHistory EditBath Iron Works was incorporated in 1884 by General Thomas W Hyde a native of Bath who served in the American Civil War After the war he bought a shop that made windlasses and other iron hardware for the wooden ships built in Bath s many shipyards He expanded the business by improving its practices entering new markets and acquiring other local businesses By 1882 Hyde Windlass was eyeing the new and growing business of iron shipbuilding and it incorporated as Bath Iron Works in 1884 On February 28 1890 BIW won its first contract for complete vessels two iron gunboats for the Navy One of these 190 foot 58 m ships was the Machias the first ship launched by the company In 1892 the yard won its first commercial contract for the 2 500 ton steel passenger steamer City of Lowell In the 1890s the company built several yachts for wealthy sailors In 1899 Hyde was suffering from Bright s Disease and resigned from management of the shipyard leaving his sons Edward and John in charge The shipyard began construction of Georgia that same year the only battleship ever built in Bath It dominated the yard for five years until its launching in 1904 and was at times the only ship under construction The yard faced numerous challenges because of the weight of armor and weapons In sea trials Georgia averaged 19 26 knots 35 67 km h 22 16 mph for four hours making her the fastest ship in her class and the fastest battleship in the United States Navy at the time The company continued to rely on Navy contracts which provided 86 percent of the value of new contracts between 1905 and 1917 The yard also produced fishing trawlers freighters and yachts throughout the first half of the century These included Vanda Hi Esmaro Aras I and Aras II Caroline and Corsair IV which later served as a cruise ship before sinking off Acapulco Mexico in 1949 1 The shipyard was at peak production during World War II 1943 1944 and launched a destroyer every 17 days Bath Iron Works ranked 50th among United States corporations in the value of World War II military production contracts 2 In 1981 Falcon Transport ordered two tankers the last commercial vessels built by BIW Mighty Servant 2 carrying mine damaged USS Samuel B Roberts on July 31 1988 USS Samuel B Roberts was commissioned at Bath in 1986 and it survived a mine explosion which tore a hole in its engine room and flooded two compartments Over the next two years BIW repaired the ship in unique fashion The guided missile frigate was towed to the company s dry dock in Portland Maine and put up on blocks where the damaged engine room was cut out of the ship Meanwhile workers in Bath built a 315 ton replacement and the module was floated south to Portland placed on the dry dock slid into place under the frigate jacked up and welded into place 3 In 1995 Bath Iron Works was bought by General Dynamics In 2001 the company wrapped up a four year effort to build the Land Level Transfer Facility an enormous concrete platform for final assembly of its ships instead of building them on a sloping way so that they could slide into the Kennebec at launch Hulls are now moved by rail from the platform horizontally onto a moveable dry dock which greatly reduced the work involved in building and launching the ships 4 The 750 foot 230 m 28 000 ton dry dock was built by China s Jiangdu Yuchai Shipbuilding Company for 27 million 5 In 2015 Bath Iron Works signed contracts with US Navy to build new Arleigh Burke class destroyers as well as to conduct maintenance sustainment support of Independence class littoral combat ships built by competitor Austal USA 6 The shipyard delivered USS Rafael Peralta and USS Thomas Hudner and is working on USS Daniel Inouye and USS Carl M Levin The DDG block buy for Bath also includes USS John Basilone USS Harvey C Barnum Jr and USS Louis H Wilson Jr On March 27 Bath received a 610 4 million contract modification to build John Basilone This ship was funded in the 2015 defense appropriations act 7 In 2016 Dirk Lesko became president of Bath Iron Works 8 In 2020 4 300 workers all members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers voted to go on strike after the company and the union failed to agree to new labor contracts 9 Lesko resigned unexpectedly on April 7 2022 the same day the union local announced that it had come to an agreement with the shipyard 8 On May 5 2022 Charles F Krugh was appointed president A General Dynamics employee since 2011 Krugh had lately been a vice president in the company s Gulfstream Aerospace subsidiary 10 Notable ships built Edit Aphrodite in 1899 Yachts Aphrodite completed for Oliver Hazard Payne 1899 the largest American built steam yacht at the time Ranger successful America s Cup defender Aras II Presidential Yacht known as USS Williamsburg Corsair IV large yacht built for J P Morgan Jr Lightvessels Diamond Shoal Lightship No 71 LV 71 Nantucket Lightship 66 Nantucket Lightship 106 Gunboat USS Machias Spanish American War and World War I Naval ram USS Katahdin Monitor USS Nevada BM 8 11 Denver class protected cruiser USS Cleveland C 19 World War I Virginia class battleship USS Georgia BB 15 launched in 1904 USS Chester CL 1 was the first United States cruiser of the numbering series used through the first half of the 20th century Chester class cruiser USS Chester CL 1 World War I Smith class destroyers USS Flusser DD 20 World War I USS Reid DD 21 World War I 5 of 21 Paulding class destroyers USS Paulding DD 22 World War I Rum Patrol USS Drayton DD 23 World War I USS Trippe DD 33 World War I Rum Patrol USS Jouett DD 41 World War I Rum Patrol USS Jenkins DD 42 World War I 2 of 4 Cassin class destroyers USS Cassin DD 43 World War I Rum Patrol USS Cummings DD 44 World War I Rum Patrol 1 of 6 O Brien class destroyer USS McDougal DD 54 World War I Rum Patrol 1 of 6 Tucker class destroyer USS Wadsworth DD 60 World War I 2 of 6 Sampson class destroyers USS Davis DD 65 World War I Rum Patrol USS Allen DD 66 12 World War I Attack on Pearl Harbor 1 of 6 Caldwell class destroyer USS Manley DD 74 13 World War I Guadalcanal Campaign Operation Flintlock Battle of Saipan Philippines campaign 1944 45 Two of the seven Bath Iron Works destroyers transferred to the Royal Navy in the Destroyers for Bases Agreement The outboard ship made the St Nazaire Raid 8 of 111 Wickes class destroyers USS Wickes DD 75 14 World War I Destroyers for Bases Agreement USS Philip DD 76 14 World War I Destroyers for Bases Agreement USS Woolsey DD 77 14 World War I USS Evans DD 78 14 Destroyers for Bases Agreement USS Buchanan DD 131 14 Destroyers for Bases Agreement St Nazaire Raid USS Aaron Ward DD 132 14 Destroyers for Bases Agreement USS Hale DD 133 14 Destroyers for Bases Agreement USS Crowninshield DD 134 14 Destroyers for Bases Agreement 3 of 156 Clemson class destroyers The last of the four stack destroyers USS Pruitt DD 347 being launched from Bath Iron Works in 1920 USS Preble DD 345 15 Attack on Pearl Harbor Guadalcanal Campaign USS Sicard DD 346 15 Attack on Pearl Harbor Battle of Empress Augusta Bay USS Pruitt DD 347 15 Attack on Pearl Harbor USCGC Icarus WPC 110 delivers prisoners from U 352 to Charleston Navy Yard on 10 May 1942 Thetis class patrol boat USCGC Aurora WPC 103 16 USCGC Calypso WPC 104 16 USCGC Daphne WPC 106 17 USCGC Hermes WPC 109 17 USCGC Icarus WPC 110 17 sank U 352 USCGC Perseus WPC 114 17 USCGC Thetis WPC 115 17 sank U 157 1 of 8 Farragut class destroyers 1934 USS Dewey DD 349 18 Attack on Pearl Harbor Battle of the Coral Sea 19 Battle of Midway Guadalcanal Campaign Battle of the Eastern Solomons Battle of the Philippine Sea 20 The J class yacht Ranger 1936 2 of 18 Mahan class destroyers USS Drayton DD 366 21 Battle of Tassafaronga 22 Philippines campaign 1944 45 USS Lamson DD 367 21 Battle of Tassafaronga 22 Philippines campaign 1944 45 sunk in test Able of Operation Crossroads 3 of 6 Somers class destroyers USS Sampson DD 394 21 USS Davis DD 395 21 USS Jouett DD 396 21 Invasion of Normandy 2 of 12 Sims class destroyers USS Sims DD 409 23 Battle of the Coral Sea 24 USS Hughes DD 410 23 Battle of Midway 25 Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands 26 Naval Battle of Guadalcanal 27 Philippines campaign 1944 45 8 of 66 Gleaves class destroyers USS Gleaves DD 423 23 invasions of Sicily Italy and Southern France USS Niblack DD 424 23 invasions of Sicily Italy and Southern France USS Livermore DD 429 28 invasions of North Africa and Southern France USS Eberle DD 430 28 invasions of North Africa and Southern France USS Woolsey DD 437 28 invasions of North Africa Sicily and Italy USS Ludlow DD 438 28 invasions of North Africa Sicily Italy and Southern France USS Emmons DD 457 29 invasions of North Africa Normandy Southern France and Okinawa USS Macomb DD 458 29 invasions of North Africa Southern France and Okinawa Nicholas holds the United States Navy record for battle stars with 16 from World War II 5 from the Korean War and 9 from the Vietnam War 31 of 175 Fletcher class destroyer USS Nicholas DD 449 30 Guadalcanal campaign Philippines campaign 1944 45 Korean War Vietnam War USS O Bannon DD 450 30 Naval Battle of Guadalcanal 31 Guadalcanal campaign Naval Battle of Vella Lavella 32 Philippines campaign 1944 45 Korean War Vietnam War USS Chevalier DD 451 30 Guadalcanal campaign Naval Battle of Vella Lavella 32 USS Strong DD 467 30 Guadalcanal campaign USS Taylor DD 468 30 Guadalcanal campaign Philippines campaign 1944 45 Korean War Vietnam War USS De Haven DD 469 30 Guadalcanal campaign USS Conway DD 507 33 Guadalcanal campaign Philippines campaign 1944 45 Korean War USS Cony DD 508 33 Guadalcanal campaign Philippines campaign 1944 45 Battle of Surigao Strait Korean War USS Converse DD 509 33 Guadalcanal campaign Battle of Empress Augusta Bay 34 Battle of Cape St George 35 Battle of the Philippine Sea 20 Philippines campaign 1944 45 USS Eaton DD 510 33 Guadalcanal campaign Philippines campaign 1944 45 USS Foote DD 511 33 Guadalcanal campaign Battle of Empress Augusta Bay 34 Philippines campaign 1944 45 Battle of Okinawa USS Spence DD 512 33 Guadalcanal campaign Battle of Empress Augusta Bay 34 Battle of Cape St George 35 Battle of the Philippine Sea 20 Philippines campaign 1944 45 USS Terry DD 513 33 Guadalcanal campaign Battle of the Philippine Sea 20 Battle of Iwo Jima USS Thatcher DD 514 33 Guadalcanal campaign Battle of Empress Augusta Bay 34 Battle of the Philippine Sea 20 Philippines campaign 1944 45 Battle of Okinawa USS Anthony DD 515 33 Guadalcanal campaign Battle of the Philippine Sea 20 Battle of Okinawa USS Wadsworth DD 516 33 Guadalcanal campaign Battle of the Philippine Sea 20 Philippines campaign 1944 45 Battle of Okinawa USS Walker DD 517 33 Philippines campaign 1944 45 Battle of Okinawa Korean War Vietnam War USS Abbot DD 629 36 Philippines campaign 1944 45 USS Braine DD 630 36 Battle of the Philippine Sea 20 Philippines campaign 1944 45 Battle of Okinawa USS Erben DD 631 36 Philippines campaign 1944 45 Battle of Okinawa Korean War USS Hale DD 642 36 Philippines campaign 1944 45 Battle of Okinawa USS Sigourney DD 643 36 Guadalcanal campaign Philippines campaign 1944 45 Battle of Surigao Strait USS Stembel DD 644 36 Philippines campaign 1944 45 Battle of Okinawa Korean War USS Caperton DD 650 36 Battle of the Philippine Sea 20 Philippines campaign 1944 45 USS Cogswell DD 651 36 Battle of the Philippine Sea 20 Philippines campaign 1944 45 Vietnam War USS Ingersoll DD 652 36 Mariana and Palau Islands Campaign Philippines campaign 1944 45 20 Battle of Okinawa Vietnam War USS Knapp DD 653 36 Battle of the Philippine Sea 20 Philippines campaign 1944 45 USS Remey DD 688 37 Battle of Saipan Philippines campaign 1944 45 Battle of Surigao Strait Battle of Okinawa USS Wadleigh DD 689 37 Battle of Saipan USS Norman Scott DD 690 37 Battle of Saipan USS Mertz DD 691 37 Philippines campaign 1944 45 14 of 58 Allen M Sumner class destroyers USS Barton DD 722 38 Invasion of Normandy Philippines campaign 1944 45 Korean War USS Walke DD 723 38 Invasion of Normandy Philippines campaign 1944 45 Battle of Okinawa Korean War Vietnam War USS Laffey DD 724 38 Invasion of Normandy Philippines campaign 1944 45 Battle of Okinawa Korean War preserved National Historic Landmark in Charleston South Carolina USS O Brien DD 725 38 Invasion of Normandy Philippines campaign 1944 45 Korean War Vietnam War USS Meredith DD 726 38 Invasion of Normandy USS De Haven DD 727 38 Philippines campaign 1944 45 Battle of Okinawa Korean War USS Mansfield DD 728 38 Philippines campaign 1944 45 Korean War Vietnam War USS Lyman K Swenson DD 729 38 Philippines campaign 1944 45 Battle of Okinawa Korean War Vietnam War USS Collett DD 730 38 Philippines campaign 1944 45 Korean War USS Maddox DD 731 38 Battle of Okinawa Korean War Gulf of Tonkin Incident Vietnam War USS Hyman DD 732 38 Battle of Okinawa Korean War USS Mannert L Abele DD 733 38 Battle of Okinawa USS Purdy DD 734 38 Battle of Okinawa Korean War USS Drexler DD 741 38 Battle of Okinawa Agerholm launched an ASROC anti submarine rocket armed with a nuclear depth bomb during the Dominic Swordfish 1962 6 of 12 Robert H Smith class destroyers USS Robert H Smith DM 23 15 Battle of Okinawa USS Thomas E Fraser DM 24 15 Battle of Okinawa USS Shannon DM 25 15 Battle of Okinawa USS Harry F Bauer DM 26 15 Battle of Okinawa USS Adams DM 27 15 Battle of Okinawa USS Tolman DM 28 15 Battle of Okinawa 30 of 98 Gearing class destroyers USS Frank Knox DD 742 39 World War II Korean War Vietnam War USS Southerland DD 743 39 World War II Korean War Vietnam War USS Chevalier DD 805 40 Korean War USS Higbee DD 806 40 World War II Korean War Vietnam War Battle of Dong Hoi USS Benner DD 807 40 World War II Vietnam War USS Dennis J Buckley DD 808 40 Vietnam War USS Agerholm DD 826 40 Korean War Vietnam War USS Robert A Owens DD 827 40 USS Timmerman DD 828 40 Experimental ship completed with aluminum superstructure and high horsepower engines USS Myles C Fox DD 829 40 Vietnam War USS Everett F Larson DD 830 40 Vietnam War USS Goodrich DD 831 40 USS Hanson DD 832 40 Korean War Vietnam War USS Herbert J Thomas DD 833 40 Korean War Vietnam War USS Turner DD 834 40 USS Charles P Cecil DD 835 40 Vietnam War USS George K MacKenzie DD 836 40 Korean War Vietnam War USS Sarsfield DD 837 40 Vietnam War USS Ernest G Small DD 838 40 Korean War USS Power DD 839 40 Vietnam War USS Glennon DD 840 40 USS Noa DD 841 40 Recovered astronaut John Glenn in Friendship 7 on 20 February 1962 USS Fiske DD 842 40 Korean War Vietnam War USS Warrington DD 843 40 USS Perry DD 844 40 Vietnam War USS Bausell DD 845 40 Korean War Vietnam War USS Ozbourn DD 846 40 Korean War Vietnam War USS Robert L Wilson DD 847 40 Vietnam War USS Witek DD 848 41 no overseas deployments used exclusively for ASW research USS Richard E Kraus DD 849 41 Vietnam War Dealey class destroyer escorts USS Dealey DE 1006 42 USS Cromwell DE 1014 42 USS Hammerberg DE 1015 42 The second Cold War destroyer built by Bath Iron Works was named for the grandfather of Republican senator and 2008 presidential candidate John S McCain III Mitscher class destroyers USS Mitscher DL 2 43 USS John S McCain DL 3 43 Vietnam War Forrest Sherman class destroyers USS Forrest Sherman DD 931 44 USS John Paul Jones DD 932 44 USS Barry DD 933 44 Vietnam War USS Manley DD 940 44 Vietnam War USS Dupont DD 941 44 USS Bigelow DD 942 44 Vietnam War USS Hull DD 945 44 Vietnam War USS Edson DD 946 44 Vietnam War USS Somers DD 947 44 Vietnam War Charles F Adams class destroyers USS Charles F Adams DDG 2 45 USS John King DDG 3 45 USS Sampson DDG 10 45 USS Sellers DDG 11 45 D185 Lutjens D186 Molders D187 Rommel Farragut class destroyers 1958 USS Dewey DDG 45 46 USS Preble DDG 46 46 Vietnam War Leahy class cruisers USS Leahy CG 16 47 USS Harry E Yarnell CG 17 47 USS Worden CG 18 47 Vietnam War Belknap class cruisers USS Belknap CG 26 48 USS Josephus Daniels CG 27 48 USS Wainwright CG 28 48 Vietnam War USS William H Standley CG 32 48 Vietnam War USS Biddle CG 34 48 Vietnam War Garcia class frigate USS Glover FF 1098 49 Brooke class frigates USS Talbot FFG 4 50 USS Richard L Page FFG 5 50 USS Julius A Furer FFG 6 50 Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates USS Oliver Hazard Perry FFG 7 51 USS McInerney FFG 8 51 USS Clark FFG 11 51 USS Samuel Eliot Morison FFG 13 51 USS Estocin FFG 15 51 USS Clifton Sprague FFG 16 51 USS Flatley FFG 21 51 USS Jack Williams FFG 24 51 USS Gallery FFG 26 51 USS Stephen W Groves FFG 29 51 USS John L Hall FFG 32 51 USS Aubrey Fitch FFG 34 51 USS Underwood FFG 36 51 USS Doyle FFG 39 51 USS Klakring FFG 42 51 USS Dewert FFG 45 51 USS Nicholas FFG 47 51 USS Robert G Bradley FFG 49 51 USS Taylor FFG 50 USS Hawes FFG 53 USS Elrod FFG 55 USS Simpson FFG 56 launched August 31 1984 One of four U S Navy ships in commission to have sunk an enemy vessel with shipboard weaponry the others being the USS Constitution USS Porter DDG 78 and USS Carter Hall LSD 50 USS Samuel B Roberts FFG 58 launched in 1984 and repaired after being punctured by a mine in 1988 USS Kauffman FFG 59 Ticonderoga class cruisers USS Thomas S Gates CG 51 USS Philippine Sea CG 58 USS Normandy CG 60 USS Monterey CG 61 USS Cowpens CG 63 USS Gettysburg CG 64 USS Shiloh CG 67 USS Lake Erie CG 70 21 Feb 2008 shot down the errant USA 193 satellite with a modified SM3 missile Arleigh Burke class destroyers USS Arleigh Burke DDG 51 commissioned July 4 1991 USS John Paul Jones DDG 53 USS Curtis Wilbur DDG 54 USS John S McCain DDG 56 USS Laboon DDG 58 USS Paul Hamilton DDG 60 USS Fitzgerald DDG 62 USS Carney DDG 64 USS Gonzalez DDG 66 USS The Sullivans DDG 68 USS Hopper DDG 70 USS Mahan DDG 72 USS Decatur DDG 73 USS Donald Cook DDG 75 USS Higgins DDG 76 USS O Kane DDG 77 USS Oscar Austin DDG 79 USS Winston S Churchill DDG 81 USS Howard DDG 83 USS McCampbell DDG 85 USS Mason DDG 87 USS Chafee DDG 90 USS Momsen DDG 92 USS Nitze DDG 94 USS Bainbridge DDG 96 launched in 2005 USS Farragut DDG 99 USS Gridley DDG 101 launched in 2006 USS Sampson DDG 102 USS Sterett DDG 104 USS Stockdale DDG 106 USS Wayne E Meyer DDG 108 USS Jason Dunham DDG 109 USS Spruance DDG 111 USS Michael Murphy DDG 112 USS Rafael Peralta DDG 115 USS Thomas Hudner DDG 116 USS Daniel Inouye DDG 118 USS Carl M Levin DDG 120 USS John Basilone DDG 122 USS Harvey C Barnum Jr DDG 124 USS Louis H Wilson Jr DDG 126 USS Patrick Gallagher DDG 127 USS William Charette DDG 130 Zumwalt class destroyers USS Zumwalt DDG 1000 USS Michael Monsoor DDG 1001 USS Lyndon B Johnson DDG 1002 References Edit End Games PORTLAND MAGAZINE www portlandmonthly com 28 September 2017 Peck Merton J Scherer Frederic M 1962 The Weapons Acquisition Process An Economic Analysis Harvard Business School p 619 FFG 58 Repair at Bath Iron Works navybook com 5 February 2013 GDBIW com Archived 2007 09 28 at the Wayback Machine Bath Iron Works picks Chinese firm United Press International 1998 09 14 Retrieved 2008 10 18 dead link Bath Iron Works gets 11 million LCS modification Professional Mariner 2015 05 21 Retrieved 2021 02 25 Flurry of Contracts Spark US Navy Shipbuilding 3 April 2015 Retrieved 9 August 2016 a b Writer Hannah LaClaireStaff 2022 04 22 Two weeks after president s departure Bath Iron Works remains silent Press Herald Retrieved 2022 05 09 O Brien Kathleen Overton Penelope Wolfe Rob June 22 2020 Bath Iron Works largest union votes to strike Portland Press Herald MaineToday Media Retrieved July 2 2020 staff John TerhuneTimes Record 2022 05 05 Aerospace executive takes over as Bath Iron Works president Press Herald Retrieved 2022 05 09 Nevada Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships United States Navy Archived from the original on 14 March 2004 Retrieved 12 December 2013 Silverstone Paul H U S Warships of World War II Doubleday amp Company 1968 p 103 Silverstone Paul H U S Warships of World War II Doubleday amp Company 1968 p 276 a b c d e f g h Fahey James C The Ships and Aircraft of the United States Fleet Ships and Aircraft 1939 p 17 a b c d e f g h i Silverstone Paul H U S Warships of World War II Doubleday amp Company 1968 p 212 a b Silverstone Paul H U S Warships of World War II Doubleday amp Company 1968 p 380 a b c d e Silverstone Paul H U S Warships of World War II Doubleday amp Company 1968 p 383 Silverstone Paul H U S Warships of World War II Doubleday amp Company 1968 p 114 Oftsie R A RADM USN The Campaigns of the Pacific War United States Government Printing Office 1946 p 55 a b c d e f g h i j k l Tillman Barrett Clash of the Carriers 2005 ISBN 0 451 21956 2 pp 301 306 a b c d e Silverstone Paul H U S Warships of World War II Doubleday amp Company 1968 p 118 a b Oftsie R A RADM USN The Campaigns of the Pacific War United States Government Printing Office 1946 p 140 a b c d Silverstone Paul H U S Warships of World War II Doubleday amp Company 1968 p 126 Oftsie R A RADM USN The Campaigns of the Pacific War United States Government Printing Office 1946 p 54 Oftsie R A RADM USN The Campaigns of the Pacific War United States Government Printing Office 1946 p 74 Oftsie R A RADM USN The Campaigns of the Pacific War United States Government Printing Office 1946 p 122 Oftsie R A RADM USN The Campaigns of the Pacific War United States Government Printing Office 1946 p 128 a b c d Silverstone Paul H U S Warships of World War II Doubleday amp Company 1968 p 129 a b Silverstone Paul H U S Warships of World War II Doubleday amp Company 1968 p 132 a b c d e f Silverstone Paul H U S Warships of World War II Doubleday amp Company 1968 p 135 Oftsie R A RADM USN The Campaigns of the Pacific War United States Government Printing Office 1946 p 127 a b Oftsie R A RADM USN The Campaigns of the Pacific War United States Government Printing Office 1946 p 148 a b c d e f g h i j k Silverstone Paul H U S Warships of World War II Doubleday amp Company 1968 p 138 a b c d Oftsie R A RADM USN The Campaigns of the Pacific War United States Government Printing Office 1946 p 153 a b Oftsie R A RADM USN The Campaigns of the Pacific War United States Government Printing Office 1946 p 159 a b c d e f g h i j Silverstone Paul H U S Warships of World War II Doubleday amp Company 1968 p 141 a b c d Silverstone Paul H U S Warships of World War II Doubleday amp Company 1968 p 143 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Silverstone Paul H U S Warships of World War II Doubleday amp Company 1968 pp 146 7 a b Silverstone Paul H U S Warships of World War II Doubleday amp Company 1968 p 148 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Silverstone Paul H U S Warships of World War II Doubleday amp Company 1968 p 150 a b Silverstone Paul H U S Warships of World War II Doubleday amp Company 1968 p 152 a b c Blackman Raymond V B Jane s Fighting Ships 1970 71 p 458 a b Blackman Raymond V B Jane s Fighting Ships 1970 71 p 435 a b c d e f g h i Blackman Raymond V B Jane s Fighting Ships 1970 71 p 439 a b c d Blackman Raymond V B Jane s Fighting Ships 1970 71 p 437 a b Blackman Raymond V B Jane s Fighting Ships 1970 71 p 432 a b c Blackman Raymond V B Jane s Fighting Ships 1970 71 p 431 a b c d e Blackman Raymond V B Jane s Fighting Ships 1970 71 p 429 Blackman Raymond V B Jane s Fighting Ships 1970 71 p 456 a b c Blackman Raymond V B Jane s Fighting Ships 1970 71 p 452 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Clement Janet Ann LT USNR The FFG 7 Program A Shipbuilding Status Report United States Naval Institute Proceedings June 1981 p 109Further reading EditEskew Garnett Laidlaw 1958 Cradle of Ships New York Putnam ASIN B0007E5VY4 First general history of BIW Peniston Bradley 2006 No Higher Honor Saving the USS Samuel B Roberts in the Persian Gulf Annapolis Naval Institute Press ISBN 1 59114 661 5 Archived from the original on 2006 07 12 Retrieved 2006 03 08 Describes the construction of a Perry class guided missile frigate the training of its precommissioning crew at BIW and the complex repair job that returned it to duty Sanders Michael S 1999 The Yard Building a Destroyer at the Bath Iron Works New York HarperCollins ISBN 0 06 019246 1 Describes the construction of USS Donald Cook DDG 75 at BIW Snow Ralph L 1987 Bath Iron Works The First Hundred Years Bath Maine Maine Maritime Museum ISBN 0 9619449 0 0 LCCN 87060259 Retrieved 4 January 2021 The definitive work on BIW from 1884 to 1987 Toppan Andrew 2002 Bath Iron Works Images of America Maine South Carolina Arcadia Publishing ISBN 0 7385 1059 9 Historic and contemporary photos of BIW External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bath Iron Works Bath Iron Works website USS Samuel B Roberts FFG 58 under repair at BIW s Portland dry dockCoordinates 43 54 16 N 69 48 53 W 43 904494 N 69 814746 W 43 904494 69 814746 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bath Iron Works amp oldid 1141998378, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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