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Penn-Jersey Shipbuilding Corp.
Founded	1940
Defunct	1945
Fate	Ceased operations
Headquarters	Camden, New Jersey

Penn-Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. of Camden, New Jersey was a shipyard opened in March 1940 to build ships for World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding Program. The shipyard was on Cooper Point at north end of North 5th Street at 39°57′26″N 75°07′03″W / 39.957309°N 75.117501°W / 39.957309; -75.117501. After building 29 vessels Penn-Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. closed in June 1945 after building its last vessels.^[1]

Ships built edit

Penn-Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. built ships:^[1]

Barracuda for Panama Canal Comm. a Patrol Launch
Albacore for Panama Canal Comm. Patrol Launch
Four US Coast Guard Patrol Launches
General Construction barge
USS Firm (AM-98) US Navy Minesweeper
USS Force (AM 99) US Navy Minesweeper
- Cargo ships 258 foot type N3-M-A1 for United States Maritime Commission:
Elias D. Knight, became USS Enceladus (AK-80)
William Lester
Eben H. Linnell
Asa Lothrop
Laughlin McKay
Oliver R. Mumford, became Media (AK-83)
William Nott
John L. Manson
Nathaniel Matthews
Josiah Paul, became Nashira (AK-85)
Sumner Pierce, became Norma (AK-86)
Moses Pike
Symmes Potter, became Tucana (AK-88) ^[2]
Charles A. Ranlett
- US Navy 173 foot Submarine chasers:
PC 1221
PC 1222, after war converted to a yacht the Gosse ^[3]^[4]
PC 1223
PC 1224
- For Western Maryland Railway two Car Float
Car Float 21
Car Float 22

References edit

^ ^a ^b "Penn-Jersey".
^ "Cargo Ship (AK) Photo Index". www.navsource.org.
^ "PC-1222". www.navsource.org.
^ "Yacht History: The yachts owned by Felix and Lucien Benitez-Rexach". www.superyachttimes.com.

[auto-1] "Penn-Jersey".

[2] "Cargo Ship (AK) Photo Index". www.navsource.org.

[3] "PC-1222". www.navsource.org.

[4] "Yacht History: The yachts owned by Felix and Lucien Benitez-Rexach". www.superyachttimes.com.

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