Ben Froemming died in 1945 near the end of the war. The last ship built at the yard had its name changed before the christening. The SS Tapir Splice a C1-M-AV1 Cargo ship was renamed the SS Ben Froemming and delivered to the War Shipping Administration in October 1945. After the war in 1947, the Ben Froemming was sold to a private company. In 1975 she was converted to the drillship SS Goldrill.[4][5]
froemming, brothers, milwaukee, wisconsin, shipyard, that, built, ships, world, under, emergency, shipbuilding, program, shipping, administration, united, states, navy, shipyard, opened, 1942, froemming, 1902, 1945, closed, after, 1945, after, building, ships,. Froemming Brothers of Milwaukee Wisconsin was a shipyard that built ships for World War II under the emergency shipbuilding program War Shipping Administration and United States Navy Froemming Brothers shipyard was opened in 1942 by Ben Froemming 1902 1945 Froemming Brothers closed after the war in 1945 after building 26 ships The shipyard was located on the north side of the Kinnickinnic River The shipyard had 2 400 workers in three shifts In 1945 it was sold to Wagner Iron Works and later sold to the Milwaukee Marine Yacht The site today is Horny Goat Marina Blue Max Charters and Clete Long Enterprises The shipyard was in Bay View Milwaukee neighborhood at 43 00 31 N 87 54 42 W 43 008597 N 87 911697 W 43 008597 87 911697 Coordinates 43 00 31 N 87 54 42 W 43 008597 N 87 911697 W 43 008597 87 911697 1 2 3 USS Allentown PF 52 built at Froemming Brothers underway in the Atlantic Ocean off Hampton Roads Virginia on 9 August 1944 She is painted in Measure 32 16D dazzle camouflage USS Chatham AK 169 built at Froemming Brothers departing an island port in the Pacific in 1945 A V4 M A1 tug in New York July 1943 Contents 1 Legacy 2 Ships built 3 See also 4 ReferencesLegacy EditBen Froemming died in 1945 near the end of the war The last ship built at the yard had its name changed before the christening The SS Tapir Splice a C1 M AV1 Cargo ship was renamed the SS Ben Froemming and delivered to the War Shipping Administration in October 1945 After the war in 1947 the Ben Froemming was sold to a private company In 1975 she was converted to the drillship SS Goldrill 4 5 Ships built EditFroemming Brothers for World War II V4 M A1 Type V ship Tugboats at a cost of 1 2 million each S2 S2 AQ1 Tacoma class frigate C1 M AV1 Type C1 ships Cargo ships Tacoma class frigate 4 built USS Allentown USS Sandusky PF 54 USS Bath PF 55 USS Machias PF 53 Type V ship tug boat V4 M A1 8 built Point Loma Scrapped 1972 6 Anacapa Scrapped 1973 Point Vicente To Mexico 1969 renamed Huitilopochtli A 51 Point Arguello Scrapped 1973 Sankaty Head Helped with Normandy landings Scrapped 1978 Yaqina Head Sold private 1971 scrapped Bald Island Scrapped 1973 Fire Island Scrapped 1972 C1 Ships C1 M AV1 Cargo ships 14 built 7 USS Chatham AK 169 USS Craighead AK 175 USS Claiborne AK 171 USS Chicot AK 170 USS Colquitt AK 174 USS Clarion AK 172 USS Charlevoix AK 168 Doddridge renamed Coastal Messenger then USCGC Courier Codington Duval renamed Coastal Racer then YFP 10 8 Knob Knot Salmon Knot Yard Hitch Tapir Splice renamed Ben Froemming then Golddrill 5See also EditWalter Butler ShipbuildersReferences Edit Froemming Bros Remember When warships were built in Milwaukee content mpl org When Milwaukee Went to War Part 7 War Memorial Center warmemorialcenter org Remember When warships were built in Milwaukee Froemming Brothers ships Tug Point Loma C1 M AV1 Cargo ships navsource YFP 10 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Froemming Brothers amp oldid 1122256955, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
